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(3, 'Money', 'El Feloos', 'feature', '1326447333', '118 min', 'Grossed more than EGP 46 million in the Egyptian box oce in a little over a month, while it reaped almost USD 2 million worldwide.\r<br/>Reunites Egyptian pop star Tamer Hosny and Egyptian actress Zeina after Captain Hima (2008).\r<br/>Marks the first collaboration between Tamer Hosny and Khaled Elsawy.\r<br/>Features breathtaking scenery in Lebanon and Egypt.\r<br/>The film has many plot twists.\r<br/>The film shows the power of women as the female lead wins at the end.', 'Seif is a scammer who is hired by beautiful rich Hala to retrieve her money that have been taken by a notorious swindler. Amidst the endless games of deception, the notions of love, friendship and life are no longer clear.', 'Tamer Hosny\r<br/>Khaled Elsawy\r<br/>Zena\r<br/>Mohamed Sallam\r<br/>Aicha Bin Ahmed', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Abdelmoati\r<br/>DOP: Jad Beyrouthy\r<br/>Editor: Amr Akef', '', 'feloos pst.jpg', 4400000, '2019', '866189853'),
(4, 'Thief of Baghdad', 'Less Baghdad', 'feature', '195401548', '102 min', 'Released in Egyptian theaters in January, 2020, Less Baghdad made huge success at the box office.\r<br/>It was also released in other Arab countries, including Jordan and UAE.\r<br/>The film stars Egyptian star Mohamed Emam, who is known for the comedy hits Captain Masr (2015), Gahim Fe El Hend (2016), and Lailat Hana wa Suroor (2018).', 'Each driven by their own motives, a league of people from different walks of life embark on a journey in pursuit of a lost treasure. Together, they learn to join hands to unravel the mystery behind the tomb of Alexander the Great.', 'Mohamed Emam\r<br/>Fathy Abdel Wahab\r<br/>Yasmin Raeis\r<br/>Amina Khalil\r<br/>Mohamed Abd Elrahman\r<br/>Ahmed Elawady', 'Screenwriter: Tamer Ibrahim\r<br/>DOP: Haitham Hosni\r<br/>Editor: Circle Post Production', '', 'lesbagh pstr.jpg', 2500000, '2020', '2041166156'),
(5, 'The Passage', 'Al Mammar', 'feature', '1854651748', '150 min', 'Al Mammar grossed over EGP 75 million in the Egyptian box office, becoming one of the 10 highest-grossing films in the history of Egyptian cinema.\r<br/>Holds the record for having the largest budget in the history of Egyptian cinema.\r<br/>Honored by several prestigious organizations: Al-Ahram Foundation and the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Nation\'s Future Party, and a number of TV channels.\r<br/>Screened as part of the 6th of October celebrations in 2019 at the 31st Educational Symposium of the Armed Forces in the presence of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and a selection of the film stars.\r<br/>Al Mammar was released in many Arab countries, including the UAE, Jordan, and Lebanon.\r<br/>Shot over the course of three months, all film sets were constructed as the Egyptian Department of Morale Affairs provided the shooting locations, and set designers were employed to construct exact replicas of the real-life locations at the time of the film\'s events.', 'The film depicts the Egyptian military\'s journey to overcome the disgraceful defeat in 1967 that yielded into the loss of Sinai to Israel. As the War of Attrition is initiated, Major Nour together with his unit of the Shock Troops were challenged to get over their grief and find that passage that would transfer them from disappointment to confidence and belief in their capability to perform the first suicidal missions at the heart of the Israeli army in Sinai.', 'Ahmed Ezz\r<br/>Eyad Nassar\r<br/>Hend Sabry\r<br/>Mohamed Farrag\r<br/>', 'Screenwriter: Sherif Arafa\r<br/>DOP: Ayman Abou el Makarem\r<br/>Editor: Fares Abdel Kerim', '', 'mmr pstr.jpg', 5500000, '2019', '2051602610'),
(6, 'The Blue Elephant', 'El Feel El Azraq', 'feature', '2037634483', '135 min', 'The Blue Elephant reaped USD 5 million in Egyptian box office and sold out almost 12 million tickets in the Egyptian theatres.\r<br/>The film grossed USD 12+ million in the Arab world and international film market.\r<br/>It currently rates 8.1 on IMDb by 23,983 users, becoming one of the highest rated Arabic films on IMDb.\r<br/>One of the most watched films on TV and VOD platforms.\r<br/>Based on Ahmed Mourad\'s best-selling book of the same name.', 'The Blue Elephant follows Yehia who returns to work in Al Abasyia Psychiatric Hospital. While taking over a sector that examines the mental health of perpetrators, he meets an old friend who brings back bitter memories that turns his life upside down. Attempting to unravel the mysteries of this friend, Yehia embarks on a journey exploring his inner self, or the shattered remnants of it.', 'Karim Abdelaziz\r<br/>Nelly Karim\r<br/>Shereen Reda\r<br/>Khaled Elsawy', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Mourad\r<br/>DOP: Ahmad Al Morsy\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', 'https://vimeo.com/527884848', 'bl pst.jpg', 6000000, '2014', '1675744930'),
(7, 'The Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers', 'El Feel El Azrak 2', 'feature', '2037634483', '135 min', 'An original script by novelist Ahmed Mourad.\r<br/>Enjoyed unprecedented success setting the record in the Egyptian box office. It generated $6 million.\r<br/>Distributed to 100 film theatres across Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria.\r<br/>Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers was rated 8.4 by IMDb users.\r<br/>One of the most-watched films on TV and VOD platforms.', 'Taking place five years after the events of the first film, Dr. Yehia Rashid (Karim Abdelaziz) ended his career as a psychiatrist and married Lobna (Nelly Karim). One day, a new patient brings Yehia back to psychiatry after causing a ruckus at the hospital. To solve this new mystery, Yehia seeks the help of the Blue Elephant pills tripping to a world of fantasy, back to a time that no book of history ever recorded. Yehia delves into a scarier place where he meets his deepest fears and faces himself reopening old wounds and endangering his own life and family.', 'Karim Abdelaziz\r<br/>Nelly Karim\r<br/>Hend Sabry\r<br/>Shereen Reda', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Mourad\r<br/>DOP: Ahmad Al Morsy\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', 'https://vimeo.com/507932959', 'bl 2 pst.jpg', 8000000, '2019', '1249016771'),
(8, 'SHEIKH JACKSON', 'El Sheikh Jackson', 'feature', '1366247177', '93 Min', 'Cumulatively grossed USD 63,798 in box office worldwide.\r<br/>Egypt\'s official submission at the Academy Awards\' Best Foreign Language Film in 2017. \r<br/>Received several awards at regional and international film festivals.\r<br/>Helmed by prominent director Amr Salama, who is best known for Excuse My French (2014), Asmaa (2011).\r<br/>Landed world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). \r<br/>Released in the USA and Canada during the first quarter of 2018. \r<br/>Features an all-star cast: Ahmed Al Fishawy, Ahmed Malek, Maged El Kedwany, Yasmine Raeis, Amina Khalil.\r<br/>', 'An Islamic cleric has a crisis of faith when he hears the news that his childhood idol, Michael Jackson, has died.', 'Ahmed Al Fishawy\r<br/>Maged El Kedwany\r<br/>Ahmed Malek\r<br/>Yasmine Raeis\r<br/>Amina Khalil', 'Screenwriter: Amr Salama, Omar Khaled\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Beshary\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '', 'shkjk.jpg', 500000, '2017', '1985455901'),
(9, 'THE GUEST', 'Al Daif', 'feature', '1745324613', ' 96 Min', 'The film grossed more than EGP 7 million in the box office.\r<br/>Jamila Awad won the Best African Asian Actress at the New Vision International Film Festival for her role in the film.\r<br/>The film won the Audience Award for best film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival', 'Dr. Yehia lives with his wife Mimi and daughter Farida in a villa. His views that are against religious extremism only bring him accusations of blasphemy. Amidst his troubles, facing trial and his wife\'s cancer diagnosis, he welcomes Osama into his home, the assistant teacher at the American University in Cairo who wishes to ask for his daughter\'s hand in marriage, to get to know him better. The guest, however, brings with him more harm than good.', 'Khaled El Sawy\r<br/>Ahmed Malek\r<br/>Shereen Reda\r<br/>Jamila Awad', 'Screenwriter: Ibrahim Eissa\r<br/>DOP: Mazen Al Mutagawel\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '', '49562463_2291698781119478_8490072174256717824_o.jpg', 1, '', '53762825'),
(10, 'GUNSHOT', 'Eyar Nari', 'feature', '1061801805', '98 Min', 'The film scored more than EGP 7 million in the box office\r<br/>A bold film about a complex and mysterious murder.\r<br/>The film doesn’t stop at the “Who is the killer?” question, but it leads the audience to wonder about the “How and Why” too!\r<br/>The film tries to answer the big question of whether the police was responsible for all the killing that happened during the 2011’s revolution or not!\r<br/>The film meticulously presents a controversial topic from different perspectives.\r<br/>The film earned the Best Actor Award for Ahmad Al Fishawy and the Best Cinematography Award for DOP Abdelsalam Moussa at The 67th edition of the Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema Film Festival.\r<br/>The film was screened at several film festivals worldwide.', 'Juggling his own troubled past and personal issues along the way, a drunken medical examiner finds himself amidst backlash after releasing a controversial autopsy report for a murdered guy! To prove his point, he teams up with a restlessly ambitious journalist who was digging into the murder too. Together they embark on an eye-opening journey that makes them question what they once regarded as absolute…..even their concept of truth!', 'Ahmad Al Fishawy\r<br/>Ruby\r<br/>Mohamed Mamdouh\r<br/>Arfa Abdel Rassoul', 'Screenwriter: Haitham Dabbour\r<br/>DOP: Abdelsalam Moussa\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '', 'gunsh.jpg', 1, '', '788999662'),
(11, 'LOVE STORY', 'Qesat Hob', 'feature', '502175204', '125 Min', 'The film garnered over EGP 11 Million in Egyptian cinemas.\r<br/>The film brings an engaging fresh love story that hasn’t been presented in the Egyptian cinema for a long time.\r<br/>A first time collaboration between the successful duet Hana El Zahed and Ahmed Hatem.', 'While recovering from a life-changing accident, Youssef crosses paths with Jamila and they fall in love. However, soon their love is put to the ultimate test and they have to fight for it! Will their love withstand the storm, or does fate have other plans in store for them?', 'Ahmed Hatem\r<br/>Hana El Zahed\r<br/>Ola Roshdy\r<br/>Yasser El Tobgy', 'Screenwriter: Amany El Tounsy\r<br/>And story by Yasser Salah\r<br/>DOP: Ahmad Yaaqoob\r<br/>Editor: Abdel Rahman Karam El Din\r<br/>', '', 'qh.jpg', 660000, '2019', '1841230195'),
(12, 'HEPTA: THE LAST LECTURE', 'Hepta: El Mohadra El Akheera', 'feature', '1745324613', '112 Min', 'Heralded as the highest-grossing romance film in the Egyptian Cinema, generating more than 27 million EGP in the Egyptian box-office.\r<br/>Based on Mohamed Sadek\'s best-seller book Hepta that sold more than 36 editions.\r<br/>Features a star studded cast.\r<br/>Received more than 20 awards.', 'Through 4 love stories, the film tracks the seven stages of love namely; the beginning, the encounter, the relationship bond, the wakefulness, the truth, which is followed by the decision, and then the ending, or the \"Hepta\" stage.', 'Maged El Kedwany\r<br/>Amr Youssef\r<br/>Sherine Reda\r<br/>Ahmed Malek', 'Screenwriter: Wael Hamdy\r<br/>DOP: Gamal El Boushy \r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '', 'hepta pst.jpg', 3300000, '2016', '1897281715'),
(13, 'THE TREASURE (2)', 'El Kenz 2', 'feature', '1854651748', '128 Min', 'The film grossed over EGP 6 million in the Egyptian box office.\r<br/>Al Kenz 2 features an all-star cast including Mohamed Saad, Mohamed Ramadan, Hend Sabry.\r<br/>The film earned Mohamed Saad the Best Actor Award at Film Society Festival For the Egyptian Cinema for his role in the film.\r<br/>Co-written by Mohamed Diab and Sherin Diab who are best known for successful films and TV series; Talq Sena\'ey ( 2018), El Gezira 2 (2014), Taye\' (2018) and Al Seham Al Mareqa (2018).', 'The second installment of Al Kenz continues where the first one left off with the characters\' fight over the treasure sacrificing either their love or lives. The film reveals the secret of the treasure, its importance and how to preserve it. The sequel will pick up where the first film left off; Queen Hatshepsut continues her fight with the priests and her love for the engineer, Ali Al-Zibq continues his fight with Elkalby and his love for the latter\'s daughter, Zainab, which will reveal the price of revenge that he has to pay, and how will General Bashir Pasha, who sacrificed his brother\'s life and his beloved to keep his position, find the treasure and how will his son, Hassan, search for his father\'s unknown legacy.', 'Mohamed Saad \r<br/>Mohamed Ramadan\r<br/>Hend Sabry\r<br/>Ahmed Malek', 'Screenwriter: Sherif Arafah\r<br/>Abdel Rahim Kamal\r<br/>DOP: Ayman Abou el Makarem\r<br/>Editor: Dalia El Nasser', '', 'tr22.jpg', 1, '', '1936476545'),
(15, 'New Year\'s Eve', 'Ras El Sana', 'feature', '116856315', '100 min', 'The film grossed over EGP 5 million despite being released during the critical times of the COVID-19 virus.\r<br/>The film marks Mohamed Hefzy’s comeback to screenwriting\r<br/>It brings together a stellar cast of big-name stars\r<br/>It is the debut film of director Sakr.', 'Ras El Sana takes place over the course of one night in a coastal resort town where the crème de la crème celebrates the New Year in 2009. As the celebrations are underway, relationships grow more complex, and secrets are uncovered, changing the way they see themselves and those around them forever.', 'Eyad Nassar\r<br/>Ahmed Malek\r<br/>Basma\r<br/>Shereen Reda\r<br/>Ingy El Mokadem\r<br/>Huda El Mufti', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>DOP: Victor Credi\r<br/>Editor: Ali Khairy', 'https://vimeo.com/532813668', 'latest poster (1).jpg', 1, '', '1072805977'),
(16, 'SUKKAR MOR', 'Sukkar Mor', 'feature', '343211413', '120 Min', 'The film had an astounding success in the Egyptian box office with revenues that surpassed 2 million EGP in total. \r<br/>Hani Khalifa\'s second feature film, following his controversial feature debut: Sahar El Layali (2003). \r<br/>Headlined by an all-star cast.', 'The film revolves around several characters witnessing unexpected dramatic changes due to certain incidents in their lives during five years of political and social turmoil reflected on the romantic attachments that were supposed to have a happily ever after ending. Despite all odds, everyone still clings on hope for this New Year, because no one can really predict the future.', 'Ahmed Al Fishawy\r<br/>Haitham Ahmed Zaki\r<br/>Sherry Adel\r<br/>Ayten Amer\r<br/>Nahed El Seba\'y\r<br/>Karim Fahmy\r<br/>Sarah Shahin\r<br/>Amina Khalil', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Abdelmoati\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Abdel Aziz\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafe', '', 'sukkar.jpg', 0, '', '449766987'),
(17, 'OUT OF ORDER', 'Khareg El Khedma', 'feature', '1547473321', '92 Min', 'Ahmed Al Fishway\'s debut film production through his company Crystal Dog.\r<br/>Venezuelan/ British DOP Arturo Smith who received multiple awards from festivals including: Toronto, Venice, Berlinale, Munich.', 'A psychological thriller tracking a dark and twisted relationship between two different people; Saeed (Al Fishawy), a hustler leading a miserable life almost like a tramp, and Hoda (Shereen), a woman living alone and all she does in her life is watching.', 'Ahmed Al Fishawy\r<br/>Shereen Reda', 'Screenwriter: Omar Sami\r<br/>DOP: Arturo Smith\r<br/>Editor: Heba Othman', 'https://vimeo.com/538322130', 'oor pst.jpg', 0, '', '78142161'),
(18, 'DECOR ', 'Decor', 'feature', '1209922559', '116 Min', 'The film generated 467,226 EGP in Egyptian Box-office. \r<br/>Headlined by Horreya Farghaly, Khaled Aboul Naga and Maged El Kedwany.\r<br/>Shot entirely in black and white with some narrative elements that draw upon a rich tradition of Egyptian black-and-white cinema that rivaled Hollywood in its heyday.  \r<br/>Helmed by director Ahmad Abdalla whose film repertoire include: Night/Exterior (2018), Rags and Tatters (2013), Microphone (2010). \r<br/>Co-written by Sherin and Mohamed Diab, who later co-wrote a number of blockbuster films; Talq Sena\'ey ( 2018), and El Gezira 2 (2014), as well as TV hits; Taye\' (2018) and Al Seham Al Mareqa (2018). ', 'Maha has always been passionate about film, and as a set designer she\'s become an expert at creating imaginary worlds. Under immense pressure at work, she sights another life on the horizon and begins slipping between realities—one resembling the film set she\'s designed and the other her supposed real life. As she grows ever more entangled in each, the border between the real and imagined becomes blurred. Maha walks a fine line between her parallel lives, and must decide for the first time what she truly desires.', 'Horeya Farghaly\r<br/>Khaled Aboulnaga\r<br/>Maged El Kedwany', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Diab\r<br/>Sherin Diab\r<br/>DOP: Tarek Hefny\r<br/>Editor: Sara Abdallah', 'https://vimeo.com/567004033', 'decor pst.jpg', 0, '', '1136265293'),
(19, 'The Washing Machine', 'El Ghassala', 'feature', '1299460231', '110 Min', 'Reaped more than 10 million EGP though it was released amid the harsh circumstances of COVID-19 with a capacity at 25% occupancy in Egyptian theaters.\r<br/>It was released in more than 100 screening venues across Egypt and the Arab world.\r<br/>Headlined by salient star Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Hatem, Hana El Zahed, Mohammed Sallam, and Bayoumi Fouad. \r<br/>The film marks the second collaboration between the duo Ahmed Hatem and Hana El Zahed, following the film Qeset Hob (Love Story).', 'The film follows Omar who uses the washing machine to get rid of the obstacles that drive a wedge between him and his girlfriend.', 'Mahmoud Hemida\r<br/>Ahmed Hatem\r<br/>Hana El Zahed\r<br/>Mohammed Sallam\r<br/>Bayoumi Fouad', 'Screenwriter: Adel Salib\r<br/>DOP: Gad Beiruty\r<br/>Editor: Mohammed Amir', '', 'ghas poster.jpg', 0, '2020', '1226563113');

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(4, 'Mai Masri', 'Mai Masri is a Palestinian filmmaker. She studied film at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University (USA), where she graduated with a BA degree. Her rich and extensive filmography includes many documentaries focusing on the humanity and resilience of ordinary people characterized with humanistic elements, through which she won over 60 awards at international film festivals, such as Under the Rubble (1983), Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon (1986), War Generation Beirut  (1998), Children of Fire (1990), Suspended Dreams (1992), Children of Shatila (1998), Hanan Ashrawi: A Woman of her Time (1995), Frontiers of Dreams and Fears (2001), Beirut Diaries: Truth, Lies and Videos (2006) and 33 Days (2007).', 'Mai Masri.jpg', '1236988155'),
(5, 'Jonas Carpignano', 'Born in New York to an Italian father and an African-American mother, Jonas Carpignano grew up in New York and Rome. With his first Mediterranean film he won the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015 as \"revelation director\" and the National Board of Review Awards 2015 as \"best debut director\", and he also received two nominations for the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards in categories \"best debut film\" and \"best debut script\". His second film A Ciambra (2017) was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 where it won the Europa Cinema Label Prize in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section, and was officially selected as Italy’s submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2018.', 'Jonas Carpignano.jpg', '806105949'),
(6, 'Saïd Khallaf', 'Saïd Khallaf is an emerging writer and filmmaker, originally from Morocco. Khallaf started his career in the film industry in Vancouver, Canada. Since 2003, Saïd started off as a stage performer, he co-wrote and performed in a number of plays, then he joined a Vancouver Film School to take his vision to a different level. For a year and half, he produced and directed for the Canadian Channel M a weekly TV Show that highlighted the Arab community activities in Canada. In 2008, he directed and edited five short documentaries for Al Jazeera in Jordan and Qatar. Saïd had written and directed for short films, in addition to a number of screenplays that have been produced and directed by other Moroccan filmmakers. A Mile In My Shoes is Khallaf’s debut feature film.', 'SAID_PhotoFest_2.jpg', '847472464'),
(7, 'Mahamat-Saleh Haroun', 'A film director from Chad based in France. Haroun made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999 which he followed by Abouna that won Best Cinematography Award  at FESPACO. His third feature was, Daratt, which won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. His 2010 feature film A Screaming Man won the Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, making Haroun the first Chadian director to enter, as well as win, an award in the main Cannes competition. In the following year, Haroun became a member of the jury for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and in 2014, he became one of the jury members for the Cinéfondation and Short Film  sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.', 'Director SAISONFRANCE Copyright Frank Verdier - Pili Films .jpg', '1664717493'),
(8, 'Humaid Al Suwaidi', 'Born in Abu Dhabi, Humaid Alsuwaidi is an Emirati director and producer. After working in a traditional office job for a few years, he enrolled in the New York Film Academy in 2010. Upon graduating, he worked on a number of short films, both on set and in post-production. Abdullah (2015), his directorial debut, had its premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival. Alsuwaidi started his own production house ‘1893 Productions’ that specializes in making independent feature films and also aims to expand to making TV commercials. Alsuwaidi’s film Abdullah (2015) marks the launch of the company. Alsuwaidi aims to follow the style of his idol Francis Ford Coppola to create a family-like filmmaking environment of creative minds in order to tell unique stories.', 'k_k.txt', '1957078022'),
(9, 'Omar Shargawi', 'Born in Denmark, Shargawi started his career as a still-photographer before he directed his debut feature film, Ma Salama Jamil (Go With Peace Jamil), which premiered in 2008 and won several awards in international film festivals. My Father from Haifa is his personal documentary, which won Special Jury Award at Muhr Arab Documentary Competition in addition to the People’s Choice Award of Best Film at Dubai International Film Festival and Robert Awards for Best Documentary in 2010. In 2011, Shargawi co-directed ½ Revolution, alongside Karim El Hakim, the film which portrays the first days of the Egyptian revolution against Egypt President Hosni Mubarak. The film was awarded Al Jazeera Documentary Golden Award, nominated for Best Feature Documentary at Sundance Film Festival and received a Special Mention at CPH DOX.', 'Omar_Shargawi_1_Photocredit_Boris_De_Freitas.jpg', '323271841'),
(10, 'Sherif El Bendary', 'El Bendary\'s filmography includes his first short fiction, Sabah El Fol (Rise and Shine), which was officially selected in more than 75 film festivals in 33 countries, followed by his short film At Day\'s End (2008) which was inspired by salient writer Ibrahim Aslan\'s novella. Sherif  directed Curfew, a chapter that was part of the collective feature 18 Days, the film which was an official selection at  Cannes Film Festival 2011.  Sherif\'s filmography also includes films such as: the documentary Fil Tarik Le West El Balad and the short film Dry Hot Summers, which landed its European premiere within the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. In 2013, El Bendary was selected as a jury member at the Shorts and Animations Competition within the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts. Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim is El Bendary’s debut feature film.', 'Sherif Elbendary.jpg', '277125938'),
(11, 'Jan-Willem van Ewijk', 'After being graduated as an Airplane Designer from the Delft University of Technology, Jan-Willem van Ewijk decided to be a filmmaker. His first feature film was the award-winning NU. (2006), which won the Best Debut Feature at the Dutch Film Festival, Best Feature at the European Independent Film Festival and was also selected to compete at the Montreal World Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival. Atlantic is his second feature.', 'Jan-Willem van Ewijk.jpg', '1441853231'),
(12, 'Mahmoud Sabbagh', 'Born in Jeddah, Mahmoud Sabbagh is a Saudi director who studied Documentary Filmmaking in New York. He later worked as an independent film director and producer in Saudi Arabia. His repertoire includes the documentary The Story of Hamza Shahata (2013), TV series Cash (2014) and his feature debut film Barakah Meets Barakah.', 'Mahmoud Sabbagh.jpg', '1105039090'),
(13, 'Mohamed Khan', 'Since 1971, Mohamed Khan cemented his role as a salient director in the Egyptian and Arab filmmaking scenes. With a rich repertoire of more than 25 films, his works received over 30 international awards and recognitions. Between 1962- 63, Khan studied filmmaking at London School of Film Technique (nowadays known as The London Int. Film School). He joined the Script Department at the General Egyptian Company in 1963 before he moved to Beirut, where he worked as Assistant Director from 1963 to 1966. As a book author, Khan has under his belt two books namely; An Introduction to the Egyptian Cinema (London 1969), Outline of Czechoslovakian Cinema(London 1971) and A Director on the Road (Egypt 2016). His films received several awards and accolades in the Arab world and beyond, in addition, three of his films are listed on the 100 Greatest Arab Films of Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.', 'gettyimages-92554455-2048x2048.jpg', '568720702'),
(14, 'Mohammed Ahed Bensouda', 'Born in Tetouan, Mohamed Ahed Bensouda studied History and French Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Morocco, from 1989 to 1991. He received his Filmmaking Studies form the University PARIS 1 – Pantheon –SORBONNE and holds a B.A. in Art History and Archaeology from the University PARIS 1 – Pantheon – SORBONNE. Bensouda completed many professional industry-related training courses including a Cinematography course at the Association Creation Med Film and a Direction course at the CINETEL, Paris, France. Throughout his cinema and TV career, he worked as an Actor, Assistant Director, Location Manager, Casting Director, Screenwriter, Director and Producer. Bensouda’s directing credits include his debut feature film Story of a Mchaouchi Wrestler and the shorts The Eyes of the Heart, The Jar, and The Raped Silence. He is also a member of the Moroccan Union of Cinema and Television technicians, the Dramatic Authors and Composers Society (SACD) Paris, France and the Guild of African Producers and Directors.', 'Mohamed Ahed Bensouda.JPG', '732500295'),
(15, 'Sarra Abidi', 'Tunisian filmmaker Sarra Abidi studied Graphic Design at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis, and received a Master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking. Currently, she is seeking to obtain a Master’s degree in Film Editing. Her film credits include Le Rendez-vous (2006), Le Dernier Wagon (2009) and 111 Rue De La Poste (2010). Benzine is Sarra’s debut feature film.', 'SARRA ABIDI PORTRAIT.jpg', '1661795239'),
(16, 'Anas Tolba', 'Anas Tolba is an Egyptian filmmaker who started his career in 2010 by co-founding the media production company, Axeer. He directed many music videos for a large number of singers and artists from across the Arab world, including: Zap Tharwat, Hamza Namira, and Cairokee. In 2013, he directed and produced his first 30-minute documentary, Extracurricular, that follows a mother who believes in the power of travel to educate her children. In 2017, he directed his first 15-minute short film, Mariam and The Sun. The film was recognized with Jury Selection Awards in the Accolade Film Competition and the Hollywood Film Festival. His feature debut, Between Two Seas, sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.', '1U0A6930.jpg', '1586593319'),
(17, 'Shaker K. Tahrer', '<p>Shaker K. Tahrer is the writer, director and producer of the short films My Father Doesn\'t Cry and Soccer Player at Midnight. Tahrer studied Film Directing at the Film Academy in Gothenburg and Screenwriting at Film i V&auml;st in Trollh&auml;ttan. His short film Soccer Player at Midnight has competed in a number of international festivals and has been broadcast on SVT (Swedish Television) on several occasions. Bloody Boys is Shaker K. Tahrer\'s debut full length feature.</p>', 'shaker tahrer.jpg', '222686326'),
(18, 'Raja Amari', 'Raja Amari is a Tunisian director known for the short One Evening in July, which won the First Prize at the Festival of African Cinema in Milan. Her award-winning films include Satin Rouge (2002), which won the Best Feature Film Award at the Torino Film Festival, the documentary Seekers of Oblivion (2004), and the film Buried Secrets (2009) that was an official selection at the Venice International Film Festival.', 'Raja Amari.jpg', '1689066325'),
(19, 'Mohamed Diab', 'A thriving writer/director, Mohamed Diab studied Commerce and Business Management. After graduation, Diab worked at one of the international banks in Cairo, but he soon realized his love for writing, which made it difficult for him to continue in the bank business. He chose to pursue his passion by studying scriptwriting at the New York Film Academy in 2005. His debut film, Ahlam Haqiqia (Real Dreams) (2006), was a commercial success. Afterwards, he wrote El Gezira (The Island) (2007), which made over EGP 20 million in theaters. His directorial debut came with 678, which he also wrote. The film won over 20 international awards and was an unexpected commercial success internationally. In 2014, he wrote the screenplay for the black and white film Décor and El Gezira 2, which was also a box-office hit. His feature film Clash (2016) was Egypt\'s official submission for the 2017 Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film and opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'mohamed diab.jpg', '1978971148'),
(20, 'Hala Lotfy', 'Hala Lotfy is an Egyptian filmmaker, who studied Economies and Political Science and graduated from Cairo University in 1995. Then she studied filmmaking in Cairo Film Institute and graduated with an Honor Degree in 1999. She worked as an Assistant Director in the commercial field for two years before deciding it is not the place she belongs to. She made three documentaries independently from 2001 to 2004. She worked with Aljazeera documentary channel making seven TV documentaries in a series called Arabs of Latin America from 2005 to 2006. In 2010, Hala established Hassala Films which is an independent company aiming to support young artists to achieve their dream projects by offering them free cameras and edit suits and fund raising consultations to help them keep their independence as much as they can. In July 2011, Hala received the prestigious Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award, given to a new cinematic voice reflecting integrity of spirit in independent film.', 'ema (1).jpg', '1297508271'),
(21, 'Boudewijn Koole', 'Born in Leiden, the Netherlands, Boudewijn Koole studied Industrial Design at the Delft University of Technology. He is a creative producer and co-owner of Witfilm. He is an advisor and coach of filmmakers during the development, shooting and editing of their films. Koole began his career as a documentarian, making films such as Tommie, Pierlala and In Belfast Staat Een Muur. His feature credits include his fiction film debut Kauwboy (Little Bird), which was sold to 14 countries and won more than 30 awards worldwide, and Beyond Sleep (2016), the opening film of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Disappearance is his most recent film.', 'Boudewijn photographer Wineke Onstwedder ZW.jpeg', '1934137507'),
(22, 'Walid Tayaa', 'Walid Tayaa is a Tunisian filmmaker who was born in Tunis in 1976. In 2006, he directed his first short film, MADAME BAHJA, selected at the Cannes Film Festival in the “World Cinema” section. In 2009, he made two short films, PRESTIGE (screened at La Berlinale 2010) and VIVRE, awarded the Grand Prize at the 16th Festival du Film Méditerranéen in Tétouan and the Tanit d’Or at the JCC 2010. In 2012, he made two more short films, BOULITIK and CHRONIQUE D’UN CITOYEN ORDINAIRE, and developed a documentary TANGLED IN IMBROGLIO, supported by AFAC.', 'Pic Walid (1).jpg', '2045823030'),
(23, 'Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud', 'Born in Tunis, Tunisia, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud studied at the INSAS Belgian School of Cinema where he completed his graduation in field of filming. Later, he studied Art History, Archeology and Journalism at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). These multidisciplinary studies gave him a solid training to face the field of cinema. Mahmoud made his debut feature film Traversées in 1982. His second feature film, released in 1992, Chichkhan, Poussière de Diamant was selected for Directors\' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. Mahmoud has also released a number of documentary films between 1992 and 2006, such as: Italiani dell\'altra Riva (1992), Anastasia de Bizerte (1996), Albert Samama-Chikli (1996), Ennejma Ezzahra (1998), The Thousand and One Voices (2001), Fadhel Jaibi, and A Theatre in Freedom (2003).', 'Director.jpeg', '560644102'),
(24, 'Jihane Chouaib', 'Jihane Chouaib was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Fleeing the civil war, her family settled in Mexico, where spent her childhood. During her teenage years, she traveled to France where she studied philosophy and discovered theater. She directed several short films, the first of which was SOUS MONLIT (Under my Bed), presented at the Critic’s Week during the Cannes Film Festival, in 2005. In 2012, she presented PAYS RÊVÉ (Dreamed Country) in France, a feature documentary showcasing the conditions of the Lebanese people through the perspectives of Lebanese immigrants. The film received rave reviews from the press and was described as a “concentrated dose of emotion” “a lovely and sensitive film describing life in exile in a global way” and a “poetic work statement”. As a screenwriter, Jihane worked on many films, including LES LUSTRALES by French director Lionel Delplanque, ÉTRANGÈRE by Lebanese director Danielle Arbid, and LÉA by French director Bruno Rolland.', 'Jihane Chouaib.jpg', '982312312'),
(25, 'Mohanad Hayal', 'Mohanad Hayal is an Iraqi filmmaker. After graduating from the Cinema Department of Baghdad University’s Faculty of Fine Arts he made a number of short and documentary films. His film Happy Birthday was selected for the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival and received the Rising Star Award at the 2013 Rhode International Film Festival. Hayal is also a seasoned journalist and is currently a freelance war videographer, documenting battles between the Iraqi Army and ISIS. He conducts filmmaking workshops as one of the founders of the Iraqi Independent Film Center as well. \r<br/>He was also Salam Salman’s script and production advisor on his short film Gift from my Father which went on to win the 2015 Crystal Bear Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.', 'Mohanad Hayal drr.jpg', '108640769'),
(26, 'Nadine Khan', 'Nadine Khan started her career as a co-director with director Yousry Nasrallah, then her father, the great late director Mohamed Khan in Banat West El Balad. Her feature debut Harag W\' Marag (Chaos, Disorder) (2012) received eight awards at several film festivals including the Special Jury Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Nadine Khan.jpg', '520639792'),
(27, 'Wissam Charaf', 'Wissam Charaf is a French-Lebanese director, cameraman, and editor. \r<br/>So far, he has directed five short fiction films – Hizz Ya Wizz, A Hero Never Dies, An Army of Ants, After, and Unforgettable Memory of a Friend, as well as It’s All In Lebanon — a 52-minute documentary. \r<br/>Also, his first feature film, Heaven Sent, was selected for the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival.', '2 +.jpg', '1951242554'),
(28, 'Mohamed Ben Attia', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunisia in 1976, graduating from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1998 before studying Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valenciennes in France.&nbsp;<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME, DEUX COMPRIMES, MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.&nbsp;<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then released his debut feature</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HEDI </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.</span></p>', 'Mohamed Ben Attia.JPG.jpg', '999334155'),
(29, 'Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji', 'Born in Baghdad, Mohamed Al-Daradji studied at the Media Academy in Hilversum, Netherlands, then at Northern Film School in Leeds, UK. In 2005, he presented his feature debut Dreams and in 2009 Son of Babylon which established his name in the international scene following successful screenings at the Berlinale and Sundance festivals. Jabarah has also co-directed with his brother Atea Al Daradji in In My Mother\'s Arms which was part of more than 50 festivals and film events and received more than 10 international awards.', 'Mohamed Al-Daraji.jpg', '898431128'),
(30, 'Louis de Witt', 'Brother of well known film director Elmo de Witt. Louis started out as an assistant at Kavalier Films in the late 1950’s, working with the likes of Jamie Uys, Jans Rautenbach, Dirk de Villiers, Bertrand Retief, and numerous other prolific filmmakers. Known to be a perfectionist, Louis was always pushing the bounds for the highest possible quality in his work. He was highly respected in the film industry and regarded as one of the country’s top lighting cameramen. Louis teamed up with Tonie van der Merwe in 1970 to direct his first film, Joe Bullet. After the production of Joe Bullet, Louis formed his own company, Mojadji Films, and produced a number of African language movies. He died tragically in a car accident in 1995.', 'adobe_caps.dll', '20579367'),
(31, 'Ahmed Amer', 'Born and raised in Cairo, Ahmed Amer worked as a corporate banker for six years before he started his filmmaking career. Amer spent a few years as an assistant editor in the US working on documentaries and TV content as well as having made a few appearances as an actor in a number of films in New York. His short film Al Maktoub (2012) screened at the Shorts Films Corner at Cannes 2013. His writing credits include the award-winning films Winter of Discontent (2012) by Ibrahim El Batout and Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim (2016) by Sherif El Bendary. Kiss Me Not is his first feature film after many years as a professional screenwriter.', 'Ahmed Amer.jpg', '393069510'),
(32, 'Hussein El Imam', 'Hussein El Imam is one of the Arab world\'s key-names in the Entertainment and filmmaking industries. El Imam Starred in, composed, sang and directed more than 100 films.', 'Hussein El Imam 2.jpg', '1385963866'),
(33, 'Muayad Alayan', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan is a Palestinian film director and producer whose award-winning work has been distributed globally, featured at prominent festivals, and seen by audiences all over the world.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His directorial debut, LOVE, THEFT AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS (Palestine 2015), premiered in Panorama at the Berlinale in 2015. His second feature film, THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM (Palestine / Netherlands / Germany / Mexico 2018), won the Special Jury Prize of the Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Competition and the Hubert Bals Audience Award. It won top prizes at Seattle International Film Festival and Durban International Film Festival and has been distributed in over 50 territories.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Alayan&rsquo;s first narrative short, LESH SABREEN?, premiered in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 2009. His third feature, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM (Palestine / United Kingdom / Germany / Netherlands / Qatar 2023), premiered in Rotterdam and was nominated for the UNESCO Gandhi Medal and for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards and was acquired by Netflix for MENA.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad worked extensively with youth and community centers and non-governmental organizations on projects promoting cinema culture and cinema infrastructure in Palestine. He also acted as an instructor of directing and cinematography at several academic institutions. Alayan is a member of the European Film Academy and has occasionally served as a jury member on several international and regional film festivals and funds.</span></p>', 'director photo.png', '1326827389'),
(35, 'Nassim Abassi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nassim Abassi is an international film director and the Managing Director for Moondust Productions, a film production company based in Morocco that provides film services for film shoots in Morocco.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nassim has produced several film projects since his return to Morocco in 2005. His feature film MAJID won the Best Screenplay Award at the National Moroccan Film Festival, the Best Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth in Tunisia, and received a Special Mention from the jury of the Cinekid International Film Festival in Amsterdam.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAJID had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival and took part in 30 other worldwide film festivals where it collected 10 international prizes.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His film BILA HOUDOUD (WITHOUT LIMITS) &mdash; which he both wrote and directed &mdash; was the most viewed film in Morocco when it was broadcast on national television in 2007.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY UNCLE, his fourth feature film as a screenwriter and film director, was released in 2017 and had its World Premiere at the prestigious International Film Festival of Marrakech.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film starred Moroccan comedy legend Abderraouf, who won a Lifetime Achievement Award thanks to this film at that same film festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY UNCLE took part afterward in several film festivals and was shown several times on Moroccan TV and other TV channels in the Arab world. It is also one of the rare Moroccan films to be dubbed in Chinese and shown on a Chinese film channel.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nassim Abassi is currently working on several film and TV projects which are at different stages of development.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nassim Abassi lived for 16 years in the UK where he studied for a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Film &amp; Video. He worked there for a few years at a post-production company and shot several short films in London.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also shot his first feature film in London, THE WINTER SUN IS A LIE, which he wrote and directed.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This low-budget English film won the Award for Best Feature Film at the International Digital Film Festival in New Delhi in 2005</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></p>', 'Nassim Abassi.jpg', '2058791876'),
(36, 'Nidhal Chatta', 'Nidhal Chatta is a Tunisian filmmaker who graduated from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK. His filmography includes many features such as The Last Mirage (2012), No Man’s Love (2016), and the award-winning features The Lost Horizon, winner of seven international awards, and Under the Sea of Sand. He also directed the documentary Zero (2017). Chatta established his own production company South by South-West in La Marsa, Tunisia.', 'Director Nidhal Chatta r.jpg', '993637348'),
(37, 'Gaya Jiji', 'Gaya Jiji is a Syrian filmmaker whose credits include three short-films:  The Haunted House (2003), The Father ... Too (2009), and Morning, Noon, Evening ... And Morning (2011) which was selected in many festivals worldwide such as the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Tokyo, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, and the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam. Her first feature film, My Favorite Fabric, received the ‘Aide aux cinemas du monde’ fund by the CNC along with a development grant from Amiens Film Festival as well. The film was also screened at Un Certain Regard, Festival de Cannes 2018.', 'GAYA_EYES_HIDEF_BW-6.jpg', '343245334'),
(38, 'Hany Abu-Assad', 'Hany Abu-Assad is a Palestinian film director, writer and producer. Born in Nazareth 1961, he is one of the most eminent Arab directors of our time. He broke into filmmaking after working for several years as an flight engineer in The Netherlands. In 1994, he produced the feature film Curfew, directed by Rashid Masharawi. Since then, Abu-Assad has written, directed and produced several award winning films which include Nazareth 2000, Rana’s Wedding, Ford Transit, Paradise Now, The Courier, Omar and The Idol.\r<br/>His film Paradise Now was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language film. His film, Omar was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2014 and won several awards. The awards include the Independent Spirit Award, Felix Award,Berlin Blue Angel Award, Amnesty International Film Prize, Golden Calf, and the Jury Prize in the competition of Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. \r<br/>In 2017, Abu-Assad directed The Mountain Between Us, starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba, which opened the 39th edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Huda’s Salon is his latest feature film.', 'hany abu assad 2.jpg', '25532440'),
(39, 'Abdulla Al Kaabi', 'Abdulla Al Kaabi is an Emirati filmmaker who started his career as a lead Presenter on Dubai TV in 2004 for four years when he was still a college student, which gave him valuable hands-on experience in production. In 2009, Al Kaabi moved to Paris to pursue a Master\'s Degree in Filmmaking at the Ecole Internationale de Creation Audiovisuelleet de Realisation (EICAR). Following his Master\'s Degree, Al Kaabi directed his first award-winning short film The Philosopher (2011) with famed French actor Jean Reno. In 2014, his second short Koshk won two awards at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.', 'Abdulla Al Kaabi.jpeg', '1033296391'),
(40, 'Benjamín Naishtat', 'Benjamin Naishtat studied Cinema at Buenos Aires University which he followed by studies at le Fresnoy – National Contemporary Art Studio in France. His repertoire includes the fictions: El Juego (2010) which was selected at Cannes’ Cinefondation section. He also made the experimental works: Historia del Mal (2011), which was screened at the Rotterdam  Film Festival and at several international exhibitions. His first feature film, Historia del Miedo was selected in the Official Competition at the Berlinale in 2014.', 'Benjamín Naishtat.jpg', '918324577'),
(41, 'Hicham Lasri', 'Hicham Lasri is a multi-talented artist based in Casablanca who is a director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer. He has also recently started venturing into the world of music as a member of a band called the Chic Chocs. \r<br/>Lasri has been immersed in various forms of art since the age of 16, initially kicking off his career by writing scripts and plays. \r<br/>His notable works in chronological order include (K) DREAM, TEARS OF JOY ONE DAY OF ZEMZEM, THE INVISIBLES — which he also directed — and F.A.Q.\r<br/>In six years, Lasri has successfully sent six films to several prestigious film festivals, including THE END, THEY ARE THE DOGS, THE SEA IS BEHIND, STARVE YOUR DOG, HEADBANG LULLABY, and JAHILYA. \r<br/>Additionally, over the past few years, he has written, directed, and produced three short films — LOVE IN ALEPPO, WASTELAND, and THE MALE GAZE. And in 2021, he published his fourth novel titled THE LUCIFER EFFECT. \r<br/>', 'gettyimages-516910392-2048x2048.jpg', '969324254'),
(42, 'Salvatore Allocca', 'Italian director, creative producer and screenwriter Salvatore Allocca earned his bachelor’s degree in Literature and Cinema. He founded his film and TV production company Vega’s Project in 2006. In 2011, his feature film directorial debut How to Find in the Right Way the Wrong Man, distributed by 20th Century FOX, was theatrically released in Italy. His early films include a number of highly-acclaimed films including the short films Gunes, winner of the Best Short Film at the Palena International Film Festival in 2012, and Crackers, winner of the CinemAvvenire Award for Best Short Film at the CinemAvvenire Film Festival, Roma in 2006. Allocca has also directed, written, developed and produced commercials, music videos and documentaries, such as the documentary Negli Occhi (In the Eyes), winner of two awards at the Venice Film Festival 2009. In 2017, his second feature film Taranta on the Road was screened in the main competition at the Bif&st - Bari International Film Festival.', 'salvatore allocca.jpg', '199043287'),
(43, 'Mehdi Hmili', '<p><a href=\"https://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing/projects/grants/fouledh\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Hmil</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and producer. He studied cinema in Paris and co-founded Yol Film House with Moufida Fedhila in Tunis, producing several award-winning fiction films and documentaries featured at numerous international festivals. In 2019, he participated in La Fabrique des Cin&eacute;mas du Monde at the Cannes Film Festival with the feature &lsquo;Exile&rsquo;. His second feature film, &lsquo;Streams&rsquo;, was selected for the official competition and had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. The film won several awards, including Best Acting Performance at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival, the Best Actress and Best Actor Awards at the 38th Vues d&rsquo;Afrique International Film Festival, and the Best Director Award at the 12th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. Mehdi Hmili is part of the new wave of young Tunisian filmmakers and is a major figure in the current Tunisian cinematographic landscape. His production company, Yol Film House, plays an active role in supporting Tunisian talent, with its productions demonstrating strong potential for co-production and international distribution. Mehdi Hmili is a Torino Film Lab alumnus and a Film Independent alumnus. He lives and works between Tunis and Paris.</span></p>', 'director Mehdi Hmili.jpg', '1328942523'),
(44, 'Rifqi Assaf', 'Jordanian-Palestinian director and screenwriter Rifqi Assaf was born in Amman. He holds a BA in English Translation from ASU. As a screenwriter and director, Assaf’s filmography includes four short films including the award winning film The View (2008). The Curve is Assaf’s first feature film. His latest writing credits is the short film The Parrot (2016) that had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'rifqi assaf 2.jpg', '334212101'),
(45, 'Natalia Beristáin', 'Natalia Beristáin graduated from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in 2008, with a concentration in film directing. Her short film Péces Plátano (Banana Fish) was awarded the Best Mexican Short Film at the 5th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), and in 2008, it was officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival as part of its Critic’s Week section. Natalia Beristain’s first feature film No Quiero Dormir Sola (She Doesn´t Want to Sleep Alone) premiered at the International Critic’s Week of the Venice International Film Festival in 2012, and in that same year, the film won Best Feature Film at the Morelia International Film Festival and the first Yellow Robin Award at the Curaçao - Rotterdam International Film Festival.', 'natalia beristain 2.jpg', '1134226019'),
(46, 'Karim Hanafy', 'Born in Cairo, Egypt, award-winning writer, director and producer Karim Hanafy received a degree in philosophy from Cairo University in 2002 and began working as an Assistant Director for television, theater, documentaries and short films. In 2005, he directed his debut short film Too Late. In 2006, he founded the Cairo Jesuit Cinema School in collaboration with Father William Sidhom at the El- Nahda Association for Scientific and Cultural Renaissance that offers training and production support for burgeoning filmmakers. Karim Hanafy has been running the Cairo Jesuit as the School Director and he also worked as a lecturer from 2006 to 2012. In 2006, he was awarded a production grant by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture for his screenplay The Gate of Departure. The Gate of Departure is Karim Hanafy’s debut feature film.', 'karim Hanafy.JPG', '840766016'),
(47, 'Ahmed Magdy', 'Filmmaker, actor, and Yoga instructor Ahmed Magdy was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 4 May 1986. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ain Shams University, then joined the Al-Tamy Theater Troupe and worked as an actor and assistant director for three years. His debut film is the independent short documentary Magra Al-Seil (Riverbed) in 2007. Afterwards, Magdy took part in a workshop titled Al-Zatt Wa Al-Madina – Al-Qahira (The Self and the City- Cairo), through which he directed his documentary Zizo (2007). After that, Ahmed directed Keika Bel Crema (Cream Cake) (2008) that received the Judges Award at the Algerian Independent Film Festival and the Jordan Independent Short Film Festival, in addition to the Silver Hock award at the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam. Magdy’s documentary film Ila Al-Bahr (To the Sea), participated in Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2009, the festival which Ahmed visited again in 2012 as a member of the Short Films Competition Jury. In 2013, Ahmed received the SANAD Development Grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, and the AFAC Production Grant in 2014 for his debut narrative feature No One There. As an actor, Magdy received a number of awards for acting in highly-acclaimed films in festivals, such as Asafeer Al-Neel (Birds of the Nile), Microphone, The Gate of Departure, Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim, and Mawlana, alongside a number of successful TV series.\r<br/>', 'Ahmed Magdy.JPG.jpg', '552032144'),
(48, 'Andaç Haznederoğlu', 'Born in Ankara, Turkey, Andaç Haznederoğlu has graduated from the Acting Program of the Performing Arts and Theatre Department at Anadolu University State Conservatory. Later on, she attended GITIS Acting Stage Management Workshop in Moscow. Her master degree is in Dramaturgy at Anadolu University. During her television and cinema career, she has directed many TV series in Turkey including June Night, From Lips to heart and Samanyolu. Haznederoğlu’s feature film debut is the romantic-comedy Everything For Love (2016). In 2004, Haznederoğlu founded her own production company, Andac Film Productions. She is also a lecturer on \"Directing For Talent\" at Istanbul Bilgi University and Yeditepe University.', 'PHOTO-2018-08-16-12-39-41.jpg', '191616049'),
(49, 'Mohamed Zineddine', 'Mohamed Zineddaine was born in the small village of Oued-zem, Morocco. A mediocre pupil as a child, he was seduced by the written word and devoted himself to becoming a great reader. In 1983, he left Morocco to study computer science at the University of Nice. On recognising this was not his passion, he left his schooling and moved to Italy, eventually settling in Bologna, where he began his training as a director. A reporter, photographer, screenwriter, and producer, Zineddaine’s feature-length films include La vecchia ballerina (2002), Réveil (2004), Tu te souviens d’Adil? (2008), Colère (2012), and The Healer (2018).', 'Mohamed Zineddaine.jpg', '1124535078'),
(50, 'Robert Guédiguian', 'Robert Guédiguian was born in Marseille, France. Many of his early films, including À La Vie, à La Mort (1995) and La Ville est Tranquille (2000), screened in the Director\'s Spotlight programme at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and he returned to TIFF with his subsequent features Mon Père est Ingénieur (2004), Le Voyage en Arménie (2006), and Neiges du Kilimandjaro (2011). Other credits include Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars (2005), L\'Armée du Crime (2009), and Une Histoire de Fou (2015). La Villa (2017) is his latest film.', 'Robert Guediguian.jpg', '1408319565'),
(51, 'Selma Baccar', 'Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunis in 1976. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Valenciennes in France after graduating at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) in Tunis in 1998. He has directed five short films, Romantisme, Deux Comprimes, Matin et Soir (2004), Kif Lokhrin (Silver Award at FESPACO 2006), Mouja (2008), LOI 76 (2011) and Selma (2013), which was selected in the international competition of CLERMONT FERRAND FESTIVAL 2014 and won several awards in various festivals. Hedi is his feature debut.', 'Salma Baccar (1).jpg', '593392980'),
(53, 'Ahmed Magdy Morsy', 'Graduated from Faculty of Law from Alexandria University in 2010, Ahmed is a freelance filmmaker who was a trainee assistant director in Ibrahim El Batout’s film HAWI in 2011. He was the supervisor of the editing classes in the AMIDEAST\'s filmmaking workshop.', 'Ahmed Magdy Morsy.jpg', '1388186991'),
(54, 'Hend Bakr', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Bakr is a director and producer who is interested in exploring common territories between writing and cinema.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon finishing her studies in filmmaking at the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, she co-founded Rufy&rsquo;s Films &mdash; a major film production company based in Alexandria.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, she co-directed and co-produced THE MICE ROOM &mdash;&nbsp; an omnibus feature-length film that was officially selected for international film festivals in Dubai, and Sao Paulo, among others.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on, in 2023, she made her first documentary, THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\'s currently directing and producing her second feature documentary, NAS EL KABAYEN, and producing the feature documentary&nbsp; AND THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING. THE FIRST DAY.</span></p>', 'Hend Bakr 2.jpg', '1718930681'),
(55, 'Mayye Zayed', 'Mayye is a DOP, camera person, video artist and editor who was granted a Fulbright scholarship to study cinema and media studies in Wellesley College in USA in 2011/2012 which also enabled her to take the comparative media class Innovations in Documentary in MIT. She worked in Ibrahim El Batout’s film HAWI in 2011.', 'Mayye Zayed.jpg', '1750659673'),
(56, 'Mohamad El Hadidi', 'A freelance photographer and videographer who participated in several photography exhibitions and got many prizes. He was the 1st AD and a DOP in many Egyptian documentaries and short films. His short film \"Alban Wady El-Neel\" was awarded the Bibliotheca Alexandrina\'s Plaza grant for short films for 2012 and the best short film award in 9ème rencontres de l\'image Film Festival in the French Institute in Cairo, Egypt in 2013.', 'Mohamed El Hadidi.jpg', '1392566914'),
(57, 'Mohamed Zedan', 'Mohamed Zedan is an independent filmmaker. He pursued his studies in filmmaking at the Atelier of Independent Filming in the Jesuit Cultural Center and has always been very interested in the history of cinema. Zedan joined MASS workshop for contemporary art in Alexandria in 2013 and participated as an assistant artist in Sharjah Biennale. He has worked as an assistant director in a lot of short and feature films. One of the founders of Rufy\'s Film Company in Alexandria to support the independent filmmakers in Alexandria. Zedan co-directed his first feature film, The Mice Room, which is a collaborative feature film with six directors. The Mice Room got selected in the official competition of the Dubai International Film Festival and Sao Paulo Film Festival in 2014, along with other festivals worldwide. Zedan\'s first feature, I Have A Picture, was selected at the DocMed workshop in 2013 and Final Cut in Venice workshop in 2014. The film won four awards, including the Gold Star for Best Arabic Documentary Film at the El Gouna Film Festival.', 'zedan.jpg', '1080368454'),
(58, 'Nermeen Salem', 'An English teacher who had a Fulbright scholarship in the University of Saint Thomas in USA to study religion and politics in 2010/2011. Her passion for filmmaking and activities made her participate in several theatrical activities and workshops. She worked in Ibrahim El Batout’s film HAWI in 2011 and a collaborative independent film in USA.', 'Nermeen Salem.jpg', '81914858'),
(59, 'Mohcine Besri', 'Born in Meknes, Morocco in 1971, Besri studied physics and chemistry at the University of Rabat. He then completed a bachelors in computer science and worked in finance and teaching before moving on to filmmaking. Before releasing his first feature film, LES MÉCRÉANTS, he wrote several screenplays and helmed two short films.', 'Mohcine Besri.jpg', '1221370060'),
(60, 'Mats Grorud', 'Mats Grorud is a Norwegian director and animator who studied Animation at Volda University College. He complimented his animation career with studies in Denmark, Beirut and Beijing. Mats directed the short films Santa Klaus and My Grandmother Beijing, and animated on Backyard stories (Kaja Polmar, 2006) and Piotr Sapegin’s Grandpa is a raisin (2006). Today, Mats runs his own company called Nubbsjangs Productions, where he develops his own projects, does commissioned work and teaches animation. He has also worked on several documentary projects. In 2007, Grorud started working on his debut feature animated documentary film, The Tower, along with producer Frank Søbstad at Tenk.tv.', 'Mats_Grorud_24092018_EveNieminen_6.jpg', '1136512176'),
(61, 'Lotfi Bouchouchi', 'Born in Algiers to a family of filmmakers, Lotfi Bouchouchi is an Algerian director and producer. He graduated from the School of Cinema and Audiovisual (ESEC) in Paris. In the early 90s, he made his first foray into filmmaking as a first assistant director to directors Merzak Allouache and Mohamed Chouikh. He worked as a production manager for the Algerian national television, covering news for foreign channels and news agencies including TF1, France 24 and APTN. He produced and co-produced many films, including: Viva Algeria (2004), Barakat! (2006), I\'m Dead (2014) and Timgad (2016). The Well is Bouchouchi’s directorial debut for which he won many Best Director awards.', 'Lotfi_Bouchouchi.jpg', '928218289'),
(62, 'Naji Abu Nowar', 'Born in the UK, Naji Abu Nowar began his filmmaking career when he was accepted into the 2005 RAWI Screenwriters lab held in association with the Sundance Institute, to develop his first screenplay Shakoush (Hammer). He then wrote and directed the short film Death of a Boxer (2009) which screened at international film festivals including the Palm Springs International Shortfest, the Dubai International Film Festival, the Miami Short Film Festival and the Franco-Arab Film Festival. Theeb is Naji’s debut feature film. Abu Nowar has been added to the list of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was also named 2014 Filmmaker of the Year by Variety magazine. ', 'Theeb_Director_Naji Abu Nowar.jpg', '1126449921'),
(63, 'Elyes Baccar', 'After graduating from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, Elyes Baccar worked as an assistant director in several Tunisian and international films. He directed several short films, commercials and documentaries. In 2004, he directed his first film She & He. He won several prizes for Best Short Documentary in many festivals. Rouge Parole, his documentary was acclaimed by international critics and won several awards. Tunis by Night is his second feature film. Baccar received a number of prestigious awards. He won the Golden Award at the Aljazeera Documentary Festival two times for his film Pakistan 7.6 in 2006 and for Music Says in 2008. Also, Baccar received the Special Jury Prize at the O’cean Film Festival for his documentary film Mur de Lamentation. In 2012, he directed Rouge Parole that received a wide acclaim and a number of awards. Between 2014 and 2016, Baccar directed two feature documentaries; Cairo 30th and Lost in Tunisia that landed its world premiere at the Festival International Du Film Des Dorits de l\'Homme in Tunisia.', 'unnamed.jpg', '29011443'),
(64, 'Karim Moussaoui', 'Born in Jijel, Algeria, Karim Moussaoui is a director, writer and actor. He worked as an assistant director to directors such as Tariq Teguia and Nadir Moknache. In 2013, he made the film The Days Before. His debut feature film The Nature of Time (2017) has been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Until The Birds Return (2017) was selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. His directing credits include the films Ce qu’on doit faire (2006) and Petit déjeuner (2003).', 'Karim Moussaoui.jpg', '270593207'),
(65, 'Suha Arraf', 'Suha Arraf began her artistic career by presenting a number of outstanding documentary films, such as Women of Hamas (2010), which won 13 awards at international film festivals. She also co-wrote the The Syrian Bride (2004), for which she won Best Screenplay Award at the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium. She also won Best Screenplay at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her film Lemon Tree (2008). She was listed on Variety’s “10 Screenwriters to Watch”.', 'Suha_Arraf-headshot[M].jpeg', '1685008389'),
(66, 'Hadi El Bagoury', 'Hadi started his career as an Executive Producer then he shifted to directing towards the late 1990s in the fields of TV commercials and music video clips, through which he worked with the most prominent Arab singers. As an Advertising Director, he directed works for several multi-national advertising agencies such as BBDO, JWT, FP7, and Leo Burnett. Hadi made his way to the world of cinema through his film Wahed Sahih which was screened in 2011. Not only was the film a significantly successful hit in theatres, but it was also the festival opener at the Dubai International Film Festival 2011 as part of Muhr Arab Feature competition, and won the Best Directorial Debut award from the Egyptian National Film Center. Hadi has a long record of hits like Hepta: The Last Lecture, Ardh Khass, and the first horror Egyptian film Warda.', 'Hadi El Bagoury.jpg', '1745324613');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(67, 'Shahram Mokri', 'Born in Marand, Iran, Shahram Mokri is a graduate of Cinema from Tehran’s Soureh College. Since 2000, he has been making short films. His repertoire includes editing eight TV dramas, two TV series and more than 20 short and documentary films that brought him national and international recognition. Shahram’s debut feature film, Ashkan, The Charmed Ring And Other Stories, had its international premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in 2009. His second feature film, Fish and Cat (2013), has been received with phenomenal success in Iranian cinema between 2013 and 2014, topping the box-office in Iran. It has also screened in more than 80 prestigious film festivals and collected 15 awards. Invasion is Shahram’s third feature film.', 'Shahram Mokri 1.jpg', '88805169'),
(68, 'Bahij Hojeij', 'Bahij Hojeij studied philosophy and theater at the Lebanese University, and studied cinema in France at the École Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, Université Paris 8 and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Since 1990, Hojeij has been a professor of cinema at the Institute of Fine Arts at the Lebanese University. He has produced and directed several independent documentaries, as well as three feature films: Ring of Fire (2004), Here Comes the Rain (2011) and Good Morning (2018).', 'ph director 1.jpg', '416647277'),
(69, 'Farid Lakkimi', 'Born in Morocco, Farid Lakkimi was a film buff from a young age, which made him study filmmaking and become a filmmaker. He has a bachelor’s degree in Arts at the University Lumière Lyon 2 and a Master’s degree in Film studies, specializing in screenwriting, at the University Libre in Brussels, Belgium. To master the world of directing, production, photography and screenwriting, he experienced working in different fields of film industry. Moreover, in 2009, he became a member of the Moroccan Center for Cinematography. He founded two production companies: Sadden Production in 2010 and Obscura Entertainment in 2013.', 'Farid Lakkimi.jpg', '230426046'),
(70, 'Raouf Sebbahi', 'Raouf Sebbahi received his Audiovisual Production degree from Morocco\'s Film School in 2010. Then, he joined the Moroccan television as a director and TV program designer. In parallel to this, he received a master’s degree in writing and filmmaking from Cairo. His projects, including serials and telefilms, placed him as one of the most acclaimed directors in the country. His repertoire includes five short films, which received numerous awards at festivals, in addition to his first feature film LFERDI (The Pistol) in 2013.', 'Raouf Sebbahi.PNG', '949623445'),
(71, 'Yasmine Chouikh', 'Yasmine Chouikh is an Algerian writer and filmmaker. In 1990, she took part in a TV film by director Djamel Bendedouch, followed by Hamlet of Women by Mohamed Chouikh in 2004. She has written many articles for the culture pages of the daily newspaper, L\'Authentique, and has been presenting a cinematographic television programme on the National Algerian Radio since 2005. She has written several short film scripts and directed the two films El Bab (The Door) and The Djinn. She is the Artistic Director of the International Taghit Short Film Festival and has been in charge of short films at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival.', '002.jpeg', '750826539'),
(72, 'Abed Abest', 'Born in Iran, Abed Abest is a theatre actor/filmmaker who starred in several works by salient directors Amir-Reza Koohestani and Reza Gouran. He is also the lead actor in Shahram Mokri’s Fish and Cat (2013) and his new film Invasion (2017). Abed has under his belt a short film; I haven\'t Seen Hossien since the Day Before Yesterday (2011) and a medium-length film The Corner (2014).  Simulation is his debut feature film that premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.', 'Director-Pic-1.jpg', '668232589'),
(73, 'Bassam Jarbawi', 'Bassam Jarbawi is a Palestinian filmmaker who holds a B.A. in Communication and Political Science ‎from Macalester College, and an M.F.A. in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University in New ‎York. Bassam was a photographer during the second Palestinian Intifada. With many photography ‎work under his belt, Bassam held many exhibits and presented his first documentary Frequency (2004). In 2009, his short film ‎Chicken Heads (2009) premiered at the New York Film Festival and won several awards at ‎Aspen Shortsfest, Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), Columbia University Film Festival, Mexico International Film Festival and ‎National Board of Review (USA). MAFAK (Screwdriver) is Jabrawi\'s first feature film.', 'Mafak(Screwdriver)-Writer+Director-BassamJarbawi.jpg', '1876282012'),
(74, 'Abdulelah Alqurashi', 'Born in Jeddah, Abdulelah Alqurashi is a director and producer. He moved to Los Angeles to obtain a Master\'s Degree in Filmmaking. In addition to writing, producing and directing, he worked as an actor in several films, including Nada Almojadedi\'s short film Zaina’s Cake. Since his return from the USA in 2017, he has been putting much time, effort, and money into his project Roll\'em to see the light. He aspires to see Saudi Arab as one of the most active industry hubs in the Arab world and beyond.', 'AMS_9534 2.jpg', '1433006490'),
(75, 'Azlarabe Alaoui', 'Azlarabe Alaoui Lamharzi is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter, producer, and a university professor who holds a Ph.D. in Audio-visuals and Cinema. Azlarabe has made a myriad of films in a wide array of genres. He has five short fiction films, Bidouza (2004), The Island of a Day (2005), See you in Volubilis (2006), Cedar Grains (2007), Izorane (2008) and The Blind and The Gypsy (2013). He also directed several TV films, such as: The Devil’s Powder (2009), Glass House (2010) and The Postman (2011). He moved to the next category of feature films by making Androman... Blood and Coal in 2012 that won 17 national and international awards.', 'AZLARABE ALAOUI LAMHARZI.png', '9173324'),
(76, 'Bilal Athimni', 'Bilal Athimni is an award winning Tunisian Film director, Producer and Screenwriter. In 2015 he founded the production company “ZoneArt Films” in Jendouba. His films have been greatly recognized globally and locally and reaped major national and international prizes like the 1st prize for best newcomer documentary for his film Truth at the IFF Teheran and 1st prize for best debut Documentary at the National Film Festival in Zaghouan for his film Bomb Iacrymogéne. His feature fiction debut A PART OF ME premiered at JCC Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. In 2019 he was a Jury member at the Festival du Cinéma Tunisien.', 'Bilal Athimni.jpg', '272652332'),
(77, 'Silvana Santamari', 'The German-Italian Film director, Screenwriter and Producer, Silvana Santamaria, since 2013, has been one of the co-founders of the film production company SOILFILMS where she successfully writes, directs and produces fiction- and documentary features. Furthermore, she has a rich professional and academic background. After her studies of film directing at the famous Film Academy Baden-Württember in 2010, she directed the award winning short film “Her letter for his wedding”, with the renowned actors Corinna Harfouch and Sylvester Groth. She won important national and international awards for her films like Max Ophüls Prize, Young European CIVIS Media Prize…etc. Additionally, her films were screened in many prestigious festivals, including San Sebastian Film Festival and Shanghai Film Festival and presented in Co-production markets in La Biennale di Venezia and BFI London.', 'Silvana Santa Maria.jpg', '653068821'),
(78, 'Widad Shafakoj', 'Widad Shafakoj is a Jordanian humanitarian activist and an award-winning filmmaker who has chosen films as a tool to relay her beliefs and concerns in society. \r<br/>She graduated with a bachelor of arts in interior design and started working on several international and local film sets as a designer, which led her to earning a scholarship diploma in filmmaking. \r<br/>Her directing credits include the award-winning short documentaries ID: 000, and the THE LAST PASSENGER that exposed the truth behind the Syrian refugees who escaped from Al-Zaatari Camp in Northern Jordan. \r<br/>The documentary challenged the way the general masses viewed Syrian refugees and definitively impacted their lives. \r<br/>Then, after four years of research, Shafakoj was able to depict one of the topics closest to her heart in the feature documentary IF YOU MEANT TO KILL ME, which addressed the controversial topic of women who voluntarily turn themselves into prison, often for their protection once faced with threats on their life when their honor is brought into question. 17 is her second feature length documentary.', 'Widad Shafakoj.jpg', '1259682486'),
(79, 'Hana Makki', 'Hana Makki has worked on every aspect of production since the beginning of her career in filmmaking, working in feature films and documentaries in the UAE, France, Germany and Yemen. Hana has directed two short films: The Journey and The Melody, both of which have won her awards in a number of international film festivals. Currently she is focusing on her passion, documentary films, and is the Senior Producer of Documentaries at Image Nation Abu Dhabi.', 'Hana-makki-734x1024.jpeg', '216116296'),
(81, 'Ahmad Abdalla', 'An Egyptian award-winning director, editor and screenwriter, Ahmad Abdalla graduated from Faculty of Music Education and started working as a film editor since 2003. He wrote and directed the feature films; Heliopolis (2009), one of the first films of the Egyptian Independent film wave, Microphone (2010) and Rags and Tatters (2013). In 2014, Abdalla directed the psychological drama Décor that made its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. He won the Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival, Tanit d\'or at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Griot Best Film at the African Film Festival of Tarifa, Best Arabic Film at the Cairo International Film Festival, and the Golden Antigone at the 35th Cinemed.', 'ahmed abdalla.jpg', '1209922559'),
(82, 'Ala Eddine Slim', 'Ala Eddine Slim is a Tunisian filmmaker. He has directed several short films, art videos and feature films, selected and multi-awarded in many international film festivals (Clermont-Ferrand, Grand Prix FID Marseille 2012 for Babylon, Lion of the Future, Best Technical Contribution at the Venice Film Festival 2016, and Tanit d’Or at the JCC 2016 for The Last of Us). Tlamess is his second fiction film, a Franco-Tunisian co-production supported by the Franco-Tunisian fund, the Tunisian Ministry of Culture Fund, the Aide aux Cinemas du Monde of the CNC and the World Cinema Fund Europe.', 'Ala Eddine Slim.jpg', '374303590'),
(83, 'Lotfi Achour', 'Lotfi Achour is a Tunisian actor, writer, producer and film and theater director. He has written more than 25 theater productions on different stages in Carthage, Paris, Avignon, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Achour studied at the Sorbonne and trained in documentary filmmaking at the Varan workshops in Paris. He directed four highly-acclaimed short films, including Law Of The Lamb that screened at the official competition of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and competed for the 2017 Oscars. Burning Hope is Achour’s first feature film.', 'Lotfi Achour2.jpg', '861071057'),
(84, 'Ibrahim Letaief', 'Ibrahim Lataief is a renowned Tunisian director, writer and producer. He is the co-founder of Nomadis Images Production. His repertoire includes a number of feature and short films: Visa short film, which received 23 international awards including the JCC\'s Golden Tanit, One Laugh Too Many short film, Ugly, Cupid and Silly feature film, Cinecitta feature film, and Porto Farina in 2018. Letaief is currently working on his two most recent projects: Le Voyage Vers L’ouest dil and Tournage, which will be revealed in 2020.', 'Ibrahim Letaief.jpg', '171961470'),
(85, 'Nicolas Khoury', 'Nicolas Khoury was born in 1989 in Beirut Lebanon. He is holder of a Bachelor Degree in Audiovisual from Academie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts (ALBA) 2010. He works as a Film Editor for documentaries, corporate and TVC’s. His first documentary Al Hara (2012) took part in Arab and International film festivals and won the Special Jury award at the Mediterranean Film Festival. Beirut of the Balkans is his second independent documentary.', 'nicolas khoury.jpg', '2020807853'),
(89, 'Kaouther Ben Hania', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaouther </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers from the Arab world, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Ben Hania continues her legacy of urgent, emotionally resonant filmmaking. &ldquo;Cinema can preserve a memory. Cinema can resist amnesia,&rdquo; she said, reinstating,&ldquo;May Hind Rajab&rsquo;s voice be heard.&rdquo;</span></p>', 'Kaouther Ben Hania.jpg', '2018871493'),
(91, 'Johanna Domke', 'Johanna Domke is a visual artist and filmmaker from Germany. She studied Fine Arts at the Royal Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen and the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden. Domke attended the Postgraduate Programme in Film at the Media Art Academy in Cologne, Germany. She produces work that lies in the space where art and cinema meet, with a combined structural and socio-political approach. Her work has received considerable attention at exhibitions and film festivals around the world.', 'JDomke.jpeg', '1059592842'),
(92, 'Marouan Omara', 'Born in Cairo, Egypt, Marouan Omara is a documentary filmmaker who holds a BA in Applied Arts from Helwan University, and a Diploma in Filmmaking at the Academy of Cinema Arts and Technology in Egypt. His works seek to express a dreamlike notion by exploring the overlap of fiction and reality. He currently teaches film and video at the German University in Cairo and is an adjunct professor of film production at the American University in Cairo.', 'Image-19.png', '1432316032'),
(93, 'Iman Kamel', 'Egyptian filmmaker Iman Kamel holds a global master of international relations degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Boston, US, and conducted interdisciplinary studies in art, dance, and filmmaking at the Berlin University of Arts. \r<br/>Since 1995, Kamel has directed five short films, including HOLOGRAM, which received an award from Euromed in 2004. \r<br/>Her debut feature documentary NOMAD\'S HOME (2010) received a Special Mention at the Dubai International Film Festival and won the awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography at Cairo\'s 11th Independent Film Festival. \r<br/>Most recently, director Iman Kamel has received the Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All Award at the Women Economic Forum in New Delhi.', 'Iman Kamel.png', '1263280103'),
(94, 'Hady Zaccak', 'Born in Beirut, Hady Zaccak studied at the Institut d\'Études Scéniques, Audiovisuelles, et Cinématographiques of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, eventually getting a diploma in audiovisual studies and a Master’s in cinema studies and film directing. \r<br/>Zaccak also took part in workshops for film directing, editing, and production at FEMIS, INSAS, and HFF Konrad Wolf. \r<br/>Since 1997, he has written and directed more than 20 documentaries, which have been broadcast on several TV stations in Lebanon, the Arab world, and Europe, and screened at several film festivals worldwide. \r<br/>Zaccak is best known for his award-winning documentaries YA OMRI (104 WRINKLES) (2017), KAMAL JOUMBLATT, WITNESS AND MARTYR (2015), MARCEDES (2012), A HISTORY LESSON (2010), and 1000 AND 1000 NIGHTS (1999). \r<br/>In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Zaccak has also been a professor at his alma matet since 1998, where he gives training courses on screenwriting, directing, history of cinema, and film genres. \r<br/>He delivers workshops on documentary and cinema culture in several parts of the Arab world as well and is the founder of ZAC Films.', 'Hady Zaccak.jpg', '1769615995'),
(95, 'Anne Tsoulis', 'Anne Tsoulis is a screenwriter, script editor, director, and producer. After years working extensively as an accredited screenwriter and script doctor for drama feature films and television dramas, Anne turned to documentary films. \r<br/>Aside from being the script editor for the documentary BREAKER MORANT: THE RETRIAL that screened on the History Channel, Tsoulis has worked in digital media and was the principal content producer and creator for MSN Online. \r<br/>Her directorial debut came in 2014, when she worked on the documentary THESE HEATHEN DREAMS. The film is an Australian-French co-production that was broadcast on French television in collaboration with CNC, Pays de Loire, Screen Australia, and the South Australian Film Corporation. \r<br/>It also screened at various film festivals, including the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival. \r<br/>She then worked on her first feature film, I\'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY, which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the NOKIA Film Awards. Tsoulis also received the Premier\'s Literature Award for Best Screenplay for her film THE WATCH HOUSE.', 'photolizreed940-2420 colfin.jpeg', '1882173115'),
(96, 'Mickey Yamine', 'Mickey Yamine studied film production at the HFF Film University in Babelsberg. In 2010, he completed his graduation-film Tropic of Bear, which won an honorable mention at Festival del Film in Locarno and was aired on German TV. Ever since, he has been producing numerous films and TV commercials in Cairo and Berlin. He founded the Berlin-based production company Little Bridge Pictures in 2013, together with fellows Andreas Schaap and Benny Theisen. His latest productions include The Last Compartment (2016), Gaza Surf Club (2016) and Print the Legend (pre- production).', 'GazaSurfClub-Mickey_Yamine.jpg', '681321895'),
(97, 'Philip Gnadt', 'Philip Gnadt started out as a camera assistant for five years in TV and cinema productions before studying at the Media University in Stuttgart. \r<br/>Then, in 2003, he received the Sponsorship Prize of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Industry for his documentary PAULA. \r<br/>In 2010, his graduation film ZWÖLF SEITEN earned him an award at the Independent Days Karlsruhe. \r<br/>Gnadt also founded the production company Substanz Film in 2003 while also working as a freelance director for corporate and documentary films.\r<br/>Meanwhile, Mickey Yamine studied film production at the HFF Film University in Babelsberg. In 2010, he completed his graduation film TROPIC OF BEAR, which won an honorable mention at the Locarno Film Festival and aired on German TV. \r<br/>Since then, he has been producing numerous films and TV commercials in Cairo and Berlin. He also founded the Berlin-based production company Little Bridge Pictures in 2013 together with fellows Andreas Schaap and Benny Theisen. \r<br/>His latest productions include The Last COMPARTMENT (2016), GAZA SURF CLUB (2016), and PRINT THE LEGEND.', 'GazaSurfClub-Philip_Gnadt.jpg', '369196436'),
(98, 'Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, Atea Al-Daradji', 'Born in Baghdad, Mohamed Al-Daradji studied at the Media Academy in Hilversum, Netherlands, then at the Northern Film School in Leeds, UK, before directing his debut feature DREAMS. \r<br/>He then directed SON OF BABYLON in 2009, which established his name in the international scene following successful screenings at the Berlinale and Sundance. \r<br/>After that, Al-Daradji co-directed IN MY MOTHER\'S ARMS with his brother Atea, with the film finding much success in the festival circuit, going to more than 50 festivals and receiving more than 10 international awards.\r<br/>Atea Al-Daradji was also born in Baghdad and graduated from the Final Art Academy in Hilversum, the Netherlands. After Saddam Hussein’s regime was overturned in 2003, he returned to Iraq to produce AHLAAM with his brother Mohamed. \r<br/>Their follow-up feature SON OF BABYLON premiered at the ADFF and won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010. IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS marks Atea’s first time in the co-director’s chair.', 'Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, Atea Al-Daradji.jpg', '1427254623'),
(99, 'Wael Omar', 'Wael Omar is an Egyptian director and producer who lives in Cairo. After earning his MA in film arts in 2005, Omar shot his short documentary State of Emergency as part of the Democracy 76 Project, a series of short documentaries. His work aired on BBC Storyville, Al Arabiya, France 3 and ITVS as well as being screened at many international film festivals. In 2008, Omar co-founded Middle West Films, an incubator and co-production house for feature films.', 'Wael Omar.jpg', '1581965749'),
(100, 'Philippe L. Dib', 'Philippe Laurent Dib is a director and producer of Franco-Lebanese origin based in Cairo, Egypt. In 1996, he co-wrote and directed his debut feature, Welcome Says the Angel. In 2006, Philippe wrote and directed the documentary El Tanbura, which won him the Golden Turon at the Etnofilm ÄŒadca International Film Festival in 2008 and the Jury Prize at the Sawi Documentary Film Festival in Cairo in 2006.', 'philip l.jpg', '79750151'),
(101, 'Paul James Driscoll', 'Paul James Driscoll is a British filmmaker who began working in Abu Dhabi in 2008 at The National Newspaper. He assumed different posts within the newspaper, such as multimedia producer, through which he created many short films that have gone on to win four awards from the National Press Photographers Association in the US. \r<br/>Paul has a BA in international journalism from Liverpool’s John Moores University and has worked as a director of photography, editor, and cinematographer for many renowned organizations, including Oxfam, the UN, and the BBC.', 'Paul James Driscoll.jpeg', '719630068'),
(102, 'Mais Darwazah', 'Jordan-based filmmaker Mais Darwazah worked across the Arab world in architecture, graphic design and television documentaries. \r<br/>Her independent film career started when she worked on a number of short experimental films. \r<br/>After finishing her undergraduate degree in Interior Architecture from Kingston University in the UK in 1997, she received the Chevening scholarship from the British Council, completing an MA in Documentary Directing at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2007. \r<br/>Her graduation film TAKE ME HOME (2008) was screened at more than 20 international film festivals. \r<br/>As part of an Arab feature documentary collective titled ‘FAMILY ALBUM,’ Darwazah completed THE DINNER (2012), which was co-produced with Arte France and received the Special Mention Audience Award at the Cinemed in 2012. \r<br/>MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA is her first feature-length documentary that participated in several development workshops, including the Berlinale Talents Campus DocStation.', 'mais darwazah.jpg', '12174242'),
(103, 'Bahman Kiarostami', 'Iranian Bahman Kiarostami made his first film Morteza Momayez: Father of Iranian Contemporary Graphic Design in 1996. His films have been shown at numerous international film festivals and the focus of his documentaries have been primarily on art and music, but also cover the visible yet obscured and unnoticed details which define post-revolutionary Iran. He was recently the winner of Best Documentary at the London Iranian Film Festival (2011) and his documentary Shiraz as part of Taste of Iran series was voted as Best Documentary of the year by the viewers of BBC World news. Bahman was also the recipient of Best Director Award at Mid East Film Festival (2003) and Special Mention at the 26th Festival de Continents, Nantes, France (2004).', 'Bahman Kiarostami.jpg', '152446428'),
(105, 'Sherif Nakhla', 'Sherif Nakhla is an Egyptian director and producer who was born in Boston and raised in the US before returning to Egypt, where he graduated from the American University in Cairo with a double major in theater and mass communication. \r<br/>He then worked for Al-Ahram Weekly, writing for the culture section as well as producing and directing plays such as Moliere\'s DON JUAN, which launched the 2003 Theater Festival at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Eugene Ionesco\'s THE LESSON at El Sawy Culture Wheel. \r<br/>In 2005, Nakhla left the newspaper and spent a two-year stint in advertising with Tarek Nour Communications before becoming a Sauvé Scholar at McGill University in 2007.\r<br/>His first work after graduation was a short film called MIRACULUM (2006) discussing the taboo topic of a Muslim/Christian teenage love story — an issue that is deliberately left out of the country’s public discourse. \r<br/>The film went on to screen in more than 25 international film festivals, winning three awards, including the Best Sociopolitical Film at the New York Independent International Film Festival. \r<br/>Nakhla is currently in the process of making his first feature film.', 'Sherif Nakhla.jpg', '1672025698'),
(106, 'Salma El Tarzi', 'Born on 1978, Salma first studied Cartoon Animation only to discover in 2004 her true cinematic passion which is documentaries. In that year, she made her first short documentary Do You Know Why? that won a prize at the Rotterdam Arabic Film Festival. In 2008, she made her first commissioned documentary for Al Jazeera TV. Her other works include; Suicidal Notions 2016 and Underground/On The Surface.', 'Salma El Tarzi 2.jpg', '601969029'),
(107, 'Francois Verster', 'François Verster is an Emmy-awarded documentary filmmaker with extensive know-how in the fields of literature, music, and cinema. \r<br/>Born in South Africa, Verster holds a master\'s degree in literature from the University of Cape Town. He then took part in a number of independent feature-length film productions before making his debut as both a documentary director and producer in PAVEMENT ARISTOCRATS (1998), which received an Avanti Award. \r<br/>Verster\'s filmmaking credits include A LION\'S TRAIL (2002) — which received the Emmy Award in 2006 — WHEN THE WAR IS OVER (2002), THE MOTHERS\' HOUSE (2006), and SEA POINT DAYS (2009).', 'François Verster.png', '1329567797'),
(108, 'Yahya Alabdallah', 'Yahya Alabdallah is a Palestinian-Jordanian writer, director, producer and literary critic who was born in Libya and raised in Saudi Arabia. He holds Master’s degrees in literature and film from ECAIR Cinema School in Paris. He wrote and directed many shorts and documentaries, including the shorts SMS (2008) and 5th Floor Room 52 (2015) and the documentaries Friday Off (2013) and The Council (2014). His first feature The Last Friday (2011) received numerous awards and nominations at international festivals, including the Special Jury Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival 2012 and the Muhr Arab Award at the Dubai International Film Festival 2011. He is currently working on his second comedy feature film Me, Myself & Murdoch.', 'Yahya Alabdallah.jpg', '1942143027'),
(109, 'Leen Alfaisal', 'Leen Alfaisal is a Dubai-based video producer and camerawoman working at CNN International, who graduated with honors from the American University in Dubai with a major in journalism and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies and documentary film. \r<br/>THE BORROWED DRESS is her first venture into feature documentary directing. \r<br/>Her first short documentary film, WITHOUT A FRAME, made it to the final selection of the Original Narrative Student Short Film Festival in Dubai and the Arab Short Film Festival in Beirut.', 'IMG-20160727-WA0026.jpg', '408849946'),
(110, 'Albaqer Jafeer', 'Albaqar Jafeer is an Iraqi director who studied filmmaking at the Iraqi Independent Film Center in 2009. Later on, Jafeer participated in filmmaking workshops inside and outside Baghdad where he studied screenwriting, directing, editing and production management. Albaqar Jafeer’s filmography includes the short documentary film Rafa’t Alam (Rising the Flag) and Ghorbat Ghajar (Strangeness of the Gypsies) and the experimental film 50mm Lens. The Band is Jafeer’s debut feature documentary film.', 'Albaqer Jafeer 2.jpg', '1987103394'),
(111, 'Ayten Amin', 'Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Ayten graduated from Faculty of Commerce in 1999. She studied Film Criticism at the Cinema Writers and Critics Association in 2001 and studied Cinema independently at the Art Lab of the American University in Cairo (AUC). Ayten started her directing career with documentary films and short films. In 2009, she directed the short fiction Spring 89 that won many awards and was selected at prestigious festivals including the Short Film Corner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Ayten co-directed the documentary film Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician (2011) that was selected at many festivals including the Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. For her feature debut VILLA 69 (2013), she won the Cairo Film Connection prize for Best Project in December 2010.', 'Ayten Amin.jpg', '479799710'),
(112, 'Amr Salama', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Salama is an Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter who was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his career by primarily directing short movies and commercials before releasing his first feature film, ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, in 2008. He then directed the hit film EXCUSE MY FRENCH, which was based on, by his own admission, his experiences at a public middle school in Egypt after his return from Saudi Arabia.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Egyptian Censorship Board rejected the film on the grounds that the film portrayed sectarianism that &ldquo;did not exist in the country&rdquo; and that the film was provocative enough to cause a civil war before finally being released in 2014 to great acclaim by audiences and critics alike.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would become his second creation while EXCUSE MY FRENCH jumped the hurdles of the Censorship Board was the AIDS-themed drama ASMAA, which earned him international attention when it premiered at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, where it won Best Arab Director before winning another two awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salama then co-directed the documentary TAHRIR 2011: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE POLITICIAN, which scored UNESCO&rsquo;s CICT-IFTC Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and numerous other international awards.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, his 2017 film SHEIKH JACKSON world premiered at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival, where it received excellent reviews before opening the first edition of the El Gouna Film Festival and going on to become Egypt\'s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards that year. It has since received several awards at several regional and international film festivals.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Salama has worked on several other provocative and/or revolutionary hits that went on to become smashing successes, including MADE IN EGYPT, TAYEA, the first Egyptian Netflix original series PARANORMAL, Shahid&rsquo;s original series BIMBO and more recently; BARA EL MANHAG.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Salama\'s films have participated in dozens of national and international festivals and won many awards, most notably the Toronto, Cairo, El Gouna, Carthage, Munich, Washington, Abu Dhabi, Freiburg, London, Zurich, and Palm Springs film festivals.</span></p>', 'amr salama.jpg', '1366247177'),
(113, 'Tamer Ezzat', 'Originally graduated with a degree in Physics and Electronics from the American University in Cairo in 1994, Tamer Ezzat started as an actor on the stage of Wallace Theatre performing lead roles in plays by Alfred Farag, Tawfik Al-Hakim and Eugene Eunesco. He worked as a film editor on films by famed directors such as Youssef Chahine (Silence, We\'re Rolling) and Yousry Nasrallah (On Boys, Girls and the Veil). He also pursued a diploma in film directing at the New York Film Academy (NYFA). His directing credits include the documentary Everything Is Gonna Be Alright! That screened at many festivals and won the prestigious State Encouragement Award in 2004, the film The Place I Call Home, which was officially selected at more than 13 festivals and received four awards, and his writing and directorial debut The Ring Road that premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival 2010.', 'tamer izzat.jpg', '305894430'),
(114, 'Rahma Benhamou El Madani', 'Born in Algeria to Moroccan parents, Rahma Benhamou El Madani is a screenwriter and director. At the age of 6, she moved with her family to France. She studied Linguistic Science at the Bordeaux Montaigne University. El Madani worked at a local radio in Bordeaux for more than 5 years. After obtaining her certificate in Modern Letters from the University of Lille in 1993, she worked at a radio school as a supervisor of college students in radio and video. After she completed her training courses in cinematography, directing actors and acting techniques, she started her own production house Plein Cadres in 1996. In 2005, El Madani moved to Paris and obtained the Master Pro Cinema in 2008 and the Master Cinema Research in 2009 from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I). Her filmography includes the documentaries Tais Toi Et Parle (1999), Du Cote De Chez Soi (Where Home Is) (2003), Je Suis Sur La Route (I\'m On The Road) (2005), Je Suis Chez Moi (2007) and the short fiction Plus Fort Que Tout Le Reste (2005).', 'Rahma Benhamou el Madani.jpg', '1278293285'),
(115, 'Hakar Abdulqader', 'Born in Duhok city, Kurdistan region of Iraq, Hakar Abdulqader is a Kurdish award winning documentary film director, writer and Editor. His involvement and passion in documentary films started in 2000. He has worked as an editor for 10 years in many short films, documentary films and TV series. But his personal life experiences kept him close to documentary films and realistic cinema. Therefore, he developed his filmmaking knowledge by participating in several international documentary filmmaking workshops. In 2011, he directed his first award winning documentary Gypsies of March. Also, He has contributed with several award winning fiction films such as Herman and The Dark Wind by Hussein Hassan which are films portrait life and sufferance of people in war zones and their struggle for a peaceful life, which also portraits the life of Hakar himself.', 'Hakar.jpg', '1152122421'),
(117, 'Nujoom Alghanem', 'Nujoom Al Ghanem is an Emirati poet, scriptwriter and multi-award-winning film director. She has also produced five short films and six feature length documentaries. Her films won more than 15 international awards. Al Ghanem’s documentary film, Nearby Sky, won the Best Non-Fiction Film Award in the Muhr Feature Competition at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) in 2014. She also won numerous awards for her films Amal (2011), Hamama (2010), and Almureed (2008). In 1996, Al Ghanem obtained her BA degree in Video Production from Ohio University in the United States, and in 1999, she graduated from Griffith University in Australia with an MA degree in Film Directing.', 'Nujoom Alghanem.jpg', '1009071655'),
(118, 'Soudade Kaadan', 'Born in France, Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Institut des Etudes Scénique, Audiovisuelles, et Cinématographiques of Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. \r<br/>Her first feature film, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, won the Lion of the Future Award at the Orizzonti Competition of Venice Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the LA Festival. Also, her short film Aziza won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019.', 'Soudade+Kaadan+Day+Lost+My+Shadow+Yom+Adaatou+iDpPZbSVS64l.jpg', '986982831'),
(119, 'Erige Sehiri', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri is a French Tunisian director, producer, and former journalist whose work bridges documentary realism and narrative cinema. Sehiri began her filmmaking career by directing the acclaimed documentary RAILWAY MEN, which captured the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, she wrote, directed, and produced her first feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES &mdash; an intimate portrait of youth, labor, and fleeting moments of connection set in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the 54th Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 95th Academy Awards. It has since screened at major international festivals and released theatrically in over 20 countries.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond her work in film, Sehiri is an active advocate for freedom of expression and media literacy. She is the co-founder of the media group INKYFADA and the Tunisian NGO Al KHATT. She is also a founding member of the Rawiyat &ndash; Sisters in Film Collective, which supports women filmmakers across the Arab World and diaspora.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promised Sky, her second feature film, premiered as part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard.</span></p>', 'Erige Sehiri - Portrait by Fabrice Mertens.jpg', '283161548'),
(120, 'Anthony Chidiac', 'Born in Beirut, director Anthony Chidiac graduated from St. Joseph University with a BA in Audiovisual Studies. \r<br/>His diploma short film KFARHANEM’S INN toured several film festivals around the world. \r<br/>Chidiac also participated in the Danish School Exchange Program in 2010 before shooting his short documentary, EQUAL MEN, which screened at Beirut Cinema Days. \r<br/>In 2013, he co-wrote and directed his first medium-length fiction film MAMAN, NON, MERCI. ROOM FOR A MAN is his first feature film.', 'anthony chidiac.jpg', '2106580006'),
(121, 'Wareth Kwaish', 'A thriving Iraqi director and writer, Wareth was born in Baghdad and completed his studies at the Fine Arts Institute, Cinema Department. Later on, he started working in the field of filmmaking where his experience was improved by working with several Iraqi salient directors, including Mohammed Al- Daradji. Wareth\'s repertoire as a filmmaker includes films such as Once, They Were Here, Baghdad Disco and A Nation Without a Homeland. He is currently working with the French company Les Films Grain de Sable.', 'Wareth Kwaish.jpg', '1419427599'),
(122, 'Latifa Said', 'Director and screenwriter Latifa Said started her career working as a social worker and teacher for ten years. That gave her the chance to get in touch with several different cultures and get richer as a human being. After a while, she missed the creative process, so she took classes in professional photography and worked for the press (Télérama, GéoAdo) and organizations like The League Against Cancer and The City of Paris. At the same time, she was writing screenplays, both for short and feature films. Latifa tried several screenplay contests till the day a door opened, and her screenplay won the 1st prize of the SIRAR found at the International Film Festival of Aubagne. She directed her first short film, “Jours Intranquilles” (Unquiet Days), produced by Le GREC.', 'Terrain Vague - Latifa Said.jpg', '1371840475'),
(123, 'Mohammed Alholayyil', 'Mohammed Alholayyil is a talented Saudi filmmaker whose films were selected at many international film festivals and won many awards, such as the Golden Palm Award at the Saudi Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Beirut International Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival.', 'Director Mohammed Al Helail.PNG', '248215481'),
(124, 'Mahdi Fleifel', 'A Danish writer and director of Palestinian descent, Mahdi Fleifel completed his studies at the National Film and Television School in London in 2009. His remarkable documentaries and shorts helped in establishing his name in the festival circuit. His credits include films such as the critically acclaimed A World Not Ours (2012) — which received more than 30 international awards — Xenos (2014), and A Man Returned (2016), which was nominated for a European Film Award and received the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2016. Fleifel\'s films have been nominated for 95 film awards internationally and won over 50 so far, and the number keeps on growing.', 'Mehid Felifel.jpg', '1995705796'),
(125, 'Ali Kareem Obaid', 'Ali Kareem Obaid is an Iraqi filmmaker who graduated in 2011 from the Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad University. In 2016, he obtained his MA in Choreography and Performance from the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies, Gießen University (Germany). His first short film, Hassan in Wonderland, took part in 45 film festivals all around the world winning seven awards, the last of which was the Van Gogh Award for the Best Family Film at the Amsterdam Film Festival in 2015. Obaid directed the short film crISIS in 2016, and Abraham is his latest short film.', 'ALI_KAREEM_OBAID_ALDRAWSHA.jpg', '1867417094'),
(126, 'Mohammed Al-Muradi', 'Born in Damascus, Syria, director Mohammed Al-Muradi completed his Cinematic Science and Arts diploma, a one-year program, at the National Film Organization in Syria. In 2018, he made his debut short film, Adam, which won him two awards at Syrian film festivals.', 'Mohammed Mouradi.jpg', '243803297'),
(127, 'Ameer Ihsan', 'Born in Baghdad, director, writer and actor Ameer Ihsan studied filmmaking and acting at the Institute of Fine Arts in Karkh, Iraq. After graduation, Ahsan worked as a documentary director for the War Media, a director at Altalea TV Channel and a presenter at Baghdad TV. As an actor, Ahsan took part in several films such as; Over Dose, Mafqud, Warm Night, and the Shock TV show. As a writer, Ahsan wrote Newspaper Boy, and co-wrote Five O’clock and Fighter On Holiday alongside Ayamn Al-Shatri.', 'Ameer Ihsan.jpg', '648987212'),
(128, 'Nidhal Guiga', '<p>Nidhal Guiga is an actress, author, director and university professor. Nidhal Guiga has authored and directed her own works, such as An Hour and a Half after Me. She was a jury member of the American Festival of Independent Short Films (programmed by Digipro) and in the first feature competition of the Carthage Film Festival together with Marco Muller and Nour Sabbagh. She participated in coaching scenarios at the Ten Shorts for a Cause festival programmed by Ibrahim Leta&Atilde;&macr;ef. Guiga has also worked in theatre for 20 years and has directed several plays.</p>', 'Nidhal-Guiga.jpg', '1750526190'),
(129, 'Basil Khalil', 'Award winning director Basil Khalil was born and raised in Nazareth, to a Palestinian father and British mother. After studying for an MA at Screen Academy Scotland in Edinburgh, he also worked on a number of TV productions in London. In 2011 he was selected by Screen International as one of “Top 10 Arab filmmakers to watch.” Basil is currently developing his debut feature comedy screenplay and is represented by Sarah Williams of Independent Talent agency in London.', 'Basil_Khalil_headshot_001_150dpi.jpg', '64732724'),
(130, 'Ahmad Saleh', 'Ahmad Saleh is a writer/director based in Germany. His first work was a collection of short stories titled Zowwada. This collection was awarded the A.M. Qattan Foundation\'s Young Writer Award in 2004 in Palestine. Saleh\'s first short film House, which he made as part of his Master\'s in Digital Media at the University of Arts Bremen in Germany, had a successful festival run before it was released in 2012. The film earned several important awards in Europe, USA, Iran and Jordan.', 'Ahmad_Saleh.jpg', '509619660'),
(131, 'Zaid Abu Hamdan', 'Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Zaid Abu Hamdan holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood California and a BA in Communication Arts from the Lebanese American University in Beirut.\r<br/>Abu Hamdan has written and produced for a wide range of television shows internationally, including E! Entertainment’s coverage of the Golden Globe and Sesame Street. Additionally, Zaid worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (MBC Group) in Hollywood.\r<br/>In 2009, he established his own company, Zaha Productions, in which he wrote, directed, and produced six award winning short films with the cooperation of Los Angeles and Gulf based production houses.\r<br/>Abu Hamdan’s debut film Baram & Hamza won international awards and was distributed in the US and Europe. His other films include the two-part series Love… Older and Bahiya & Mahmoud, which was an official Jordanian submission to the Academy Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2011.', 'Zaid Abu Hamdan 2.jpg', '1268076828'),
(133, 'Michel Zarazir', 'Michel Zarazir was born in Fayadieh, Lebanon where he studied Cinema at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA). In 2013, he directed the films God Save the Queen, which got selected at the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED). Zarazir’s filmography includes the short films Il Cinema Non Perdona (2014) and Under the Robes (2015).', 'Michel Zarazir.jpg', '1138566055'),
(135, 'Oualid Mouaness', 'Oualid Mouaness is an independent Lebanese-American writer, director and producer. Alongside producing documentaries and films, Mouaness produced groundbreaking music videos for Hollywood’s A-list stars, including: Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Lana Del Rey, and David Bowie. Mouaness\' diverse work balances issue-driven material as well as entertainment. His projects cover a wide spectrum of media and visual experiences; namely Michael Jackson\'s posthumous live performance at the Billboard Music Award, Slave to the Rhythm (2014); Annie Lennox\'s Nostalgia (2015) for PBS which garnered an Emmy nomination for live stage direction by Natalie Johns and more recently, the socially aware Audience Award-Winning documentary I Am Thalente at the Los Angeles Film Festival 2015, released in 2016. Mouaness directed The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf and The Boy (2016) and he is currently preparing his debut feature as a film director.', 'Oualid_Dir copy.jpg', '1169855681'),
(136, 'Darin J. Sallam', 'Darin J. Sallam is a Jordanian director and writer who holds an MFA in Cinematic Arts from the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts (RSICA). To her credit are five award winning short films including Still Alive and The Dark Outside, which received multiple awards and screened in internationally acclaimed film festivals worldwide. Her latest short fiction film The Parrot, a joint writing/directing project, received the 2015 Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung. She is currently working on her debut feature narrative film project entitled Farha, recipient of the ART Award (presented at the 2016 DFC), the Emirati Ministry of Interior Award for Best Societal Screenplay (presented at the 2016 DIFF) and the Halo Post-Production Award (presented at the 2017 Pitching Forum in Espinho, Portugal). Sallam is also co-founder and managing partner at TaleBox, a Jordanian production company based in Amman.', 'Darin J. Sallam (1).jpg', '207484382'),
(137, 'Amjad Al-Rasheed', 'Amjad Al-Rasheed, a Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, has an MFA in Cinematic Arts with a concentration on Directing and Editing. In 2016 he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow, highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region.\r<br/>He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.', 'Amjad Al Rasheed.jpg', '1444434257'),
(138, 'Nadim Hobeika', 'Born in Beirut, director Nadim Hobeika obtained his degree in filmmaking from the Saint Joseph University in 2014. His graduation short film Feu de Camp (Bonfire), participated in several film festivals around the world. In 2015, he attended open courses at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York to develop his craft. Back in Lebanon, he worked as a first assistant director with renowned Lebanese filmmakers. In between, he directed many corporate films, two music videos for Lebanese band Adonis that witnessed a great audience acclaim, and shot his second short film Before We Heal. Hobeika is currently in the script development process of his first feature film.', 'Nadim Hobeika HQ2.jpg', '1825486905');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(139, 'Hajar Alnaim', 'Born in KSA, Hajar Alnaim studied filmmaking in LA, USA. She got her MFA in Film and TV production at Loyola Marymount University in 2017. Hajar is passionate about developing and directing thrillers and edgy dramas that speak to the experiences and concerns of women in the Arab world. Hajar is also passionate about teaching. Especially, teaching women the art of filmmaking in Saudi Arabia. She believes that there are a lot of fascinating stories and voices that deserve to be heard. Hajar wants to make that change and encourage more Saudi women to tell their stories.', 'Hajar Alnaim1.jpg', '1791604401'),
(140, 'Boubaker Boukhari', 'Algerian director Boubaker Boukhari studied Fine Arts in Algeria and then received training in Animation. Boukhari worked in a joint venture between the EU and the Maghreb to produce cartoon animation, and then he moved to Tunisia to work in the field of Advertising and Audiovisual Production. Boukhari’s showreel includes many animated feature films, series, music videos and shorts. He helped in the curation of a number of cultural festivals and events in collaboration with many associations.  Furthermore, Boukhari has also worked as a teacher of Visual Effects, and participated in Cartoon Animation training courses and workshops.', 'Boubaker Boukhari.jpg', '1570806079'),
(141, 'Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf', 'Syrian/French married couple Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf are currently living in Amman (Jordan) after having left Damascus as a result of the ongoing Syrian conflict. They are the authors and directors of five short films; Mare Nostrum, Searching for the Translator, Ham, Deaf Day, Kemo Sabe. They are currently working on their upcoming first feature film, The Translator.', 'MARE NOSTRUM_Anas KHALAF_Rana KAZKAZ_(c)Agneج€s Montanari.jpg', '1980917026'),
(142, 'Saleh Nass', 'Bahraini filmmaker Saleh Nass studied film production at Bournemouth University in the UK. His award-winning shorts; Pick up (2015), Central Market (2014) and (Lu’bba) Game (2012) were official selections at more than 30 film festivals worldwide, including the Slamdance Film Festival in the USA, the Montreal World Film Festival, Tampere Short Film Festival and Dresden International Short Film Festival. His short films also include The Traveller (2004), Phone Call (2005) and The Body (2006). Nass writes, edits, directs, produces films and co-runs his production house in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2015, Saleh was chosen as a Goethe Institute scholar at the Beirut Film Station. He is currently working on his debut feature film Grace Period with producer Paul Baboudjian.', 'saleh nass 2.jpg', '1657105123'),
(143, 'Yaser Al Neyadi', 'Emirati director Yaser Al Neyadi graduated with a BA in Mass Communication TV and Radio Production and Film Studies from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). He works at the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. He wrote and directed many short films that took part in local, Arab and international festivals. He won several awards, the last of which was the award for Best Director at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) for his short film Shrimp. He took part in 15 plays as an actor, the most recent of which was his collaboration with French theater director Marcel Bozonnet on a contemporary theatrical performance as a joint cultural project between the UAE and France. As for TV, Yaser acted in numerous TV dramas. He also worked as a TV presenter on Sabah Al Dar and Shababna, both of which aired on Abu Dhabi TV, and focused on topics pertaining to arts in general cinema in particular.', 'Yaser Alneyadi.jpg', '1685089806'),
(145, 'Christophe M. Saber', 'Born in Cairo, Egyptian/Swiss director Christophe M. Saber graduated from an American College in Cairo in 2009. He then completed a short school of digital filmmaking in the U.S before being admitted in the cinema department of the University of Arts and Design of Lausanne in Switzerland in 2010. He wrote and directed several fictions as well as documentaries and experimental films. In 2014, he graduated from ECAL with first class honors. Discipline is his diploma film and his documentary The Valley of Salt was selected for Hot Docs in 2016.', 'DISCIPLINE_Director_CHRISTOPHE-M-SABER.jpg', '1445444494'),
(146, 'Damien Ounouri', 'Franco-Algerian director Damien Ounouri studied filmmaking at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, while developing his cinema practice in an autodidact way. His graduate film project on Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-Ke, XIAO JIA GOING HOME (2008), was selected for several international film festivals. His first feature film, documentary FIDAI (2012) was co-produced by Jia Zhang-Ke and was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, before travelling the world (Viennale, MoMA of New York, IDFA, Hong Kong, Durban, Goteborg…), being awarded (Special Mention at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival…) and did theatrical releases in France and Germany. He is also a tutor, conducting cinema workshops.', 'Damien Ounouri.jpg', '997658461'),
(147, 'Nawaf Al Janahi', 'Nawaf Al Janahi is an actor and a film director who was born in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 1977 to an Egyptian mother and an Emirati father. He started acting at 7, and at the age of 19, he moved to California, USA to study the arts of cinema. His first feature film The Circle was described by film critics as \"a major turning point in Emirati and Gulf cinema\". Al Janahi\'s second feature film Sea Shadow was released in cinemas across the Arabian Gulf in 2011 and reached in the 1st week the 2nd place in the top 5 movies in the UAE, the biggest cinema market in the Arab world. Later, the film went on a global tour to 27 countries, the most remarkable tour for an Emirati feature film to date. Besides making films, Nawaf Al Janahi is also the founder of a number of initiatives such as the Emirati Cinema Campaign and Black Box Cinema.', 'mirrorofsilence-02.jpg', '565580549'),
(148, 'Yassmina Karajah', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director whose&nbsp; short films have screened internationally in festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, AFI, Dubai International Film Festival, and Melbourne International Film festival, amongst others. She released her debut short LIGHT in 2015, and her </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subsequent 2018 short film RUPTURE premiered at TIFF, and was part of MoMA&rsquo;s New Directors/New Films. It won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance, where she was the first recipient of the Russo Brother\'s Fellowship. Her 2025 short film AMBUSH seeks to blend documentary elements with fiction.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karajah is an alumna of the University of Bristol Law School (LL.B). She holds a degree in Film Production from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre&rsquo;s Directors\' Lab.</span></p>', 'Yassmina Karajah.jpg', '1711695361'),
(149, 'Medhat Maged', 'Medhat Maged is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 2013. He is currently studying at the Higher Institute of Cinema while working as an assistant director. He made his debut short film Grandpa, followed by his short films The Exile and 18/11, which is directed and produced by him.', 'medhat maged.jpg', '449920657'),
(150, 'Yahya Mourad', 'Based in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Yahya Mourad is a Lebanese filmmaker, director, and cinematographer. Yahya has been taking part in a number of national, regional and international festivals and workshops, with his startup short docufiction Belonging: Tripoli. Since graduating in 2015, he has been working on a range of personal and professional projects, including short experimental documentaries, commercials, music videos, and weddings. Yahya always tries to create the visual language that reflects the spirit of the people or places he captures. Despite the diversity of the projects, he always stays truthful to what each demands, while adding his own touch and signature to the project. His latest film is the short experimental documentary Sunday Market: Tripoli (2018).', 'Yahya Mourad.jpg', '1833256387'),
(151, 'Mounia Akl', 'Mounia Akl is a Lebanese director and writer. She holds an MFA Directing and Screenwriting from Columbia University in New York. She is best known for her TV/web-series Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not, which made a huge success and marked a large number of YouTube views. In 2015, Akl co-founded Breaking Wave Pictures with seven international filmmakers. Her previous works includes many award-winning short films like Christine, EVA, Anoesis, and Fasateen web series, produced by Yahoo. Mounia Akl has recently finished editing Clara Roquet\'s award-winning Spanish film El Adios. Mounia also co-wrote the short film The President\'s Visit, currently in pre-production, that has been awarded a Katharina Otto-Bernstein Film Fund award, and a Doha Film Institute Production Grant.', 'Mounia Akl.jpg', '2111248388'),
(152, 'Rakan Mayasi', 'Palestinian independent filmmaker Rakan Mayasi was born in Germany, raised in Jordan and currently based in Lebanon. He studied Filmmaking in Lebanon and then received an intense training with Director Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He underwent different filmmaking experiences in Serbia, Germany, Morocco, Egypt and Yemen in writing and directing. His last film Roubama has been officially selected at the Locarno Film Festival in 2012. He is currently working on his first feature length film that is inspired by three different stories.', 'BONBONE.jpg', '880865185'),
(154, 'Said Zagha', 'Director Said Zagha is a Palestinian filmmaker from Ramallah. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Filmmaking from Ohio’s Kenyon College in 2011. FIVE BOYS AND A WHEEL is Zagha’s debut narrative short film. Said is currently developing his first feature film, THE GIRL.', 'Said Zagha.jpg', '264665539'),
(155, 'Ayman Al-Shatri', 'Born in Nasiriyah city, Ayman Al-Shatri is an award-winning Iraqi director, producer and screenwriter who graduated from the Film and TV department in Baghdad University\'s College of Fine Arts. He started his professional career as an editor in many Iraqi films. Besides his experience in sound designing and sound effects, Al-Shatri’s short film Warm Night won several awards at Arab and international festivals. Al-Shatri was selected among five promising Arab filmmakers in the Stars of Tomorrow programme (Arab Stars of Tomorrow), organized by Screen International at the 14th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Ayman Al Shatri - 3.jpg', '777822224'),
(158, 'Marc Salameh', 'Marc Salameh is a Lebanese emerging filmmaker. He received his MA in TV and Cinema at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 2005. He later took part in a filmmaking workshop at the New York Film Academy in the USA. Salameh made his experimental short film Angel No9 in 2018. His graduation film project, Night Shift, won him the Best Director Award at the Lahazat Film Festival in Lebanon and the Silver Award at the International Independent Film Awards (IIFA) in the USA. The film also screened at several film festivals, including the Edinburgh Independent Film Awards in Scotland.', 'MarcSalameh HEADSHOT.JPG', '1281180141'),
(159, 'Jimmy Keyrouz', 'Jimmy Keyrouz is an award-winning director/writer. His latest film Nocturne In Black received many awards and nominations including the Gold Medal at the 43rd Student Academy Awards and was shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars in the Live Action Short category and the 2017 BAFTA Film Awards. In 2012, Keyrouz joined the Screenwriting/Directing Master in Fine Arts program at Columbia University, New York, where he enrolled in directing, screenwriting, TV writing and directing, actors classes and served as teaching assistant where he taught directing and writing classes. Keyrouz is currently developing the feature-length version of Nocturne in Black, Twelve, a one-hour TV drama, and works as a freelance director/writer.', 'Jimmy K.jpg', '1097154929'),
(160, 'Dina Naser', 'Dina Naser is a Jordanian filmmaker who has been working as a director, producer, and writer since 2008.  \r<br/>She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Graphic Design from the Applied Science University in Jordan and a Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking through the DocNomads Program from universities in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium. \r<br/>Naser kicked off her career by working as an assistant director before quickly moving on to directing several short documentaries. \r<br/>She served as a live-action producer for the Jordanian co-production HIKAYAT SIMSIM — the Arabic version of Sesame Street — and also worked on several local and international productions. \r<br/>Her short film, TINY SOULS, participated in several film festivals, including the MED film festival, where it won the Audience Favorite Award, and the Jordanian European Film Festival, where it won a Jury award for Best Documentary Short and the COPEAM Special Prize. ONE MINUTE is her third film.', 'director.jpg', '1775027391'),
(161, 'Hanaa Saleh Alfassi', 'Moroccan/Saudi director Hanaa Saleh Alfassi has granted her a unique, well-rounded perspective of life that is prevalent throughout many of her works. Hanaa first learned filmmaking at the Academy of Cinema Arts and Technology under the tutelage of the lauded Egyptian writer and director Ra\'afat Almihi in 2003. She wrote, directed and produced several short films, resulting in numerous festival selections and awards, including the award-winning film The Last Sohour that toured over 20 film festivals, Haweya (ID), Hadaf (Goal), among others. Hanaa also produced a feature documentary KSA in their Eyes that was aired on the famous TV network, Aljazeera Documentary.', 'Hanaa photo.png', '1936758551'),
(162, 'Mira Shaib', 'Born and raised in Beirut, director Mira Shaib graduated from the American University in Beirut with a BA in Communication Arts- TV/Film. Directly after graduating, Mira received a full scholarship and grant from Robert Bosch Stiftung to attend six months at Filmakadmie Baden-Wurttemberg. Mira is currently working at beirut.com as Video Producer, also freelancing as an Assistant Director and a Videographer.', 'Mira Shaib Photo1.jpg', '1630289406'),
(163, 'Mohammad Hushki', 'Mohammad Hushki is a writer and filmmaker who left his Computer Engineering career to follow his passion for cinema. He joined the Royal Film Commission-Jordan where he implemented and managed film clubs outside the city of Amman. He also delivered filmmaking classes to local emerging filmmakers to help promote their projects. His feature Transit Cities won the FIPRESCI award and Special Jury Prize in the Muhr Arab competition at the DIFF 2010.', 'Mohammed Hushki 2.jpg', '1486036476'),
(164, 'Ashtar Al Khirsan', 'Ashtar Al Khirsan began her career working in the BBC comedy department before enrolling in the National Film and Television School to study Fiction Direction. After graduating from the NFTS, she worked on feature projects and made several documentaries for the BBC. Her documentaries received strong critical acclaim and were screened at various international film festivals, including Edinburgh, London, Rotterdam and Chicago, where she won the Best Arts Documentary Film Award. Her feature film screenplay, Bird in a Storm, was developed with the support of Creative Europe Media and was selected for the Sources 2 Script Development Workshop. Funded by The Wellcome Trust, Abdullah and Leilah is her first work of fiction.', 'Headshot - Ashtar - Director.png', '1383591778'),
(165, 'Seifollah Samadian', 'Born in Oroumieh, Iran, Seifollah Samadian is a graduate of English Literature who started his career as a photographer in 1968 and as a documentary filmmaker in 1978. \r<br/>He’s also been involved as a jury member and curator of photo exhibitions at numerous national and international events. Moreover, he has conducted several workshops at different events and platforms. \r<br/>Additionally, Samadian has been the founding director of the Annual Image Visual Arts Festival and Tassvir Film Festival since 2003. He’s also been running Tassvir (Image) Magazine as its founder and chief editor since 1991. \r<br/>He made his first short documentary film, THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION, in 1979. The rest of his filmography includes INDIA 82; TEHRAN, FALL OF 83; THE WHITE STATION; TEHRAN, 25TH HOUR; THE ART OF KILLING; BAM, THE 3RD DAY, THE 10TH DAY; THE DAY YOU WERE NOT THERE; and ONCE UPON A TIME, MARRAKECH.', 'Seifollah Samadian.jpg', '1887289739'),
(166, 'Khadija Kudsi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khadijah Kudsi is a filmmaker and children&rsquo;s book author.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, she got her diploma in filmmaking </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the New York Film Academy. This was followed by a course in screenplay writing at the same academy in 2018.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Khadijah has written, directed, and made a web series, as well as short films, documentaries, and plays.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her documentary films focus on social and communal issues that resonate globally.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khadijah&rsquo;s documentary film highlighting stuttering, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JUST ANOTHER ACCENT,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> competed at the Malmo Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2016, four films she worked on were screened at the Short Film Corner at the&nbsp;Cannes International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her film credits as a director include Just Another Accent, Peaks of Emotions, Suhail, and Sesame Street.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has also worked on numerous TV advertisements and film collaborations as a producer and assistant director.&nbsp;</span></p>', 'Khadijah Al Kudsi.jpg', '328826409'),
(167, 'Samia Ali', 'Samia Ali is a thriving Somalian film director. She studied Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2014, and at the International Filmmaking Academy in Italy in 2017. She has worked as an assistant director and director on several well-received films.', 'image0.jpeg', '450681814'),
(168, 'Nima Javidi', 'Nima Javidi is a graduate of Mechanics Engineering and he started making short films since 1999. Javidi’s filmography includes six short films, two documentaries and more than 30 TV ads, including the short films: Marathon Paralyzed Champion (1999), A Call for O (2001), and The Poor Earth (2004); and the documentaries: Person (2007), Coppersmith\'s Craft, and A Ending to an Ancient Profession (2007). Melbourne is Nima’s debut feature film.', 'Nima Javidi- photo.JPG', '919672368'),
(169, 'Tony ElKhoury', 'Tony ElKhoury is an up-and-coming Beirut-based filmmaker. After completing a Masters in film studies, ElKhoury forged his skills directing and shooting music videos for international and local artists such as NY-based music producer Nickodemus, Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani, Canadian band Wake Island and Beirut’s singer-songwriter Oak. Since 2012 ElKhoury took on an independent filmmaker journey, he has been director, cinematographer and producer on several corporate films for large international clients such as Radical Media New York, VICE News.', 'LWTWC_Director 1_Tony ElKhoury.jpg', '973492829'),
(170, 'Anthony Lappé', 'Anthony Lappé is a New York-based author, producer and director. He produced the award-winning Showtime documentary about the Iraq war, BattleGround. He was the Executive Editor of the Sundance-awarding winning Guerrilla News Network. He has written for Details, ESPN: The Magazine, New York Magazine, and the South China Morning Post, among many others. In addition, he has produced programming for Fuse, PBS, National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Science Channel. More recently, he was a writer/producer for Radical Media, where he wrote Robert Redford’s 3D documentary Cathedrals of Culture: The Salk Institute, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.', 'LWTWC_Director 2_Anthony Lappe.jpg', '535393817'),
(171, 'Simon Portus', 'Simon Portus is an editor, writer, and a director who have multi-award winning films that have screened around the world. Simon’s first short film, Adrift, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards. His next one, Tomorrow, landed its world premiere at Berlin Film Festival and won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor at St Kilda Film Festival. In addition, the film was also nominated for Australian Writers Guild and Australian Directors Guild awards. His  latest short film, Passengers, had its world premiere at Flickerfest Film Festival in Sydney in January, 2017. It was selected to screen at Melbourne International Film Festival in August, 2017, where Simon will take part in the MIFF Accelerator Lab.', 'Dan Wyllie and Simon Portus.jpg', '1397927972'),
(172, 'Abdullah Alhemairi', 'Abdullah Alhemairi made his debut as a director with Our Home (2013) that screened at the Gulf Film Festival. As an actor he has appeared in Yedo Farm (2013). He has also written several short films.', 'Abdullah Al Hemairi.jpg', '877769093'),
(173, 'Mohammed Al Hammadi', 'Mohammed Al Hammadi is an Emirati writer/director/actor. Having made his feature debut with the well-received Abdullah in 2015, Mohammed decided to take his filmmaking career seriously after moving to Los Angeles for the majority of the year to study filmmaking at a higher level. After he returned, he wrote, produced and directed his short film The Remaining Time, which world premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2017. His latest work is the Emirati feature film Musk.', 'Mohammed Al Hammadi.jpg', '921847326'),
(174, 'Ali Khaled', 'Ali Khaled is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Dubai. Starting 2009, he worked as a writer and editor at The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi for seven years. Currently working as a freelancer, he writes for GQ Middle East and The National, as well as other publications in the past, such as Al Arabiya English, Arab News, Newsweek Middle East, Esquire, Emirates Airline’s Open Skies Magazine, and These Football Times, among others. He also directed the football documentary Lights of Rome revolving around the UAE’s qualification to the 1990 World Cup in Italy.', 'ali khaled.jpg', '2052851512'),
(175, 'Bachir Abou Zeid', 'Bachir Abou Zeid is a Lebanese film instructor, writer, director, and producer who directed and produced his first feature MAKFOUD at the age of 23. \r<br/>While working on MAFKOUD, he was awarded a full scholarship to the MET Film School in London, where he graduated in 2015 with an MA in film-making specializing in directing.\r<br/>His repertoire includes short films that won international recognition in several international film festivals, including KALASH, which was completed as his master\'s thesis and is a 30-minute uninterrupted war drama. The film went on to become a semifinalist at the Students Academy Awards. \r<br/>KALASH was also selected for more than 15 international film festivals, where it received multiple awards.\r<br/>Recently, he founded the Beirut Film Institute as a production company that aims to produce shorts and feature-length films, as well as merge and interconnect talents and professionals in the media industry across the Arab world.', 'Bachir Abou Zeid.jpg', '1284466504'),
(178, 'Narges Abyar', 'Born in Tehran, Narges Abyar received her BA in Persian Literature, and as a established writer, she’s already published 30 stories and novels for children, young adults as well as adults. In 2006, she decided to venture on making short films presenting her first short Kind Dead End (2006). In 2007, she made her first documentary, One Day After the 10th Day. Her other films include; Mama Maryam (documentary, 2009), Nasur (short film, 2009), My Story is not a Crow (documentary, 2011), Silent Scream (documentary, 2012), Black Pear (documentary, 2012), Objects in the Mirror Are Closer than They Appear (feature film, 2013), Track 143 (feature film, 2014) and Breath (feature film, 2016).', 'Narges Abyar.jpeg', '686669539'),
(180, 'Marco Orsini', 'Marco Orsini is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of film and television whose narrative work has screened at Tribeca and Sundance among other important festivals. \r<br/>A Founder and the current President of the International Emerging Film Talent Association of Monaco, Marco is a noted expert, advocate, and fundraiser on behalf of film education and industry development in emerging countries. \r<br/>Known for his documentaries THE RELUCTANT TRAVELER (2008), DINNER AT THE NO-GO’S* (2011), and GRAY MATTERS (2014), Marco mixes entertainment and engagement with education and advocacy. \r<br/>Marco also has a second career as a public figure, speaking, producing, and hosting conferences and festivals worldwide. His constant focus is on providing emerging filmmakers with training, development and access to audiovisual storytelling.', 'Marco Orsini.jpg', '1060194634'),
(181, 'Alia Yunis', 'Filmmaker and writer Alia Yunis has worked on projects on five continents involving film, writing, and photography. \r<br/>She has spent many years in Los Angeles as a screenwriter and script analyst for companies such as Village Roadshow Pictures and Miramax. \r<br/>Yunis is also a PEN Emerging Voices Fellow, a top ten finalist in the Zoetrope Screenwriting Awards, and the recipient of a comedy-writing award from Warner Bros. \r<br/>Her novel, THE NIGHT COUNTER, was critically-acclaimed by the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and several other publications, and her writings have appeared in numerous books, magazines, and anthologies.', 'Alia_Yunis.jpg', '1780394447'),
(182, 'Hamid Ziane', 'After a long successful career in the television world as an actor and a director of many timeless Moroccan achievements, in addition to working as an Assistant Director with multiple Arabic and Moroccan directors, Hamid Ziane delved into the world of long feature films with Heads or Tails. His directing credits include the short films: La Vague, Hésitation, Jawab, Ila Aine, and Nawaya. He studied Photojournalism, but decided to change careers and started working with the National Troupe for the Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision; first as an actor, then as a director, which is how he got his start as an Assistant Director in television.', 'Hamid Ziane.jpg', '2137055875'),
(185, 'Shady Fouad', 'Egyptian director and screenwriter Shady Fouad graduated from Faculty of Engineering in 2013. He studied screenwriting at Egypt’s Higher Institute of Cinema and graduated in 2018. Fouad wrote Timtim & Bombom series for the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU). He wrote and directed his first short film, Amid Summer & Winter (2018), which got selected at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia. His latest short film, Habib (2019), screened at several film festivals, including the Mumbai Film Festival in India.', 'Shady Fouad 2.jpg', '1701737711'),
(186, 'Ramzi Khoury', 'Born in Beirut, Lebanon, writer and director Ramzi Khoury holds a master\'s degree in Cinema studies from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts. Starting his career as a stop motion artist, he developed several creative Stop Motion concepts, such as Photosynthese and Kharateesh. In 2014, Khoury released his first short film, Coil, which participated in the European Film Festival and FICMEC\'s 6th edition.  This was followed by Lovebirds in 2017 and Happy Ending in 2018, Ramzi’s latest film and his most personal work.', 'ramzi khoury.jpg', '2104417748'),
(187, 'Mohamed Ali Nahdi', 'Mohamed Ali Nahdi is a Tunisian actor and director. After getting many roles in television and cinema, he traveled to Paris to study cinema at the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, where he obtained his diploma as an editor. \r<br/>In 2008, he directed his first short film, THE PROJECT, about censorship in Tunisia under the dictatorship of Ben Ali. \r<br/>Later on, in 2010, he made his second short film, ONCE UPON A TIME AT DAWN, followed by his third film, FATUM, which was shot in 2018 and received the Special Mention of the Young Jury at  the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film.\r<br/>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL is his first feature film.', 'Mohamed Ali Nahdi.jpeg', '928628280'),
(188, 'Ali Mohammed Saeed', 'Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Ali Mohammed Saeed is the Founder and CEO of Enki Film Academy in USA, which he established in 2013. He has also been the Executive Director of 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival in Iraq since 2017. He has a Master\'s degree in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts, Central Michigan University, USA (2018) and an Associate Degree in Cinema and Audio from Lansing Community College (2016), and a Diploma of Filmmaking from New York Film Academy, USA (2011). In 2010, he worked as an Executive Producer at Alhadath Satellite Channel in Egypt. Before that he was the Media Manager at the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq in Jordan in 2005. He held the position of Editor-in-Chief at the Iraqi National News Agency in Jordan in 2003. He also worked as a journalist at the Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Iraqi Free Trade Newspaper in Jordan. Ali won the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity for Best Playwright in the UAE in 2009. Mosul 980 is his first short film.\r<br/><br/>', 'Mosul 980 - Ali Mohammed Saeed - Picture - Director.jpg', '1458473920'),
(189, 'Zain Duraie', 'Zain Duraie has worked on several regional and international films. As part of her graduation project at Toronto Film School, she wrote and directed two short films. In 2010, she kick started her career in the filmmaking world as a trainee at Philistine Films with prestigious filmmaker Annemarie Jacir and acclaimed producer Ossama Bawardi. She worked on projects at different phases; from pre-production to post-production, including When I Saw You, The Rendezvous, Thank You for Bombing and Wajib. Duraie\'s debut short fiction film, Horizon, had its world premiere at the Palm Springs Shorts Fest. The film also screened at several film festivals including; Montreal World Film Fest. Duraie was selected in 2017 to work with acclaimed Bosnian filmmaker Aida Begić in Turkey/ Sanliurfa on her latest film Never Leave Me. Afterwards, Duraie began developing her feature film screenplay abroad, which was selected out of 70 countries with only one other participant to be developed with the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Academy and in parallel with its selection at the Meditalents Residence and Torino Film Lab. Duraie’s most recent short film is Give Up the Ghost.', 'Director Zain Duraie.jpg', '361041220'),
(190, 'Midi Z', 'Born in Myanmar, Midi Z arrived in Taiwan at the age of sixteen. He studied Design and Art before obtaining a master’s degree from the National Taiwan University of Technology and Science. In 2006, his graduation film, Paloma Blanca, was invited to several international film festivals such as Busan and Gothenburg. In 2011, Return to Burma, his debut feature, was nominated for the Busan New Currents and Rotterdam Tiger Competitions. In 2014, Ice Poison won Best International Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and represented Taiwan at Foreign Language Oscars. In 2016, The Road to Mandalay won Best Feature Film FEDEORA Award at the Venice Film Festival. In addition, Midi has made three internationally acclaimed documentaries, including Jade Miners (2015), City of Jade (2016) and 14 Apples (2018). Midi’s latest feature, Nina Wu, was selected for the Un Certain Regard at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.', 'Midi Z.jpg', '1193445574'),
(191, 'Shahrbanoo Sadat', 'Shahr is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, Shahr - 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected. The film won the main award at the 2016 Director’s Fortnight. Her second feature film; the second part of a planned pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography, was presented at the Director\'s Fortnight in 2019. Her latest feature film The Orphanage was also selected at the Director’s Fortnight.', 'Shahrbanoo Sadat 22.jpg', '1641449052'),
(192, 'Ghassan ElKhouja', 'Ghassan ElKhouja is an independent filmmaker from Lebanon. He is a member of the Syndicate of Cinema Technicians in Lebanon and has worked as a coordinator for the Tripoli Film Festival, as well as a full-time lecturer and coordinator at the Department of Media Communication of the Faculty of Arts of AZM University. \r<br/>He attended the Institut Supérieur National du Spectacle et des Arts de la Scène in Belgium and took several master classes for professionals in cinematography at the Lebanese Film Academy in 2001. Moreover, he obtained a diploma in writing and directing for cinema from the Institute for the Performing Arts in Jounieh, Lebanon. \r<br/>He has made a lot of films, including HOME BUILDERS – a short documentary that was nominated for Best Short Film at the Green Unplugged Online Film Festival (2009). In 2004, his documentary RAMADAN KARIM was also nominated for Best Film Documentary at the Green Unplugged Online Film Festival. In 2003, his other short, LET’S PLAY was nominated for Best Short Film at the same festival.', '0V6A18061.jpg', '326483910'),
(193, 'Melina León', 'Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. She studied film and video at the University of Lima and studied film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili was officially premiered at the New York Film Festival and has been selected at more than 20 international festivals, winning 11 awards, including the best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival. Her debut feature Song Without a Name won the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture o Peru, the fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and the support program for coproduction by Ibermedia.', 'Melina León 22.jpg', '1592182770'),
(195, 'Khedija Lemkecher', 'Khedija Lemkecher is a Tunisian author, director and producer. After graduating from ESRA Paris, she started working on feature films, TV commercials and documentaries. Lemkecher made her first short film Bonne Année in 2010. Her latest short films include The Night of the Blind Moon (2014) and Bolbol (2018), which were selected at several international festivals and won awards. She is currently working on her feature-length film, The Siren Tattoo.', 'Khedija Lemkecher.jpg', '1581233208'),
(196, 'Kamla Abouzekri', 'With an impressive career that spans over 27 years, director Kamla Abouzekri started her career as an assistant director in the films 131 Hard Labor (1993) and Why the Sea is Laughing (1995). She directed her first short film The Six O\'Clock Train in 1999. Abouzekri made her feature directorial debut with the rom-com First Year Con in 2004. Her filmography includes the films One-Zero (2009), which competed at many international film festivals such as the Venice International Film Festival and received more than 45 awards, Heads and Tails (2006), An Al Eshq Wal Hawa', 'Kamla Abouzekri.jpg', '489795545'),
(197, 'Maggie Morgan', 'Born in Alexandria, Maggie Morgan graduated from the American University in Cairo, where she now teaches film studies. \r<br/>She directed her first documentary, THE PICTURE, in 2002, followed by her medium-length feature FROM WITHIN: HER STORIES, which screened at numerous festivals. She also worked on EGYPT IN THE EYES OF MAIR, which went on to screen on MBC’s Al-Arabiya Channel in 2009. \r<br/>Morgan made her feature-length directorial debut with ASHAM in 2012, which also marked her first script writing experience. \r<br/>The film received prizes for Best Director and Best Editor at the Malmö Arab Film Festival and a Special Jury Mention at the Festival International des Films D’Orient in Geneva, among others.', 'Maggie Morgan 2.jpg', '1635326696'),
(198, 'Licínio Azevedo', 'Licínio Azevedo is a Mozambican filmmaker and writer. Brazilian born, he started as a journalist in Latin America, arriving in Mozambique in search of good postcolonial stories, later compiled in a book. He worked closely with Ruy Guerra, Godard and Jean Rouch at the National Institute of Mozambique in the years that followed the Mozambican Independence. He has directed over twenty films, distributed worldwide, since 1980, and is the co-founder of one of Mozambique’s most renowned lm production companies - Ébano Multimédia. Licínio’s films are hand in hand with the reality of Mozambique and its troubled political evolution. Between action and documentary, Licinio mixes both genres, always inspired by storytelling events and compelling characters.', 'Licinio Azevedo.jpg', '1698196014'),
(199, 'Deyan Parouchev', 'Born in Bulgaria to painters Yordan Parushev and Elena Parusheva, Deyan Parouchev is a director, cinematographer, and photographer who graduated from Créapole ESDI with a degree in visual communication and creative advertising. \r<br/>He is the founder and CEO of the Yordan Parushev Foundation for Contemporary Art and has directed and filmed several short films, commercials, and music videos. \r<br/>Timeless Beauty marks his feature-length documentary debut.', 'Deyan Parouchev.jpg', '1097746995'),
(200, 'Alaa Mosbah', 'Alaa Mosbah is an Egyptian filmmaker and author. He was a Ful-bright grantee at Columbia College Chicago in 2017. Mosbah produced and directed many TV documentaries. He was the line producer/second unit director of What Comes Around that premiered at the Berlinale Panorama in 2018. His short film Tariq was selected at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2012. Mosbah received the International Critics Jury Prize (FIPRESCI) at the 2012 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival for his short film Café Regular, Cairo, produced by him and directed by Ritesh Batra.', 'alaa mosbah.jpg', '14835369'),
(201, 'Najwa Najjar', 'Writer and director Najwa Najjar has explored several new artistic grounds, having written, directed, and produced over a dozen critically acclaimed award-winning films premiering in Cairo, Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, and Sundance. \r<br/>In 2020, she received an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\r<br/>With an MA in film, she has worked on both documentary and feature films since 2000. Her critically acclaimed debut was the feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh, while her second award-winning film Eyes of a Thief was the Palestinian nomination for the 2015 Oscars Best Foreign Film. \r<br/>Also, her third feature film Between Heaven and Earth won the 41st Cairo IFF Naguib Mahfouz Best Screenplay Award and was selected at the European Film Academy Awards, Golden Globes Awards, and the Asian Pacific Screen Awards, as well as being nominated for the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards. \r<br/>Currently, Najjar is working on her fourth feature film Kiss of a Stranger, which is a musical.', 'Najwa Najjar.jpg', '1726360297'),
(202, 'Georges Hazim', 'Born in Beirut, director Georges Hazim is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture in the Lebanese University, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Directing. Through his short films, often controversial in a quasi-conservative society, he gave a voice to the Queer community. He clings to the power of cinema and sees it as the ultimate weapon needed to progress in order to reach someday the freedom to exist without fear. His award-winning short films include Above the Nest (2015), which won many awards, including the Best Director at the Euro Film Festival in Spain, Servants (2016), Bad Trip (2017), which won the Best National Film at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, and Son of a Dancer (2018).', 'Georges Hazim.jpg', '1948934537'),
(203, 'Raouia Marmouch', 'After receiving a fundamental license in physics and chemistry, Tunisian director and screenwriter Raouia Marmouch studied cinema at the E.S.A.C (Ecole Supérieure de L’audiovisuel et Cinema), where she obtained a national diploma in writing and directing. While studying at the ESAC, she made a documentary film about L’ENIT, and in 2019, she directed her first short film Enti Chkoun. It was selected at the Carthage Film Festival and Luxor African Film Festival. In 2019, she served as second assistant director on Sharaf, a feature film by Samir Nasr, and Carrefour Bonheur, a short film by Emna Najjar. Other than films, she directed several music videos, including Honeur by Tunisian rapper PSYCHO M. Marmouch also worked as a first and second assistant director on the TV series Hayat Khasa and Ililiklik, along with several TV commercials, such as Bouga and Abida.', 'raou2.png', '1670509862'),
(204, 'Ash Mayfair', 'Ash Mayfair was born in Vietnam and educated in the UK and the US. She received a BA from Oxford University for English Literature, a post-grad degree from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London for theatre directing and graduated with an MFA in filmmaking at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Ash has directed numerous plays and short films in the UK and the US. She has worked at the National Theatre in London as an assistant director and in off-Broadway productions in New York as a director. Her short films, The Silver Man, Sam, Heart of a Doll, Grasshopper, Lupo, Walking the Dead and No Exit have travelled to multiple international festivals. Grasshopper won the Audience Award at the Un Pays Un Film Festivalin 2012.', 'ash mafair.jpg', '2024791249'),
(205, 'Alejandra Márquez Abella', 'Alejandra Márquez Abella is a Mexican filmmaker who studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short film 5 Memories was screened at over 140 festivals around the world. Her first feature, Semana Santa (2015), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as the SXSW and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.', 'alejandra marquez.jpg', '1144243929'),
(206, 'Zayn Alexander', 'Zayn Alexander is a New York-based actor and director of Lebanese origin. Alexander began his career upon moving to New York City in 2010. He made his film debut in the 2012 drama, The Defector. In 2018, Alexander’s directorial debut, Abroad, made its world premiere at the 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival. His second directorial effort Manara premiered during the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section (Venice Days) in 2019.', 'FilmmakerPortrait_ZaynAlexander.jpg', '1818800280'),
(207, 'Ramy El Gabry', 'Ramy El Gabry is an Egyptian director and screenwriter who earned a B.S. degree in cinema in 2008 from the International Academy For Engineering and Media Science (IAEMS). He made many internationally acclaimed short films that were selected at prestigious international film festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, and won numerous awards. His directing credits include the short films This Time (2011), which was selected at the Venice Rosh International Film Festival, Zooba (2011), which went viral on social media during the Egyptian revolution in 2011, and From Inside (2016), which earned nine global and regional awards and was officially selected at over 26 international festivals. In 2017, El Gabry explored the Claymation technique with Monster of The Web, which got officially selected at seven international film festivals. El Gabry was also an assistant director trainee on Messages from the Sea (2010) by Daoud Abdel Sayed, which was Egypt’s official submission for the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and One-Zero (2009) by Kamla Abouzekri, which received more than 45 awards.', 'Copy of DSC00035.JPG', '83885214'),
(208, 'Mohamed ELGohary', 'Mohamed ELGohary is an Egyptian director who graduated from Faculty of Engineering and worked as an engineer for five years. Developing a passion for filmmaking after attending a directing workshop, ELGohary gave up his engineering career and started making films. He produced and directed his first short film, The Circle (2019). ELGohary worked as an assistant director on the Egyptian TV series Aho Da Elly Saar (2019) and Al Shareka Al Almania Le Mokafahat El Khawareq (2020).', 'gohary.JPG', '736840414'),
(209, 'Xavier Martínez-Soler', 'Born in Barcelona, Spain, Xavier Soler Martínez has a degree in Film Direction from the CECC (Center for Cinematographic Studies of Catalonia) and a second degree in Direction and Dramaturgy from the Theatre Institut of Barcelona. He wrote and directed his debut feature film, A Job and a Film, in 2018.', 'Xavier Martínez Soler (Director, Writer).JPG.jpg', '888706261'),
(210, 'Adel Ahmed Yehia', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adel Ahmed Yehia is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the High Cinema Institute in Egypt. He made his directorial debut with the short film NADA</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018), his graduation project, which garnered numerous awards at regional and international film festivals. His second short film, ABU JUDY, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2024.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Adel ventured into television, directing six episodes of the successful true-crime series DATE AND TIME. He is currently developing his first feature film.</span></p>', 'C84A0603.jpg', '541923032'),
(211, 'Hani Sami', 'Hani Sami is a writer, filmmaker and theatre director based in Cairo. He holds a B.A. in Theatre from the American University in Cairo and an M.A. in Filmmaking from l’École Nationale Supérieur d’Audiovisuel in Toulouse, France. Sami is a published poet, a lyricist and a film critic. He taught film classes and conducted workshops for actors. He also ran the Jesuit Film School in Cairo during the year 2016. Sami directed many plays among which The Auction and The Newcomer both written by Mikhail Ruman and Celebration and Party Time by Harold Pinter. His latest performance Mind, the Gap got the support of the European commission and toured in London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Marseilles after being created in Cologne and premiering in Cairo. He wrote and directed a few short films, including You Can Never Get Me, Do not Cry Wael, City and the Beast and Last Tape. Sami is currently developing the scenario of Taste of Homes, his first feature film which was selected by Meditalents screenwriting Lab in 2019.', 'Hani Sami LAST TAPE.jpg', '1883277924'),
(212, 'Ahmed Abuelfadl', 'After practicing dentistry for three years, Ahmed Abuelfadl decided to make a career shift. He studied Filmmaking at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo, and graduated in 2014. Abuelfadl started his film career as a writer and critic, before directing his first short film in 2013, a short documentary called Cairo from 5 to 7, followed by his short fiction film Amin. He also works as an editor and colorist on different projects that vary from fiction to documentary and experimental. Abuelfadl teaches filmmaking to postgraduates at Ain Shams University as well as at Jesuit Cairo film school.', 'Director-Producer.JPG.jpg', '1039802377'),
(213, 'Mohamed Bouzaggou', 'Producer, author, screenwriter and director Mohamed Bouzaggou holds a license in private law. He published many award winning novels, tales, and theatrical pieces. Bouzaggou made feature and short films, including the features Iperita (2016) and Khamis 1984 (2019), and the shorts Fakansi (2012) and 2 Faces For One Life (2015), in addition to several TV series. As a producer, he produced and co-produced many highly acclaimed feature and short films, television films, sitcoms, and TV shows. Bouzaggou wrote screenplays for over 15 works, including the sitcom Mani Dach Gha Tweddar, the short film Beginning Of The End (2013), the television film Who Are You (2017), and many others.', 'Mohamed Bouzaggou_DIrector_Producer.jpg', '414707564'),
(214, 'Mejd Hameed', 'Born in Baghdad, writer, director and actor Mejd Hameed holds a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Baghdad. He is a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate, the Union of Iraqi Dramas, and the National Band of Representation. Hameed wrote and directed the films Ahrar and Baghdad Photographer. As an actor, he starred in the films Smile Again, Goodbye Nineveh, Zero Hour, who he also wrote, and Mesopotamia.', 'DSC_0250.jpg', '218797077');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(215, 'Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan', 'Sheikha Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan is a director, screenwriter and producer. She founded Anasy Media in 2007. Anasy’s main achievements include several film productions that are available on iTunes, Virgin Megastores and numerous TV channels. Alyazia has contributed mainly to Anasy documentaries such as: Home of History, Future’s Nation, Serat Al Ehsan, Common Ground, Desert Superstars in 3D, The Tainted Veil and Nanny Culture. Her company organizes cultural events and has held two successful international documentary awards and a documentary club in Abu Dhabi. In addition to media, Alyazia is also an artist whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally.', '', '2036812486'),
(216, 'Samir Syriani', 'Lebanese director and screenwriter Samir Syriani graduated with a full scholarship at 21. His first short film, To Baalback, screened at more than 15 local and international film festivals, from Germany to Dubai, and won the Best Short Film at the 18th European Film Festival. Samir has collaborated with major and up-and-coming singers and performers on music videos, attracting media attention and successfully pulling in viewers with fresh aesthetics and insightful storytelling. He also works with local and international brands on film TV campaigns and content films, winning many awards in the advertising world. His film for Crepaway, a local diner, on which he was the creative director and director, attracted international attention with a dedicated article on CNN.com upon its release. In 2019, he completed the work on his second short film, Contact, which world premiered at the 49th Edition of Tampere Film Festival, and won numerous awards, including a Special Jury Mention at the Valletta Film Festival.', 'Samir syriani.jpg', '674372410'),
(217, 'Hicham Amal', 'Hicham Amal is a Moroccan movie director. He started his career as a screenwriter for national television networks. He wrote many teleplays such LAAB AL BAROUD (Directed By Mohamed Nesrat) and YAMNA (Directed by Abdellah El Yazani) and participated in the writing of two series (THE TEAM, COOL CENTER). He produced and directed his first feature film “THE MORPHINE MELODY”. The movie was selected in the official competition at Dubai International Film Festival, and won two prices (Best editing & Best First Feature) at the National Film Festival in Tangiers, 2016.', 'Hicham Amal.jpg', '841024161'),
(218, 'Islam El-Azzazi', 'Born in Alexandria, director and screenwriter Islam El-Azzazi graduated from Egypt\'s Higher Institute of Cinema in 1993. Since his graduation film, Azzazi has made several documentaries, experimental works, and short narrative films, including his award-winning short film NAHAR WE LEIL (DAY AND NIGHT) (2006). \r<br/>He has experience in filming, editing, and production, and is also a photographer and graphic designer. He also founded his own production company, Semat, and then co-founded WIKA for Film Production and Distribution. \r<br/>El-Azzazi’s other accomplishments include a published volume of poetry titled ‘The Flowers We Hold’ and attending several master classes and learning platforms, such as the 2005 Berlinale Talents, 2013 Documentary Campus — MENA Program, and 2014 Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab. \r<br/>He also won the Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Screenplay for ABOUT HER — his first narrative feature film.', 'unnamed.jpg', '2037823535'),
(219, 'Tarzan & Arab Nasser', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, which premiered in the 68th Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards. </span></p>', 'tarzan n bro.jpg', '704876913'),
(220, 'Axel Petersén', 'Axel Petersén was born on October 31, 1979 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a director and writer, known for Avalon (2011), The Real Estate (2018) and Under the Pyramid (2016).', 'Axel Petersen.jpg', '753871169'),
(221, 'Jane Spencer', 'Jane Spencer’s filmmaking career began at UT Austin and UT Dallas, where she received her BA in theater and philosophy. \r<br/>Parallel to university, she was accepted into the Actors Studio Playwright/ Directors Unit, in NYC under the directors Elia Kazan and Arthur Penn. \r<br/>From there she studied at NYU where she worked on her first film LITTLE NOISES with William Hickey and Keith Gordon, alongside Crispin Glover, Rik Mayall, and Tatum O’Neal. The film eventually premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was shown at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden and the Wine Valley Festival in California, as well as theatrically distributed throughout the US. \r<br/>After that, she worked in theater and wrote several plays and screenplays in NYC, Los Angeles, and London. \r<br/>In 1998 she set up her project with actors from the Los Angeles theater scene and shot FACES ON MARS, which premiered at the Solothurn Film Festival in Switzerland with her Swiss partner and formed a film company in Zurich, Switzerland — Ward9 Productions. \r<br/>Her second feature film THE NINTH CLOUD premiered at the 2014 Raindance Film Festival and screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival, La Femme Film Festival, and Glasgow Film Festival to very good reviews. \r<br/>She then started working on SOUTH OF HOPE STREET; the film was shot in Switzerland with a large, accomplished ensemble cast and editor Patricia Rommel.', 'jane spencer.jpg', '126610139'),
(222, 'Ely Dagher', 'Born and raised in Beirut, director and screenwriter Ely Dagher graduated with an MA in New Media and Contemporary Art Studies from the Goldsmiths College in London. \r<br/>He started off his career by working on various projects, juggling between different points of identification and visual structures, from surrealism to science fiction and the occult. \r<br/>His 2015 short film Waves 98 was screened all over the world at reputable festivals, such as Sundance and the TIFF and was awarded the prestigious Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.', 'ely d.jpg', '2125938610'),
(223, 'Bassel Ghandour', 'Director Bassel Ghandour is a writer, producer, and director. Previously, he co-wrote and produced Theeb — the 2016 nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. \r<br/>He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. His screenplay for The Alleys was selected for the Rawi, EAVE workshops, and Sorfond Pitching Forum. \r<br/>This film marks his directorial debut.', 'BASSELGHANDOUR.jpg', '1308890992'),
(224, 'Fatma Zohra Zamoum', 'Born in Bordj-Ménaiel, Algeria, Fatma Zohra Zamoum is a scriptwriter, director and a producer. After studying at the Fine Arts School in Algiers (1985–1988), she went to Paris to study Art History and Cinematography and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne from which she graduated in 1995. In 2005, she directed a short film, La Pelote de Laine, and has also authored several books, including Comment j\'ai fumé tous mes livres (2006). In 2009, Zamoum directed her first feature film, Z’har, which depicts scenes from the violence Algeria experienced in the 1990s. She directed a documentary on Sembene Ousmane’s work, named Le Docker Noir, Sembene Ousmane (2009). In 2011, she directed and produced her second feature film, Kedach Ethabni (How Big Is Your Love), and in 2014 she directed and produced a historical docudrama for Algerian television. Zamoum’s latest projects include two films in postproduction: BODY + ART, a documentary on artists in the 60’s and 70’s, and PARKOUR(S), aka RESET, a feature narrative film. She has co-founded a production and distribution company named Z et Compagnie Productions in 2008.', 'FZZ 2019 b.JPG', '1001696704'),
(225, 'Said El Marouk', 'Born and raised in Beirut, Said El Marouk is one of Lebanon\'s most talented directors. He is also a producer with a repertoire of a plethora of TV live musical concerts, live shows, commercials and music videos for an extensive number of the Arab world\'s super stars. He studied Directing and Production in Germany where he pursued a career as a news reporter and journalist till 2003. Upon his return to Lebanon, he kickstarted his directing career with a number of music clips for the Arab world\'s most renowned stars. In 2009, he collaborated with Hollywood\'s renowned director Michael Bay as Visual Consultant and Second Unit Director in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2010). He directed his feature debut 365 Youm Saada (2011), which was headlined by Ahmed Ezz and Donia Samir Ghanem', 'سعيد الماروق.jpg', '1326447333'),
(226, 'Mohammed Alghadhban', 'Mohammed Alghadhban is an Independent filmmaker and founder of Rola Films & Creative Arts 2020. Born and raised in Iraq – Babylon, he studied Cinema at the University of Baghdad College of Fine Arts and graduated in 2019. He worked as an Art Director for 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival in its second and third editions. He was also an administration manager of the Baghdad office at Master Lam Advertising Company in 2017 - 2018, and general coordinator of the Baghdad University International Film and Television Festival in 2019. Alghadhaban was the art director for Dissolve advertising and artistic production company and the administration manager of Turkwaz Travel and Tourism co. He has worked as an art director for Compliance Accuracy Company for E-marketing.', 'ghadnan.jpg', '1719748860'),
(227, 'Ahmed Khaled Moussa', '', 'khld dir.jpg', '195401548'),
(228, 'Sherif Arafa', 'Sherif Arafa is one of the Arab world\'s most salient directors. His directing credits include some of superstar Adel Emam’s most iconic films, such as El Le\'eb Ma\'a El Kobar (1991), El Irhab Wel Kabab (1992), Al Mansi (1993), Toyoor El Zalam (1995) and Al Nowm Fe\'l Asal (1995). Arafa directed several blockbusters, including Fool El Seen El Azeem (2004), El Gezeira (2007), and Welad el-Amm (2009). Furthermore, his lms introduced many acting talents who have become A-list superstars; Ahmed Helmy, Karim Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Elsaka, Mohamed Henedy, and Mohamed Saad, to name a few.', 'shreefarfa.jpg', '1854651748'),
(229, 'Marwan Hamed', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marwan Hamed has carved out one of the most dynamic and internationally resonant careers in contemporary Arab cinema. Over more than 25 years, the Egyptian filmmaker has built a body of work that travels easily across borders &mdash; anchored by bold storytelling, a rich visual style, and a knack for translating complex social realities into gripping cinema.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamed&rsquo;s global breakout began with THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (2006), his audacious debut feature adapted from Alaa Al-Aswany&rsquo;s bestselling novel. The most expensive film ever produced in Egypt at the time, it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and went on to sweep through major festivals &mdash; from Tribeca, where Hamed won Best New Narrative Director, to Montr&eacute;al, S&atilde;o Paulo, Chicago, Zurich, and Valladolid &mdash; cementing his place as a leading international voice from the region.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His short film LILI had already hinted at that trajectory, earning the Audience Award at Clermont-Ferrand and top prizes at Carthage and Milano. Hamed continued to expand his global footprint with 18 DAYS (2011), the multi-director anthology on the Egyptian Revolution that screened in Cannes&rsquo; Special Screenings program.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2025, Hamed&rsquo;s latest feature, EL SETT, a sweeping biographical drama about the legendary Umm Kulthum written by Ahmed Mourad, will make its European premiere at the 55th Rotterdam International Film Festival. The festival is honoring Hamed with a career-spanning tribute and retrospective &mdash; an acknowledgment of his sustained international impact and the cultural weight of his filmography.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival acclaim runs parallel to Hamed&rsquo;s towering presence in Arab commercial cinema. He has directed several of Egypt&rsquo;s biggest-ever box-office hits, including THE BLUE ELEPHANT and its record-breaking sequel BLUE ELEPHANT: DARK WHISPERS &mdash; the highest-grossing film in Egyptian history at the time of its release. His subsequent works, DIAMOND DUST, THE ORIGINALS, and the historical epic KIRA &amp; EL GIN, continued his streak of critical and commercial dominance.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across genres &mdash; psychological thrillers, political dramas, historical spectacles &mdash; Hamed brings an unmistakable precision to world-building and performance direction. His films have collectively earned more than 30 awards, while his influence extends beyond cinema through hundreds of commercials and music videos for major global brands and artists.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honored by institutions such as America Abroad Media and celebrated at festivals from Taormina to El Gouna to the Red Sea, Hamed remains one of the most significant filmmakers redefining Arab cinema for international audiences. </span></p>', 'mrwan h.jpg', '2037634483'),
(230, 'Dima Hamdan', 'Dima Hamdan is a Palestinian journalist and filmmaker who spent over ten years working with BBC Arabic and World Service. The stories she covered during that time inspired many ideas for her short films and feature projects. \r<br/>She has directed five shorts since 2007 in London, Amman, and Berlin. Her latest short film, THE BOMB, won Best Female Director at the 2019 Ayodhya Film Festival and received a Special Mention at the Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli.\r<br/>As a screenwriter, she won the Shasha Screenwriting Grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Commission, the Goteborg Development Fund, and the Royal Film Commission Production Fund for her previous feature project — THE KIDNAP. \r<br/>The same project was selected for HOTHOUSE, a development workshop by the London Film School, the Rawi-Sundance Middle Eastern Screenwriters’ Lab, Babylon International, and Med Film Factory.', 'dima hamdan.jpg', '1494163484'),
(231, 'Faris Alrjoob', '<p>Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance. Based in Berlin, he is a graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston. <br /><br />In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&Atilde;&para; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.</p>', 'Faris Alrjoob_Updated Headshot.jpeg', '120990234'),
(232, 'Rim Nakhli', 'Tunisian director Rim Nakhli graduated from the Higher Institute of Arts Manouba Multimedia (ISAMM - Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba) in Tunisia, and earned a degree in art, music and performing arts from the University of Bologna in Italy. Nakhli has worked as an assistant director on several Tunisian films. In 2017, she directed her first short film, Ranim (Evasion).', 'RIM NAKHLI director.jpg', '1310863345'),
(233, 'Brett Michael Innes', 'Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Brett Michael Innes is a bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker. He graduated from AFDA, the Oscar-winning South African film school, on a scholarship from the National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) of South Africa. His writing and directing debut, Sink, has been heralded by local critics as a \'breakout film that sets a new standard for South African cinema\' and saw him win the SAFTA for Best Film and Best Screenplay. His second feature, an adaptation of the iconic novel, Fiela se Kind, premiered In Competition at Tallinn Black Nights and was awarded the SAFTA for Best Film and Best Screenplay in 2020.', 'Brett Michael Innes.jpg', '830396978'),
(234, 'Jan Komasa', 'Jan Komasa is a Polish director. He studied Directing at Łódź Film School. His short film Nice to See You had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it snatched 3rd prize at Cinefondation. His feature debut, Suicide Room, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), within the Panorama section, attracting over 80,000 viewers in Polish cinemas. His second film, a war blockbuster Warsaw \'44, sold over 1.8 million tickets. Corpus Christi marks his third feature film. ', 'jan komasa photo by Zuza Krajewska.jpg', '1553873197'),
(235, 'Karim El Shenawy', 'Karim El Shenawy, Director: Odd. Karim El Shenawy is a director and assistant director, known for Odd (2013), Blood Oath (2020) and Gunshot (2018).', 'كريم الشناوي.jpg', '1061801805'),
(236, 'Osman Abou Laban', 'Lebanese director was born in Beirut 1973. Started his career directing video clips for stars like Moustafa Amar then directed a group of “action” films.\r<br/>\r<br/>', 'osman laban.jpg', '502175204'),
(237, 'Sakr', '', 'sakr.jpg', '116856315'),
(238, 'Hani Khalifa', 'Hani Khalifa, originally from upper Egypt. Started as an assistant director in movies such as “Joy Thief” and “Nut Shells” In 2003 he decided to direct the movie “Sahar Al Layali” or “Staying Up Late Nights” which impressed many, but then he disappeared for a long time, he was offered to direct the movie “Free Time”  but declined due to his disagreement with the producer.\r<br/>He stayed away from the sport lights until 2011 when he directed his series “The University” that impressed many fans and audience.', 'hani khalifa.jpg', '343211413'),
(239, 'Mahmoud Kamel', 'Mahmoud Kamel is a well known Film director in the Middle East. He was born in Cairo, Egypt where he studied filmmaking in the Higher Institute Cinema and graduated with high honors. He made several short films that were selected for submission to festivals and were awarded by festivals. Shortly after graduation, he won The Most Creative Achievement as a promising artist. He was selected and sent to Italy to study filmmaking and visual effects. His ambition and determination led him to work in prominent and well known FX studios, in Italy, such as Proxima and Seuveus. Additionally, he was given the opportunity to work as an Assistant Director for Italian TV on the renounced show \"Roma.\" Mahmoud attended many festivals across the world, including Festival De Cannes, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin International Film Festival. After gaining these experiences, Mahmoud went back to his home country and began his own projects. The first project he worked on after his return was a psychodrama titled, \"Mekano.\" This film starred lead actors in the Middle East. As filmmaking is Mahmoud\'s passion, he finds addressing people\'s concerns in film creates more meaning and interest in what his audience choose to watch. To address the fears we face as human beings, Mahmoud created the thriller, \"Adrenaline.\"His next project was titled, \"Adam\'s Village.\" This film noted the importance of friendship and the effects of corruption on our society. Mahmoud earned a Master\'s Degree from UCLA, in Independent Filmmaking and Production, which was granted to him by Fulbright Commission. After his graduation from UCLA, he went back to Cairo to continue his passion. He directed several popular TV shows in Egypt. He then moved to Dubia and and worked with the largest network they have in the country. This last project focused on the hardships young Arab men face when leaving their countries to pursue better lives for their families and themselves. At this time he resides between Egypt and the United States and he is the co-owner of Handmade Movies LLC.', 'mahmoud kamel.jpg', '1547473321'),
(240, 'Mo Harawe', 'Muhamed Harawe (Mo. Harawe) was born in Mogadishu. He pursued his passion for Cinema by studying at an Art school in Somalia. Since 2009, Mo Harawe has been in Austria where his journey as a filmmaker began. He attended numerous film workshops and realized short films which have been shown at international film festivals and won awards. Besides that, Harawe works as a screenwriter and has written several scripts for feature films. His feature film script \"To Mogadishu\", which he developed at the DIVERSE GESCHICHTEN SCRIPT LAB, has won the DOR FILM award at the Diagonale Film festival in 2016. In 2019, Harawe won the BKA Startstipendium for his new feature film “The Village Next to Paradise” that he is now developing.', 'Mo Harawe_smaller.jpg', '1074501748'),
(241, 'Manon Nammour', 'Manon Nammour is a Lebanese director and production designer, graduated with a degree in filmmaking from Notre Dame University (NDU) Lebanon. Her film, ON THE ROPES (2016) was officially selected in the 69th Locarno film festival in the Pardi Di Domani competition, Dubai International Film Festival and Tampere Film Festival along with other selections. In December 2018, Manon was selected as one of the five “Arab Stars of Tomorrow” an initiative by Screen International UK and Dubai International Film Festival that encourages young talents from the region to develop their professional career. Barakat (2019) is Manon’s latest short film.', 'Manon-Nammour-Photo_by Lynn Dagher.jpg', '941773733'),
(242, 'Ahmed Festok', 'Ahmed Festok was Born in Aleppo, Syria (1990). After the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011 he traveled to Egypt to study at the High Cinema Institute in Cairo, and he graduated In 2016 as a Film Director. His first film, Stray (2015) was part of the Carthage Film Festival’s official documentary competition and his graduation project Above (2017) has won the Best Short Film prize at Egyptian National Film Festival. He worked as an assistant director in several TV series as well.', 'Director.png', '1527070517'),
(243, 'Amro Ali', 'Amro Ali was born in Damascus, Syria.  He graduated from High Cinema Institute in Cairo, Egypt 2016. His short film “Coma” has won four international awards, including Best Short Film Award at Malmö Arab Film Festival and Rotterdam Arab Film Festival. In addition, he worked as an assistant director and second unit director in several TV series, including \"Orkedia\", \"Al-Mohalab\" and \"Haramlek\". Amro Ali has wrote several mini TV series including “Sahar” and “A Trick”, and he has also directed several documentaries as well as many short and med-length films including \"8mm\", \"Birthday\", \"Coma\", \"Awakening\", and “The Visit”.', 'amro ali.jpg', '1778317015'),
(244, 'Farouk Kassem', 'Farouk Kasem is an Egyptian young filmmaker/editor who studied filmmaking at the Higher Cinema Institute.\r<br/><br/>As a director, Farouk presented two films; the short film Nostalgia (2013), a finalist at Tropfest Arabia in Abu Dhabi, and The Last Scene (2016). Both were film edited by Kasem.\r<br/><br/>Since 2013, Farouk has been working as the Visual Content Manager at MAD Solutions, where he collaborated with several Egyptian and Arab film directors. As a film editor, Kasem created the official trailers for films including; Mohamed Khan’s film Before the Summer Crowds, 3000 Nights by Mai Masri, and Out of Order by Mahmoud Kamel. He was also in charge of the promotional videos for Mahmoud Abdelaziz’s latest TV drama Ras El Ghoul (2016).\r<br/><br/>Farouk directed and edited the promotional campaign Visit Tunisia that was initiated by Tunisian actress Hend Sabry and featured several stars from across the Arab world. In addition, he directed and edited several documentaries for the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Egypt and Sudan.', 'Farouk Kassem.jpg', '681239531'),
(246, 'Joud Said', 'Joud Said is a Syrian director and writer born in 1980 in Damascus, Syria. He holds an MA in Directing from Lousi lomiere in France (2007). He has under his belt a number of shorts and feature films that toured international festivals garnering awards, including Monologue (2007), Wada’an (2008), Mara Okhra (2009) that garnered Best Arab Film award at San Francisco Film Festival and Jury award at Damascus Film Festival, My Last Friend (2012), Waiting For the Fall (2015) that won the golden prize at Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition at Cairo International Film Festival and Best Script award at Oran International Arabic Film.', 'joud s.jpg', '1413668111'),
(247, 'Ibrahim Handal', 'Ibrahim Handal is a Palestinian filmmaker and cinematographer who holds a BFS in Cinematography from Dar Al-Kalima University. \r<br/>As a DOP and filmmaker, he has a number of short films under his belt, including the short films AMBIENCE, which won an award at the Cinefondation of the Cannes Film Festival; HIM AND I; and COLD.\r<br/>Currently, Ibrahim is working on his debut feature.', 'Ibrahim Handal - director.JPG', '267353311'),
(248, 'Mahmoud Lotfy', 'Mahmoud Lotfy is a multi-talented filmmaker whose repertoire includes a number of unique independent films. He is also a co-founder of Otaku Digital Film Productions. Lotfy worked as a director, a screenwriter, a cinematographer and a producer in a variety of films, to name a few, Nescafe and Cigarettes, Silly fiction film, Nina and Intact. His most recent works include No One There and Not Happy Background.', 'Mahmoud Lotfy (Director).jpg', '636601332'),
(250, 'Roderick MacKay', 'Roderick MacKay is a Western Australian writer/director with a BA is visual Arts. His brief filmography demonstrates a cinematic sophistication and knack for immersive world building. \r<br/><br/>In 2009-10, Roderick co-directed, produced, wrote and edited the short film Trigger – a neo-noir/drama set in 1970s Italy, but made entirely in Western Australia. Trigger has received over 1.3M plays on Vimeo, where it was selected for ‘Staff Picks’ and ‘Short of the Week’.\r<br/><br/>In 2013-14, Roderick directed, wrote, produced and edited the highly ambitious short film Factory293 – a drama/thriller set in 1940s blizzardswept Russia and shot entirely in the outskirts of Perth in summer. Factory293 achieved its convincing look through practical snow effects and over 200 digital-VFX shots.\r<br/><br/>As an emergent writer/director, Roderick was selected for ScreenWest’s 2015 ‘Script Development Track Program’ and participated in the 2015 ‘eQuinoxe Europe’ workshop. THE FURNACE is Roderick’s debut feature film as a writer, director and executive producer.', 'MV5BODYyMGJmMzYtOTBhNS00Njk1LWFmNTItNzI1NDNlYzVkZjIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTI3NDM2MzQ@._V1_SY1000_SX1000_AL_.jpg', '901284428'),
(251, 'Roy Arida', 'Born in Beirut, Roy Arida studied cinema at La Fémis, Paris, in the directing department. Ever since his graduation in 2011 he has been working between France and Lebanon with an equal interest for both fiction and documentary films. In 2012, he co-founded STANK, a film production company based in France. Under the concrete is his first feature film as a director.', 'roy arida.jpg', '1244420800'),
(252, 'Amin Sidi-Boumédiène', 'Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (born 5 March 1982), is a Franco–Algerian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed short Al Djazira and film Abou Leila.\r<br/>He obtained a degree in film directing from Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français (CLCF) in Paris in 2005. Then he made his maiden short film Tomorrow, Algiers? in 2011. The film was selected in several international film festivals. Then he made his second short film Al Djazira, which was filmed in Algiers in July 2012. It won the Award for the Best Arab Film at the Abu Dhabi film Festival. In 2014, he directed his third short Serial K.. The film was screened at the film days of Bejaia. After series of successful short films, he made his maiden feature film, Abou Leila, a dark film. It was completely shot in his home country Algeria. The film later selected for the 58th Semaine de la Critique. The film was released in theaters on 15 July 2020. It was also selected to be screened in the International Critics\' Week section at 2019 Cannes Film Festival. In November 2019, the film won the award for the Best Debut Film of a Director at 50th International Film Festival of India.', 'Amin Sidi-Boumédiène.jpg', '846976097'),
(253, 'Hana Alshateri', 'An Emirati filmmaker who holds a BA in Mass Communication from UAE University. She worked for Abu Dhabi TV where he collaborated in several TV programs and shows as a producer and as a director. Alshateri has so far helmed six short films, including Dreams of Rice, 2012, that won Best Director award at Abu Dhabi film festival. Escape marks the filmmaker’s most recent works.', 'hana shatri.jpg', '1172450866'),
(254, 'Amr Elseyoufi', 'Amr Elseyoufi is an Egyptian filmmaker who holds a BA in Mass Communication from Cairo University. He also studied Filmmaking at Rafat El-Mihy Academy. \r<br/>He has under his belt a number of short, feature, and documentary films, including One Direction, which was featured in several international film festivals. \r<br/>His latest film is When the Sea was Blue.', 'Amr se.jpeg', '1827745911'),
(255, 'Ahmed Tahiri Idrissi', '', 'ahmed tahiri.jpg', '1077400389'),
(256, 'Khaled Mansour', 'Director and Scriptwriter Khaled Mansour was born in Cairo in 1991. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts, History department, Cairo University, where at the same time he has studied cinema independently. He directed three short films: Berries Island and The Dervish, which participated in a lot of international and national festivals, along with his latest film Two Strangers and a Night that is in the post-production phase now.\r<br/>He also directed a number of short documentaries and commercials, which have been screened on TV channels.', 'Khaled Mansour - director.jpg', '1658116388'),
(257, 'Hamza Al-Khatib', 'Hamza Al-Khatib has more than 17 years of experience working with TV channels and production companies as a producer, production manager, programs director, and first assistant director. He also teaches film in universities and colleges as a trainer and film lecturer. For several years, he joined several film festivals as an organizer. Samia is Al-Khatib\'s first short film.', 'Hamza Al Khatib director.png', '12565864'),
(258, 'Ismaël', 'Ismaël is a Tunisian filmmaker, visual artist, and writer. He has under his belt a number of notable works, including the feature documentary Babylon (Grand Prix at FID Marseilles 2012), and the short narrative Leila\'s Blues (premiered at the Cannes Director\'s Fortnight in 2018. His latest film is a short experimental, Fragments of Self-phone-destruction, was awarded at the Experimental and Different Cinemas Festival (Paris, 2019). He produced The Last of Us (Lion of the Future at the Venice IFF). He is currently post-producing a short narrative film, 373, Pasteur Street. As a visual artist, Ismaël produced not only video art and photography works, but also multimedia installations, printed works, and more.\r<br/><br/>His works (films, videos, photographs, installations, etc.) were featured at several venues around the world: New York’s MoMA, London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts and Madrid’s Museo Reina Sofia, to name a few. He also published a book on Tunisian cinema (2008), a collection of poems (2009) alongside more than a hundred poems and writing pieces in newspapers, magazines, exhibition catalogues, and websites.', 'ismael bl medusa.jpg', '814377988'),
(259, 'Murad Abu Eisheh', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murad Abu Eisheh, born in 1992 in Amman, Jordan, is a Student Academy Award winner and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, Murad gained his first degree in Design and Visual Communication with a focus on film at the German-Jordanian University in Amman. During his studies, he completed a year abroad at the Technical University W&uuml;rzburg-Schweinfurt in Germany.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After gaining his Bachelor\'s degree in Jordan, Murad directed several short films focusing on human-driven stories out of the Arab world.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, Murad finished his studies in film directing at the renowned film university Filmakademie Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His breakthrough as a screenwriter and director came in 2021 with his film TALA\'VISION, which was honored with various prizes and awards, including Best Film at the Rhode Island Film Festival and the Golden Yusr of the Red Sea Film Festival, as well as</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Golden Medal of the Student Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following year, TALA\'VISION was on the official shortlist for the 94th Academy Awards. As a result, Murad was accepted as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through his films, Murad Abu Eisheh aims to draw attention to socio-political injustices and critically question the standing social structures in the Eastern Mediterranean region.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also apparent in his graduation film, A CALLING . FROM THE DESERT . TO THE SEA, which tackles the liberation of young women from patriarchal structures and facing the fears planted by fathers to control their daughters.</span></p>', 'murad abu eisheh.jpg', '82324117'),
(260, 'Manal Khaled', 'Manal Khaled is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has vast experience working with award winning directors, including: Saad Hendawi, Kamla Abou Zekri, Hani Khalifa and Mohamed Ali. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist long documentary film An Hour or so with the American director Adolfo Martinez.', 'Manal Khaled - director hamam sokhn.jpg', '2111501872'),
(261, 'Koutaiba Al-Janabi', '<p>Koutaiba Al-Janabi was born in Baghdad and studied photography and cinematography in Budapest, Hungary. He worked as a producer and director in several televisions. Moreover, he was a cinematographer on feature films. Koutaiba directs and produces short films, documentaries including &acirc;&euro;&tilde;The Train,&acirc;&euro;&trade; &acirc;&euro;&tilde;Wasteland,&acirc;&euro;&trade; &acirc;&euro;&tilde;The Ever Restless Man.&acirc;&euro;&trade; He worked on several feature films including \'Leaving Baghdad,\' which received multiple accolades, including first place at the Dubai International Film Festival and the British Independent Film Award. It was also nominated for a Cinema for Peace Award in Berlin, and it was just screened in New York\'s Museum of Modern Art. <br />Furthermore, Koutaiba Al-Janabi directed the multi-award-winning feature documentary \'Stories of Passers Through,\' which was shot over 30 years, and was featured in several prestigious international festivals worldwide, and &acirc;&euro;&tilde;The Woodman,&acirc;&euro;&trade; is his recent film.</p>', 'Koutaiba Al-Janabi.jpg', '2063329543'),
(262, 'Suzannah Mirghani', '<p>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a media and museum studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She holds under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed, and produced, including HIND&acirc;&euro;&trade;S DREAM (2014), CARAVAN (2016), and AL-SIT (2020), which won the Canal+ Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2021). <br />She has also won six awards at festivals that qualify for the Academy Awards &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Best Narrative Short at the New Orleans Film Festival (2021), Best of Fest at LA Shorts (2021), the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival (2021), Best Short Film at BronzeLens (2021), Best Live Action Short at AFI Fest (2021), and Best Live Action Short at the Interfilm Berlin (2021). Her latest short is the experimental VIRTUAL VOICE (2021), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.</p>', 'thumbnail_Suzannah_Mirghani_Photo.jpg', '1349970894'),
(263, 'Bolotnikov Ivan', 'Ivan Bolotnikov is a Russian director who was born on February 20, 1969, in Moscow. He graduated with a degree in art history from the History Department of Moscow State University, as well as from the Advanced Course for Screenwriters and Film Directors Workshop of Alexey German Sr. and Svetlana Karmalita. \r<br/>From 2000 to 2004, Ivan worked as a trainee director in Russia and the Czech Republic.', 'Ivan Bolotnikov.jpg', '160229898'),
(264, 'Mohammed Alhamoud', 'Mohammed Alhamoud co-founded Talashi Film collective in 2008 before obtaining an MFA in Film from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He wrote and directed a few short films, including Ertidad (2019) which was selected for the International Competition of Clermont-Ferrand. Alhamoud founded Last Scene Films, a Riyadh-based production house specialized in producing independent arthouse films. It recently produced Last Visit (2019), the first Arab film to be selected at KVIFF\'s East of the West Competition and winner of the Jury Award at Marrakech IFF. Alhamoud ‘s repertoire includes Schizophrenia (2008), Shadow (2009), Annarosa Springs (2013) and Ertidad (2019).', 'Alhamoud_1.jpg', '2113806483'),
(265, 'Hussam Alhulwah', 'Hussam Alhulwah is a writer, director and producer whose early work contributed to a Saudi film movement formed around film festivals of neighboring countries a decade before cinemas were opened locally. Through the Talashi Film collective, he made three shorts including Return (2010) which won Best Script in the Gulf Film Festival. Hussam wrote, produced and directed TV movies for MBC and Saudi TV. His recent short Silah won Best Director in the 5th Saudi Film Festival. He served as a juror at the 3rd Saudi Film Festival & the 2017 Colors of Saudi Film Competition.', 'Hussam headshot.jpg', '1487606588'),
(266, 'Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand', 'Al Hadi Ulad Mohand is a Moroccan filmmaker. He studied Directing at the Ateliers Varan in Paris and graduated from the International Film & Television School in Paris. After graduation, he took part in several Moroccan and foreign productions as an assistant director including several short films. His short film Le Café des pêcheurs (2007) was selected for numerous festivals, among them the Locarno Festival. Life Suits Me is his first feature film.', 'director lw.jpg', '533563095'),
(267, 'Moufida Fedhila', 'Moufida Fedhila is a filmmaker, a producer and a visual artist. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and are part of several private and public collections. Her film \"Aya\" won the Golden Tanit for Best Short Fiction at the Carthage Film Festival, in addition to several awards, including: the Best Short Film at the Festival Cinema Africano Asia and America Latina of Milan, and the Best African Short Film at Durban International Film Festival. Moufida co-founded Yol Film House that produced several award-winning fiction and documentary films.  The latest production of Yol Film House, \"Fouledh\", is selected at the La Fabrique Cinéma Institut Français of the 72th Cannes Film Festival. At the 34th Vues d\'Afrique International Film Festival in Montreal, she received a tribute in recognition of all of her works. Moufida Fedhila is currently developing her first feature film. She lives and works between Paris and Tunis.', 'Moufida Fedhila_JCC.jpg', '1573084246'),
(268, 'Ayman Abdelhameed', 'Ayman Abdelhameed is an Egyptian filmmaker who directed a number of short movies — such as Downfall and Red Card — that won an award at AFAC’s Why Culture? video competition. He also worked as an assistant director on a number of ads and TV shows such as El-Khanka (2016) and Surface-to-Air (2017).', 'Ayman Abdelhameed 2- Director.jpg', '661029411'),
(269, 'Essam Abdel Hamid', '', 'essam.jpg', '1299460231'),
(270, 'Maysoon Pachachi', 'Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the USA and the UK. She studied Philosophy at University College London (BA) and then filmmaking at the London Film School. She was for many years a documentary and drama film editor in the UK, and has worked since 1994 as an independent documentary film director, mainly making films in, and about, the Middle East. Maysoon has also taught film directing and editing in Britain and Palestine (in Jerusalem, Gaza and at Birzeit University). In 2004, with her colleague, Iraqi filmmaker, Kasim Abid, she co-founded the Independent Film & Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students have now produced 17 short documentary films, shown at festivals and screenings internationally and within Iraq at a travelling festival. \'Another Day in Baghdad\' is her first feature film.', 'Portrait Photo_Maysoon Pachachi_Director.jpg', '1368757545'),
(271, 'Ahmed Hassouna', 'Ahmed Hassouna is a Palestinian director. After receiving a degree in Journalism at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, he started a career in filmmaking. His repertoire includes several award-winning documentaries that received notable awards including the Al-Jazeera Award in 2013. Istrupya marks the director\'s first feature film and won the Special Jury Award at the Alexandria Festival for the Mediterranean countries.', 'hassouna.jpg', '1831846270'),
(272, 'Dahlia Nemlich', 'Dahlia Nemlich is a French Lebanese director. Upon completing her studies in cinema at ISCPA Paris, she spent three years working in series production at TF1 before relocating to her home country of Lebanon, where she was hired by Webedia Arabia as a content director and head of the production department. Nemlich is also a talented singer and songwriter who performs as Dahlia on the Run. Her most recent single, Beirut, was picked up by Anghami. In 2020, Dahlia\'s first fiction short film Roadblock was shown at the El-Gouna Film Festival. Additionally, she co-directed some documentaries, including Supporting the Avo Sector (2017) and Food in Zahle (2017).', 'DahliaNemlich_Director2.jpg', '812663377'),
(273, 'Ahmed Wafik', 'Ahmed Wafik has been working as an assistant director since 2014. His portfolio includes shows like season 2 of SARAYA ABDEEN, SABAA\' ARWAH, the first season of EL ZEBAQ, TAQET NOOR, QAMAR HADY, and THE CHOICE. \r<br/>He also worked as an assistant director on several commercial movies, including PHARAOH\'S WAR.\r<br/>Moreover, he directed short films and documentaries like BAN HOUR and ASTIGMATISM.', 'ahmed wafik director.jfif', '622847607'),
(274, 'Uga Carlini', 'Multi-award winning filmmaker Uga Carlini has fast become one of South Africa\'s most versatile and celebrated directors. Her extensive film experience boasts a career that’s stretched across South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and Fiji. She is also the founding partner and President of Towerkop Creations. Her debut film, Alison, won several awards, including Best Documentary at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival, and Best Documentary at the Humanitarian Film Awards. Uga was also the 2018 award winner for the World of Women’s Cinema award at the WOW Middle East Film Festival. Her first short film “Good Planets are Hard to Find” swept up awards internationally, including the PUMA Catalyst Audience Award at the 2012 Sustain our Africa Film Festival and was selected to be part of Berlin\'s 2011 InterFilm Shorts Competition.', 'Uga Carlini.jpg', '1756166846'),
(275, 'Saleh Al-Khataybeh', 'Saleh Al-Khataybeh is a Jordanian filmmaker from the city of Zarqa with a BA in Mechatronics Engineering. \r<br/>After deciding on a career shift, Saleh started attending film workshops with the Royal Film Commission of Jordan.\r<br/>Apart from directing a short fiction film in 2018, he also assisted trainers during some of the workshops held by the Royal Film Commission.\r<br/>In 2019, Saleh directed a 30-minute fiction film titled TRUCE.\r<br/>Saleh is currently directing two upcoming short films, and recently, he started working on his first feature film, THE LIFT, which is in the development phase, which received support from the Jordan Film Fund.', 'Saleh Alkhatibeh portrait photo2 .jpg', '1241918894'),
(276, 'Hani Al Shaibani', 'Hani Al Shaibani is an Emirati filmmaker, who received an MA in Visual Media Arts, TV, and Cinema from the Griffith University, Australia. He has directed and produced numerous films and received several awards. \r<br/>His most recent film Khalek Shanab (2019) screened at all major box offices and it is now available on Netflix. Furthermore, his film RAHMA\'S HEAVEN (2012) screened at the Dubai International Film Festival.', 'hani sh.jpg', '85038887'),
(277, 'Salah Issaad', 'Salah Issaad is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the ARFIS audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the Factory School in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.\r<br/>Salah directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships.  Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.', 'salah issaad.jpg', '1029364837'),
(278, 'Hadi Moussally', 'Hadi Moussally studied film directing in France, where he received his master’s degree in fiction cinema from Paris-Est Marne la Vallée University. Moussally then got a second master\'s degree in documentary and anthropological cinema from Paris X Nanterre University. In 2014, he made his first documentary, which was inspired by the life of his grandmother. In 2018, Moussally completed an experimental project on albinism called ‘Positive,’ the photos of which were exhibited at the UNESCO, the City Hall in Paris, ARIS, and the Beirut Art Fair. In 2015, Moussally founded the production unit h7o7 with the aim of enabling the making and promotion of films and photos with a \"hybrid\" vocation. He focused on mixing experimental, documentary, fashion, and fiction genres. His films have been recognized worldwide and have received more than 25 awards and 200 selections at international festivals. In 2020, he founded the collective Hybrid Wave with around 30 hybrid artists from around the world.', 'Director_Hadi Moussally.jpg', '1713079822'),
(279, 'Ismahane Lahmar', 'Ismahane Lahmar is a French Tunisian director, screenwriter, and producer who was born in 1982 in Paris, studied at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production, and obtained her master\'s degree in audiovisual production in New York. \r<br/>She has directed a number of short films that were selected at several international film festivals.\r<br/>In 2019, Ismahane founded Madame Prod — a production company in which she develops and supports women\'s projects — and Le cinema Au Feminin, a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development and trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on preparation, shooting, and post-production.', 'ismahane-reduite-303x309.jpg', '974192471'),
(280, 'Pamela Nassour', 'Pamela Nassour is an award-winning Lebanese filmmaker, film critic, and an educator. After living in many different environments across her life, she developed a sense of observing and capturing the uniqueness in each space. With a camera in hand, Pamela manages to give life to her observations. She started her filmmaking journey as an assistant director and editor on numerous television commercials and music videos before she delved into film directing. Her short experimental film To Nowhere received several accolades and awards at various film festivals. Pamela graduated from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik USEK with a master’s degree in visual arts specializing in cinema and television and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in contemporary Latin American cinema at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. Pamela is also an educator and instructor at the Lebanese International University and was part of the FFTG 2021’s Official Selection Committee.', 'pamela nassour director.jpg', '996132095');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(281, 'Nejib Belkadhi', 'Born in Tunisia, Najib began his acting career after studying Business and Marketing. He then started his first steps as a director on Television at Canal + Horizons in 1999. \r<br/>In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions with his friend Imed Marzouk, who later became his producer. Then, in 2005, he directed his first short fiction film TSAWER. The film was selected for more than 30 festivals across 11 countries.\r<br/>After that, in 2006, his documentary VHS-KAHLOUCHA was featured in more than 50 festivals, including a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and a selection in the Official Competition of the Sundance Film Festival and FID Marseille. The film went on to win seven awards across different festivals. \r<br/>In 2013, his first feature film BASTARDO world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was selected for the Official Competition at CINEMED Montpellier in 2014. Thirty festivals later, the film won 11 international awards.\r<br/>Finally, in 2014, he released his second feature documentary 71⁄2, which was shot three years earlier before the first free elections in Tunisia.', 'Nejib Belkadhi - Director.jpg', '1954499705'),
(282, 'Maysaa Almumin', 'Maysaa Almumin was born in Kuwait and is currently living and working as an assistant professor in design in Qatar. \r<br/>She grew up in London, starting out as an architect before moving back to Kuwait then Qatar where she started, acting and scriptwriting and eventually filmmaking. \r<br/>She has had acting training with directors/ filmmakers/academics Scandar Copti and Daniel Suissa and has been involved in film projects in Kuwait and Italy.\r<br/>Her repertoire includes the short films J\'AI LE CAFARD, MUSING IN THE DESERT, and AND I WAS LEFT BEHIND.', 'Maysaa Almumin director.jpg', '686615300'),
(283, 'Hamid Bénani', 'Born in Meknes where he completed his primary and secondary studies. Poeymirau and Moulay Ismaïl high schools. License at the Faculty of Letters of Rabat (Philosophy). Laureate of the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. Attends seminars at the Sorbonne and at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) (In particular Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes and Paul Ricœur) for a postgraduate doctorate. Author of a semiological study: \"Essay on Ambiguity in the Work of Luis Buñuel\", published in the review “Cinéma 3”. Directed in Paris his first short fiction films in 1967: - \"Les Bonnes\" (the weaners) after the play by Jean Genet. - \"Heart to Heart\" after \"Miss Lonelyhearts\" by Nathanaël West. Head of the International Service of the R.T.M. and director of several documentaries and medium-length fiction films. He left the R.T.M. to create a film production company, “SIGMA 3”, in association with a collective of filmmakers.  Writes, produces and directs his first feature film: \"Wachma\" (Traces) 1970 Film unanimously considered as the founder and point of reference of Moroccan cinematography. The international press gives it as an example for Third World cinema and ranks it among the most remarkable African and Arab films.', 'HAMID BeNAN.jpg', '1326644565'),
(284, 'Ibrahim Mouhanna', 'Ibrahim Mouhanna is a film director who studied Media at Damascus University and went to Alma Löv Script Writing Collage in Sweden. As a refugee, he moved to Sweden in 2014. He has spent years working as a documentary filmmaker and TV program producer in a number of Arab countries. During the first three years of the Syrian conflict, he risked his life to film the living conditions and the daily life of the Syrians. Aside from Northern Lights film that was honored at the opening of Malmo Arab Film Festival, Mouhanna made several short films and two long films based on theater plays.', 'Ibrahim Mouhanna 2.jpg', '523148574'),
(285, 'Samer Battikhi', 'A freelance director who has been working in the film industry in Jordan since 2015, Samer Battikhi started out as a director\'s assistant and worked with a number of well-known local and international directors. Between student projects and his own films, he has written, directed, and produced a number of short films. His last short film, ARNOOS, was produced by PanEast Media with the support of the Jordanian Film Fund and starred Saba Mubarak and Ziad Bakri. He is currently working on his first feature film Men Mal Allah, which received a Jordanian Film Fund development grant.', 'Samer Battikhi director.jpg', '656107940'),
(286, 'Ahmed Moghazy', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Moghazy is an Egyptian film writer and director who decided to follow his passion in filmmaking after finishing his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Mechanical Engineering.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was then granted the Chevening Scholarship to study filmmaking in London, where he graduated in 2020 from the Central Film School with an MA in Directing Fiction.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over seven years, Ahmed has helmed a variety of projects in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and the UK. This includes short fiction films, commercials, music videos, digital content, and documentaries. </span></p>', 'moghazy.jpg', '1476074334'),
(287, 'Marie Surae', 'Marie Surae is a director, screenwriter, and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry who graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. \r<br/>She is also the CEO of the Scoop Production film company. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international film festivals and went on to win several awards, including THE LAST ONE, SONUNCU, MUHAMAD, FLEEING THE WAR, and VILLAGE. \r<br/>In 2021, Maria finished her debut feature THE ANGER.', 'maria ivanova.jpg', '1129214898'),
(288, 'Wisam Al-Jafari', 'Wisam Al-Jafari is a Bethlehem-based Palestinian filmmaker who received his BFA in cinema from Dar Al-Kalima University in 2019. \r<br/>He directed a number of narrative and experimental short films, including AMBIENCE, which won third place at the 2019 Cinefondation - Cannes Film Festival. \r<br/>He also worked on several short and feature films as an assistant director, site manager, camera assistant, and sound engineer. \r<br/>Wisam is currently working on his debut feature film.\r<br/>His credits include MAKE A WISH, AMBIENCE, WALL, MASK, and CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE NEW WALL PAINT.', 'wisam jafari.jpg', '442470465'),
(289, 'Hassane Dahani', '', '', '1556286534'),
(290, 'Anis Djaad', 'Anis Djaad was born in Algeria\'s capital and schooled at Bab El-Oued. \r<br/>In 1996, he became acquainted with the world of filmmaking while working as an assistant director on Jamal Lloyd\'s FRANCA YA FRANCA. \r<br/>In 1997, he had to leave the cinema industry after the dismantling of the national film production company, but he hoped to return one day. The same year, he joined the national newspaper Le Soir from Algeria, where he worked as a reporter.\r<br/>In 2006, his first feature film script AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL was selected and awarded by the European Media Film Program. He then worked for two years in Algeria\'s daily newspaper La Tribune starting 2007. \r<br/>In the same year, he published his first novel Parisian Morning, which was published by Le Manuscript. In 2008, he published his second novel – The Odor of the Violin. \r<br/>In 2011, he won the prize for the Best Screenplay for a short film at Algerian Film Days for THE PORTHOLE, which he directed and won several awards for at various international festivals the following year.\r<br/>In 2013, he took part in the national script competition and won the grand prize with his script BLACK SCREEN, and in 2014, he directed his second short film RAILWAY CROSSING, which participated in and won several awards in various international film festivals. \r<br/>He then made his third short film KELTOUM’S JOURNEY, in 2015 with the support of the Mission Cinéma de la Ville de Paris. \r<br/>Since 2016, he has been working on various scripts before completing his film THE LIFE AFTER.', 'mensch1269_Photo_Anis.jpg', '487317688'),
(291, 'Elhamy Fyroz', 'An Egyptian director who has written and directed three short films.', 'elhamy fayroz.jpg', '1575212760'),
(292, 'Leyla Bouzid', 'Born and raised in Tunisia in 1984, Leyla Bouzid studied French literature at the Sorbonne, Paris, where she joined La Fémis’ Directing Department.\r<br/>After working on several award-winning short films, Bouzid directed her debut feature AS I OPEN MY EYES in 2015. \r<br/>The film was screened at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, before winning more than 40 international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. \r<br/>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE is Bouzid’s second feature film.', 'leylabouzidsebastien.jpg', '1466270124'),
(293, 'Khalid Alharbi', 'Khalid AlHarbi is a Saudi writer and filmmaker who has won several awards for his work. He worked on many Saudi and Arab projects, but it was the 12-season children\'s show Baba Farhan Stories that made him famous as a writer.\r<br/>Khalid is one of a few Saudi actors to break out of the local scene to take part in other non-Saudi projects across the Arab region, building a repertoire of over 100 roles.\r<br/>He previously won a number of awards, including the Golden Award from the Gulf Radio and Television Festival for his series Ayam w Laialy, and the Jury Award from the Janadriyah Festival for his play Wagba Saria\'a.\r<br/>AlHarbi was also the founding member of the Saudi Theater Association and is an advisor for the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts in Jeddah.', 'khalid harbi.jpg', '1941544705'),
(294, 'Yazid Eldaly', 'Yazid Eldaly is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied engineering and earned a degree in music theory and composition from the Royal Schools of Music.\r<br/>He then worked as a music composer on several ads, shorts, and documentaries, as well as an executive producer for several media projects.\r<br/>Eventually, when he decided to follow his passion for filmmaking and storytelling, Yazid studied writing and directing and attended writing workshops with the famous Egyptian writer Ahmad Mourad. \r<br/>HOOKAH is his debut short.', 'Yazid Eldaly.jpg', '534832250'),
(295, 'Hanadi Elyan', 'Writer and director Hanadi Elyan is a Jordanian Palestinian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective.\r<br/>Elyan started her film career in Jordan, then she moved to Dubai and established Reel Arab Productions. Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full-ride scholarship and completed her MFA in Film Production and Directing from UCLA. \r<br/>Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Hanadi currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing at Emerson College.\r<br/>So far, she’s won numerous awards for her work, including the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial Award, Special Jury Award at the Tangiers Film Festival for MARIAM\'S CHANCE, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy, and UCLA Directors’ Spotlight Award.', 'hanadi.jpg', '90332438'),
(296, 'Asim Altokhais', 'Asim Altokhais is an award-winning screenwriter, director and novelist. He graduated from Vancouver Film School, majoring in writing for Film and TV. He also holds an MA Writing for Script and Screen from Falmouth University, United Kingdom\r<br/><br/>Asim’s short film (Meeting with the Devil) that he wrote and produced won more than 40 Awards in several film festivals around the world (U.S, Canada, U.K, Europe) including Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Story. His un-produced screenplays (A Week Between Us), (X-13), (Intertwine), (GT69 Faster than Life) won more than 30 awards in several screenplay competitions and film festivals (Paris, Italy, U.K, U.S, Canada, Slovakia, Czech Republic) including Best Drama Screenplay, Best Sci-Fi Screenplay and Best Short Screenplay. \r<br/><br/>Moreover, he was selected as a juror and trainer in several competitions and International workshops, such as Sharjah Film Platform, U.S Embassy Riyadh, MENA Cinema Forum.', 'AsimAltokhais.jpg', '1184928985'),
(297, 'Kenton Oxley', 'Having carved a successful career in the television and film industry, Kenton is globally respected for his work. As a Producer and CEO of his own production services company, Knockout Production Services, Kenton has worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects and is no stranger to producing wildly successful productions.\r<br/>Kenton’s passion for the industry knows no bounds - from being the youngest ever Director for ITV at the age of 20, through to being involved in the development of media related government policy including the 30% Abu Dhabi Production Rebate, the 30% Malaysia production incentive and creating the first freelancer visa in the Arabian Gulf.', 'Kenton Oxley.jpg', '124383041'),
(298, 'Hassiba Freiha', 'Amongst a dozen short films, Hassiba produced, wrote and directed her thesis short film entitled Temperance, which follows three characters from various religions in the Middle East, who seek answers to their challenging and contrasting political and personal identities before an act of senseless violence unexpectedly brings them together.\r<br/>Temperance was showcased at the first Middle East International Film Festival and went on to be displayed in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival before it was distributed by an online platform.', 'Hassiba Freiha.jpg', '1738071328'),
(299, 'Mohamed Malek', 'Mohamed Malek earned a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering and environmental design at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport (AAST). \r<br/>He also earned a filmmaking diploma in directing at Calibre and Badrkhan Film Academy by making four films — Za’er El Zalam, The Doctor, Deif Ghareeb, and The Day He Died.', 'Moahmed Malek.jpg', '574144537'),
(300, 'Haidar Samir', 'Born in Dhahran, Haidar Samir is a Saudi scriptwriter and director who came from a family of artists as his father is actor Samir Al Nassir. His passion for acting began at an early age. While studying at university in Amman, Jordan, he wrote his first play that he also directed. After university, he kick started his career with a number of short films, radio plays and feature films, including After Thursday, Bilal The Sixth and Le’bet Al Kobar, which were commercially successful. Haidar received Best Director award at Saudi Film Festival for his film Shatarang and Excellence award at Prince Khaled Al-Faisal Festival. He also, wrote the series Anaked, which aired on MBC.', 'Haider Samir.bmp', '1980780213'),
(301, 'Alaa Mahmoud', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Mahmoud is an Egyptian director that graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema, Egypt.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her short film WHO CHOOSES? was selected for the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival (2019) and the Tr&egrave;s Court International Film Festival (2019).&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also directed the 2016 short film BALLOON. Her short film, 1+1, was selected to compete in the official competition of the Aswan International Women Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Mahmoud received the Best Short Film Award at the Dubai Media Incorporated Mobile Short Film.</span></p>', 'alaa mahmoud.jpeg', '1102567184'),
(302, 'Firas Khoury', 'Firas Khoury is a Palestinian scriptwriter and director who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in cinema. \r<br/>He has several short films to his credit, among them are the award-winning movies Seven Days in Deir Bulus (2007) and Yellow Mums (2010). These films were broadcast at festivals around the world and on TV channels, including Arte and VVD. \r<br/>Khoury also taught filmmaking at the University of Nazareth and at the School of Cinema at the Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp. \r<br/>Additionally, he is a founding member of Group Falastinema, which develops film workshops and presents screenings across Palestine. \r<br/>The Doha Film Institute also regularly invites him to lead workshops.', 'firas khoury.jpg', '261360551'),
(303, 'Kazim Fayad', 'Mohamad Kazem Fayad (also known as Kazim Fayad) is a Lebanese filmmaker, writer, and producer, who was born in Beirut, Lebanon. \r<br/>He has always had a passion for cinema without thinking about being a filmmaker or holding a camera. \r<br/>Fayad initially studied political science and philosophy, and then moved on to studying filmmaking in 2014. \r<br/>He has worked on almost 12 short films, and Yusif is his debut narrative feature as a director, writer, and co-producer.', 'Kazim Fayad - director.jpg', '1832924354'),
(304, 'Narjiss Nejjar', 'Born in 1971 in Tangier, Morocco, Narjiss Nejjar is both a filmmaker and a screenwriter. 1989 marks her departure for Paris where she continues her studies before starting to work as a Director Assistant on several films. She made her first documentary in 1994 “L’exigence de la dignité” (The Demand for Dignity), then in 1996 “Khaddouj, mémoire de Targha” (Khaddouj, Memory of Targha). In 1998, she co-produced documentary series in Morocco “Les Salines” (The Saltworks).Narjiss Nejjar directed a short films trilogy: “Le Septième Ciel” (The Seventh Sky) 2001, “Le Miroir du fou” (The Lunatic’s mirror) 2001 and “La Parabole” (The Mute’s Shore), 2002. Her first fiction feature “Les Yeux Secs” (“The Dry Eyes”), 2003, was selected at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes, at the FIFF, at Marrakech Festival and obtained numerous honors, of which the Bayard d’Or for The Best Scenario. She made “Wake-up Morocco” in 2005, her second feature length. After a participation in 2010 at the collective “Terminus des anges” (Angels’ Terminal), she directed “L’amante du Rif” (The Rif Lover) 2012, selected in several official competitions.', 'Narjiss Nejjar.png', '2093644838'),
(305, 'Abedalsalam Alhaj', 'Abedalsalam completed his MFA in 2010, majoring in cinematography and directing. He produced and directed many films, which were screened at many international film festivals.\r<br/>Since 2012, Alhaj has been the capacity-building manager at the Royal Film Commission, Jordan, where he oversees educational programs for Jordanians working in or aspiring to work in the film industry. \r<br/>He taught filmmaking for over two years at well-known universities and institutions in Jordan and designed a curriculum for youth and children in the art of filmmaking.', 'Abedalsalam Alhaj.jpg', '666087201'),
(306, 'Driss Roukhe', 'Driss Roukhe is a Moroccan actor and director. His acting career includes over 50 films and series, including Holywood blockbusters BABEL with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and GREEN ZONE with Matt Damon.\r<br/>He also directed over 20 films and series, most notably the TV series DIMA JIRAN, DAR EL GHEZLAN, and ASSAFHA AlOULA (FRONT PAGE). He also worked on the films FILTER TO DRINK, BOUGHABA, and ME TOO, I LOVE YOU.', 'driss roukhe.jpg', '645984597'),
(307, 'Talal Selhami', 'Talal Selhami, who graduated with a professional master’s degree in cinema from the University of Paris 1 Panthénon-Sorbonne, began his career as a French Moroccan director by directing several short films. \r<br/>One of them, SINISTRA, made waves on the festival circuit, screening at numerous film festivals, such as the International Fantasy Film Festival of Sitges, Fantasia, and Screamfest LA. \r<br/>His first feature film, MIRAGES, is an eight-part thriller in the Moroccan desert, produced by the famous Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch. The film was part of the official competition at the Marrakech Festival, where it was praised by public and critics. \r<br/>MIRAGES also screened at festivals like Gérardmer, the BIFFF — where it got a Special Mention — and Tangier.\r<br/>In 2014, Talal Selhami created his own production company in Morocco, Overlook Films, with a strong desire to develop and enrich other types of filmmaking and to further explore the field of genre.', 'talal selhami director.jpg', '1073937485'),
(308, 'Ismael Ferroukhi', 'Ismael Ferroukhi is a French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter. Born in Kenitra in 1962, Ferroukhi migrated to France in his youth and grew up in a small city in the south. He gained exposure in 1992 with his short film L’Exposé, which won two prizes (Kodak and Best Short Film prize) at Cannes Film Festival. His directorial debut, “Le Grand Voyage”, won the Lion of the Future (Best Debut Feature award) at Venice Film Festival in 2004. His last film Free Men was screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2011.', 'ismael-ferroukhi.jpg', '972714618'),
(309, 'Mohamed Fawi', 'Mohamed Fawi is a 31-year-old Khartoum-based freelance producer, director, and impact producer. After graduating from Telecommunications Engineering, he pursued a career in filmmaking, majoring in independent film production. \r<br/>In Sudan, he worked with UN agencies, NGOs, ministries, businesses, and cultural organizations to direct a number of documentaries. \r<br/>He worked with the Goethe Institute, British Council, UNDP, UNICEF, USAID, Ministry of Health and Population, Zain Telecom, and the GIAD as well. \r<br/>He also directed documentaries, news stories, and video clips for SWR, BBC, Qatar Foundation, and IFA-Germany.\r<br/>Furthermore, he directed WHEAT TRAP — a one-hour documentary that aired on Alaraby TV in London and was featured at several screenings and talks in Khartoum on the reasons for and effectiveness of international aid in the developing world.\r<br/>He also worked as a studio coordinator and main trainer during the Arab Digital Expression Foundation\'s annual camps for young people in Egypt in 2014 and 2015. \r<br/>Additionally, Doc Society in London and Beirut DC recently trained and chose him as a regional trainer for the Impact labs in the Arab World and North Africa to teach the theory of social impact for films.', 'mohamed fawi director.jpg', '2119629157'),
(310, 'Mohammed El-Samman', 'Egyptian writer and director Mohammed El-Samman is a member of the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate\'s Directing Department and has released two highly-acclaimed novels —UNEXPECTED MR. RIGHT and REMONDA.\r<br/>\r<br/>His latest accomplishments include winning Best Script for EARTHMEN at the 2022 Sawiris Cultural Award and releasing the feature film RAT HOLE in 2023.', 'samman.jpg', '1045623094'),
(311, 'Mohamed Hosny Yassin', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Egyptian filmmaker, Mohamed Hosny Yassin, is a member of the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate. He studied at the High Cinema Institute in Cairo and obtained a Bachelor of Science and Film Arts specializing in editing in 2020.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has worked in the video content industry independently for many years.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While studying at the High Cinema Institute, he established MHY Films and produced many commercial and awareness advertisements, as well as several video clips.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first documentary film, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED!, was produced by the High Cinema Institute in 2019 and won several awards, including the National Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Film.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overcast is Yassin&rsquo;s first short film, which he directed, edited, and produced. </span></p>', 'Mohamed Hosny yassin.jpg', '1511961816'),
(312, 'Shawkat Amin Korki', 'A Kurdish filmmaker, Shawkat Amin Korki studied cinema in Iran and gained international recognition in 2006 with the completion of his debut feature film in Iraqi Kurdistan CROSSING THE DUST, which premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. \r<br/>Korki\'s biggest success to date is his film MEMORIES ON STONE (2014), which was chosen as Iraq\'s official entry for the Oscars. \r<br/>His movies have been featured and won awards at several prestigious film festivals around the world, including Karlovy Vary, Busan, Cairo, Edinburgh, Tallinn, Goteborg, Hong Kong, and many others.\r<br/>He also won Best Director at the Cinedays Skopje Festival of European Cinema for his film MEMORIES ON STONE, as well as Best Kurdish Director at the Duhok International Film Festival.\r<br/>Furthermore, he was awarded Best Director at the Iraq and Neighbors Film Festival for his award-winning film KICK-OFF, and received the Best Director and Critic (Netpak) awards at the Singapore International Film Festival for his film CROSSING THE DUST.', 'shawkat-amin-korki.jpg', '802329357'),
(313, 'Mohamed Kordofani', 'Mohamed Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film Nyerkuk won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.\r<br/>His second short Kejers Prison was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A Tour in Love Republic was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.\r<br/>His latest work was the film This Sudan, which was commissioned by Sudan’s former prime minister Abdallah Hamadok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.', 'Mohamed Kordofani.jpg', '882036671'),
(314, 'Kais Dahoul', 'Born in 1992 in Damascus, Syria, to fine artists Safwan Dahoul and Nawar Nasser, Kais Dahoul was inspired at an early age to express himself through art and to journey into filmmaking. \r<br/>After studying film production at the Arts University in Bournemouth and graduating with honors, Dahoul worked in London on documentary projects, such as the BAFTA award-winning film EXODUS. \r<br/>He also gained experience from the BBC, Vice, and the Village Films, and is currently based in Dubai working as a commercial Director/DOP for high-end brands, such as Nike, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vogue Arabia, Adidas, and Elie Saab.', 'Kais Dahoul - director.jpg', '2001978599'),
(315, 'Ghaith and Laith Al-Adwan', 'Ghaith and Laith Al-Adwan are Jordanian film writers and directors. They worked on a number of local and international productions that screened at international festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival, Dubai Film Festival, Annecy International Film Festival, and Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. Currently, they are working on two short films and are writing their debut feature film.', 'Ghaith and Laith Al-Adwan.jpg', '844813590'),
(316, 'Mano Khalil', 'Born in Syria, Mano Khalil is a Kurdish director and scriptwriter that studied directing in Czechoslovakia and earned his MBA in film and TV directing. He then moved to Switzerland in 1996 and started his filmmaking journey by serving as a director on several short films. \r<br/>He then made numerous award-winning documentaries, including TRIUMPH OF IRON and THE PLACE WHERE GOD SLEEPS. \r<br/>In 2003, he directed his debut feature, COLORFUL DREAMS, followed by many significant films, including THE BEEKEEPER, DIE SCHWALBE, and HAFIS & MARA. His most recent film is NEIGHBOURS.', 'Mano Khalil_Director_BIG_.jpg', '225705226'),
(317, 'Holy Fatma', 'Born and raised in Paris, Holy Fatma is an actor-filmmaker based in Paris. \r<br/>She released her first short film PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER — which was co-written with Romain Compingt and was a horror fairy tale — in 2016 received many awards at festivals around the world, including Best Short at the prestigious Screamfest in Los Angeles. \r<br/>Later on, she ventured towards theater and directed several plays before co-signing the docuseries for Arte TV — CLÉMENT, QUEEN OF THE NIGHT. \r<br/>Holy Fatma’s latest work is BLOOMING DALIA, and currently, she is working on her first TV show.', 'HOLY FATMA PHOTO.jpg', '1612028147'),
(318, 'Jamal Sallowm', 'In 2004, Jamal Sallown graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, where he worked as a professor from 2006-2009. He worked as an executive director in TV with the following directors: Hatem Ali, Chaouki Mejeri, Rami Hanna, Aly Al Aly and Samir Hassan. Moreover, he directed The Three Sisters play ( Al Shaqeqat Al Thalath), Woman of the Past play ( Imra’a Al Mady) and two short films; Closed Until a Further Notice, produced by Film Institute in Damascus, and Swing.', 'jamal sallowm.jpg', '1911241268'),
(319, 'Ihsen Kammoun', 'Born in 1984, in Sfax, Tunisia, Kammoun is a Tunisian American producer, director, and writer with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics. His first claim to fame was in 2009, when he sparked a music video production trend in the independent Tunisian music scene.\r<br/>With life travels that allowed him to explore a richness of perspectives of human experiences, he eventually founded the motion picture production company EQLAE PICTURES in 2019. \r<br/>His work usually covers stories that inspire discovering the reason behind the differences between people to encourage them to exercise their humanity.', 'Ihsen Kammoun Clermont.jpg', '159926500'),
(320, 'Eslam Rozza', 'Egyptian director Eslam Rozza kickstarted his career as a manager and director at a digital advertising agency. He has under his belt several works, including I AM CHERY.COM and I DROPPED DEAD (2018).', 'Eslam Rozza Director.jpg', '1216355598'),
(321, 'Inès Arsi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After studying scriptwriting and directing at the School of Audiovisual and Cinema (Gammarth-Tunis), In&egrave;s Arsi went on to make a few short films that screened at Arab and international festivals.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To further hone her skills, she pursued studies in the documentary genre at LA FEMIS (Paris- France), where she made the mockumentary ALL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her graduation project, YES BUT NOT, was screened at several festivals and received Best School Film at the Gabes Film Festiva, earning her a spot on the UNIMED jury at the 74th Edition of La Mostra of Venice.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsi&rsquo;s works also include LUXORINA, which was selected at the Luxor African Film Festival, and AL WAADA.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding to her accomplishments, She received the Best Director award at the 48 Hours Film Project in Tunisia. </span></p>', 'Ines Arsi.jpg', '1009392733'),
(322, 'Nejib Kthiri', '<p>Nejib Kthiri is a Tunisian filmmaker and musician living in London, UK. He studied music and sound engineering at West London University in 2011 then specialized in cinematography. He is currently in the development stages of his debut feature film.</p>', 'Nejib Kthiri - director photo.jpg', '1800146544'),
(323, 'Karim Berrhouma', 'Karim Berrhouma is a self-taught director and scriptwriter born in Tunisia in March 1983. After studying graphic design, he directed short amateur films, then worked at a production company and directed TV commercials before starting to produce clips for local artists in late 2010. Then he start to focus on filmmaking, writing and directing four short films before producing and directing his first feature film in 2021.', '', '1401733366'),
(324, 'Ward Kayyal', '<p>Ward Kayyal is a Palestinian director from Haifa who directed his first short film &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; in 2022. <br />His vision to enrich the Palestinian cultural scene is reflected in his critical presentation of current political and social issues through a production that depends on crowdfunding and social involvement in the creative process.</p>', 'Ward for web.jpg', '2106481988'),
(325, 'Amjad Soussi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Soussi is a Syrian director who graduated from Aleppo University in 2011 with a degree in computer science.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, in 2010, he graduated from the Syrian Ministry of Culture\'s workshop (Department of Film Directing). He directed several commercials in Egypt and Syria.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He worked as an assistant director on several series, including the FREE FALL by Chaouki Mejeri (2015), TAQET ALQADR by Mohamed Mostafa (2016), and HUMANS by Ali Alsamin(2017).</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also directed several short films, including SCENE 13 (2011), and LETTER FROM 21 MARCH (2014).&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad was the executive director of TA&rsquo;WEEZA 2 (THE SPELL 2) (2014). His most recent work is the documentary HOMELESS (2022), which is an Egyptian-Syrian co-production with the producer Belal Ibrahim.</span></p>', 'amjad soussi.jpg', '376576922'),
(326, 'Hatem Hossam Aldeen Mohamed', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hatem Hossam Aldeen Mohamed is a well-known director and producer who has worked in the media industry in Kuwait for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience and insights.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also worked with esteemed international brands directing TVCs, documentaries, and feature films in Kuwait and across the GCC while developing creative concepts with exceptional execution.</span></p>', '', '2079114445'),
(327, 'Mai Wael', 'Mai Wael is a graduate of Egypt\'s Higher Institute of Cinema and has worked as an assistant director on several films, collaborating with some of Egypt\'s and the world\'s most prominent directors. Her filmography includes two short films.', 'Mai Wael.jpg', '1079414016'),
(328, 'Zakaria Al-Bashir', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zakaria Al-Bashir is a Somali filmmaker that lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He&rsquo;s a lover of art and a theatrical actor, he recently entered the world of directing.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;My love for the world of cinema started when I was young, I used to watch a lot of old plays with my family and also Bollywood films, and my first experience was in school theater and it was good, and this made me love art, then after studying the destination was to theater and acting until now.&rdquo;</span></p>', 'Zakaria Bashir.jpg', '252096687'),
(329, 'Ahmed Haddad', 'Ahmed Haddad is an actor, director, screenplay writer, and poet born in 1984. His debut as an actor was as the character Tarek in the film SPARE TIMES. His career as a director took off in 2008 with ALL GIRLS LOVE CHOCOLATE starring singer Anouchka. \r<br/>In 2013, he acted in the series HOT WAVE. Since then, he directed seven short movies, including REMOTE CONTROL, 1984, and SPIRIT BURNER. \r<br/>AS FOR THE WEATHER is his debut feature.', 'Ahmed Haddad.jpg', '1913575674'),
(330, 'Salma Murad', '<p>Murad is a self-taught Saudi Arabian multidisciplinary creative with works spanning music, film, and visual arts. She is committed to storytelling in any shape it comes. <br /><br />She began exploring the creative world in her youth, eventually garnering acclaim within the local film community in 2014. <br /><br />Murad is drawn to psychological themes that highlight the malleability of the human psyche, posing the question of whether we can trust our memory and personal narratives.</p>', 'Director_SalmaMurad.jpg', '1522294983'),
(331, 'Selim Eladawy', 'Selim Eladawy is an Egyptian screenwriter, director, and producer. In addition to his undergraduate studies in economics at Portland State University in the US, Selim studied filmmaking independently.\r<br/>He gained experience from his work as a writer, creative, assistant director, and executive producer on a wide range of projects, including films, series, television programs, music videos, and commercials. \r<br/>His training and work in different fields and positions gave him great knowledge and understanding of the film and media industries.\r<br/>He started his career in cinema with his short film Halal Kiss, which he wrote and directed.\r<br/>Currently, he is working on his first feature film That Summer and running his production company, Blackbox Productions.', 'selim director.jpeg', '1542924094'),
(332, 'Youssef Hesham', 'Youssef Hesham is an Egyptian filmmaker, film expert, consultant, script doctor, festival programer, and a university lecturer with almost 20 years of experience.\r<br/>He has directed many short films, documentaries, and a feature, all of which got him several awards.\r<br/>In 2017, he won the Fulbright scholarship, with which he earned his MFA degree in Film and Media Arts from Emerson College, Boston.\r<br/>His thesis film THE NEW TENANT — which he shot in Boston — earned him the prestigious President’s Award.\r<br/>Previously, Hesham worked on the programs of festivals like the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and Ismailia International Film Festival.\r<br/>He was also a competition manager for the Realtime Competition in the Egyptian edition of the Shnit World Film Festival in 2016 & 2017.\r<br/>Moreover, he worked as a regional programmer at the CIFF between 2020 and 2021 alongside teaching scriptwriting and supervising graduation projects for the British University in Egypt.', 'Youssef2.jpg', '1903352217'),
(333, 'Ali Basaeed', 'Since an early age, director Ali Basaeed has always had a passion for cinema. To pursue a career in filmmaking, he joined various workshops, some of which were held by the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia. He kicked-off his filmmaking career in 2005 with his film WITHOUT SUGAR. Prior to directing his latest short film, THE CASTING, he dabbled in commercial advertising and wrote several projects that are still in the works.', 'Ali Basaeed.jpg', '1011031626'),
(334, 'Christian Suhr', 'A filmmaker and professor of anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark, Christian Suhr’s collaboration with the Cairo-based film collective Hassala Films started in 2014. However, LIGHT UPON LIGHT is their first film together. Christian Suhr’s previous work focused on psychiatry, religious healing, and cultural exchange in Denmark and Papua New Guinea. He is the author and director of the award-winning film and book ‘Descending with Angels.’ He was also the director of NGAT IS DEAD and UNITY THROUGH CULTURE, and the editor of the books ‘Transcultural Montage’ and ‘When the Media Sets the Agenda.’ As a teacher, Suhr initiated and coordinated the visual anthropology program at Aarhus University between 2013 and 2021. His current work focuses on the experience and cultivation of love in religious practice.', 'Christian Suhr, Portrait.jpg', '188803010'),
(335, 'Dessil Mekhtigian', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dessil Mekhtigian is a filmmaker in the making. Born in Paris, raised in Egypt, and of Armenian origin, she comes from a multicultural background that has developed her essence of filming and telling stories.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating from the Lyc&eacute;e Fran&ccedil;ais du Caire, she moved to Paris to study and work in costume design, and after acquiring experience on film sets in Paris as an assistant costume designer, she finally applied to l&rsquo;&eacute;cole de la cit&eacute; du cin&eacute;ma to become a director. She graduated in 2018 and has been working on professional films and her own personal projects ever since.</span></p>', 'Dessil.jpg', '670549181'),
(336, 'Roschdy Zem', 'Roschdy Zem is a French actor and director who was born in Gennevilliers, France, in 1965. He made his acting debut in André Téchiné\'s J\'EMBRASSE PAS in 1991 and received the Best Actor Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Rachid Bouchareb\'s DAYS OF GLORY.\r<br/>He then began his directing career with MAUVAISE FOI, eventually making OMAR M\'A TUER in 2011, BODYBUILDER in 2014, and CHOCOLAT (2016), which sold about 2m tickets in France. \r<br/>In 2019, Zem received the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Arnaud Desplechin\'s ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIÈRE. In the same year, he made his fifth film as a director — PERSONA NON GRATA.', 'Roschedy_Zem_Cannes_2019.jpg', '1033365569'),
(337, 'Remi Itani', 'Remi Itani is a Lebanese writer and director who is currently based in Lebanon. She participated in numerous writing and film workshops, including one with Werner Herzog in Cuba. \r<br/>She started out her career by directing feature documentaries for the Al Jazeera documentary channel. Then, in 2016, her short film Nazha was featured on BBC Arabic TV’s Alternative Cinema Program and was awarded the 2016 Prix du Jury Prize at the Tetouan International Film Festival.\r<br/>Most recently, she made her debut feature documentary A LONG BREATH, which was officially selected for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.', 'Remiitani.jpg', '1676649706'),
(338, 'Rami Younis', 'Rami Younis is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from Lyd. He currently hosts a daily news show in Arabic on the Israel National Broadcasting Corporation\'s channel called ‘On the Other Hand,’ which exposes fake news and counters misinformation about Israeli Palestinian citizens. He was also a 2019–20 fellow at the Harvard Divinity School. As a journalist, he wrote for the online magazine +972 and served as both writer and editor of its Hebrew sister site ‘Local Call’ — a journalistic project he co-founded and designed to challenge Israeli mainstream journalism outlets. Rami is also co-founder and manager of the first-ever Palestine Music Expo — an event that connects the local Palestinian music scene to the worldwide industry.', 'RamiYounis.jpg', '1952640588'),
(339, 'Sarah Ema Friedland', 'Sarah Ema Friedland is a documentary filmmaker and media artist based in New York. Friedland’s works have been widely screened in the US and abroad and have been broadcast nationally on PBS. Her work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation, the Paul Newman Foundation, the Ford Foundation, NYSCA, the LABA House of Study, the  Palestinian American Research Center, and the MacDowell Colony. She was also a recipient of the 2014 Paul Robeson Award from the Newark Museum and was nominated for a New York Emmy. Additionally, Friedland is the director of the MDOCS Storyteller’s Institute at Skidmore College and an active member of the Meerkat Media Collective.', 'SarahEmaFriedland.jpg', '1466733000'),
(340, 'May Ziady', 'Ziady graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communication of Cairo University in 2008. She kicked off her career as a journalist at Al-Shorouk newspaper, she also worked as a scriptwriter and assistant director. \r<br/>In 2017, Ziady also graduated from the French University of Egypt with a diploma in cinema and television.\r<br/>Her debut short film was EGGS WITH PASTRAMI, which was screened at the Luxor African Film Festival\'s Students Competition in 2018. Moreover, she worked as an assistant director in several films, including the fiction short DARK CHOCOLATE — which was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2018 — Ahmed Ghanem’s A DAY IN CAIRO, and was an assistant director’s trainee in Ahmad Abdalla’s NIGHT/EXTERIOR, which is available on Netflix.\r<br/>As a scriptwriter, she wrote the fiction short TWO LEMON MINTS screenplay. She also participated in the writing workshops of Synergy’s TV series WITHOUT EVIDENCE and the feature film THE BACK ROW, which will be screened in 2023.', 'Mai Ziady.jpg', '1641248210'),
(341, 'Rachid Hami', 'Born in 1985, Rachid Hami is a French writer and actor, who fled the Algerian civil war with his mother and brothers in search of a better future in France. \r<br/>He began his career with the film GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE by Abdellatif Kechiche and then proceeded to direct and write several films, including three award-winning feature films. \r<br/>Following his 2005 short film NO EFFECT WITHOUT CAUSE, Hami made the medium-length film CHOOSING LOVE in 2007. And in 2017, he made his first feature film, ORCHESTRA CLASS (LA MÉLODIE), which premiered in Venice.', 'Rachid Hami.jpg', '1234010243'),
(342, 'Fyzal Boulifa', 'With his unique point of view, Fyzal Boulifa began making waves in the cinematic world as early as 2008. Born in Leicester, England in 1985 to Moroccan born parents, Boulifa became intensely interested in horror films as a child, often watching them in secret to avoid being caught by his mother, even when they frightened him to tears. As he grew older, he began investigating the worlds of underground, foreign, and classic cinema, taking particular inspiration from a viewing of \"Day of Wrath\" (1943) during his teens. Though he opted not to attend university to pursue his interest in film, Boulifa nonetheless moved ahead with his passion, learning on the job as he began creating short films. He wrote his first short film, the confrontational \"Whore\" (2008) in 2008, and directed his first, \"Coming Back\" (2009) the following year. He wrote and directed the more personal \"Burn My Body\" (2010). Then in 2012, Boulifa wrote and directed \"The Curse\" (2012), a short film based on one of his mother\'s experiences. The short proved to be Boulifa\'s breakthrough as it played at several film festivals including Sundance, the Chicago International Film Festival, and Cannes, where the film won the Illy Prize. The following year, Boulifa was awarded a Cinéfondation writing residency, which allowed him to work on his next project, the short film \"Rate Me\" (2015). The project garnered Bolifa more accolades, playing once again at Sundance as well as at the Toronto International Film Festival and winning the Illy Prize at Cannes for the second time. In 2019, Boulifa made a major advancement as an artist with his feature film debut, \"Lynn + Lucy\" (2019). The intimate story of a friendship between two women was well received, with nominations for Best Film and the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards.', 'fyzalportrait.jpg', '1233740937'),
(343, 'Clement Cogitore', 'Clément Cogitore developed his artistic practice between cinema and contemporary art after studying at Le Fresnoy. \r<br/>THE WAKHAN FRONT — his first feature film — was selected in the Critic\'s Week at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It also received an award from the Gan Foundation and was nominated for the Best First Film Award at the Césars.\r<br/>Furthermore, BRAGUINO — his 2017 documentary — won the Zabatelgi Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival and was nominated for a César. His short films include LES INDES GALANTES (2017) and AMONG US (2011).', 'Clément Cogitore.jpg', '1950864199'),
(344, 'Jerome Cohen Olivar', '<p>Jerome spent most of his childhood in Morocco, where he attempted to shoot small horror films, including LITTLE HORROR MOVIE, before leaving for Los Angeles. There, he studied at the University of California and later at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. He then completed shooting his first short film SUSAN SUSAN &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; a satire on illegal immigration to the US &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; which was purchased by Disney. He also produced UNVEILED, which was his first feature film, and COOL CRIME &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; a dark comedy about a group of ghosts roaming the streets of Los Angeles. <br />COOL CRIME opened the Palm Springs Film Festival, won the Students Jury Award at the Milan Film Festival, and led the director to sign with the talent agency CAA. In 2008, he directed KANDISHA &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; a fantasy film based on the 14th-century Moroccan legend A&Atilde;SHA KANDISHA. The film won several awards, including the FIPRESCI prize at the Brussels International Film Festival. In 2014, Oren Peli &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; the filmmaker behind the international blockbuster PARANORMAL ACTIVITY &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; picked up Jerome&acirc;&euro;&trade;s old project LITTLE HORROR MOVIE. Unable to stand the film being stuck in development hell, Jerome decided to reclaim his script and produce it himself. Jerome is currently working on several projects, including the highly anticipated AUTISTO.</p>', 'Jerome Cohen Olivar.bmp', '1906835142'),
(345, 'Sameh Zoabi', 'Sameh Zoabi was born and raised in Iksal — a Palestinian village near the city of Nazareth. He graduated from Tel Aviv University with a dual degree in film studies and English literature. Zoabi then received a Fulbright Fellowship to study filmmaking at Columbia University, earning an M.F.A. in 2005. Zoabi\'s work has been shown in many international film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Sundance, Karlovy Vary, and New York. One of Zoabi\'s best-known works is the short film BE QUIET (2005), which won a prize at the Cinefondation Selection of the Cannes Film Festival. His feature film debut MAN WITHOUT A CELL PHONE (2010) won several audience awards as well as the Golden Antigone at the 2011 Montpellier Film Festival. His second feature film UNDER THE SAME SUN (2013) tackled the possibility of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Most recently, Zoabi wrote the original script of THE IDOL (2015), which was directed by Hany Abu Assad and held its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.', 'sameh zoabi.jpg', '901918437');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(346, 'Ayman Zeidan', 'Ayman Zeidan is a Syrian actor of film, television, and theater, TV presenter, comedian and voice actor. Born on 1 September 1956 Zeidan has starred in several notable television series and shows, and gained much success in sitcoms. Zeidan is also a regular theater actor. Additionally, Zeidan has had a few film and radio voice-over roles. Zeidan hosted the Abu Dhabi TV game show, Waznak Dahab (Your Weight in Gold), and helped popularize the show. Zeidan is known for Lail Almosaferin (2000), Ghuyoom Dakenah (2021) and The Thorn Birds (2004).', 'Ayman Zidan.jpg', '109453199'),
(347, 'Mohamed Samir', 'Mohamed Samir has a degree in acting and directing from the Higher Institute of Theatrical Arts. \r<br/>He has won many honors for his work, including the Creativity Shield from the American Academy of Science and Technology for his role in the play AL FETOUH DOOR, an honor from the Red Sea Governor for his play I DON\'T UNDERSTAND, an honor from the Tiba Short Film Festival and the Independent Film Association for his film 6 HOURS, and Best Director at the Al Ain Film Festival for his film 10.', 'muhammed samir.jpg', '39249214'),
(348, 'Ahd Kamel', 'Ahd Kamel is a Saudi filmmaker and actress based in New York. She studied Law at Columbia University, and then completed her BFA in Animation and Communication from Parsons School of Design, before obtaining a Directing degree from the New York Film Academy. Ahd then went on to study Acting under the personal tutelage of William Esper at the Esper Studio.  She is best known for her starring role in the 2012\'s critically acclaimed and BAFTA nominee, Wadjda, which is Saudi Arabia\'s first feature film. Kamel started her film career in 2005 with three internationally successful short films that won prestigious awards. Her first lead role earned her the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Ahd worked as Technical Advisor on Peter Berg’s The Kingdom. She was presented with a Cloeween Connection Award from Spike Lee, by the Abu Dhabi Authority of Culture and Heritage as an emerging Arab filmmaker.', 'Ahd Kamel.jpeg', '405576598'),
(349, 'Meryem Benm\'Barek', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Rabat, Morocco, Meryem Benm\'Barek grew up between Morocco, France, and Belgium. She began her career in 2010 in the Directing program at INSAS in Brussels, where she directed several short films, including JENNAH, which was selected by multiple international festivals and shortlisted for the 2015 Oscars.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, her debut feature film, SOFIA, won the Best Screenplay Award in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by several international accolades.</span></p>', 'Meryem Benm Barek-Aloisi.jpeg', '216635522'),
(350, 'Amr Gamal', 'Amr Gamal is an independent Yemeni film and theater director who was born in Poland in 1983. \r<br/>In 2003, Gamal received the President\'s Award for playwriting, and in 2005, he established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of the troupe\'s theater productions since. \r<br/>His play MA\'K NAZEL became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe (Berlin) after its big success in Yemen. \r<br/>In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades. \r<br/>The film continued to be screened for over eight months and became Yemen\'s official submission to the Oscars in 2018.', 'amr gamal.jpg', '1296256734'),
(351, 'Ameer Fakher Eldin', 'Ameer Fakher Eldin is a director and writer based in Hamburg. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1991 to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights.\r<br/>Premiering at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, his debut feature THE STRANGER won the Edipo Re Award in 2021 before enjoying great acclaim on the global festival circuit, winning several prizes, including the Best Arab Film Award at the 2021 edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and Shadi Abdel-Salam Prize for Best Film in the International Critics’ Week Competition of CIFF. \r<br/>Moreover, just recently at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, THE STRANGER was nominated for Best Director and won the award for Best Cinematography.\r<br/>Fakher Eldin’s highly-anticipated sophomore feature YUNAN is set to shoot in the first half of 2023.', 'Ameer-Fakher-Eldin.jpg', '1685408667'),
(352, 'Abdellatif Abdelhamid', 'Abdellatif Abdelhamid is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, and Rabat International Film Festival. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.\r<br/>Abdellatif Abdelhamid is known for Layali ibn awa (1989), Oral Messages (1991) and Two Moons and an Olive Tree (2002).', 'Abdellatif Abdelhamid.jpg', '875593310'),
(353, 'Haya Alghanim', 'Haya Alghanim is a filmmaker based between New York City and Kuwait City. Her short films have been screened at various international film festivals and exhibition venues. She is currently in the development of her first narrative feature – ROAD 250 – a selection of the Rawi Screenwriters Lab and Red Sea Lodge. Haya Alghanim received her MFA in Film from Columbia University and holds a BA from The New School. Through her artistic and professional practice, Alghanim aims to preserve and represent modern Arab art and culture.', 'HayaportraitLaila.jpg', '1781447468'),
(354, 'Muschirf Shekh Zeyn', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muschirf Shekh Zeyn was born in 1988 in a Kurdish family and grew up in Kamishli, Syria.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has been interested in literature, painting, and woodwork since he was a child, writing short stories at a very early age and discovering a passion for cinema.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then studied architecture in Syria and specialized in urban sociology. He graduated in the middle of the Syrian Civil War, fled from various countries, and had to work many jobs to keep his head above water.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two years of flight, he arrived in Bremen, Germany, and started making films. He has been studying film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich since 2019 and is a scholarship holder of the Heinrich-B&ouml;ll-Foundation.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His short film KILLING BAGHEERA has so far screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals, such as Odense, Interfilm Berlin, and Durban. He also won the Best Short Film Award in Germany with this film.</span></p>', 'Muschirf Shekh Zeyn.png', '1962579918'),
(355, 'Ridha Behi', 'Ridha Behi studied sociology and received a master\'s degree in 1973 from Paris Nanterre University and a Ph.D. in 1977 from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes with a thesis titled ‘Cinema and Society in Tunisia in the 1960s’ under the supervision of Marc Ferro.\r<br/>His first two feature films, The Hyena\'s Sun (1977) and Angels (1984) screened at the Directors\' Fortnight at Cannes in 1977 and 1985, respectively.\r<br/>Ridha also directed Julie Christie\'s Bitter Champagne in 1989, followed by Les Hirondelles Ne Meurent Pas à Jérusalem in 1994, which won the Critics\' Award at the Carthage International Film Festival. \r<br/>The Magic Box, his 2002 film, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was chosen as Tunisia\'s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards.\r<br/>His last film, The Flower of Aleppo, was released in 2016 and was preselected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The film held its premiere at the 27th Carthage Film Festival in 2016.\r<br/>In addition to directing, Behi was named director-general of the Carthage International Film Festival from 2019 to 2021.', 'Director Ridha Behi.jpeg', '1057258211'),
(356, 'Kadri Kõusaar', 'Kadri Kõusaar is a multi-award-winning Estonian writer and director born in 1980. Her debut feature Magnus (2007), about a father trying to help his suicidal son, was the first Estonian film ever included at the official selection of Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard). Kadri’s second film The Arbiter (2013) premiered internationally in competition (East of the West) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and her third film Mother (2016), was included in the programmes of more than 80 international film festivals to date and was Estonia’s entry for the Oscars in the category of the Best Foreign Language Film in 2017. It premiered in the international narrative competition of Tribeca Film Festival. (2021) was released as part of the official selection of Busan International Film Festival.', 'Kadri Kõusaar .jpeg', '850596752'),
(357, 'Yassine Fennane', 'Born in Rabat, Yassine Fennane holds a degree in performing arts from the Sorbonne (Paris 1). \r<br/>He directed several successful series for national TV channels, including ONE HOUR IN HELL, BNAT LALLA MENANA, and WAADI. \r<br/>In 2014, he directed his first feature film KARYAN BOLLYWOOD, which won several awards at the Tangier, Malmo, and Geneva film festivals.', 'Yassine Fennane.jpg', '396044591'),
(358, 'Mohamed Benabdallah', 'Mohamed Ben Abdellah is an Algerian scriptwriter and independent filmmaker.\r<br/>He started his career working for a cultural organization in his hometown before deciding to make his own films. \r<br/>His filmography includes the short film DIHNIZ, which he directed in 2016; the short film BERMUDA; and the short film JE VAIS TOUT RACONTER A’ DIEU.\r<br/>In 2022, he directed his debut feature film HALIM EL RAAD.', 'Mohamed Benabdallah.PNG', '133028085'),
(359, 'Zakaria Zahrani', 'Moroccan filmmaker Zakaria Zahrani has a background in cinematography and camera work and is particularly interested in exploring social and psychological themes in his work, frequently considering why his characters act the way they do. \r<br/>POLYGAMOUS is his directorial debut.', 'Zakaria Zahrani.jpeg', '547034808'),
(360, 'Georgia Scott', 'Georgia is an experienced producer, director, and editor. Her first documentary film, set in Kenya, explored the threats facing a unique Swahili community on Lamu Island, on the border with Somalia. \r<br/>Georgia graduated from the University of the Arts in London with a BA in Production Design in 2011. She then went on to manage a product design company before setting up Groundrtruth Productions with Sophia in 2012 and has since traveled across Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East making documentary films.', 'Georgia Scott.JPG', '1015364069'),
(361, 'Sophia Scott', 'Sophia is an experienced producer, director, and cinematographer and has worked extensively as a self-shooting camerawoman across the globe on projects for the BBC, UN, PBS, CBC, The New York Times, and Human Rights Watch, among others.\r<br/>After completing a foundation year at the European Film College in Denmark in 2002, she went on to study documentary film and television, graduating with a BA from the International Film School of Wales before moving to Kenya, where she spent the first six years of her filmmaking career.', 'Sophia Scott.PNG', '457768819'),
(362, 'Nader Rahmouni', 'Nader Rahmouni is an engineer, PNL master practitioner, actor, and director who was trained at London\'s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 2018 and 2020 and has a strong desire to showcase his unique cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary life experience.', 'Nader-Rahmouni.jpg', '1321380176'),
(363, 'Omar Mouallem', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Mouallem is a Canadian award-winning writer and filmmaker. He worked for several outlets, such as The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. In 2019, he co-produced two documentaries with CBC, including Digging in the Dirt, a raw look at the psychological toll of oil and gas labor that was nominated for best longform documentary by the Alberta Film &amp; Television Awards.</span></p>', 'omar mouallem.jpg', '468205593'),
(364, 'Mahmoud Yehia', 'Mahmoud Yehia is an Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from Egypt’s High Cinema Institute in 2017. \r<br/>He directed a number of short narrative and documentary projects before making his first long narrative feature — MARIAM’S CHOICE.', 'Mahmoud Yahia.jpeg', '1208962569'),
(365, 'Adel Bakri', 'Adel Bakri is a Tunisian-Italian director, actor, and producer who has degrees in performing arts and directing. \r<br/>He participated in many Italian and international productions and worked as an assistant director with many foreign and Arab directors, including Mohamed Malas in Syria and Ahmed Rachedi in Algeria.\r<br/>He also directed feature-length documentaries and short fiction films that have been screened in several festivals and on several television channels. \r<br/>These films include FLOWER OF WISHES (2022); WATER, CLIMATE, AND DEVELOPMENT (2016); LAND OF WOMEN (2013); THALA ETERNAL REBELLION (2012); WIND OF DESIRE (2010); and THE CHAIR (1996).', 'Adel Bakri.jpg', '1725153057'),
(366, 'Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour is an award-winning independent filmmaker who started teaching at universities at the age of 28.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his filmmaking career in 2006 with his award-winning short film THE WINDOW. Then, in 2010, he directed the award-winning docu-fiction MALAKI - SCENT OF AN ANGEL about missing persons during the civil war.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he made his first fiction feature, NOUR, which was highly acclaimed and released in cinemas in France, winning more than 45 awards and nominations worldwide.</span></p>', 'Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour.jpg', '772301115'),
(367, 'Suad Gara', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suad Gara is a British-Azerbaijani filmmaker and art curator who holds an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and an MLitt in Modern and Contemporary Art from the University of Glasgow.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Literary, Visual, and Musical Thought at the European Graduate School (Saas Fee/Valetta).</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having already made four shorts (BREAKFAST,&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW TO BECOME A MERMAID, QARAGH, MAHSATI), she is currently working on her debut feature, HOTEL DIANA, which was selected for the WEMW Trieste Co-Production Forum (2023), where it won the Pop-Up Film Residency Award under the mentorship of Ada Solomon.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project was also selected for the Less Is More script lab by Le Groupe Ouest (2023) and is currently in development with the BFI in the UK.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before embarking on this journey in 2020, Suad was the chief curator and artistic director of YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan (2014-2020).</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her impressive curatorial work includes numerous exhibitions, an artist residency program, and the organization of the MAP Theatre and Performance Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has also produced artistic films by notable figures such as Almagul Menlibayeva, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Hannah Black, and Ahmet &Ouml;g&uuml;t, and curated independent projects for Nouveau Mus&eacute;e National de Monaco, MAMBo Bologna, and the Migros Museum f&uuml;r Gegenwartskunst, Zurich.</span></p>', 'Suad Gara.jpeg', '1145797418'),
(368, 'Walid Messnaoui', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailing from Casablanca, Walid Messnaoui earned his degree in directing and editing from the esteemed ESAV film school in Marrakech.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While pursuing his master\'s degree in editing in 2015, he directed SIX AND ZERO &mdash; a documentary that garnered acclaim and was selected by numerous international festivals, including the Malmo Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fueled by an unquenchable passion for filmmaking, he eagerly sought opportunities to expand his knowledge and engaged in various workshops and residencies worldwide, including La F&eacute;mis: Summer University in France, Fajr Talent Campus in Iran, and INTERACTION Camp in Serbia.</span></p>', 'WALID MESNAOUI DIRECTOR PHOTO.jpg', '802035726'),
(369, 'Antoine Bourges', 'Antoine Bourges is a Paris-born filmmaker based in Vancouver, where he teaches Film Production at the University of British Columbia\r<br/><br/>He is an alumni of Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker lab, and NYFF Artist Academy.\r<br/><br/>His shorts as well as his mid-length film EAST HASTINGS PHARMACY (2012) screened in numerous festivals and venues, including the Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, the Viennale, and the NY Anthology Film Archive. \r<br/><br/>His first feature film FAIL TO APPEAR (2017) was presented at Art of the Real, Cinéma du Réel, and BAFICI, among other festivals. It was also distributed on multiple platforms and was released theatrically in Canada in 2018. \r<br/><br/>His filmography also includes WOMAN WAITING (2010) and WILLIAM IN WHITE SHIRT (2015).', 'BOURGES_Antoine-00139-crop.jpg', '1554245878'),
(370, 'Sherief Elkatsha', 'Sherief Elkatsha was born in the US, raised in Cairo, and currently lives between Cairo and New York. \r<br/><br/>His first documentary BUTTS OUT, which was about five smokers and their struggles to quit, received the Best Documentary Award at the 2006 New England Film and Video Festival.\r<br/><br/>Elkatsha was also the cinematographer for CAIRO GARBAGE (2009) by Mikala Krogh and worked on CITIES ON SPEED.\r<br/><br/>Then, in 2013, Elkatsha premiered his third feature documentary, CAIRO DRIVE, which was awarded Best Film from the Arab World at the 2013 Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 DOC NYC, and a special mention at Open City Docs in London in the same year.', 'Elkatsha.jpg', '801643916'),
(371, 'Omar Aly', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finishing his diploma in Mass Media Communications, Omar Aly began his filmmaking career by enrolling in an advanced editing and color-grading course, believing that if he wanted to become a proficient director, he should first learn how to become a good editor.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then worked on many projects in different phases, moving up to the production process itself, doing some camerawork, and assistant-directing educational programs.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, driven by the success he had achieved so far, Omar decided to make his first short film, BLACK RAINBOW. </span></p>', 'Director_s photo.JPG', '1635626373'),
(372, 'Hamza Atifi', 'Hamza Atifi was born in Casablanca and raised in a family of filmmakers. At a very young age, he took part in many Moroccan and international shootings, which ignited his taste for cinema.\r<br/>He the graduated from Morocco’s École Supérieure des Arts Visuels and Belgium’s Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion with a specialization in direction of photography.\r<br/>At the age of 23, he signed his first feature film as a DOP, NOUHE, NE SAIT PAS NAGER by Rachid El-Ouali, which received Best Picture Crystal Award at the Festival of Liege in 2018.\r<br/>Besides being a DOP, Atifi directed four short films, inlcuidng the multi-award winning SUICIDE CANDIDATES, which received widespread recognition. \r<br/>As for his TV work, he worked on the highly-watched second season of the miniseries SOUHLIFA. \r<br/>Most recently, he worked on Hicham Lasri’s miniseries LOTFI N7AYLA, which aired on Morocco’s prominent TV network, 2M.', 'Hamza ATIFI DIRECTOR PHOTO.jpg', '978818173'),
(373, 'Ahmed Messoudi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Messoudi is a director and screenwriter from Tangier, Morocco. After graduating from the ESAV Film School with a master\'s in screenwriting and directing in 2011, he quickly established himself as an emerging force in the film industry.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, Ahmed directed PI&Eacute;T&Agrave; &mdash; a thought-provoking short documentary that highlights the challenges faced by divorced women. The film was well-received and screened at film festivals in Switzerland and Senegal.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years later, Ahmed captivated audiences with his poignant short film LAYLA, which tells the story of an elderly couple\'s last days together.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was selected for the prestigious 14th Marrakech International Film Festival, cementing Ahmed\'s reputation as a promising director.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With extensive experience as an assistant director on Moroccan and international film sets, Ahmed returned to directing in 2017 with FROM CASA TO MARSEILLE, and in 2019 he directed WHISPER OF THORNS.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Ahmed continued to push forward, and in 2022, he directed the award-winning film BENEATH HER LIPSTICK.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This powerful film won the Jury Prize at the Tangier National Film Festival and went on to win several awards at international festivals, including the Korean International Short Film Festival and the Boden International Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director on a number of ads and TV shows such as EL-KHANKA (2016) and SURFACE-TO-AIR (2017).</span></p>', 'PHOTO REALISATEUR - AHMED MESSOUDI 6.png', '962048382'),
(374, 'Sara Suliman', 'Sara Suliman is a UK-based Sudanese filmmaker, Chevening scholar, and researcher. \r<br/>She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ahfad University for Women in Sudan and is the founder of Fenti Productions — an independent film production house. \r<br/>In 2017, she was awarded an MA in Gender Studies from SOAS University of London.', 'Sara Suliman.jpg', '1975287413'),
(375, 'Aziz Zoromba', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Zoromba is a Canadian Egyptian writer and director whose documentaries and feature films explore the themes of cultural identity, assimilation, and intergenerational trauma.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and an alumnus of the 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellowship.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FARAWAY (2020) &mdash; his first short documentary &mdash;&nbsp; screened at over 30 film festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Camerimage, and RIDM.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoromba also co-produced the short documentary, NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE, which won over 25 awards and screened at over 80 festivals, including the TIFF, SXSW, and IDFA. </span></p>', 'Aziz Zoromba.jpg', '1095055619'),
(376, 'Aziz Shennawy', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Shennawy is a Tunisian director and screenwriter who studied acting at El Teatro Studio and holds a certificate in film production and scriptwriting from the College of Audiovisual Architecture and Design in Tunisia. He furthered his education in Canada at the Trebas Institute and later at the University of Li&egrave;ge in Belgium.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He gained international recognition for his award-winning short film KORRINTY, which was produced by Hypnos Pictures.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Aziz is in the midst of preparations for his debut feature-length film, which is scheduled for production in 2024 and will be made in partnership with Genuine for Films and Entertainment.</span></p>', 'Director Aziz Shennawy..jpg', '1086234854'),
(377, 'Tariq Rimawi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic member who graduated with a master&rsquo;s in animation from the UK&rsquo;s Newport Film School in 2010 before obtaining a PhD in animation from Loughborough University in 2014.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His films have received regional and international awards and have been screened at over 200 international film festivals.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Rimawi established the Animation Department at the University of Petra in Jordan to equip its graduates with the latest storytelling and visual communication techniques.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He currently serves as the Section Head of the Multimedia and Production Studio at the Digital Learning and Online Education Office at Qatar University.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes SURPRISE, GROWING, and MISSING.c</span></p>', 'Tariq Rimawi.jfif', '1558240785'),
(378, 'Mohammad Gotta', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad is an experienced filmmaker primarily focused on writing, directing, and producing, he prides himself on his ability to bring stories of emotion and connection to life. He has a keen eye for detail, allowing him to bring high-quality work to every project he tackles. His career experience spans feature films, short films, TV shows, reality shows, and digital industries. He has participated in many successful award-winning projects and has worked mainly in production management (producer, coordinator, and producer&rsquo;s assistant) and script supervising. In 2021 Mohammad wrote and directed his first short film &ldquo;The Silent Record&rdquo;, which added lots of experience and knowledge from the creative side of the industry. His previous experiences mainly influence the creative side in developing the script, engaging and practicing with the actors, and focusing on the characters/story arcs. These fundamental aspects are the essence of every film, including the technicalities, funding, and logistics.</span></p>', 'Mohammad Gotta.jpg', '51994284'),
(379, 'Michelle and Noel Keserwany', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle and Noel Keserwany are Lebanese musicians, writers, and filmmakers who live between Beirut and Paris.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since Michelle co-wrote Academy Award nominee CAPERNAUM with director Nadine Labaki, the sisters started their own film projects, including the political documentary SLOW BURN &mdash; a co-production between France and Lebanon that is produced by Special Touch Studios and supported by the CNC.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 2019 and 2021, they both received grants from the French Institute to reside at La Cite des Arts in Paris and work on their film projects.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, they joined hands to direct their debut short fiction film LES CHENILLES.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for each one&rsquo;s individual projects, Noel is currently writing her first fiction film UN AN and developing an animated short film titled SEVEN MOUNTAINS AND SEVEN SEAS &mdash; a grantee of the DFI Production Fund that is produced by Dewberries Films.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Michelle is currently developing her first animated feature film OUZKOURINI that is produced by Special Touch Studios.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on, in 2021, she received the CNC\'s Aide au Parcours d&rsquo;Auteur grant to develop her first fiction feature film AMARA &mdash; a satirical political drama that takes place in Beirut. </span></p>', 'michelle_noel_kewerway_myriam_boulosetyaratayoun2.png', '1509557959'),
(380, 'Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali', 'Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali is a Bahraini writer and director who is a civil engineer by day and a filmmaker by night who uses an unfamiliar approach to highlight life’s greatest issues. \r<br/><br/>Through his works, he casts light on the dark reality of the present, blending imagination with a touch of the long-lasting effect of magic, manifesting human values that may have become rarer to find nowadays, prompting viewers to wonder and perhaps inspiring them to do better.\r<br/><br/>He’s also won many awards in Bahrain, Tunisia, Netherlands, Iraq, India, and the UAE for his film AL HAKIM (2020). \r<br/><br/>Before becoming a filmmaker, Al-Baqali worked as an editor and a production designer in Bahrain and beyond, but he eventually found his passion in filmmaking and founded his company — Black Hole Films.', 'jaffer.jpg', '2035159267'),
(381, 'Ahmad Hamada', '<p>Ahmad Hamada is a distinguished media scholar and faculty member at Kuwait University. With extensive experience in the field, he excels as an author, filmmaker, producer, writer, and editor of creative content. <br />Known for his passion for cultural interactions, Ahmad\'s work is research-oriented and reflects his dedication to academic pursuits. <br />Hamada holds a bachelor of arts in mass communication. He then furthered his education by aquiring a master of arts in journalism from Indiana University in May 2011. <br />He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication at Kuwait University. <br />Prior to his academic career, Hamada gained valuable industry experience as a financial reporter at CNBC Arabiya\'s Kuwait branch from June 2007 to April 2008. He also served as a PR Executive at EQUATE Petrochemical Company from April 2008 to July 2008. <br />Additionally, Ahmad has been a format editor at Al-Wattan Television Station since July 2008. In addition to his academic and professional roles, Ahmad frequently undertakes freelance projects as a filmmaker, producer, writer, and editor. <br />Noteworthy among these projects are his collaborations with Kuwait Television, where he served as executive producer, co-director, and editor for the one-hour documentary WE, THE MUSIC, which explored cultural and musical fusions. <br />He also worked on THE KUWAITI, a short documentary highlighting a Scottish prisoner of war in Kuwait; and THE MARGIN, a documentary shedding light on mosques in the US. <br />Hamada\'s upcoming projects include SEARCHING FOR THE TASTE OF THE EAST, a one-hour documentary exploring Arabic restaurants and restaurateurs in the US; and THE SIDELINE, an 18-episode talk show examining the intersection of football and culture that he is executive producing.</p>', 'Hamada - Picture.jpg', '2088371887'),
(382, 'Faouzi Bensaïdi', 'After three short films that won awards at Cannes and Venice, Faouzi Bensaïdi directed his first feature film, MILLE MOIS, in 2003, winning two awards in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.\r<br/>In 2006, WWW: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD was presented at Venice Days. \r<br/>In 2011, his film DEATH FOR SALE premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on to become Morocco\'s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards, and winning the Berlin CICAE award. His latest feature film, VOLUBILIS, released in 2018, was selected at Venice Days. He is also an actor for many authors, such as Jacques Audiard, Nabil Ayouch, Bertrand Bonello, André Techiné, and Nadir Moknèche.', 'faouzi bensaedi.jpg', '1151973089'),
(383, 'Bader Shuhaibar', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Kuwait, Bader Saleem Shhaiber holds a Bachelor\'s degree in Mass Communication from Kuwait University and has a diploma in news, reports, and&nbsp; studio management from MOI.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a decade of experience at Kuwait TV, Bader has been an integral part of the News and Political Programs Department, specifically at KTV1 and KTV2.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His work has encompassed a diverse range of programs, including live and recorded news broadcasts, weather forecasts, commercials, and coverage of national events such as the Assembly election in 2013 and United Nations conferences in Geneva.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bader has also contributed to documentaries, talk shows, and served as a director for the documentary film THE LIBERATION OF KUWAIT, which aired on February 26th.</span></p>', 'Shuhaibar - Picture.jpeg', '363003160'),
(384, 'Sami Saif Sirelkhatim', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Saif Sirelkhatim is an independent filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer with a background in film production and direction.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a film graduate from the Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Studies in Rabat, Morocco, and the University of Abdelmalek Essaadi in Tetouan, Morocco.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in the UAE, Sirelkhatim is of Moroccan and Sudanese descent and is particularly drawn to the power of cinema as a medium to celebrate individuals who have been overlooked or underrepresented in mainstream narratives.</span></p>', 'Sami Saif Sirelkhatim.webp', '638261498'),
(385, 'Karim Bensalah', 'Karim Bensalah was born in Algiers to an Algerian father and a Brazilian mother. After living in Haiti and Senegal, he moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study literature, philosophy, and social sciences. Karim then entered the London Film School, where he directed CONSTANT FLOW.\r<br/>His first short film, LE SECRET DE FATIMA was selected and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand and broadcast on Arte. \r<br/>Bensalah then directed RACINE(S) — a segment of the feature film PARIS LA MÉTISSE — before joining the Collectif Tribudom, which works with teenagers in the working-class districts of Paris and its suburbs, with whom he made several short films, the latest of which is CHANTIER(S). \r<br/>After that, he worked on the short LES HEURES BLANCHES, in which he collaborated with Quebecois screenwriter Sébastien Baril.\r<br/>He is currently developing two feature films, one of which has been selected at Sundance Screenwriter\'s and Director\'s Lab.\r<br/>A screenwriter and consultant on other projects, Karim also pursues a career as an actor. He has also worked in image education for over ten years in France and Brazil.', 'Karim Bensalah.jpg', '1953246481'),
(386, 'Areeb Zuaiter', '<p>Areeb Zuaiter, an independent filmmaker and advocate for emerging voices, was nominated for Sony\'s Outstanding Thesis Award. <br />She has two shorts to her name, including STAINED, which won the Jury Prize at the European Film Festival in Beirut, and the multi-award winning short documentary COLORS OF RESISTANCE. <br />Throughout her career, she assumed various positions, including being a Goldman Sachs Fellow at the Smithsonian and a Technology Associate at the Associated Press. She also headed the Regional Training Department at the Royal Film Commission in Jordan and taught at multiple universities in Washington, DC. <br />Zuaiter currently heads the Programming Department at the Amman International Film Festival and is working on her debut feature documentary.</p>', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-11-13 at 10.51.36 AM.jpeg', '762025349'),
(387, 'Munir Abbar', 'A German Moroccan filmmaker and producer born in Germany in 1970, Munir Abbar spent his early life between Morocco and Germany before traveling to Asia in the early 90s and then returning to Germany to get his degree in Geo-Physical Science Studies from Karlsruhe University.\r<br/>Munir then created his own production companies FiftySeven Morocco and MA-FILMS, focusing on producing over 400 projects such as commercials and music videos for international and German clients.\r<br/>Having worked for some time as a freelance producer and director throughout the US, Morocco, and Germany, Abbar has directed commercials for leading companies such as Coca-Cola, Audi, BMW, Levi’s, Adidas, Nike, Fiat, Canon, Casio, MasterCard, Nedbank and Balenciaga.\r<br/>Abbar has also worked on several short films, whether as a producer or a director, with his most popular film being PARIS SUR MER, which won the Jury Award at the Tangier Film Festival.\r<br/>His 2012 short film LA CIBLE won the Best Short Film Award at the Tangier Film Festival. He also produced several short films in Germany and Morocco such as SIEBZEHN and ENTROPYA.', 'EN ROUTE_PHOTO_MUNIR ABBAR_REALISATEUR_200DPI.jpg', '1764051604'),
(388, 'Hend Sohail', '<p>Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials. <br />After graduating, she worked as a director\'s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. <br />Later, in 2023, she made her directorial debut in \"A PROMISE TO THE SEA\", a heartfelt film in which she invites audiences on an emotional journey through the eyes of the film\'s protagonist, Zain.</p>', 'Hend Sohail.jpeg', '753337688'),
(389, 'Firas Al-Taybeh', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh is a Jordanian filmmaker and actor who initially pursued his passion for sculpting and fine arts at Jordan University before further honing his skills in the field of film at the prestigious Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts. With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Firas has dedicated five years to teaching filmmaking at SAE College Jordan.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, Al-Taybeh has written and directed a number of fiction short films, including AL WADI, as well as thought-provoking documentary shorts like AN INVISIBLE FACE.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an actor, his filmography includes acclaimed features, drama series, and shorts such as FARHA, WHEN I SAW YOU, KABREET 45, DESERTED, </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SALMA&rsquo;S HOME, FAMILIAL FEVER, COUNTERATTACK, and ALADDIN.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is currently working on his first feature-length film &mdash; a project that has received a development fund from the Jordan Film Fund and garnered two development awards during the 2022 Amman Film Industry Days</span></p>', 'Firas Taybeh.jpg', '1645874597'),
(390, 'Moatasem Taha', '<p>Taha is a Palestinian filmmaker and an alumnus of the cinema and photography program at Wizo College in Haifa. <br />He then embarked on his journey in the world of photography as a wedding photographer, alongside his older brother before becoming an integral part of the Palestinian filmmaking movement, which focused on empowering Palestinian youths from the 1948 territories, encouraging them to create films that reflected their unique artistic identities. <br />His first project was a documentary titled BURN, followed by a short narrative film called IN THE WAITING ROOM. <br />Currently, Taha is actively involved in his second narrative short film. <br />To sustain himself financially, Taha works as a professional gaffer. Additionally, he manages a small business that specializes in selling lifting equipment for construction, which he inherited from his father.</p>', 'Moatasem - portrait BTS.jpg', '1603575543'),
(391, 'Majdi El Omari', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majdi El-Omari is a Canadian Palestinian filmmaker, editor, and scriptwriter who pursued a bachelor of fine arts in filmmaking from Egypt&rsquo;s Cairo Institute of Cinema and a masters of fine arts in film production from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El-Omari&rsquo;s work usually focuses on people&rsquo;s suffering from a world that excludes them, focusing on their alienation, desire to communicate, and search for solace while they confront political or social forces. Several of his shorts have been selected for several international festivals.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes several documentaries and short films, such as STANDSTILL, BETWEEN ME AND YOU, AT THE WINDOW, A&rsquo; PROPS DE L\'AUTRE, and THE EVERGREEN OAK.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, he is writing his next feature film, THE WOMAN OF THE BEES, and is teaching fiction filmmaking at Dar Al-Kalima University in Bethlehem.</span></p>', 'majdiprof 2.jpg', '981801580'),
(392, 'Hiba Dhaouadi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiba Dhaouadi, born in Bizerte, Tunisia, began composing her first song and writing her first feature film at the age of 12. Since then, she has been dedicated to pursuing her path as a filmmaker.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She attended the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Tunis, earning her bachelor\'s degree in writing and directing in 2010 and her master\'s degree in production and assistant directing in 2014.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first documentary film, GIRLS OF THE MOON, won several grants and participated in a number of workshops before premiering in 2018 at the Carthage Film Days and going on to win numerous awards at other festivals, including Best Documentary at the Tunisian Cinema Festival and Best Debut Feature at the Alexandria International Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her filmography also includes a tribute documentary for the great Tunisian actor, Hicham Rostom, titled REMEMBERING HICHAM ROSTOM, and two short films &mdash; R&Ecirc;VE BRIS&Eacute; in 2010 and NEW LOOK in 2010.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for her upcoming works, she has a feature-length documentary called TAKMORT set to be released in 2023, a long documentary in post-production, and a fiction short film, AUCUN NUM&Eacute;RO, scheduled for release in 2023 as well.</span></p>', 'Hiba Dhaouadi.jpg', '715826994'),
(393, 'Abdulshakoor El-Akkad', 'Born in Libya to Palestinian parents, Abdulshakoor Adnan El-Akkad is a filmmaker and writer who studied cinema at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul. \r<br/>Throughout his filmmaking career, he worked as a freelance director on documentary films that were broadcast on international media channels. \r<br/>In 2021, he finished working on his first documentary, THE SUN IN MY SHADOW, and is currently working on the scripts of a number of under-development projects.', '', '2062072170'),
(394, 'Ricardo Preve', 'Argentine director Ricardo Preve studied in Argentina, Italy, and the US, receiveing undergraduate and graduate degrees in Agronomy and Forestry from Virginia Tech in Virginia, US.\r<br/>After nearly 20 years as a manager of natural resource companies, he kicked off his filmmaking career in 2001. \r<br/>Later, he founded his production companies, Ricardo Preve Films LLC in the US and Esto del Cine SRL in Argentina.\r<br/>His credits include COMING HOME, A GRAYLING NEVER DIES — which won Best Feature Fiction Script at the CKF International Film Festival — and THE PATAGONIAN BONES.', 'Ricardo Preve _ Director&Producer _ FromSudantoArgentina.jpg', '29101179'),
(395, 'Abanoub Youssef', 'An Egyptian writer and director born in Minya, Abanoub Youssef holds a BA in media from Beni Suef University as well as a master\'s degree in writing and film directing from the Higher School of Cinema and Audiovisual in Gammarth, Carthage University in Tunisia, as part of the Egyptian-Tunisian cultural exchange program. \r<br/>He wrote and directed six short films and received numerous local and international awards.', '', '584810030'),
(396, 'Wendy Bednarz', 'Wendy Bednarz is a writer/director and Arts Professor at New York University in Abu Dhabi. \r<br/>Her career began in NYC’s fashion industry, working for Stephen Sprouse in the old Andy Warhol Factory. There she developed a taste for the offbeat and a love of both still and moving images.\r<br/>Wendy’s work engages multicultural narratives. She crosses between storytelling forms, film, photography, and video installations. Her work was screened and exhibited at venues worldwide, including the NY MoMA, the Montreal World Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival, garnering awards such as the Cine Golden Eagle and Independent Film Award. \r<br/>She also initiated the Syrian Children’s Storybook (2019), traveling to Turkey, where she worked with refugees to write/illustrate their own stories.\r<br/>Wendy wrote/directed the featurette documentary BURNING MONEY (2018) and several narrative shorts as well, including LEAVING GUSSIE (2007), ON CRYSTAL (2010) and AURORA (2000. \r<br/>Yellow Bus is Wendy’s debut fiction feature.', 'Wendy Bednarz TIFF.jpg', '888154434'),
(397, 'Hayder Dawood ', 'Hayder Dawood is a visionary Saudi filmmaker whose cinematic journey is a testament to his dedication to capturing and documenting local narratives that are deeply rooted in the rich tapestry of Saudi culture.\r<br/>In 2018, Hayder\'s artistic trajectory took a leap when he moved to Sweden to pursue his graduate studies. This transformative period introduced a new depth to his work, infusing themes of home, nostalgia, and cultural identity. \r<br/>His exposure to international film circuits, particularly through collaborations with the Uppsala and Stockholm International Film Festivals, enriched his narrative techniques, steering him towards exploring non-fiction and non-linear storytelling.\r<br/>Hayder\'s cinematic voice found its first echo in the Saudi film scene with COLOR OF SUNSET — a film that was screened at the 2020 Red Sea Film Festival in the Tajreeb section. \r<br/>His second film, THE WINDOW OF LIFE, premiered at the festival\'s inaugural edition the following year, further establishing his place in the industry. \r<br/>Moreover, it screened in the Saudi Film Festival\'s national competition and the Bahrain Film Festival\'s documentary competition in 2022. \r<br/>Currently, Hayder is gearing up for the world premiere of his latest documentary, THE LAST WINTER, at the third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in December 2023.', 'hayder dawod.jpg', '1728772345'),
(398, 'Mouloud Aït Liotna', 'Mouloud Aït Liotna grew up in Algeria and left for France before his 18th birthday. There, he studied cinema and philosophy before working in documentary development. \r<br/><br/>THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM is his first short film.', 'Mouloud Aït Liotna.jpg', '542688277'),
(399, 'Houcem Slouli', 'Born in Tunisia in 1994, Slouli studied Film and Audiovisual — specializing in writing and directing — at ISAMM. He gained recognition for his graduation project, a short film titled IITIDEL, which explores the theme of religious freedom.\r<br/>He has also been working as an assistant director and casting director since 2016, lending his knowledge and attention to every production he is a part of. Moreover, Slouli has extensive expertise in advertising and Tunisian and international films and projects, working with notable Tunisian production firms like Nomadis Images, Artistes Producteurs Associés, and Instinct Bleu Films.', 'Houcem-Slouli-1-300x300.jpg', '405011553'),
(400, 'Hussen Ibraheem', 'After graduating with a BA in architecture, Hussen Ibraheem (b. 1985) decided to follow his passion for cinema. \r<br/>He studied at the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts — a branch of the University of Southern California in Jordan — and graduated with a master\'s. \r<br/>His work deals with questions of life and death, strained human relationships, and absurd bureaucratic practices. \r<br/>Ibraheem is currently working on his first feature TIDE.', 'HUSSEN.director - Copy.jpg', '1939529603'),
(401, 'Abedalsalam Alhaj. 22', 'In 2010, Abedalsalam completed his MFA, majoring in Cinematography & Directing. He produced and directed many films, which participated in many international film festivals. He worked on designing curricula for youth & children in the art of filmmaking for many community organizations. In addition to that, he worked more than two years in well-known Universities & institutions in Jordan as a Filmmaking Instructor, and this launched his professional educational career in the cinematic arts. Since 2012, Alhaj is the Capacity Building Manager at the Royal Film Commission–Jordan, in charge of the educational programs for Jordanians working or aspiring to work in the film industry.', '7.png', '1441199139'),
(402, 'Rami Al-Kassab', 'Rami Al-Kassab is an up-and-coming Syrian director, creative producer, and screenwriter. Originally from Homs, Syria, Rami studied Film Directing at the High Cinema Institute in Egypt. \r<br/>Some of his early works include the short film series UNCONSCIOUS in 2015, as well as MEDALLION in 2019, THE KASSAB & CAT SHORT EXPERIMENTAL FILM in 2020, and MEMORY in 2021. \r<br/>Most recently, Rami completed his latest short film titled LOSS.', 'rami kassab director.JPG', '1884561346');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(403, 'Thekra Zohir Makalde', 'Thekra Zohir Makalda is a filmmaker, born in the occupied Palestine, studied Filmmaking at Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts - Beit Berl. I work as a director, editor and producer in an Advertising company. Her first official film as as a filmmaker was \"Girl on a Bike\", it took part in international festivals.\r<br/><br/>She produced an independent short film called \"In the Waiting Room\" and another one called \"The Pet\". Sh was also a part of several other film as an editor, assistant director, script supervisor, art and producer.\r<br/><br/>In the meantime, She\'s working on her first feature film.', 'thekra.jpg', '319804305'),
(404, 'Imene Ayadi', 'Hailing from Algeria, Imene Ayadi was born to filmmaker parents. At the age of 17, she traveled to Nice, France, to study filmmaking at the Higher School of Audiovisual Production. \r<br/>Soon after her graduation, she worked as an assistant director on many short films, documentaries, and series.\r<br/>Then, in 2019, she directed her first short film THE OLD KALBELOUZ with Ahmed Benaïssa in the main role.', '', '67988627'),
(405, 'Daniela Stephan', 'Daniela Stephan is a Lebanese writer-director and photographer based in London. After earning a Master’s degree in Directing from the London Film  School, she explored diverse positions across different areas of filmmaking before settling into writing and directing.\r<br/>Daniela\'s storytelling endeavors revolve around exploring themes such as identity, belonging, and the socio-political and environmental challenges encountered in her hometown, Beirut. Her unique artistic vision combines elements of cinema with her cultural background, resulting in breathtaking imagery and captivating narratives.\r<br/>Showcasing her visual storytelling and directorial vision, she worked on short films that have been recognized at numerous film festivals worldwide. This was obvious in her short film MUMMY BLUE, for which she received the 2022 Best Female Director Award at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival, as well as the Jury and Audience awards at the Beirut Women Film Festival, to name a few. \r<br/>Guided by her unique vision and unparalleled creativity, she continues to explore and question the world around her through drama and a pinch of absurdity.', 'Daniela Stephan.jpg', '1525729757'),
(406, 'Marya Zarif', 'As a multidisciplinary artist, Marya Zarif has honed her expertise in multiplatform design, screenplay writing, and directing over a career spanning 15 years. With a background in communications and drama writing, she holds a degree from the National Institute of Image and Sound. \r<br/>Originally from Syria, Marya grew up in Aleppo, granting her intimate knowledge of the town that serves as the backdrop for Dounia, as well as the numerous challenges faced by Syrians since the onset of war. \r<br/>Like many of her compatriots dispersed worldwide, Marya has been driven by her active commitment to address the tragic circumstances afflicting her homeland, fostering strong connections with a diverse community of creative talents.', 'Marya Zarif.jpg', '382286120'),
(407, 'André Kadi', 'Arriving in Canada in 2007 as a graphic novel author and musician, André Kadi joined Frima Animation Studios, where he dedicated over 11 years of his career. As head of the artistic department, he established a branch of the studio in Bordeaux and pioneered a 2D animation studio in 2012. \r<br/>Notably, he created the series MAXI and AGENT JEAN before co-founding Du Coup Animation in 2018 with Marie-Michel le Laflamme, later expanding it into Du Coup Production in 2021. \r<br/>Known for his meticulous approach, André directs a majority of Du Coup\'s projects. DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO marks his feature-length directorial debut.', 'André Kadi.jpg', '1001008393'),
(408, 'Myriam El Hajj', '<p>Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature documentary A TIME TO REST premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.&nbsp;<br />Her second feature documentary DIARIES FROM LEBANON world premiered at the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama section.<br />Additionally, Myriam teaches Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. She&rsquo;s a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and she&rsquo;s a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora.</p>', 'Myriam-Hig-Rez.png', '1425511827'),
(409, 'Lassaad Dkhili', 'Lassaad Dkhili is a Tunisian film director who lives between France and Tunisia. \r<br/>He attended the Louis Lumière Film School in Paris and studied cinema at the University of La Sorbonne Nouvelle.\r<br/>His credits include several documentaries that went on to win several national and international awards and were broadcast on national and international TV.\r<br/>Dkhili’s filmography include NESMA WA RIH, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival; ART WOMEN; ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A GROCERY; OCTOBER SPRING; and LA PORTE DU SAHARA. \r<br/>LA ZONE is his first feature-length film.', 'Lassaad_Dkhili_director.jpg', '1960956599'),
(410, 'Nada Mezni Hafaiedh', 'Nada Mezni Hafaiedh is a passionate filmmaker with a diverse cultural background and a fearless approach to storytelling. \r<br/>Born in Saudi Arabia and nurtured in various cultures due to her diplomatic parents, Nada has been exposed to a rich tapestry of experiences.\r<br/>Her love for filmmaking emerged at an early age, as she began crafting amateur films and video clips. Following her educational journey, she graduated from the prestigious School of Cinema in Montreal and subsequently founded her own production company.\r<br/>Renowned for her courage in addressing taboo subjects and delving into issues of freedom, Nada\'s storytelling is both realistic and spontaneous. \r<br/>Her creative vision shines through in the direction and production of critically acclaimed projects, encompassing documentaries and short films that have resonated profoundly within the Canadian community.\r<br/>Notably, her work includes HEKAYAT TOUNISIA 2010 — a groundbreaking film that was released shortly after Tunisia\'s revolution. This film later evolved into a television series, capturing the spirit of the times.\r<br/>Nada continues to push boundaries, using her craft to amplify critical issues and evoke meaningful conversations. Through her dedication, she has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema, redefining storytelling and raising societal awareness.', 'nada mezni director.jpeg', '1327745980'),
(411, 'Mehdi Fikri', 'Mehdi Fikri worked for years as a journalist, during which, he made several investigations into police brutality, working-class neighbourhoods, and social movements. \r<br/>In 2012, he took his first step into the audiovisual world when he directed the Mediapart web documentary CHRONIQUE D\'UNE (R)ÉVOLUTION MANQUÉE. \r<br/>He then went on to work as a screenwriter on several TV series, including HIPPOCRATE by Thomas Lilti and MISKINA by Melha Bedia, and directed two shorts, one of which, DESCENTE 4AM, screened at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival. \r<br/>AFTER THE FIRE is his feature-length directorial debut.', 'Mehdi Fikri.jpg', '1503489380'),
(412, 'Ahmed Akbar', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahraini filmmaker and editor Ahmed Akbar has garnered numerous accolades both domestically and internationally throughout his career. Growing up in a family that cherished films but held diverse opinions about them, Ahmed developed a keen acceptance and eagerness to utilize films as a means of understanding other cultures and perspectives.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Influenced by acclaimed directors such as Wong Kar-Wai, Abbas Kiarostami, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Michael Haneke, Ahmed\'s approach to filmmaking has been shaped by a rich tapestry of directorial styles.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among Ahmed\'s notable works are three short films &mdash; CALENDAR (2018); WINDOW (2019), which received a grant from the Made with Passion Festival; and SALAM (2021), which was awarded a grant from the French Embassy in Bahrain.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he has lent his editing expertise to several short films originating from Bahrain.</span></p>', 'Ahmed_Akbar_Photo.jpg', '1174316719'),
(413, 'Laila Abbas', 'Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer and academic who in 2013 made a splash with her doc ICE & DUST about a young Palestinian woman who crosses the Atlantic ocean to search for a better life in Canada. In 2019, she was selected for Berlin Film Festival’s Berlinale Talents program to nurture emerging filmmakers. She is currently in post-production for her highly-anticipated debut feature THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US.', 'Laila Abbas 2.jpg', '2051406215'),
(414, 'Amel Guellaty', 'Amel Guellaty is a Tunisian director and photographer.\r<br/>In 2017, she wrote and directed her first short fiction, BLACK MAMBA, which was selected in over 60 international film festivals and won 20 awards. It was also broadcast by Canal+ and Italy’s RT Channel. \r<br/>In 2021, Amel made her second short fiction, CHITANA, and is now finishing her first feature, TUNIS- DJERBA. \r<br/>She has also directed several commissioned documentaries and commercials for prestigious brands such as Dior, Montblanc, and IWC.\r<br/>As a photographer, her work has been published in various magazines such as Elle France and has participated in numerous international exhibitions.', 'Amel_Guellaty.png', '1060908612'),
(415, 'Mahmood Yahya Al-Shaikh', 'Mahmood Yahya Al-Shaikh is a Bahraini director and filmmaker with a Bachelor’s in multimedia from the University of Bahrain.\r<br/>He recently directed the OSN drama WARM FEELING (2022) along with several award-winning short films such as THE END ..? NO, JUST A TOY, 301, and MY LOVE ADRAA.\r<br/>His short film RAINBOW also screened at several film festivals, including the Abu Dhabi Film Festival — where it received a Special Mention from the jury — as well as the Guelmim, Josette, Alexandria Short, Spotlight, Khartoum, Baghdad, Slovakia, National Unity, Tire, China Women\'s, Lumiere Cinema Avvenire, Dhaka, Orient, Chennai, and Gabes film festivals.\r<br/>The short film also went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Meknes International Film Festival, the Bronze Award for Best Integrated Film at the Samawah International Film Festival, the Best Screenplay Award at the Wasit Film Festival, the Best Direction Award at the Steps Film Festival, and a Special Jury Prize at the Panorama Short Film Festival.', 'DSC05844 copy.jpg', '1113090492'),
(416, 'Taqwa Ali Naser', 'Taqwa Ali Naser is a Bahraini filmmaker and scriptwriter with a BA in cinematic arts from Malaysia. \r<br/>Since 2016, Taqwa has explored working in various aspects of filmmaking, but she ultimately found herself in screenwriting and directing. \r<br/>Besides her films, Taqwa ventured into television with the writing of a miniseries called AL-HANAYA - Development Stage 2021. She also participated in the development of another miniseries titled THE CROW NEST and wrote the docudrama feature A PALMTREE IN MUTTRAH under the supervision of Sultan Qaboos University. \r<br/>Additionally, she participated in many scriptwriting workshops across the globe, including the Red Sea Lodge, Torino Film Lab, and MEMI Summer Program in LA. \r<br/>Her credits include nine short films that have toured many festivals, winning awards, including WINGS OF THE DAWN, THE SHOES THAT GET SMALLER EVERY NIGHT, and SCAPEGOAT, which won two prizes for funding from the Red Sea Film Festival’s Red Sea Souk. \r<br/>She also directed a short film for Bahrain\'s National TV called LOST PERSON NEVER STOPS SEARCHING. ', '', '319869315'),
(417, 'Maha Haj', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Nazareth, Maha Haj holds a BA in English literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in Arabic literature.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kicked off her filmmaking career working as an artistic designer on THE TIME THAT REMAINS by Elia Suleiman, THE ATTACK by Ziad Douairi, and ON THE HILL by Rafael Natjari.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides that, Maha wrote and directed the short film ORANGES (2009) and the documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS (2010).&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, she got her first big break with her first feature film, PERSONAL AFFAIRS, which premiered to critical acclaim in 2016 as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to screen at film festivals, winning numerous awards, including the Best Feature Award at the Haifa Film Festival and the Critics&rsquo; Award at the International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier (Cin&eacute;med).&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years later, in 2022, her film MEDITERRANEAN FEVER won the Best Screenplay Prize at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard section.</span></p>', '', '1184816311'),
(418, 'Amal Al-Agroobi', '<p>Amal Al-Agroobi is a London-based Arab filmmaker who initially came from a scientific background, getting a BSc in biomedical sciences and an MSc in neurosciences and working in a lab and hospital before joining the film industry. <br />Her film career began in 2012 when her short documentary HALF EMIRATI premiered at the Dubai Film Festival. <br />She followed that up in 2013 with a feature documentary about autism, disability, and special needs in the Middle East titled &lsquo;THE BRAIN THAT SINGS,&rsquo; which won the People&rsquo;s Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival and went on to change government legislation in the UAE, creating positive social impact for special needs children in education. <br />Amal was also one of only a handful of filmmakers from the UAE to have ever made a feature-length film. <br />Amal&rsquo;s passion lies predominantly in social, character-driven stories that discuss identity and social injustice. <br />She went on to explore these themes in her films UNDER THE HAT, VANISH IN SMOKE &mdash; a science fictional piece that contained themes of sexual abuse and pedophilia &mdash; and THE PROTOCOL, another sci-fi film about family feuds, succession, and inheritance; the latter two were made for the 48-hour film challenge and sci-fi London fest. She continues to make feature films as well as television series and documentaries. </p>', 'images.jpg', '682745042'),
(419, 'Karim Tajouaout', 'Karim Tajouaout is a storyteller of the world. His cinematic visuals, films, and photography bring to life stories from Morocco and around the world with an eye for detail and a heart full of passion. \r<br/>Born and raised in the Moroccan city of Oujda and an alumnus of one of the most influential and unique Moroccan schools in his field, Karim studied audio and visual arts and specialized in Cinematography.\r<br/>His works are inspired by his Moroccan roots and speak to the human experience. Each piece of his work is carefully crafted with attention to detail, making it truly one of a kind.\r<br/>His filmography includes several shorts, such as MEMOIRE CHRONISME, GHOST OF SPACETIME, HURRY UP, and CRAWLING BIRDS.\r<br/>', 'Directors-Photo_774398.jpg', '363082472'),
(420, 'Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed', '<p>Mahmoud Ahmed, a Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza, embarked on a humble path in cinema.&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>Starting at the esteemed Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts of Manuobah (ISAMM), he pursued a bachelor\'s in directing and scenario writing, followed by a master\'s in film editing at the Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema OF Gammarth (ESAC).</p>\r<br/><p>Ahmed\'s years in Tunisia transformed him, nurturing his creative roots through cinematic exploration. Within Tunisia\'s vibrant cultural tapestry, he quietly honed his storytelling prowess.&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>This dedication bore fruit with two impactful short films, including \"THE WAR INSIDE US,\" a poignant documentary that earned recognition in the esteemed \"Cin&eacute; Par\'Court\" program, a collaboration between the National Center for Cinema and Image of Tunisia and Goethe-Institut Tunis.&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>This acknowledgment became a stepping stone, enabling his stories to reach a broader audience. The other film, \"MATCHSTICK,\" marked the pinnacle of his studies, reflecting his growth as a filmmaker.</p>', 'Mahmoud Ahmed.jpg', '586611346'),
(421, 'Jafra Younes', 'Jafra Younes, An award-winning Syrian actress, director and producer, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Acting Department.\r<br/>trained as an online student at Stella Adler’s Studio (The Art of Acting Studio) in Los Angeles, California.\r<br/>The actress was a jury member at the semi-final round of judging event for the 2022 International Emmy Awards.\r<br/>She received the Best Actress award at the London Independent Film Festival Awards in 2022 ,And the best actress award in 2018 at Delhi’s International Film Festival, and the Certificate of Appreciation and a Shield of Excellence and Creativity from the Cairo Radio and Television Festival in 1999.\r<br/>She also won the title of Best New Face in 2016 in the voting of many local platforms and radio stations.\r<br/>The actress started working in television from the young age of nine in (1999), and went on to receive intensive training in acting and theatrical skills for 5 consecutive years with some of the most prominent Syrian actors in Teatro Institute for Performing Arts in Damascus, from 2003 to 2005.\r<br/>She made her first short films at the age of 17 in and after almost two decades of working as an actress she decided to follow her dream of becoming a filmmaker.\r<br/>', 'jafra younes director and producer.jpg', '1484895951'),
(422, 'Annie Sakkab', '<p>A Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian, Annie Sakkab is an independent filmmaker and photojournalist. <br />She seeks long-form narrative films with a focus on women&rsquo;s issues, identity, and social justice. <br />Her first short documentary HOLLIE&rsquo;S DRESS &mdash; which went to 48 festivals and won 15 awards &mdash; had its World premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2020 and was created in collaboration with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. <br />The film&rsquo;s awards include the Golden Sheaf Award at the Yorkton Film Festival, Canada Life Best Short Documentary at the Forest City Film Festival, and the Award of Excellence at the Canada Shorts Film Festival. <br />Her photographic work has been published in media, including The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, Walrus Magazine, Washington Post, Bloomberg News, NBC News, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. <br />Annie is a member of the Boreal Collective and Women Photograph and is represented by Middle East Images. <br />Her second short experimental documentary, THE POEM WE SANG, examines intergenerational trauma and post-memory in the context of Palestine.</p>', 'Annie_Sakkab_Director_Producer.jpg', '618119102'),
(423, 'Hussein Hijazi', 'Born in Lebanon, Hussein Hijazi is a Lebanese actor, writer, producer, and director. \r<br/>Hussein holds a radio-TV-film bachelor’s degree from the Lebanese International University. \r<br/>He started his acting career in 2013, and most recently made his debut in directing with his first short film LEGACY.\r<br/>Hussein also featured in HALAL LOVE, HEAVEN WITHOUT PEOPLE, CHRONICLES OF HER, BROKEN KEYS, and HARDABASHT.', 'Headshot.png', '1530658662'),
(424, 'Passant Ahmed', 'Passant Ahmed is an experimental filmmaker, video editor, and mixed media artist who graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Design at Pharos University with a major in filmmaking and animation. \r<br/>She started her filmmaking journey in 2019 with her experimental film, DO NOT BLAME THE APPLE. \r<br/>Then, between 2020 and 2022, she wrote and directed four short experimental films, including UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING, GHATOM, and NEW PERSPECTIVE OF MAYA. \r<br/>Her most recent film is the short PAPA TOLD ME.', 'passant ahmed.jpg', '661641868'),
(425, 'Yasir Faiz', '<p>Yasir Faiz is a Sudanese filmmaker, raised in Iraq until the age of 20, then moved to his home country Sudan, where he worked as a journalist for 10 years before making a career shift into filmmaking.</p>\r<br/><p>One of his notable achievements includes being the second unit director in the short film \"The Dog\'s Shitter,\" as well as serving as the co-scriptwriter in the acclaimed short film \"Journey To Kenya\" These projects earned him local and international awards, such as \"The Black Elephant Award\" and the \"Special Jury Award\" at the Sudan Independent Film Festival, respectively.</p>\r<br/><p>He is known also as a cultural manger, where he successfully established cultural programs in Sudan, Egypt, and Ukraine. Additionally, He has been actively involved in various international programs such as Tandem.</p>\r<br/><p>The short film \"Bougainvillea\" is Yasir\'s directorial debut as a director, produced by In Deep Visions productions.</p>', 'u0gD4Lfc_400x400.jpg', '506596289'),
(426, 'Abdelwahab Shawky', 'Abdelwahab Shawky is an Egyptian director born in Beni Suef in 1989 who studied film directing in various workshops with acknowledged filmmakers. \r<br/>His journey in the industry began as a film critic, contributing to several publications. Subsequently, he transitioned to working as an assistant director, collaborating with renowned filmmakers such as Khaled Marie, Hatem Ali, Amjad Abu Alala, and Yousry Nasrallah. \r<br/>Shawky\'s significant role as a first assistant director in Amjad Abu Alala\'s YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, earned critical acclaim, including the Lion of the Future Award at the Venice Film Festival. \r<br/>He also contributed to various TV series, including MNWARA BAHLAHA, EL ANISA FARAH, and KAENO EMBAREH. \r<br/>In addition to his assistant director roles, Shawky served as a script supervisor for KAENO EMBAREH and played production roles in HAGAR GOHANAM and LAF WE DAWRAN. \r<br/>He further extended his involvement in the television industry with contributions to AL AHD. \r<br/>Currently, he is serving as a first assistant director in the upcoming film MY FATHER\'S SCENT by Mohamed Siam.', 'Abdelwahab Shawky.jpg', '1753210044'),
(427, 'Ali Ali', '<p>Ali Ali, an Egyptian film director and co-founder of Good People Films, transitioned from being a computer engineer to pursuing his passion for storytelling through film. <br />After obtaining a degree in art direction from Miami-Ad-School, he made his directorial debut in advertising, \"Never Say No To Panda,\" which amassed 100 million YouTube views and earned him a prestigious Gold Lion Award at Cannes. <br />Throughout his career, Ali has garnered numerous accolades, including four coveted Yellow Pencils in Direction from London\'s D&amp;AD and over eight Gold Lions from Cannes. <br />He has also served as the President of the Direction Jury at London\'s D&amp;AD Awards in 2020, a member of the Film Jury at Cannes Lions International Festival in 2023, and has been recognized as one of the Ten Most Influential Advertising Directors in the World Today by Adweek and the Gunn Report. <br />SMOKEY EYES marks Ali\'s impressive directorial debut. </p>', 'ali-portrait (1).jpg', '1335506003'),
(428, 'Arwa Salem', '<p>After graduating as a dentist, she made the courageous decision to pursue her true passion and follow her dreams in the world of filmmaking. Immersing herself in the study of filmmaking, with a particular focus on directing, she dedicated herself to honing her craft. <br />During her formative years, she had the incredible opportunity to work as an assistant director alongside the esteemed Hadi el Bagoury on the renowned show COCO CHANEL for Sherihan. This experience allowed her to gain invaluable insights into the craft of directing and solidify her passion for storytelling. <br />She also had the privilege of working as an assistant director on numerous commercials in Egypt, where she honed her skills in capturing the essence of a brand and bringing its vision to life. Additionally, she collaborated on visually stunning and captivating music videos for the esteemed artist Tamer Hosny, contributing her creative expertise to these productions. <br />One of her notable achievements during this period was serving as the first assistant director in the series WHEN THE GIRLS TALK. This experience further strengthened her organizational and leadership skills as she contributed to the smooth execution of the series. <br />Following her enriching experiences in Egypt, she returned to Saudi Arabia in 2019 with a renewed sense of purpose. She embarked on a new chapter in her career, establishing herself as a director and producer. Since then, she has had the privilege of directing numerous commercials for a wide range of brands, particularly in the automotive industry. Through her work, she strives to create visually striking and emotionally compelling narratives that resonate with audiences and highlight the unique qualities of each brand. </p>', '', '1148378629'),
(429, 'Mennatalah Khaled', '<p>Mennatalah Khaled is a DOP, photographer, filmmaker, and video editor born in Egypt and based between Egypt and Dubai. <br />In 2020, after graduating with a Computer Science degree from Alexandria University, she decided to turn media into her principal career and took a one-year filmmaking diploma and shot 6 movies after. <br />She is an AFAC alumna, part of African Women in Photography, and Sony Alpha Femme, her work has been featured and exhibited internationally at the Angkor Photo Festival in Cambodia. <br />From portraits to fashion, street, and documentary photography, all the way to cinematography, Menna\'s work explores different mediums to conceptualize and capture intangible elements of humankind, such as feelings and dreams. </p>', 'c2fd7a1804-headshot.jpg', '745686954'),
(430, 'Valérie Mréjen', 'Valérie Mréjen is a French novelist, visual artist, and filmmaker who graduated from the School of Art.  \r<br/>She began her career by publishing artistic books before shooting her first videos. Represented by the Anne-Sarah Bénichou Gallery in Paris, her works have been shown in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad, notably at the Jeu de Paume in 2008. \r<br/>She has several films of various forms to her name, including the feature film IRIS IN BLOOM, which played at Cannes’ Directors\' Fortnight, and the short film CHAMONIX, which received the Jameson Short Film Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film. \r<br/>In 2021, she directed the play GARDIEN PARTY with Mohamed El Khatib, about museum wardens.', 'Valérie Mréjen.jpg', '1603371765'),
(431, 'Jonathan Millet', 'Jonathan Millet was born in Paris. After studying philosophy, he spent many years filming distant or inaccessible countries for image databases. Alone with his camera, he crossed and filmed around fifty countries (Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, all of South America, the Middle East, and the length and breadth of Africa). \r<br/>Encouraged to go to the most remote regions, Millet learned to capture faces and spaces, to try to transcribe an atmosphere in a few shots.\r<br/>After this experience, he directed three short films, OLD LOVE DESERT (2012), YOU GO ROUND IN CIRCLES IN THE NIGHT AND YOU ARE DEVOURED BY FIRE (2015), AND ALWAYS WE WILL WALK (2016) — which was nominated for the 2018 César Award — and a medium-length film, LA VEILLÉE (2017). These films were selected by numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Pantin, and Brest.\r<br/>He also directed the feature documentary CEUTA, SWEET PRISON, which was released in cinemas in January 2014 after more than 60 festival selections.\r<br/>His latest film TELL ME ABOUT THE STARS (2017) was shot in Antarctica and nominated at the Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.\r<br/>', 'the_big_circle_d3a1f021b0113482204c3bdd3d1139d7.jpeg', '1954435476'),
(432, 'Saif Hammash', 'Saif Hammash is a Palestinian filmmaking student based in the Dheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. While pursuing his degree, he directed a short fiction film as well as an experimental and documentary film. He has also worked on several other films as a scriptwriter, assistant director, editor, and camera assistant, and on the third edition of the Palestinian Refugees Film Festival as an editor in September 2022. \r<br/>Saif’s filmography includes ESCAPE ATTEMPT and CLICK OF A BUTTON.', '3.jpg', '1449385295'),
(433, 'Ethar Baamer', '<p>Ethar Baamer, a trailblazing Saudi artist and animation director, stands as a luminary in the realm of visual storytelling. Armed with an MFA in Animation and Motion Graphics from Pratt Institute, New York, she orchestrates a symphony of creativity that transcends the boundaries of the tangible and the ethereal.&nbsp;<br />Ethar\'s innovative work serves as a conduit, effortlessly translating the whispers of the subconscious into vibrant, tangible creations, where reality and imagination intertwine in a mesmerizing dance.<br />Her creative tapestry is intricately woven with threads of Saudi culture, each stroke infused with the rich tapestry of her heritage. Across continents, her films and artwork serve as emissaries of cultural expression, traversing the globe with their message of creativity and innovation.<br />With a portfolio distinguished by its audacity and depth, Ethar propels the visual artistic landscape forward, daring to push beyond the confines of convention.&nbsp;<br />Her visionary approach and unwavering cultural resonance boldly chart a course toward redefining Saudi art and animation on a compelling global stage.</p>', 'Ethar Baamer.jpg', '332044529'),
(434, 'Meshal Almutairi', 'My name is Meshal AlMutairi. I am 23 years old. I am a film director and video editor. I graduated from King Abdulaziz University from the College of Communication and Media, Department of Audiovisual Production, with a bachelor’s degree with second honors. I made many short films, and in 2016 I won second place in filmmaking in the city of Jeddah.', '', '341730311'),
(435, 'Nour Ben Salem', '<p>Nour Ben Salem:<br />After earning a master\'s degree in cinema at the Sorbonne and enrolling in a TV series course at La F&eacute;mis, Nour Ben Salem went on to work as a scriptwriter for television and cinema.&nbsp;<br />She co-wrote the feature film HARD SHELL, SOFT SHELL by Emma Benestan (2021) as well as several episodes of the series Reign Supreme for Arte/Netflix. Palestine Islands is her first work as a director.</p>', 'Nour Ben Salem.png', '2123505650'),
(436, 'Julien Menanteau', '<p>After studying cinema in Montreal and at the Sorbonne, Julien Menanteau directed his first short film, RIKISHI, followed by SAMARITAN &mdash; a creative documentary shot over two years in Palestine, broadcast on Arte, and won a star from the SCAM.&nbsp;<br />LADS, his first fiction feature, has just obtained an advance on receipts from the CNC.</p>', 'Julien Menanteau.png', '511038458'),
(437, 'Dhia Jerbi', '<p>Dhia Jerbi is a Tunisian director and producer who studied directing at ISAMM Tunis and specialized in creative documentaries at the Lussas Documentary School in 2018, where he directed Au Pays des Oranges Tristes, selected for the &Eacute;tats G&eacute;n&eacute;raux du Film Documentaire and featured in over thirty festivals in Europe and Africa In 2022, convinced of the need for an equitable partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean.<br />He founded the production company Muja Films with Manon Lavaud, and in 2024, he completed Derri&egrave;re le Soleil, his first feature-length documentary, co-produced by GoGoGo Films, La Soci&eacute;t&eacute; du Sensible, and Henia Production</p>', '', '1010564380'),
(438, 'Morad Mostafa', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian Filmmaker born in Cairo in 1988.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He worked on several independent films; and collaborated as an Executive Director on SOUAD, an official selection for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and the 2020 Berlinale.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An alumnus of the Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, and Locarno Academy, Mostafa wrote and directed three short films, all of which were selected in Clermont-Ferrand over three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide, winning several awards.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 2023 edition of Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week and the C&eacute;sar Awards.</span></p>', 'Morad Mostafa 2.jpg', '1008593568'),
(439, 'Jonathan Ali Khan', '<p>Jonathan Ali Khan\'s (JAK) true passion lies in the world of natural history and underwater filming. After the Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait, JAK spent seven years filming the status of the marine life in the seas of Arabia through a non-profit project called \"The Arabian Seas Expedition.\"<br />JAK\'s first films were co-produced with London-based OR Media and aired on the National Geographic Channel in 1997.</p>\r<br/><p>Since then, JAK has led many joint filming and scientific expeditions exploring Arabia&rsquo;s land and seas, in some cases, allowing researchers into troubled or difficult areas to access for the first time.&nbsp;<br />His filmography includes the 12-episode documentary series Arabia&rsquo;s CYCLE OF LIFE, which focuses on Arabia&rsquo;s mountains, deserts, and seas, and aired to over 50 million viewers on AlArabiya News Channel and Showtime. It is also the first regional production ever to have been picked up by Discovery Channel for Animal Planet.<br />Among his other documentaries is the 2-film TV documentary SHARKQUEST ARABIA, which was awarded the largest ever &ldquo;Media and the Environment Award&rdquo; grant from the Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;JAK\'s work also includes \"Arabia\'s Sharks - A Voyage of Discovery,\" which aired on Discovery Channel\'s Shark Week Arabia.<br />Leaving behind an impressive repertoire that will always be remembered by current and future generations, director Khan sadly left our world in Jan 2020.&nbsp;</p>', 'Jonathan Ali Khan director.jpg', '751955852'),
(440, 'Steve Mackay', '<p>Steve Mackay is a Freelance Shooting DP, DOP, and producer.&nbsp;<br />With an extensive career spanning 20 years, he is the multi-award-winning director and DOP for the documentary A VOYAGE AGAINST TIME, which snagged over 67 awards in over 50 film festivals worldwide.</p>', 'Steve Mackay director.jpg', '402132819'),
(441, 'John Fareed Zaki', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Fareed, an Egyptian filmmaker based in Cairo, graduated from the Jesuit Film School in Alexandria in 2022.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a deep passion for the stories of minority groups forced to leave their homes and start anew, John brings a poignant perspective to his work.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His debut short film, MADONNA, stars Karim Kassem and is co-produced by Adolf El Assal. John\'s upcoming film has also been selected for a production grant by the Annaba Film Festival, marking an exciting step forward in his burgeoning career.</span></p>', 'John Fareed.jpg', '557893044'),
(442, 'Yasemin Şamdereli', 'Born and raised in Dortmund, Yasemin Şamdereli immediately went to the University of Television and Film in Munich after graduating from high school. During her studies, she was an assistant director on two international film productions by Jackie Chan.\r<br/>Her graduation film, KISMET, was shown at several major film festivals and won the Short Tiger Award. After directing two television films, her first feature film, ALMANYA - WELCOME TO GERMANY, premiered at the 2011 Berlinale and won numerous awards, including two Lolas for Best Screenplay and Best Documentary.', '', '145382367'),
(443, 'Fatema Yasser', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema Yasser is a visual artist who studied applied sciences and arts at GUC in Egypt and is currently working on her master\'s degree in Cinematography at FAMU.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During her college years, she worked on various projects as a one-man crew, creating visual poems and experimenting with the film medium.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser also has a strong interest in photography and has showcased her work in exhibitions, including the \"Untold Stories About Everything &amp; Nothing\" exhibition at Photopia in Egypt in 2019, in addition to other exhibitions and commercial photoshoots. Alongside her artistic pursuits, she has also worked as a cinematographer on multiple short films and advertisements.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser\'s films tend to explore the human state and emotions through a frozen moment in time. She is particularly interested in portraying complex relationships, often drawing inspiration from her personal experiences.</span></p>', '', '1665927639'),
(444, 'Amani Jaafer', '<p>Amani Jaafer is a Tunisian artist and scientist based in Stockholm.&nbsp;<br />While studying engineering, she attended the Stockholm Film School and participated in various screenwriting workshops.&nbsp;<br />Soon after that, she made her directorial debut with the film JE TE FERAI UN FILM, which has been selected by more than 15 festivals worldwide and has won many awards, including the Best Short Crystal Pine at the International Sound &amp; Film Music Festival (ISFMF).<br />Jafar&rsquo;s project A CURIOUS BOY was selected for the Short Script Lab at the Doha Film Institute, and her film A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER is her second short, an unscripted and improvised experimental work.&nbsp;<br />Currently, she is developing her first feature film, IN SEARCH OF A RHAPSODY.</p>', '', '1831732932'),
(445, 'Rayane Mcirdi', '<p>Born in 1993 in Asni&egrave;res, Rayane Mcirdi is a French filmmaker and visual artist. He graduated from the &Eacute;cole Nationale Sup&eacute;rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2019, following his studies at the &Eacute;cole des Beaux-Arts in Angers. Mcirdi\'s distinctive work resides at the intersection of documentary and fiction, delicately exploring the connections between North Africa and the Parisian suburbs. <br />His pieces, characterized by characters and colors deeply rooted in both popular imagination and contemplative aesthetics, have graced prestigious galleries and institutions worldwide. Mcirdi distinguishes himself through his profound sensitivity and innovative approach, capturing the essence of his subjects and establishing himself as a prominent figure in contemporary cinema. </p>', '', '285144899'),
(446, 'Seloua El Gouni', '<p>Seloua El Gouni boasts an impressive career in the film industry, contributing her expertise to renowned projects like Men in Black International, The Wheel of Time, Beirut, The Forgiven, and Seneca. With experience spanning various roles including Production Supervisor, Manager, and Producer, Seloua has collaborated with top studios like Sony, Amazon, and Netflix. After a decade in the field, Seloua founded her own production company, Pink Sheep Productions, reflecting her dedication to pioneering creativity and excellence in filmmaking. Under Seloua\'s leadership, Pink Sheep has swiftly gained recognition for its unwavering commitment to quality and innovation.</p>', 'Seloua El Gouni.jpg', '760183386'),
(447, 'CHAKIB TALEB-BENDIAB ', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chakib Taleb-Bendiab is an Algerian screenwriter, filmmaker, and composer. He has worked on many feature films and is one of the screenwriters behind the British spy series GO DARK.&nbsp;<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chakib Taleb-Bendiab\'s filmography includes several compelling short films. Among them are the award-winning short flick BLACK SPIRIT, which circulated at several prestigious festivals across the globe and received the Programmers Delight Award at the 2018 Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market in Japan, and SANG FROID, which won the Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the 2013 Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market.</span></p>', 'chakib taleb-bendiab.jpg', '806262617'),
(448, 'Mohamed Chrif Tribak', 'Mohamed Chrif Tribak, was born in Larache in 1971. His passion for filmmaking led him to pursue training at the Federation of Film Clubs in Morocco, where he honed his skills. To further enhance his craft, Tribak embarked on an internship at La Fémis in Paris, gaining invaluable experience in the industry.\r<br/>Throughout his career, Tribak has directed an impressive portfolio comprising five short films and seven television movies for esteemed broadcasters like 2M and SNRT. \r<br/>His directorial prowess was recognized early on when his second feature film, THE TIME OF COMRADES (2008), garnered multiple awards, including the Grand Ousmane Sembene Prize at the Khouribga African Film Festival and the First Work Prize at the National Film Festival in Tangier. \r<br/>Tribak\'s latest feature film, LITTLE PLEASURES , further solidified his reputation as a talented director. The film garnered numerous awards, including the Best Feature Film Prize at the Regard sur le cinéma du Monde Festival in Paris, and the Special Jury Prize, Best Director Prize, and Best Female Role Prize at the Oujda Maghrebian Film Festival.\r<br/>In addition to his feature films, Tribak has showcased his talent through a series of notable short films. \r<br/>These include LOVE LETTER, 30 YEARS, MAWAL, THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL, ATLANTIC BALCONY, which won the Best Direction and Critic\'s Award at the National Cinema Festival in Oujda and was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.', '', '1734619883'),
(449, 'Khaldiya Amer Ali', '<p>Khaldiya Amer Ali is a Syrian filmmaker living in Za\'atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Her short film Another Kind of Girl (2015) premiered at Sundance, screened at Cannes, SXSW, won numerous awards, and was featured on the New York Times&rsquo; Op-docs. She won a 2015 Kassel Documentary Film Festival A-38 Production Grant. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.</p>', 'KhaldiyaAmerAli.JPG.jpg', '223834049'),
(450, 'Marah Mohammed Alkhateeb', '<p>Marah Mohammed Alkhateeb is a Syrian filmmaker living in Za\'atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Her short film Children (2015) won numerous awards at film festivals. She also won a top award at Punto De Vista International Documentary Film Festival. More recently, she created a short film for the Thomson Reuters Association and completed a 360 film. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.</p>', 'MarahMohammadAlkhatib.jpg', '493615155'),
(451, 'Karoli Bautista Pizarro', '<p>Karoli Bautista Pizarro is a Shipibo filmmaker, cultural practitioner and activist living in Cantagallo, Lima, Peru. Her short film Esc&uacute;chame Cantar (2016) screened at the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival and Alice Fest. Her photographs were featured in an article in the Peruvian investigative journal Ojo P&uacute;blico about human rights issues in her community during the 2020 lockdown. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.</p>', 'KaroliBautistaPizarro.jpg', '1389773854'),
(452, 'Christy Cauper Silvano', '<p>Christy Cauper Silvano is a Shipibo filmmaker and cultural practitioner living in Cantagallo, Lima, Peru. Her artistic and community work revolves around promoting and spreading her culture and helping young people value their language, traditions, dances and songs. Her first feature-length film, Only the Ocean Between Us, supported by the Sundance Institute and Creative Capital, had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently, she is a workshop leader for Mi Primer Festival, an international film and new media festival for children and teens, and a member of Alharaca Films community.</p>', 'ChristyCauperSilvano.jpeg', '1220169275'),
(453, 'MOURAD BEN CHEIKH', '<p>Mourad Ben Cheikh is a director of fiction films, documentaries, and TV series. He initially studied at the Fine Arts School in Tunis before pursuing further education at DAMS in Bologna. Mourad is a founding member of ARFT (Association of Tunisian Filmmakers), which operated underground during Ben Ali\'s regime and gained legal recognition after the revolution. He served as treasurer for a significant period and later as president from 2020 to 2022.<br />Among his notable works is the acclaimed documentary NO MORE FEAR, premiered at Cannes in 2011. Additionally, he directed several TV dramas, most notably YAWMYYAT IMRAA, which marked a pivotal moment in Tunisian television drama history.</p>', 'Mourad Ben Cheikh.jpg', '431638399'),
(454, 'Rana Salem', 'Rana Salem graduated in 2004 from the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts with a major in Audio Visual and Cinema studies at the top of her class. Her graduation film won the Best Lebanese student short film in 2005 and was screened in various festivals including the European film festival and the Med-film festival in Rome.
\r<br/> Along these years, she has also directed several of her own short films including “Where to?”(Short fiction), “ First floor right” (Short Fiction), “The Red Balloon” (Short animation), “Window” (Short fiction) and “Essay from a room” (Short documentary) screened in various festivals in Beirut and abroad including Sydney Arab film festival, the Tribecca Film Festival in New York and CPH-DOX in Denmark. \r<br/>“The Road”, her first feature fiction film, written, directed and produced by her,  in which she plays the lead female character was awarded the FIPRESCI prize at The Moscow International Film Festival in 2015.', 'Rana Salem - Copy.jpg', '647959564'),
(455, 'Luay Awwad', '<p>Luay Awwad is a Palestinian director who holds a BFA in filmmaking from Dar Al Kalima University.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><br />He has written and directed several short films, including the award-winning &lsquo;SIRI MIRI&rsquo;, which earned the Best Short Film Award at both the Palestine Cinema Days Festival and the Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine in Paris.&nbsp; <br /><br />Additionally, he has worked on several award-winning films, such as &lsquo;IN VITRO&rsquo; and the Oscar-nominated film &lsquo;THE PRESENT&rsquo;. <br /><br />His filmography includes:&nbsp; <br /><br />BORN A CELEBRITY (2024), a short fiction film - writer, director, and editor.<br /><br />SIRI MIRI (2021), a short fiction film - writer, director, and editor.<br /><br />BINT AL BALAD (2019), a short documentary - director and cinematographer.<br /><br /></p>', 'Luay Awwad .jpg', '368844899'),
(456, 'Elias Suhail', '<p>Elias, an emerging British-Moroccan writer and director, boasts a diverse portfolio encompassing creative non-fiction, short stories, essays, theater, and film.&nbsp;<br />His work has appeared in The New Statesman and on BBC Sounds, and has been performed on stage to sell-out audiences.&nbsp;<br />The renowned actor Michael Sheen described Elias&rsquo;s monologue, YOUR OWN SHADOW WILL LEAVE YOU IN DARKNESS, as &ldquo;extraordinary&rdquo; and &ldquo;breathtaking.&rdquo;&nbsp;<br />In 2021, Elias&rsquo;s short story THE HORRORS I HAVE SEEN was shortlisted from over 750 submissions for the A Writing Chance programme.&nbsp;<br />Elias is dedicated to crafting complex characters and narratives that resist simplicity, aiming to provoke deeper questioning of our ethical and moral frameworks.</p>', 'Elias Suhail.jpg', '725246922'),
(457, 'Sara TALAB', 'Short film Bernard & Bernadette', '', '1480101046'),
(458, 'Sabrine Khoury', '<p>Palestinian filmmaker and producer based in the Netherlands. Through film, writing, and photography, she explores themes of motherhood, identity, and migration.</p>\r<br/><p>Her latest short, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE (2025), is touring international festivals including Galway Film Fleadh (Best Documentary), Beirut International Women Film Festival, IFF Integrazione (Best Documentary and Audience Award), Girona Film Festival, and more.</p>\r<br/><p>Her earlier films include SANT&Eacute;, screened at Cinemed Montpellier, IFVA Hong Kong (Special Mention), and others.</p>', 'Sabrine Khoury.jpg', '399624707'),
(459, 'Noaz Deshe', '\"Noaz Deshe works as a director, DOP and musician. \r<br/>He composed the soundtrack of Babak Jalali’s Frontier Blues, And was the cinematographer of the Tiger winner - Radio Dreams. \r<br/>His debut feature film White Shadow about the hunting of a young Albino won the Lion of the Future Award at Venice Film Festival and was showcased at Sundance Film Festival. \r<br/>XOFTEX is his second feature film. \r<br/>In addition to his artistic work, he has worked as a volunteer on sea rescue missions and in refugee camps.\"\r<br/>', '', '467611695');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(460, 'Mamdouh Salem', 'A Saudi film director and producer, and a consultant in a number of organizations. He directed and produced many films and plays in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. In 2006, he founded the first film festival in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah Film Festival) and then registered as the most prominent cultural event in the Arab world, according to the Information and Decision-Making Center of the Egyptian Cabinet. The Arab Center for Cinema chose him at the top of the list of the 100 most important names in the Arab film industry. He has participated extensively in regional and international film festivals, and has won many local and international awards. In 2009, he was selected by the British Council as the best cultural leader. In addition to his work as a director and producer, he works as a consultant and expert in the event industry through his company (Rowad Media), where it was a center for organizing the most important cultural and artistic festivals.', 'Mamdouh Salem.jpg', '351943791'),
(461, 'Mahmoud Zain', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Egyptian filmmaker born in 1992, Mahmoud Zain graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 2015. He then studied directing at the High Institute Of Cinema in 2019 and directed his short film LOVE BITES in 2024.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zain also worked as a screenwriter in several series within writing workshops such as the Egyptian series The Godfather 1 and the Saudi series Badr&rsquo;s Will.</span></p>', 'Mahmoud Zain.jfif', '1592360637'),
(462, 'Amr Abed', '\"An Egyptian actor and filmmaker. He worked as an actor in many Egyptian films\r<br/>including Rags & Tatters (London Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, 2013),\r<br/>Exterior/Night (Toronto International Film Festival, 2018) and When We\'re Born\r<br/>(Gouna International Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival, 2019). In the last few\r<br/>years he shifted his focus to filmmaking, and participated in many Screenwriting\r<br/>and directing workshops. He is currently working on his first feature film; ‘Let\r<br/>Sleeping Dogs Lie’ aside from his continuing works in the field of acting\"\r<br/>', '', '1571418966'),
(463, 'Hind Meddeb', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hind Meddeb grew up between France, Morocco, and Tunisia and developed her perspective on the world through her experience of moving between diverse cultures and languages. </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout her career, Meddeb\'s documentaries have garnered critical acclaim, with numerous awards and prestigious festival selections. Her work has been broadcast on channels such as Plan&egrave;te TV, RTS (Switzerland), RTP (Portugal), Al Jazeera, and France 2, among others.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meddeb\'s films have also been featured at renowned festivals, including the BFI London International Film Festival, the G&ouml;teborg International Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her filmography includes DE CASA AU PARADIS, which she wrote and co-directed and won her Special Jury Commendation at the FIGRA, as well as the two feature documentaries ELECTRO CHABI and TUNISIA CLASH, which explore musical creation as a revolutionary act.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is also well known for PARIS STALINGRAD, which won her the World Cinema Award for Best International Director at the Documentary Edge Festival, New Zealand&rsquo;s Oscar-qualifying premiere international documentary film festival.</span></p>', 'Hind Meddeb.png', '136545156'),
(464, 'Sylvie Ballyot', 'After having graduated from the Fémis film school, Sylvie Ballyot (born 1967) went on exploring a variety of cinematographic forms – diaries, creative documentaries, and short and medium-length fictions. Her latest film, Green Line, is the culmination of this process of exploration of the frontier between the individual and the community, between the intimate and the collective.', '72fdde03-330b-4f06-a73c-c3019149c142.jpg', '1087636994'),
(465, 'Mazen Al Khayrat', 'Awarded director/producer with a bachelor degree in Media, specializing in filmmaking. In his long career of 20 years in media communications, he accomplished various media campaigns and wrote, produced and directed numerous documentaries, corporate videos and short films on topics of environment, society and culture. Examples of films that he produced/directed/ wrote are: Filmography 100 Cans (70 min awarded at different international festivals)(Awarded) The Tainted Veil (80 min awarded at different international festivals)(Awarded) Nanny culture (80 min awarded at different international festivals)(Awarded) Syrian Childhood Dreams Short Film (Awarded) Together We Can (30 min) Environmental Documentary Under Siege Documentary (Awarded) Reading Clinic (Short Documentary) Autism Short Documentary Save the Forest, Save Paper (Awareness Video) Desert Superstar in 3D (35 min Stereoscopic Documentary) Zayed, Pride of the Emirates (40 min TV Documentary) And many other short documentaries and corporate videos.', 'Mazen Al Khayrat.jpg', '1351707697'),
(466, 'Nahla Al Fahad', 'Nahla Al Fahad (Director/Executive Producer) from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is considered as one of the leading Directors in commercials, entertainment, documentaries and music videos in the UAE and the Middle East. She has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to her name, either as a director, producer and writer. Her passion in the art industry was cultivated in the young age itself and parents served as crucial groundwork for her artistic career. She is the founder and CEO of TV film Production House \"Beyond Studios FZ -LLC\" a Dubai based production company that serve as the palette for idea development, technical production, set construction and more.\r<br/>Apart from having a bachelor degree in business administration marketing from prestigious \"University of Dubai\" and master\'s degree in innovation and change management from \"Hamdan Bin Mohamed Smart University\" she has received Higher National Diploma in Media Marketing and Advertising from \"Dubai Polytechnic\". By keeping the passion for moving into film and media industry, she successfully completed a film making course from USA in the year 2011 sponsored by the USA government. Before entering into media industry, she worked as head of Radio/TV projects and launched Noor Dubai TV (Channel Manager) at Arab Media Group. She also was head of events and head of Abu Dhabi beaches in Abu Dhabi municipality.', 'Nahla-Al-Fahad.jpg', '2130926075'),
(467, 'Ovidio Salazar', 'Ovidio Salazar is an award-winning director with over 40 years of experience in filmmaking. Originally from Santa Monica, California, he began his studies in theater and comparative religion.', 'Ovidio Salazar.jpg', '1768121040'),
(468, 'Akram Moncer', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A graduate of the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Manouba, Tunisia, specializing in audiovisual and cinema, Akram Moncer produced several documentaries for the Al Jazeera Documentary channel.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, MIGRATORY BIRDS, was released in 2014. Since then, he has served as the general director of the 48 Hour Film Project Tunis festival. Akram Moncer&rsquo;s filmography includes seven films, with his latest being Agreb Majnouna. </span></p>', 'Akram Moncer.jpg', '1996811070'),
(469, 'Obaid Alhmoudi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obaid Alhmoudi is a prominent young Emirati film director, known for his talents in cinema and directing. He holds a Bachelor\'s degree in Video Production from the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai, where he acquired the necessary skills for cinematic direction.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alhmoudi distinguished himself by producing several cinematic films that have garnered wide acclaim from both audiences and critics alike. Among his notable cinematic works are \"Match,\" which achieved significant fame and was nominated for the Muhr Award at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2017.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his artistic career, Obaid Alhmoudi has received numerous awards and accolades, including first place in several local and international film competitions, such as the Emirates Youth Award, the Sharjah Sports Council Award, and the Best Director Award at the Youth Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His works range from long to short narrative films, including \"Maryam,\" \"Humlool,\" and \"Chalk,\" as well as his recent films like \"Afternoon Dreams\" and \"The Last Chance,\" which carry inspiring and thrilling stories that embody his unique directorial talents.</span></p>', 'Me.jpg', '554998227'),
(470, 'Ryan Al-Abbas', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Syrian director and screenwriter who was born and raised in the United Arab Emirates. He developed a passion for cinema from a young age and turned this passion into a professional career, using cinema as a platform for his artistic expression.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayan began his directing career by participating in numerous short films, which were showcased at significant film festivals such as the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Tropfest Arabia, waaiaward Film Festival, and many other festivals, where his talents and innovation stood out in this field. He also directed the program \"Selfie\" on Dubai Sports Channel for two seasons, which won a Silver Award at the Gulf Radio and Television Festival in the sports program category, paving the way for his entry into the world of feature films.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayan Alabbas achieved significant success in the realm of short films, winning first place in the \"Audience\'s Oscar\" award for short films in the Arab world for his short film \"Wallpaper,\" which he wrote and directed himself, confirming his talent and ability to capture attention and make an impact through distinctive short stories.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayan\'s talents extend beyond short films into the realm of feature-length narratives. He participated as a writer and assistant director in his first feature film, \"Match,\" which achieved great success in cinemas and featured notable Emirati actors.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second feature film, \"The Last Chance,\" represents Rayan AlAbbas\'s continued exploration into the realm of feature-length narratives. It stands as his directorial debut alongside Obaid AlHamoudi, highlighting his eagerness to delve into new territories and engage in collaborative efforts with other talents within the film industry</span></p>', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-05-09 at 10.55.23 AM.jpeg', '1972748476'),
(471, 'Eliane Raheb', 'Eliane Raheb is a documentary filmmaker and director from Lebanon. She made her debut as a director with her 2012 film, Layali Bala Noom (Sleepless Nights). Eliane is the director of several award-winning short films and documentaries, including Miguel’s War (2021), which won the Teddy Award for best feature film at the 2021 Berlinale, Those Who Remain (2016), which was among 30 films awarded les Étoiles de la Scam in 2019, and Sleepless Nights (2012)\r<br/>She is a founding member of Beirut DC (since renamed AFLAMUNA), a cultural association that supports and promotes the work of independent filmmakers in Lebanon. Under the Beirut DC umbrella, Raheb ran several documentary workshops and acted as the artistic director for six editions of the Ayam Beirut Al Cinema\'iya (Beirut Cinema Days). Currently, she programs films for ALFAMUNA’s online film program and serves as the artistic director of the Rural Encounters on Environment and Films — REEF festival, which she co-founded in 2019.', 'Eliane Raheb.jpg', '1024717369'),
(472, 'Leïla Albayaty', '<p>Leila Albayaty is a multidisciplinary artist of French-Iraqi origin. Self-taught, she often explores themes of exile and memory. Her first short film VU received a Special Mention at Berlinale and her subsequent film BERLIN TELEGRAM was selected for about 30 international festivals and won the TV5 Prize for Best Francophone Film in Geneva.&nbsp;<br />In 2015, she made her 40-minute film, FACE B, which had its world premiere at Berlinale.<br />&nbsp;As for, her latest feature film, FROM ABDUL TO LEILA, it has received numerous awards including the Grand Jury Prize at the Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival in Morocco, Best Documentary at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam in Netherlands and Aarhus Denmark, Best Asian Film in Iraq at El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, and the Jury Prize at the Cinema in Nice-France.</p>', 'unnamed (1).jpg', '2092752143'),
(473, 'Hassan Al Sayed', 'Egyptian director who is known for the sictom 3x1 (2011), the films The Lion of Sinai (2016), and The Roushdy Building (2017).', 'Hassan Al Sayed.jpg', '549257554'),
(474, 'Nadim Tabet', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadim Tabet is a Lebanese director who studied history, philosophy, and cinema at Sorbonne University while making short films that screened internationally. In 2001, he co‑founded the Lebanese Film Festival, held biannually in Beirut, and worked as a film programmer for several European festivals, including the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Pantin.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, his first feature film, ONE OF THESE DAYS, premiered at the Rome Film Festival and was sold by Celluloid Dreams. He is currently preparing his second feature, as well as a series titled FARAYA.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadim Tabet also directs fashion films and music videos for several bands from Europe and the Arab world and gives lectures on cinema at various universities.</span></p>', 'NADIM_TABET_ director.jpg', '1200530588'),
(475, 'Samah El Kadi', '<p>Samah El Kadi is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. He has recently received an international Emmy nomination for his short film Stardust among Shahid\'s 6:07 series. After graduating from NYFA in Los Angeles, Samah went on to direct several short films and commercials with brands such as Samsung, Tesla, and Vodafone. His recent projects in development have won the ART distribution award at Red Sea Lodge, and the Sunbird Stories award. His upcoming releases include the short films &ldquo;Ghostland&rdquo; and &ldquo;Baadarane&rdquo;. Samah is currently developing his debut feature film The Olive Press.</p>', 'Samah El Kadi.JPG', '1872250729'),
(476, 'Rehab Nazzal', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal is a Palestinian-born multidisciplinary artist currently based in the occupied West Bank, Palestine. Her work deals with the effects of settler-colonial violence on the bodies and minds of colonized peoples, on the land and on other non-human life.</span></p>', 'Rehab Nazzal.jpg', '115339136'),
(477, 'Mohammed Alomda', 'Mohammed Alomda has been a Sudanese director and producer for over 10 years. His contribution to Sudanese new wave cinema as a producer and director includes a number of documentary and short films. He was appointed head of film programming at Sudan Film Factory and a film programmer at Sudan Independent Film Festival. Later he co-founded StationFilms which co-produced You Will Die At Twenty. The film premiered at Venice and won the Lion of the Future Award. The company continues to produce several independent films in Sudan, East African, and the Arab world. he produce the yams film The burned by Amr Gamal, his last film Goodbye Julia was win freedom award in Cannes film festival \"Un Certain Regards\" 2023.', 'Mohammed Alomda producer 2.jpg', '256206371'),
(478, 'Ghassan Salhab', 'Born in Dakar, Senegal.\r<br/>In addition to making his own films and video works, Ghassan Salhab collaborates on various scenarios, and teaches film in Lebanon. He has directed six feature films: Beyrouth Fantôme (1998); Terra Incognita (2002); The Last Man (2006); 1958 (2009); The Mountain (2011) and The Valley (2014)… All films have been selected in various international film festivals — in addition to numerous “essays”, short films and “videos… In 2010, La Rochelle International Film Festival and JC Carthage made a tribute to his films… He has also published his texts and articles in various magazines, and a book, “fragments du Livre du naufrage” (Amers Editions) in 2012.', 'Ghassan Salhab.jpeg', '1594057611'),
(479, 'Rani Massalha and Salem Massalha', '<p>Rani Massalha started his career in the cinema industry at the production company Misr International Films, created by Youssef Chahine and based in Cairo, Egypt. After assisting French director Rachid Bouchareb (Outside the Law, 2009), Rani Massalha directed and co-produced a short film in 2012, Elvis of Nazareth (Unifrance jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012). Elvis of Nazareth was bought by Canal + and BBC. Rani Massalha directed and coproduced his first feature film, Girafada, in 2012. Starring Saleh Bakri, Girafada had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013 and travelled to numerous festivals around the world. It was released in France in April 2014 by Pyramide.</p>', 'Rani and Salem Massalha.PNG', '1100128387'),
(480, 'Ahmed Al Terkait', 'Ahmed Al Terkait, born in Kuwait to a Kuwaiti father and Lebanese mother, developed a passion for the arts early on, particularly in music and filmmaking. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from the American University of Kuwait, where his work began gaining recognition. Specializing in psychodrama, psychological thrillers, and horror, Ahmed’s films explore the complexities of the human mind and societal issues. His distinct storytelling has carved out a unique niche within Kuwait\'s predominantly traditional film landscape.', 'Ahmed Al Terkait.jpg', '1867147079'),
(481, 'Ibrahim Omar', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Omar is a Sudanese filmmaker with a&nbsp; bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo and a diploma in cinema from the French University in Egypt, reflecting his comprehensive training in the film industry.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the founder of SHORT - Short Film Brochures, a monthly magazine dedicated to short films, which is distributed in PDF format via email for free, serving as a valuable resource for filmmakers and film enthusiasts.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he established and directs the Port Sudan Film Days, an annual film event held in Port Sudan, which focuses on short films and aims to elevate the cinematic culture in the region.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over a decade of experience in the media industry, Ibrahim Omar has worked as both a director and producer for numerous television channels, specializing in documentary filmmaking for TV.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he supervised the cinema page for Al-Tayyar, a pioneering cinema-focused page in Sudanese journalism, further solidifying his role in shaping the country\'s cinematic landscape.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through his diverse contributions, Ibrahim Omar has become an influential figure in Sudan&rsquo;s film industry, fostering new talent and encouraging the growth of film culture in the region.</span></p>', '', '83283718'),
(482, 'Jihan', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jihan takes us on a raw and reflective journey as she pieces together the memory of a father she barely remembers&mdash;Mansur Rashid Kikhia, who served as Libya\'s foreign minister, ambassador to the United Nations, and a human rights lawyer.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After serving under Qaddafi, he defected from the government and became an opposition leader. For many, Kikhia was considered a rising star as the next leader of Libya; however, in 1993, he disappeared from his hotel in Egypt.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Jihan&rsquo;s mother, Baha Al Omary, a strong-willed Syrian-American artist, began searching for him, launching the family into an international political maze. Kikhia&rsquo;s body was found 19 years later in a freezer near Qaddafi&rsquo;s palace.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through encounters with family, her father&rsquo;s colleagues, and historical archives, Jihan&rsquo;s search for truth evolves into a deeper curiosity, drawing her closer to both her father and her Libyan identity.</span></p>', '', '692040335'),
(483, 'Mohamed Subahi', '\"Mohamed works as a documentary filmmaker in Khartoum, Sudan. He studied in Sudan, worked closely together with the Sudan Film Factory and attended trainings in Egypt, South Africa, India and Germany. While concentrating on his own documentary work, as a director, cinematographer and editor, Mohamed also works with different Sudanese NGOs to advance topics surrounding education, as well as the big international institutions on developing issues, like UNICEF, UNDP, IOM, Goethe Institute, British Council and the EU delegation to Sudan. His work experience over the last ten years allows him to tackle MADANIYA as his first feature length documentary.\r<br/>\"\r<br/>', '', '767772801'),
(484, 'Rony Moukarzel', '<p>Rony Moukarzel is an accomplished Lebanese director with 15 years of experience. His diverse portfolio includes documentaries and reality programs for various channels as well as work on reality shows for platforms like Netflix. <br />He has also been involved in digital productions, fillers, music videos, TV commercials, and corporate projects. <br />Rony holds a BA in Visual and Performing Arts and recently earned his Master of Arts in Cinema &amp; Television from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in 2024. <br />In 2022, he wrote and directed I KNOW EVERYTHING, a 12-minute short film for one of his master\'s courses. Two years later, he completed writing, directing, and producing his short film ALL OVER AGAIN.</p>', '9604aae48f-headshot.jpg', '284925999'),
(485, 'Seif Madbouly', 'Seif Madbouly is a young director making strides in film, commercials, and storytelling. \r<br/>With a unique creative vision and a deep passion for filmmaking, Seif is dedicated to crafting impactful narratives that resonate with audiences.\r<br/>His versatile work showcases his talent across various genres, reflecting his commitment to excellence. \r<br/>A rising force in the film industry, Seif aims to inspire and challenge through his art, leaving a lasting mark on the world of cinema.\r<br/>', '', '265674033'),
(486, 'Antoine Stehlé', 'After studying cinema and theater, Antoine Stehlé attended screenwriting workshops with le GREC, Trégor, Gindou, Passerelles Occitanie, and Festival Tous Courts. HABIBTI, winner of the Talents en Court program, is his first film, which has been produced in association with Super Seven.', '', '344003178'),
(487, 'Sharon Hakim', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharon Hakim is a writer and director. She came to cinema through writing and theater and took interest in directing in high school.
</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After studying in Paris and New York, in 2020 she directed LA GRAND NUIT, her first short film, a musical film inspired from an Egyptian puppet operetta and broadcasted on Arte. The film was selected at Clermont-Ferrand, Cinemed and received two awards in Cabourg and one in Brest.</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, she directed two short films. Nostalgia for the Dodos, pre-acquired by Canal + and shot in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, and The Devil and the Bicycle, shot in Lebanon and adapted from the eponymous short story by Tamara Saade.</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently working on her first feature film, Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour</span></p>', 'sharon-hakim.jpg', '1148480298'),
(488, 'Nisreen Yaseen', 'Nisreen is a Palestinian film director with eight years of experience, passionate about Art house cinema and storytelling that explores identity, displacement, and cultural complexities. She has worked across various roles in film, including Set Decorator, Prop Master, Art Director, and Assistant Director on both feature films and shorter projects. Her directorial work includes 10 Min. Younger (2024), Akacje by IKARVS (2023), and the upcoming documentary Uncivilized Roots, blending narrative and experimental elements. Nisreen’s films reflect her unique vision of capturing the Palestinian experience within a global context.', '', '905798837'),
(489, 'Nidal Badarny', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nidal Badarny is a Palestinian director and stand-up comedian who earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in theater and acting from the University of Haifa in 2009 and received a diploma in film directing in 2014.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has founded and co-founded several significant film and theater initiatives within the Palestinian minority in the 1948 territories, including Elsharea Theater Group (2009), The Comedy Trio (2012), and El Manshar Art and Production (2013).</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At El Manshar, Badarny served as the art director for numerous independent theatrical productions and directed two documentary films: 30 OF MARCH and WAITING FOR FARAJALLAH as well as the short comedy VILLAGERS.</span></p>', '', '2116178630'),
(490, 'Dhiaa Biya', 'Dhiaa Biya is a Moroccan photographer and filmmaker based in Brussels. She holds a bachelor\'s degree in image techniques from the Higher Institute of Audiovisual and Film Professions in Rabat and pursued her master\'s in filmmaking from Luca School of Arts. \r<br/>Inspired by the beauty of human interactions and the normality of everyday life, Dhiaa crafts works that delve into these themes through precise lensing and careful composition. Her creations rely on visual materials, poetry, and keen observation.\r<br/>', '', '993810352'),
(491, 'David Oelhoffen', '\"David Oelhoffen is a French director and screenwriter. \r<br/>After directing 4 awarded short films, David directed his first feature film, NOS RETROUVAILLES, presented at Critics\' Week at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Then FAR FROM MEN in 2013 (freely adapted from a short story by Albert Camus, “L\'Hôte”) with Viggo Mortensen and Réda Kateb, presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival. In 2018, his film CLOSE ENNEMIS, starring Reda Kateb and Matthias Schoenarts, is also selected in competition at the Venice Film Festival. In 2023, he will direct LES DERNIERS HOMMES and LE QUATRIEME MUR, adapted from Sorj Chalandon\'s novel of the same name.\r<br/>\r<br/>Les Derniers Hommes (long métrage, 2020) D’après l’oeuvre de Alain Gandy \r<br/>Avec Nuno Lopes and Guido Captrino\r<br/>Frères Ennemis (long métrage, 2018)
Official Competition Mostra de Venise 2018.
\r<br/>With Matthias Schoenarts and Reda Kateb\r<br/>Loin des Hommes (long métrage, 2014)
 Special Presentation at Toronto International Film Festival 2014
Official Competition 71e Mostra de Venise 2014 \r<br/>With Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb. \r<br/>Nos Retrouvailles (long métrage, 2007)
Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2007.
\r<br/>Avec Jacques Gamblin, Nicolas Giraud\"\r<br/>', '', '1906669886'),
(493, 'Mohamed Rashad', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Rashad is an Egyptian director, writer, and producer who graduated from the University of Alexandria with a degree in civil engineering. After completing a two-year filmmaking workshop at the Jesuit Cultural Film School of Alexandria, he directed two short fiction films: FROM AFAR (2005) and MAXIM (2007). He later served as an assistant director on several notable films, including COMING FORTH BY DAY, directed by Hala Lotfy, with whom he co-founded Hassala Films.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, he directed his first feature documentary film LITTLE EAGLES, which premiered at the Dubai IE PROFESSION, which received a Black Iris Award-Special Mention at the Amman International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His feature film debut is THE SETTLEMENT, which is set to world premiere as part of the Perspectives section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. nternational Film Festival and won the Best Documentary Award at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Luxor African Film Festival. Later in 2019, he served as a producer on Ramez Youssef&rsquo;s feature documentary TH</span></p>', '', '1574026052'),
(494, 'Ghina Abboud,', '<p><strong>Director &ndash; Sara&rsquo;s Portrait</strong></p>\r<br/><p>Ghina Abboud is a Lebanese filmmaker born in 1991. She studied audiovisual arts at Al Kafaat University and journalism at the Lebanese University. Her graduation film Batoul, Do You See Me? marked the start of her career.</p>\r<br/><p>She has directed and produced several short films, including ROBERT! (2016), Permission (2017), Youssef (2017), Light (2021), and Musca (2022). Her first feature documentary, Until We Rest (2024), produced with Al Jazeera Documentaries, won the Lune d&rsquo;Or at the Festival International des Jeunes Cin&eacute;astes in Montreuil.</p>\r<br/><p>She is currently developing a film about South Lebanon while editing her upcoming documentary Aarsal, Throne of God.</p>', 'Ghina Abboud.jpg', '1241590997'),
(495, ' Naim El Hajj', '<p><strong>Director &ndash; Hadi&rsquo;s Portrait</strong></p>\r<br/><p>Na&iuml;m El Hajj is a Lebanese director born in 1988 in San Jos&eacute;, Costa Rica. He holds a Master&rsquo;s degree in Fine Arts from the Lebanese University and is based in Beirut. His early work focused on visual art and installations, exhibited internationally, including at the BJCEM Biennale in Thessaloniki.</p>\r<br/><p>In recent years, he shifted toward cinema. His essay film Inevitable Nils and Nothings in Between (Introduction) (2024) was selected at the International Video Poetry Festival in Athens and won Best Essay Film at the Madrid Independent Film Festival.</p>', '3b25e09a56-avatar.jpg', '1216034831'),
(496, 'Aline Ouais', '<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Director &ndash; Adham&rsquo;s Portrait</span></p>\r<br/><p>Aline Ouais is a Lebanese director and cinematographer who graduated from Al Kafaat University. Her graduation film Under the Bed was selected at the Alexandria and Vienna Film Festivals. Since 2015, she has worked across documentaries, commercials, and music videos. Her short film Wish We Could won Best Film at the Beirut 48-Hour Film Project in 2019.</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'Aline Ouais.jfif', '1089803754'),
(497, 'sidi mohamed tolba', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sidi Mohamed Tolba initially pursued a medical career but shifted paths to work as a taxi driver before discovering his passion for film directing. Meanwhile, Tayib Tolba, who focused on religious and linguistic studies before transitioning to modern education, currently works as a clinic receptionist and hosts a radio show that reaches audiences in remote Mauritanian villages while also pursuing his aspirations in film directing.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', '537972013'),
(498, 'Tayib Tolba', 'Tayib Tolba\r<br/>\r<br/>I have always been proud that I was born on 25th December 1999, but the Mauritanian census system preferred to record my date of birth on 13th October. This says a lot about me and my country. I learned an original education limited to religious and linguistic sciences, then I switched to modern education, and I did not meet with much success. Now I am a receptionist at a clinic, and a radio show host that probably 20 people listen to in remote Mauritanian villages, and I\'m A film director.. Probably.', '', '2077147238'),
(499, 'Sanaa El Alaoui', '<p>Moroccan director and screenwriter Sanaa El Alaoui is a graduate of E&ouml;tv&ouml;s Lor&aacute;nd University in Budapest, where her research on the art of the long take in filmic language earned her the Best Thesis of the Year award, and the University of Oxford, where she explored Moroccan cinema&rsquo;s evolution from the colonial past to the post-colonial present. El Alaoui made her directorial debut with Icarus, a Hungarian short documentary that garnered widespread acclaim. The film received the Bronze Award for Best Short Documentary at the 4th Quarter of the Queen Palm International Film Festival in California, Best Short Documentary at the International Film Festival of Oued Noun, the Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the National Film Festival of Cinema of the Margin in Guercif, and the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the International Film Festival of Casablanca.</p>', 'ef13817c0d-headshot.jpg', '526080798'),
(500, 'Salim Mrad', '<p><strong>Directors &ndash; Adham&rsquo;s Portrait</strong></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>Salim Mrad, born in Beirut in 1987, studied cinema at IESAV, Saint Joseph University, earning two Master&rsquo;s degrees in filmmaking and film research. He has directed documentary essays and fiction works that premiered at major festivals including Visions du R&eacute;el and IFFR. His films include This Little Father Obsession (2016), Linceul (2018), Agate Mousse (2021), and Shapes of Normal Human Beings (2025).</p>', 'Salim Mrad.jfif', '1090083058'),
(501, 'Jihad Saadé', '<p><strong>Director &ndash; Dana&rsquo;s Portrait</strong></p>\r<br/><p>Jihad Saad&eacute; is a Lebanese filmmaker born in 1989 and a graduate of Notre Dame University. His graduation short All About Her won Best Student Film at the Barcelona International Film Festival.</p>\r<br/><p>He has worked extensively as a director and cinematographer on documentaries and fiction. His recent projects include Not Far from Here (2023) and Diaries from Lebanon, which screened at Berlinale 2024. His latest feature documentary, Shapes of Normal Human Beings, premiered at IFFR 2025.</p>', 'bde91be9-8d36-49ad-9a5e-a0eda4f152fa.jpg', '976707950'),
(503, 'Sarah Francis', '<p>Sarah Francis is a Lebanese filmmaker who grew up and studied in Beirut. Her work is characterized by immersive sonic landscapes and visually rich tableaus that explore the fluid nature of our place in the world. Through her films, she examines the constant reassessment of our positions, where shifting elements continuously form new constellations. Her storytelling often intertwines inner and geographical territories, reflecting on themes of origins, transitions, and the nuanced space between them. <br />Her debut feature, BIRDS OF SEPTEMBER (2013), premiered in the main competition of CPH:DOX and was showcased at over 40 festivals, earning multiple accolades in South Korea, Sarajevo, Tetouan, France, and Dublin. Furthermore, her second feature, AS ABOVE, SO BELOW (2020), was nominated for Best Documentary in the New Directors Competition at the 2020 S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival.</p>', '', '897538954'),
(504, 'Jaafar Al Ghalib', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaafar Taj Al Din Al Ghalib is an emerging Saudi director with a passion for cinema, music, and literature.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has written and co-authored several short films and joined the Alwan Film Club in Jeddah as a member in 2023.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ghalib is embarking on his first professional directorial experience with the support of Mazallh Studios through the short film COMMUNITY SERVICE.</span></p>', '', '1396716525'),
(505, 'Dibo', 'Dibo is an Egyptian-British director, writer, filmmaker, and strategy professional whose passion for storytelling has enabled him to create and explore diverse forms of art through various mediums. \r<br/>His work consistently delivers a powerful message, addressing significant global issues in multiple ways.\r<br/>Prior to his filmmaking career, he spent over 12 years in advertising and served as a commercial director for two years. An avid traveler, he has lived and created films in more than 14 cities worldwide, including London, Milan, Cairo, San Francisco, and Melbourne.\r<br/>', '', '1240827098'),
(506, 'Kenza Tazi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After six years of studying cinema at La Sorbonne in Paris and MetFilm School in Berlin, Kenza Tazi graduated as a Director of Photography. She has worked in various roles across multiple short films, music videos, and TV movies.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With her screenplay for MILK BROTHERS, she takes the opportunity to direct her first short film while also serving as the cinematographer and editor. </span></p>', '', '2059099446'),
(507, 'Majed Alsaihaty', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting his directorial journey in 2009, Majed Alsaihaty has shown his multifaceted talent across various disciplines in the industry.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an actor, he shone in films like BACK STREET, TONGUE, and DAY OF RETURN.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His credits include producing AL-MAKHIAL and directing NAKBA LAZAR, which he also wrote, and FATAT. He also lent his expertise as an assistant director on MASSOUMA.</span></p>', '', '881506136'),
(508, 'Zahra Alnakhlawi', '\"Entered the field of media production in 2016 as a translator of short films\r<br/>into the English language (Film Waqad Rabbak).\r<br/>Participated in the movie (Red Effect) in 2017 as a decorator and\r<br/>translator of the film into English, content creator and writer for some\r<br/>advertisements, commercials and voiceover, voiceover performance in\r<br/>some advertisements and short films, assistant director in a number of\r<br/>feature films (Bilal VI 2020), (Certificate of thanks - Senior Game 2020),\r<br/>(Sheikh Al-Jinani 2021), (Gergean 2021), (Burq 2021), assistant director for\r<br/>the short film (The Little Bird 2019), designing filming locations for a\r<br/>number of advertisements, commercials and short films, model and\r<br/>actress in some Advertising and commercials.\"', '', '713659408'),
(509, 'Abdullah Alibrahim', '\"A developing film director, specialized in action and combat\r<br/>films. One of the members of Jackal Studio for media\r<br/>Production, a participant and has a multiple roles in making\r<br/>numbers of short and long films, including assistant director,\r<br/>cameraman, other artistic and technical roles, writing and\r<br/>developing many of scripts\r<br/>He has two short films: fist, Kayed’s advice and many other\r<br/>short and feature films are under preparation\"', '', '369876214'),
(510, 'Adnan Baleis', '\"A Saudi actor and director, I started my career 2000 AD\r<br/> through the stage as an actor, then turned to drama 2005 AD,\r<br/> appeared through the small screen in the starring role of the series \r<br/>(Oars of Hope) Some artwork and advertisements, then moved to the\r<br/> cinema through short films in Gulf festivals, and completed my studies\r<br/> in acting directing in  Kuwait and got bachelor degree in 2018, and\r<br/> worked as a writer and director for several works and advertisements at\r<br/> that time, in 2020 I worked as an assistant director for feature films and\r<br/> director of short films till now.\"', '', '1697257767'),
(511, 'Mohammed Bakri', '', '', '1305543276'),
(512, 'Nada Khalifa', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada Khalifa is a Palestinian filmmaker born in Gaza whose early life was profoundly shaped by the realities of living under occupation. After the 2008 war in Gaza, she moved to the West Bank, driven by a deep desire to tell the untold stories of her homeland.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada&rsquo;s early filmmaking journey was supported by Shashat Women&rsquo;s Cinema in Palestine, an organization that nurtured her talent and helped her take her first steps as a filmmaker. She currently serves as a board member.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, Nada relocated to Poland to pursue a BA in Film Directing at the Warsaw Film School. This move opened up opportunities and freedoms often unavailable in Palestine, significantly shaping her perspective as both a person and a filmmaker.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada now works at Ogz Studios, a hybrid production house with bases in Riyadh, Poland, and Egypt. This role allows her to balance her independent filmmaking vision with a collaborative environment that connects diverse cultures and stories. Living between Riyadh and Warsaw, she continually seeks creative ways to bridge her Palestinian roots with her evolving global outlook.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her most recent film was shot in Palestine on the first day of the ongoing conflict, during which she found herself trapped, unable to leave. This harrowing experience reignited her resolve to share the broader story of Palestine with the world.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada&rsquo;s work explores themes of social injustice, resilience, and the unyielding human spirit, striving to bring untold narratives to the forefront of global cinema</span></p>', 'director_photo.JPEG', '1100292307'),
(513, 'Belal Albader', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belal Albader launched his media career in 2009,&nbsp; then studied photography and film directing. After relocating to Hollywood, he contributed to numerous films and series that received multiple award nominations before returning to Saudi Arabia as a director in 2017.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he founded Rec Entertainment with the mission of elevating local content to international standards. Following his MFA in Cinematography from the New York Film Academy, he immersed himself in visual storytelling, driven by an insatiable curiosity.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His portfolio includes compelling short films like</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACCEPTANCE LAND (2021) and CASE 14 (2020), which earned him the Marketing Pioneers Award, in addition to the feature SIWAR (2024), which highlights his ability to capture raw, emotional performances.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked on several projects for major clients such as the National Narcotics Control Committee, Ministry of Health, and Saudi Industrial Development Fund. </span></p>', '', '477958521'),
(514, 'Mariam al Ferjani', '<p>a Tunisian actress, scriptwriter, director, and artist, began her acting journey with director Leyla Bouzid. She later studied film direction at the Luchino Visconti Cinema School in Milan, while also attending acting classes at the Paolo Grassi Theater School. Mariam made her debut as a photographer-performer with the exhibition project WHERE DID WE MEET Before in Paris. <br />Acclaimed for her performance in BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 in the official selection and was directed by Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania, Mariam garnered six international awards, including the 2018 Arab Critics\' Award for Best Performance. She expanded her repertoire with directorial and scriptwriting roles in the short film OMERT&Agrave;, which was screened at the Directors\' Fortnight in 2018. Her on-screen presence continued with roles in REBORN, AMAL, and OMAYMA (Italy), CAIRO-BERLIN (Egypt), HARGA (Tunisia), and SAMRA&rsquo;S DOLLHOUSE (Tunisia, US). </p>', '', '1010083549'),
(515, 'Yomna Khattab', '<p>Yomna Khattab is a filmmaker based in Cairo. She originally acquired an MA in economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Yomna&rsquo;s short stories book, VIDEOTAPE FROM THE NINETIES, was published in 2015 by Dar El Shorouk. As a scriptwriter, her feature film ROKAYA\' won Best Script From a Young Scriptwriter at the 2018 edition of the Sawiris Cultural Award. <br />She also wrote and produced the short film LET US PLAY YESTERDAY, which won the Film Prize Robert Bosch 2021 Development Fund and premiered at the International Short Film Competition of the sixth El Gouna Film Festival. Yomna&rsquo;s main interest in her work is to explore the politics and economics affecting women&rsquo;s choices, in addition to modern family dynamics in contemporary times. </p>', 'thumbnail_Yomna Khattab.jpg', '501102037'),
(516, 'Marie-Rose Osta', '<p><strong>Director &ndash; Dhana&rsquo;s Portrait</strong></p>\r<br/><p>Marie-Rose Osta is a Lebanese scriptwriter and director working across film, episodic formats, and video essays. Her short film Then Came Dark (2021) won the Special Jury Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival and screened at Videobrasil Biennial.</p>\r<br/><p>Her latest short, Someday, a Child (2026), premiered at Berlinale Shorts. She is currently developing her debut feature Mina and the series Echoes, supported by the Doha Film Institute. In 2024, she founded Les Fl&acirc;neurs Films, an independent Paris-based production studio.</p>', '4743e57c-e9f5-41bf-94f5-478fd5a41fe3.jpg', '1467621741'),
(517, 'Mohammed Hammad', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Hammad is an Egyptian writer and director renowned for his compelling storytelling and distinct cinematic vision. A graduate of Helwan University with a degree in mass communication, Hammad began his filmmaking journey with the short film THE FIFTH POUND in 2006.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His body of work spans short films, documentaries, and feature films, with notable projects such as CENTRAL, PALE RED, ABDU FANOUS, and his feature debut, WITHERED GREEN.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film received significant international attention, screening at prestigious festivals like the Locarno Film Festival, where it earned multiple nominations, including the Golden Leopard.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WITHERED GREEN garnered further recognition, winning prestigious awards like the Muhr Award for Best Director at the Dubai International Film Festival, the Golden Palm Award at the First Youth Film Festival, and Best Director for First Work at the Cairo National Film Festival.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-02-23 at 12.52.46 PM.jpeg', '1998198186'),
(518, 'Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama is a Belgian-Tunisian-Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. A graduate of LUCA School of Arts, she is also the co-founder and president of ASBL Bledarte, a Brussels-based association that empowers and amplifies the voices of migrant youth through art and culture. </span></p>', '', '2089538957'),
(519, 'Sami Moukaddem', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Moukaddem was born in Lebanon in 1967. He spent the next four years of his childhood in Brazil, and subsequently moved back to Lebanon, where he grew up during the civil war. In 1985 he emigrated to Ireland and enrolled in Trinity College Dublin. He graduated in 1994 with 3 Masters in Psychology and went on to work as a Counselling Psychologist with adults who have been sexually abused in childhood. He also worked with refugees most of whom have been tortured in their country of origin. Since 2002 Sami has shifted towards artistic projects, self publishing two novels, releasing 6 music albums of his compositions, making a feature length documentary film on the Palestinian Israeli situation, and filming a social comedy stand up show he did in both Arabic and English in Beirut.</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><div>&nbsp;</div>', 'Promo_Shoot_009 (1).jpg', '1309419475'),
(520, 'Alia Haju', '<p>Alia Haju is a filmmaker and musician based between Brooklyn and Beirut. She grew up in South Lebanon until 1994, when she fled to the UAE during the Israeli war on Lebanon, eventually settling in the US. <br />In 2005, Alia returned to Lebanon to earn a BFA in Concept Art from the American University of Beirut. She then pursued a career as a photographer and photo editor, documenting the SWANA region and the Syrian war, and worked as a freelance investigative video journalist for various international media organizations. <br />Alia has contributed to numerous Lebanese film sets and directed the award-winning short anima/doc SHIP OF FOOLS. She is also a co-writer of the acclaimed feature documentary KASHKASH. </p>', 'Director Alia Haju.jpg', '215638865');
INSERT INTO `directors` (`id`, `name`, `bio`, `img`, `director_code`) VALUES
(521, 'Pauline Beugnies', 'Pauline Beugnies is an author, photographer, and filmmaker from Charleroi, Belgium. She lived in Cairo for five years, where she learned Arabic, and although she is now based in Brussels, she maintains a strong connection with Egypt. \r<br/>For over a decade, she has documented youth emancipation through various media, including photography exhibitions, the 2012 web documentary SOUT EL SHABAB (THE VOICE OF YOUTH) for France Culture, the photo book Génération Tahrir (2016), and her first feature-length documentary RESTER VIVANTS, which premiered at Dok Leipzig in 2017, won the SCAM Documentary Award the same year, and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2018 Magritte Awards.\r<br/>Her photography work has also received several awards. In 2013, she won the Nikon Press Photo Award for her series BATTIR, THE GREEN INTIFADA.\r<br/>In 2020, Pauline directed her first fiction film, SHAMS, a short shot in Cairo that received awards at the Brussels Short Film Festival, Mix Milano, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, and Cambria Film Festival in California.In 2021, she released her second documentary, SHIFT, which tells the story of a former gig economy delivery rider. The film won awards at FIFE and received the Aïna Roger Prize at FIGRA.\r<br/>More recently, she contributed to the creation of a theatrical work titled MAWDA, ÇA VEUT DIRE TENDRESSE, based on the story of Mawda, a two-year-old Kurdish girl shot by a Belgian police officer.\r<br/>In 2022, her feature documentary PETITES, which explores the trauma experienced by children growing up during the Dutroux affair in Belgium, had its world premiere in the International Competition at Hot Docs.\r<br/>Her most recent short film, PARTOUT LA LUMIÈRE, tells the story of an expatriate living in Cairo.\r<br/>Pauline is currently working on her first feature-length fiction film C’EST TOUT CE QU’ON AURA, and developing a documentary exploring the figure of the “Arab boy” in cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>', '', '1401985503'),
(522, 'Youssef Taha', 'A 90s kid who was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt.\r<br/>Youssef began his journey in the filmmaking business 15 years ago, working as an assistant director to the biggest names in the film industry; the likes of Samir Seif, Sherief Arafa, Ahmed Alaa el Deeb, Kamla Abu Zikry, and many more.\r<br/>2024 saw him complete his debut film \"Your Delivery, Sir\" as he depicts a tale through his own eyes.\r<br/>', '', '857019603'),
(523, 'Dania Reymond-Boughenou', '<p>Dania Reymond-Boughenou is a Franco-Algerian filmmaker. She was born in Algiers in 1982. Her family left the country in 1994 during the Black Decade to settle in Marseille. There, she began her studies at the &Eacute;cole des Beaux-Arts and continued at Fresnoy &ndash; Studio national des arts contemporains. Her medium-length feature, Le jardin d\'essai, shot in Algiers in 2016, was shown at several festivals including Angers, Brive, Cinemed, and Belfort, and won several awards. In 2022, her short film Constellation de la Rougui&egrave;re was selected for the national competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and nominated for the C&eacute;sar Award for Best Documentary Short. Her debut feature, Silent Storms, world premiered in 2024 at FIFIB and was selected for the Official Competition at the Marrakech International Film Festival.</p>', 'Dania Reymond-Boughenou (Portrait).jpg', '2035187304'),
(524, 'Tawfeek Barhom', '<p>Tawfeek Barhom is an emerging Palestinian actor and director. He gained recognition for his role in THE CAIRO CONSPIRACY, where he played the lead character, and in THE GHOSTS, which earned him a spot among the Revelations of the C&eacute;sar Awards 2025. In the same year, he made his directorial debut with the short film I\'M GLAD YOU\'RE DEAD NOW.</p>', 'IGYDN_Still 3 72 DPI ©Tawfeek Barhom, Kidam & Foss production.jpg', '1167923663'),
(525, 'Annemarie Jacir', 'Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All three features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA (2007), a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU (2012) won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB (2017) garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies, including AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy. In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>', '', '985618776'),
(527, 'Josef Khallouf', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese director Josef Khallouf launched his filmmaking career in 2005, writing, producing, and directing four short films: HOLIDAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, BEIT BYOUT, selected for the Cyprus International Film Festival, VNV: AN ESSAY ON EXISTENTIALISM, and RADIO, which participated in the 2024 Cannes Short Film Corner &ndash; Distribution Phase.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He later wrote and directed the feature-length documentary CONFLICT 1949&ndash;1979, screened at the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Glasgow.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021 and 2022, Josef taught directing at Antonine University, mentoring the next generation of Lebanese filmmakers. In October 2023, he brought together 18 local directors to collaborate on LETTERS, a collective documentary feature that was showcased at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, he is developing three new projects: the feature-length documentary MATCHMAKER, the collective feature THREE COLOURS: GREEN, WHITE, RED&mdash;selected for Talents Connexion du March&eacute; du Film Court at Clermont-Ferrand&mdash;and his narrative feature THE DREAM MAKER.</span></p>', 'Josef Khallouf.jpeg', '343832040'),
(528, 'Andrés and Francisca Khamis Giacoman', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andr&eacute;s and Francisca Khamis Giacoman are siblings born into the Palestinian diaspora in Chile. Their work explores questions of identity, memory, and belonging within this community, addressing the complexities of the Palestinian experience in the Chilean context. Their creative practice is grounded in collaborative filmmaking and research-based processes.</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their films and video installations have been exhibited internationally at venues and festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival, Cin&eacute;ma du R&eacute;el, the Doha Film Festival, the Cairo International Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine de Gij&oacute;n, FIDOCS, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025&ndash;26, Manifold Books, and Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research. </span></p>', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-07-13 at 12.29.50 PM.jpeg', '176761299'),
(529, 'Anan Abbasi', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anan Abbasi is a writer, director, and producer&nbsp; who made his filmmaking debut with the short film LAST CALL, which he wrote, directed, and produced.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His creative portfolio includes extensive collaborations with renowned Palestinian singer Dalal Abu Amneh and serving as producer, executive producer, and general supervisor on a series of music videos.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a lyricist, Abbasi has penned songs such as YA DAR, KAREEM YA RAMADAN, and EHNA FLESTINIA, with his work featured in international festivals and television programs, including Asala Nasri&rsquo;s SOLA and the Arab Song Festival in Egypt.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A senior consultant ophthalmic surgeon, healthcare administrator, and multidisciplinary creative whose work bridges medicine, music, and film, he has held a bachelor\'s of medicine since 2004.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He pursued further academic excellence with a master of science in 2009, an MBA in 2018, and executive education at Harvard Business School in 2016, and won the Euromedcafe International Contest Award for Intercultural Dialogue and Peace. </span></p>', 'Anan Abbasi Director 1.jpg', '1787056898'),
(530, 'Dhafer L’Abidine', 'Dhafer L’Abidine is a Tunisian actor, writer, and director whose career spans British television, international cinema, and major productions across the Arab World. A graduate of the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama at Midland University, he began his screen journey in the UK with shows such as DREAM TEAM and SPOOKS. He went on to appear in high-profile films like CHILDREN OF MEN and SEX AND THE CITY 2, and on TV series including THE LOOMING TOWER and THE EDDY. In the Arab region, he became a household name through serials such as MAKTOUB, HALAWAT EL DONIA, and AROUS BEIRUT, showcasing his versatility in drama, action, and romance.\r<br/>Behind the camera, Dhafer L’Abidine made his feature debut with GHODWA, which he co-wrote, directed, starred in, and produced through Double A Productions. The film was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards and won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cairo International Film Festival. His second feature, TO MY SON, earned Best Film and a Special Mention for Screenwriting at the Hollywood Arab Film Festival, solidifying his reputation as a multifaceted storyteller on both regional and international stages.\r<br/>', 'WhatsApp Image 2025-12-16 at 8.11.45 PM.jpeg', '350077308'),
(531, 'Omar Rammal', 'Omar Rammal is a Palestinian director and cinematographer, recognized on social media for his distinctive visual style and heartfelt human stories. His passion for music has shaped many successful music videos, and he has directed numerous short films that garnered wide attention online. KENTUCKY GAZA marks his first narrative short film. ', '', '1808475735'),
(532, 'Xavier de Lauzanne', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xavier de Lauzanne is a French filmmaker and documentarian renowned for his sensitive and immersive approach to reality. Through his films, he explores powerful human stories shaped by contemporary social and cultural issues. His work, combining rigor, authenticity, sensitivity, and cinematic aesthetics, has earned him several awards and international recognition.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among his major theatrical releases are WITH ONE VOICE, LITTLE GEMS, 9 DAYS IN RAQQA, THE PERFECT MOTION, and MOSUL CAMPUS &mdash; films that reflect his commitment to giving voice to those seldom heard while capturing the depth and complexity of their experiences.</span></p>', '2f1e40635c-headshot.jpg', '1291859208'),
(534, 'Georges Hachem', 'Georges Hachem is an independent Lebanese film writer, director and producer,\r<br/>who graduated from Louis Lumière National School in Paris.\r<br/>His portfolio features several short films created in the framework of acting\r<br/>workshops he regularly coached in Paris and Beirut.\r<br/>In 2010, he wrote and directed Stray Bullet, a feature narrative, which starred the\r<br/>Lebanese actress and director Nadine Labaki. The film, produced by Georges\r<br/>Choucair, was critically acclaimed and garnered multiple accolades in many\r<br/>international film festivals, including the Muhr Competition’s Best Arab Film award\r<br/>at the 2010 Dubai International Film Festival and Best Screenplay award at the 2010\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>In 2016, Hachem wrote, produced, and directed Still Burning, a feature narrative\r<br/>filmed between Paris and Beirut, starring the Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi\r<br/>Mouawad, along with the French Algerian actress Adila Bendimerad, and the\r<br/>Lebanese actor Fadi Abi Samra.\r<br/>In 2022, Were It Not for Metro, his feature documentary portraying the stage\r<br/>performers of an acclaimed Lebanese cabaret show, won the Best Arab\r<br/>Documentary award at Malmö Arab FilmFestival, in Sweden.\r<br/>Home Bitter Home, which premieres at the 2026 Rotterdam International Film\r<br/>Festival, is his latest work: A set of five cine-portraits he conceived, developed and\r<br/>produced, in Beirut, for a collective of Lebanese filmmakers (6) and actors (5)', 'Georges Hachem.jpg', '1435949535'),
(535, 'Khalida Bataweel', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalida is a filmmaker and artist who produced her first feature film, THE GREAT MUSE, in 2016, directed by Abdulrahman Khawj.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has worked primarily as an assistant director, while also taking on producing roles ranging from associate producer to line producer, and once as a production supervisor, across feature films and television. Her credits include ZERO DISTANT, QUAREER, FORTY YEARS, ONE NIGHT, Shahid&rsquo;s THE HOTEL FATE, and the Netflix feature KHALLAT+.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a director, she helmed the art installation short film TAYSEER, which was screened in galleries in Qatar and Virginia. Her most recent directing work is the short film AT MOTHER EVE CEMETERY, KADI AWAITS.</span></p>', '', '1700489125'),
(536, 'Farah Abou Kharroub', 'Farah Abou Kharroub is an award-winning Palestinian filmmaker born and raised in Lebanon. She holds a BA in Filmmaking from the Lebanese University in Beirut and an MFA in Film Directing from the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), where she lives and works.\r<br/>Her work spans fiction and documentary, and her films have been selected for international festivals and development programs. She has directed short films including Nafas (2014), Florentina (2015), and Summer 2006 (2018). Wedding, Berlin was previously selected for development at MIDPOINT Shorts and Tripoli Film Forum. She is currently developing her animated short documentary Seeds of Soul, supported by AFAC.\r<br/>Farah is an alumna of the Sundance Institute’s Rawi Screenwriters Lab, East Doc Platform, MIDPOINT Writer’s Room, IDFA Documentary Showcase, and Jihlava Academy. Through her work, she explores memory, displacement, borders, freedom, and the intergenerational experiences of women in exile.\r<br/>', '', '334716876'),
(537, 'Sondos Al-Smerat', 'A film director born in the city of Irbid, Jordan, Sondos Smerat holds a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Drama and Filmmaking from Yarmouk University. She trained under a distinguished group of members from the Jordanian Artists Association, of which she is also a member.\r<br/>She began her career directing short films, earning several awards, and participated in advanced workshops with the Royal Film Commission – Jordan. \r<br/>Her film Simsim is the first narrative feature film to be produced in the city of Irbid, making her the first female director to lead such a production outside the capital.\r<br/>', 'Director Photo.jpeg', '1888005494'),
(538, 'Zamo Mkhwanazi', '<p>Zamo Mkhwanazi is a South African filmmaker born in Durban and raised in Umlazi. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Zamo is known for her lyrical, character-driven work that centers the lived experiences of everyday people caught in extraordinary circumstances. Her short film Philia marked her directorial debut in 2011. She followed this with The Call, which premiered at Clermont-Ferrand and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her Cannes Directors&rsquo; Fortnight debut came with Gallo Rojo, and she was later selected for both the Toronto Talent Lab (2016) and Berlinale Talents (2017). <br />Her latest short film Sadla premiered at Sundance in 2020. </p>', 'Director photo.jpeg', '1919864436'),
(539, 'Ashgan El-Hamus ', '<p>Ashgan El-Hamus portrays small human dramas on screen with intimacy and emotional depth. During her studies at the Netherlands Film Academy, she wrote the short films <em>Beerenburgh</em> and <em>Flynn</em>. She graduated in 2017 with her thesis film <em>Aim&eacute;e</em>, before working on the NPO series <em>Skam NL</em>. In 2020, her short film <em>Birdland</em> won the Grand Prix de la Ville Brest at the Brest Film Festival. She also wrote and directed the <em>Lois Lane</em> episode of the television series <em>Onze Straat</em>. <strong>Al Baraneya</strong> is her debut feature film.</p>', 'AL-BARANEYA-Ashgan-El-Hamus-photo-by-Janniek-Sinnige-scaled-e1784402295905-600x600.jpg.jpeg', '1924830090'),
(540, 'Hosam Abu Dan', 'Hosam Abu Dan is a Palestinian director and producer from the Gaza Strip. Born in 1992, he has worked across film, television, and media production since 2010, building a multidisciplinary background that spans editing, cinematography, screenwriting, directing, and production. He holds a Diploma in Multimedia Technology (2012) and a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication (2023), alongside advanced training in documentary and cinematic directing.\r<br/>In 2016, Abu Dan founded New Scene for Media & Artistic Production. Through New Scene, he has produced and directed documentary, narrative, television, and digital projects in collaboration with leading regional and international networks, including Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera 360, Alaraby TV, and UNRWA TV. His early short A DROP earned second place in UNRWA’s Clothesline competition in 2012, followed by works such as the short fiction DIM LIGHT (2015), the documentary SIX MILES OUT (2017), and the drama series ANQOUD (2020) and GILBOA PRISON (2022). His acclaimed 2024 documentary GAZA SOUND MAN gained widespread international recognition, winning a Karama Gold Award, a Telly Award, and a Shorty Bronze, while being selected among the Top 5 films at Sheffield DocFest 2025.\r<br/>Rooted in the intimate details of Palestinian life, Abu Dan’s artistic approach merges observational realism with visual restraint. His work reflects a sustained interest in how political realities intersect with family dynamics, memory, physical experience, and daily survival. THIRTEEN IN GAZA marks his debut feature-length fiction film.\r<br/>', 'DIRECTOR_PHOTO.jpeg', '846132730');

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(98, 'Five Boys And a Wheel', 'short', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/vd9znplwb1ok4qm/Five%20Boys%20and%20a%20Wheel%20-%20PR%20-%20En%20sub%20w%20logo.mov?dl=0', '5bnwh', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
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(108, 'Life on the Horn', 'short', 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/cbexngjxi88qc3n/Life%20on%20the%20Horn%20Prores%20Ar%20%2B%20Eng.mov?dl=0', 'hornaren', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
(109, 'Under the Concrete', 'feature', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xfyr3nsqn7osn3n/AADOUWq7qDUgPrkCB5iqs8pNa?dl=0', 'pskutc', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
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(115, 'Goin South', 'short', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/74eq8osmxburgeh/Ertidad%20-%20En%20sub.mp4?dl=0', 'goins#', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
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(117, 'Silah', 'short', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/a8c0md2u909xdde/Silah%20-%20En%20sub.mp4?dl=0', 'sil--a', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
(118, 'Son of a Dancer', 'short', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/luovnukd6k4y0r4/Son%20of%20a%20Dancer.mp4?dl=0', 'ebn#dancer', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''),
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-- Table structure for table `films`
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(3, '3000 Nights', '3000 Leila', '1236988155', 'feature', '2015', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Palestine\r - France\r - UAE\r - Qatar\r - Lebanon', 'Nour Productions\r<br/>Orjouane Productions', 'Sabine Sidawi\r<br/>Mai Masri', '3000 Nights tells the story of a young Palestinian school teacher who gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison, where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.', 'Maisa Abdelhadi\r<br/>Nadera Omran\r<br/>Raida Adon\r<br/>Rakeen Saad', 'Screenwriter: Mai Masri\r<br/>DOP: Gilles Porte\r<br/>Editor: Michèle Tyan', '103 min', 'Palestine’s official submission for the Golden Globe Awards and Jordan’s Official Submission to the 2017 Academy Awards to compete at the Best Foreign-language Film category.\r<br/>Shot in a real prison with an almost entirely female cast, most of actresses had a strong connection with prison either directly through their own experiences or through their parents, siblings or relatives.\r<br/>Director Mai Masri won over 60 awards from film festivals worldwide.\r<br/>Released in over 35 theaters in France\r<br/>Sold-out screenings in Nablus, Palestine\r<br/>Commercially released in Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Iraq, and more locations around the Arab world.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Taormina Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco\r<br/>Les Premier Rencontres Cinématographique (Debut Film Encounters Programme), Algeria \r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival (KHRF), Jordan\r<br/>AFAC Film Week, Morocco\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Mauret Film Festival, France\r<br/>Rencontres Internationales des Cinémas Arabes, France\r<br/>Cap sur le Monde Festival, France\r<br/>Islamic Unity International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Women\'s International Film & Television Showcase (The WIFTS), USA\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Annonay International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), Switzerland\r<br/>Washington, DC International Film Festival (Filmfest DC), USA\r<br/>Taormina Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM), Algeria\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Arab Camera Festival, The Netherlands\r<br/>Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival du Film et des Cultures Méditerranéennes in Bastia, France\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia', 'Best Actress Award at the Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Film Engagé Award at the Mauret Film Festival, France\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Film at the Rencontres Internationales des Cinémas Arabes, France\r<br/>First Prize, Students of Dreux, at the Cap sur le Monde Festival, France\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Islamic Unity International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival Grant Award for Best Script\r<br/>Jury Award at the Women\'s International Film & Television Showcase (The WIFTS), USA\r<br/>Meeting Point Audience Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Audience Award at the Annonay International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Youth Jury Award at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), Switzerland\r<br/>Special Jury Award at Washington, DC International Film Festival (Filmfest DC), USA\r<br/>Tao Edu Young Prize at the Taormina Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Actress Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM), Algeria\r<br/>Best Feature Film and Audience Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Audience Award at the Arab Camera Festival, The Netherlands\r<br/>Audience Award at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Kantara France Bleu RCFM and Hors les Murs at the Festival du Film et des Cultures Méditerranéennes in Bastia, France\r<br/>Bronze Tanit and Screenplay Prize for a Feature Film at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com//watch?v=YmFLZf3W8AU', '328285664small.jpg', '3282856643000 Nights - Still 1.jpg', '3282856643000 Nights - Still 2.jpg', '3282856643000 Nights - Still 3.jpg', '3282856643000-nights.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/3000-nights-film-review-827283\">Sheri Linden - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/3000-nights-review/5095138.article\">Wendy Ide - ScreenDaily</a></span></p>', '“Well-observed details and a keen, mournful awareness of the region’s political realities” Sheri Linden - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3815424/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(4, 'Abdullah', 'Abdullah', '1957078022', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'UAE', '1893 Productions\r<br/>Mile Studios', 'Humaid Alsuwaidi\r<br/>Ahmed Lotfy', 'Abdullah follows the story of a young man who grew up in a very conservative family where many things are \"haram\" while he struggles over the years to hide his love for music.', 'Mohammed Ahmed\r<br/>Mansour Al Feeli\r<br/>Fatima Altaei\r<br/>Alaa Shaker', 'Screenwriter: Humaid Al Suwaidi\r<br/>DOP: Jack Elliott\r<br/>Editor: Humaid Al Suwaidi', '97 min', 'Abdullah was filmed on a shoestring budget over 34 days in Ajman and Abu Dhabi, while Creative Lab and Twofour54 provided the equipment for filming.', 'World premiere at the Dubai Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>European Film Screenings Programme (EFS), UAE\r<br/>Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Festival, South Africa', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bn13GIk0Lk', '928946693small.jpg', '928946693Abdullah - Still1.jpg', '928946693Abdullah - Still3.jpg', '928946693Abdullah - Still5.jpg', '122424744abdullah.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/mirrors/2016-01-03-1.2542437\">Albayan - Abada Ibrahim (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Abdullah by director Humaid Alsuwaidi tried to address stories and issues in the Emirati society that we see and hear about, but don’t cast light on.” Abada Ibrahim - Albayan (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5235222/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(5, 'Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim', 'Ali Me’za w Ibrahim', '277125938', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Comedy', 'Egypt\r - Qatar\r - France\r - UAE\r - Germany', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>Transit Films\r<br/>Arizona Productions', 'Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Hossam Elouan\r<br/>Daniel Ziskind', 'Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim follows a strange love story of a young man living in a rough neighborhood. He travels across Egypt on the recommendation of a psychic along with Ibrahim who is almost driven mad by the voices he hears in his head. Their journey turns into a voyage of friendship and self-discovery.', 'Ali Sobhi\r<br/>Ahmed Magdy\r<br/>Salwa Mohamed Aly\r<br/>Nahed El Sebai', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Amer\r<br/>DOP: Amr Farouk\r<br/>Editor: Emad Maher', '90 min', 'The goat has a main role in the film that also introduces two acting prodigies; Ali Sobhi and Ahmed Magdy.\r<br/>The film received 7 funds and grants from different international organizations.\r<br/>The film won three awards during its participation in the Final Cut Workshop at the Venice International Film Festival.', 'Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Mons International Love Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Rendez- Vous with French Cinema, Paris\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>AFAC Film Week, Morocco\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Australia\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands \r<br/>Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora, Morocco\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'Best Actor Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Best Feature Film at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>CNC Award, Knightworks Award, Titra TVS Award\r<br/>at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Film, Best Cinematography and Jury Award for Artistic Creativity at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Samy Al Salamouny Award for Renewal and Creation, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Soundtrack, a Certificate of Appreciation in Cinematography at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvDrVxlIRA', '2117108605small.jpg', '2117108605Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim - Still2.jpg', '2117108605Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim - Still3.jpg', '2117108605Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim - Still6.jpg', '2117108605ali-the-goat.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ali-the-goat-and-ibrahim-review-1201948436/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ali-goat-ibrahim-review-960255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Mahmoud Abdelshakour - Shorouk News (Arabic)\" href=\"https://www.shorouknews.com/columns/view.aspx?cdate=09032017&amp;id=84bf0858-82a7-4953-b41e-0677769cc4c9%20\">Mahmoud Abdelshakour - Shorouk News (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Khaled Mahmoud - Shorouk News (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=06032017&amp;id=46fa97eb-924a-46f1-808e-4e998ac313bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaled Mahmoud - Shorouk News (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ahmed Shawky - Filfan (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.filfan.com/news/details/60800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahmed Shawky - Filfan (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Short-film director Sherif El Bendary’s feature debut brings together disparate elements for an unexpectedly warm-hearted finale that asserts the primacy of love in whatever form it may take.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“A totally unexpected feature bow from well-known short filmmaker Sherif El Bendary, Ali, the Goat, and Ibrahim (Ali Mea’za we Ibrahim) defies categorization.” Deborah Young – The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4473378/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(6, 'Barakah Meets Barakah', 'Barakah Yoqabil Barakah', '1105039090', 'feature', '2016', 'Comedy, Romance', 'Saudi Arabia', 'El Housh Productions', 'Mahmoud Sabbagh', 'Barakah Meets Barakah tells the story of two lovers who are united in an environment hostile to dating of any kind. He is Barakah, the municipal civil servant from Jeddah, who is also an amateur actor in a theatrical troupe. She is Barakah, a wild beauty, who functions as a crowd-puller for her stylish mother’s boutique and runs her own widely-seen vlog. They both defy customs and traditions, as well as the religious police, using modern communication technologies and traditional dating methods.', 'Hisham Fageeh\r<br/>Fatima Al Banawi\r<br/>Sami Hifny\r<br/>Abdulmajeed Alruhaidi', 'Screenwriter: Mahmoud Sabbagh\r<br/>DOP: Victor Credi\r<br/>Editor: Sofia Subercaseaux\r<br/>Daniel Garcia\r<br/>Anas Batahaf', '88 min', 'The film is Saudi Arabia\'s official submission to the 2017 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the first Saudi film to screen at Berlinale.\r<br/>The film ranked the fifth on the IndieWire’s list of Favorite Middle Eastern Films of 2016.\r<br/>The film is for anyone who wishes to know more about dating in Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>It was filmed entirely in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Egyptian cinematographer Victor Credi.\r<br/>The film originates from Saudi Arabia where cinema has been banned for more than 30 years.', 'BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco\r<br/>Sudan Independent Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Les Premier Rencontres Cinématographique (Debut Film Encounters Programme) in Hassi Messaoud, Algeria\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan', 'Ecumenical Jury Award at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany\r<br/>Certificate of Appreciation at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATCgNkSrXTo', '1428943270small.jpg', '1428943270Fest Stills_1.117.1.jpg', '1428943270Fest Stills_1.124.1.jpg', '1428943270Fest Stills_1.150.1.jpg', '1428943270barakah.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alissa Simon - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/barakah-meets-barakah-review-1201848276/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alissa Simon - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Neil Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/barakah-meets-barakah-barakah-yoqabil-865315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"David D&rsquo;arcy - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/barakah-meets-barakah-berlin-review/5100622.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David D&rsquo;arcy - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jordan Hoffman - The Guardian\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/09/barakah-meets-barakah-review-saudi-rom-com-toronto-film-festival-tiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Hoffman - The Guardian</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ethan Vestby - Cinema Scope\" href=\"http://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/barakah-meets-barakah-mahmoud-sabbagh-saudi-arabia-special-presentations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethan Vestby - Cinema Scope</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Radheyan Simonpillai - NOW\" href=\"https://nowtoronto.com/movies/barakah-meets-barakah-barakah-yoqabil-barakah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radheyan Simonpillai - NOW</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Joni Blyth - One Room With A View\" href=\"https://oneroomwithaview.com/2016/10/05/barakah-meets-barakah-lff-2016-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joni Blyth - One Room With A View</a></span></p>', '“The independently financed, satirical comedy Barakah Meets Barakah from debuting writer-director Mahmoud Sabbagh is a smart, charming, and bittersweet tale about the Kingdom’s millennial generation and their take on the social and political restrictions that stand in the way of meeting and mingling with the opposite sex.” Alissa Simon - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“A suitable pick for any festival or platform favoring human-rights themes, this easygoing crowd-pleaser is automatically rendered rich and strange by its unlikely origins.” Neil Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Barakah Meets Barakah is fascinating as ethnography.” Jordan Hoffman - The Guardian\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film is critical of oppressive customs and even a bit tragic, but it\'s also joyful, investing its hopes in characters representing a new generation that is too fun and sassy to be ignored.” Radheyan Simonpillai - NOW\r<br/>\r<br/>“Bolstered by two knockout performances, this Saudi gem is a sweet and stirring success for debut filmmaker Mahmoud Sabbagh.” Joni Blyth - One Room With A View', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5435084/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(7, 'The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul', 'Misafer: Halab-Istanbul', '191616049', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama ', 'Turkey\r - Jordan', 'Istanbul Film Production (IFP)\r<br/>Istanbul Digital (ID)\r<br/>Pan East Media\r<br/>ANDAC Film', 'Saba Mubarak\r<br/>Andaç Haznederoğlu', 'The film follows the journey of Lena and Meryem during their escape from the war in Syria. Lena is a ten-year-old girl who has lost her family in the war. She finds herself forced to make her way to Turkey with her baby sister and their neighbor Meryem, along with the other refugees. Lena wants to return home, while Meryem’s hope is to reach Europe.', 'Saba Mubarak\r<br/>Rawan Skeif\r<br/>Ahmad-Homam Hout\r<br/>Şebnem Dönmez', 'Screenwriter: Andaç Haznederoğlu\r<br/>DOP: Hayk Kirakosyan\r<br/>Efe Kubilay\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez\r<br/>Can Yagan', '83 min', 'While showing Meryem and Lena overcoming the hurdles of a big city in a foreign country and becoming heroines of their story, the film enables people to have a better understanding of Syrian refugees’ feelings and the harsh reality they face every day. \r<br/>Most of the film’s cast are real refugees acting for the first time.\r<br/>The film stars Jordanian star Saba Mubarak, whose repertoire includes a number of Arab and international films such as the Swedish films Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter and Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation.\r<br/>MAD Solutions released the film in Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.\r<br/>The film took part in the European Film Market (EFM), held as part of the Berlin International Film Festival.\r<br/>It was selected at several prestigious international film festivals, winning a number of awards.', 'Arab Women Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>LET’S CEE Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Boston Turkish Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Antalya Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Beirut Women International Film Festival (BWFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Arab Film Festival-Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival – MAFF, Sweden', 'Audience Award at the Antalya Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Feature Film and Best Editing at the International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Feature and Best Actress at the Silk Road International Film Festival (SRIFF), Ireland\r<br/>Special Mention at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNCUfp5ex8', '32624the-guest.jpg', 'The Guest (8).png', 'The Guest (10).png', 'Ekran Resmi.png', 'guest poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://alghad.com/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/\">Esraa El Radaida-Alghad</a></span></p>', '“A powerful message of love and hope that raises awareness among audiences.”\r<br/>Esraa El Radaida - Alghad', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5554314/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(10, 'Go Home', 'Rawhy', '982312312', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'France\r - Switzerland\r - Belgium\r - Lebanon', 'Paraiso Production Diffusion', 'Nathalie Trafford', 'When Nada comes back to her homeland, Lebanon she finds her home turned into an abandoned house in ruins, haunted by the presence of her grandfather who disappeared mysteriously during the civil war. During her journey searching for her identity, more secrets and myths were revealed.', 'Golshifeh Farahni\r<br/>Maximilien Seweryn\r<br/>Julia Kassar\r<br/>Mireille Maalouf', 'Screenwriter: Jihane Chouaib\r<br/>DOP: Tommaso Fiorilli\r<br/>Editor: Ludo Troch', '98 min', 'The film received Dubai Post Production Fund (Enjaaz). \r<br/>The film stars the award-winning Iranian star Golshifteh Farahani, who starred alongside Leonardo Dicaprio in Body of Lies, becoming the first Iranian actress to take part in a Hollywood production since 1979.', 'Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Munich International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Panorama of the European Film, Egypt\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese Movie Awards, Lebanon', 'Best Sound Design In A Lebanese Motion Picture to Béatrice Wick at the Lebanese Movie Awards, Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBSvIdIarPQ', '891746439small.jpg', '891746439gohome 0002066.jpg', '891746439gohome 0090483.jpg', '891746439gohome 0274785.jpg', '891746439gohome.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Peter Debruge - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/go-home-film-review-1201609663/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Debruge - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/go-home-busan-review-829381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/go-home-review/5095021.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alan Mehanna - An-Nahar\" href=\"https://en.annahar.com/article/607344-go-home-a-must-see-lebanese-film-that-ophat-opens-pandoras-box-and-unleashes-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan Mehanna - An-Nahar</a></span></p>', '“Chouaib and Farahani impressively manage to draw the viewer in, with the specter of death and a thick air of secrecy hanging heavy over the proceedings from the first frame.” Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“This trilingual yet not especially talky debut [of Jihane Chouaib] ... seeks profundity in introspective silences.” Peter Debruge - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“A film that is a perfect merger of visual and narrative storytelling, Chouaib’s mature use of the camera and the mise-en-scene form the perfect, yet at times melancholic ode to home and identity.” Alan Mehanna - An-Nahar', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3517026/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(12, 'Starve Your Dog', 'Gawwa’ Kalbak', '969324254', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Period Drama, Political', 'Morocco', 'Pan Production Company\r<br/>Matrice Media Production', 'Hicham Lasri\r<br/>Hussein Malki\r<br/>Mickaël Clouet', 'An experimental cinematic essay rewrites the facts of Morocco, by revealing dark secrets of Driss Basri, the man responsible for countless human rights abuses under King Hassan II’s regime.', 'Benaissa El Jirari\r<br/>Latefa Ahrrare', 'Screenwriter: Hicham Lasri\r<br/>DOP: Saïd Slimani\r<br/>Editor: Mickaël Clouet', '94 min', 'Starve Your Dog and The Sea Is Behind come as chapters of Hicham Lasri\'s trilogy that started with the award-winning film C\'est Eux Les Chiens (They Are the Dogs), which received the Muhr Arab Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Berlin Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Béjaïa Film Meetings, Algeria\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Khouribga African Film Festival (FCAK), Morocco', 'African Federation for Cinematographic Critic Award at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Direction Award at the Khouribga African Film Festival (FCAK), Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH2ny56GXOo', '90061839small.jpg', '90061839STARVE YOUR DOG_A.jpg', '90061839STARVE YOUR DOG_B.jpg', '90061839STARVE YOUR DOG_E.jpg', '90061839starve-your-dog.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/starve-your-dog-tiff-review-822661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Abdalelah Algohary  - Eye on Cinema (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.eyeoncinema.net/Details.aspx?secid=30&amp;nwsId=3525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdalelah Algohary - Eye on Cinema (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Combining stylistic echoes of veteran nouvelle vague masters like Jean-Luc Godard and Agnes Varda with an ultra-vivid, high-contrast color palette that recalls the work of Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Starve Your Dog is an emphatically surreal oddity pitched at ultra-niche arthouse and festival crowds.” Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4957512/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(13, 'Ave Maria', 'Al Salamu A’layki Ya Mariam', '64732724', 'short films', '2015', 'Comedy', 'Palestine', 'Incognito Films', 'Eric Dupont', 'The film tells the story of an order of Palestinian nuns living in the middle of the West Bank wilderness. Their daily routine of silence and prayer is disrupted when a family of Israeli settlers breaks down right outside their convent, just as the Sabbath is beginning. The family need to get home but can’t operate the phone, and the Nuns have taken a vow of silence.', 'Maria Zreik\r<br/>Huda Al-Imam\r<br/>Ruth Farhi\r<br/>Shady Srour', 'Screenwriter: Basil Khalil\r<br/>Danile Yanez\r<br/>DOP: Eric Mizrahi\r<br/>Editor: Basil Khalil', '14 min', 'The film has been nominated to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short 2016. \r<br/>The film’s poster has been selected as one of the best film posters at the Cannes Film Festival by the British Film Institute\'s Sight and Sound magazine.\r<br/>AVE MARIA won 25 awards and screened at more than 130 international film festivals.\r<br/>The film was shortlisted for the 2017 Cesar Film Award for Best Short Film Award.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Diritti a Todi Human Rights Festival, Italy\r<br/>Clair Obscur Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival Images en vues, Canada\r<br/>MedFilm Festival - Rome, Italy\r<br/>UK Jewish Film Festival, UK\r<br/>INTERFILM - International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia\r<br/>World Film Festival of Bangkok, Thailand\r<br/>Séquence Court Métrage, France\r<br/>Badalona Short Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Bosporus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Longue vie sur le court, Canada\r<br/>Leuven Short Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Passaggi D’autore Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Fréjus Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Madrid Palestine Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Santiago de Chile Palestine Film Festival, Chile\r<br/>Maine Jewish Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>TOFI Festival, Poland\r<br/>FilmLab Palestine, Palestine\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Long Beach Int’l Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Metricamente Corto Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Busan Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Hamptons International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Sedicicorto Film Festival -16Shorts, Italy\r<br/>Encounters Short Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Molise Cinema Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Casalborgone Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Shorts Mexico Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Coronado Island Film Festival, USA\r<br/>International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC), Cyprus\r<br/>Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Cervignano Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Adana Golden Boll Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Festival de Court de Grenoble, France\r<br/>Palm Springs International Short Festival, USA', 'Best Muhr Short Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Best Script Award at the Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Audience Award at the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>2nd Place within the Confrontations Competition at the INTERFILM - International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Silver Egg Award and Vilko Filač Award for Best Cinematography at the Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Special Jury Recognition for Short Film at the Coronado Island Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Film Award at the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC), Cyprus\r<br/>Green SOS Award at the Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Cervignano Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Film Award at the Adana Golden Boll Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Screenplay Award at the Festival de Court de Grenoble, France\r<br/>1st Prize HP Bridging the Borders Award  and a Special Mention (live action under 15 min) at the Palm Springs International Short Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GhxEsSiums', '1301289918small.jpg', '1301289918Ave Maria - Still 1.jpg', '1301289918Ave Maria - Still 2.jpg', '1301289918Ave Maria - Still 3.jpg', '1301289918ave-marie.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/ave-maria-director-basil-khalil-on-the-oscars-i-already-feel-like-a-winner-1.173185\">Chris Newbould - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.al-ayyam.ps/ar_page.php?id=105f549cy274683036Y105f549c\">Said Abo Maala - Al Ayam (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.jaredmobarak.com/2016/01/21/ave-maria/\">Jared Mobarak</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.filmjournal.com/reviews/film-review-oscar-nominated-short-films-2016-live-action\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Garcia - Film Journal</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/ave-maria-2015-film-review-by-jennie-kermode\">Jennie Kermode - Eye for Film</a></span></p>', '“Director Basil Khalil and co-writer Daniel Yáñez have come up with a cutely comic conceit for their short film Ave Maria.” Jared Mobarak\r<br/>\r<br/>“Ave Maria never ridicules the various religious traditions it references but gently makes sport of the hypocrisy around them.\" Jennie Kermode - Eye for Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4419794/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(14, 'Ayny', 'Ayny', '509619660', 'short films', '2016', 'Stop motion animation', 'Germany\r - Jordan\r - Palestine', 'Academy of Media Arts Cologne', 'Stefan Gieren', 'Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.', 'Ahmad Saleh (Voice)', 'Screenwriter: Ahmad Saleh\r<br/>DOP: Lionel Poutiaire Somé\r<br/>Editor: Ahmad Saleh', '11 min', 'The film is a Students Academy Awards winner. \r<br/>Winner of more than 20 international awards.\r<br/>Ayny is based on a tragic incident that the director himself experienced in Askar, one of the oldest refugee camps near the city of Nablus in the Palestinian autonomous areas, ten years ago. \r<br/>Ayny is Ahmad Saleh’s Academy of Media Arts Cologne graduation film.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Animate Palestine Festival (Animate. Ps), Palestine\r<br/>Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), USA\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany\r<br/>International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany\r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine, France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), USA\r<br/>Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films, Iraq\r<br/>Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Lebanon International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Valletta Film Festival, Malta \r<br/>Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA', 'Gold Medal for Best Foreign Animation in 2016 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), USA\r<br/>Amarji Alsumaria Award at the Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films, Iraq\r<br/>Best Third Movie - Film Competition from Outside Iraq at the Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Karama Feather Award for Best Jordanian Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Best Animation at the Lebanon International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Short Film Award at the Valletta Film Festival, Malta \r<br/>Audience Award for Best Short Film at Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VWvYY21I4 ', '107618692small.jpg', '107618692Ayny - Still2.jpg', '107618692Ayny - Still3.jpg', '107618692Ayny - Still6.jpg', '107618692ayny.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://ultrapal.ultrasawt.com/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Said Abo Maala - Ultrapal (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The simplicity that hides depth, suffering and the power of dreams, whatever the odds, is one of the film\'s strengths, in addition to its ability to extract a large amount of contradictory feelings due to the fate of the characters that the director built and stirred and through which he created his profound message.” Said Abo Maala - Ultrapal (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5938528/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(15, 'Like a Matchstick', 'Zay Ood El Kabreet', '1385963866', 'feature', '2016', 'Comedy, Fantasy', 'Egypt', 'Hassan El Imam Films', 'Hussein El Imam', 'Hussein El Imam uses the classics of Egyptian cinema creating a parallel and hilarious reality using all the famous templates with 21 of the most beautiful stars of Egyptian cinema in its golden age.', 'Hussein El Imam\r<br/>Sahar Ramy\r<br/>Khaled Mahrous\r<br/>Zakaria Amer', 'Screenwriter: Hussein El Imam\r<br/>DOP: Mostafa Hassan\r<br/>Joseph Waguih\r<br/>Wahid Farid\r<br/>Alvise Orfanelli\r<br/>Editor: Samar El Sheikh', '90 min', 'Hussein Al Imam\'s last film and only directorial work. The film brings back black and white films to the cinema.', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA\r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Backstreet Festival, Egypt', 'Samy El Salamouny Award for Innovation to late director Hussein Al Imam at the Egyptian Cinema Film Association Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuTjShjAWVk', '1742327170Like%20a%20Matchstick.jpg', '1742327170Like a Matchstick - Still1.jpg', '1742327170Like a Matchstick - Still2.jpg', '1742327170Like a Matchstick - Still3.jpg', '893898288zay-ood-elkabret.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.shorouknews.com/columns/view.aspx?cdate=01092016&amp;id=b472f89a-6498-45d6-95fa-821a22a8ae4c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorouk News - Mahmoud Abdel Shakour (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://alarab.news/%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A1-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Arab News - Amir Alemary (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“A bold fantasy needed for the Egyptian cinema.” Amir Alemary - Al Arab News (Arabic)', '0', 'world', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(16, 'Five Boys and a Wheel', 'Khamsat Awlad Wa A’gal', '264665539', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Palestine', 'AKZ Collective', '<p>Akram Ashqar Ahmad Al-Khatib Said Zagha</p>', 'Set in Jordan, FIVE BOYS  AND A WHEEL tells the story of a young father who finds himself caught in a petty conflict between his son and the neighbors.\r<br/>As the parents from each family are called upon to address the issue, the discussions rapidly escalate, pushing the father’s values to the brink.', 'Ali Suliman<br />Nadira Omran<br />Haydar Kfoof<br />Mohammad Idris</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Said Zagha<br />DOP: Ahmad Jalboush<br />Editor: Ameen Nayfeh, Eyas Salman', '20 min', 'The film is based on American author Raymond Carver\'s short story BICYCLES, MUSCLES, CIGARETTES\r<br/>The film received support from the Royal Film Commission - Jordan\r<br/>Starring Ali Suliman, who is known for his roles in the Hollywood films THE KINGDOM, BODY OF LIES, and LONE SURVIVOR', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Portland International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Middle East Now Festival, Italy\r<br/>MOOOV Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine, France\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Sudan Film Screens Program at the Sudan Film Factory, Sudan\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Bridge of Arts Motivational Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, US\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>Reel Palestine, UAE\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>MONA Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Palestine Arts Film Festival, Switzerland  \r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Israel', 'Golden Wahr Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Silver Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Golden Khanjer Award at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zLO3N0ryr8', '361532324small.jpg', '361532324Five Boys and A Wheel - Still1.jpg', '361532324Five Boys and A Wheel - Still2.jpg', '361532324Five Boys and A Wheel - Still3.jpg', '361532324five-boys-and-a-wheel.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alrai Newspaper (Arabic) \" href=\"https://bit.ly/2jKWg5W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alrai Newspaper (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://ultrapal.ultrasawt.com/%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA?fbclid=IwAR0RtqPZfKJKR0okBdTB5klCShWv38EL7p3abrTD2YpOv7-r_Pn05qJ2AyU\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultrapalestine (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Using a cinematic language, the film shows the conditions of a person living with different types of behaviors and practices that sweep away innocent people into an atmosphere coated with results of everyday violence and fighting that has become prevalent in society. These aspects were set forth before the viewers’ eyes through a simple and enjoyable story in which elements of humor were used to condemn these practices and the pain and ordeals they involve.” Alrai Newspaper (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film addresses a deep topic in a simple, beautiful and poetic way.” Saeed Abo Me’ala- Ultrapalestine', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5603966/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(17, 'Five O’clock ', 'Al Sa’a Al Khamisa', '777822224', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Iraq', 'Tigers Scope\r<br/>Gudea Center for Culture and Arts', 'Ayman Al-Shatri', 'A suicidal person believes everyone deserves to die, but he soon discovers that he desperately needs help. Death is not a solution.', 'Karam Thamer\r<br/>Safa Najem\r<br/>Karrar Al Mahdi', 'Screenwriter: Ameer Ihsaan\r<br/>Ayman Al-Shatri\r<br/>DOP: Ayman Al-Shatri\r<br/>Editor: Ayman Al-Shatri', '14 min', 'World premiered at the Dubai international Film Festival, UAE within the Muhr Gulf Short competition. \r<br/>Won international awards, including the Best Second Movie - Film Competition from Iraq at the Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq.\r<br/>Screened at a number of international festivals, including Malmö Film Festival', 'Dubai international Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films in Al Najaf, Iraq\r<br/>Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Malmö Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia', 'Best Second Movie-Film Competition from Iraq at the Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Special Mention at the Malmö Film Festival, Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgnlwgRPW_8', '1024250506small.jpg', '1024250506Five O-clock - Still1.jpg', '1024250506Five O-clock - Still3.jpg', '1024250506Five O-clock- Still2.jpg', '1024250506Five O-clock .jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"One Iraq News (Arabic)\" href=\"http://oneiraqnews.com/?aa=news&amp;id22=740#.WP9tXdKGPIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Iraq News (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alnaked Aliraqi - Mahdi Abbas (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.alnaked-aliraqi.net/article/40130.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahdi Abbas - Alnaked Aliraqi (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The elements of the film, including acting, cinematography, editing and the intensive and moving dialogue, are very convincing.” Mahdi Abbas - Alnaked Aliraqi (Arabic)', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(18, 'Before the Summer Crowds', 'Abl Zahmet El Seif', '568720702', 'feature', '2015', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Middle West Films\r<br/>Film Clinic\r<br/>The Producers\r<br/>Wika for Film Production and Distribution\r<br/>MAD Solutions', 'Wael Omar\r<br/>Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Hani Osama\r<br/>Mohamed Khan\r<br/>Dina Farouk\r<br/>Alaa Karkouti\r<br/>Jamal Al Dabbous', 'Set in a seaside resort, the film tracks a group of people who meet each other at the beginning of summer season and all get tangled in the paradoxes of love, jealousy, desire and disappointments.', 'Maged El Kedwany\r<br/>Hana Shiha\r<br/>Ahmed Dawood\r<br/>Lana Mushtaq', 'Screenwriter: Ghada Shahbender\r<br/>Nura El Sheikh\r<br/>DOP: Victor Credi\r<br/>Editor: Dina Farouk', '90 min', 'The film introduces an unusual viewpoint in Egyptian cinema on a number of intertwined relationships who come from different social classes carrying different thoughts, emotional and sensual aspects.\r<br/>The film won three awards at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema; Best Sound to Bassem El Elaimy, Best Music to Layal Watfeh, and Best Actor in a Leading Role to Maged El Kedwany.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE \r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Mostra de Cinema EgípcioContemporâneo, Brazil\r<br/>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA\r<br/>Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'Best Sound, Best Music, Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s18VyphI43I', '890863199small.jpg', '890863199BSC - still1.jpg', '890863199BSC - still2.jpg', '890863199BSC - still3.jpg', '890863199before-the-summer-crwd.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/before-the-summer-crowds-review/5097925.article\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://stepfeed.com/mohamed-khan-satirizes-egyptian-society-in-before-the-summer-crowds-2047\">Noha Medhat - Step Feed</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/dubai-international-film-festival/diff-2015-review-before-the-summer-crowds-1.1636591\">Danielle van Jaarsveld - Gulf News</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.shorouknews.com/columns/view.aspx?cdate=14042016&amp;id=1101380f-ad72-43d3-9a52-05c0dcba34f6\">Mahmoud Abdalshakour - Shorouk News (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Mohamed Khan has fashioned a deceptively light ensemble piece in Before The Summer Crowds, which he serves up as a wry satire on the self-centred middle classes occupying Egypt’s first row...its seaside setting, breezy insouciance and sharp undertow could see Summer Crowds achieve further festival berths after its Dubai world premiere.” Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohammad Khan brings us a story of a pre-summer voyage to the Egyptian coast. Filled with love, laughs and frustrations, the film is timeless and extremely enjoyable to watch. As the plot thickens, the characters and storyline develops, leaving you on the edge of your seat. The storyline was so relatable, not only to the people of Egypt or limited to only Arabic speakers. It was a story that could happen anywhere and to anyone.” Danielle van Jaarsveld - Gulf News', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5233554/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab');
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(19, 'Clash', 'Eshtebak', '1978971148', 'feature', '2016	', 'Action, Thriller', 'Egypt\r - France\r - Germany\r - UAE', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>Sampek Productions\r<br/>Acamedia Global\r<br/>ARTE France Cinema\r<br/>Niko Film\r<br/>Fortress Film Clinic\r<br/>Pyramide International ', 'Moez Masoud\r<br/>Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Eric Lagesse\r<br/>Nicole Gerhards\r<br/>Jamal Al Dabbous\r<br/>Daniel Ziskind\r<br/>Sarah Goher', 'Tackling the political unrest that prevailed in Egypt in 2013, Clash’s events take place in an 8-meter police truck, crammed with detainees representing different sects of society, their interaction with each other full of madness, violence, romance, and comedy.', 'Nelly Karim\r<br/>Tarek Abd El Aziz\r<br/>Hany Adel\r<br/>Ahmed Malek', 'Screenwriter: Khaled Diab\r<br/>Mohamed Diab\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Gabr\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '97 min', 'The film opened the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival 2016, where it received a letter of praise from Hollywood star Tom Hanks.\r<br/>Selected as one of the most anticipated films in international festivals during 2016 by Screen International and was included in The Hollywood Reporter\'s Critics\' Faves list of one of the 10 best films at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>Egypt\'s Official Submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film category of the Academy Awards 2017.\r<br/>The DIFF had chosen to present Clash to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HEPA) for Golden Globe Award consideration.\r<br/>The film topped late critic Samir Farid’s list of the Best Egyptian Film in 2016.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Cinema for Peace Foundation, Germany\r<br/>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA\r<br/>Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India\r<br/>Zagreb International Film Festival, Croatia\r<br/>Mediterranean Film Festival of Brussels, Belgium\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), Spain\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck/Val de Fensch, France\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Scarborough Worldwide Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique in Montreal, Canada\r<br/>Cinepolitica International Film Festival, Romania', 'Suwarna Chakoram Prize for Best Film and Audience Prize - Rajata Chakoram at the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India\r<br/>Critics’ Prize at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Brussels, Belgium\r<br/>Golden Pram for Best Film at the Zagreb International Film Festival, Croatia\r<br/>Bronze Tanit, Best Photography, Best Editing, African University Award for Cinematic Criticism for Best Feature Film (The Nagiba El Hamrony Award) at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>\r<br/>Best New Director, Best Director of Photography, Sociograph Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), Spain\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck/Val de Fensch, France\r<br/>Best Film Poster, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Special Jury Prize for Direction at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Best Feature Film at the Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique in Montreal, Canada\r<br/>Cinepolitica Trophy at the Cinepolitica International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Grand Prix and Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the Scarborough Worldwide Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Best DOP and Best Costume Designer at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt\r<br/>Best Director for First and Second Work and Best Editing at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ezWn6lq4s', '1095886082small.jpg', '1095886082Clash---Still1.jpg', '1095886082Clash---Still2.jpg', '1095886082Clash---Still3.jpg', '1095886082clash.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'yes', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-clash-1201773347/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/clash-eshtebak-cannes-review-893496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/clash-cannes-review/5103774.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Marshall - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/948249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tarek Elshinawy - Almasryalyoum (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“This is bravura filmmaking with a kick-in-the-gut message about chaos and cruelty (with some humanity).” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Running the gamut from social comedy to actioner to war movie, Clash is an original, often quite disturbing experience to watch.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Clash is intensely cinematic, inventively using a handheld camera in a confined space as a mirror of a society with no room for manoeuvre.” Lee Marshall - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5599692/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(20, 'Foreign Body', 'Jassad Gharib', '1689066325', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'France\r - Tunisia', 'Nomadis Images\r<br/>Mon Voisin Productions\r<br/>Rhône-Alpes Cinéma', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Dominique Besnéhard\r<br/>Michel Feller', 'The film follows the first months in France of Samia, a young illegal immigrant who ran away from her brother. Haunted by the fear of being followed by her extremist brother whom she had denounced to the authorities, Samia first finds refuge at Imed’s home, a former acquaintance from her village, before ending up working for the rich widow Leila. These new meetings mingle with her headlong flight, where desire enhances tensions.', 'Hiam Abbass\r<br/>Sarah Hannachi\r<br/>Salim Kechiouche\r<br/>Majd Mastoura', 'Screenwriter: Raja Amari\r<br/>DOP: Aurélien Devaux\r<br/>Editor: Guerric Catala', '92 min', 'Director Raja Amari approached themes such as jihadism, class differences, power games, complex family relationships and unexpected sexual affinity, as well as the unstoppable waves of illegal immigration of North African youths to Europe.\r<br/>The film world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, within the Special Presentations section.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Cinemania Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Middle East Now Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Film Africa Festival in London, UK\r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival in Washington, DC, USA\r<br/>RiverRun International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq', 'Best Screenplay at the RiverRun International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Jury Award at the Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwHDDXWf-c', '84146950small.jpg', '84146950FOREIGN BODY - Still3.jpg', '84146950FOREIGN BODY - Still5.jpg', '84146950FOREIGN BODY - Still6.jpg', '84146950foreign-body.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Pamela Pianezza - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/foreign-body-review-corps-etranger-1201858042/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamela Pianezza - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alissa Simon - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/french-tunisian-auteur-raja-amari-on-sensual-social-drama-foreign-body-1201938977/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alissa Simon - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/foreign-body-corps-etranger-926883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>', '“Such a timely topic and the film has the right ingredients to play well internationally.” Pamela Pianezza - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Her latest, “Foreign Body,” sends an immigration story into unexpected byways as it explores a relationship triangle.” Alissa Simon - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5539474/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(21, 'Hedi', 'Inhebbek Hedi', '999334155', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - Belgium\r - France\r - Qatar\r - UAE', 'Nomadis Images\r<br/>Les Films du Fleuve\r<br/>Tanit Films', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Nadim Cheikhrouha\r<br/>Jean-Pierre Dardenne\r<br/>Luc Dardenne', 'The film follows Hedi a young man who doesn’t expect much from the future. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, making arrangements for marrying him off to Khadija, Hedi meets Rym and only two days before his wedding. Captivated by Rym’s free-spirit, Hedi finds himself obsessed with his newborn passion and suddenly discovers that his world goes beyond and above conventions.', 'Majd Mastoura\r<br/>Rym Ben Messaoud\r<br/>Sabah Bouzouita', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Ben Attia\r<br/>DOP: Frédéric Noirhomme\r<br/>Editors: Azza Chaabouni\r<br/>Ghalya Lacroix\r<br/>Hafedh Laaridhi', '88 min', 'The film’s lead actor Majd Mastoura won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlinale, as an unprecedented achievement for an Arab film at the festival.\r<br/>The first Tunisian film to screen in UAE theatres.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco \r<br/>Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora, Morocco\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Lumiere Awards, France\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France', 'Best First Feature and Silver Berlin Bear Awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Golden Athena at the Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Best Actor award at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Lumiere Award for Best French-Language Film at the Lumiere Awards, France\r<br/>Best Artistic Achievement Award at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Grand Prix Arte Mare at the Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwq5fxvZ4JA', '18294765418889small.jpg', '13188655671.jpg', '13188655672.jpg', '13188655673.jpg', '1318865567hedi.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/hedi-review-berlin-film-festival-1201704665/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hedi-berlin-review-864593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/hedi-berlin-review/5100305.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Samir Farid - Al Masry Alyoum (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1008134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samir Farid - Al Masry Alyoum (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Hedi has the maturity (together with the Berlinale placement and the Dardenne brothers attached as co-producers) to successfully work the arthouse niche internationally.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Quiet but pungent and featuring vibrant performances, it offers further evidence that the rebirth of Tunisian cinema is underway.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5011242/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(22, 'Theeb', 'Theeb', '1126449921', 'feature', '2014', 'Adventure, Thriller', 'Jordan\r - Qatar', 'Bayt Al Shawareb\r<br/>Noor Pictures\r<br/>Immortal Entertainment', 'Bassel Ghandour\r<br/>Rupert Lloyd\r<br/>Nasser Kalaji\r<br/>Laith Majali\r<br/>Nadine Toukan', 'Set in the Arabian Desert of 1916, the film follows Theeb, a young Bedouin boy, and his brother Hussein as they leave the safety of their tribe to venture on a treacherous journey at the dawn of the Great Revolt. If Theeb is to survive he must quickly learn about adulthood, trust and betrayal.', 'Jacir Eid\r<br/>Hussein Salameh\r<br/>Hassan Mutlag\r<br/>Marji Audeh\r<br/>Jack Fox', 'Screenwriter: Naji Abu Nowar\r<br/>Bassel Ghandour\r<br/>DOP: Wolfgang Thaler\r<br/>Editor: Rupert Lloyd', '100 min', 'Theeb has been nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016.\r<br/>A huge production filmed at the same location as Lawrence of Arabia.\r<br/>The film’s trailer reached over half a million views online.\r<br/>Theeb is the first Arab, non-Egyptian, film to top the box office since Caramel (Sokkar Banat) (2007).', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Mumbai Film Festival, India\r<br/>Jordanian Film Days, Algeria\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Tokyo FILMeX International Film Festival, Japan\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Trans-Saharan International Film Festival in Zegura, Morocco\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (CAMERIMAGE), Poland\r<br/>Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Miami International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Beijing International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden \r<br/>Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco', 'Best Director Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Jury Award - Journalism, Film Analysis Award and Best Actor Award at the Trans-Saharan International Film Festival in Zegura, Morocco\r<br/>A Special Mention at the BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>New Horizons Best Film from the Arab World and the FIPRESCI Award for Best Narrative Film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>A Certificate of Appreciation at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Student Jury Special Mention at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Best Directorial Debut Award at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (CAMERIMAGE), Poland\r<br/>The Main Award (Belgrade Victor) and the Award for Best Script at the Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Best Screenplay Award at the Miami International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Audience Award at the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Best Feature Film Award at the Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden \r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8voqrud5YM', '1697047432small.jpg', '1697047432Theeb Stills 1.jpg', '1697047432Theeb Stills 3.jpg', '1697047432Theeb Stills 4.jpg', '1697047432theeb.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety \" href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/venice-film-review-theeb-1201300323/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Collin Brennan - Consequence of Sound\" href=\"https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/film-review-theeb/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collin Brennan - Consequence of Sound</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/theeb-venice-review-729962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Stephen Holden - The New York Times\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/movies/review-in-theeb-a-bedouin-boys-brutal-coming-of-age.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Holden - The New York Times</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Vincent Dawod - BBC\" href=\"http://www.bbc.com/arabic/artandculture/2016/02/160225_art_film_theeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent Dawod - BBC</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Emad Abou Elfotouh - Arageek (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.arageek.com/art/2016/01/18/theeb-movie-oscar2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emad Abou Elfotouh - Arageek (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '\"Not only played at scores of fests, but is also a success in the Arab-speaking world, where homegrown pics outside of popular Egyptian blockbusters tend to limp.\" Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“In Jacir Eid’s extraordinary performance, Theeb exhibits the composure, bravery and cunning of a little savage driven by animal instinct.” Stephen Holden - The New York Times\r<br/>\r<br/>“The theme Theeb deals with is nothing less grand than survival; survival on an individual level for the protagonist but also the survival of a culture and a way of life. Nowar impressively treats both themes at the same time without overtly drawing parallels and further amplifies what are small-scale relationships and actions by letting the story play out against one of the world’s most majestic backdrops.” Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170902/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(23, 'Challat of Tunis', 'Le Challat du Tunis', '2018871493', 'documentary', '2013', 'Mystery, Docufiction', 'Tunisia', 'Cinétéléfilms\r<br/>Sister Productions\r<br/>Six Island Productions\r<br/>Charbon Studio\r<br/>Lylo Media Group', 'Habib Attia\r<br/>Julie Paratian\r<br/>Paul Scherzer', 'The film follows the journey of a filmmaker who investigates the mystery behind a man who slashes women with a razor blade on the streets of Tunisia in 2003.', 'Jallel Dridi\r<br/>Moufida Dridi\r<br/>Mohamed Slim Bouchiha', 'Screenwriter: Kaouther Ben Hania 	\r<br/>DOP: Sofian El Fani\r<br/>Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid', '89 min', 'This mockumentary highlights the presence of misogyny in the Tunisian society before the revolution through the phenomenon of the Challat, aka “The Blade”, a man on a motorbike who used to slash women’s buttocks with a razor blade on the streets of Tunis.\r<br/>Had sold-out screenings in Tunisian theaters.\r<br/>The only Arab film selection at the 2012 San Sebastian International Film Festival.\r<br/>It was presented at the Association for Independent Cinema (ACID) program of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival International du Film d\'Amiens, France\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) Yogyakart, Indonesia\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>International Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina\r<br/>Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon', 'Bayeurd’or Award at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium\r<br/>Best Documentary Award at the Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>French Union of Film Critics Award at the Festival International du Film d\'Amiens, France\r<br/>Discovery Award for Best New Director at the Traverse City Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_p_CmlH84', '849189587small.jpg', '849189587Challat of Tunis - Still2.jpg', '849189587Challat of Tunis - Still5.jpg', '849189587Challat of Tunis - Still7.jpg', '849189587challat-tunis.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-challat-of-tunis-1201202709/\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/challat-tunis-cannes-review-704693\">Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.france24.com/ar/20140402-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%87%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9\">Maha ben Abdalazeem - France 24 (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.middle-east-online.com/?id=173752\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Online (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Mockumentaries generally have culturally specific elements that play best to local audiences, and Kaouther Ben Hania’s hilarious and acerbic “Challat of Tunis” is a prime example.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“playful blend of real and fake documentary” Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Ben Hania’s Challat of Tunis... uniquely mixes reality with jolly fiction” Maha ben Abdalazeem - France 24 (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2930974/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(24, 'Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc', 'Jeanne d’Arc Masrya', '1263280103', 'documentary', '2016', 'Documentary, Biography', 'Egypt\r - Germany\r - Kuwait\r - Qatar', 'Nomad\'s Home Production\r<br/>Linked Productions', 'Talal Al-Muhanna\r<br/>Iman Kamel', 'Egyptian Jeanne d’Arc follows in the footsteps of Cairene filmmaker ImanKamel in her journey to the western deserts where she discovers a diary written by a Bedouin girl named Jehanne. Inspired by Jehanne’s struggle to break free of patriarchal repression and to become a dancer, the filmmaker attempts to trace the whereabouts of Jehanne by reaching out to fellow Egyptian artists, all women, who share with her their own stories of aspiration and resistance over the last five years.', 'Nahla Sebaei\r<br/>Reem Hatem\r<br/>Sara Hassan\r<br/>Salma El Tarzi', 'Screenwriter: Klaus Freund\r<br/>Iman Kamel\r<br/>DOP: Ute Freund\r<br/>Editor: Klaudia Begic', '85 min', 'The film is a hybrid film that melds documentary with mythic story elements, poetic narration and dance to convey intimate, true stories of resistance by Egyptian women since the outbreak of the Revolution in 2011.\r<br/>The film received a number of grants, such as an Assistance Grant from the Takmil Workshop within the 26th Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Screenplay Development Fund from the Amiens International Film Festival, Production Grant from Doha Film Institute, Development and Post-Production Fund of twofour54 Abu Dhabi, UAE (SANAD), and the Funding for Women Artists from the Berlin Senate Chancellery - Cultural Affairs.\r<br/>The Culturist selected the film as one of the 30 Must Watch films at the 2016 edition of DIFF.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Tubingen, Germany\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Africa Film Festival Köln, Germany\r<br/>China Women\'s Film Festival (CWFF), China\r<br/>African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), USA\r<br/>Muscat Festival, Oman\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Jounieh International Film Festival (JIFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPP5a7ogXyI', '491930241small.jpg', '491930241_81A1189.JPG', '491930241_81A1484.JPG', '491930241_81A1497.JPG', '491930241jean-darc.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5887286/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(25, 'Gaza Surf Club', '', '681321895 , 369196436', 'documentary', '2016', 'Documentary', 'Germany', 'Little Bridge Pictures', '<p>Benny Theisen, Stephanie Yamine, Andreas Schaap, Mickey Yamine</p>', 'Trapped in \"the world’s largest open-air prison\" and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. \r<br/>Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean. They are the surfers of Gaza.', 'Sabah Abu Ghanem<br />Mohammed Abu Jayab<br />Ibrahim Arafat</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Philip Gnadt, Mickey Yamine<br />DOP: Niclas Reed Middleton<br />Editor: Marlene Assmann, Helmar Jungmann', '87 min', 'Held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received wide critical acclaim\r<br/>Screened at more than 18 acclaimed festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Hawaii International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Santa Barbara International Film Festival, US\r<br/>International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, US\r<br/>Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC, US\r<br/>Houston Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, US\r<br/>Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Germany\r<br/>MONA Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Max Ophuls Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Greece', 'Special Mention at Palestine Cinema Days\r<br/>University Juries Award for Best Documentary at the MedFilm Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qonly9By1aQ', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 160935.png', 'Gaza Surf Club - Still2.png', 'Gaza Surf Club - Still3.png', 'Gaza Surf Club - Still5.png', 'Gaza Surf Club MAD.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/gaza-surf-club-film-review-1201948479/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moderntimes.review/surfing-against-the-odds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/gaza-surf-club-film-review-1201948479/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gaza-surf-club-review-922740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheri Linden </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moderntimes.review/surfing-against-the-odds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gaza-surf-club-review-922740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/gaza-surf-club-toronto-review/5109087.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David D\'Arcy </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moderntimes.review/surfing-against-the-odds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/gaza-surf-club-toronto-review/5109087.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/tiff-review-gaza-surf-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Mullen </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moderntimes.review/surfing-against-the-odds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/tiff-review-gaza-surf-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Point of View Magazine</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moderntimes.review/surfing-against-the-odds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Willemien Sanders &mdash; Modern Times Review&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '“Audiences everywhere will be embracing Gaza Surf Club: an inspiring, warmhearted look at a group of resilient spirits who find a way to indulge their passion for surfing while living in the Gaza Strip — one of the world’s most battle-scarred locales.” \r<br/>Jay Weissberg — Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Focusing on three figures in the surf culture of Gaza City, directors Philip Gnadt and Mickey Yamine open an intriguing window on life under occupation.”\r<br/>Sheri Linden — The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“This fun and easygoing doc uses the power of sport to strengthen and bolster individuals as they gain confidence and find themselves soaring with the freeing adrenaline rush of the waves.” \r<br/>Patrick Mullen — Point of View Magazine\r<br/>\r<br/>“This beautiful and heartfelt documentary takes us into the world of Gaza strip surfing enthusiasts and reveals a formidable resilience pulsing within a beleaguered population.” \r<br/>Willemien Sanders — Modern Times Review', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3415734/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(26, 'LES PETITS CHATS', '', '1672025698', 'documentary', '2015', 'Documentary', 'Egypt', 'Middlewest Films', '<p>Wael Omar Sherif Nakhla</p>', 'The film is named after the legendary band Les Petits Chats of the cherished era of the 60’s and 70’s. \r<br/>The six members, who are now major celebrities and musicians, reunited to perform one last time in a night to remember in spring 2010. \r<br/>LES PETITS CHATS provides an insight into the lives of the former bandmates during their glory days and answers the questions surrounding each one of them by tracing their present lives and life choices since their breakup in the 80’s.', 'Ezzat Abu Ouf<br />Omar Khairat<br />Sobhi Bedair<br />Samir Sabri</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Sherif Nakhla<br />DOP: Hani Iskander, Sherif Nakhla<br />Editor: Sherif Nakhla', '80 min', 'The film showcases interviews with major celebrities and cinema stars at the time and nowadays, such as Ezzat Abu Ouf, Omar Khairat, Sobhi Bedair, Samir Sabri and others\r<br/>The first documentary film to be screened in Egyptian theaters \r<br/>The film was released by MAD Solutions in VOX Cinemas Egypt', 'Arabian Sights Film Festival, US\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Cascade Festival of African Films, US\r<br/>Oshtoora Music Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, US\r<br/>Twin Cities Film Festival, US', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8psfseboL9E', '759786381small.jpg', '75978638123_2.jpg', '759786381e223345 031.jpg', '759786381front sleeve.jpg', '759786381les-petits-chats.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"The National - Maha El Nabawi\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music-review-why-a-cover-band-les-petits-chats-rocked-cairo-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-1.170658?videoId=5598744747001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Maha El Nabawi</a></span></p>', '“LES PETITS CHATS takes a nostalgia-rich journey with a rock band that embodied the 1960s golden era of popular culture in Egypt.” \r<br/>Maha El-Nabawi — The National', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5687124/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(28, 'Karouma', '', '1570806079', 'short films', '2016', 'Animation', 'UAE', 'Creative Lab - twofour54', 'John Shaw', 'The film follows Karouma, the unique gifted boy who is striving to break through and to leave his parents’ nest to pursue his dreams and live his life in its full potential.', 'Paul W. Poteete\r<br/>Alina Zygowska\r<br/>Nuria Pellicer\r<br/>Ahmed Elrasheed Jumaa “Mario”', 'Screenwriter: George Saad & Saadia Ganouni\r<br/>Editor: Waleed Talal Al Madani', '12 min', 'The film toured more than 70 film festivals around the world, including Montana International Children’s Film Festival, USA, and Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland', 'Montana International Children’s Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Cambodia International Film Festival, Cambodia\r<br/>Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival, Brazil \r<br/>Safe Community International Short Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Palestine Animation Festival- Animate.ps, Palestine \r<br/>El Meu Primer Festival, Spain\r<br/>Hsin-Yi Children Animation Award, Taiwan \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Wicked Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>VideoBabel, Peru\r<br/>XII Festival de Cine Infantil de Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela\r<br/>Seville Animation Festival (Animalada), Spain \r<br/>Grand OFF World Independent Film Awards, Poland\r<br/>Euroshorts, Poland\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Southampton International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Tunisian Festival of Animated Film-Ta7rik, Tunisia\r<br/>Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF),  UAE\r<br/>Washington DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF), USA\r<br/>Lisbon Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Festival International du Film pour l\'enfance et la Jeunesse de Sousse (Sousse International Film Festival for Youth and Children), Tunisia\r<br/>KINÉ, Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes, Mexico\r<br/>GOLDEN KUKER Sofia International Animation Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Tehran International Silent Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Athens Animfest, Greece\r<br/>Garden Cine Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Qumara International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Film Leben Festival, Germany\r<br/>River Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>International Cine a La Calle Short Film Festival, Colombia\r<br/>Tlanchana Fest: Film and Digital Art Festival, Mexico\r<br/>International Independent Film Fair of Bogotá (FECIBogotá), Colombia\r<br/>Mostra Curta Vazantes: Cinema em Comunidade, Brazil\r<br/>Colortape International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>SUPERTOON International Animation Festival, Croatia\r<br/>International Children’s Film Festival (FesticineKids), Colombia\r<br/>IndiEarth Animation Film Festival, India\r<br/>International Film Festival Ojo al Piojo, Argentina\r<br/>CEBU International Film Festival, Philippines\r<br/>Montreal International Animation Film Festival – ANIMAZE, Canada\r<br/>Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Short Film Festival, Belarus\r<br/>Cardiff Independent Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Animation Chico, USA\r<br/>Bridge of Arts Motivational Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Emirati Film Review in Krakow, Poland\r<br/>MedFest Egypt\r<br/>Pennine Film Festival, UK\r<br/>New York International Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Comme Il Faut International Film Festival, Belarus\r<br/>Kraljevski Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>FARCUME International Festival of Short Film Faro, Portugal\r<br/>Korea International Expat Film Festival, Korea\r<br/>FILMMATIC Filmmaker Awards, USA', 'Best Animation Film Award at the Pennine Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Best Animation at the New York International Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Animation at the Comme Il Faut International Film Festival, Belarus\r<br/>Best Animated Film at the Kraljevski Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Silver Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Animation Honorable Mention at the FARCUME International Festival of Short Film Faro, Portugal\r<br/>Best International Expat Short Award at the Korea International Expat Film Festival, Korea\r<br/>Best Animation at the FILMMATIC Filmmaker Awards, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1GWcoTDfkU', '905535532small.jpg', '905535532Karouma - Still3.jpg', '905535532Karouma - Still4.jpg', '905535532Karouma - Still2.jpg', '905535532afich 02 mad.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Festival Reviews - Kierston Drier\" href=\"https://festivalreviews.org/2017/04/19/film-review-karouma-united-arab-emirates-animation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival Reviews - Kierston Drier</a></span></p>', '“Whether symbolic and based on true events, Karouma is a tale of triumph over adversity. Karouma reminds us we are as free and boundless as our imaginations.” Kierston Drier - Festival Reviews', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5242784/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(29, 'Kindil el Bahr', 'Kindil el Bahr', '997658461', 'short films', '2016', 'Fantasy, Horror', 'Algeria\r - Kuwait\r - USA ', 'Mediacorp\r<br/>Linked Productions\r<br/>Bang Bang Production\r<br/>Monumental', 'El Hadi Bouabdallah\r<br/>Talal Al-Muhanna', 'During a beach outing with her family, a young mother is drowned by a group of men while swimming offshore. Anxiety and fear take hold of her family and also the townspeople especially as, soon after, others mysteriously start to die.', 'Adila Bendimerad\r<br/>Nabil Asli\r<br/>Souad Sebki\r<br/>Aziz Boukerouni', 'Screenwriter: Adila Bendimerad\r<br/>Damien Ounouri\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune\r<br/>Editor: Damien Ounouri\r<br/>Adila Bendimerad\r<br/>Matthieu Laclau', '40 min', 'Kindil el Bahr‏ is a bold and realistic treatment of the violence against women in the society that has never seen before in the Algerian cinema, in a way that impressed the audience.\r<br/>The film is produced with the support of the Algerian Ministry of Culture and French Institute Algeria.\r<br/>The film made its world premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco\r<br/>Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France\r<br/>Aspen Film Festival, USA\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt', 'Special Jury Prize and Honorable Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Special Mention at the African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco\r<br/>Best Short Film Award at the Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France\r<br/>Filmmaker to Filmmaker Award at the Aspen Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Special Jury Award and Best Film from the Rossellini Jury of the Roberto Rossellini Institute at the MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Audience Award for Best Short Narrative and Best Artistic Achievement in the Long Narrative competition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuYRYYy91v8', '924156651small.jpg', '924156651Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.09.28 PM.jpg', '924156651Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.10.49 PM.jpg', '924156651Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.10.55 PM.jpg', '924156651Kindil_PosterUS-New-Small.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Elfagr (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.elfagr.org/2217262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elfagr (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://bit.ly/2G2VrOu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Alal - Elkhabar (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://bit.ly/2Iu0jkN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gamal Abd Alnasser - Youm 7 (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The film dealt with the topic of violence in Arab societies in a bold and realistic style that was never seen before in Algerian cinema.”  Gamal Abd Alnasser - Youm 7 (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“A story that takes your breath away and draws major festivals\' attention.” Mohamed Alal - Elkhabar (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5732610/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(30, 'Submarine', '', '2111248388', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Lebanon\r - USA', '', 'Cyril Aris\r<br/>Jinane Chaaya', 'Under the imminent threat of Lebanon’s garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home', 'Julian Farhat\r<br/>Yumna Marwan\r<br/>Adel Chahine', 'Screenwriter: Mounia Akl\r<br/>Clara Roquet\r<br/>DOP: Joe Saade\r<br/>Editor: Mounia Akl\r<br/>George Sikharulidze', '21 min', 'The film was awarded $ 10,340 by Indiegogo Crowdfunding Platform.\r<br/>The film received the James Bridges Production Grant.\r<br/>The film was shortlisted for a BAFTA nomination in 2017.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Middle East Now Festival, Italy\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Hamptons International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>South By Southwest Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), Spain\r<br/>Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Canada\r<br/>New Orleans Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Kustendorf Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>FilmFest Dresden, Germany\r<br/>Flimmer Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Adana International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Films Femmes Mediterranee, France\r<br/>Assaggi D’autore: Intrecci Mediterranei, Italy\r<br/>Festival Cinema Arabe, Netherlands\r<br/>Câmpulung Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF), USA\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Columbia University Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Denver Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Atlanta Film Festival, USA\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'KODAK Scholarship Award at the University Film & Video Association (UFVA) , USA\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Vimeo Award for Best Director, Entertainment Partners Producing Honorable Mentions and Audience Award at the Columbia University Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Liberty Global Award for Best Film at the Denver Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Honorable Mention at the Atlanta Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Honorable Mention at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC1FJI_kAvI', '1869875699small.jpg', '1869875699Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.15.42 PM.jpg', '1869875699Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.16.39 PM.jpg', '1869875699Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.16.45 PM.jpg', '1869875699Final-Poster--01.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Denver Film Festival\" href=\"http://www.westword.com/content/printView/8505556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Film Festival</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Sayidaty Magazine - Ahmed Shawky (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.sayidaty.net/node/506231/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9/%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B5%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sayidaty Magazine - Ahmed Shawky (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The film is constructed with dreamy and disorienting editing strategies, heightening a sense of the mythical. Yet, the fable in this film jars us outside of the frame, as you begin to recall catastrophes from this world, heavy with overtones of environmental and refugee catastrophes.” Jury of the Liberty Global International Student Short Award - Denver Film Festival\r<br/>\r<br/>“A smart professionally crafted Lebanese film.” Ahmed Shawky - Sayidaty Magazine (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5656648/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
INSERT INTO `films` (`id`, `film_title`, `theoriginal`, `director`, `type`, `year`, `genre`, `production_countries`, `production_companies`, `producer`, `synopsis`, `cast`, `crew`, `info`, `selling`, `festivals`, `awards`, `trailer_link`, `trailer_image`, `stills1`, `stills2`, `stills3`, `poster`, `home_show`, `admin_username`, `ekhfaa`, `reviews`, `quotes`, `imdb`, `rights`, `mad_films`, `filmdelete`, `international`) VALUES
(31, 'The Parrot ', 'Al Babaghaa', '207484382 , 1444434257', 'short films', '2016', 'Period Drama', 'Jordan\r - Germany', 'Monokel\r<br/>TaleBox Productions', 'Roman Roitman\r<br/>Deema Azar', 'The Parrot tells the story of a Mizrahi Jewish family, who emigrate from Morocco, trying to settle into their new life in Haifa, Palestine in 1948.', 'Hend Sabri\r<br/>Ashraf Barhom\r<br/>Yassmine Ben Amara', 'Screenwriter: Darin J. Sallam\r<br/>Amjad Al-Rasheed\r<br/>Rifqi Assaf\r<br/>DOP: Samer Nemri\r<br/>Editor: Jamin Benazzouz', '18 min', 'The film is funded by the German foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung (RBS) as the film received the 2015 Film Prize of RBS in the short fiction category.\r<br/>Vogue Arabia listed the film among the Must-See Arab Films at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Middle East Now Festival, Italy\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine, France\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Jounieh International Film Festival (JIFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Falastin - Festival della Palestina, Italy\r<br/>Palestine Arts Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland \r<br/>Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand \r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>New Orleans Palestinian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>IAFFZ International Arab Film Festival Zurich,  Switzerland \r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Elia Short Films Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK), Tunisia\r<br/>Exeter Respect Festival, UK\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA', 'Jury Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Film award at the Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZuUR8hcqzU', '670807343small.jpg', '670807343Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 3.19.51 PM.jpg', '670807343The Parrot - Still1.jpg', '670807343The Parrot - Still2.jpg', '670807343the-parrot.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.aljarida.com/articles/1482078766550302900/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magdy Eltayeb - Aljarida (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The Parrot told what the most spokesmen couldn’t say. This is a message for the beautiful cinema.” Magdy Eltayeb - Aljarida (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6389618/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(32, 'AS ONE: The Autism Project ', 'Kolona Wahed', '216116296', 'documentary', '2014', 'Biography', 'UAE', 'Image Nation Abu Dhabi\r<br/>', 'Hana Makki\r<br/>Danielle Perissi\r<br/>', 'Ten children from diverse backgrounds were selected to take part in this creative project. The children’s workshops, along with interviews from teachers and families provide a unique and insightful look into Autism. AS ONE: The Autism Project will make you laugh, it might make you cry, but it will definitely leave you with a sense of hope.\r<br/>\r<br/>', 'Carl Zion Cabanos\r<br/>Asher Boog Thompson\r<br/>Mohamed Jawar\r<br/>Mohamed Dawood\r<br/>Fathi Haitham Shareef', '', '80 min', 'The film is based on The Autism Project, which is based on an initiative started by Her Highness Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the UAE to raise awareness of Autism in the United Arab Emirates. Through the power of theatre, dance, music and performance, we provided a safe and positive space for children and families in the UAE from all different cultures and backgrounds.', 'Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXQT60Ei7Xc', '141066728small.jpg', '141066728Carl Zion Soriano Cabanos.jpg', '141066728extra-8.jpg', '141066728Still 4.JPG', '162225440as-one.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://gulfnews.com/life-style/celebrity/adff-as-one-the-autism-project-rocks-1.1403851\">Gulf news - Manjusha Radhakrishnan</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://kinopodbaranami.pl/film.php?film_id=8701\">KINO POD BARANAMI (Polish)</a></span></p>', '“The film … overturns the conventional rules surrounding documentaries. It was never grim and was a perfect example of bright and cheery infotainment.” Manjusha Radhakrishnan - Gulf News\r<br/>\r<br/>“As One\'s documentary lead some to laughter, others to tears, but leaves no one without hope.” KINO POD BARANAMI (Polish)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4153224/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(33, 'NANNY CULTURE', '', '719630068', 'documentary', '2016', 'Documentary, Drama', 'UAE', 'Anasy Media', '<p>Sheikha Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan</p>', 'The movie follows the story of an Emirati family living in Abu Dhabi who hires a British nanny to help manage their six children’s daily activities and study schedules. \r<br/>Initially, the family is excited about the nanny’s arrival and hopeful that she will bring order and structure to their chaotic household. However, as the nanny begins to make changes to the children’s routine, conflicts arise between her and the children, who resent the changes being imposed on them.', 'Abdulaziz Al Jassmi (Bin Baz)<br />Omara \"Bombino\" Moctar</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Alyazia Bint Nahyan<br />DOP: &lrm;Paul James Driscoll<br />Editor: &lrm;Basel Al Awad, Bhulla Sing Bhegal, Paul James Driscoll', '80 min', 'The film shows how an Emirati family can accept another culture and its insistence on the commitment of British nannies to the customs and traditions of the UAE and Islam as far as raising children is concerned, and how a British nanny can adapt to her new work environment\r<br/>Officially selected to participate in more than 50 film festivals around the world \r<br/>Features social media influencer Abdulaziz Al-Jassmi (Bin Baz), as well as musician and singer Omara \"Bombino\" Moctar', 'Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Verona International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Berlin International Cinefest, Germany\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lunenburg Doc Fest, Canada\r<br/>Bristol International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Toronto Arthouse Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Amsterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>British Documentary Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Italy International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Jacksonville Documentary Film Festival, US\r<br/>VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Boston International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Wales International Documentary Festival, UK\r<br/>World of Film International Festival Glasgow, Scotland, UK\r<br/>Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Third Culture Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>Berlin Independent Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Las Vegas Film Festival, US\r<br/>Miami Beach Film Festival, US\r<br/>Beverly Hills Film Festival, US\r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival, US\r<br/>London Film Awards, UK\r<br/>Athens International Film and Video Festival, US\r<br/>Oxford International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Festival International du Film Documentaire Millenium, Belgium\r<br/>Hong Kong World International Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>Euro Cinema Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland\r<br/>Kuala Lumpur Independent Film Festival, Malaysia\r<br/>SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York, US\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Awards, New Zealand\r<br/>Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Festival L’ici et l’ailleurs Saint Martin en Bresse, France\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Independent Film Festival Boston, US\r<br/>Maryland Film Festival, US\r<br/>Sydney World Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne, Australia\r<br/>American Movie Awards, US\r<br/>Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, US\r<br/>Hollywood Film Competition, US', 'Best Documentary Feature at the American Movie Awards, US\r<br/>Best Documentary and Inspiring Woman in a Film Award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, US\r<br/>Gold Award for Documentary Feature at the Hollywood Film Competition, US', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3T1FvWKVw ', '13090smal1l.jpg', '130901.jpg', '130902.jpg', '130903.jpg', '20258nanny-culture.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/emirati-documentary-nanny-culture-is-on-a-film-festival-roll-1.484561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Newbould &mdash; The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Nannies Inc\" href=\"http://www.nanniesinc.com/blog/nanny-culture-film-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nannies Inc</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.flickfilosopher.com/2016/11/nanny-culture-documentary-review-not-exactly-mary-poppins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MaryAnn Johanson &mdash; Flick filosopher</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2016/11/08/nanny-culture-movie-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Sutton &mdash; The Upcoming</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/film/shining-a-light-on-the-uaes-nanny-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaleem Aftab &mdash; The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"The Trash Bash\" href=\"https://thetrashbash.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/review-nanny-culture-2016/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trash Bash</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/film/cinema/2016/11/05/review-nanny-culture/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirek Gosney &mdash; The Edge</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Operation Condor Movie Reviews\" href=\"https://ocmoviereviews.com/2016/10/26/nanny-culture-review-nannying-in-the-uae/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Condor Movie Reviews</a></span></p>', '“From British director Paul James Driscoll comes NANNY CULTURE — a truly original documentary that lifts the lid on the private yet rapidly expanding world of the professional nanny in the UAE.” \r<br/>Sarah Sutton — The Upcoming\r<br/>\r<br/>“This is a film that is sure to pique the interest of cultural commentators, potential nannies, and those families thinking of hiring their very own Mary Poppins.”  \r<br/>Kaleem Aftab — The National\r<br/>\r<br/>“Overall, Nanny Culture certainly merits a watch. It is both funny and educational, emotional and awkward.” \r<br/>Mirek Gosney — The Edge', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6186654/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(34, 'A Mile in My Shoes', 'Masafat Miel B Heza’i', '847472464', 'feature', '2016', 'Crime, thriller, psychological ', 'Morocco', 'OMA Productions', 'Saïd Khallaf \r<br/>Said Rihane', 'A psychological thriller that tells the story of a child who, born and bred in misery and suffering, decides to take revenge on the society that has marginalized him. ', 'Amine Ennaji \r<br/>Noufissa Benchehida\r<br/>Abdellah Ajil', 'Screenwriter: Saïd Khallaf\r<br/>DOP: Ali Benjelloun\r<br/>Editor: Saïd Khallaf', '110 min', 'Morocco’s preselection of the Best Foreign Film Category at the 2017 Oscars.\r<br/>Set against the backdrop of an unforgiving city filled with mayhem and poverty, this bleak yet touching social drama offers sensitive insight into the lives of children on the street. \r<br/>Featuring outstanding performances by protagonists Rawia and Amine, this riveting tale depicts the consequences of vulnerability in a system that pits individuals against each other for survival.', 'Luxor Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Cinelama Festival, France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (FAMECK), France\r<br/>International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in Brussels, Belgium\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Nigeria', 'Grand Prize, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Original Music, and Special Mention to Said Alami at the Tangier National Film Festival in Morocco\r<br/>Golden Palm at the Luxor Arab and European Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film Director Award and Special Mention to Said Alami at the International Film Festival, Al Hoceima in Morocco\r<br/>Best Leading Actor award at the International Festival of Cinema and Common Memory of Nador in Morocco\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Oran Film Festival in Algeria\r<br/>Best Foreign Film award at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival (DTLA) in USA\r<br/>Best Leading Actress award at the Carthage Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtI1eq40TIU', '30578a-mail-in-my-shose1.jpg', '209151.jpg', '209152.jpg', '209153.jpg', '24876a-mile-A_MILE_IN_MY-_SHOES.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Dalton\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-mile-my-shoes-massafat-934822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Dalton</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Moroccan Ladies - FDM\" href=\"http://moroccanladies.com/breaking-news/a-mile-in-my-shoes-by-said-khallaf-represent-morocco-in-the-preselections-for-the-oscars-2017-11720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moroccan Ladies - FDM</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Morocco World News\" href=\"https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/02/179230/moroccan-film-wins-gold-award-in-luxor-egyptian-and-european-film-festival/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morocco World News</a></span></p>', '“The Canada-based Khallaf’s scathing portrait of his homeland’s rotten, unequal system...does boast strong performances and a glossy technical polish, plus some unorthodox stylistic flourishes that elevate it above the standard grammar of social realism.” \r<br/>Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Dalton', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6052982/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(35, 'Al Medina', 'Al Medina', '323271841', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Thriller', 'Jordan\r - Denmark', 'The Imaginarium Films\r<br/>Nordisk Film Production', 'Rula Nasser\r<br/>Tomas Radoor \r<br/>Rene Ezra', 'Yusif decides to go back to his hometown, Al Medina, along with his Danish pregnant wife Sarah. His God-fearing heart is following a dream of returning to his roots searching for peace and happiness with his wife and unborn child. When he mistakenly kills a child beggar, his life changes irrevocably, thrusting him into Al Medina’s dark side.', 'Ashraf Farah\r<br/>Ghazal\r<br/>Sara Hjort Ditlevsen\r<br/>Hassan Shaer', 'Screenwriter: Omar Shargawi\r<br/>DOP: Aske Alexander Foss\r<br/>Editor: Thomas Papapetros\r<br/>Morten Højbjerg', '90 min', 'The first Arab film that refers to child organ trafficking through Israeli intermediators.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>European Film Screenings (EFS), UAE\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Festival Cinéma de la Paix? (Cinema of Peace?), Tunisia', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAlMT9mChCg ', '880al-madina-small.jpg', '8801.jpg', '8802.jpg', '8803.jpg', '880almedina.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/al-medina-review-1201681151/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Colin Brown - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/features/interviews/omar-shargawi-al-medina/5097963.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colin Brown - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Yazan Al Ghazzawi - Aflami\" href=\"https://aflami.wordpress.com/2015/12/18/review-al-medina-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yazan Al Ghazzawi - Aflami</a></span></p>', '“Al Medina” was a well-intentioned exploration into the destruction of a man’s life.” Yazan Al Ghazzawi - Aflami', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3531080/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(37, 'Bloody Boys', 'Jävla Pojkar', '222686326', 'feature', '2012', 'Drama', 'Sweden', 'Bergsjöns Kultur - & Mediaverkstad\r<br/>Shake Film', 'Niklas Lundin\r<br/>Shaker K. Tahrer', 'Bloody Boys follows three families through three parallel stories; Birgitta who decides to end her apartment lease to move in with yet another man, leaving her son, Simon, without a place to stay, Lina who asks for a divorce, which prompts her husband to start writing a book on the cruel ways of love and marriage, and Ida and her husband who share a tragic heritage which they are struggling to break free from.', 'Elin Klinga\r<br/>Marika Lagercrantz\r<br/>Jacob Nordenson\r<br/>Tom Ljungman', 'Screenwriter: Shaker K. Tahrer\r<br/>DOP: Ralph M. Evers\r<br/>Editor: Pierre Laurent', '81 min', 'The film is supported by The European Social Fund, The Swedish Inheritance Fund, Region Västra Götaland’s Cultural Affairs Committee, Familjebostäder i Göteborg and Göteborgs Stad Bergsjön.\r<br/>Bloody Boys accounts for the workings of downward spirals, whose patterns drag individuals as well as their families into them. The film depicts the human aspects of a number of brutal proceedings, where life itself may be the price of freedom.\r<br/>Broadcasted on SVT (Swedish National Broadcaster) and screened at eight Swedish cinemas.', 'Montréal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Zlín International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>World Film Festival of Bangkok, Thailand\r<br/>Brussels Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Viareggio EuropaCinema, Italy\r<br/>International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino, Poland\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden', 'Best Screenplay Award at the Brussels Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Selected as one of 12 Best Films from Europe at the Viareggio EuropaCinema, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzr_ebWcPVw ', '5440bloody-small.jpg', '54401.jpg', '54402.jpg', '54403.jpg', '5440bloody-boys.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Eric &Ouml;bo - Sverigesradio (Swedish)\" href=\"http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=104&amp;artikel=3256491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric &Ouml;bo - Sverigesradio (Swedish)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Camilla Larsson - Expressen (Swedish)\" href=\"http://www.expressen.se/gt/kultur/filmfestival-i-allt-storre-scala/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camilla Larsson - Expressen (Swedish)</a></span></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1813407', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(38, 'Coming Forth by Day', 'Al Khoroug Lel Nahar', '1297508271', 'feature', '2012', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Hassala Films\r<br/>NY Consultancy', 'Hala Lotfy', 'The film tells the story of a poor family living in a shabby neighborhood on the outskirts of Cairo. The pillar of the family, a single 30-year-old woman, finds it difficult to express her feelings and dreams, while she spends her time only taking care of her wheelchair-bound father and mother who works as a nurse.', 'Donia Maher\r<br/>Salma Al-Naggar\r<br/>Ahmad Lutfi', 'Screenwriter: Hala Lotfy\r<br/>DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy\r<br/>Editor: Heba Othman', '96 min', 'The film was selected by the Dubai International Film Festival as one of the 100 Most Important Arab Films.\r<br/>The World Cinema Fund (WCF) selected Coming Forth by Day as the first film to stream on its latest initiative WCF on Demand, a video on demand (VOD) platform allowing international audiences to watch the films supported by the fund.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>British Film Institute (BFI), UK\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Ayam Beirut Al Cinema\'iya, Lebanon \r<br/>Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Bird Eye View Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Arab Camera Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands\r<br/>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain\r<br/>Cairo International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>International Film Festival Transsaharien, Morocco\r<br/>Panorama of the European Film, Egypt\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL), Italy\r<br/>Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Kazan International Film Festival, Republic of Tatarstan\r<br/>Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece', 'FIPRESCI Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Golden Lion at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Best African Film at the African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL), Italy\r<br/>Best Director, Best Film, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Kazan International Film Festival, Republic of Tatarstan\r<br/>Best Sound and Best Directorial Debut at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Special Mention for Cinematography at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8jFHPUdP40', 'coming-forth-thumb.jpg', 'coming-forth-still1.jpg', 'coming-forth-still2.jpg', 'coming-forth-still3.jpg', 'coming-forth-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Neil Young - Variety \" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/coming-by-day-abu-dhabi-381909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Young - Variety </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Sara Elkamel - Ahram Online\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/88603.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Elkamel - Ahram Online</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Kristen Allen - Der Spiegel\" href=\"http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/director-hala-lotfy-on-making-independent-films-in-egypt-a-883254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Allen - Der Spiegel</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Lukas Foerster - Taz.de (German)\" href=\"http://www.taz.de/!515876/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lukas Foerster - Taz.de (German)</a></span></p>', '“A new Egyptian writer-director shows considerable promise in a patience-tester that will be popular with critics and festival-programmers but prove much too static for most viewers.” Neil Young - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Coming Forth By Day is an intense study of a day in the life of an Egyptian family grappling with poverty and disease.” Sara Elkamel - Ahram Online\r<br/>\r<br/>“It\'s an aching art house-style film.” Kristen Allen - Der Spiegel', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2443734/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(39, 'Factory Girl', 'فتاة المصنع', '568720702', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama, Romance', 'Egypt', 'DayDream Art Production\r<br/>Middle West Films\r<br/>WIKA Production and Distribution', 'Mohamed Samir', 'Hiyam, a poor 21- year-old girl working at a clothing factory, goes through a romantic experience only to find herself alone against a society that fears love and adheres to cruel traditions.', 'Yasmin Raeis\r<br/>Hani Adel\r<br/>Salwa Khattab\r<br/>Salwa Mohamed Ali', 'Screenwriter: Wessam Soliman\r<br/>DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy\r<br/>Editor: Dina Farouk', '92 min', 'The film was Egypt’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards.\r<br/>Egyptian revenues totaled 1.6 million EGP, and ran in cinemas for more than 19 consecutive weeks.', 'Shanghai International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Montreal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival in Geneva, Switzerland\r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Centre Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Film Society for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé, Morocco', 'Best Actress at the Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>FIPRESCI Award and Best Actress at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Special Mention at the International Oriental Film Festival in Geneva, Switzerland\r<br/>Best Actress at the Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>A Certificate of Artistic Creativity and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Egyptian Catholic Centre Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>First Prize, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Excellence Award, Special Jury Award, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at the Film Society for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Best Writing Award at the Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USr3tnM667g', '15481factory-small.jpg', '15481factory1.jpg', '15481factory3.jpg', '15481factory4.jpg', '478295301factory-girl2.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-factory-girl-1201032625/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alex Ritman - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-egypt-selects-factory-girl-736292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Ritman - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Mark Adams - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/factory-girl/5064461.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Benita Adesuyan - Timeout Dubai\" href=\"http://www.timeoutdubai.com/films/features/50637-why-you-should-watch-factory-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benita Adesuyan - Timeout Dubai</a></span></p>', '“Yasmin Raeis deserved her best actress win in Dubai” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>“The impressively feisty Yasmine Raeis was terrific in the lead role.” Mark Adams - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3182596/', 'world', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(40, 'Chaos, Disorder', 'Harag W\' Marag', '520639792', 'feature', '2012', 'Fantasy, Social, Drama', 'Egypt', 'WIKA for Film Production and Distribution', 'Mohamed El Tohami\r<br/>Dina Farouk\r<br/>Racha Najdi', 'Zaki, Mounir and Manal are in their twenties, and living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew. The two boys are in love with the same girl who finds herself the subject of a bet for a football match between them, the winner marries Manal. This story reflects a football and play-station youth and how they deal with their emotions in a community that is increasingly closed off and isolated.', 'Ayten Amer\r<br/>Mohamed Farag\r<br/>Ramsi Lehner\r<br/>Hani EL Metenawy', 'Screenwriter: Nadine Khan\r<br/>Mohamed Nasser\r<br/>DOP: Abdelsalam Moussa\r<br/>Editor: Dina Farouk', '87 min', 'The film brings together young actors Mohamed Farrag, Ayten Amer, and Ramsi Lehner.\r<br/>Football and PlayStation games control relationships.\r<br/>The film world premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'Grand Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Golden Dagger Award for Best Film at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Sami El-Salamoni Award for Innovation and Creativity at the Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWhsbvJlGGo ', '31981harag-small.jpg', '319810007838.jpg', '319810186478.jpg', '319810196867.jpg', '31981haragwmarag.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Mark Adams - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/chaos-disorder/5050304.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/dubai-review-chaos-disorder-harag-404130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/chaos-disorder-1117948938/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Samir Farid - Al Masry Al Youm (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/219180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samir Farid - Al Masry Al Youm (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A gently subversive metaphor for the current state of the country and while it wears its heart well and truly on its filmic sleeve its strong performances and unusual backdrop set it apart from other recent Egyptian film output.” Mark Adams - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“With an edgy, modern style, Nadine Khan offers a pleasurably unexpected view of Egyptian society as a closed circuit world.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Aptly billed as a \"social fantasy,\" Nadine Khan\'s debut, \"Chaos, Disorder,\" reps an intriguing vision of a community cut off from the outside world and controlled via irregular truckloads of necessities.” Jay Weissberg - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379987/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(41, 'Heaven Sent', 'Tombé du Ciel', '1951242554', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Comedy', 'Lebanon\r - France', 'Aurora Films\r<br/>Né à Beyrouth', 'Pierre Sarraf\r<br/>Charlotte Vincent', 'After 20 years apart, Samir a former militiaman who was presumed dead reappears in the life of Omar, his little brother who has become a bodyguard in Beirut. Between drama and comedy, Samir has to come to terms with a country he no longer recognizes.', 'Raed Yassin\r<br/>Rodrigue Sleiman\r<br/>Said Serhan', 'Screenwriter: Mariette Désert\r<br/>Wissam Charaf\r<br/>DOP: Martin Rit\r<br/>Editor: William Laboury', '70 min', 'Successful theatrical run in Lebanon for consecutive three weeks that was extended for another ten days.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Lebanese Movie Awards, Lebanon\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-CMZXJ8TMs', 'haven-sent-thumb.jpg', 'haven-sent-1.jpg', 'haven-sent-2.jpg', 'haven-sent-3.jpg', 'haven-sent-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://spinningplatters.com/2017/03/22/sffilm-festival-spotlights-2/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinning Platters - Chad Liffmann</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.lemonde.fr/festival-de-cannes/article/2016/05/21/cannes-2016-a-l-ombre-des-marches-la-montee-de-l-acid_4923706_766360.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lemonde - Isabelle Regnier (French)</span></a></span></p>', '“Heaven Sent is a rewarding dark comedy from the Middle East. It features a tight script and talented actors with superb comedic timing.” Spinning Platters - Chad Liffmann', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5698638/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(42, 'In the Sands of Babylon', 'Taht Remal Babyl', '898431128', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama, History, War', 'Iraq\r - UAE\r - UK\r - Netherlands', 'Human Film', 'Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji\r<br/>Isabelle Stead\r<br/>Atia Jabarah Al-Daradji', 'An Iraqi soldier escapes from Kuwait after the Iraqi army’s defeat. Caught up in a hazardous journey to home, the runaway soldier is captivated by the Republican Guard who cast him into the prison where he is subjected to the cruelest tortures, till the people strike out a revolution which lights up a spark of hope in the eyes of the prisoners.', 'Samer Qahtan\r<br/>Ameer Jabarah\r<br/>Hasan Bkheet\r<br/>Hayder Jumaa', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Al-Daradji\r<br/>Editor: Mohamed Al-Daradji\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Al-Daradji\r<br/>Duraid Munajim', '92 min', 'First ever Iraqi film to be nominated for the Peace Award at Berlin International Film Festival.\r<br/>Considered as one of Iraqi Cinema\'s most successful films.\r<br/>Director Mohamed Al-Daradji was chosen as Variety\'s Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010.\r<br/>The film was supported by the Doha Film Institute.', 'Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE \r<br/>San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Raindance Film Festival, UK \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival International Du Cinéma De Dakhla, Morocco', 'Best Film from the Arab World award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>City of Venice Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Actor Award at the Festival International Du Cinéma De Dakhla, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn6gkX0kJ8s', '18153babylon-small.jpg', '1815300001451.jpg', '1815300001468.jpg', '1815300001478.jpg', '18153babylon-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2013/film/global/in-the-sands-of-babylon-review-1200856079/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sands-babylon-taht-remal-babyl-655270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Maggie Gogler - View of the Arts\" href=\"https://viewofthearts.com/2014/09/30/22nd-raindance-film-festival-in-the-sands-of-babylon-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maggie Gogler - View of the Arts</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Lisa-Marie Burrows - Film and TV Now\" href=\"http://www.filmandtvnow.com/raindance-premiere-of-in-the-sands-of-babylon-echoes-the-current-violence-in-iraq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa-Marie Burrows - Film and TV Now</a></span></p>', '“The stunning visuals in this Iraq-UK-Netherlands-UAE coproduction command attention.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“I do believe that more films like In the Sands of Babylon ought to be made. This kind of story telling may open people\'s mind to what is really happening in the world.” Maggie Gogler - View of the Arts', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3312762/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(43, 'Kiss Me Not', 'Balash Tebosni', '393069510', 'feature', '2017', 'Comedy', 'Egypt', 'WIKA for Film Production and Distribution\r<br/>Middle West Films', 'Dina Farouk\r<br/>Wael Omar', 'A mockumentary that follows a young and ambitious Egyptian director who faces issues while shooting a kissing scene in his new film with the leading actress Fajr who decides to pursue a more religious path.', 'Yasmin Raeis\r<br/>Mohamed Mahran\r<br/>Sawsan Badr\r<br/>Salwa Mohamed Ali', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Amer\r<br/>DOP: Houssam Shahine\r<br/>Editor: Emad Maher', '80 min', 'A SANAD-supported daring film that follows the rise and fall of the kiss in Egyptian Cinema in a comedy that blurs the line between documentary and fiction. \r<br/>The first Egyptian satirical mockumentary film.\r<br/>The film contains the largest number of kissing scenes in the history of the Egyptian cinema. \r<br/>The film co-stars Egyptian directors Mohamed Khan and Khairy Beshara.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE  \r<br/>Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Jounieh International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Afrika Film Festival Köln, Germany\r<br/>Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France', 'Special Mention at the Jounieh International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Editing at the Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRynUqiXdzI ', '20257kiss-small.jpg', '20257Kiss-me-not.00_02_54_19.Still001.jpg', '20257Kiss-me-not.00_13_06_07.Still002.jpg', '20257Kiss-me-not.00_23_16_17.Still003.jpg', 'kiss-me-not.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Mark Adams - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/kiss-me-not-dubai-review/5124854.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood  Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/kiss-me-not-1067140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>', '“The film’s secular stance and casual daring uncover some of the mega-contradictions in Egyptian society.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood  Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Kiss Me Not is nicely pacey, which suits its short running time...it delivers plenty of engaging entertainment. From its animated opening credits sequence through to its satisfying ending, Kiss Me Not is a smartly made production.\" Mark Adams - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4035304/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(44, 'Love, Theft and Other Entanglements', 'Al-Hob wa Al-Sariqa wa Mashakel Ukhra', '1326827389', 'feature', '2015', 'Drama', 'Palestine', 'PalCine Productions', 'Muayad Alayan\r<br/>Rami Alayan', 'Shot in black and white, the film tells the story of Mousa, a Palestinian car thief who gets into the trouble of his life when he steals the wrong car. What he thought was an Israeli car and an easy way to make money in his impoverished Palestinian refugee camp turns out to be a load of misfortune when he discovers a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the trunk.', 'Sami Metwasi\r<br/>Maya Abu Alhayyat\r<br/>Ramzi  Maqdisi\r<br/>Riyad Sliman', 'Screenwriter: Muayad Alayan\r<br/>Rami Musa Alayan\r<br/>DOP: Muayad Alayan\r<br/>Editor: Sameer Qumsiyeh', '90 min', 'A universal story of an anti-hero and his journey towards redemption, Love, Theft and Other Entanglements is about human beings and how they act under circumstances that are heavy to bear.\r<br/>The film was selected at 17 of the world\'s most prestigious festivals.\r<br/>It world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Reel Palestine Festival in Dubai\'s Alserkal Avenue, UAE\r<br/>Haifa International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Film Fest Gent, Belgium\r<br/>Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFF), Slovenia\r<br/>Safar Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF) in San Francisco, USA', 'Best Narrative Award at the Arab Film Festival (AFF) in San Francisco, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdZkCL-NRks', 'ltoe-thumb.jpg', 'ltoe-stills-1.jpg', 'ltoe-stills-2.jpg', 'ltoe-stills-3.jpg', 'ltoe-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/berlin-film-review-love-theft-and-other-entanglements-1201434612/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/love-theft-entanglements-berlin-review-771057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jonathan Romney - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/love-theft-and-other-entanglements/5082938.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Romney - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Daniel Engelke - The Upcoming\" href=\"http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2015/02/15/berlin-film-festival-2015-love-theft-and-other-entanglements-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Engelke - The Upcoming</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Sara Bou Ayyad - El Mihwar (Arabic)\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2sjBsoL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Bou Ayyad - El Mihwar (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ahmed Al Gazzar - Al Masry Al Youm (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/656217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahmed Al Gazzar - Al Masry Al Youm (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Beautifully filmed in black and white in a knowing retro style flashing on the Fifties and Sixties, with a bit of French New Wave thrown in.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Now in Love, Theft and Other Entanglements, the western world is introduced to Palestinian neorealism.” Daniel Engelke - The Upcoming', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4253322/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(45, 'Majid', 'Majid', '2058791876', 'feature', '2010', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Moondust Productions', 'Nassim Abassi', 'A coming of age story of a ten years old Moroccan orphan called Majid. Following recurrent nightmares, he discovers that he can’t remember his parents’ faces anymore. With the help of his new friend Larbi, Majid decides to go on a quest to find a photograph of his dead parents. It’s a journey that will take them to the big city of Casablanca where danger and adventure awaits them.', 'Brahim Al Bakali\r<br/>Lotfi Sabir\r<br/>Wassime Zidi\r<br/>Abdellah Lamrani', 'Screenwriter: Nassim Abassi\r<br/>DOP: Jonny Semeco\r<br/>Editor: Nassim Abassi', '116 min', 'Abassi is the first director from Morocco to present the Tamazight in his films.\r<br/>An amazing heartfelt film that focuses on the day-to-day realities of the poor and orphaned in Morocco rather than the beautiful scenery of the country.\r<br/>The film made its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Moroccan National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>International Film Festival for Children and Youth of Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands', 'Best Screenplay Award at the Moroccan National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Best Film Award at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth of Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Male Actor Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Silver Hawk Award at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4Qy-O6ak4 ', '30129majid-small.jpg', '301291.jpg', '301292.jpg', '301293.jpg', 'majid-moroccan-movie-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Raphael Cormack - Arab Review\" href=\"http://www.thearabreview.org/mena-film-festival-majid-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raphael Cormack - Arab Review</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Shiroma Silva - The Platform\" href=\"http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2013/02/07/majid-in-morroco-an-orphans-tale/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shiroma Silva - The Platform</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Amir El Omari - Tahawolat (Arabic)\" href=\"http://tahawolat.net/ArticleDetails.aspx?Id=7898&amp;ArticleCategory=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amir El Omari - Tahawolat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“As a film that is both genuinely funny and genuinely moving it invites comparison with the classic Life is Beautiful.” Raphael Cormack - Arab Review\r<br/>\r<br/>“This film has courageous intentions and aims to depict reality rather than a tourist’s ideal.” Shiroma Silva - The Platform', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1894497/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(46, 'My Uncle', 'Mon Oncle', '2058791876', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'MOONDUST PRODUCTIONS', 'Nassim Abassi', 'Alia, a struggling Moroccan actress, strives to achieve her dream of becoming a great actress. Her uncle, Abderraouf, comes for a visit and stays with her in her small flat. Soon, Alia’s professional and personal life plunges into total disarray.', 'Alia Erkab\r<br/>Abderrahim Tounsi\r<br/>Manal Essaddiki\r<br/>Souad Alaoui', 'Screenwriter: Nassim Abassi\r<br/>DOP: Franco Pezzino\r<br/>Editor: Kheira Mazouza', '107 min', 'The main character of the film is inspired by the celebrated Chaplin-style character, often known as Abderraouf, created by actor Abderrahim Tounsi, which was hugely popular in the 1970s and the early 1980s.\r<br/>The film offers a behind-the-scenes view of darker sides of the Moroccan film industry.\r<br/>The film had a successful theatrical run in Morocco for five consecutive weeks.', 'Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>London Eye International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival in Washington, DC, USA', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQrM3ecfxlU ', '11319my-uncl-small.jpg', '11319Dades3.jpg', '11319Ibtissam13.jpg', '11319Rabii1.jpg', 'myuncle.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Al Masdar News - Ebtesam B. (Arabic)\" href=\"https://almasdar-dz.com/?p=27771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Masdar News - Ebtesam B. (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alwasat (Arabic)\" href=\"http://alwasat.ly/news/art-culture/112361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alwasat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A film that brings together people separated by politics” Al Masdar News, Ebtesam B. (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film reveals hidden sides in the film industry” Alwasat (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6329546/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(47, 'Omar', 'Omar', '25532440', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama', 'Palestine', 'ZBROS\r<br/>in association with Dubai Entertainment and Media Organization Enjaaz (a Dubai Film Market Initiative)', 'Waleed Zuaiter\r<br/>David Gerson', 'Omar, a young baker, is interrogated by the Israeli intelligence after a soldier is killed. He is then tortured and offered a deal to trade his freedom in return for his help in capturing the soldier’s killer.', 'Adam Bakri\r<br/>Eyad Hourani\r<br/>Samer Bisharat\r<br/>Leem Lubani', 'Screenwriter: Hany Abu-Assad\r<br/>DOP: Ehab Assal\r<br/>Editor: Martin Brinkler\r<br/>Eyas Salman', '97 min', 'Omar was Palestine\'s second Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category in 2014. \r<br/>It won 10 awards out of the 18 international festivals it has been screened at. \r<br/>The film received the Enjaaz fund, a Dubai Film Market initiative.\r<br/>The film is made by Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad.\r<br/>The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'Adelaide Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>American Film Institute (AFI FEST), USA\r<br/>Chlotrudis Awards, USA \r<br/>Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal \r<br/>Human Rights Nights Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>New York Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Camerimage, Poland\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Human Rights Nights Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Asian Film Critics Association Awards, Country\r<br/>Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Festival of the European and Mediterranean Film (FEMF), Slovenia\r<br/>Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway', 'Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Muhr Arab Award for Best Feature Film at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Silver Frog for Best Cinematography at the Camerimage, Poland\r<br/>Best Film Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Founders Prize for Best Drama at the Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>HRNs People for Best Movie at the Human Rights Nights Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>NETPAC Award for Best Director at the Asian Film Critics Association Awards\r<br/>Youth Jury Award at the Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Best Film Award at the Festival of the European and Mediterranean Film (FEMF), Slovenia\r<br/>Norwegian Peace Film Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h76p7_j0Zzw', 'omar-small.jpg', 'omar2.jpg', 'omar1.jpg', 'omar3.jpg', 'omar-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Geoffrey Macnabn - The Independent\" href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/omar-film-review-hany-abu-assads-oscar-nominated-thriller-is-shot-from-the-heart-9456486.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geoffrey Macnabn - The Independent</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Nana Asfour - The Guardian\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/22/omar-film-palestine-oscar-hany-abu-assad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nana Asfour - The Guardian</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2013/film/global/cannes-film-review-omar-1200484320/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Menna Taher - Ahram Online\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/131411/Arts--Culture/Film/I-made-Omar-especially-for-Palestinians-director-H.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Menna Taher - Ahram Online</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ruby Beesley - Aesthetica Short Film Festival\" href=\"http://www.asff.co.uk/omar-universal-meaning/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruby Beesley - Aesthetica Short Film Festival</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Yolanda Neil - BBC Arabic (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2014/02/140228_palestinian_film_collaborators_oscars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yolanda Neil - BBC Arabic (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Hany Abu-Assad\'s Oscar-nominated Omar has an intensity that many Cold War spy films lack.” Geoffrey Macnabn - The Independent\r<br/>\r<br/>“Wisely, Abu-Assad puts plenty of humorous lines in his characters’ mouths, revealing an ear for natural dialogue and the daily jokes friends exchange no matter what pressures they’re under.” Jay Weissberg - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2852406/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(48, 'Only Men Go to the Grave', 'Al Rejal Faqat E’nda Al Dafn', '1033296391', 'feature', '2016 ', 'Drama', 'UAE', 'El Booma Films', 'Abdulla Al Kaabi\r<br/>Farshad Mahoutforoush\r<br/>Kambiz Safari', 'Set in 1988, a blind mother welcomes her estranged daughters to tell them a secret. Unfortunately, she accidentally dies while sharing it. During the funeral, the daughters try to deal with her sudden death and also work together to unveil her secret. Throughout the funeral, their own lives continue to unravel, giving room for buried family tensions to gradually surface, while struggling to deal with their own secrets and guilt. The arrival of an unfamiliar guest rocks the entire foundation of their family.', 'Saleema Yaqoub\r<br/>Heba Sabah\r<br/>Abdelreza Nasari', 'Screenwriter: Abdulla Al Kaabi\r<br/>Dunia Ayaso\r<br/>Félix Sabroso\r<br/>DOP: Payman Shadmanfar\r<br/>Editor: Meysam Molaei', '80 min', 'The film tackles taboo issues in Arab society such as feminism and transgenderism.\r<br/>The first collaboration between Iraqi and Iranian Arabs following the first Gulf war.\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival, where it won the Best Muhr Emirati Feature Award.\r<br/>The film marks director Abdulla Al Kaabi’s debut feature film after his short film, The Philosopher, with famed French actor Jean Reno.', 'KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Market & Festival (CTIFMF), South Africa\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA\r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Festival (ESFF), UAE\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, South Korea', 'Best Muhr Feature Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Best Film Score Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1yu8XBePn0', '22285only-men-small.jpg', 'only-men-3.jpg', 'only-men-1.jpg', 'only-men-2.jpg', '4370only-men-go-to-the-grave.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/only-men-go-to-the-grave-dubai-review/5112095.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Chris Newbould - The National\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/award-winning-emirati-film-only-men-go-to-the-grave-isn-t-designed-to-shock-1.618366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Newbould - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Gulf News\" href=\"http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/dubai-international-film-festival/diff-film-review-only-men-go-to-the-grave-1.1944317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulf News</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"VOA News\" href=\"https://www.voanews.com/a/emirati-filmmaker-unsettles-traditions-exposes-hidden-lives/4002476.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VOA News</a></span></p>', '“Al Kaabi explores with great delicacy the tension between how much we need or want to know about others’ personal lives — even close relatives’ — and what is better left unknown.” Gulf News\r<br/>“Only Men Go to the Grave...seems designed to challenge expectations about Emirati filmmaking.” Chris Newbould - The National\r<br/> “An Emirati filmmaker is pushing boundaries and bypassing state censors by delicately unraveling a story about a traditional Arab family grappling with issues of homosexual love, gender identity, sectarianism and women\'s rights.” VOA News', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5794390/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(50, 'The Curve', 'Al Muna’taf', '334212101', 'feature', '2015', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Egypt\r - France\r - UAE', 'The Imaginarium Films\r<br/>Film Clinic\r<br/>Eaux Vives Productions', 'Rula Nasser \r<br/>Mohamed Hefzy', 'Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van, finds himself on a road trip with three strangers, which alters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.', 'Ashraf Barhoum \r<br/>Fatina Layla \r<br/>Mazen Moadam \r<br/>Ashraf Telfah', 'Screenwriter: Rifqi Assaf \r<br/>DOP: Piotr Jaxa \r<br/>Editor: Doaa Fadel', '81 min', 'The film received many funds such as the Crossroads Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2012, and the Jordan Film Fund managed by the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) in 2012.\r<br/>The film features Palestinian star Ashraf Barhom, who is known for his roles in the films The Kingdom (2007), Agora (2009) and Clash of the Titans (2010).', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>East End Film Festival (EEFF), UK \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma et Mémoire Commune de Nador, Morocco \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia \r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'Golden Reel Award for Best Actor at the Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), USA\r<br/>Best Actor Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87b7Rk2Oyig', '9308the-curve-small.jpg', '9308Curve-Snapshot-7.jpg', '9308Curve-Snapshot-4.jpg', '9308Curve-Snapshot.jpg', '9308the-curve-final-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily \" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-curve-review/5097926.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ahmed Shawky - Dotmsr (Arabic)\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2uloCYk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahmed Shawky - Dotmsr (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Amal Ibrahim - Diwan Al Arab (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.diwanalarab.com/spip.php?page=article&amp;id_article=42912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amal Ibrahim - Diwan Al Arab (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)\" href=\"https://aawsat.com/home/article/666951/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%B7%D9%81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The Curve is both haunted and haunting; schoolboys and soldiers by the side of the road seem like fragments of a memory.” Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“It was a notable choice for the scenes which are intended to intersect with other distant ones, in time and place. This is not easy for any director because the issue is not just editing as much as a confident vision of where and when to use such scenes.” Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“An adventure of a different kind that allows an individual to change and be freed from special constraints.” Esraa El Radayda - Al Ghad', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4829236/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(51, 'The Gate of Departure', 'Bab El-Wadaa', '840766016', 'feature', '2014', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Khaial Art Production with support from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture', 'Ahmed Magdy', 'A young man dreams of exploring the world as he grows up in isolation with his grandmother, who decides to lock him up in the house due to her fears that he would abandon her just as his father did.', 'Salwa Khattab\r<br/>Ahmed Magdy\r<br/>Amaal Abdel Hady\r<br/>Shams Labib', 'Screenwriter: Karim Hanafy\r<br/>DOP: Zaki Aref\r<br/>Editor: Amir Ahmed ', '65 min', 'The film topped film critic Mohamed Rouda\'s list of 10 Best Arab Films that were screened in festivals in 2014.\r<br/>Forga Magazine chose the film as the Best Egyptian Film in 2015, and its stars, Ahmed Magdy and Salwa Khattab, were listed among the Best 5 Actors/Actresses in 2015.\r<br/>A visual experience that does not adopt a conventional narrative conformity, rather, it is built upon poetic associations between scenes that form expressive tableaus closest in their structure to that of metaphorical poetry that alludes and gesture more than it reveals.\r<br/>Screened in six Egyptian governorates during the Jesuit Film Festival.', 'Jesuit Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Berlin (ALFILM), Germany \r<br/>Luxor Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan \r<br/>Kalamazoo World Languages Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland \r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>South Film Days Festival (Südfilmtage), Germany \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Egyptian Film Critics Association (EFCA), Egypt\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Faten Hamama Film Festival, Egypt', 'Silver Pyramid Award for Best Artistic Contribution at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Egyptian Film in 2015 at the Egyptian Film Critics Association (EFCA), Egypt\r<br/>Special Jury Award, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Actress in a Leading Role, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Sound, Best Poster Design at the Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress at the Faten Hamama Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Jury Award and Second Production Award for Khaial Art Production at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIC-5EcMixs ', 'Annotation 2020-02-13 163830.png', 'The Gate of Departure-Still1.png', 'The Gate of Departure-Still3.png', 'The Gate of Departure-Still2.png', 'The Gate of Departure - Poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Franck Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/gate-departure-cairo-review-749865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Franck Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Tiffany Pritchard - Screen Daily\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/karim-hanafy-pushes-boundaries-with-departure/5080271.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiffany Pritchard - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Radwa Iman - Al Bawaba News\" href=\"http://www.albawabhnews.com/1614109\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radwa Iman - Al Bawaba News</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ibrahim Toutanji - Al Bayan\" href=\"http://www.albayan.ae/supplements/ara/news/2014-11-23-1.2251163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahim Toutanji - Al Bayan</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Kamal Ramzy - Shorouk News\" href=\"http://www.shorouknews.com/columns/view.aspx?cdate=08122015&amp;id=314ed7b2-9f29-4b66-a6e8-1b019bd0a0e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamal Ramzy - Shorouk News</a></span></p>', '“Pushing boundaries both in story and style, Hanafy compares the film to a haiku poem, where structure ebbs and flows in long, meditative sequences, interrupted with bursts of colour and emotion.” Tiffany Pritchard - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“This visually stunning but narratively opaque experimental film is strictly for the festival circuit.” Franck Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4796556/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(52, 'The Last Friday ', 'Al Jomaa\'a Al Akhira', '1942143027', 'feature', '2011', 'Comedy, Family', 'Jordan', 'The Royal Film Commission - Jordan (RFC)', 'Yahya Al Abdallah\r<br/>Mohannad Bakri\r<br/>George David\r<br/>Fadi Haddad\r<br/>Majd Hijjawi\r<br/>Rula Nasser', 'After the sudden discovery of his illness, a 40-year old father finds himself forced to make peace with the troubling past he left behind years ago. Will he get what he is looking for or is it too late?', 'Ali Suliman\r<br/>Fadi Arida\r<br/>Nabil Kawni', 'Screenwriter: Yahya Alabdallah\r<br/>DOP: Rachel Aoun\r<br/>Editor: Mohammad  Suleiman', '88 min', 'The first Jordanian film to participate in the Berlin International Film Festival.\r<br/>Starring Palestinian superstar Ali Suliman who has been in many Hollywood productions.\r<br/>The film received a grant from Enjaaz, a Dubai Film Market initiative.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>World cinema Amsterdam Independent Film Festival, the Netherlands\r<br/>Rabat International Festival of Film, Morocco \r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil \r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina \r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Malatya International Film Festival, Turkey \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden \r<br/>Zurich Arabian Film Festival, Switzerland \r<br/>Madrid Palestinian Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Paris Printemps du Cinéma Arabe, France \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia \r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Nantes Three Continents Festival, France\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain', 'Special Jury Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Cinema In Motion Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiIDaOBMG5c ', '13157the-last-friday--small.jpg', '13157The-Last-Friday.jpg', '13157the_last_friday_still_a_h.jpg', '13157the-last-friday-screener.00_00_20_05.Still001.jpg', '13157the-last-friday-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/last-friday-film-review-274331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Alissa Simon - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/the-last-friday-1117946759/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alissa Simon - Variety</a></span></p>', '“A well-crafted but very downbeat Jordanian drama aimed at festival auds.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>The absurdities and complexities of life in contempo Amman are presented with pleasingly understated humor in The Last Friday.\" Alissa Simon - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2104115/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(53, 'The Mice Room ', 'Oudet El Feeran', '1388186991 , 1718930681 , 1750659673 , 1392566914 , 1080368454 , 81914858', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama', 'Egypt\r - UAE', 'Rufy\'s Films\r<br/>Fig Leaf Studio\r<br/>Enjaaz', 'Hend Bakr\r<br/>Mohamad El-Hadidi\r<br/>Mark Lotfy\r<br/>Ahmed Magdy Morsy\r<br/>Nermeen Salem\r<br/>Sameh Nabil\r<br/>Nesrine Talaat\r<br/>Ahmed Zayan\r<br/>Mayye Zayed,\r<br/>Mohamed Zedan', 'Taking the viewers to the beautiful city of Alexandria, the film brings the different stories of six people whose lives are intertwined because of their common emotions of fear, despair, and the compulsion of experimentation.', 'Hanan Youssef\r<br/>Moustafa Darwish\r<br/>Noura Saafan', 'Screenwriter: Hend Bakr \r<br/>Mohamad El-Hadidi\r<br/>Ahmed Magdy Morsy\r<br/>Nermeen Salem\r<br/>Mayye Zayed\r<br/>Mohamed Zedan\r<br/>DOP: Mohamad El-Hadidi\r<br/>Mayye Zayed\r<br/>Islam Kamal\r<br/>Editor: Islam Kamal', '85 min', 'Six directors and six actors projecting the spirit of the city of Alexandria.\r<br/>The first Alexandrian independent feature film with little-to-no budget.\r<br/>During the 2013 Dubai International Film Festival, it was selected by the Art Dubai Exhibition website as one of the films that have successfully mixed cinema with artistic vision.', 'World premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival, UAE \r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Hamburg, Germany\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Sofia MENAR (Middle East & North Africa) Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYWCvZX3KD8', '77the-mice-room-small.jpg', '771-.jpg', '772.jpg', '773.jpg', '77the-mice-room-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Variety- Jay Weissberg\" href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/film-review-the-mice-room-1201059162/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety - Jay Weissberg</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"The Hollywood Reporter- Deborah Young\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mice-room-odet-el-feran-664468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter - Deborah Young</a></span></p>', '“A formless but fascinating experiment that aims to capture the spirit of the city of Alexandria.” Variety - Jay Weissberg \r<br/>\r<br/>“Editor Islam Kamal deserves credit for making this project work at all, but it remains a compendium of six short films cleverly strung together.” The Hollywood Reporter- Deborah Young', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3407878/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(54, 'The Miscreants', 'Les Mécréants', '1221370060', 'feature', '2011 ', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Akka Films\r<br/>Fusion Films\r<br/>Tamawayt Productions ', 'Michaël Rouzeau\r<br/>Nicolas Wadimoff', 'Following the orders of their leader, three young Islamists abduct a bunch of actors who are promoting their latest work. However, things don’t go as planned and the Islamists find themselves trapped in a 7-day no exit experience with the actors. An experience that will change their lives all. ', 'Jamila El Haouni\r<br/>Maria Lalouaz\r<br/>Omar Lotfi\r<br/>Amine Ennaji', 'Screenwriter: Mochine Besri\r<br/>DOP: Pascal Montjovent \r<br/>Editor: Naima Bachiri', '89 min', 'Mohcine Besri\'s feature film debut examines the fault lines between secular and Islamist factions of Moroccan society, intent on revealing commonalities rather than pushing conflict.\r<br/>Screened at more than 15 film festivals and won nine awards.', 'Film Fest Hamburg, Germany\r<br/>Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cinedays Festival of European Film, Macedonia\r<br/>Festival National du Film, Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Les Journées de Soleure, Switzerland\r<br/>Osian\'s Cinefan Film Festival, India\r<br/>Arab Camera Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands\r<br/>Middle Eastern Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Cairo international Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman', 'Best First Feature Film Award at the National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Special Mention of the Jury at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Special Mention of the Jury at the Cinedays Festival of European Film, Macedonia\r<br/>Best Arab Film Award at the Cairo international Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Jury Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Jury Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJGfvuZnA0U', '14018les-mecreants-small.jpg', '14018les-mecreants.00_21_52_07.Still002.jpg', '14018les-mecreants.00_01_50_15.Still001.jpg', '14018les-mecreants.00_54_23_02.Still003.jpg', '14018poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Stephen Farber - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/karlovy-vary-international-film-festival-miscreants-review-346299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Farber - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>', '“The film depicts a part of the world we rarely see while tackling very timely themes.”  Stephen Farber - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2099662/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(55, 'The Sea Is Behind ', 'Al Bahr Min Wra’koum', '969324254', 'feature', '2014 ', 'Fantasy', 'Morocco\r - France\r - UAE\r - Lebanon', 'Moon & Deal Films\r<br/>La Prod\r<br/>Raccord Ciné et Service\r<br/>Pan Production', 'Lamia Chraibi\r<br/>Mickaël Clouet\r<br/>Hicham Lasri\r<br/>Michel Merkt\r<br/>Ghislaine Querrien', 'A cross-dressing dancer is hunted by troubles in a city where drinking water has been contaminated and may be driving people crazy.\r<br/>\r<br/>\r<br/>\r<br/>', 'Malek Akhmiss\r<br/>Fairouz Amiri\r<br/>Mohamed Aouragh', 'Screenwriter: Hicham Lasri\r<br/>DOP: Said Slimani\r<br/>Editor: Abdesamad Chaouket', '88 min', 'The film got officially selected at the 2015 Berlinale, in the Panorama section, the 2014 DIFF and the 2015 Cairo International Film Festival. \r<br/>Winner of the Critics\' Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco and the Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF).', 'erlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Béjaïa Film Meetings in Algeri, Algeria\r<br/>Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt', 'Critics\' Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival National Du Film De Tanger (FNF) in Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Malek Akhmiss, Fairouz Amiri, Mohamed Aouragh', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQclnLMYNM8', '6966the-sea-is-behind--small.jpg', '6966the-sea-is-behind-Still001.jpg', '6966the-sea-is-behind-Still002.jpg', '6966the-sea-is-behind-Still003.jpg', 'the-sea-is-behind.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Soha Elsirgany - Ahram Online (Arabic)\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/128017/Arts--Culture/Film/The-Sea-is-Behind-A-film-that-might-be-hard-to-acc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soha Elsirgany - Ahram Online (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“The film, however, presents much more than the story of Tarik, offering a dystopian and dramatic insight into social and political realities in the Arab world.” Soha Elsirgany - Ahram Online (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4275772/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(57, 'Villa Touma', 'Villa Touma', '1685008389', 'feature', '2014  ', 'Family, Romance', 'Palestine', 'Belssan', 'Suha Arraf', 'The film follows a Palestinian Christian family of three women (Violette, Juliette, and Antoinette) who live by being immersed in the past, isolated from Palestinian society enclosed in Villa Touma in Ramallah. Their niece Khadija, who had been raised on an orphanage, comes to live with them and they raise her as befitting an aristocratic family. They teach her French and piano. Violette (the eldest sister) searches for a groom for her as well, so that she doesn’t end up a spinster like them.', 'Nisreen Faour\r<br/>Ula Tabari\r<br/>Cherien Dabis\r<br/>Maria Zreik', 'Screenwriter: Suha Arraf\r<br/>DOP: Yaron Scharf\r<br/>Editor: Arik Leibovitch', '85 min', 'Been to more than 50 international film festivals.\r<br/>Received a Special Mention from the Union of Universities and Film Schools in Italy.\r<br/>Reaped the Church of Iceland Award at the Reykjavik International Film Festival.\r<br/>The director was listed on Variety Magazine\'s “Top 10 Screenwriters to Watch\" and earned the Best Female Award at the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival.', 'Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Reel Palestine, Dubai, UAE\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, USA\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF), Canada\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Women\'s International Film and Television Showcase in Los Angeles (WIFTS), USA', 'Special Mention by the Film University and Institute Association at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Church of Iceland Award at the Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>Best Actress Award at the MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Women\'s International Film and Television Showcase in Los Angeles (WIFTS), USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMg-SWePBgw ', '8237villa-small.jpg', '8237VIlla_Touma_still_2.jpg', '8237Villa_Touma_still_6.jpg', '8237Villa_Touma_still_1.jpg', 'villa-touma.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/villa-touma-venice-review-729341\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/venice-film-review-villa-touma-1201295632/\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.thenational.ae/arts-lifestyle/film/suha-arrafs-villa-touma-offers-a-world-view-thats-uniquely-palestinian-yet-very-european\">Kaleem Aftab - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/reviews/villa-touma-world-s-first-stateless-film-489386955\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creede Newton - Middle East Eye</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/cinema/2015-10-15-1.830550\">Ola Sheikh - Emirates Today (Arabic) </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.al-ayyam.ps/ar_page.php?id=f67af16y258453270Yf67af16\">Yousef Al Shayeb - Al-Ayyam Newspaper, Palestine (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Suha Arraf’s Villa Touma offers a world view that’s uniquely Palestinian yet very European.” Kaleem Aftab - The National\r<br/>\r<br/>“The performance of the actresses in the film, with no exception, was impressive\" Ola Sheikh - Emirates Today (Arabic) \r<br/>\r<br/>\"Digging into untold topics that no one likes to talk about,\"  Yousef Al Shayeb - Al-Ayyam Newspaper, Palestine (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3837950/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(58, 'Warda', 'Warda', '1745324613', 'feature', '2014   ', 'Horror', 'Egypt ', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>The Producers\r<br/>', '<p>Hadi El Bagoury Mohamed Hefzy Hani Osama</p>', 'The film follows the spine-chilling journey of a video blogger who returns to his Egyptian countryside home to document and investigate strange happenings that have been disturbing his family since the death of his father.', 'Tareq Abdalla Nada Al Alfi Ahmed Awni</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed Hefzy DOP: Tarek Hefny Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '75 min', 'One of the few horror films in the Arab world.\r<br/>Inspired by true events that took place in the Egyptian countryside.\r<br/>Sold-out premiere screenings in three Arab countries; Egypt, UAE, and Oman.\r<br/>First feature film to be created in found-footage style in the Arab world.\r<br/>Over 130,000 fans follow its official Facebook page.\r<br/>One of the top 5 fastest-growing entertainment pages in Egypt during its opening week.\r<br/>Over half a million trailer views online.\r<br/>Females presented two thirds of the audience.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Mediterranean Film Festival in Brussels, Belgium', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQxLsVyc35o', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 163148.png', 'MV5BMjE4ODUyMjU1Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzc5NzUyNDE@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,961_AL_.png', 'warda.png', 'MV5BMjMzMTI4MDk2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDc5NzUyNDE@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,961_AL_.png', 'warda-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'yes', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Step Feed- Noha Medhat\" href=\"http://stepfeed.com/egyptian-horror-film-warda-to-be-screened-at-south-korea-film-festival-5843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noha Medhat - Step Feed</a></span></p>', 'The found footage film was a pioneering effort for Egyptian filmmaker Hadi El-Bagoury.” Noha Medhat - Step Feed', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4183910/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(61, '300 KM', '', '248215481', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Saudi Arabia', '', 'Mohammed Alholayyil', 'Hailing from a conservative community, a man, woman and child are forced to travel together in a small car to undertake the journey over a 300-km long stretch of road.', 'Khaled Saqer\r<br/>Zara Albalushi\r<br/>Ibrahim Alhajjaj', 'Screenwriter: Mohammed Alholayyil\r<br/>Norah Almowald\r<br/>DOP: Ali Al Shafai\r<br/>Editor: Yacob Almarzoog\r<br/>', '24 min', 'Winner of the Special Jury Prize within the Muhr Gulf Short Awards at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France', 'Special Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1jiFYd7d1E', '7379300km-small.jpg', '7379300KM - Still1.jpg', '7379300KM - Still2.jpg', '7379300KM - Still3.jpg', '1901225357300-kilometers.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Al Nahar &ndash; Abdalsatar Nagi (Arabic)\" href=\"http://www.annaharkw.com/annahar/Article.aspx?id=709830&amp;date=30062016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdalsatar Nagi - An-Nahar (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“300 KM…..is a journey that calls upon the region’s heritage and traditions in a confined small car presented in a high-quality cinematic format reflecting the brilliance of its director.” Abdalsatar Nagi - An-Nahar (Arabic)', '0', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(62, 'Beirut of the Balkans', 'Beirut Al Balkan', '2020807853', 'documentary', '2015', 'Documentary', 'Lebanon\r - Qatar', '', 'Nicolas Khoury', 'An amazing discovery will determine Ahmad to take a difficult and important decision, which will change the course of his life and the life of his family. In the same time this decision will create an exceptional portrait of Beirut today and give Ahmad the opportunity to enter again the world of the old Beirut (before 1975 war) this city that he always dreams to visit.', '', 'Screenwriter: Nicolas Khoury\r<br/>DOP: Ziad Chahoud\r<br/>Editor: Nicolas Khoury', '54 min', 'Received the Doha Film Institute’s Fall Grant 2013.\r<br/>Supported by the Screen Institute Beirut.\r<br/>Full House Lebanese Premiere at the Metropolis Cinema.', 'World premiere at the Les Ecrans du Réel, Lebanon\r<br/>FilmFest Munchen (CineVision Competition), Germany\r<br/>Oran Arab Film Festival, Algeria', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUDDDfGM3j4', 'Beirut-of-the-Balkans-small.jpg', 'Beirut-of-the-Balkans---Still-1.jpg', 'Beirut-of-the-Balkans---Still-2.jpg', 'Beirut-of-the-Balkans---Still-3.jpg', '00017030.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.annahar.com/article/230587-beirut-of-the-balkans-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88\">Josephine Habashi - An-Nahar</a></span></p>', '“…the film is engaging for its visual style that blends beautiful scenery with symbolic details, creating a great ambience that triggers nostalgia, where the borders of Beirut disappear in the details of Sarajevo.”\r<br/>Josephine Habashi - An-Nahar', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(63, 'Ahmad', '', '648987212', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Iraq', 'Iraqi Film Group\r<br/>Tigers Scoop\r<br/>Goudea Center for Culture and Arts\r<br/>Iraqi Association for Development of Cinema', 'Ameer Ihsan', 'Ahmad is confined to home by his father, but when his brother comes back from abroad, Ahmad is encouraged to rise up against his father‎.', 'Karam Thamer\r<br/>Ahmad Sadoon\r<br/>Muhsin Khazaal', 'Screenwriter: Ameer Ihsan\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Al-Hilali & Salam Salman\r<br/>Editor: Ayman Al Shatri', '10 min', 'The film is considered one of the rare Iraqi pictures that break the taboos of the Iraqi and Arab society.\r<br/>The film world premiered at the Arab Film Festival in California in the USA.', 'Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gTimi4BAk', '16400ahmed-small.jpg', '16400Ahmad_.00_02_05_21.Still003.jpg', '16400Ahmad_.00_03_14_22.Still004.jpg', '16400Ahmad_.00_03_22_09.Still005.jpg', '16400ahmed-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(65, 'Bahiya & Mahmoud', 'Bahiya Wa Mahmoud', '1268076828', 'short films', '2011', 'Comedy', 'USA\r - Jordan\r - UAE\r - Lebanon', 'Zaha Productions', 'Heba Abu Musaed', 'The film tells the story of an aging married couple who have fallen into a reliable routine of bickering and making one another miserable until the morning that Mahmoud wakes and finds his wife Bahiya gone. ', 'Faek Homaissi\r<br/>Layla Hakim\r<br/>Mounia Akl', 'Screenwriter: Zaid Abu Hamdan\r<br/>DOP: Ian S. Takahashi\r<br/>Editor: Donna Mathewson', '14 min', 'After receiving the Best of Festival Award at the 2011 Palm Springs International Shortfest, the film became eligible for an Academy Awards consideration.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Gulf Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>Heartland Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival in Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Beijing International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Reels Short Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia, Japan\r<br/>CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), Canada\r<br/>Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy', 'Special Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Best of the Festival Award at the Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA\r<br/>Award for Outstanding Short at the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>Film of the Year at the Lebanese Film Festival in Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydnj3RHUyyA ', '22281bahia-small.jpg', '3201400001053.jpg', '3201400001054.jpg', '3201400001055.jpg', '22281bahia-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Culture Vulture-Michael McDonagh\" href=\"https://culturevulture.net/film/12-films-from-the-arab-film-festival/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Vulture - Michael McDonagh</a></span></p>', '“The film plays like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” before that alcoholic pair take the gloves off, and Abu Hamdan’s acutely chosen images reminded me of Satya[j]it Ray’s work both early and late.” Michael McDonagh - Culture Vulture', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806797/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(66, 'BONBONÉ', 'Bonbona', '880865185', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Palestine\r - Lebanon', 'Groundglass235\r<br/>The Postoffice\r<br/>Mad4Films\r<br/>db Studios', 'Koussay Hamzeh\r<br/>Rakan Mayasi\r<br/>Mahmoud Korek\r<br/>Amr Ben Halim\r<br/>Nabil Qaddumi', 'It is thought that wars and conflicts conquer the essence of body and soul, like the heaving of waves on a rough sea. An imprisoned Palestinian from the resistance forces is serving his time in an Israeli jail. Yearning to see his offspring, he contrives a plot with the help of his spouse. Will his attempt pan out as planned?', 'Saleh Bakri\r<br/>Rana Alamuddin\r<br/>Nadera Omran\r<br/>Ziad Bakri', 'Screenwriter: Rakan Mayasi\r<br/>Parine Jaddo\r<br/>DOP: Koussay Hamzeh\r<br/>Editor: Parine Jaddo\r<br/>Simon Habr', '15 min', 'Based on true events, the film is about the alternative ways of survival that Palestinian inmates have to devise while locked up in Israeli prisons.\r<br/>The film world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and screened at more than 10 international film festivals.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Calgary International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>New York Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Sapporo Film Festival, Japan\r<br/>St. Louis International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada\r<br/>Cork Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>INTERFILM - International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>2ANNAS Riga International Film Festival, Latvia\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería (FICAL), Spain\r<br/>Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Elia Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Moscow International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Gabes Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Festival Ciné Palestine, France\r<br/>Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania \r<br/>CinEuphoria Awards, Portugal\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine bajo la Luna, Spain \r<br/>Festival Écran Libre, France\r<br/>Korça International Short Film Festival, Albania\r<br/>The International Short Film Festival Golden Beggar, Slovakia\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco \r<br/>Reel Palestine, UAE\r<br/>New Orleans Palestinian Film Festival, USA \r<br/>The Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania \r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Israel \r<br/>Taos Shortz Film Festival, New Mexico \r<br/>Indy Film Fest, USA\r<br/>London Palestine Film Festival, UK \r<br/>Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Palms Springs International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Seatle Arab Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland \r<br/>Skepto International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA \r<br/>EUROPENOW Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>North Carolina Film Awards, USA\r<br/>Flickerfest international short film festival, Australia \r<br/>Mostra de València –Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain \r<br/>Palestine Reel, UAE', 'Best Short Film Award at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Almería (FICAL), Spain\r<br/>Golden Egg for Best Short Film at the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Elia Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Moscow International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Gabes Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Audience Award and Jury Award at the Festival Ciné Palestine, France\r<br/>Best Short Film at Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania \r<br/>Top Short Films of the Year, Best Duo, Best Short Film and Best Actress in a Short Film at CinEuphoria Awards, Portugal\r<br/>Premio Luna award at Festival Internacional de Cine bajo la Luna, Spain \r<br/>Audience Award at Festival Écran Libre, France \r<br/>Staff Award at Korça International Short Film Festival, Albania  \r<br/>The Grand Prix at the International Short Film Festival Golden Beggar, Slovakia \r<br/>Best scenario in the Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco \r<br/>Best of the Best at Krakow Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Director\'s Award at the North Carolina Film Awards, USA\r<br/>Alexandria Short film festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDf_gmt3zE', '13103bonbone-small.jpg', '13103bonbone1.jpg', '13103bonbone2.jpg', '13103bonbone3.jpg', '13103bonbone-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://independent-magazine.org/2017/09/new-york-film-festival-sept-28-oct-15/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kurt Brokaw - The Independent Magazine</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u2dEiMt8__r_WM83Dgc4XIfDZoDGvgun/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short of the week</span></a></span></p>', '“It is a stunning piece of both spoken seduction and silent mime, reserved yet filled with soulful longing.” Kurt Brokaw - The Independent Magazine\r<br/>\r<br/>“It is so beautiful to defy occupation and resist with love and life” Short of the Week ', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7083868/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(67, 'Central Market ', 'Al Souq Al Markazi', '1657105123', 'short films', '2015 ', 'Drama', 'UAE\r - Bahrain', 'Elements Cine Productions', 'Saleh Nass', 'The film follows a boy who works his afternoons at the local fruit and vegetable market, carrying and delivering groceries. He’s always searching for a quick buck to be made. An opportunity arises to make some ’serious cash’ by trying to milk a small goat.', 'Abdulla Hasan Ali', 'Screenwriter: Saleh Nass\r<br/>DOP: Chaker Ben Yahmed\r<br/>Editor: Saleh Nass', '11 min', 'The only officially selected Arab film at the Valencia International Film Festival 2015.\r<br/>The film received the Bahrain Film Fund from the Ministry of Culture, Kingdom of Bahrain and supported by Enjaaz.', 'Valencia International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Calgary International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival in Dublin, Ireland\r<br/>International Film Festival (FilmFest Dresden), Germany\r<br/>Montreal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>International Short Film Festival on Sustainability in Milano, Italy\r<br/>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, Republic of Tatarstan\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Independent Film Festival Boston, USA\r<br/>Green Caravan Film Festival (GCFF), a travelling festival', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiWh5FpEQL8 ', '24204center-market-small.jpg', '24204Central-Market1.jpg', '24204Central-Market2.jpg', '24204Central-Market3.jpg', '24204center-market-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3583656/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(69, 'Mirrors of Silence ', 'Maraya Al Samt', '565580549', 'short films', '2006', 'Fantasy', 'UAE', 'Faradees', 'Nawaf Al Janahi\r<br/>Mohamed Hasan Ahmed', 'In a modern city, a young man is confronted by a distressing loneliness; will he succeed in overcoming it?', 'Nawaf Al Janahi', 'Screenwriter: Nawaf Al Janahi\r<br/>DOP: Nawaf Al Janahi\r<br/>Editor: Khalid Al Mahmood', '16 min', 'Screened at more than 20 regional and international festivals.', 'Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Muscat Festival For Documentary & Short Films, Oman\r<br/>Emirates Film Competition, UAE\r<br/>Al-Sawari International Film Festival, Bahrain\r<br/>Jeddah Visual Shows Festival, KSA\r<br/>Jordan Short Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Circuito Off Venice International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Golden Minbar International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Amal International Euro-Arab Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Baghdad International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Saudi Film Competition, KSA\r<br/>Nile International Festival for Environmental Films, Egypt\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Washougal International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Salento International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Cairo Independent Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Al-Hurrban International Cinema Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Mohammedia International Short Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Al Qattara Arts Center, UAE\r<br/>MuslimFest Film Festival, Canada', 'Second Prize for Best Film at the MuslimFest Film Festival, Canada', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw58DkwCsiQ ', '1857mirrorofsilence-small.jpg', '1857Mirrors-of-Silence.00_01_29_21.Still001.jpg', '1857Mirrors-of-Silence.00_02_33_13.Still002.jpg', '1857mirrorofsilence-01.jpg', '1857mirrorsofsilence-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.alriyadh.com/216958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raja Sayer Al-Mutairi - Al-Riyadh Newspaper (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A (beautiful) and appealing film equally in its style, the clarity of the idea and being thought-provoking.” Raja Sayer Al-Mutairi - Al-Riyadh Newspaper (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839905/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(71, 'Nocturne in Black', '', '1097154929', 'short films', '2016 ', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', '', 'Marc Fadel\r<br/>Ellie Foumbi\r<br/>Felecia Hunter\r<br/>Jimmy Keyrouz', 'In a war-ravaged Middle Eastern neighborhood, a musician struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.', 'Julian Farhat\r<br/>Tarek Yaacoub\r<br/>Karim Zein\r<br/>Rachid Salloum', 'Screenwriter: Jimmy Keyrouz\r<br/>DOP: Ziad Chahoud\r<br/>Editor: Jimmy Keyrouz\r<br/>', '23 Min', 'Shortlisted among the three Finalists in the BAFTA Film Awards.\r<br/>Shortlisted for the 2017 Oscars in the Live Action Short category.\r<br/>Nocturne in Black was inspired by an article about a Syrian young man who continues to play his piano under threat of persecution in the midst of his country’s civil war in order to reach out to war victims through the universal language of music. This story is not only about fixing a piano but about survival, resistance, defiance, war, and — most importantly — music, set against the backdrop of a war-ravaged neighborhood. We strongly believe that the plight of individuals like Karim, our protagonist, deserves to be told.\r<br/>The film screened at several international festivals, winning more than 15 awards, including Best Short Film at BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards,\r<br/>Screened among the 51st edition of the Cairo International Book Fair.', 'Columbia University Film Festival, Lincoln Center, USA\r<br/>Telluride Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan\r<br/>Student Academy Awards, USA\r<br/>Columbia University Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Directors Guild of America, USA\r<br/>Long Beach International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>National Board of Review, USA\r<br/>National Board of Review, USA\r<br/>Caucus Foundation Award, USA\r<br/>NDU International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Boulder International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival (LFF) in Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards,USA \r<br/>DGA Student Awards, USA\r<br/>Prindie: Princeton Independent Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Sonoma International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Windrider International Student Film Festival, USA \r<br/>BBC Arab Festival, London', 'Gold Medal at the Student Academy Awards, USA\r<br/>Jury Selects at the Columbia University Film Festival, USA\r<br/>DGA Student Film Award at the Directors Guild of America, USA\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Long Beach International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>NBR Student Grant at the National Board of Review, USA\r<br/>Marion Carter Green Award at the National Board of Review, USA\r<br/>Gold Circle Award at the Caucus Foundation Award, USA\r<br/>Best Director at the NDU International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>BIFF Award for Best Short Film at the Boulder International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Film at BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards,USA \r<br/>DGA Student Film Award at DGA Student Awards, USA\r<br/>Grand Student Award at Prindie: Princeton Independent Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Film at Sonoma International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Outstanding Narrative Award at Windrider International Student Film Festival, USA \r<br/> IFP Audience Award at the Independent Film Project', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tyb-qiKxXk ', '21063nib-small.jpg', '21063NIB_picselection-279-(1).jpg', '21063NIB_picselection-297-(1).jpg', '21063NIB_picselection-355-(1).jpg', '21063poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4536608/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(72, 'One Minute', 'Daqiqa', '1775027391', 'short films', '2015 ', 'War', 'Jordan\r - Belgium', 'DocNomads School', '<p>Dina Naser</p>', 'In 2014 Gaza, Salma is taking shelter from the bombings and shootings in her home, trying to protect her daughter, when she gets a sudden text that throws her immediate future into disarray.', 'Majd Hijawi<br />Ruba Hannun<br />Alia Daoud</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Dina Naser<br />DOP: Dina Naser, Ali Saadi<br />Editor: Dina Naser, Seren Issa', '10 min', 'Based on the true story of the 2014\'s Shujaiya Massacre in Gaza.\r<br/>The film screened at more than 20 international festivals, including Malmö Film Festival.', 'BBC Arabic Festival, UK\r<br/>PerSo - Perugia Social Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival (BPFF), USA\r<br/>Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF), Canada\r<br/>Doclisboa International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Malmö Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>FCP - Festival Ciné Palestine, Paris, France\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF), Canada\r<br/>Resistance International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Cairo International Women Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>International Film Festival Rotterdam – IFFR, the Netherlands\r<br/>Rencontres Internationales des Cinémas Arabes, France\r<br/>Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan', 'Audience Award at the PerSo-Perugia Social Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Fiction Short Film by An International Author at the Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Special Mention at the Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdeWSFFuvso', '6613one-small.jpg', '6613ONE-MINUTE.00_04_54_02.Still009.jpg', '6613ONE-MINUTE.00_05_09_03.Still010.jpg', '6613ONE-MINUTE.00_05_13_05.Still011.jpg', 'One Minute - final poster 2022.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22661534', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(73, 'PickUp', '', '1657105123', 'short films', '2015 ', 'Short, Drama, Family', 'Bahrain', 'Elements Cine Productions', 'Saleh Nass', 'A schoolgirl is desperate to reach home when faced with the embarrassment of being picked up from school by her father in his dusty old pick-up truck. Undeterred, the father decides to take a detour and take his daughter on a small fishing trip.', 'Jamaan Al-Rowaie\r<br/>Hawra Fouad', 'Screenwriter: Saleh Nass\r<br/>Laila Albeiti\r<br/>DOP: Chaker Ben Yahmed\r<br/>Editor: Saleh Nass', '10 min', 'Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Bahrain Film Days Festival in 2014.', 'Message to Man International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Bahrain Film Days Festival, Bahrain\r<br/>Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers, Estonia\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Green Caravan Film Festival (GCFF), a traveling festival\r<br/>LatinArab International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>TIFF Kids International Film Festival, Canada', 'Best Screenplay at the Bahrain Film Days Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3jc0kx3YNs', '8747pickup-small.jpg', '8747pick-up.1.jpg', '8747pick-up2.jpg', '8747pick-up3.jpg', '8747pick-up-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4391954/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(75, 'Shrimp', 'Robian', '1685089806', 'short films', '2016 ', 'Comedy', 'UAE', 'GHAF FILMS\r<br/>Ali Bin Matar Pictures', 'Yaser Alneyadi\r<br/>Ali Bin Matar', 'Brought together by fate, a group of people find themselves going through absurd misfortunes where they get to share their hidden and most twisted inclinations.', 'Khalid Alnuaimi\r<br/>Mohamed Salah\r<br/>Hanan Alblooshi\r<br/>Sultan Alshamisi', 'Screenwriter: Yaser Al Neyadi\r<br/>DOP: Ali Bin Matar\r<br/>Editor: Ali Bin Matar\r<br/>Mohammed Alhammadi', '26 min', 'Director Yaser Al Neyadi won the Best Director award at the Dubai International Film Festival, within the Muhr Emirati Awards. \r<br/>The film took part in the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE', 'Best Director Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Award at the Emirates Short Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy7iUjcjdxQ', '63shrimp-small.jpg', '63Shrimp-Shortfilm1.jpg', '63Shrimp-Shortfilm2.jpg', '63Shrimp-Shortfilm3.jpg', '63shrimp-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(76, 'Souls', 'Arwaah', '565580549', 'short films', '2004', 'Psychological Thriller', 'UAE', 'Nawaf Al Janahi Films', 'Nawaf Al Janahi', 'In a dark gloomy room, a group of prisoners go in there where they find nothing but one chair. They must say the right words or else… they’ll die.', 'Ali Al-Jabri\r<br/>Nawaf Al-Janahi\r<br/>Sara Al-Shikar', 'Screenwriter: Nawaf Al Janahi\r<br/>DOP: Khalid Al Mahmood\r<br/>Editor: Nawaf Al Janahi', '4 min', 'Contended in five film festivals and received a Special Mention at the Emirates Film Competition.', 'Assilah South-South Film Encounter, Morocco\r<br/>Jeddah Visual Shows Festival, KSA\r<br/>Nile International Festival for Environmental Films, Egypt\r<br/>Saudi Film Competition, KSA\r<br/>Emirates Film Competition, UAE', 'Special Mention at the Emirates Film Competition, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaI-7ejGx1A', 'slsss0.PNG', 'sou2.png', 'sou3.png', 'sou1.png', 'souls-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765498/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(78, 'Under the Robes ', 'Sous Les Soutanes', '1138566055', 'short films', '2015 ', 'Comedy', 'Lebanon', '', 'Gaby Zarazir', 'Monsignor Isidore gives a visit to an isolated convent in order to announce its closing down. During the visit, he steps on a landmine. The panic is installed and the faith becomes questionable.', 'Manuel Daher\r<br/>Yvonne El Haiby Nakad\r<br/>Lucienne Chenu Zarazir', 'Screenwriter: Michel Zarazir\r<br/>DOP: Karim Ghorayeb\r<br/>Editor: Michel Zarazir', '20 min', 'Won 10 awards including the Best Short Film at the European Film Festival in Lebanon.\r<br/>The film is available on OSN platform.', 'Passaggi d’Autore Intrecci Mediterranei, Sardinia, Italy\r<br/>Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay, Uruguay\r<br/>Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG), Switzerland\r<br/>Cabriolet Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Huesca International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Sydney, Australia\r<br/>ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), Belgium\r<br/>International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC), Limassol, Cyprus\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles, Belgium\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival (HIFF), Palestine\r<br/>NDU International Film Festival (NDUIFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>European Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Documentary Film and Short Film Festival in Bilbao (ZINEBI), Spain \r<br/>AUD Original Narrative Short Film Festival, Dubai, UAE\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland\r<br/>Cinemaiyat Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Mediawave International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary \r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA', 'Bank of Beirut Public Vote Award at the NDU International Film Festival (NDUIFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Jury Mention and Canal+ Prize at the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Best Short Film at the European Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Gold Mikeldi for Best Fiction Film Award at the International Documentary Film and Short Film Festival in Bilbao (ZINEBI), Spain\r<br/>People\'s Choice Award at the AUD Original Narrative Short Film Festival, Dubai, UAE\r<br/>Best First Film at the Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Bronze Dinosaur Award at the International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland\r<br/>Best Script Award at the Cinemaiyat Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Public Vote Award at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNugCRlWTcY ', '9313Sous-les-soutanes-small.jpg', '9313under-the-ropes1.jpg', '9313under-the-ropes2.jpg', '9313under-the-ropes3.jpg', '9313Sous-les-soutanes-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5136018/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(81, 'In My Mother\'s Arms', 'Fi Ahdan Ummi', '1427254623', 'documentary', '2011', 'Documentary, Drama', 'Iraq\r - UK\r - Netherlands\r - UAE', 'Human Film\r<br/>Iraq Al-Rafidain', '<p>Isabelle Stead</p>', 'In 2009, Husham established an orphanage in Baghdad’s Alsadr district. When Husham and his entourage are threatened with eviction due to a rent increase, the surviving orphans put on a show to express their yearning for a mother’s unconditional love.', 'Saif Silah Husham<br />Mohamed Wael<br />Naeem Al-Ghezzi<br />Husham La Dhabe</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Atea Al-Daradji, Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji<br />DOP: Atea Al-Daradji, Amar Manaa, Osama Rasheed, Zahir Kareem, Muthar Anaam<br />Editor: Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, Ian Watson', '89 min', 'A realistic story that uses a universal language\r<br/>The film documents daily life in the orphanage over the course of nine months\r<br/>The orphans represent a fragment of the Iraqi mosaic of race, culture, religion, and class\r<br/>The film resulted in a campaign to collect donations to buy a piece of land for the orphanage\r<br/>The film received grants from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s SANAD Film Fund, Al Jazeera English, San Sebastian Cinema in Motion, Goteborg Film Festival Fund, and the Netherlands Film Fund', 'Films from the South Festival in Oslo, Norway\r<br/>Sofia MENAR Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Babylon Festival for International Cultures & Arts, Iraq\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Seville Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Denmark\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Movies that Matter Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Gulf Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>San Francisco International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>EBS International Documentary Festival, South Korea', 'Best Documentary Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards\r<br/>Edu Choice Grand Prix at the EBS International Documentary Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT3eseQ9-Qg', 'Annotation 2020-02-27 123150.png', 'omy2.png', 'omy3.png', 'omy1.png', 'in-my-mother-arms-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/blog/dfi-film-review-in-my-mother-s-arms\">Reem Saleh &mdash; Doha Film Institute</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/in-my-mother-arms-film-review-377565\">Frank Scheck &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/in-my-mother-s-arms-1117946186/\">Alissa Simon &mdash; Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/movies/in-my-mothers-arms-a-film-about-orphans-in-baghdad.html\">Jeannette Catsoulis &mdash; The New York Times</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/in-my-mothers-arms-how-much-does-one-boys-life-matter/article4510786/\">Liam Lacey &mdash; The Globe and Mail</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/in-my-mothers-arms\">Glenn Heath Jr. &mdash; Slant Magazine</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.tinymixtapes.com/film/in-my-mothers-arms\">Alex Peterson &mdash; Tiny Mix Tapes</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://exclaim.ca/film/article/in_my_mothers_arms-directed_by_atia_mohamed_al_daradji\">Daniel Pratt &mdash; Exclaim!</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cine-vue.com/2013/02/dochouse-presents-in-my-mothers-arms.html\">Joe Walsh &mdash; CineVue</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://brightlightsfilm.com/cinema-virginity-and-swans-the-abu-dhabi-international-film-festival-2010/#.WV4hQoSGPIU\">Robert Keser &mdash; Bright Lights Film Journal</a></span></p>', '“The film provides a vividly desolate portrait of a society too fractured and corrupt to properly care for its most helpless among them.” \r<br/>Frank Scheck — The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“It’s not easy to write about IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS — an intensely direct, simple, and affecting documentary — without sounding like I’m a bleeding heart.” \r<br/>Alex Peterson — Tiny Mix Tapes', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772915/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(83, 'Underground/On The Surface', 'Ele Beheb Rabena Yerfaa Edoh lefook', '601969029', 'documentary', '2013 ', 'Documentary', 'Egypt', 'Aker Productions', 'Mohamed El Tohami', 'The documentary highlights the growth of shaabi music which has been expanding most recently under the name mahraganat music (festivals music) in the heels of the 25th January revolution. Following the underground shaabi music scene, known as ’mahraganat’, the film focuses on the surge of popularity this genre received following the revolution; Oka, Ortega, and Wezza, three of the movement’s most prominent artists, are suddenly put under the spotlight, so the question is: will they be able to preserve their identity as independent artists?', 'Oka\r<br/>Ortega\r<br/>Sosta\r<br/>Wezza', 'Screenwriter: Salma El Tarzi\r<br/>DOP: Salma El Tarzi\r<br/>Editor: Salma El Tarzi', '68 min', 'Director Salma El Tarzi won the Best Director award at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.\r<br/>The film had a sold-out premiere in Cairo.\r<br/>The film received a fund from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).\r<br/>First Documentary to be commercially released in Egyptian cinemas since 2011.\r<br/>The film highlights the accelerated growth of shaabi music and the rising of Oka and Ortega to stardom.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), Egypt - smART Mobile Film Festival\r<br/>International Summer Festival of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Center, Egypt\r<br/>Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), Egypt\r<br/>L\'Heure D\'Hiver in Brussels, Belgium', 'Best Director award (Salma El Tarzi) at ‎the Dubai International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtPLp6s4s4', 'underground-thumb.jpg', 'underground-stills-2.jpg', 'underground-stills-3.jpg', 'underground-stills-1.jpg', 'underground-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460876/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(84, 'In Search of Oil and Sand', 'Al Bahth A’an Al Naft Wal Remaal', '1581965749 , 79750151', 'documentary', '2012', 'Documentary', 'Egypt\r - UAE', 'Middle West Films\r<br/>Sarakene Ltd.', 'Wael Omar\r<br/>Philip L. Dib', 'Egyptian historian Mahmoud Sabit unveils the story behind a film shot by his parents and members of the royal court only a few weeks before the royal Egyptian family was overthrown in a coup d’état in 1952.', 'Mahmoud Sabit\r<br/>Princess Nevine Abbas Halim', 'Screenwriter: Rasha el Gammal\r<br/>Frances Ramsden\r<br/>Adel Sabit\r<br/>DOP: David Golia\r<br/>Editor: Omar Khodeir\r<br/>Wiley Abdelaziz', '58 min', 'A rare 8 mm film.\r<br/>Members of the royal family and the royal court appear in the film.\r<br/>The film remained abandoned for 70 years.\r<br/>Reconstructing the story behind the old rare film, the film includes an interview with the last surviving members of the royal court.', 'CinemAfrica Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Festival, USA\r<br/>Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE', 'Best Director from the Arab World at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_fDu4_cIYA ', 'in-search-of-oil--small.jpg', 'in-search-of-oil-and-sand-Still001.jpg', 'in-search-of-oil-and-sand-Still002.jpg', 'in-search-of-oil-and-sand-Still003.jpg', '5770in-search-of-oil-and-sand.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/in-search-of-oil-and-sand-1117948657/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/search-oil-sand-abu-dhabi-379214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/in-search-of-oil-and-sand/5047757.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cinetastic.de/2013/09/in-search-of-oil-and-sand/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronny Dombrowski - Cinetastic.de (German)</a></span></p>', '“The kind of docu that sends auds into their imaginations as well as their history books, “In Search” will be sought out by nonfiction sidebars, and is ideal for smallscreen rotation.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Hour-long peek into recent Egyptian history is engrossing and distinctive…” Neil Young - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2417934/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(86, 'Monir', '', '152446428', 'documentary', '2014 ', 'Documentary, Autobiography', 'Iran\r - UK', 'Fakhr Productions', 'Leyla Fakhr', 'This documentary looks at the life and work of the Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. Monir created an artistic language that was informed by traditional Iranian craft and architecture; formative years spent in New York in the 1940s and 50s and ongoing conversations with some of the 20th century’s most experimental artists were also part of Monir´s artistic universe.', 'Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian\r<br/>Frank Stella\r<br/>Hans-Ulrich Obrist', 'Screenwriter: Leyla Fakhr\r<br/>DOP: Bahman Kiarostami\r<br/>Editor: Bahman Kiarostami', '54 min', 'The film provides a close-up view into a woman’s artistic career that has spanned over half a century.\r<br/>The Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF) supported the production of the documentary.', 'World premiere at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, USA\r<br/>Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Sikka Art Fair in Dubai, UAE\r<br/>Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK\r<br/>Iran Heritage Foundation (IHF), UK', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMr-G33hF0M', 'monir-leyla-small.jpg', 'Monir-Leyla-version-Eng-Sub-final.00_02_02_14.Still001.jpg', 'Monir-Leyla-version-Eng-Sub-final.00_08_16_23.Still002.jpg', 'Monir-Leyla-version-Eng-Sub-final.00_02_02_14.Still003.jpg', 'monir.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Hyperallergic - Bridey Heing\" href=\"https://hyperallergic.com/276470/a-portrait-of-an-iranian-artist-who-went-home-after-35-years-in-exile/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperallergic - Bridey Heing</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Institute of Contemporary Arts\" href=\"https://www.ica.art/whats-on/monir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute of Contemporary Arts</a></span></p>', '“The 54-minute film is built on interviews with those who have been closest to her work, archival interview footage, and conversations with Monir as she works on her latest projects. The result is a freewheeling, non-chronological exploration of her life and career.” Hyperallergic - Bridey Heing\r<br/>\r<br/>“It offers an inspiring chronicle of Monir at the peak of her career.” Institute of Contemporary Arts', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7155384/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(87, 'MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA', 'Habibi Bistanany A’nd al Bahar', '12174242', 'documentary', '2013', 'Documentary', 'Jordan\r - Germany\r - Palestine\r - Qatar', 'The Imaginarium Films\r<br/>Mengamuk Films\r<br/>Little Wanderer Films', '<p>Rula Nasser Michel Balagu&eacute; Mais Darwazah</p>', 'A poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes a first-time journey back to her homeland, Palestine, where she finds everyone holding on to their dreams in a land exhausted by endless war.', 'Ghayda Ajalyaqeen Darwazah<br />Hasan Hourani<br />Mohammad Reda Al-Haj Ahmad<br />Samer Hussam</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mais Darwazah<br />DOP: Arlette Girardot, Joude Gorani<br />Editor: Vartan Avakian', '80 min', 'Participated in more than 30 festivals and won four awards\r<br/>The film is supported by the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Doha Film Institute, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program & Fund, and Symbiosis Designs in association with Screen Institute Beirut and with the participation of SANAD\r<br/>The film pays tribute to Hasan Hourani — a Palestinian artist who, with his imagination, rises above the occupation', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Tempo Documentary Festival, Sweden\r<br/>East End Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino, Brazil', 'Special Jury Award for Best Feature-length Documentary at the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts\r<br/>Best Documentary at the MedFilm Festival\r<br/>Golden Linx for Best Feature Documentary at the New Directors New Films Festival\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOChoIjVveA', 'my-love-small.jpg', 'my-love-awaits-by-the-sea.00_08_09_02.Still001.jpg', 'my-love-awaits-by-the-sea.00_40_54_03.Still002.jpg', 'my-love-awaits-by-the-sea.00_58_50_04.Still003.jpg', 'my-love-awaits-me-by-the-seaposter.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://exclaim.ca/film/article/my_love_awaits_me_by_sea-directed_by_mais_darwazah\">Robert Bell <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Exclaim!</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2013/film/global/my-love-awaits-me-by-the-sea-review-toronto-1200608090/\">Jay Weissberg <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20150515-mais-darwazahs-my-love-awaits-me-by-the-sea-blurring-the-line-between-fairy-tale-and-reality/\">Jessica Purkiss <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Middle East Monitor</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/241720/Arts--Culture/Film/My-Love-Awaits-Me-by-the-Sea-A-Palestinian-filmmak.aspx\">Soha Elsirgany <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Ahram Online</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.filfan.com/news/details/57166\">Amal Magdy <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Filfan (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2thwnhM\">Rana El Gemee&rsquo;y <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> Masrawy (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Mais Darwazah\'s documentary is a moving, intensely personal essay on her experience as a second-generation Palestinian making her first trip to the homeland.” \r<br/>Jay Weissberg — Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Palestinian director Mais Darwazah’s documentary MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA is an epic love story.” \r<br/>Jessica Purkiss — Middle East Monitor\r<br/>\r<br/>“MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA unfolds as a poetic documentary, but it is more an ode to dreams, dreamers, and the power of fiction in transcending the harsh realities of life.” \r<br/>Soha Elsirgany — Ahram Online', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3056704/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(88, 'Nearby Sky ', 'Samaa’ Qariba', '1009071655', 'documentary', '2014', 'Documentary, Autobiography', 'UAE', 'Nahar Productions\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF)', 'Nujoom Al Ghanem\r<br/>Khalid Albudoor', 'Nearby Sky tells the story of Fatima Alhameli, the first Emirati Female camel owner to enter her Camel into the Camel Beauty Pageants and take part in Camel auctions in the UAE. Regardless of all the difficulties and challenges she encountered while trying to prove herself in one of the most male dominant domains, Fatima’s wish to win in a race or a beauty pageant contest remains the only compensation to overcome her failures.', 'Fatima Alhameli\r<br/>Mohammed Alhameli\r<br/>Mohammed Hamed Fadel Allah\r<br/>Omair Alhameli', 'Screenwriter: Nujoom Al Ghanem\r<br/>DOP: Benjamin Pritchard\r<br/>Editor: Anne de Mo', '85 min', 'Nearby sky is an inspiring film about a woman’s courage and pioneering spirit.\r<br/>The film is supported by the Enjaaz post-production programme of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>GCC Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Mawasim Arabia, France\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>On The Road Film Festival, Taiwan', 'Best Non-Fiction Feature Award at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YLoPAO8ZZ0', 'nearby-by-sky--small.jpg', 'NEARBY_SKY-ensubs.00_00_37_05.Still001.jpg', 'NEARBY_SKY-ensubs.00_39_56_16.Still002.jpg', 'NEARBY_SKY-ensubs.00_48_46_19.Still003.jpg', 'nearby-sky.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/film-review-nearby-sky-1201446175/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nearby-sky-dubai-review-760296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/nearby-sky/5081061.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.albayan.ae/five-senses/mirrors/2014-05-04-1.2115162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghassan Khharoub - Albayan (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/features/diff-a-female-camel-owner-challenges-the-system-1.1426758\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marwa Hamad - Gulf News</a></span></p>', '“Femme-empowering docu “Nearby Sky” proves beyond a doubt that there’s no one better at showing off the beauties of her country than leading Emirati filmmaker Nujoom Alghanem.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“As in her well-known Hamama about an elderly woman healer, Emirati documaker Nujoom Alghanem has a good time overturning stereotypes and expectations about who is behind the leather face mask which covers the eyebrows and upper lip.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4374990/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(89, 'Obscure', 'Otmah', '986982831', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary', 'Syria\r - Lebanon', 'KAF Production', '<p>Amira Kaadan Salma Kaf</p>', 'Obscure depicts the story of Ahmad — a Syrian child who doesn’t want to remember that he is Syrian. Ahmad wants to remain silent and sleepy, partly traumatized, half attempting to escape his world. \r<br/>He takes us on a trip where individual and collective Syrian memories collide in his silence and unwillingness to speak.', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan<br />DOP: Soudade Kaadan, Talal Khoury<br />Editor: Chaghig Arzoumanian, Soudade Kaadan', '57 min', 'Won two awards in the 73rd Venice International Film Festival’s Final Cut\r<br/>Received Bidayyat’s Documentary Grant and Screen Institute Beirut’s Fund\r<br/>Directed by award-winning Syrian director Soudade Kaadan', 'Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX), Denmark\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), Switzerland\r<br/>Shubbak Festival, UK', 'MAD Solutions Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Fribourg Film Festival Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqVkuf78w8', 'obscure-small.jpg', 'obscure-1.jpg', 'obscure-2.jpg', 'obscure-3.jpg', 'OBSCURE_Poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6242938/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(91, 'Separation', 'Al Furaq/Havibon', '1152122421', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary, Drama', 'Iraq', 'Duhok Cinema Directorate', 'Shamal Sabri', 'After fleeing their town, Shingal in Iraq, which is under siege from Isis, thousands of Yazidi Kurds find themselves without food or water at the top of the Shingal mountain. Faced with no other choice, three men leave to seek sustenance for their families, unaware that an almost safe passage to Kurdistan has been recently opened. The wives and children, who reached the refugee camp, remain anxiously awaiting news of their husbands, while learning to adapt to their new life.', 'Filos Qolo Murad\r<br/>Suzan Naif Elias\r<br/>Nadifa Hasso\r<br/>Hanifa Ali', 'Screenwriter: Hakar Abdulqader\r<br/>DOP: Kawa Hadi\r<br/>Editor: Hakar Abdulqader', '69 min', 'The film project won MAD Solutions award within the Final Cut in Venice workshop at the Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>Supported by the Council of Women\'s Affairs - Kurdistan Regional Government.\r<br/>The film was shot in Khanke Camp where the story actually takes place. One of the biggest challenges faced during shooting was to make the storytellers familiar with the camera, and as a result, the filmmaker couldn’t use a proper film crew.\r<br/>Despite the danger and ongoing risks of the liberated areas, the film crew followed the mother to those zones in her search for her lost son.', 'Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan, Iraq\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA', 'MAD Solutions Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Duhok Governorate Award for Best Feature-Length Film and Special Jury Mention Prize at the Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan, Iraq', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh4oYy3lR1c ', 'havibon-small.jpg', 'havibon-1.jpg', 'havibon-2.jpg', 'havibon-3.jpg', '1081726856havi-bon.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6082652/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(92, 'Tagnawittude', '', '1278293285', 'documentary', '2010', 'Biography, Musical', 'Morocco\r - France\r - Algeria', 'Plein Cadres\r<br/>All Cuts Studio\r<br/>Lotus Films\r<br/>Awman Production', 'Rahma Benhamou El Madani', 'El Madani set out on an odyssey to discover the roots of the Gnawa music. Through concerts in Algeria, Morocco and France and interviews with Gnawa Diffusion’s Amzigh Kateb and Aziz Maysour, El Madani delves deep into the heart of traditional Moroccan and Algerian culture in a fascinating journey of custom and rituals across the Maghreb and Mali.', 'Rahma Benhamou el Madani\r<br/>Amazigh Kateb', 'Screenwriter: Rahma Benhamou El Madani\r<br/>DOP: Rahma Benhamou El Madani\r<br/>Editor: Yanis Polinacci', '80 Min', 'The film had its international premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2010.', 'World premiere - Dubai International Film Festival 2010\r<br/>MESA Film Festival, Arizona, USA 2010\r<br/>Southern Appalachian International Film Festival (SOAPIFF) 2011\r<br/>Montreal World Film Festival, Canada 2011\r<br/>African Diaspora International Film Festival 2011\r<br/>SANFIC (Santiago International Film Festival), Chile 2011', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncG9up87Ce4 ', 'tagnawittude-small.jpg', 'tagnawittude-1.jpg', 'tagnawittude-2.jpg', 'tagnawittude-3.jpg', 'tgnawittude.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306763/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(94, 'The Council', 'Al Majlis', '1942143027', 'documentary', '2014', 'Documentary, Comedy', 'Jordan\r - UAE', 'The Imaginarium Films\r<br/>Dubai Media and Entertainment Organization', 'Rula Nasser', 'A journey of three young Palestinians running for the student council in a refugee school in Jordan, from announcing the election till the end of the academic year.', 'Omar Nofal\r<br/>Abdlghany Howytat', 'Screenwriter: Yahya Alabdallah\r<br/>DOP: Yahya Alabdallah\r<br/>Editor: Yasmine Mustafa', '80 min', 'Winner of the International Documentary Award of the Final Cut in Venice at the Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film received Dubai Film Market’s Enjaaz Fund.\r<br/>This documentary film genuinely examines the problems facing the free educational systems in Jordan and the Arab world.', 'Alexandria Film Festival for  Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/> Paris Biennal of Arab Cinema, France\r<br/> Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/> Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/> Venice International Film Festival, Italy', ' Certificate of Appreciation at the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/> Special Mention at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/> International Documentary Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy', 'https://vimeo.com/115332314', 'the-council-small.jpg', 'the-council-1.jpg', 'the-council-2.jpg', 'the-council-3.jpg', 'the-council.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/cinema/2015-01-01-1.742504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ola Al Sheikh - Emarat Al Youm (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '\"Alabdallah, director of The Last Friday, transfers the view from one scene to the next, and from one character to another. He leaves no stone unturned, delving into and connecting everything together. The scenes cannot be separated.\" Ola Al Sheikh - Emarat Al Youm (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3471578/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(95, 'THE DREAM OF SHAHRAZAD', 'Helm Shahrazad', '1329567797', 'documentary', '2014', 'Documentary, Drama, History', 'South Africa', 'Middle West Films\r<br/>Undercurrent Film and Television\r<br/>Fireworx Media\r<br/>Melia Films\r<br/>Hakaya Regional Network', '<p>Shameela Seedat Neil Brandt Wael Omar Lucas Rosant Didem Pekum Fleur Knopperts</p>', 'THE DREAM OF SHAHRAZAD explores recent social and political events in Egypt, Turkey, and Lebanon using the fabled storytelling princess Shahrazad of Arabian Nights as a metaphor to explore how creativity and political articulation can stand against oppression. \r<br/>Weaving together a web of music, politics, and storytelling, the film follows a series of unforgettable characters, all of whom draw their inspiration from the tales of Arabian Nights.', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Fran&ccedil;ois Verster<br />DOP: Fran&ccedil;ois Verster<br />Editor: Fran&ccedil;ois Verster', '110 min', 'This richly kaleidoscopic film is an observational documentary, concert film, political meditation, and visual translation of an ever-popular symphonic and literary classic\r<br/>Director François Verster is an independent Emmy-awarded filmmaker\r<br/>Filming took place between 2010 and 2012 and ran parallel to the events of the Arab Spring in Egypt and Turkey \r<br/>Received support from six film funding institutions and won more than six awards from international film festivals', 'Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London, UK\r<br/>Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Sunny Side of the Doc, France\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Avanca Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>South African Film and Television Awards, South Africa\r<br/>Syndey Film Festival, Australia', 'Best Documentary in Progress Award at the Sunny Side of the Doc\r<br/>Al-Husseini Abu-Deif/Artwatch Africa Award for Best Freedom Film at the Luxor African Film Festival\r<br/>Best South African Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film at the Avanca Film Festival\r<br/>Certificate of Appreciation at the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best Documentary Film and Best Directing in a Documentary at the South African Film and Television Awards', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB72dFwQ7JY', 'dream-of-shahrazad-small.jpg', 'dream-of-shahrazad-1.jpg', 'dream-of-shahrazad-2.jpg', 'dream-of-shahrazad-3.jpg', '1951913460the-dream-of-shahrazad.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.opinion-internationale.com/2015/05/22/the-dream-of-shahrazad-of-the-art-of-storytelling-a-revolution_34929.html\">Cl&eacute;o Fatoorehchi </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thaqafat.com/2015/05/25842\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.opinion-internationale.com/2015/05/22/the-dream-of-shahrazad-of-the-art-of-storytelling-a-revolution_34929.html\"> Opinion Internationale</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.savageonline.co.uk/our-london/the-dream-of-shahrazad-review-and-interview-with-francois-verster/\">Laurie Chen </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thaqafat.com/2015/05/25842\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.savageonline.co.uk/our-london/the-dream-of-shahrazad-review-and-interview-with-francois-verster/\"> Savage</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://fourthreefilm.com/2015/06/the-dream-of-shahrazad/\">Jeremy Elphick </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thaqafat.com/2015/05/25842\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://fourthreefilm.com/2015/06/the-dream-of-shahrazad/\"> Fourthree Film</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/121051402063/dreams-of-shahrazad-personalizing-the-arab-spring#notes\">Sally Vusi </a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thaqafat.com/2015/05/25842\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://dynamicafrica.tumblr.com/post/121051402063/dreams-of-shahrazad-personalizing-the-arab-spring#notes\"> DYNAMIC AFRICA</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thaqafat.com/2015/05/25842\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rania Youssef &mdash; Thaqafat</span></a></span></p>', '\"These individual stories may initially seem a bit too kaleidoscopic in their sheer diversity, but Verster manages to foreground his characters’ undaunted desire to keep telling stories and creating art in the face of inhuman oppression.\" \r<br/>Laurie Chen — Savage\r<br/>\r<br/>\" A visual symphony about nations confronting their leaders.\"  \r<br/>Rania Youssef — Thaqafat  \r<br/>\r<br/>\"The enthralling music piece acts as a befitting background to the situation in Egypt whilst it gives a poetic lens to the various stories.\" \r<br/>Cléo Fatoorehchi — Opinion Internationale\r<br/>\r<br/>\"The eye behind the camera is always silent - it graciously accepts its role as observer, presenting us with images free of personal commentary, hence allowing us to determine their meaning for ourselves.\" \r<br/>Sally Vusi — Dynamic Africa', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2240768/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(96, 'The Lights of Rome ', 'Anwar Roma', '2052851512', 'documentary', '2016 ', 'Sports', 'UAE', 'Image Nation Abu Dhabi', 'Anna Melin\r<br/>Danielle Perissi\r<br/>Hana Makki\r<br/>Stevan Riley', 'In Singapore, 1989, the UAE national football team managed to qualify for the 1990 World Cup in Italy for the first time in the country’s history. The film features rare footage from the team’s journey and interviews with its members, as well as the officials and critics who witnessed this great achievement, and amazing popular songs and music from the time, which will serve to bring those who lived during the event back to the time of The Lights of Rome.', 'Adnan Al Tayani\r<br/>Mossain Mossaba\r<br/>Abdul Rahman Mohammed', 'DOP: Peter Davis\r<br/>Arturo Smith\r<br/>Editor: Andy Lloyd', '70 min', 'The film recounts the true underdog story of how the UAE National Football Team pulled off a miracle by qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Making it to the world cup was a dream in 1990, and only one team made it a reality.\r<br/>It tells the story of the UAE golden generation of footballers, a team without a single professional but with the passion and determination to put their country on the map.\r<br/>Filming of The Lights of Rome was kick started through a campaign back in 2014 where a group of Emirati football lovers shared their memories of the legendary finals to the qualification for the 1990 World Cup.\r<br/>The Lights of Rome is the first Emirati documentary about the World Cup featuring a number of the 1989\'s UAE National Team including; Adnan Al Tayani, Mossain Mossaba, and Abdul Rahman Mohammed to name a few.', 'DOC NYC Festival, USA', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJnVN9PUZso', 'the-lights-of-small.jpg', 'the-lights-of-roma1.jpg', 'the-lights-of-roma2.jpg', 'the-lights-of-roma3.jpg', 'the-lights-of-rome-14022018.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/film-reviews/film-review-uae-footballs-spirit-is-celebrated-in-the-lights-of-rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellen Fortini - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Esquire Middle East\" href=\"http://www.esquireme.com/content/18627-the-lights-of-rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esquire Middle East</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Time Out Abu Dhabi\" href=\"http://www.timeoutabudhabi.com/films/features/74621-the-lights-of-rome-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Out Abu Dhabi</a></span></p>', '“If you are a football fan, if you love the UAE, or if you enjoy films that champions the human spirit, this film is for you.” Ellen Fortini - The National\r<br/>\r<br/>“The story of how an unfancied Emirati team upset the odds to qualify for Italia ’90 is now being retold thanks to Image Nation Abu Dhabi’s documentary Anwar Roma.” Esquire Middle East\r<br/>\r<br/>“The Lights of Rome is ready to put the 1990 UAE football team in the same sporting hall of fame.”\r<br/>Time Out Abu Dhabi', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5317338/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(97, 'Atlantic', 'Atlantic', '1441853231', 'feature', '2014 ', 'Sea Drama, Adventure', 'Morocco\r - Holland\r - Belgium\r - Germany\r - France', 'Augustus Film \r<br/>Man’s Film Production \r<br/>Endorphine Productions', 'Bero Beyer \r<br/>Marion Hansel \r<br/>Fabian Massah', 'A Moroccan fisherman sets off on a journey towards the Netherlands on his wind surf board against the turbulent waves to visit a young woman he’d grown attached to in Morocco.', 'Fettah Lamara \r<br/>Thekla Reuten \r<br/>Mohamed Majd \r<br/>Jan-Willem van Ewijk', 'Screenwriter: Jan-Willem van Ewijk \r<br/>Abdelhadi Samih \r<br/>DOP: Jasper Wolf \r<br/>Editor: Mona Brauer', '94 min', 'A film about a sea adventure motivated by love and tackles the issue of illegal immigration.\r<br/>Received development grants from the Netherlands Film Festival and FILMMORE Film Festival.', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>East End Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Emden International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Haifa International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Nederlands Film Festival,The Netherlands\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival\r<br/>Rotterdam International Film Festival\r<br/>Istanbul International Film Festival', 'Development Award at the Netherlands Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kei7gNgtdk', 'atlantic.jpg', 'atlantic3.jpg', 'atlantic2.jpg', 'atlantic1.jpg', 'atlantic pst.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Variety - Jay Weissberg\" href=\"http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/film-review-atlantic-1201421240/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety - Jay Weissberg</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Screendaily - Melanie Goodfellow\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/features/interviews/jan-willem-van-ewijk-atlantic/5081174.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Screendaily - Melanie Goodfellow</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Hollywood Reporter - Boyd van Hoeij\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/atlantic-toronto-review-733186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Reporter - Boyd van Hoeij</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"IndieWire - Katie Walsh\" href=\"http://www.indiewire.com/2014/12/marrakech-film-festival-review-elegiac-poetic-sea-faring-adventure-atlantic-269310/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IndieWire - Katie Walsh</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Eye For Cinema - Leo Bankersen\" href=\"http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2016-05-02-jan-willem-van-ewijk-interview-about-windsurf-drama-atlantic-feature-story-by-leo-bankersen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eye For Cinema - Leo Bankersen</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"EPD Film - Patrick Seyboth (German)\" href=\"http://www.epd-film.de/filmkritiken/atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPD Film - Patrick Seyboth (German)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Der Tagesspiegel - Von Kai M&uuml;ller (German)\" href=\"http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/surferdrama-atlantic-der-geschmack-von-meersalz/11964090.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Der Tagesspiegel - Von Kai M&uuml;ller (German)</a></span></p>', '“categorizing Atlantic as a windsurfing movie, or even an immigration drama, fails to capture the sensitivity and lyricism that sophomore helmer Jan-Willem van Ewijk and d.p. Jasper Wolf bring to this engaging, generally restrained pic.” Variety - Jay Weissberg\r<br/>\r<br/>“Gorgeously photographed by cinematographer Jasper Wolf, the film provides a real sense of space and being lost in the great (and wet) wide open, though in terms of character” Hollywood Reporter - Boyd van Hoeij\r<br/>\r<br/>“Atlantic is a beautiful film with lots of potential” IndieWire - Katie Walsh', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2196488/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(98, '17', '', '1259682486', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary', 'Jordan\r - UK', '', '<p>Muna Fityani</p>', 'The film follows Jordan’s under-17 women’s football team as they prepare for the 2016 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. \r<br/>Each of the girls has encountered a unique set of hardships as a member of the national team owing to their diverse origins, but now they must come together to face their biggest challenge yet.', 'Robbie Johnson<br />Neil McDonald<br />Sawsan Al-Hasaseen<br />Soleen Al-Zoubi</p>', '<p>DOP: Ali Saadi<br />Editor: Yahya Alabdallah', '73 min', 'A social exploration into the lives of young women who are passionate about a sport they have been told was only for men\r<br/>Worked on by an all-Jordanian crew and was shot in a feminine, raw, empowering way using the impeccable ARRI Alexa and Amira models\r<br/>No lighting was used during the filming whatsoever, giving the film a natural look', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, US\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, US\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan', 'Best Documentary at the Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwNTf_DAGpE', '17-small.jpg', '17-1.jpg', '17-2.jpg', '17-3.jpg', '621401351poster-17.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2iJyohV\">Najeh Hassan - Alrai (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“17 is a reflection of the vividness of Jordanian filmmaking now.” \r<br/>Najeh Hassan - Alrai', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6885668/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(101, 'Room for a Man', 'Ghorfat Ragoul', '2106580006', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary', 'Lebanon\r - USA', 'c.cam production\r<br/>Linked Productions', '<p>Talal Al-Muhanna Carole Abboud</p>', 'A young filmmaker who shares a Beirut apartment with his mother, sister and pet dog sets about reconstructing his identity by renovating his bedroom. But as the male construction workers come and go in the freshly embattled household, new questions, old arguments and unexpected passions get stirred.', 'Nicole Karam<br />Tony-Camille El Chidiac<br />Bilal Mohammad<br />Ibrahim Mohammad</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Anthony Chidiac<br />DOP: Anthony Chidiac<br />Editor: Anthony Chidiac', '77 min', 'The film received production and post-production grants from the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC) and the Screen Institute Beirut.\r<br/>It was presented at the Cannes Film Market within the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>Winner of the Grand Prize at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM).', 'International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece\r<br/>Sheffield DocFest, UK\r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt\r<br/>Festival International du Film Arabe de Gabès, Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada\r<br/>Documenta Madrid, Spain', 'MAD Solutions Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Montreal International Documentary Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJW_Zwo0P1E', 'room-of-a-man-small.jpg', 'room-of-a-man-1.jpg', 'room-of-a-man-2.jpg', 'room-of-a-man-3.jpg', 'poster-of-room-for-a-man.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"International Media Support IMS\" href=\"https://www.mediasupport.org/fights-prejudice-documentary-filmmaking-arab-world/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Media Support IMS</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.bn1magazine.co.uk/room-for-a-man-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Coulston &mdash; Bn1magazine</span></a></span></p>', '“In his documentary, Anthony Chidiac fights the prejudices the Lebanese society has against homosexual people.” \r<br/>International Media Support IMS\r<br/>\r<br/>“Anthony Chidiac’s ROOM FOR A MAN is a deeply personal documentary that examines one man’s sense of place and how the interior and exterior borders of our lives shape where we call home.”\r<br/>Jack Coulston — Bn1magazine', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7741284/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(102, 'The Band ', 'Al-Ferqa', '1987103394', 'documentary', '2017', '<p>Documentary, Musical</p>', '<p>Iraq Lebanon</p>', '', '<p>Albaqer Jafeer</p>', '<p>Hulm Band is made up of six musicians who are sparing no efforts to fulfill their dream of playing Sufi music in their hometown, Sadr city, Iraq. They only face one dilemma, which lies in the fact that they can get murdered for playing music in a city where music is forbidden. In 67 minutes, the film follows the band members as they open up to the film&rsquo;s director, Albaqer Jafeer, on their dreams, aspirations, and the reality in which they find themselves.</p>', 'Hulm Band Members: Fahd Abdul Rahman Muntadher Sada Ali Hussien Mustafa Faleh Hasan Qahtan Medyan Mohammed Abu Hatem Abd Rabbh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Albaqer Jafeer DOP: Albaqer Jafeer Editor: Deena Charara', '67 min', '<p>The first documentary about music to be filmed in Sadr city in Iraq, despite the violence and conflicts there. The film is supported by Screen Institute Beirut (SIB). Winner of four awards, including the Karama Feather for Best Documentary Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival.</p>', '<p>Arab Film Festival T&uuml;bingen, Germany Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria Festival des Cin&eacute;mas Arabes in Paris, France Cine4all Fest, Egypt Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Egypt</p>', '<p>Special Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria Special Jury Prize for Best First Time Director at the Cine4all Fest, Egypt Arab World Institute\'s Best Feature Documentary Film Award at the Festival des Cin&eacute;mas Arabes in Paris, France Karama Feather for Best Documentary Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70FFkwhTig', 'the-band-small.jpg', 'the-band-1.jpg', 'the-band-2.jpg', 'the-band-3.jpg', '146197779the-band.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(103, 'THE BORROWED DRESS', 'Toub Al E’yra', '408849946', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary', 'UAE\r - Jordan\r - Lebanon\r - Syria', 'Creative Media Solutions', '<p>Sarah Hassan Alaa Alasaad</p>', 'Grandmother Susu (80 years old), her daughter Doaa (50 years old), and her grandson Saad (16 years old) are forced to flee Syria after the beginning of the revolution to live in different scattered areas, with the one thing left to share being their desire to reunite. \r<br/>The details of their personal stories and human experiences are microcosms of two stories — one of a population that has spread all over the world, and the other of a homeland that might have changed forever.', 'Siham Abu Nabbout<br />Doaa Al-Zoabi<br />Saad Alkuwatly</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Leen Alfaisal<br />DOP: Leen Alfaisal<br />Editor: Leen Alfaisal', '54 min', 'World premiered at the London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema\r<br/>Screened at Warehouse 421\r<br/>Won three awards, including Best Documentary at the Silk Road International Film Festival, and screened at a number of international festivals, including the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Held its Arab world premiere at the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival', 'London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, UK\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Arabian Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt', 'Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival\r<br/>Best Documentary at the Silk Road International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Foreign Score, Artemin Women in Action Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQsJFLCRrWY ', 'the-borrowed-dress-small.jpg', 'the-borrowed-dress-1.jpg', 'the-borrowed-dress-2.jpg', 'the-borrowed-dress-3.jpg', 'the-borrowed-dress.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7084886/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(104, 'Ya Omri (104 Wrinkles)', '', '1769615995', 'documentary', '2016', 'Documentary, Biography', 'Lebanon', 'ZAC Films', '<p>Hady Zaccak</p>', 'Hady follows his grandmother Henriette as she ages and crosses the centenarian milestone to reach 104 years. \r<br/>He documents her recollection of her emigration from Lebanon to Brazil and her stories of love, children, and suspended time. \r<br/>YA OMRI is a journey about aging, memory, and life.', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Henriette Massaud Awaiss</span></p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hady Zaccak<br />DOP: Muriel Aboulrouss<br />Editor: Hady Zaccak, Elias Chahine', '83 min', 'The film is comprised of photographic and audio recordings taken between 1992 and 2013\r<br/>Won six awards, including a Jury Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>In addition to being screened at several film festivals, it had special screenings at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, Panorama of Lebanese Cinema in Brazil, and Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture in Lebanon', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE \r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Docs Without Borders Film Festival, US\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Impact Docs Awards\r<br/>Asiatica Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Lebanese Movie Awards, Lebanon\r<br/>Festival International du Film Oriental de Geneve, Switzerland\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days Film Festival, Palestine', 'Award of Merit at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival\r<br/>Jury Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Appreciation Award at the Impact Docs Awards\r<br/>Special Mention of the Jury at the Asiatica Film Festival\r<br/>Best Cinematography at the Lebanese Movie Awards\r<br/>Silver Award at the Festival International du Film Oriental de Geneve', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yCK1ChVNc', 'ya-omri-small.jpg', 'ya-omri-1.jpg', 'ya-omri-2.jpg', 'ya-omri-3.jpg', '501164236ya-omry.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/104-wrinkles-dubai-review/5112044.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://multidimensionmagazine.com/2018/10/11/ya-omri-where-memory-meets-life-in-a-crossroad/\">Somrita Bhattacharyya - Multidimension</a></span></p>', '\"There’s a universality here where the viewer senses the passage of time and the unassailable finality of life.\" \r<br/>Fionnuala Halligan — Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It connects to the ultimate philosophy of life and definitely provides a beautiful peace of mind.\" \r<br/>Somrita Bhattacharyya — Multidimension', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7828316/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(105, 'A Drowning Man ', 'Rajol Yaghraq', '1995705796', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Denmark\r - UK\r - Greece', 'Final Cut for Real\r<br/>Nakba FilmWorks', 'Patrick Campbell, Maria Drandaki, Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen', 'Drowning in sorrows and hardships, a refugee struggles to survive another day in a foreign country. ', 'Atef Alshafei\r<br/>Jalal Qaniry\r<br/>Mounir Alkhateeb\r<br/>Rebih El-Saleous', 'Screenwriter: Mahdi Fleifel\r<br/>DOP: Vasco Viana\r<br/>Editor: Michael Aaglund', '15 min', 'Screened in 65 festivals in over 25 countries, winning nine awards\r<br/>Nominated for the BAFTA’s Best Short Film\r<br/>Mahdi Fleifel’s debut fiction film\r<br/>Received development funding from the Danish Film Institute and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) Grant', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Encounters International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland\r<br/>Denver Film Society, US\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Odense International Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>24FPS International Short Film Festival, US\r<br/>Asiana International Short Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Milan Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema, Brazil\r<br/>Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>Montréal Festival of New Cinema, Canada\r<br/>Les Arcs European Film Festival, France\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival - Tous Écrans, Switzerland\r<br/>Dokufest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo\r<br/>Cork International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, US\r<br/>Festival Kinemastik, Malta\r<br/>Nara International Film Festival, Japan\r<br/>Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Show Me Shorts!, New Zealand\r<br/>Nouveau Cinema of Montreal, Canada\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Edinburgh Short Film Fest, UK\r<br/>Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival Combat, France\r<br/>Souq Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Reel Palestine, UAE\r<br/>London Short Film Festival, UK\r<br/>San Joaquin International Film Festival, US\r<br/>EU Human Rights Film Days, Turkey\r<br/>Gezici Festival on Wheels, Turkey\r<br/>Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Gijón International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Festival International du Film de Bruxelles, Belgium\r<br/>Aegean Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey \r<br/>Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia \r<br/>Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Contis International Film Festival\r<br/>FEST New Directors/New Films Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Fricine, Brazil \r<br/>HollyShorts Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Mecal Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia, Spain\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days,Palestine\r<br/>Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS, Latvia\r<br/>Tacoma Film Festival, US\r<br/>UK Film Festival, UK', 'Best Fiction Short Film at the Dokufest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo\r<br/>Grand Prix International at the Cork International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Silver Spike Award for Best Short Film at the Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Best Muhr Short Film Award at the Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Short Film Prize at Festival La Fila de Cortometrajes\r<br/>Festival Prize at Iquique International Film Festival\r<br/>Jury Prize at Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Jury Prize at Overcome Film Festival\r<br/>Sound & Image Challenge Award at Sound & Image Challenge International Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PU8DKRnMFY', 'a-drowning-man-small.jpg', 'a-drowning-man-1.jpg', 'a-drowning-man-2.jpg', 'a-drowning-man-3.jpg', '897039086a-drowning-man.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/diff-2017-a-drowning-man-pours-heart-into-an-undocumented-migrant-s-struggles-1.683344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaleem Aftab - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-drowning-man-2017-film-review-by-andrew-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Robertson - Eye for Film</a></span></p>', '“A powerful portrait of desperation, haunting, it\'s as close an observation of isolation as one might hope for.”\r<br/>Andrew Robertson - Eye for Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6775428/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(106, 'Abraham', 'Abraham', '1867417094', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Italy\r - Iraq\r - UAE', 'Baburka Production', 'Ali Kareem Obaid\r<br/>Giulia Georgi', 'Set against the backdrop of ISIS’ imposition of the “jizya” or tax on non-Muslims in its territories, a Christian family devises a plan to protect its only daughter. However, their “perfect” solution might end up having more tragic consequences than intended.', 'Sara El Debuçh\r<br/>Mohamed Zouaoui\r<br/>Basil Al Ali\r<br/>Faisal Dasser', 'Screenwriter: Ali Kareem Obaid\r<br/>DOP: Matteo De Angelis\r<br/>Editor: Victor Rosalini Spacek', '8 min', 'The film touches upon the struggles and hardships faced by Arab Christian families under the heavy hand of ISIS in the Arab world.\r<br/>The film had its world premiere at the Dubai International film Festival within the Muhr Gulf Short Competition.', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Odense International Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF), Italy\r<br/>INTERFILM - International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival (SESIFF), South Korea\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus\r<br/>Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Arab Film Festival San Francisco, USA\r<br/>Khartoum International Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Arab American National Museum/Michigan, USA\r<br/>MESA Film Fest, Arizona, USA\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Gothenburg Arab Film Days, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Stockholm, Sweden\r<br/>Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Popoli e Religioni - Terni Film Festival, Italy', 'Grand Jury Prize at the Popoli e Religioni - Terni Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXC5xRAei0', 'abraham-small.jpg', 'abraham-3.jpg', 'abraham-2.jpg', 'abraham-1.jpg', '1908055704abraham.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4982632/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(107, 'Discipline', '', '1445444494', 'short films', '2014 ', 'Comedy', 'Switzerland', 'Box Productions\r<br/>ECAL Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne', 'Elena Tatti', 'The film takes place at a grocery store in Switzerland that is run by Egyptians. In a moment of anger, a father loses temper and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately intervenes to express her concern. Other customers join the conversation, they each put in their two cents and the staff is swamped. The discussion turns into a debate, which turns into quarrel. The situation gradually gets out of hand and into chaos.', 'Florence Quartenoud\r<br/>Frank Semelet\r<br/>Garance Rohr\r<br/>Mehdi Djaadi', 'Screenwriter: Christophe M. Saber\r<br/>DOP: Denis Jutzeler\r<br/>Editor: Zoel Aeschbacher\r<br/>Aude Sublet', '12 min', 'The film has been selected at more than 270 international film festivals, winning 77 awards.\r<br/>Discipline is available on Netflix and iTunes.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Les Arcs European Film Festival, France\r<br/>Trophées Francophones du Cinéma, France\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Zürich Film Festival (ZFF), Switzerland\r<br/>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France\r<br/>Swiss Film Awards, Switzerland\r<br/>Tacoma Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Brest European Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema, Switzerland\r<br/>Leeds International Film Festival, UK \r<br/>Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia', 'Audience Award and Youth Audience Award at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France\r<br/>Swiss Film Award for Best Short Film at the Swiss Film Awards, Switzerland\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Tacoma Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Founders Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Audience Award for Best Film and Young Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Brest European Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Audience Award and Special Mention at the Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema, Switzerland\r<br/>Audience Award at the Leeds International Film Festival, UK \r<br/>Audience Award at the Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Special Mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIJn2CVyWY', 'disicpline-thumb.jpg', 'disicpline-stills1.jpg', 'disicpline-stills2.jpg', 'disicpline-stills3.jpg', 'DISCIPLINE pst.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/02/25/discipline/\">Rob Munday - Short of the Week</a></span></p>', '“…Christophe Saber’s Discipline is a dialogue-heavy film brimming with strong social themes.” Rob Munday - Short of the Week', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3800268/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(108, 'Lilacs ', 'Lilac', '1630289406', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama', 'Lebanon\r - Germany', 'Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg\r<br/>Fourth Wall Production-Jordan', 'Aya Nabulsi	', 'Hanna, a 34 years old woman, comes back to Lebanon from Germany where she lived with an abusive husband for 12 years. She is back to be next to her dying mother. Hanna goes on a journey for all of the Lebanon calendar’s four seasons, to look for her twin brother Firas who got kidnapped in the Lebanese civil war. Her father fights her, no one helps her and the whole time she is fighting to overcome her depression. Devastated by the loss, Hanna continues her search after her mother passes away.', 'Wafa\'a Celine Halawi\r<br/>Faek Homaissi\r<br/>Aida Sabra\r<br/>Aliya Khalidi', 'Screenwriter: Mira Shaib\r<br/>Sam Shaib \r<br/>DOP: Anne Bolick\r<br/>Editor: Natalie Hamade', '24 min', 'The film is supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany).\r<br/>In Lebanon, thousands of bodies went missing in the civil war and many have not been found yet. The character of Hanna is just one of many, and her journey is snippets of reality that many still live. The story is about hope, optimism and remembrance.\r<br/>Screened at a number of prestigious festivals across the world, including Berlin International Film Festival-Berlinale Talents', 'Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF), Egypt\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival (LFF), Australia\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Beirut Women International Film Festival (BWFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Arabian Film Festival Bangladesh, Bangladesh\r<br/>Social Justice Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival International de Cine de Talca, Chille \r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival-Berlinale Talents, Germany\r<br/>ANHAR, The Arab Network for Human Rights Film Festivals, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF7h3ewCp_E', 'lilacs-small.jpg', 'lilacs-1.jpg', 'lilacs-2.jpg', 'lilacs-3.jpg', 'poster-of-lilacs.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6951974/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(109, 'Mare Nostrum', '', '1980917026', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'France\r - Syria\r - Jordan', 'Georges Films\r<br/>Syneastes Films\r<br/>in association with Philistine Films', 'Raphael Alexandre\r<br/>Nicolas Leprêtre\r<br/>Anas Khalaf', 'A taut thriller about a Syrian father’s decision on the shore of the Mediterranean that could endanger his daughter’s life.', 'Ziad Bakri\r<br/>Zayn Khalaf', 'Screenwriter: Rana Kazkaz\r<br/>DOP: Eric Devin\r<br/>Editor: Monique Dartonne', '13 min', 'The film toured more than 30 film festival around the world, receiving several awards.\r<br/>The film received support from many film organizations such as ARTE France, The Prince Claus Fund, the British Council, CNC, Ile-de-France Film Fund, in collaboration with Ma3mal 612 Productions.', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Sundance Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Green Mountain Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (ALFILM), Germany\r<br/>Shubbak Festival, UK\r<br/>Odense International Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Georgetown University Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Rincon International Film Festival, Puerto Rico\r<br/>Underexposed Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Karama Beirut Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Twister Alley Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Psarokokalo Festival, Greece\r<br/>Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Traverse City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Madrid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Pluk de Nacht Open Air Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Molise Cinema Festival, Italy\r<br/>Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>BBC Arabic Festival, UK\r<br/>Rencontres du Cinéma Européen – Association Cinécran, France\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Festival de Cinéma Traversées, France\r<br/>Clap 89, France\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain\r<br/>Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Festival International du Film Arabe de Murcia, Spain\r<br/>Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Windy City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival du film en plein air de Grenoble, France\r<br/>Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Giffoni Experience Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', 'Best Short Film at the BBC Arabic Festival, UK\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Rencontres du Cinéma Européen – Association Cinécran, France\r<br/>Diploma of Merit at the Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Jury award at the Festival de Cinéma Traversées, France\r<br/>Clap d’Argent and Prix du Collège de l’image at the Clap 89, France\r<br/>Special Mention at the Festival Internacional de Cine, Spain\r<br/>Best International Short Award at the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Youth Award at the Festival International du Film Arabe de Murcia, Spain\r<br/>Best Short NYU Florence Award at the Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Foreign Film award at the Windy City Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Special Jury Mention at the Festival du film en plein air de Grenoble, France\r<br/>Honorary Mention by the Jury at the Franco-Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Best short film Generator 18+ at the Giffoni Experience Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Karama Feather Award for Best Short Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybh4czwN6YE ', 'mare-nostrum-small.jpg', 'mare-nostrum-2.jpg', 'mare-nostrum-1.jpg', 'mare-nostrum-3.jpg', '1375441951mare-nostrum.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Ahram Online - Lina El Wardani\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/262310/Arts--Culture/Film/INTERVIEW-Syrian-filmmakers-talk-about-Mare-Nostru.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahram Online - Lina El Wardani</a></span></p>', '“In Mare Nostrum, silence plays a pivotal role; the high-quality cinematography and the plot are very powerful, making it a captivating silent movie.” Lina El Wardani - Ahram Online', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5811176/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(110, 'The Rifle, the Jackal, the Wolf and the Boy', 'Al Gafat, Al Wawy, Al Za’ib w Al Walad', '1169855681', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Tricycle Logic', 'Jinana Chaaya\r<br/>Oualid Mouaness', 'The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf And The Boy is a parable that considers the ethics of seemingly innocuous violence in a warning against the perils of telling lies, misjudging enemies and engaging in actions that perpetuate the cycle of violence.', 'Fidel Badran\r<br/>Jad Badran\r<br/>Layal Ghanem\r<br/>Ali Mneimneh', 'Screenwriter: Oualid Mouaness\r<br/>DOP: Elsy Hajjar\r<br/>Editor: Jad Dani Ali Hassan', '19 min', 'This coming-of-age parable examines the fragility of fraternal trust and brings into focus the ethics of seemingly innocuous violence and its repercussions.\r<br/>It features a beautifully filmed cautionary tale about violence and how it can spiral out of control even with the best of intentions.\r<br/>The film toured more than 20 international film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>The film was shortlisted for the 89th Academy Awards’ Best Live-Action Short Film category.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt \r<br/>Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Cinephilia Filmmakers to Watch- Cinema Akil and Alserkal Avenue, UAE\r<br/>LatinArab Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Adana Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Tangier Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>West Chester Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF), Iraq\r<br/>Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Tehran International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Twister Alley Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Spain\r<br/>Gijón International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Arab American Museum, USA\r<br/>Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Nasu Short Film Festival, Japan \r<br/>Bueu International Short Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Curta Cinema – Rio International Short Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>SHORT to the Point – International Short Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Elia Short Films Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>International Short Film Festival of Bueu, Spain.', 'Jury Award at the SHORT to the Point – International Short Film Festival, Romania', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_AdGZ9Nu8 ', 'the-rifle-small.jpg', 'the-rifle-1.jpg', 'the-rifle-2.jpg', 'the-rifle-3.jpg', '1507827097the-rifle.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2017/01/review-the-rifle-the-jackal-the-wolf-the-boy/\">Nimisha Menon - Indie Shorts Mag</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/22/reviewing-predicting-live-action-shorts/\">Sasha Stone - Awards Daily</a></span></p>', '“Watch The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf And The Boy to find out what awaits the family the next day! Enjoy in the rarely captured picturesque location of Baskinta and a story that might become a parable you might want to recite to your children, or perhaps, add to your own.” Nimisha Menon - Indie Shorts Mag\r<br/>\r<br/>“It’s beautifully filmed and feels organic and raw.” Sasha Stone - Awards Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4865642/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(111, 'Zahraa', '', '1419427599', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'France\r - Iraq', 'THE FACTSTORIES\r<br/>Art City\r<br/>Bastille Tayran Film', 'Wareth Kwaish\r<br/>Ivan Erhel\r<br/>Hikmat Albaidany', 'Zahraa is a 13-year-old girl who goes to the mosque on a normal day to learn Quran reading. She reaches maturity inside the mosque!', 'Ali Najem\r<br/>Sama Alaa', 'Screenwriter: Wareth Kwaish\r<br/>Kinda G. Youssef\r<br/>DOP: Seaf Alden  \r<br/>Editor: Wareth Kwaish', '16 min', 'The film world premiered at the ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival.', 'Eko International Film Festival in Paris, France\r<br/>ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival, France\r<br/>Arabian Film Festival, Bangladesh', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=magU7R9NB40', 'zahraa-small.jpg', 'za.png', 'za2.png', 'za3.png', 'zahraa-Poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(112, 'Buried Secrets ', 'Dowaha', '1689066325', 'feature', '2009', 'Drama, Psychological Thriller', 'Tunisia', 'Nomadis Images\r<br/>Akka Films\r<br/>Les Films d\'Ici\r<br/>in association with Les Films du Requin\r<br/>Les Films de la Source\r<br/>with the support of Ministère de la Culture et de la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine\r<br/>Fonds Sud Cinéma\r<br/>Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)\r<br/>Office Fédéral de la Culture in participation with Canal+\r<br/>Etablissement de la Radio Télévision Tunisienne\r<br/>CinéCinéma', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Serge Lalou\r<br/>Nicolas Wadimoff\r<br/>Joëlle Bertossa\r<br/>Lina Chaabane Menzli\r<br/>Nelly Mabilat\r<br/>Eric Zaouali\r<br/>Cyriac Auriol\r<br/>Julie Gayet\r<br/>Nadia Turincev', 'Aicha, Radia and their mother live removed from the world in the servant’s quarters in a wing of a deserted mansion. The precarious balance of their daily life is shaken by the arrival of a young couple who move into the main house. A bizarre cohabitation develops between the couple and the three women who decide not to make their presence known to their unexpected neighbors. They cannot leave their hiding place as it conceals secrets buried for years.', 'Hafsia Herzi\r<br/>Sondos Belhassen\r<br/>Wassila Dari\r<br/>Rim El Benna', 'Screenwriter: Raja Amari\r<br/>DOP: Renato Berta\r<br/>Editor: Pauline Dairou', '91 min', 'This psychological thriller screened at over 20 film festivals and won three awards.\r<br/>The film was supported by many organizations, such as the Ministère de la Culture et de la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Office Fédéral de la Culture, Canal+, Etablissement de la Radio Télévision Tunisienne, and CinéCinéma.\r<br/>The film features Tunisian actor Dhafer L\'Abidine, known for Children of Men (2006), Sex and the City 2 (2010), and Centurion (2010).', 'African Film Festival of Verona, Italy\r<br/>Films from the South, Norway\r<br/>Rasta International, Serbia\r<br/>CINEMAFRICA, Sweden \r<br/>Transilvania Intl Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Vaxjo Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands \r<br/>Associazione Centro Orientamento Educativo, Italy \r<br/>Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival, India \r<br/>Franzosische Filmtage, Germany \r<br/>Fundación Araguaney, Spain \r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Mostra Internacional de Cinema de Portimão, Portugal\r<br/>Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF), Finland\r<br/>AfricAvenir International – African Renaissance, Development, International Cooperation and Peace, Germany\r<br/>Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Kerala International Film Festival, India', '\'Emile Cantillon\' Award and Special Jury Award at the Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>FIPRESCI Prize at the Kerala International Film Festival, India', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrjxPzLdNo', 'burriedsecrets.jpg', 'burriedsecrets3.jpg', 'burriedsecrets2.jpg', 'burriedsecrets1.jpg', 'AFFICHE.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://shadowandact.com/review-struggle-between-tradition-modernity-is-at-center-of-painterly-tunisian-drama-buried-secrets\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shadow and Act</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://elaph.com/Web/Culture/2010/2/532920.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hameed Aqaby - Elaph</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=25&amp;issueno=11343&amp;article=548999#.WgMYHI-CzIV\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Manji el Saadani - Asharq Al-Awsat</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“It’s so rare to watch such a quiet film (not only is the dialogue minimal, and there are no subtitles, but there’s practically no soundtrack), and be able to understand, appreciate, and be moved by it all.” Shadow and Act', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337140/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(113, 'Red Satin', 'Satin Rouge', '1689066325', 'feature', '2002', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France', 'A.N.P.A. (Agence Nationale de Promotion de l\'Audiovisuel)\r<br/>ADR Productions\r<br/>Nomadis Images\r<br/>Arte France Cinéma\r<br/>Canal+\r<br/>Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Alain Rozanès\r<br/>Pascal Verroust', 'After the death of her husband, Lilia’s life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and though initially reserved and taken aback by the culture of the place, Lilia gets consistently drawn back to it. She befriends one of the belly dancers and is encouraged into dancing for the audience. Lilia also starts a romance with one of the cabaret’s musicians, who unbeknown to both of them, is also romancing Salma.', 'Hiam Abbass\r<br/>Maher Kamoun\r<br/>Hend El Fahem\r<br/>Monia Hichri', 'Screenwriter: Raja Amari\r<br/>DOP: Diane Baratier\r<br/>Editor: Pauline Dairou', '89 min', 'The film is the first feature by Tunisian director Raja Amari.\r<br/>The film is about time passing, or about women\'s changeable character; as the widowed mother, with all her prejudices about life, discovers her own self and confronts people and a world that to her seems unhealthy and immoral.', 'Montréal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Torino Film Festival, Italy', 'Best African Film at the  Montréal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>New Director\'s Showcase at the Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Holden Award for Best Script (Special Mention) and Best Feature Film at the Torino Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAvgAETcjbo ', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 132419.png', 'Red Satin - PR - En sub.00_44_21_02.Still008.png', 'Red Satin - PR - En sub.00_46_43_21.Still009.png', 'Red Satin - PR - En sub.00_32_14_05.Still003.png', 'MV5BMTkxNTU0NzExOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzkzMzUxMQ@@._V1_.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer\" href=\"http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Tunisian-widow-s-liberation-is-a-hip-affair-1095376.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Arnold - Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor\" href=\"https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0823/p14s01-almo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Magazine\" href=\"http://www.tvguide.com/movies/satin-rouge/136162/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide Magazine</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-CLIPS-Also-opening-today-2768191.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Stephen Holden - New York Times\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/movies/film-review-belly-dancing-as-solace-for-a-demure-arab-widow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Holden - New York Times</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"David Stratton - SBS\" href=\"http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/satin-rouge-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Stratton - SBS</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Kate Schultz - Indie Wire\" href=\"http://www.indiewire.com/2002/08/interview-self-empowerment-by-way-of-the-midriff-raja-amaris-satin-rouge-80248/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Schultz - Indie Wire</a></span></p>', '“Sincere acting and heartfelt filmmaking add energy to this unassuming Tunisian drama.” David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor\r<br/>\r<br/>“Raja Amari’s first feature length film “Satin Rouge” is a meditation on the transformative powers of self-expression.” Kate Schultz - Indie Wire\r<br/>\r<br/>“One way (the crass Hollywood way) of looking at Raja Amari\'s sweetly upbeat film \'\'Satin Rouge\'\' might be to describe it as a Tunisian answer to \'\'Dirty Dancing.” Stephen Holden - New York Times', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300453/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(114, 'The Well', 'Le Puits', '928218289', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Algeria', 'Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel (AARC)\r<br/>BL Films', 'Aarc Algérie\r<br/>Lotfi Bouchouchi', 'Set during the Algerian War of Independence. In the film, the French army surrounds a southern Algerian village where they believe an enemy is being hidden and force the inhabitants to either confront the issue or die of thirst.', 'Nadia Kaci\r<br/>Leila Metssitane\r<br/>Laurent Maurel', 'Screenwriter: Yacine Benelhadj\r<br/>DOP: Hazem Berrabah\r<br/>Editor: Noura Nefzi', '96 min', 'The film is Algeria’s official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 89th Academy Awards.\r<br/>The film won 11 awards, including three Best Director awards.', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Alexandria Film Festival For Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique, Canada\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'Best Arab Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress at the Alexandria Film Festival For Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Best Screenplay and Grand Prize at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique, Canada\r<br/>Best Director at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Best Director at the Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8XTPrmM99g', 'the-well-small.jpg', 'the-well-1.jpg', 'the-well-2.jpg', 'the-well-3.jpg', 'the-well.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thewrap.com/the-well-lotfi-bouchouchi-algerian-war/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Welk - TheWrap</a></span></p>', '“In making The Well, director Lotfi Bouchouchi wanted to tell the story of the Algerian Revolution from a more novel perspective than the typical war movie, namely that of the innocent women and children caught in its crossfire.” Brian Welk - TheWrap', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3552960/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(115, 'Until the Birds Return', 'En Attendant Les Hirondelles', '270593207', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'France\r - Germany\r - Algeria\r - Qatar', 'Les Films Pelléas', 'David Thion\r<br/>Philippe Martin', 'Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings, and a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society.', 'Mohamed Djouhri\r<br/>Sonia Mekkiou\r<br/>Mehdi Ramdani\r<br/>Hania Amar\r<br/>Chawki Amari\r<br/>Hassan Kachach', 'Screenwriter: Karim Moussaoui\r<br/>Maud Adeline\r<br/>DOP: David Chambille\r<br/>Editor: Thomas Marchand', '113 min', 'Received the Fall Grant – Production Stage from the Doha Film Institute in 2015.\r<br/>The film criticizes the double standards in modern Arab societies.\r<br/>The film was selected to screen in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Sarajevo International Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina \r<br/>Warsaw Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria', 'Wihr d’Or Award and Best Director Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9bJ6DE-UZ4', 'until-birds-thumb.jpg', 'until-birds-stills-1.jpg', 'until-birds-stills-2.jpg', 'until-birds-stills-3.jpg', 'until-the-birds-return-poster.jpg', 0, 'admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/birds-return-en-attendant-les-hirondelles-review-1005411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Lee Marshall - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/until-the-birds-return-cannes-review/5118359.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Marshall - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa\" href=\"http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&amp;l=en&amp;did=329072&amp;tid=3237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa</a></span></p>', '“An intriguing first feature from writer-director Karim Moussaoui that explores the damaged emotional landscape of his homeland.” Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“It’s heartening to see such delicate stories of ordinary people come to the fore in a country whose filmmakers faces enormous hurdles.”  Lee Marshall - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6226610/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(118, 'From Under the Rubble', '', '1882173115', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary', 'Australia\r - Palestine', 'Shining Light Productions', '<p>Marie Press Anne Tsoulis</p>', 'During the Gaza War in 2009, the Israeli offensive triggered a greater humanitarian catastrophe and the breakdown of infrastructure and basic services, killing 1,417 Palestinians and injuring thousands more, leaving many permanently crippled. Women and children made up the vast majority.', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Anne Tsoulis<br />DOP: Fady Hannona<br />Editor: Sam Hardy, Ken Sallows', '85 min', 'The documentary offers an eye-opening look at the personal, emotional, and psychological toll of armed war on defenseless civilian populations, particularly women and children\r<br/>Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards \r<br/>Available on Artify platform \r<br/>Had a special screening at the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine and Australian Friends of Palestine Association', 'Adelaide Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, US\r<br/>Al Ard Documentary Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Jellyfest Film Festival, US', 'Best Documentary at the Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best International Feature Documentary at Jellyfest Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMApvqrQeO4', 'from-under-the-rubble-small.jpg', 'from-under-the-rubble-1.jpg', 'from-under-the-rubble-2.jpg', 'from-under-the-rubble-3.jpg', 'poster-of-from-under-the-rubble.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5745716/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(119, 'Astra', '', '1750526190', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Nomadis Images\r<br/>Propaganda Productions ', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Imed Marzouk\r<br/>Omar Ben Ali', 'Dali takes care of his daughter Douja who has Down syndrome. One day and against his wife’s advice, Dali takes Douja to an amusement park called Astra. In this park, a bizarre dry world is revealed to them.', 'Nejib Belkadhi\r<br/>Douja Boukhriss\r<br/>Nour Mkaouer\r<br/>Yasmine Ben Mahmoud', 'Screenwriter: Nidhal Guiga\r<br/>DOP: Hazem Berrabah\r<br/>Editor: Nadia Touijer\r<br/>Hafedh Laaridhi', '17 min', 'The film won the Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC) after competing in the Official Short Films Competition with 11 films.\r<br/>The film is supported by Tunisia’s Centre national du Cinéma et de l\'image Animée (CNC) and the Ministry of Culture – Tunisia.\r<br/>The film landed it world premiere at Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)\r<br/>Screened as part of “Hope” program by Anhar Network For Human Right Films, in the light of spreading cultural awareness in Tunisian prisons and rehabilitation centers.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emNoyOazjqs ', 'astra-small.jpg', 'astra1.jpg', 'astra2.jpg', 'astra3.jpg', 'astra-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9025382/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(120, 'Before We Heal', 'Qabla an Nashfaa', '1825486905', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama', 'Lebanon', '', 'Nadim Hobeika ', 'Saleem and Raya meet at Raya’s place. Saleem enters the toilet and somehow gets stuck. Between the inside and the outside, trials and disappointments, laughter and hope, memories and screams, are all being shared at the doorstep.', 'Yumna Marwan\r<br/>Mohammad Bsat\r<br/>Elie Njeim', 'Screenwriter: Nadim Hobeika\r<br/>DOP: Céline Layous\r<br/>Editor: Nathalie Rbeiz', '16 min', 'Before We Heal features famous Lebanese actress Yumna Marwan, whose performance in the film won her a Special Mention for Best Female Performance at the Beirut Women International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film screened at more than 10 regional and international film festivals, including Carthage Film Festival (JCC).', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival (LFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Aegean Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF) in California, USA\r<br/>Beirut Women International Film Festival (BWFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, France', 'Special Mention for Best Female Performance at the Beirut Women International Film Festival (BWFF), Lebanon\r<br/>First Prize at the Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhwR9nZUR1E ', 'before-we-heal-small.jpg', 'before-we-heal-1.jpg', 'before-we-heal-2.jpg', 'before-we-heal-3.jpg', 'before-we-heal-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11297122/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(122, 'Detained', 'Ehtigaz', '1791604401', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama, Thriller', 'USA ', '', 'Abdullah Al Johani\r<br/>Stephen Martin', 'The film follows Lara, a Syrian refugee girl who has fled to the United States to escape the violence in her home country. However, when detained by the US authorities due to her father’s alleged terrorist activities, the audience is torn between truth and assumption, as she struggles to prove her innocence.', 'Maria Zreik\r<br/>Bradley Gregg\r<br/>Pamela Shaddock\r<br/>Anthony Batarse', 'Screenwriter: Hajar Alnaim\r<br/>Stephen Martin\r<br/>DOP: Mike Buchbauer\r<br/>Huan Manton\r<br/>Editor: Kyle Troxell', '25 min', 'A thriller about the human cost of terrorism and its effects throughout the world.\r<br/>The film features a stellar international cast such as Maria Zriek (Oscar Nominated Short AVE MARIA) and American star Bradley Gregg.\r<br/>Made its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdffKmg7OFg', 'ehtigaz.PNG', 'detained-1.jpg', 'detained-2.jpg', 'detained-3.jpg', 'detained.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.alyaum.com/articles/1148429/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alyaum - Latifa al Melhem (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.al-jazirah.com/2016/20161020/at2.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Jazirah Newspaper - Abdulmohsen Al-Mutairi (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Young Hajar Alnaim was able to introduce a new idea in directing a film that tackles terrorism titled ‘Detained’.” Latifa al Melhem - Alyaum (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772392/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(124, 'Lollipop', 'Halawa', '1936758551', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama', 'KSA\r - UAE\r - Morocco\r - USA', 'Axe Pictures', 'Hanaa Saleh Alfassi\r<br/>Shannon Emigh ', 'A 14-year-old Muslim girl experiences the onset of puberty, meaning she must begin wearing a full black niqab. When her tormentor at school swipes her jacket, a case of mistaken identity exposes the perversity of the bully’s father.', 'Malak Radwan\r<br/>Ayman Samman\r<br/>Sarah Alhazmi', 'Screenwriter: Hanaa Saleh Alfassi\r<br/>Shannon Emigh \r<br/>DOP: Konstantin Frolov\r<br/>Editor: Shannon Emigh', '13 min', 'Received the ENJAAZ - Dubai Film Market\'s Post-production Fund.\r<br/>The film was sponsored by From The Heart Productions and the Industry Lab at the New York Film Academy.\r<br/>Screened at a number of prestigious festivals, including Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), and Malmo Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>Screened as part of “Hope” program by Anhar Network For Human Right Films, in the light of spreading cultural awareness in Tunisian prisons and rehabilitation centers.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Arab Women Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Medfest Egypt, Egypt\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cinetopia Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festimaj International School Film Festival, France\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Houstan Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Hip Hop Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Katra Film Series, USA\r<br/>Pentedattilo International Short Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Porto7 - Oporto International Short Film Festival,  Portugal \r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99mQALXF3N8', 'lollipop-small.jpg', 'lollipop-1.jpg', 'lollipop-2.jpg', 'lollipop-3.jpg', 'lollipop-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Banat Collective - Eman Bahrani\" href=\"http://www.banatcollective.com/blog/interview-lollipop-hanaa-alfassi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banat Collective - Eman Bahrani</a></span></p>', '“Lollipop defies taboos from confronting women’s sexualisation to publicly discussing menstruation.” Eman Bahrani - Banat Collective', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6719654/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(125, 'Rupture ', '', '1711695361', 'short films', '2017', 'Short, Drama', 'Jordan\r - Canada', '', 'David Findlay\r<br/>Leen Issa\r<br/>Virginie Nolin', 'Rupture follows the journey of four Arab teens on their quest to find the local public pool in their new Canadian city of Surrey, BC.', 'Asaad Al Arid\r<br/>Salam Almarzouq\r<br/>Hussein Al Ahmad\r<br/>Wazira Al Ahmad', 'Screenwriter: Yassmina Karajah\r<br/>DOP: Blake Davey\r<br/>Editor: Yassmina Karajah\r<br/>Blake Davey', '18 min', 'The film introduces a cast of young Syrian first-time actors and war survivors who channel their personal experiences of loss and new beginnings through a fictional narrative.\r<br/>The film screened at several international festivals, including Dubai International Film Festival, winning prestigious awards.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF), California, USA\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Slamdance Film Festival, USA\r<br/>South Western International Film Festival (SWIFF), Canada\r<br/>JAYU\'s Human Rights Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>New Directors/New Films, USA\r<br/>Reel to Real Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Filmfest Dresden, Germany\r<br/>MOOOV Filmfestival, Belgium\r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine, France\r<br/>Mo&Friese Children\'s Shortfilm Festival, Germany', 'Best BC Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Sunbird Short Film Award at the Palestine Cinema Days\r<br/>Best Narrative Short at the Slamdance Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Drama at Leo Awards, Canda\r<br/>Best Direction Short Drama at Leo Awards, Canda\r<br/>Best Screenwriting Short Drama at Leo Awards, Canda', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKz67xYYKos ', 'rupture-small.jpg', 'rupture-1.jpg', 'rupture-2.jpg', 'rupture-3.jpg', 'rupture.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6991116/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(126, 'Sacrilège', 'Sacrilège', '1445444494', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Switzerland\r - France', 'Box Productions\r<br/>Salaud Morisset', 'Elodie Brunner\r<br/>François Morisset\r<br/>Elena Tatti', 'Saoud is the king of his neighborhood in Saint Etienne, France. A rumor comes up that he might have stolen money from the local mosque. Saoud faces a violent series of accusations which will lead to his fall and exile.', 'Mehdi Djaadi\r<br/>Kamel Kheroufi\r<br/>Sofiane Ziani\r<br/>Camille Constantin', 'Screenwriter: Christophe M. Saber\r<br/>DOP: Dino Berguglia\r<br/>Editor: Kostas Makrinos', '14 min', 'The film toured several film festivals around the world and won several awards, including the Best Short Film at the Max Ophüls Preis in Germany.\r<br/>It  screened on OSN Yahala Cinema and OSN?s new streaming platform', 'Asiana International Short Film Competition, Korea\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>IKUSKA | Muestra Internacional de Cortometraje de la Bahía de Pasaia, Spain\r<br/>Nuit du Court Métrage de Lausanne, Switzerland\r<br/>Linea d\'Ombra Festival, Italy\r<br/>Max Ophüls Festival, Germany\r<br/>Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux, France\r<br/>Sophisticated Film Festival, France\r<br/>BioBioCine, Festival de Cine de Concepción, Chile\r<br/>International Film Festival of Lanzarote, Spain\r<br/>Nashville Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Fastnet International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Brooklyn Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Le Court Nous Tient, France\r<br/>Festival Ecran Libre, France\r<br/>Leiden International Short Film Festival (LISFE), Netherlands\r<br/>Extérieur Nuit, France\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille, France\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF), USA\r<br/>Brest European Short Film Festival, France \r<br/>Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania \r<br/>BUFF International Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival, Spain Contis International Film Festival, France \r<br/>Urban Films Festival, France \r<br/>Trophees Francophones du Cinema, \r<br/>THESS International Short Film Festival, Greece \r<br/>Riverside International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Leiden International Short Film Experience, The Netherlands\r<br/>Lanzarote International Film Festival,Spain \r<br/> Curtas Festival do Imaxinario, Spain\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa \r<br/>Festival des cinémas arabes à Paris, France \r<br/>FIFOG, Switzerland \r<br/>International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey', 'Best Short Film at the Max Ophüls Preis, Germany\r<br/>Special Jury Mention at the Extérieur Nuit, France\r<br/>Best Actor at the Festival du Cinéma Européen de Lille, France\r<br/>Festival Award at Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Urban Films Festival Award at Urban Films Festival, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMrnE4jyWp0 ', 'sacrilege-small.jpg', 'sacrilege-1.jpg', 'sacrilege-2.jpg', 'sacrilege-3.jpg', 'sacrilege-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6851710/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(127, 'Behind Closed Doors ', 'Derrière les Portes Fermées', '732500295', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Les Films 7 in co-production with\r<br/>CCM\r<br/>SNRT\r<br/>Preview\r<br/>Emotion Film Factory\r<br/>RED-PROD\r<br/>NRCA\r<br/>OIF ', 'Mohamed Bensouda\r<br/>Christophe Kay Kourdouly', 'Samira is an attractive, young Moroccan woman who is happily married to a banker. Their lives are turned upside down with the appointment of a new director in the company where Samira works who begins to harass her. This is where she finds herself at a dead end she decides to proceed in another direction and puts into action an ingenious plan to obtain the proof she needs.', 'Zineb Obeid\r<br/>Ahmed Saguia\r<br/>Karim Doukkali\r<br/>Amal Ayouch', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Bensouda\r<br/>DOP: Youssef Laalioui\r<br/>Editor: Mohamed Elouazzani', '102 min', 'The first Moroccan film to be a Special Jury Award winner at the Remi Awards 2013 of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film led to a national movement to change Moroccan law about sexual harassment.\r<br/>The first Moroccan film distributed in Qatar and the Gulf.', 'Arab Women\'s Film Festival, The Netherlands\r<br/>International Film Festival of Marrakech, Morocco\r<br/>National Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco\r<br/>International Film Festival of Petaluma, USA\r<br/>International Film Festival of African Diaspora (FIFDA) in Paris, France\r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>African Film Festival of Khouribga, Morocco\r<br/>Goa International Film Festival, India', 'Honorable Mention from the CinéCours, École de Cinéma et de Television, France\r<br/>Special Jury Remi Award at the Remi Awards 2013 of the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDjTsu-02AU ', 'behiend-closed-door-small.jpg', 'behiend-closed-door-1.jpg', 'behiend-closed-door-2.jpg', 'behiend-closed-door-3.jpg', 'behiend-closed-door-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2825466/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(129, 'Disappearance', 'Verdwijnen', '1934137507', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'The Netherlands\r - Norway ', 'The Film Kitchen\r<br/>Sweet Films\r<br/>Filmmore', 'Ineke Kanters\r<br/>Jan van der Zanden\r<br/>Joachim Lyng\r<br/>Magnus Ramsdalen', 'Set in the remote winter landscape of Norway, Roos visits her mother there yearly, but this time it’s different: she brings bad news. However, old pain and numerous reproaches keep Roos from sharing anything with her mother. Aided by her half-brother and her old flame, the two women reconcile and Roos is able to make her next and inescapable step.', 'Rifka Lodeizen\r<br/>Elsie de Brauw\r<br/>Jakob Oftebro\r<br/>Marcus Hanssen', 'Screenwriter: Jolein Laarman\r<br/>DOP: Melle van Essen\r<br/>Editor: Gys Zevenbergen', '102 min', 'The film received support from the Netherlands Film Production Incentive, Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO, AVROTROS, Abraham Tuschinski Fonds, Eurimages, Norwegian Film Institute and FilmCamp.\r<br/>The film was shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards.\r<br/>The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>The third feature by the Dutch filmmaker Boudewjin Koole.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund, Norway\r<br/>Ostend Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Germany', 'Best Artistic Contribution at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Interfilm Church Prize at the Lübeck Nordic Film Days, Germany', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tF10t6S69s', 'dissa.PNG', 'dsp1.png', 'dsp2.png', 'dsp3.png', 'MAD Poster Disappearance.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jared Mobarak - The Film Stage\" href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/tiff-review-disappearance-captures-lifes-last-gasp-at-reconciliation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Mobarak - The Film Stage</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jason Chen - KINETOSCOPE\" href=\"https://www.kinetoscope.ca/blog/2017/10/3/viff-2017-review-disappearance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Chen - KINETOSCOPE</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Arun Kumar - High on Films\" href=\"http://www.highonfilms.com/disappearance-2017-tiff-review/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arun Kumar - High on Films</a></span></p>', '“Koole and Laarman have…drawn an authentic look at broken families and their ability to simultaneously be separated by a huge chasm and closer than ever before.” Jared Mobarak - The Film Stage\r<br/>\r<br/>“Koole is able to paint this really textured film with gorgeous shots of the Norwegian winter.” Jason Chen - KINETOSCOPE\r<br/>\r<br/>“Disappearance...is watchable for Dutch film-maker Koole’s intriguing aesthetic discourse and absorbing performances.” Arun Kumar - High on Films', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2610248/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(130, 'Musk', 'Misk', '1957078022', 'feature', '2017 ', 'Drama', 'UAE\r - Qatar', 'Mile Studios\r<br/>1893 Productions\r<br/>', 'Humaid Alsuwaidi', 'After giving up a promising career in museum management to attend to his ailing father, Ahmed spends his days managing the family’s dying perfume business. This sacrifice and his divorce have made him cynical about human nature and this manifests itself in his relationship with Abdulrahman, his aloof 12-year-old boy. Suddenly, Ahmed’s ex-wife sues to deny him visitation rights, claiming she doesn’t want her son to see his grandfather dying slowly.', 'Mohammed Ahmed\r<br/>Suhail Aljneibi\r<br/>Dhaen Juma\r<br/>Manahel Alawadi', 'Screenwriter: Humaid Alsuwaidi\r<br/>DOP: Jack Elliott\r<br/>Editor: Humaid Alsuwaidi', '108 min', 'Received the Post-production Grant 2016 from the Doha Film Institute (DFI).', 'Jagran Film Festival (JFF), India\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora Festival, Morocco\r<br/>International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza, Morocco\r<br/>Aarhus Arab Film Festival, Denmark', 'Best Film Award at Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7zeVhY31So', 'musl-thumb.jpg', 'musk-stills-1.jpg', 'musk-stills-2.jpg', 'musk-stills-3.jpg', 'Poster Musk reduced.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.alkhaleej.ae/alkhaleej/page/77280922-3138-43e8-864c-cb9d5f806381\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zakia Kurdi - AlKhaleej Newspaper (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“…Musk has little dialogue as feelings depend more on image than on sound.” Zakia Kurdi - AlKhaleej Newspaper (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6861078/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(131, 'Thala My Love', 'Thala Mon Amour', '1328942523', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France\r - Germany', 'Polimovie International Pictures', 'Mohamed Ali Ben Hamra', 'During the Tunisian revolution, Mohamed, a political prisoner, escapes from jail and returns to his native town Thala. He has only one goal: to find his fiancée Hourya. Mohamed witnesses yet another slaughter. As he carries a dead body to the hospital, a young protestor films him and the video is uploaded on Facebook. Meanwhile, we discover Hourya who lives with her husband, Adel, a quiet man who has accepted her past but forbids her of taking part in any political activity.', 'Moez Baatour\r<br/>Najla ben Abdallah\r<br/>Fatima Ben Saïdane\r<br/>Rim Hamrouni', 'Screenwriter: Mehdi Hmili\r<br/>DOP: Jimmy Boutry\r<br/>Editor: Anas Saadi', '87 min', 'Received the SANAD (Abu Dhabi Film Fund) and Cinemed Montpellier Development Grant of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\r<br/>The film was released in Tunisia in 2017 and played in theaters for eleven consecutive weeks.', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Torino Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Maghrebian Film Festival of Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India', 'Best Script Award and Best Actress Award at the Maghrebian Film Festival of Oujda, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trzMiC4z22Q', 'thala-my-love-small.jpg', 'thala-my-love-1.jpg', 'thala-my-love-2.jpg', 'thala-my-love-3.jpg', 'thala-my-love-poster.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=03112016&amp;id=297d3f15-6cb4-46c8-a197-29bef13bdca7\">Walid Aboul Seoud - Al Shorouk (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Despite the fact that “Thala My Love” documents a historical phase based on real events, its director didn’t use any real footage, but filmed everything instead; he only evoked an important phase in history into the film, and brought back its spirit through his own camera and vision.” Walid Aboul Seoud - Al Shorouk (Arabic)\r<br/>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5139992/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(132, 'The Journey', 'Al Rihla', '898431128', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama, Thriller', 'Iraq\r - UK\r - France\r - Qatar\r - Netherlands', 'Human Film\r<br/>Iraqi Independent Film Center (IIFC)\r<br/>Lionceau Films\r<br/>Iraq Al-Rafidain\r<br/>Iraqi Media Network', 'Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji\r<br/>Isabelle Stead', 'As Sara stands on the cusp of committing an unthinkable act, an unforeseen and awkward encounter gives her the opportunity to witness the potential consequences of her destructive action. But is this a second chance or an admission of guilt?', 'Zahraa Ghandour\r<br/>Ameer Jbara', 'Screenwriter: Isabelle Stead\r<br/>Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji\r<br/>DOP: Saef Alden\r<br/>Duraid Munajim\r<br/>Editor: Mohamed Al Daradji\r<br/>Pascale Chavance', '82 min', 'Iraq\'s official submission to the 2019 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. \r<br/>The film world premiered at the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film was successfully released in Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, UAE and Lebanon.\r<br/>Becoming the first Iraqi film to be commercially released in 27 years, the film marks a strong comeback for Iraqi cinema.\r<br/>The film received grants from the Doha Film Institute, AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, World Cinema Fund, the Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'image Animée (CNC), the French Institute (IF) of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Netherlands Film Fund, SANAD Development Fund (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) and Screen Yorkshire.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival,Jordan\r<br/>Oran Arabic International Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, USA 	\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', 'Jury Award and Best Actress Award at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>The Special Jury Award at the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Special Mention at the Oran Arabic International Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>The Grand Prize of the Arab World Institute and Best Actress Award at the Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzpFHnROAc', 'the-journey-small.jpg', 'the-journey-1.jpg', 'the-journey-2.jpg', 'the-journey-3.jpg', 'the-journey.jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Christopher Vourlias - Variety\" href=\"https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/iraqi-helmer-al-daradji-explores-the-mind-of-a-female-fanatic-in-toronto-pic-journey-1202559855/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Vourlias - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/journey-review-1042525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Wendy Ide - ScreenDaily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-journey-tallinn-review/5124488.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Ide - ScreenDaily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/21/the-journey-review\">Leslie Felperin-The Guardian</a></span></p>', '“The Journey is a tense and harrowing psychological thriller that unspools entirely within the world of the railway station and its environs.” Christopher Vourlias - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“The distinguishing feature of The Journey (Al Rahal), like all the films of Iraqi-Dutch writer-director Mohamed Al-Daradji, is its sober moral perspective on the war that devastated Iraq and reduced its people to orphans, madmen and dispossessed refugees.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Supreme acting elevates a humane hostage drama”Leslie Felperin-The Guardian', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6213758/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(136, 'A Ciambra', '', '806105949', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama, Crime', 'Italy USA France Sweden', 'A Stayblack Prods., RT Features, Sikelia Prods., Rai Cinema production, DCM, Haut et Court, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films', '<p>Martin Scorsese Jon Coplon Paolo Carpignano Ryan Zacarias Gwyn Sannia Rodrigo Teixeira Marc Schmidheiny Cristoph Daniel Emma Tillinger Koskoff Sophie Mas Lourenco Sant\'Anna Daniela Lundgren Taplin Alesso Lazzareschi Dario Suter Joel Brandeis Carole Scotta Julie Billy Tomas Eskilsson Sean Wheelan</p>', 'Pio is a 14-year-old brat who is desperate to grow up fast. He follows his older brother everywhere. When he disappears, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes.', '<a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6444286/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pio Amato</span></a>, <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3064183321/?playlistId=tt6802896&amp;ref_=tt_ov_vi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koudous Seihon</span></a>, <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8949518/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damiano Amato</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Jonas Carpignano<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Tim Curtin<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Affonso Gon&ccedil;alves</span>', '120 min', 'Italy\'s submission to the Foreign Language Film Category at the 90th Academy Awards\r<br/>World premiered at Cannes Film Festival; won Label: Europa Cinemas Award\r<br/>Selected at 40+ prominent international festivals including BFI, TIFF, AFI Fest, and Karlovy Vary\r<br/>Nominated for Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards', 'Cannes Film Festival 2017 | Winner: Label Europa Cinemas\r<br/>Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Nominee: Best Director\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival 2017\r<br/>AFI Fest 2017\r<br/>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>!f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2018 | Winner: Silver Ribbon - Best Costume Design\r<br/>Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2018 | Nominee: Silver Ribbon - Best Film\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Winner: David - Best Editing\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Nominee: David - Best Film\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Nominee: David - Best Sound\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Winner: David - Best Director\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Nominee: David - Best Original Screenplay\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Nominee: David - Best Producer\r<br/>David di Donatello Awards 2018 | Nominee: David - Best Cinematography\r<br/>Mill Valley Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Ghent Film Festival 2017 | Winner: Georges Delerue Award - Best Music\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>CPH:PIX 2017\r<br/>Bratislava International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Hawaii International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Munich Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Thessaloniki Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2017\r<br/>Seville European Film Festival 2017 | Winner: Best Actor\r<br/>Philadelphia Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Taipei Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Zurich Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Fajr Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Hong Kong International Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Bergen International Film Festival 2017 | Winner: Cinema Extraordinaire\r<br/>Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018\r<br/>Reykjavik International Film Festival 2017\r<br/>Haifa International Film Festival 2017', 'Label Europa Cinemas at the Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Cinema Extraordinaire at the Bergen International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Top Ten of the Year and Best Supporting Actress at the CinEuphoria Awards, Portugal\r<br/>Best Actor at the Seville European Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Georges Delerue Prize at the Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>ICS Award at the International Cinephile Society\r<br/>International Confederation of Art Cinemas Award at the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDHz9nt1viI', 'ci.jpg', 'ciambra 2.png', 'ciambra 3.png', 'ciambra.png', 'A Ciambra.png', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"David Rooney - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-ciambra-cannes-2017-1005473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Rooney - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Guy Lodge - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/a-ciambra-review-1202437247/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guy Lodge - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Sheri Linden - The Los Angeles Times\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-a-ciambra-review-20180201-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheri Linden - The Los Angeles Times</a></span></p>', '“A coming-of-age drama with a stealthy emotional charge that further enhances the writer-director\'s reputation as a gifted practitioner of Italian neo-neorealism.” David Rooney - The Hollywood Reporter “With the presence of Martin Scorsese as an executive producer, this polished semi-sequel to “Mediterranea”…. will doubtless boost Carpignano’s already fast-rising profile on the festival and arthouse circuit.” Guy Lodge - Variety \"A Ciambra …. secures the U.S.-educated, Italy-based Carpignano\'s profile as an astute practitioner of modern-day neorealism.” Sheri Linden - The Los Angeles Times', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6802896/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'foreign');
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(137, 'The House by the Sea', 'La Villa', '1408319565', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'France', 'Agat Films & Cie\r<br/>France 3 Cinéma\r<br/>Canal+\r<br/>France Télévisions\r<br/>Ciné +\r<br/>Cinémage 11\r<br/>Cinéventure 2\r<br/>Indéfilms 5', 'Robert Guédiguian\r<br/>Marc Bordure', 'An old man, who lives nearby the shores of Marseille in his villa, gathers his 3 children by his side for his last days. When some unexpected guests arrive, the three sons find themselves forced to weigh up what they inherited of their father’s ideals.', 'Ariane Ascaride\r<br/>Jean-Pierre Darroussin\r<br/>Gérard Meylan ', 'Screenwriter: Robert Guédiguian\r<br/>Serge Valletti\r<br/>DOP: Pierre Milon\r<br/>Editor: Bernard Sasia', '107 min', 'The film competed at several festivals; Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian.\r<br/>The film was supported by La Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d\'Azur and CNC.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>César Awards, France\r<br/>Voci nell\'Ombra - Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio, Italy', 'SIGNIS Award and UNIMED Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSB15CJsjBU', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 150316.png', 'A House by the Sea 4.png', 'A House by the Sea 2.png', 'A House by the Sea 1.png', 'A House by the Sea .jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jessica Kiang - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/the-house-by-the-sea-review-la-villa-1202538534/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Kiang - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/house-by-sea-la-villa-1034833\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jonathan Romney - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-house-by-the-sea-venice-review/5121933.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Romney - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/house-sea-review/\">David Parkinson- Empire</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-house-by-the-sea-review-film-french-robert-guediguian-a8720676.html\">Geoffrey Macnab- Independent</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.backseatmafia.com/film-review-the-house-by-the-sea/\">Rob Aldam- Backseatmafia</a></span></p>', '\"The chemistry between the three main actors is effortlessly familial ... There is scarcely an unconvincing note struck throughout, but some of the relationships are almost too carefully mapped out, contributing to a repetitive feel.\" Jessica Kiang - Variety\r<br/> \r<br/>\"[The film takes] things from an intimate and personal level to a global scale while skipping over an awful lot of things in between.\" Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/> \r<br/>\"One of his most satisfying recent films...The crisply scripted drama uses economical strokes to sketch themes of wider social change.\" Jonathan Romney - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“ The storylines are involving, the setting is picturesque and the performances are impeccable.” David Parkinson- Empire  \r<br/>\r<br/>“The House by the Sea is an immensely intelligent and absorbing drama about the ties which bind families together.”Rob Aldam- Backseatmafia \r<br/>\r<br/>“A treat for fans of French art house movies” Geoffrey Macnab- Independent', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7219324/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(138, 'A Season in France', 'Une Saison En France', '1664717493', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'France', 'Pili Films\r<br/>Arte France Cinéma\r<br/>Arte France\r<br/>Canal+\r<br/>Ciné+\r<br/>TV5 Monde\r<br/>Région Ile-de-France', 'Florence Stern', 'Abbas, a high school teacher in the Central African Republic, has fled his war-torn country with his two children. They now live in France, where Abbas works at a food market, while applying for political asylum. A French woman, Carole, falls in love with him and offers a roof for him and his family. When Abbas’ application is rejected, they face a crucial decision.', 'Eriq Ebouaney\r<br/>Sandrine Bonnaire\r<br/>Aalayna Lys', 'Screenwriter: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun    	\r<br/>DOP: Mathieu Giombini\r<br/>Editor: Jean-François Elie', '97 min', 'The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film received support from Canal+, Ciné+, TV5 Monde, and Région Ile-de-France.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Filmfest DC, Washington DC International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Afrika Filmfestival (AFF), Belgium', 'SIGNIS Award at the Filmfest DC, Washington DC International Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-DNXsE_ao', 'A Season in France 4.jpg', 'SAISONFRANCE-126 Copyright Frank Verdier - Pili Films.png', 'UNE SAISON EN FRANCE-6 Copyright Frank Verdier - Pili Films.png', 'SAISONFRANCE-053 Copyright Frank Verdier - Pili Films.png', 'A Season in France.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/11/a-season-in-france-review-mahamat-saleh-haroun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian</a></span></p>', '“Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun portrays the pride and pain of the refugee experience with compassion and a sharp edge” Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7177156/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'foreign'),
(139, 'Joe Bullet', '', '20579367', 'feature', '1973', 'Action, Blaxploitation', 'South Africa', 'Gravel Road Entertainment Group\r<br/>Bullet Films', 'Tonie van der Merwe', 'When a mysterious gangster starts sabotaging soccer team The Eagles’ chance at winning the upcoming championship final, there is only one man who can save the day... Joe Bullet.', 'Ken Gampu\r<br/>Abigail Kubeka\r<br/>Jimmy Sabie\r<br/>Joe Lopez', 'Screenwriter: Tonie van der Merwe\r<br/>DOP: Louis de Wit\r<br/>Editor: Oscar Burn', '77 min', 'The film was banned in 1973 by the Apartheid Government, and has been digitally re-mastered and will be seen for the first time in 40 years.\r<br/>One of the first South African films featuring an all-African cast, and starred Ken Gampu, one of the first black South African actors to appear in Hollywood films.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Syndney Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>Cinémas d’Afrique Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>11mm Fußballfilm Festival, Germany \r<br/>KASKcinema Ghent, Belgium\r<br/>Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival, UK', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikg-KSxfdc0', 'jbull.PNG', 'joe 1.png', 'joe 2.png', 'joe 3.png', 'Joe Bullet logo.png', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3538602/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(140, 'Mustafa Z', '', '993637348', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'South By South-West Films\r<br/>Black & Light Films', 'Nidhal Chatta\r<br/>Dominique Laisney', 'Mustafa, an ordinary Tunisian guy, who comes to grips with the absurdity of the current system in his country. We are on the eve of the first free presidential elections, a crucial deadline for the young Tunisian democracy. Mustafa has a tumultuous relationship with his teenage son and his wife who blame him for his lack of ambition and his subdued character.', 'Abdelmonem Chouayet\r<br/>Fatma Nasser\r<br/>Issa Harrath', 'Screenwriter: Sophia Haouas\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Maghraoui\r<br/>Editor: Fakhreddine Amri', '81 min', 'Winner of 10 awards at regional and international film festivals, including the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to Abdel Moneem Chwayet at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).\r<br/>The film’s director helmed a number of award-winning films.\r<br/>Set against the backdrops of Tunisia’s first free presidential elections.', 'Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Africlap - Festival des Cinémas d\'Afrique de Toulouse, France \r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Jaipur International Film Festival, India \r<br/>Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Madrid International Film Festival, Spain', 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Special Mention for Best Script at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Special Jury Prize and Best Actor at the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Grand Prize and Best Actor at the Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Africlap - Festival des Cinémas d\'Afrique de Toulouse, France\r<br/>Best Political Film at the Jaipur International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Best North African Actor Award and Golden Sotrigui Award for Best Actor at the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb3xmvmlNl0&t', 'mustafaz-thumb.jpg', 'mustafaz-stills-1.jpg', '22.png', 'FATMA NASSER.png', 'mustafaz-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10348500/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(141, 'Taranta on the Road', 'Taranta on the Road', '199043287', 'feature', '2017', 'Comedy, Drama, Musical', 'Italy', 'Emma Film\r<br/>Marvin Film\r<br/>Vega’s Project', 'Salvatore Allocca\r<br/>Daniele Esposito\r<br/>Giacobbe Gamberini', 'A man and a woman, illegal immigrants with nothing in common, find themselves travelling together just landed in Italy from North Africa and having to pretend to be a married couple in the eyes of three Italian musicians in crisis whom have decided to help them to reach Paris.', 'Nabiha Akkari\r<br/>Helmi Dridi\r<br/>Giandomenico Cupaiuolo\r<br/>Emmanuele Aita', 'Screenwriter: Emiliano Corapi\r<br/>Salvatore Allocca\r<br/>Amara Lakhous\r<br/>Luca De Benedittis\r<br/>DOP: Federico Annicchiarico\r<br/>Editor: Gemma Barbieri', '80 min', 'Starring French-Tunisian actress Nabiha Akkari, who starred in successful international films, including Michael Haneke\'s film, Happy End, which was nominated for the Palme d\'Or award at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>Made by award-winning Italian filmmaker Salvatore Allocca.', 'Fabrique Du Cinéma Awards, Italy\r<br/>Bif&st - Bari International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Saturno Film Festival (SFF), Italy\r<br/>SOUQ Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Ortigia Film Festival (OFF), Italy\r<br/>Cerase Film Festival, Italy', 'Best Soundtrack at the Cerase Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHB0ffh_8Q', 'taranta-thumb.jpg', 'taranta-stills-1.jpg', 'taranta-stills-2.jpg', 'taranta-stills-3.jpg', 'taranta-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cafedissensusblog.com/2018/06/23/film-review-salvatore-alloccas-taranta-on-the-road/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtaza Ali Khan - Cafe Dissensus Everyday</span></a></span></p>', '“Taranta on the Road manages to bring to the fore several key themes that give rise to some very interesting debates surrounding the fundamental aspects of human existence.” Murtaza Ali Khan - Cafe Dissensus Everyday', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5256098/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(142, 'The Eternal Feminine', 'Los Adioses', '1134226019', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama, Biography', 'Mexico', 'Mr. Woo\r<br/>Zamora Films\r<br/>Chamaca Films', 'Rafael Ley\r<br/>María José Córdova\r<br/>Gerardo Morán', 'An introverted university student is fighting her way to leave an impact on a male-dominated society. When she’s about to gain a foothold, her tumultuous love story exposes her fragility.', 'Karina Gidi\r<br/>Daniel Giménez Cacho\r<br/>Tessa Ia\r<br/>Pedro de Tavira Egurrola', 'Screenwriter: María renée Prudencio\r<br/>Javier Peñalosa\r<br/>DOP: Dariela Ludlow\r<br/>Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger', '85 min', 'The film is charting the life of Rosario Castellanos, a feminist intellectual who was one of Mexico’s most important literary voices of the 20th century.\r<br/>Screened at over 20 film festivals and won 4 awards.', 'Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM), México\r<br/>Roma Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Ventana Sur Market, Argentina\r<br/>La Habana Film Festival, Cuba\r<br/>Festival De Cine Global Dominicano, Dominicain Republic\r<br/>Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Glasgow Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Frauenfilmtage, Austria\r<br/>Miami International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>San Diego Latino Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Los Angeles Women\'s Int\'l Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Tucson Cine Mexico, USA\r<br/>Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>¡Viva! Spanish And Latin American Festival, UK\r<br/>Festival de Málaga, Spain\r<br/>Filmexico, USA\r<br/>Berkshire International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Hola Mexico Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Taipei Literature Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Filmar, Switzerland\r<br/>Latin American Cinema Festival Of Kansas City, USA\r<br/>Festival de Cine de Lima, Peru\r<br/>SIP FILMFEST: Contemporary Visions From The South, USA\r<br/>Latin American And Spanish Film Week, Canada\r<br/>Panoramica, Sweden\r<br/>Films Across Borders, USA\r<br/>Ariel Awards, Mexico\r<br/>Golden Trailer Awards, USA\r<br/>Films from the South, Norway\r<br/>Festival del Nuevo Cine Mexicano de Durango, Mexico', 'Audience Award for Mexican Fiction Feature Film and Special Mention for an Actress in a Mexican Feature Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM), México\r<br/>Silver Ariel for Best Actress at the Ariel Awards, Mexico\r<br/>Audience Award for Best Film at the Festival del Nuevo Cine Mexicano de Durango, Mexico', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nvC6SSHQO0', 'ef.png', '1.png', 'losadi2.png', 'losadi3.png', 'eternal poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://theweereview.com/review/the-eternal-feminine/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Thornton - The Wee Review</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://soundsandcolours.com/reviews/film-reviews/los-adioses-40849/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carolina Amoruso - Sounds and Colours</span></a></span></p>', '“The Eternal Feminine works as a powerful account of one woman’s struggle against the patriarchal society of 1950s Mexico in the form of her relationship with her husband.” Adam Thornton - The Wee Review\r<br/>\r<br/>“Beristáin’s treatment of her subject skewed, reducing this multi-faceted, brilliant and emblematic woman to the one-note drama of an early feminist caged in as a wife and mother by a slime ball husband.” Carolina Amoruso - Sounds and Colours', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5707754/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(143, 'The Jaida ', 'El Jaida', '593392980', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Inter Media Production', 'Sami Benmlouka', 'Set in 1954, four women meet at Dar Joued, a correction facility for women who disobey their husbands. Despite tough daily living conditions, they find hope and joy in their emerging friendship.', 'Wajiha Jendoubi\r<br/>Fatma Ben Saidane\r<br/>Souhir Ben Amara\r<br/>Selma Mahjoubi', 'Screenwriter: Selma Baccar\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Maghlaoui\r<br/>Editor: Kahéna Attia', '113 min', 'World premiered at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).\r<br/>The film discusses many controversial social issues such as marriage and inheritance.', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland\r<br/>Cinéalma - L\'âme de la Méditerranée, France\r<br/>Beirut Women International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Festival d\'Annaba du Film Méditerranéen, Algeria\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France‎‏\r<br/>Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia', 'Grand Prix at the Cinéalma - L\'âme de la Méditerranée, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9DCXo9HTng', 'jaida-thumb.jpg', 'jaida-stills-1.jpg', 'jaida-stills-2.jpg', 'jaida-stills-3.jpg', 'jaida-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Directinfo- Di with TAP (French)\" href=\"https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2018/04/20/le-fifog-2018-souvre-avec-le-film-tunisien-el-jaida-de-selma-baccar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directinfo - Di with TAP (French)</a></span></p>', '\"El Jaida could serve as a document of history… the filmmaker who sought to put everything in a single film in this mass return on all events in the fight for women\'s rights in Tunisia.\" Directinfo - Di with TAP (French)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7987900/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(144, 'The Reports on Sarah and Saleem', 'Al Taqareer Hawl Sarah wa Saleem', '1326827389', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama, Crime, Mystery', 'Palestine\r - Netherlands\r - Germany\r - Mexico', 'PalCine Productions\r<br/>KeyFilm\r<br/>Manderley Films GmbH\r<br/>Monofilms', 'Muayad Alayan\r<br/>Rami Alayan\r<br/>Hans de Wolf\r<br/>Hanneke Niens\r<br/>Rebekka Garrido\r<br/>Rodrigo Iturralde\r<br/>Georgina Gonzalez\r<br/>Alejandro Duran', 'Set in Jerusalem, Sarah and Saleem are having an extramarital affair that ignites a dangerous game of deceit between those who hold power and those who don’t.', 'Maisa Abd Elhadi\r<br/>Adeeb Safadi\r<br/>Sivane Kretchner\r<br/>Ishai Golan', 'Screenwriter: Rami Alayan\r<br/>DOP: Sebastian Bock\r<br/>Editor: Sameer Qumsiyeh', '127 min', 'Premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), marking the only Palestinian entry in the festival, where it received a standing ovation upon its screening.\r<br/>The film won ten international awards and has participated in more than 50 festivals around the world.\r<br/>It has been released in Tunisia, Morocco and UAE, including cinema Akil for two weeks.\r<br/>A daring film by the Alayan brothers, marking the duo’s second feature following the controversial film Love, Theft and Other Entanglements.\r<br/>Received grants from the Arab Fund for the Arts and Culture (AFAC), FilmLab Palestine, World Cinema Fund (WCF), Hubert Bals Development Fund (HBF), Netherlands Film Fund + HBF, and the HBF + Europe co-production.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Titanic International Film Festival, Hungary\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Bifest - Bari International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine (FCP), France\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Netia Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema, Poland\r<br/>Bristol Palestine Film Festival,UK\r<br/>PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia \r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Paraguay \r<br/>Arabic Film Festival of the Irish Film Institute, Dublin \r<br/> East West Film Festival, Russia \r<br/>Shubbak Festival, UK', 'Special Jury Award for Best Screenplay and Audience Award (Hubert Bals) at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands\r<br/>Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Actress and Best Film at the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Best Film Award and Special Jury Prize at the Titanic International Film Festival, Hungary\r<br/>Best Feature Film at the Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Audience Award at the Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best Actor Award at the East West Film Festival, Russia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_ms3hptvM', 'sarah-thumb.jpg', 'sarah-stills-1.jpg', 'sarah-stills-2.jpg', 'sarah-stills-3.jpg', 'sarah-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-reports-on-sarah-and-saleem-rotterdam-review/5125660.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/reports-sarah-saleem-review-1080845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Jay Weissberg - Variety\" href=\"http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/the-reports-on-sarah-and-saleem-review-1202687004/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/the-affair-between-an-israeli-and-a-palestinian-takes-on-political-dimensions-in-this-gripping-thriller/2019/07/09/49642e10-9d04-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;fbclid=IwAR0Mo21M_rtM3HyCSY4XgXEOWfqgarQxWmXRzs20D-6vU2K9hL3ZHUhWJbk\">Vanessa H. Larson - Washingtonpost</a></span></p>', '“Unshowy camerawork and an understated score both place the emphasis on the largely impressive and naturalistic performances.” Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film’s first half cleverly weaves the story of the affair into the larger fabric of Jerusalem’s current status as a city divided along religious and ethnic lines.” Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Marking a leap forward in every department from Muayad Alayan’s modest debut Love, Theft and Other Entanglements, this frequently taut psychosocial drama with political thriller elements deftly conveys the tensions, both physical and mental, between West and East Jerusalem, showing how societal forces prevent any form of normalized relations between Israelis and Palestinians.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“A gripping new thriller by Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan” Vanessa H. Larson- Washingtonpost', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7158582/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(145, 'The Train of Salt and Sugar', 'Comboio de Sal e Açucar', '1698196014', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Mozambique', 'Ukbar Filmes', 'Pandora da Cunha Telles\r<br/>Pablo Iraola', 'In the midst of war-torn Mozambique, a perilous train journey through the country encompasses civilian passengers, who are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in the bush.', 'Matamba Joaquim\r<br/>Melanie de Vales Rafael\r<br/>Thiago Justino\r<br/>António Nipita\r<br/>Sabina Fonseca', 'Screenwriter: Licínio Azevedo\r<br/>Teresa Pereira\r<br/>DOP: Frédéric Serve\r<br/>Editor: Willem Dias', '93 min', 'Mozambique\'s first-ever official entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.\r<br/>The film got selected at more than 20 festivals and won three awards, including the Best Film at the Joburg Film Festival, South Africa.', 'Africa in Motion Film Festival, UK\r<br/>African Film Festival Trinidad Tobago Film, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago\r<br/>AfricAvenir, Germany\r<br/>Afrika Film Festival Köln, Germany\r<br/>Afrikanisches Filmfestival Hamburg Augenblicke Afrika, Germany\r<br/>Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Fantasporto, Portugal\r<br/>Festival Del Cinema Dei Diritti Umani Di Napoli, Italy\r<br/>Festival do Rio, Brazil\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International de cinéma Vues d\'Afrique Montréal, Canada\r<br/>Festival International du Film Panafricain, France\r<br/>Festival Itinérances, France\r<br/>International Film Festival of India, India\r<br/>Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Mostra Internacional de Cinema Sao Paulo, Brazil\r<br/>Reflets du Cinéma Ibérique et Latino-américain, France\r<br/>Tutti Nello Stesso Piatto Festival Internazionale di Cinema Cibo & VideoDiversità, Italy\r<br/>War on Screen Festival, France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Joburg Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>Oshana Film Festival, Namibia', 'Silver Pyramid Award Best Director at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Film at the Joburg Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Golden Mask of Tutankhamun for Best Film at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Golden Tanit and Best Cinematography at Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95j5PomXz_M', 'train.PNG', 'toss11.jpg', 'toss22.jpg', 'toss33.jpg', 'Poster The Train of Salt and Sugar.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/train-salt-sugar-1074656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Lowe - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/director-licinio-azevedo-on-his-wartime-drama-train-of-salt-and-sugar-1201904856/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Vourlias - Variety</a></span></p>', '“An epic tale of peril and endurance on an arduous cross-country journey.” Justin Lowe - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“A personal journey roughly 30 years in the making, Azevedo acknowledges the challenges he faced in bringing “Train” to the big screen almost derailed the film.” Christopher Vourlias - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4524676/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(146, 'Tunis by Night ', 'Tunis El Lil', '29011443', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France', 'Gaia Production\r<br/>Polimovie International Pictures\r<br/>C-Story Productions', 'Mohamed Ali Ben Hamra\r<br/>Elyes Baccar\r<br/>Dan Burlac', 'The film tells the story of Youssef who works in the Tunisian national radio, presenting a cultural and literary programme. The story of burning Mohamed Bouazizi for himself turns Youssef’s professional life upside down when he find himself under pressure from the authorities to conceal the news and talk about the achievements of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Youssef’s family portrays the different lifestyles in Tunisia as every member of his family suffers from a major problem and conflict.', 'Raouf Ben Amor\r<br/>Amel Hedhili\r<br/>Amira Chebli\r<br/>Helmi Dridi', 'Screenwriter: Elyes Baccar\r<br/>DOP: Frida Marzouk\r<br/>Editor: Anas Saadi', '91 min', 'The film received support of Fonds Image de la Francphonie, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Tunisia, and Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'Image (CNCI).\r<br/>The film was released for seven weeks in Tunisian cinemas.', 'Fifej - Festival International du Film pour l\'Enfance et la Jeunesse, Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Casablanca International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria', 'Best Actor Award at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Special Jury Award and Special Interpretation Award at the Casablanca International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Best Actress at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc9eZrF8hHs', 'tunis-thumb.jpg', 'tunis-stills-1.jpg', 'tunis-stills-2.jpg', 'tunis-stills-3.jpg', 'tunis-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Reuters (Arabic)\" href=\"https://ara.reuters.com/article/idARAKBN1DT1YA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://alrai.com/article/10418994/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-(%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84)--%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B9-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nageh Hassan - Al-Rai (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://aawsat.com/home/article/1036891/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%C2%AB%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%C2%BB-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Mongy Sa&rsquo;idany - Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A film showing the reality of Tunisia away from the dreams of cinema.” Al Mongy Sa’idany - Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740386/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(147, 'Dear Son ', 'Weldi', '999334155', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France\r - Belgium\r - Qatar', 'Les Films du Fleuve\r<br/>Tanit Films\r<br/>Nomadis Images\r<br/>Arte France Cinéma\r<br/>Voo\r<br/>BeTV Production', 'Dora Bouchoucha\r<br/>Luc Dardenne\r<br/>Jean-Pierre Dardenne\r<br/>Nadim Cheikhrouha', 'The married couple, Riadh and Nazly, lives every parent’s worst nightmare when they wake up one day to find their teenage son Sami missing. With a million questions in mind, they start their search for the apple of their eyes!', 'Mohamed Dhrif\r<br/>Zakaria Ben Ayed\r<br/>Mouna Mejri', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Ben Attia	\r<br/>DOP: Frédéric Noirhomme \r<br/>Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid  	', '104 min', 'The film received grants from the Doha Film Institute, Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'Image (CNCI), Ministry of Cultural Affairs – Tunisia, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius, Fonds Image de la Francophonie (OIF), and the World Cinema Fund.\r<br/>The film is the second feature film by Mohammed Ben Attia, winner of the Best Feature Award for his film Hedi at the Berlinale, and marks his second collaboration with Tunisian producer Dora Bouchoucha.\r<br/> The film has been selected to world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco', 'El Gouna Star for Best Actor at the El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Festival du Film Méditerranée de Bastia, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVYuIr_rf10', 'weldi-thumb.jpg', 'weldi-stills-1.jpg', 'weldi-stills-2.jpg', 'weldi-stills-3.jpg', 'weldi-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/weldi-review-1111404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/dear-son-review-1202816652/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang - Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/354473/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B&eacute;n&eacute;dicte Prot - Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>', '\"Dear Son… moves beyond tragedy and becomes a quietly absorbing tribute to the power of human resilience.\" Stephen Dalton - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia confirms the promise of earlier films with this deeply moving and tragically topical father-son story.” Jessica Kiang - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7537960/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(150, 'Benzine', '', '1661795239', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Synergy Productions', 'Ali Ben Abdallah', 'The film follows the heart-rending story of parents who have been left behind by their only son. For nine months, they haven’t heard anything from or about him since he moved to Italy.', 'Ali Yahyaoui\r<br/>Sondos Belhassen\r<br/>Jamel Chandoul\r<br/>Fatma Ben Saidane', 'Screenwriter: Sarra Abidi\r<br/>DOP: Ali Ben Abdallah\r<br/>Editor: Arbi Ben Ali\r<br/>Sarah Zaanoun', '90 min', 'The film world premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival and won Ima - TV5 Monde prize for the 1st feature film at the Arab Cinema Festival in Paris.\r<br/>It screened daily for over two months on ART TV Network and is available on Shahid.net, a celebrated VOD platform.\r<br/>The film received support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'Image (CNCI), Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Festival International du Film d\'Aubagne, France\r<br/>Imagine This Women\'s International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Internationales Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund, Germany\r<br/>Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Milan International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan \r<br/> Arab Cinema Festival in Paris, France \r<br/>Dublin Independent Film Festival,Ireland \r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine \r<br/>Arab World Film Festival', 'Ima - TV5 Monde prize for the 1st feature film at the Arab Cinema Festival in Paris\r<br/>Radwan El Kashef Award for the Best African Film and Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Special Jury Mention at Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXaHi1Wx6Ao', 'benzen-thumb.jpg', 'benzen-stills-1.jpg', 'benzen-stills-2.jpg', 'benzen-stills-3.jpg', 'benzen-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2017/film/global/dubai-arab-world-women-directors-sarra-abidi-benzine-1202631369/\"> Alissa Simon - Variety</a></span></p>', '“Unlike the majority of immigration stories, “Benzine” unfolds from the perspective of the people left behind.” Alissa Simon - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9061848/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(151, 'Between Two Seas', 'Bein Bahreen', '1586593319', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Axeer', 'Abdulrahman El Garawany', 'While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island in near Cairo, Zahra’s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter’s right and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community.', 'Fatma Adel\r<br/>Yara Goubran\r<br/>Tharaa Goubail\r<br/>Mahmoud Fares', 'Screenwriter: Mariam Naoum\r<br/>Amany El Tounsy\r<br/>DOP: Fawzy Darwish\r<br/>Editor: Yamen Zakaria', '87 min', 'The film was screened in 13 cinema theatres across Egypt.  \r<br/>It reaped over twenty awards, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2019.\r<br/>The film is currently available for streaming on Netflix. Also, it screened on ART TV Network. \r<br/>In collaboration with the UNWEgypt and the National Council for Women, the biggest series of cultural screenings was held for the film across Egypt’s different governorates and in universities. \r<br/>The film is the feature debut of director Anas Tolba.', 'Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Religion Today Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Aarhus Arab Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Brooklyn Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Mostra de Valencia, Spain\r<br/>Sharjah Art Foundation\'s annual film festival, UAE \r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza, Morocco. \r<br/>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, Canada \r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Arabisk filmfest, Norway', 'Nut Award for Best Film Addresses Women’s Issues and the Best Director Award at the Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Narrative Feature and a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Screenplay at the Brooklyn Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Poster at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Mahmoud Fares), Best Actress (Fatma Adel), Best Soundtrack (Khaled Al Kammar), Best Screenplay (Amany El Tounsy), Best Film Editing (Yamen Zakaria), as well as a Certificate of Appreciation for the sound mixer Ahmed Gaber at Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Two Best Director awards for Anas Tolba and Best Script at Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza, Morocco.\r<br/>Best Director Award, Best Script, Best Supporting Actor , Best Supporting Actress , Best pre-production and Best Editing at Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyn5mY_XrgM', 'between-two-seas-thumb.jpg', 'between-two-seas-stills-1.jpg', 'between-two-seas-stills-2.jpg', 'between-two-seas-stills-3.jpg', 'between-two-seas-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/between-two-seas-makes-waves-by-tackling-violence-against-women-1.909106\">Yasmin El-Beih - The National</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://wwww.dailynewssegypt.com/2019/10/26/between-two-seas-in-bahrain-unravels-womens-struggle-against-cultural-misconceptions/\">Nihal Samir - Daily News Egypt</a></span></p>', '“Anas Tolba’s Between Two Seas starts out calmly enough, at least for the semi-rural, impoverished community in which the film is set. Tolba’s feature film debut challenges gendered conventions in Egypt’s marginalised communities, primarily through the struggles of its female characters and the experiences they eventually overcome.” Yasmin El-Beih - The National\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film sheds light on different societal issues, especially in rural areas, through three different story lines.\r<br/>The three main characters of the film may seem alike, but they deliver different messages to the audience concerning different issues.” Nihal Samir - Daily News Egypt', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10544518/', 'world', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(152, 'Fatwa', 'Fatwa', '560644102', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - Belgium', 'Arts Distribution\r<br/>Les Films du Fleuve', 'Habib Bel Hedi\r<br/>Hatem Ben Miled\r<br/>Jean-Pierre Dardenne\r<br/>Luc Dardenne', 'Brahim, is a Tunisian who lives in France, he gets back to Tunis to bury his son who died in a motorcycle accident. He discovers that the young Marouane was militating with a radical Islamist group. Brahim decides to conduct his investigation to identify the ones who indoctrinated him. ', 'Ahmed Hafiane\r<br/>Ghalia Benali\r<br/>Sarra Hannachi', 'Screenwriter: Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Maghraoui\r<br/>Editor: Virginie Messiaen	', '120 min', 'The film explores the process of radicalization in Tunisia, as well as its effect on the families involved.', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Le Festival de Cinéma Écrans Noirs, Cameron\r<br/>Tunisian Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>International Festival of Cinema and Audiovisual of Burundi (FESTICAB), Burundi\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDA, Morocco\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>Arab Film Festival-Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Festival du Cinema Africain Khouribga (FCAK), Morocco\r<br/>Kimolos International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Vues d\'Afrique - Festival International de Cinéma, Canada\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'Best Film and Best Actor at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Cinema\'s Horizons Award and Best Arabic Film at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best International Actress Award at the Le Festival de Cinéma Écrans Noirs, Cameron\r<br/>Best Screenplay, Best Décor, Best Male Performance, and Best Supporting Actress at the Tunisian Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Feature Film at the International Festival of Cinema and Audiovisual of Burundi (FESTICAB), Burundi\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDA, Morocco\r<br/>Golden Dhow Prize at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>African Union Prize, a Special Mention and Bronze Stallion at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Samir Farid Jury Prize at the Festival du Cinema Africain Khouribga (FCAK), Morocco\r<br/>Best Director at the Kimolos International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Best Actor at the Vues d\'Afrique - Festival International de Cinéma, Canada\r<br/>Silver Prize at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj4gPBix-bk', 'fatwa-thumb.jpg', 'fatwa-stills-1.jpg', 'fatwa-stills-2.jpg', 'fatwa-stills-3.jpg', 'fatwa-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.masrawy.com/arts/cinema/details/2018/11/28/1470135/قبل-عرضه-في-القاهرة-السينمائي-تعرف-على-الفيلم-التونسي-فتوى-\">Mona Al Mougy - Masrawy (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.alchourouk.com/article/فيلم-&laquo;فتوى&raquo;-لمحمود-بن-محمودشهادة-سينمائية-على-سنوات-الدم-والرصاص\">Noureddine Beltayeb - Alchourouk (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/3828156\">Doha Mohammed - El Watan News (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hespress.com/art-et-culture/421782.html\">Mohammed Benaziz - Hespress (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '\"Fatwa, a film about the causes of conflict between the new and the old generations.\" Mohammed Benaziz - Hespress (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9264234/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(153, 'Haifa Street ', 'شارع حيفا', '108640769', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama, Romance, War', 'Iraq\r - Qatar', 'Sumerian Dream Productions', 'Ali Raheem\r<br/>Hala Alsalman', 'Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad’s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam — an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above.', 'Asad Abdulmajeed\r<br/>Ali Thamir\r<br/>Yumna Marwan\r<br/>Iman Abdulhassan', 'Screenwriter: Mohanad Hayal, Hala Alsalman\r<br/>DOP: Salam Salman\r<br/>Editor: Ali Raheem', '79 min', 'The film had a successful commercial release in the Arab world, including Egypt, Palestine, and Tunisia\r<br/>It scooped a number of prestigious awards, including Best Arabic Film and Best Acting Performance at the Cairo International Film Festival, in addition to the Laser Film Award and HAKKA Distribution Award at the Takmil Workshop within the Carthage Film Festival\r<br/>The film won a post-production grant from the Doha Film Institute', 'Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>International Festival of Thrissur, India \r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan \r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Jerusalem International Film Festival\r<br/>Babylon Festival for International Cultures and Arts,  Iraq\r<br/>Arabsik Filmfest, Norway\r<br/>Tribeca International Film Festival, US', 'Laser Film Award and HAKKA Distribution Award at the Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Film Award at the Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Lab Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Market Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Cinescape Award at the Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Best Arabic Film and Best Acting Performance at the Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>The Golden Olive Branch Award at Jerusalem International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A242ABfoUZA', 'haifa-street-thumb.jpg', 'hiafa-street-stills-1.jpg', 'hiafa-street-stills-2.jpg', 'hiafa-street-stills-3.jpg', 'FINAL POSTER (1).jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/iraqi-filmmaker-mohanad-hayal-on-bringing-2006-baghdad-to-the-big-screen-1.1071471\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razmig Bedirian - The National</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.awras.com/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7/\">Faisal Shebani - Awras (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“As far as fiction goes, it is one of the most revealing works on what living in the center of Baghdad’s sectarian conflict was like.” Razmig Bedirian — The National\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohanad Hayal digs deep into the nature of the sniper and tries to be an unbiased observer, recording events while staying away from being subjective.” Faisal Shebani — Awras (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11160858/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(154, 'Mafkoud', '', '1284466504', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama, Thriller', 'Lebanon', '', 'Bachir Abou Zeid\r<br/>Aya Al Blouchi\r<br/>Habib el Tom', 'Years after his abduction, missing Sari still remembers small details from the moment he last saw his mother, specifically, her eyes and her words asking him to never look back. Now, jailed for the murder of his friend, Sari pleads his innocence to set off and continue the search for his mother. However, he lacks the evidence that proves he did not commit the crime. Behind these walls, Sari’s encounter will put him on a journey to his past, delving into his deepest memories, and revealing his true identity.', 'Ayman Ghali\r<br/>Natacha Choufani\r<br/>Julian Farhat\r<br/>Layal Badaro', 'Screenwriter: Bachir Abou Zeid\r<br/>DOP: Hasan Salame\r<br/>Editor: Karim Hammouda', '82 min', 'The film landed a big premiere in Lebanon where it had a successful commercial release.\r<br/>It won Best Directorial Debut Film at the Alexandria Film Festival.\r<br/>Most of the film’s lead actors are making their acting debuts in Mafkoud. The film also marks the first for its crew members, including the DOP, producers, designers, and assistants. It is also director Bachir Abou Zeid’s feature film directorial debut.', 'Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival', 'Kamal Elmallakh Award for Best Directorial Debut Film at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt.', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn8fjCyU1ls', 'mafkud-thumb.jpg', 'mafkud-stills-1.jpg', 'mafkud-stills-2.jpg', 'mafkud-stills-3.jpg', 'mafkud-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13598378/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(155, 'My Favorite Fabric ', 'Mon Tissu Prefere', '343245334', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'France\r - Germany\r - Turkey', 'Gloria Films Production', 'Laurent Lavolé', 'The film follows Nahla, a 25-year old woman who finds herself torn between choosing to stay in her country and fight for freedom or accept the offer of an arranged marriage from a Syrian expatriate in the USA. Everything changes when she creates for herself a fantasy relationship with an ideal man.', 'Manal Issa\r<br/>Ula Tabari\r<br/>Souraya Baghdadi', 'Screenwriter: Zoé Galeron\r<br/>Gaya Jiji\r<br/>Eiji Yamazaki\r<br/>DOP: Antoine Héberlé\r<br/>Editor: Jeanne Oberson', '95 min', 'The film received the following grants: Arte/ZDF, CNC (FR), Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (FR), Eurimages, Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>It was nominated for the Golden Camera and Un Certain Regard awards at the Cannes Film Festival where it landed its world premiere.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands\r<br/>Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Film Fest Gent, Belgium\r<br/>Arab Film Festival San Francisco & Los Angeles, USA\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Mostra de Valencia Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNh0xKEgt78', 'favoruite-fabric-thumb.jpg', 'favoruite-fabric-stills-1.jpg', 'favoruite-fabric-stills-2.jpg', 'favoruite-fabric-stills-3.jpg', 'favoruite-fabric-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/my-favorite-fabric-review-1202813549/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/my-favourite-fabric-cannes-review/5128883.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Nesselson - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>', '“Thematically ambitious femme-centric drama.” Jay Weissberg – Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“There’s a strong feminine energy in most frames.” Lisa Nesselson - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6992946/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(156, 'The Giraffe ', 'La Ahad Honak', '552032144', 'feature', '2018', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Fantasy, Feature </span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garage Art Production, Utaco Digital Film, and Fig Leaf Studio</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Magdy, Mahmoud Lutfy, Mark Lutfy, and Mahmoud Eissa</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the streets of the city that are void of all but its ghosts, Ahmed is lost and depleted of faith. Tonight, he must save a girl he doesn’t know who is in a lot of trouble. He finds himself involved with an eccentric group of young people led by an enigmatic girl who is trying to uncover the mystery behind the giraffe hidden at the zoo.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Hosny, Shaza Moharam, Haydi Koussa, and Salma Hassan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ahmed Magdy</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ahmed Magdy</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Essam Ismail</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>', '75 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions released The Giraffe in Egypt and the UAE.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was awarded the AFAC Production Grant and the SANAD Development Grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly acclaimed by many Arab critics, including Essam Zakaria and Mohammed Rouda.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning director and actor.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It highlights human abortion, a topic that no one dares to address in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Release date: April 16, 2019 (Egypt)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available on Justdial streaming platform</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora, Morocco</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masr Dot Bokra Film Festival, Egypt</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;mas du Sud in Lyon, France</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aarhus Arab Film Festival, Denmark</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Cinema Egipcio Contemporaneo, Brazil</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans-Saharan International Film Festival, Zagora </span></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYAW1gObSRY ', 'giraffe-thumb.jpg', 'giraffe-stills-1.jpg', 'giraffe-stills-2.jpg', 'giraffe-stills-3.jpg', 'giraffe-poster.jpg', 1, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9675772/', 'world', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(157, 'The Healer ', 'Mbarka (La Guérisseuse)', '1124535078', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Morocco\r - Italy\r - Qatar', 'Ouarzazate Films', 'Rachida Saadi', 'On the outskirts of Khouribga, a mining town exploiting phosphates, a 16-year old teenager, Abdou, is anxious to regain the gift of human dignity through learning how to read and write. His adoptive mother Mbarka, the neighborhood’s healer, protects her privileged status with ways that the laws of obscurantism allow her. Ch’Aayba, a 30-year old guy, uncontrollable and ferociously cynical, is an eccentric pickpocket. Suffering from a skin disease, Abdou convinces him to come see Mbarka in order to get treatment for it.', 'Ahmed Moustafid\r<br/>Fatima Atif\r<br/>Mehdi Laarroubi\r<br/>Hanane Elkabani', 'Screenwriter: Olivier Bombarda\r<br/>Mohamed Zineddaine\r<br/>DOP: Luca Coassin\r<br/>Editor: Devin Eric', ' 110 min', 'The film describes the cultural transformation in the Moroccan society because of poverty.\r<br/>The film won four awards including Best Actress at the Malmo Arab Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Tangier National Film Festival.\r<br/>The film is Morocco\'s most award-winning film of 2019', 'Festival International du Film de Marrakech, Morocco\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival (HRFF), Jordan\r<br/>Mostra de València - Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK), Morocco\r<br/>Tangier National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Cinémas du Sud Festival, France	\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDA, Morocco', 'Best Actress at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Best Female Performance, Best Male Performance, and Jury Award at the Tangier National Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Grand Prix at the Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDA, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2SSCGm51WA', 'the-healer-.jpg', 'the-healer.jpg', 'the-healer2.jpg', 'the-healer1.jpg', 'healer-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6073544/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(158, 'The Tower', '', '1136512176', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'France\r - Sweden\r - Norway', 'Les Contes modernes\r<br/>Cinenic Film\r<br/>Tenk.tv', 'Frode Søbstad', 'Beirut, Lebanon, Today. Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. She learns about her family’s history through stories told to her by three earlier generations of refugees.', 'Romina AdlKasravi\r<br/>Mohamed Bakri\r<br/>Najila Said\r<br/>Morad Hassan', 'Screenwriter: Mats Grorud\r<br/>Editor: Silje Nordseth', '79 min', 'The film had a successful commercial release in Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.\r<br/>It scooped seven awards from prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>A big campaign was launched for screening the film in refugee camps in Lebanon and Palestine.\r<br/>It landed its world premiere at the 42nd Annecy International Animated Film Festival.\r<br/>The Tower is a deeply emotional fiction based on true stories of Palestinian refugees living in camps in Lebanon, inspired by real-life interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.', 'Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France\r<br/>Metropolis Youth Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>London Palestine Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Annecy International Animated Film, France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in Famac, France\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>European Film Festival in Ishbilia, Lebanon\r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt\r<br/>Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA\r<br/>San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Lisbonne Monstra Lisboa Animation Festival, Portugal \r<br/>Festival International du Film d\'Histoire de Pessac, France \r<br/>Global Migration Film Festival\r<br/>Festival International des Arts Jeune Public, Canada \r<br/>Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival, Norway', 'Liv Ullmann Peace Prize and the Professional Jury: 2nd Prize for Best Animated Feature Film at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Jury Special Award and the Best Soundtrack Award at the Lisbonne Monstra Lisboa Animation Festival\r<br/>Jury Award at the Festival International du Film d\'Histoire de Pessac\r<br/>Secondary School Students Prize at the Festival International des Arts Jeune Public\r<br/>Best Editing at the Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6K4zAOUIkA ', 'tower-thumb.jpg', 'tower-stills-1.jpg', 'tower-stills-2.jpg', 'tower-stills-3.jpg', 'tower-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tower-review-1119742\">The Hollywood Reporter &ndash; Jordan Mintzer</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/355801/\">Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa</a></span></p>', '“The Tower is filled with moments of bittersweet humor and shreds of hope…” - Jordan Mintzer (The Hollywood Reporter)\r<br/>\r<br/>“The Tower is a fascinating lesson in history.” Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5847768/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(160, 'Dreamaway', 'Al Helm El Bae’ed', '1059592842 , 1432316032', 'documentary', '2018', 'Documentary', 'Egypt\r - Germany\r - Qatar', 'Monokel\r<br/>Fig Leaf Studio\r<br/>Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien', 'Roman Roitman\r<br/>Mark Lotfy\r<br/>Arne Birkenstock', 'Representing freedom and easy cash, Sharm El Sheikh has long been a dream destination for Egyptian youth. Recently, terror attacks have brought tourism in the resort town to a halt. Dreamaway follows a group of young employees of a luxury hotel compound, where clichés and stereotypes of Western and Oriental cultures clash. This carousel-like experience elevates the youths into a dreamlike state.', '', 'Screenwriter: Johanna Domke\r<br/>Marouan Omara\r<br/>DOP: Jakob Beurle\r<br/>Editor: Gesa Jäger\r<br/>Louly Seif', '86 min', 'Received many grants, including the Spring Grant 2014 – Development Stage from the Doha Film Institute, Catapult Film Fund – Development Stage, Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie Prize, IDFA Bertha Europe Fund, and the Berlinale Talents Doc Station Prize. The film was supported by the WDR, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, and the Beirut Cinema Platform.', 'Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Bergen International Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon', 'The Bronze Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>The Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vv2-x_ETOA', 'dreamaway.jpg', 'dreamaway1.jpg', 'dreamaway2.jpg', 'dreamaway3.jpg', 'dreamaway-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"The Guardian\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/30/london-film-festival-2018-documentaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Phillips - The Guardian </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://filmuforia.co.uk/dream-away-2018-karlovy-vary-film-festival-2018/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meredith Taylor - Filmuforia</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/356815?fbclid=IwAR20hAhe3U-zVb91yJ4fQU_RSWkMdjiRLPyIG9vJS7IE0ZOmnnq6ZBmu1uc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Mastrini - cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/356824/?fbclid=IwAR3t8OivuJHYnS2tonSfSwLpGHk_Gtzp6oAayziabm1ph5zEasiu4xdgSvg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paulo Portugal - cineuropa</span></a></span></p>', '“Omara and Domke seamlessly move from real life to magical realist semi-scripted sequences, in which their characters are urged by a monkey in a truck to dramatically reveal their feelings.” Charlie Phillips - The Guardian\r<br/>\r<br/>“Dream Away is a melancholic portrait of a young generation left to fight for a new identity…” Meredith Taylor - Filmuforia\r<br/>\r<br/>“In one sense, Dream Away almost portrays a different, alternative life, teetering between reality and dreams, on a similar level to the elements of reality found in Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, about the unwanted people living on the outskirts of Disney World.” Paulo Portugal - cineuropa', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8917792/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(161, 'Railway Men', 'As-Sekka', '283161548', 'documentary', '2018', 'Documentary', 'Tunisia\r - France\r - Qatar', 'Nomadis Images\r<br/>Akka Films\r<br/>Les Films de Zayna\r<br/>Al Jazeera Documentary', '<p>Dora Bouchoucha Palmyre Badinier</p>', 'Railway Men draws a portrait of Tunisian railway men and women denouncing the incompetence and corruption of the country’s railway system and celebrating dignity, hope, and resilience.', 'Nabi Houji<br />Ahmed Mourad Khanfir<br />Afef Mokbli<br />Issameddine Fitati</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Erige Sehiri<br />DOP: Aissa Amine, Erige Sehiri, Ikbal Arafa, Hassene Amri, Ahmed Mourad Khanfir<br />Editor: Katja Dringenberg, Hafedh Laaridhi, Ghalya Lacroix', '74 min', 'Official selection at top documentary festivals including IDFA and Visions du Réel\r<br/>Received three international awards, including Special Jury Mention at the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film\r<br/>The film received the Spring Grant in the 2013 Development Stage from the Doha Film Institute\r<br/>Directed by renowned Tunisian filmmaker Erige Sehiri, whose feature UNDER THE FIG TREES was selected at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight', 'Visions du Réel - Festival International de Cinéma Nyon, Switzerland\r<br/>Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, France\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Tozeur International Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Festival Filmer le Travail, France\r<br/>Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Agadir International Documentary Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Festival Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand, France\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique du Pays d’Apt, France\r<br/>Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland', 'Special Jury Mention at the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film\r<br/>Audience Award at the Festival Filmer le Travail\r<br/>Prix du Documentaire at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgMAc9AAU4', 'railway-men.jpg', 'railway-men1.jpg', 'railway-men2.jpg', 'railway-men3.jpg', 'railway-men-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-railway-men-2018-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amber Wilkinson - Eye For Film</a></span></p>', '\"There is bravery on display here, not just in the way that the drivers continue to operate trains that they consider to be potential death traps but also in their frank discussions on camera.\" \r<br/>- Amber Wilkinson — Eye For Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9643450/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(162, 'I Have A Picture', 'A’ndy Soora “Al Film Raqam 1001 Fi Hayat A’qdam Kombars Fil A’alam”', '1080368454', 'documentary', '2017', 'Documentary, Biography, Comedy', 'Egypt', 'Fig Leaf Studios\r<br/>Rufy’s Films', 'Mark Lotfy', 'With the help of Kamal El Homossany, one of the oldest assistant directors in Egypt, Zedan, a young indie filmmaker, is making a documentary about Motawe Eweis, who has worked as an extra in about 1000 Egyptian films since the forties till now.', 'Motawe Ewais\r<br/>Kamal EL-Homossany\r<br/>Mohamed Zedan', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Zedan \r<br/>DOP: Mohamad EL-Hadidi\r<br/>Editor: Mayye Zayed', '72 Min', 'Received grants from the DocMed Workshop and the Final Cut Workshop at the Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>Winner of four awards, including Best Documentary Film at the Tripoli Film Festival.\r<br/>The film screened at Zawya Cinema, where it had a full house for every show, and later it had three additional screenings, garnering wide audience and critical acclaim.', 'Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Sharjah Film Platform (SFP), UAE\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Documentary Film at the Sharjah Film Platform (SFP), UAE\r<br/>Gold Star for Best Arabic Documentary Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Documentary Film at the Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Jury Award for Best Documentary Film more than 15 minutes at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_RkHtdmzY', 'i-have-a-picture.jpg', 'i-have-a-picture1.jpg', 'i-have-a-picture2.jpg', 'i-have-a-picture3.jpg', 'i-have-pic-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://manshoor.com/art/i-have-a-picture-motawi-owais-film-extra/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yasmine Akram - Manshoor (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '\"From an extra to a hero, a long journey that exceeds all your expectations.\" Yasmine Akram - Manshoor (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7378220/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(163, 'Abdullah and Leilah', 'Abdullah w Leilah', '1383591778', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'UK\r - Iraq', 'Resource Productions', 'Dominique Unsworth', 'Haunted by memories of his childhood in Baghdad, Abdullah suffers from dementia and struggles to communicate with his British-born daughter, Leilah. As his mind wavers between his past and his unfamiliar present, he no longer remembers the life he has lived in London for the past 60 years or the fluent English he has spoken. Leilah, who only speaks English, needs one last moment of connection with her father before she also fades from his memory.', 'Sami Abdulhameed\r<br/>Houda Echoufani', 'Screenwriter: Ashtar Al Khirsan\r<br/>DOP: Vladimir Trivic\r<br/>Editor: Tracy Granger', '19 min', 'The film received grants from The Wellcome Trust, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and BFI Film Fund.\r<br/>The film had an extensive tour across the Arab and international festivals.', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Created Out of Mind Short Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Flickers\' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), USA\r<br/>Encounters Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Shubbak Festival, UK\r<br/>European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (epff), UK\r<br/>Toronto Arab Film, Canada \r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Roving Eye Film Festival, Rhode Island', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNo03QP6eUY', 'a l.PNG', 'abdullah-leila1.jpg', 'abdullah-leila2.jpg', 'abdullah-leila3.jpg', 'abdullah-leilah-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5991458/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(164, 'NightShift', ' Taami Al Samakat', '1281180141', 'short films', '2018', 'Black Comedy', 'Lebanon', '', 'Marc Salameh', 'The film screened at several regional and international film festivals, winning eight awards. \r<br/>It’s available on OSN’s streaming platform. \r<br/>Received the Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage from the Doha Film Institute.', 'Issam Bou Khaled\r<br/>Sobhiya Al Najjar\r<br/>Marc Asmar\r<br/>Nay Azar\r<br/>Georges Matar', 'Screenwriter: Marc Salameh\r<br/>DOP: Tony Hatem\r<br/>Editor: Zeina El Khatib', '13 min', 'The film screened at 10 regional and international film festivals.\r<br/>Received the Spring Grant 2013 - Development Stage from the Doha Film Institute.', 'Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, USA\r<br/>Edinburgh Independent Film Awards, UK\r<br/>Mishkal Festival, Beirut, Lebanon\r<br/>Arab Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Independent Film Awards (IIFA), USA\r<br/>Arizona Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Dallas Independent Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Cabriolet Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Elia Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Festival of Cinema NYC, USA\r<br/>Burbank International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK), Tunisia\r<br/>Arctic Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Beirut Shorts, Lebanon\r<br/>Les Journées de l\'Art et de la Culture de Kfar Sama, Lebanon\r<br/>Lahazat Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Canada Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival (HRFF), Jordan\r<br/>Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF), Lebanon', 'Best Arab Student Short Film at the Arab Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Silver Medal at the International Independent Film Awards (IIFA), USA\r<br/>Best Student Director at the Arizona Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Director and Best Actor at the Lahazat Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Award of Excellence for First Time Filmmaker at the Canada Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Arctic Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>Best Cinematography Award at the Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF), Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hFKzVoxoc', 'nightshift.jpg', 'nightshift1.jpg', 'nightshift2.jpg', 'nightshift3.jpg', 'night-shift-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(165, 'Adam', '0', '243803297', 'short films', '2018', 'Drama', 'Syria', 'National Film Organization', '', 'A little boy named Adam tries to convince his friend that his father is not a liar.', 'Hasan Al-kurdi\r<br/>Hashem Khaddour\r<br/>Kifah Alkhous', 'Screenwriter: Mohammed Al-Muradi\r<br/>DOP: Nael Turkmani\r<br/>Mohammed Al-Muradi\r<br/>Editor: Somar Jbawi\r<br/>Ali al-Moazen', '6 min', 'Winner of two awards at Syrian film festivals.', 'Damascus Cinema Days, Syria\r<br/>Youth Cinema and Short Films Festival, Syria', 'Bronze Award at the Damascus Cinema Days, Syria\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Youth Cinema and Short Films Festival, Syria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnwzusOTjas', 'adam.jpg', 'adam1.jpg', 'adam2.jpg', 'adam3.jpg', 'adam poster (1).jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(166, 'Wasteland', 'Terrain Vague', '1371840475', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'France\r - Algeria\r - Portugal', 'Saudade Productions\r<br/>Bando à Parte', 'Latifa Said\r<br/>Rodrigo Areias', 'Set in the suburbs of a big city. Omar, a worker from Maghreb, feels uncomfortable with women. Ambivalent, either he’s fascinated by them, or they make him afraid. When he meets Rita, a hooker, he tries to surpass his complex, discovering his own sexuality.', 'Slimane Dazi\r<br/>Delphine Grandsart\r<br/>Rachid Taha', 'Screenwriter: Latifa Said\r<br/>DOP: Yannig Dumoulin\r<br/>Editor: Aurélie Noury', '14 min', 'Winner of more than 15 awards from international film festivals and got selected at over 50 film festivals.', 'Pineapple Underground Film Festival (PUFF), Hong Kong\r<br/>Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Avanca Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>FerFilm – International Film Festival, Ferizaj, Kosovo\r<br/>LatinArab International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary\r<br/>Pacific Meridian, Vladivostok, Russia\r<br/>Sydney World Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Curta Açores, Portugal\r<br/>Terra di Siena Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival de Cinema de Girona, Spain\r<br/>Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Delhi Shorts International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Human Rights Free Zone Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia\r<br/>Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Alter-Native International Short Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>AFC Global Fest, Kolkata, India\r<br/>Filmfest Düsseldorf, Germany\r<br/>Paris Courts Devant, France\r<br/>Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival, Nepal\r<br/>Le Maghreb des Films – Rencontres Cinématographiques, France\r<br/>Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal\r<br/>C’Est Pas la Taille Qui Compte!, France\r<br/>Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>London Shorts Film Festival (LSFF), UK\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine La Picasa, Argentina\r<br/>Un Court Tournable, France\r<br/>Ascona Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Sguardi Altrove International Woman\'s Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>La Fête du Court-Métrage, France\r<br/>Rios – Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental e Transmédia, Portugal\r<br/>Festival d\'Annaba du Film Méditerranéen (FAFM), Algeria\r<br/>Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Piélagos, Spain\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle, Colombia\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine del Cono Sur, Chile\r<br/>Festival du Film de Femmes de Fontenay-le-Fleury, France\r<br/>Laterale Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Muestra de Cortos Europeos, Argentina\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France\r<br/>Almaty Indie Film Festival, Kazakhstan\r<br/>RomAfrica Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Cisterna Film Festival – Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio, Italy\r<br/>Africajarc, France\r<br/>Kraljevski Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (BISFF), India\r<br/>Aphrodite Film Awards, USA\r<br/>Mostra Livre de Cinema, Brazil\r<br/>Saturnia Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>FestiFrance, Brazil\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Flor Azul, Argentina\r<br/>International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC), Cyprus\r<br/>Sose International Film Festival, Armenia\r<br/>Mzansi Women\'s Film Festival (MWFF), South Africa\r<br/>London International Motion Picture Awards (LIMPA), UK\r<br/>Kurz Film Festival Diessen am Ammersee, Germany\r<br/>Libres // Émois, France\r<br/>VisuElles Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Marmaris International Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Mindel Shorts, Cape Verde\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Festival Écran Libre, Aigues-Mortes, France\r<br/>Festival du Film de Sarlat, France\r<br/>Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec, France\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>CinEuphoria Awards, Portugal\r<br/>Copper Coast International Film Festival (CCIFF), UK\r<br/>MEDFF – Mediterranean Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Short to the Point International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Porto Femme – International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Lucania Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Bangalore International Short Film Festival, India \r<br/>Coimbra Caminhos do Cinema Português, Portugal \r<br/>Arab Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>São Tomé and Príncipe International Film Festival, Sao Tome and Principe', 'Special Jury Mention at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>1st Saladelle d’Or Prize at the Festival Écran Libre, Aigues-Mortes, France\r<br/>Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the Festival du Film de Sarlat, France\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Fiction at the Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec, France\r<br/>Cinematic Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Best Short, Best Director in a Short Film, Best Actress in a Short Film, Top Short Films of the Year at the CinEuphoria Awards, Portugal\r<br/>Best Director at the Copper Coast International Film Festival (CCIFF), UK\r<br/>Best 35mm at the MEDFF – Mediterranean Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Short to the Point International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Special Mention at the Porto Femme – International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Best Director at the Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Best Actor, Best Actress, a Special Mention at the Lucania Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpuWbEJyeOI', 'wasteland.jpg', 'wasteland1.jpg', 'wasteland2.jpg', 'wasteland3.jpg', 'waistland-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6458422/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(167, 'Sunday Market: Tripoli', 'Souq El A’had Tarablos', '1833256387', 'short films', '2018', 'Short', 'Lebanon', '', 'Yahya Mourad', 'In the wake of various conflicts, the Lebanese Civil War and the Syrian occupation, some ex fighters from different nationalities decided to “step out”. In order to escape everything, they settled on the margins of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second city and henceforth have gained a sense of belonging from a flea market, the “Sunday Market”. Where they believe to have found ultimate freedom.', '', 'DOP: Yahya Mourad\r<br/>Editor: Yahya Mourad', '16 min', 'It toured prestigious film festivals worldwide and won Golden Olive Award for Best Independent Film at the Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival (NDUIFF)\r<br/>By following the five main dwellers of Tripoli\'s Sunday Market, showing their intimate stories, regrets, joy, and struggles, this creative feature documentary explores the nuances of life in the city in the context of poverty and survival. Usually treated like \"strangers\", even by the inhabitants of the city itself, the people in these marginal areas lack a voice of their own, but they deserve to be heard and known.', 'São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montreal (RIDM), Canada\r<br/>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Urban Films Festival, Paris, France\r<br/>San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Sharjah Art Foundation\'s Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival (NDUIFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Journées Cinématographiques d\'El Hamma, Tunisia', 'Golden Olive Award for Best Independent Film at the Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival (NDUIFF), Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1TTCWoZMhk', 'sunday-markets.jpg', 'sunday-markets1.jpg', 'sunday-markets2.jpg', 'sunday-markets3.jpg', 'sunday-market-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://bidayyat.org/ar/opinions_article.php?id=201#.XNqm0eUzbIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feras Massarani - Bidayyat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“…This documentary is a unique experience that deserves to be watched.” Feras Massarani - Bidayyat (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10650936/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(168, 'The Exile', 'El Manfa', '449920657', 'short films', '2016', 'Short, Documentary', 'Egypt', '', 'Medhat Maged', 'How do patients of the Abbasia Hospital for Mental Health see the world? Do they prefer to stay there or get out?', '', 'Screenwriter: Medhat Maged\r<br/>DOP: Ibrahem El Nagary\r<br/>Editor: John Joseph', '13 min', 'With an exceptional cinematography and editing style, the film delves into the world of psychology, using a new approach in introducing mental patients. Unlike most films addressing mental illness, this film gives patients the chance to talk about their own feelings and how they perceive the world.', 'Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina\r<br/>Festival International du Film de l\'Etudiant, Morocco\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Short Documentary at the Festival International du Film de l\'Etudiant, Morocco\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Jury Award for Best Short Documentary at the Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKIR_7k9bW8&feature=youtu.be', 'the-exile.jpg', 'the-exile1.jpg', 'the-exile2.jpg', 'the-exile3.jpg', 'exile-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(169, 'Timeless Beauty', '', '1097746995', 'documentary', '2018', 'Documentary, Fashion', 'China, France', 'Shenzhen Artking Culture Media CO.LTD\r<br/>Alien Production', '<p>Quan Zhongyu Meganne Liron</p>', 'In a controversial industry and a particularly standardized environment, there is a tendency and a movement against the current dictates of beauty imposed on us by a society obsessed with youth. \r<br/>Timeless Beauty is an encounter with these new actors on the catwalk who are shaking up the codes and discovering a singular, timeless beauty. \r<br/>These senior models — now very popular within major fashion houses — are joined by a wave of atypical models in a discourse committed to diversity.', 'Yazemeenah Rossi<br />Philippe Dumas<br />Catherine Loewe<br />Daphne Selfe</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Marianne Rosenzweig<br />DOP: Deyan Parouchev<br />Editor: Alberto Iordanov', '85 min', 'Explores the ever-changing concept of beauty worldwide through the stories and dreams of its protagonists, who are rich in age-old charisma\r<br/>Selected for a number of prestigious international film festivals \r<br/>Had a special screening at Jordan’s Royal Film Commission', 'Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs, France\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>GZDOC - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China\r<br/>Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEn9poFfA_o', 'timeless.jpg', 'timeless1.jpg', 'timeless2.jpg', 'timeless3.jpg', 'timeless-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7357322/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'foreign'),
(171, 'Rojo', '', '918324577', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Argentina', 'Bord Cadre Films\r<br/>Desvia Produções\r<br/>Ecce Films\r<br/>Pucara Cine\r<br/>Sutor Kolonko\r<br/>with the support of the Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)', 'Emmanuel Chaumet\r<br/>Federico Eibuszyc\r<br/>Rachel Daisy Ellis\r<br/>Barbara Sarasola-Day\r<br/>Marleen Slot\r<br/>Ingmar Trost\r<br/>Dan Wechsler\r<br/>Jamal Zeinal Zade', 'Set in the mid-70s, the film opens with a strange man arriving to a quiet city. Setting in a restaurant, abruptly and out of the blue, he starts shouting insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. Everyone around stands with the lawyer and the man is thrown out of the restaurant. Holding a grudge, later that night the man intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The incident that takes Claudio in a danger-filled journey involving death, secrets and silences.', 'Dario Grandinetti\r<br/>Andrea Frigerio\r<br/>Alfredo Castro', 'Screenwriter: Benjamín Naishtat\r<br/>DOP: Pedro Sotero\r<br/>Editor: Andrés Quaranta', '109 min', 'Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.\r<br/>The film won more than a dozen awards at prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>In a tour across the Arab world, the film had a successful commercial release in Egypt.\r<br/>It garnered widespread international media attention, receiving wide critical acclaim.\r<br/>The film paints an authentic picture of 1975 Argentina through its locations and wardrobe and deals with the idea of corruption under dictatorship.', 'San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>La Orquidea Film Festival, Ecuador\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Rotterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Bergamo Film Meeting Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>CPH:PIX Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Vienna International Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux (FIFIB), France\r<br/>Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Oslo International Film Festival (OIFF), Norway\r<br/>Haifa International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Cologne International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania\r<br/>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina, Argentina\r<br/>Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Argentina\r<br/>International Cinephile Society\r<br/>Havana Film Festival, Cuba\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>Lima Latin American Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Buma Music in Motion, Netherlands \r<br/>Havana Film Festival New York, USA', 'Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Original), and Best Film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina, Argentina\r<br/>Best Director at the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Argentina\r<br/>Best Actor at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Best Film at the La Orquidea Film Festival, Ecuador\r<br/>ICS Award at the International Cinephile Society\r<br/>Best Original Composition in Film at Buma Music in Motion, Netherlands', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2zjt4R0WRo', 'Annotation 2020-02-23 182439.png', 'ROJO+Official+Cannes+Picture+A098C001_170828_R4XQ-1683.png', 'rojo_still.png', 'Rojo2.png', 'Poster Rojo - Online.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rojo-film-review-1142461\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rojo-review-a-tense-film-noir-take-on-argentinas-disappeared-zm3glmxdb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Maher - Times UK</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/rojo-film-review-argentinian-masterpiece-a4230521.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte O\'Sullivan - London Evening Standard</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/rojo-review-eerie-period-think-piece-captures-darkness-mid-seventies/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Robey - Daily Telegraph UK</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/movies/rojo-review.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manohla Dargis - The New York Times</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Allan Hunter &ndash; Screen Daily\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/rojo-toronto-review/5131813.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allan Hunter &ndash; Scree</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n D</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/360731/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alfonso Rivera - Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/rojo/\">David Parkinson-Empire</a></span></p>', '“A movie about balls of the wrong kind.” Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“It\'s powerful material, deftly delivered.” Kevin Maher - Times UK\r<br/>\r<br/>“Embrace this little masterpiece before it disappears.” Charlotte O\'Sullivan - London Evening Standard\r<br/>\r<br/>“It\'s all about a society manoeuvring to stay at the dinner table while getting its unsavoury elements thrown out, and finding ways to stop them ever coming back.” Tim Robey - Daily Telegraph UK\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It’s a brutal trip, though Naishtat smartly balances the heaviness with moments of levity and absurd comedy.\" Manohla Dargis - The New York Times \r<br/>\r<br/>\"Benjamin Naishtat’s subtle, twisting, state-of-the-nation drama works effectively as a noir-like thriller, and as an exploration of a country that has lost its moral compass.\" Allan Hunter - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>\"A slow-burning and deeply uneasy film with stunning visuals and an unhurried rhythm, and one that won’t be easily forgotten.\" Alfonso Rivera - Cineuropa\r<br/>\r<br/>“ With each subplot reinforcing the simmering sense of unease, this compelling recreation of a pernicious period soberingly exposes the ease with which morality can become a casualty of human nature.” David Parkinson-Empire', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8956390/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(172, 'The Good Girls', 'Las Niñas Bien', '1144243929', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Mexico', 'Woo Films', 'Rodrigo S. Gonzalez Ortiz\r<br/>Gabriela Maire\r<br/>Maria Jose Cordova\r<br/>Rafael Ley', 'Sofia has been spoiled since her childhood; she is the queen bee of her group of friends. Now with a husband and a respectable family, she finds herself facing what she never imagined would happen… her social decay! Set in the 1982, the film follows Sofia and her family as they face the big economic crisis that is hitting Mexico.', 'Ilse Salas\r<br/>Flavio Medina\r<br/>Cassandra Ciangherotti', 'Screenwriter: Alejandra Márquez Abella\r<br/>DOP: Dariela Ludlow\r<br/>Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger', '93 min', 'This is director Alejandra Marquez’s second film to make it to the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film was successfully released in Egypt for six consecutive weeks.\r<br/>It received an exclusive global online premiere on MUBI.\r<br/>The film is inspired by the famous Guadalupe Loaeza\'s satirical writings on some of the country\'s richest, yet in many ways, least powerful citizens.', 'Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival de Málaga, Spain\r<br/>International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM), China Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Ciné Latino Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Rome International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM), México\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Hong Kong International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Ariel Awards, Mexico\r<br/>Golden Rooster Awards, China\r<br/>Havana Film Festival, Cuba\r<br/>Lima Latin American Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, Panama\r<br/>Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France\r<br/>Shanghai International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Macao International Film Festival,  China\r<br/>Morelia International Film Festival,Mexico', 'Grand Prix for Best Film at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing, Festival de Málaga, Spain\r<br/>Audience Award at the International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM), China\r<br/>Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Make-Up, Best Original Music at the Ariel Awards, Mexico\r<br/>Best Actress at the Havana Film Festival, Cuba\r<br/>Best Actress at the Lima Latin American Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>Directors to Watch at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Film at the Toulouse Latin America Film Festival, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0paBosD04mM', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 142606.png', 'lnb-still-01_00069208.png', '2 good g.png', '3 good g.png', 'the good girls pst.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-good-girls-toronto-review/5132436.article\">Stephen Whitty - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/22/the-good-girls-review\">Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian</a></span></p>', '“Márquez Abella keeps things tight, and intimate, her closeups presenting a parade of small, mounting embarrassments.” Stephen Whitty - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“ A high-class skewering of Mexican decadence” Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7482212/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(173, 'The Third Wife ', 'Nguoi Vo Ba', '2024791249', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama, Romance', 'Vietnam', 'An Nam Productions, Three Colors Productions, Mayfair Pictures', 'Ash Mayfair', 'In the 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy land-owner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May’s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.', 'Long Le Vu\r<br/>Mai Thu Huong Maya\r<br/>Nguyen Phuong Tra My', 'Screenwriter: Ash Mayfair\r<br/>DOP: Chananun Chotrungroj\r<br/>Editor: Julie Béziau', '96 min', 'The film has been to around 50 international film festivals sweeping awards and good reviews.\r<br/>It had a special screening at Zawya cinema, Cairo, Egypt.\r<br/>It received the Spike Lee Film Production Fund and won the Grand Prix at the Autumn Meeting Lab 2015 in Vietnam and the Best Film Award for a non-Hong Kong project at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2016.\r<br/>The film was listed on the NYU Purple List 2015 for the best screenplays submitted by NYU graduate film students.', 'Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>QCinema International Film Festival, Philippines\r<br/>Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Milan International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”, Belarus\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Namur International French Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Denver Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Casa Asia Film Week (CAFW) - Asian Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, China\r<br/>San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Hawaii International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Films from the South, Norway\r<br/>Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, China\r<br/>Brasilia International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala, India\r<br/>Hainan International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Germany\r<br/>Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Glasgow Film Festival, Scotland\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>FrauenFilmTage - Vienna International Women\'s Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL, UK\r<br/>CinemAsia FILM FESTIVAL, Amsterdam\r<br/>Kosmorama Trondheim, Norway\r<br/>Internationaal Filmfestival Assen - Vrouw&Film, Norway\r<br/>Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest, Czech Republic\r<br/>International Women\'s Film Festival of Créteil, France\r<br/>Belfast Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Costa Rica International Films Festival, Costa Rica\r<br/>Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Mooov Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Asian Film Festival Rome, Italy \r<br/>Film Independent Spirit Awards, USA\r<br/>Oslo Films from the South Festival, Norway', 'NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Best Artistic Contribution at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Film at the Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Special Mention at the Milan International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”, Belarus\r<br/>Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>TVE - Another Look Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Youth Jury Award COMUNDO at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Jury Award at the Asian Film Festival Rome, Italy \r<br/>Special Mention at the Santiago International Film Festival, Chile \r<br/>Jury Prize at the Sarasota Film Festival, Florida', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTh4uTFWPeg', 'the-thirdwife.jpg', 'the-thirdwife1.jpg', 'the-thirdwife2.jpg', 'the-thirdwife3.jpg', 'the-third-wife-poster.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-third-wife-toronto-review/5132027.article\">John Berra - Screen Daily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2018/film/festivals/the-third-wife-review-1202962422/\">Jessica Kiang -&nbsp;Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/third-wife-1149256\">Neil Young -&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.filminquiry.com/the-third-wife-2019-review/\">Janet Lee-Film Inquiry</a></span></p>', '“A gorgeously intimate, evocative, and melancholy story of female subjugation in 19th-century Vietnam.” Jessica Kiang - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“A finely detailed and quietly devastating tapestry.” John Berra - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“In her impressive feature film debut, writer and director Ash Mayfair doesn’t parade us with profound tragedy and hardship; rather, she takes difficult subject matters and embellishes them with tranquil shots and dialogue” \r<br/>Janet Lee - Film Inquiry', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7692966/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'foreign'),
(175, 'Fataria', '', '2045823030', 'feature', '2019', 'Comedy', 'Tunisia\r - France', 'Mat Productions\r<br/>Cinetelefilms\r<br/>Ulysson Production', 'Richard Magnien\r<br/>Habib Attia', 'Set in May 2004. Tunisia is full of excitement: it is the Arab summit. In this frantic and burlesque atmosphere, an electrician, a choreographer, a sick man, and a professional mourner cross paths without ever really meeting, striving to deal with their personal problems.', 'Rim Hamrouni\r<br/>Issa Harrath\r<br/>Jamel Madani\r<br/>Sabeh Bouzouita', 'Screenwriter: Walid Tayaa\r<br/>DOP: Charles-Hubert Morin\r<br/>Editor: Florence Ricard', '80 min', 'Through a sarcastic comedic narration, the film depicts the political and social life in Tunisia during the years preceding the 2011 revolution.\r<br/>The film is Walid Taha’s feature directorial debut. \r<br/>The film received two grants from the CNC (aide au cinéma du monde) and the Tunisian Ministry of Culture, in addition to post-production support from CineGouna Platform at El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>The film project received the MAD Solutions Award, which offers marketing and distribution services in the Arab world to participating projects in the Malmo Arab Film Festival.', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt', 'Jury Award at the Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at the Maghrebian Festival of Oujda, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PUt4up-69A', 'fataria.PNG', 'MV5BODg0NGM3OWItMjE4Ny00ODEzLTg4Y2ItZjBiYzI3ZTBiMDQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjgzMjQ0MTA@._V1_.png', 'MV5BMDBiYjQ0NGEtNmQxNS00ZDc2LWFmNjItNjgxYTlkNTA2OTQ5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjgzMjQ0MTA@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,944_AL_.png', 'aI9d1pRffu6XwykcWZkoK7s2Ht3.png', 'POSTER FATARIA.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-189660.asp\">Babnet (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A wake up call to avoid living the same nightmare again” Babnet (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11079570/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(178, 'Invasion', 'Hojoom', '88805169', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Iran', 'Iran Novin Film', '<p>Sepehr Seifi</p>', 'A mysterious murder takes place and the Police is carrying out investigations to solve out the mystery. Assuming that they have already arrested the murderer, all is left to do is to figure out the procedure of the crime. As the Police officers attempt to remake the crime scene, more crimes are arranged during the remakes.', 'Abed Abest Babak Karimi Elaheh Bakhshi Behzad Dorani</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Shahram Mokri, Nasim Ahmadpour<br />DOP: Alireza Barazandeh', '102 min', 'The film toured several international festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>!f Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Taipei Golden Horse Fantasy Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Cologne Iranian Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), Iran', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDtY_Bllak', 'images (2).jpg', 'Invasion- 1.png', 'Invasion 9.png', 'Invasion- 2.png', 'POSTER-100-x-70-RGB-01.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/06/film-review-invasion-2017-by-shahram-mokri/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis -</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Asian Movie Pulse</span></span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.avoir-alire.com/invasion-la-critique-du-film-iranien-de-shahram-mokri\">Avoir Alire Team - Avoir Alire (French)</a></span></p>', '““Invasion” definitely stays true to its description, but the film is even more extreme than that, since Shahram Mokri wrapped it in an art-house package that also defies the “normal” perception of time and space.” Panos Kotzathanasis - Asian Movie Pulse\r<br/>\r<br/>“Shahram Mokhri\'s proposal is bold. On the merits, it is a question of denouncing the paranoia of the security and closed societies, beyond the political metaphor concerning Iran for decades.” Avoir Alire Team - Avoir Alire (French)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6215368/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(179, 'Good Morning', '', '416647277', 'feature', '2018', 'Comedy, Drama', 'Lebanon\r - France', 'Cined Production\r<br/>Online Films S.A.R.L', 'De Gaulle EiD\r<br/>Bahij Hojeij', 'In a modern coffee shop, a general, aged 78, and an army doctor, 81, come to play crosswords in order to preserve their memory and fight against oblivion. Through an amusing intense dialogue, we enter the thoughts of our two main characters and other characters around them in the coffee shop to find ourselves in a head of a well painted portrait of the Lebanese scene between the present and the past.', 'Gabriel Yammine\r<br/>Adel Chahine\r<br/>Rodrigue Sleiman\r<br/>Maya Dagher', 'Screenwriter:   Rachid El Daif - Bahij Hojeij\r<br/>Cinematography:   Milad Taouk\r<br/>Sound:   Raed Younane- Jean-Marc Shcik\r<br/>Editor:  Hussein Younes\r<br/>Music: Wissam Hojeij', '86 min', 'Through an amusing, light-hearted and intense dialogue, we dive deeper to learn the complex traditions, conflicts and reality of the Arab world, especially the Lebanese. These rich and diverse treatments were done without forcing anything into the script, which makes the film run smoothly and naturally. \r<br/>The film has won four awards, including the Best Feature Film at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) and Best Arabic Film at the Cairo International Film Festival, and was selected at many prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>The film’s screenwriter Rashid al-Daif is a well-known Lebanese author, whose novels have been translated into 12 languages; he was nominated for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.\r<br/>The film received support from the Arab Funds for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Ministry of Culture - Lebanon, Arab Film Institute (AFI), and Pixelmob.', 'Prix du Scénario and Prix de la Meilleure Interprétation Masculine at the Festival International du Film d\'auteur de Rabat, Morocco\r<br/>Prix du Meilleur Scénario at the Lebanese Films Awards, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Director at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Rimbaud Award at Les Rimbaud du Cinéma, France', 'Prix du Scénario and Prix de la Meilleure Interprétation Masculine at the Festival International du Film d\'auteur de Rabat, Morocco \r<br/>Prix du Meilleur Scénario at the Lebanese Films Awards, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Director at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udasv1o-AWM', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 155242.png', 'actors3.JPG.png', 'actors1.png', 'actors2.png', 'GOOD MORNING FILM POSTER RASTERIZED copy.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://wwww.dailynewssegypt.com/2019/01/29/good-morning-beirut-no-matter-what/\">Daily News Egypt Team - Daily News Egypt</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/festivals-cairo/\">Giovanni Vimercati - Film Comment</a></span></p>', '“The film makes silent observations of things happening, and leaves the spectator the freedom to think about all of the discussions provoked by situations surrounding the coffee shop.” Daily News Egypt Team - Daily News Egypt\r<br/>\r<br/>“Bahij Hojeij’s Good Morning is a very small yet immense film.” Giovanni Vimercati - Film Comment', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6565458/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(180, 'Drowned Heart', 'Coeur Noyé', '230426046', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Morocco\r - France', 'Sadden Production\r<br/>Obscura Entertainment', 'Farid Lakkimi', 'Detective Medi investigates the grievous destiny of a number of people by seeking the testimony of Artist Kamal’s latest assistant, Souad. Souad’s testimony doesn’t reveal only the destiny of the people she knew, but also her own personal story with the deceased.', 'Farah el Fassi\r<br/>Farid Regragui\r<br/>Mohamed Azelarab Kaghat \r<br/>Malek Akhmiss', 'Screenwriter: Dorothée Landelle\r<br/>DOP: Antonin Bachès\r<br/>Editor: Farid Lakkimi', '100 min', 'The film’s underlying message and philosophy is how one can lead himself to his own end. \r<br/>The film received the support of the Moroccan Cinematography Center.', 'Martinique International Film Festival, Online', 'Best Film at the Martinique International Film Festival, Online', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQkk-ocBgGk', 'Untitled.jpg', 'Capture d’écran 2015-03-10 à 13.15.01.png', '-Photo-FARAH-EL-FASSI-COEUR-NOYE.png', '-Photo-FARAH-EL-FASSI-FARID-REGRAGUI-COEUR-NOYE.png', 'Affiche du film DROWNED HEART.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6838990/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(181, 'Hayat', 'Hayat', '949623445', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'New Generation Pictures', 'Mohammed Kaghat', 'On a bus trip that passes different Moroccan cities, a well-painted portrait of diverse social interactions is presented through the bus passengers’ dialogues that take place on board. Some of these dialogues are ironic but shocking while others are hilarious, yet furious!', 'Azelarab Kaghat\r<br/>Driss Roukh\r<br/>Latefa Ahrare\r<br/>Hachem Bastaoui', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Ahed Bensouda\r<br/>Moncef El Kadiri\r<br/>Raouf Sebbahi  \r<br/>DOP: Luca Coissin\r<br/>Editor: Oussama El Asfar', '90 min', 'It sheds light on the social reality in Morocco that some of which resembles other countries in the Arab world.\r<br/>The film toured numerous prestigious film festivals, achieving sweeping success and reaping countless awards.\r<br/>Stars a number of Morocco’s A class actors.\r<br/>The film involves a rich variety of acting performances for 22 actors belonging to different acting schools.\r<br/>It received a grant from the Moroccan Film Center. \r<br/>The film is the director’s second feature film.', 'National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco \r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF), Finland\r<br/>Lisbon International Film Festival, Online \r<br/>Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Silicon Valley African Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco \r<br/>Cinéalma - L\'âme de la Méditerranée, France\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Bruxelle, Belgium \r<br/>Jagran Film Festival, India \r<br/>Festival International Cinéma et Migrations d\'Agadir (FICMA), Morocco\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman \r<br/>African Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF), Cameroon\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco \r<br/>Festival du Cinema de Saïdia, Morocco', 'Best Script and Special Jury Award at the Festival du Cinema de Saïdia, Morocco\r<br/>Best Script at the Festival International Cinéma et Migrations d\'Agadir (FICMA), Morocco\r<br/>Golden Dagger for Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Script at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Helsinki African Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival du Film Arabe de Bruxelle, Belgium\r<br/>Bronze Prize at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Platinum Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>National Jury Award for Best Cinematography at the National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qOGwUNj_hQ', 'Untitled.png', 'Hayat - PR - clear w logo.00_46_03_13.Still007.png', 'Hayat - PR - clear w logo.00_09_41_14.Still016.png', 'Hayat - PR - clear w logo.00_43_16_07.Still006.png', 'Affiche hayat 1,20 x1,60m w logo.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.alittihad.ae/article/52686/2017/%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%A5%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Nagim - Alittihad (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Through this film, the creative Raouf Sebbahi successfully made his name among many great directors in the Moroccan film industry.” Mohamed Nagim - Alittihad (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5524538/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(182, 'Until the End of Time', 'Ila Akhir Ezaman', '750826539', 'feature', '2017', 'Comedy, Drama', 'Algeria\r - UAE', 'Makingof Films\r<br/>CADC', '<p>Karima Chouikh</p>', 'Sometimes all what it takes is one encounter to change everything around! Aging Joher decides to arrange her own funeral to make sure her grave is close to that of her late sister. While she sets out to make that happen, she comes across Ali….an encounter that turns their lives around!', 'Djillali Boudjemaa Djamila Arres Mohamed Takkerat Imen Noel</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yasmine Chouikh DOP: Semcheddine Touzene Editor: Yamina Bachir', '94 min', 'The film has toured more than 50 festivals worldwide, reaping plenty of awards. \r<br/>It was Algeria’s official submission to the Oscars. \r<br/>It was the opening film for Cairo’s International Women’s Film Festival. \r<br/>The film was screened at Cannes Film Festival’s UAE pavilion, partnership between Dubai Film Market and Marché du film.\r<br/>It is the second time Algeria has submitted a film by a female director to the Oscars. \r<br/>The film is the director’s first feature film. \r<br/>The film’s script is a surprising one, as it uses death as a funny metaphor to depict the ongoing reality of the Algerian society.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Cairo International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival Méditerranéen De Annaba, Algéria \r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>Festival Des Cinémas Du Monde De Sherbrooke, Canada\r<br/>ONDA Festival, Algéria\r<br/>Festival International De Gabes, Tunisia\r<br/>Festival Du Film Arabe De Corée, South Korea\r<br/>Festival De Granada Ciné Del Sur, Spain\r<br/>Festival Caravan Bilbao, Spain \r<br/>Festival International du Rai d\'Oujda, Morrocco  \r<br/>Festival Des Cinémas Arabes a Paris, France, \r<br/>Festival Caravan Cin Invisible Oaxaca, Mexico \r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Festival Racont\'arts, Algéria \r<br/>Festival Du Cinéma Africain De Lausanne, Switzerland \r<br/>Les Rencontre Cinématographique De Bejaia, Algéria\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan \r<br/>Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé, Morocco\r<br/>Festival Aflam Du Sud, Bruxelles, Belgium \r<br/>Algérie En Mouvement, Saint Ouen, France\r<br/>Festival International Du Film Francophone De Namur, Belgium \r<br/>Religion Today Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Tübingen, Germany \r<br/>Festival Du Livre Et Du Film De Moans Sartroux, France\r<br/>Festival Du Film Arabe De Fameck, France\r<br/>Festival CINEALMA, France\r<br/>Festival Aube Cinéma Bale, Switzerland \r<br/>Mostra de València-Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain \r<br/>International Unseen Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>L\'Algérie Se Raconte, France\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC ), Tunisia  \r<br/>Festival Du Monde Arabe De Montréal (FMA), Montréal, Canada \r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cinema non Competitivo Cineeuropa 31, Compostelle, Spain \r<br/>Festival International Du Film d’Amiens, France \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland \r<br/>Le Panorama du Cinéma Algérien, France\r<br/>Festival du film Franco Arabe Noisy le Sec, France\r<br/>Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, Morocco \r<br/>Pune International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Le Festival Films Femmes Afrique, Sénégal \r<br/>Festival International du Premier Film d\'Annonay, France\r<br/>Bangalore International Film Festival, India \r<br/>Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de La Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt \r<br/>Festival International Du Film d\'Aubagne, France \r<br/>Femme Revolution Film Fest, Mexico \r<br/>African Film Festival New Zealand, New Zealand \r<br/>Festival Cinémas du Sud, France \r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique, Canada\r<br/>Brussels Film Festival, Belgium', 'Wihr d\'Or for Best Film at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Southern Film Award at the Brussels Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Award for Best Male Performance at the Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé, Morocco \r<br/>Best Film and Best Leading Actress at the Festival Méditerranéen De Annaba, Algeria  \r<br/>Best Film, Best Leading Actor and Critics Award at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman \r<br/>Alhambra del Plata Award at the Festival De Granada Ciné Del Sur, Spain \r<br/>Best Film at the Festival Aflam Du Sud, Belgium\r<br/>Special Jury Award at the Festival International du Premier Film d\'Annonay, France \r<br/>First Film Award at the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de La Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Religion Seen by the Eyes of Women Award at the Religion Today Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inbUUG5irrE', 'Annotation 2020-01-20 155823.jpg', '0001.png', '0003.png', '0002.png', 'affiche UTEOT-01.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.tellerreport.com/news/--fespaco--%22until-the-end-of-time%22--love-story-of-an-algerian-gravedigger---rfi-.rkeDSru-L4.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teller Report</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" title=\"Antoinette Delafin - Les Voix Du Monde (French)\" href=\"http://www.rfi.fr/hebdo/20180706-cinema-algerie-nouvelle-vague-amour-choisir-vie-mort-salafistes-wahhabistes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antoinette Delafin</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Les Voix Du Monde (French)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.filfan.com/news/details/98439\">Amal Magdy - Filfan (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://alarab.news/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA?amp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ashoeika - Al Arab (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Death in the Arab world is a sacred topic and perceived as the only thing that can lift people out of life’s endless suffering and evil. However, Until the End of Time film by Yasmine Chouikh is one that upholds the value of life and love, even on the land of the dead.” Amal Magdy - Filfan (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“The Algerian director, Yasmine Chouikh employed visual metaphors in the film in an extraordinary way. Despite the darkness of the general circumstances, the cinematography included bright scenes to match the mise en scene and the characters’ psychology and to open gates for hope.” Mohamed Ashoeika - Al Arab (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9011224/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'arab'),
(183, 'Simulation', 'Tamaroz ', '668232589', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Iran', 'Iran Novin Film', 'Maryam Shafie', 'Three young friends are planning for a party during the weekend at an old man’s house. Little did they know, this gathering will lead to a tragic turn of events for all of them.', 'Abed Abest\r<br/>Vahid Raad\r<br/>Majid Yousefi\r<br/>Danial Khojasteh', 'Screenwriter: Abed Abest\r<br/>DOP: Hamid Khozui Abyaneh\r<br/>Editor: Haydeh Safiyari', '84 min', 'Premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival within the Discovery Section.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Florence Middle East Now! Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival Cologne, Germany\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival in Paris, France\r<br/>Shanghai International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Ars Independent Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival in Boston, USA\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival in Prague, Czech Republic\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival in Washington DC, USA\r<br/>Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), Romania\r<br/>Spain Moving Images Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia ', 'Grand Prix for Best Film at the Spain Moving Images Film Festival, Spain ', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHdCNk5noE', 'Annotation 2020-01-20 155320.jpg', 'Untitled-2-18.png', 'Untitled-2-07.png', 'Untitled-2-16.png', 'poster simulation-100 x 70-01.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6570972/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(184, 'Jahilya', '', '969324254', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'LA PROD\r<br/>CERCAMON', 'Lamia Chraibi', 'A tragicomic story of several characters caught in a historic event; the cancellation of the sheep Aid in 1996: Lofti the amnesic, Mounir who is rejected by the family of the woman he wants to marry, a child who can’t understand this cancellation and a person who needs help to commit suicide.', 'Mostapha Houari\r<br/>Salma Eddlimi\r<br/>Zoubida Akif\r<br/>Hassan Badida', 'Screenwriter: Hicham Lasri\r<br/>DOP: Hicham Lasri\r<br/>Editor: Zakaria Tibari', '94 min', 'The film deals with several segments of society and how their frustration and feelings of oppression control their lives by weaving six different stories into one.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Le Festival International du Film Grolandais de Toulouse, France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Festival Maghreb Si Loin Si Proche, France\r<br/>Le Maghreb des Films, France\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CCXHssU_os', 'Annotation 2020-01-20 154710.jpg', 'JAHILYA - 02 - Mostafa Houari _ Nisrin Erradi.png', 'JAHILYA - 05 - Hassan Badida & Nisrin Erradi.png', 'JAHILYA - 13 - Hassan Badida.png', 'Jahilya _Poster 70x100.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.schirn.de/en/magazine/antsy/2018/berlinale_2018/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katharina Cichosch and Daniel Urban - Schirn.de</span></a></span></p>', '“Lasri weaves six plotlines into a surrealist mélange, which altogether creates a story about outcasts and their suppressors: a rape victim, a suicide, and an unmarried, pregnant woman. In pictorial terms, and the vocabulary is as symbolically charged as it is violently down to earth.” Katharina Cichosch and Daniel Urban - Schirn.de', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5596962/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(185, 'Screwdriver', 'Mafak', '1876282012', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Palestine\r - USA\r - Qatar', 'Dialectic\r<br/>Rimsh Film', 'Shrihari Sathe\r<br/>Yasmine Qaddumi\r<br/>Bassam Jarbawi', 'MAFAK follows Young Ziad who is imprisoned on the heels of an act of revenge assassinating an Israeli settler who shot his best friend dead. Released 15 years later, Ziad is trying to pick up his life, suffering from some form of PTSD, and hitches a ride that will return him to a more familiar life.', 'Ziad Bakri\r<br/>Areen Omari\r<br/>Jameel Khoury\r<br/>Amir Khoury', 'Screenwriter: Bassam Jarbawi\r<br/>DOP: David McFarland\r<br/>Editor: Bassam Jarbawi\r<br/>Christopher Radcliff', '108 min', 'The film landed its world premiere as an official selection at Giornate Degli Autori at Venice Film Festival in 2018 and was the Opening Film of 2019\'s Toronto Palestine Film Festival.\r<br/>Touring several prestigious festivals world wide, the film nabbed eight awards.', 'Giornate Degli Autori (Venice Days), Italy\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore\r<br/>Brussels Mediterranean Film, Belgium\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala, India\r<br/>Reel Palestine, Palestine\r<br/>Human Rights Weekend, Netherlands \r<br/>Annonay International Film Festival, France \r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Cambodia International Film Festival, Cambodia\r<br/>Cine-Palestine, Palestine\r<br/>Human Rights Watch Film Festival, various countries \r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine \r<br/>Movies that Matter Film Festival, Netherlands \r<br/>Cleveland Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival du film Palestinien Strasbourg, France\r<br/>Palestine En Vue, France \r<br/>Festival Cinémas du Sud, France\r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt\r<br/>Dallas International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Fajr International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Washigton DC International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival Cinema Arabé, Morocco\r<br/>Human Rights Arts and Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>Festival Ciné-Palestine, France\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Busan, South Korea\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Dearborn, USA \r<br/>Annaba Film Festival Mediterranean, Algeria \r<br/>New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Filmfest Munich, Germany\r<br/>Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Pyeong Chang International Peace Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Palestine Arts Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Festival International Cinema Mediterranean de Tetouan, Morocco \r<br/>Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Karama for Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan \r<br/>The Arabisk filmfest, Bergen\r<br/>Palestine Film Festival in Aarhus, Denmark\r<br/>Festival Amnesty International Au Cinéma pour les Droits Humains, France\r<br/>Festivalul Filmului Palestinian, Bucharest, Romania\r<br/> Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Kanaan Palestinian Film Week in Wien, Austria\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Dharamshala International Film Festival, India\r<br/>AMAL- International Euroarab Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Palestine Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Festival du film arabe, France\r<br/>The Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Hummus und Popcorn - Filmfestival, Switzerland \r<br/>Filmfest München, Germany', 'Young Audience Award at the Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CINEMED), France \r<br/>Best Film at the International Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best First Feature and Best Actor at the Festival International Cinema Mediterranean de Tetouan, Morocco \r<br/>Best Film at the Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Screenplay and Critics Award Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Jury Award at the Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d386TNlQL6w', 'screwdriver.jpg', 'Mafak(Screwdriver)_4_Ziad.png', 'Mafak(Screwdriver)_1_Ziad.png', 'Mafak(Screwdriver)_5_Martyr.png', 'Mafak (Screwdriver)-Poster-forweb.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/screwdriver-review-1202934300/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &ndash; Variety</span></a></span></p>', '“Debuting director-writer Bassam Jarbawi has a great theme with Screwdriver and a slick filmmaking style.” Jay Weissberg - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4183200/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(186, 'Roll’em', '', '1433006490', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Cinepoetics Pictures', 'Abdulrahman Khouj', 'Omar Nizar is an aspiring filmmaker who decides to explore the history of his native city of Jeddah through the making of a film about it. Through his journey of struggle and discovery, Nizar is accompanied by a 70 year-old cinematographer who left behind his filmmaking career years ago to end up in an antique store.', 'Khaled Yslam\r<br/>Shaher Alqurashi\r<br/>Sarah Taibah', 'Screenwriter: Yaser Hammad\r<br/>Abdulelah Alqurashi\r<br/>DOP: Fadi Abu Ali\r<br/>Editor: Mohamed Bakr', '89 min', 'This is the first Saudi film to commercially release in Saudi cinemas. (VOX, Jeddah)\r<br/>The film is available on Shahid.net. \r<br/>All cast and crew are Saudi locals.\r<br/>Explores the legal struggles of filmmaking in the Kingdom.', 'Al Ain Film Festival, UAE \r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia \r<br/>Aarhus Arab Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>The Arab Film Festival  in Tübingen, Germany', 'Best Film at the Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN2UzTvwFO8', 'Annotation 2020-01-20 143942.jpg', 'one.jpg', 'two.jpg', 'three.jpg', 'Rollem Opt1.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9298196/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(187, 'Kilikis: The Town of Owls', 'Kilikis: La Cite Des Hiboux', '9173324', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'SAISS MEDIT PROD', 'Azlarabe Alaoui Lamharzi', 'A group of people coming from different backgrounds are trapped in the isolated Town of Owls, a town inhabited by families and guards of a secret political prison camp‎. Soon the group realizes that the town is in fact a huge prison.', 'Amin Ennaji\r<br/>Hassan Badida\r<br/>Med Rzin\r<br/>Kamal Elkademi', 'Screenwriter: Azlarabe Alaoui\r<br/>DOP: Andreas Sinanos\r<br/>Editor: Ghizlan Assif', '98 min', 'The film is directed by the award-winning director Azlarabe Alaoui whose film Androman... Blood and Coal snatched more than 17 international and national awards back in 2012.\r<br/>Released across Morocco in different cities, including: Casablanca, Rabat, Fès, Tangier, and Marrakech.\r<br/>The film won the Best Director Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival.', 'Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Festival de Cine et Droits de l\'Homme de Barcelone, Spain\r<br/>Festival International de Cine de Córdoba, Spain\r<br/>Independent Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Rome International Film Festival (RIFF), Italy\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Switzerland International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Liverpool International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, India\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cinéalma - L\'âme de la Méditerranée, France', 'Best Director Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Al-Quds Grand Prize for Best Artistic Production and a Special Mention for Best Production Design at the Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Second Best Feature Film at the Cinéalma - L\'âme de la Méditerranée, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8KHCYOd8VQ', 'Annotation 2020-01-27 160116.jpg', 'k1.png', 'k2.png', 'k3.png', '120 x 160.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://en.qantara.de/content/film-review-kilikis-the-town-of-owls-the-power-of-reflected-suffering\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismail Azzam - Qantara</span></a></span></p>', '“portrayed the tragedy in a novel fashion, without exaggeration or melodrama, giving viewers an emotionally measured dose, balanced between fact and fiction, without resorting to direct political messages that might have dissipated the intellectual and visual focus.\" Fuʹad Zuweirik - Qantara', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8215806/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(188, 'A Part of Me', 'Une Part de Moi', '272652332 , 653068821', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - Germany', 'Soilfilms\r<br/>Zoneart Films', 'Bilal Athimni\r<br/>Silvana Santamaria\r<br/>Ayla Gottschlich', 'A series of different, yet intertwining, family stories that revolve around the disappearance of the 22-year-old young man, Khalil and finding an answer for the reasons behind the involvement of a young man in the wave of radicalism.', 'Wedia Testouri\r<br/>Nour El houda Amiri\r<br/>Anas Laabidi\r<br/>Zina Al Halak', 'Screenwriter: Silvana Santamaria\r<br/>Bilal Athimni   \r<br/>DOP: Daniel Grendel\r<br/>Editor: Sven Heussner', '87 min', 'The film is helmed by two award-winning directors who have several internationally recognized films under their belts.\r<br/>The film has been to many prestigious festivals and reaped three awards, including the Best Narrative Feature at the Best of the Best Competition in Los Angeles.\r<br/>The film premiered at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico \r<br/>International Student, Newcomer, and Woman Movie Awards  (ISENMA), Indonesia\r<br/>Diorama International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Achtung Berlin, Berlin New Film Award, Germany\r<br/>Dublin Independent Film Festival, Ireland', 'Best Narrative Feature at the Best of the Best Competition, Los Angeles, USA\r<br/>Bronze Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Honorable Mention at the International Student, Newcomer, and Woman Movie Awards  (ISENMA), Indonesia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDedbYBbbUA', 'prto.PNG', 'prt5.png', 'prt2.png', 'prt4.png', 'ps2.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6832690/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(190, 'Rags and Tatters', 'Farsh W Ghata', '1209922559', 'feature', '2013', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>Mashroua', 'Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Omar Shama', 'In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.', 'Asser Yassin\r<br/>Amr Abed\r<br/>Yara Gubran\r<br/>Mohamed Mamdouh', 'Screenwriter: Ahmad Abdalla\r<br/>DOP: Tarek Hefny\r<br/>Editor: Sara Abdallah\r<br/>Hisham Saqr', '87 min', 'Rags and Tatters is one of the few Egyptian films that were shot in Ezbet El-Zabbaleen or Garbage City, where most of Cairo\'s garbage collectors and recyclers live.\r<br/>The film is based on true stories that take place in an overlooked world.\r<br/>This film pays tribute to those who have been through a lot of pain to document the truth and make it accessible for generations to come.', 'Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France\r<br/>Munich Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece', 'Golden Antigone at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK-94KjmUYc', 'Annotation 2020-01-20 140117.jpg', 'Farsh w Ghata-7.png', 'Farsh w Ghata-27.png', 'Farsh w Ghata-4.png', 'Farsh W Ghata 1.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/17/rags-and-tatters-london-film-festival-2013-review\">Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2013/film/global/rags-and-tatters-review-toronto-1200608563/\">Jay Weissberg - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rags-tatters-farsh-wa-ghata-628281\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://muftah.org/a-review-of-rags-and-tatters/\">William Barnes - Muftah</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-nina-rothe/best-of-toronto-2013-ahme_b_3899824.html\">E. Nina Rothe - The Huffington Post</a></span></p>', '“Egyptian film-maker Ahmad Abdalla has given us a complex, nuanced, humane drama about the Tahrir Square protests.” Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian\r<br/>\r<br/>“Rags & Tatters will likely become a touchstone of post-revolutionary Egyptian cinema, though it may take time before critical attention gives the film its due.” Jay Weissberg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“The key to Rags and Tatters lies in this will to document historical events that risk escaping in the chaos, or being doctored and instrumentalized by the people in power.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3121096/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(191, 'Tlamess', 'Tlamess', '374303590', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France', 'Exit Productions\r<br/>Inside Productions\r<br/>Madbox Studios\r<br/>Still Moving', 'Ala Eddine Slim\r<br/>Juliette Lepoutre\r<br/>Pierre Menahem', 'Following the death of his mother, “S”, a young Tunisian soldier, is granted a one-week leave to pay a visit to his homeland. Instead of returning to the army, he absconds and soon becomes the target of a manhunt. Seriously injured after a few altercations with the police, \"S\" resorts to the forest, where he meets \"F\", a young impregnated woman who mysteriously abandons her luxurious lifestyle and seeks solitude in the forest. The paths of the two intersect and they establish a one-of-a-kind bond.', 'Abdullah Miniawy\r<br/>Souhir Ben Amara\r<br/>Khaled Ben Aissa', 'Screenwriter: Ala Eddine Slim\r<br/>DOP: Amine Messadi\r<br/>Editor: Ala Eddine Slim', '120 min', 'Tlamess had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>The film was selected to compete in the New Competition section “Meet the Neighbors” at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film is Alaa Eddine Slim\'s second feature after his award-winning film The Last of Us.\r<br/>Received production grants from the Spring Grand and Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>The film provokes existential questions and reflects on some social and political aspects. It aims to establish a unique relationship between man and nature.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>La Rochelle International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Mostra Internacional de Cinema, Brazil\r<br/>Arab Film Festival and Media Institute (AFMI), USA\r<br/>T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival. Tunisia \r<br/>Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt', 'Best Director Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Jury Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Best Feature Fiction Film Award at the Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>Main award at the KINO DER KUNST Film Festival, Germany', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X2mX4yOqCA', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 135415.png', 'MV5BZTk2NmFlNTQtM2IxZi00MzBkLWJkMWItMzNiM2JkYzEwYzUyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDc2NTEzMw@@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,999_AL_.png', 'MV5BZDk1ZjFlNWYtMDdlMy00MmMzLWFjZWUtOWI1MTU1Mzk2YTEyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDc2NTEzMw@@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,999_AL_.png', 'MV5BYWVjMjY0NWEtNzMwNC00NzRjLWJiN2UtNDE5YjhjMjQ1YTE3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDc2NTEzMw@@._V1_SX1777_CR0,0,1777,999_AL_.png', 'web.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moviestylethailand.com/2019/06/cannes-2019-tlamess.html\">Sutiwat Samartkit - Movie Style Thailand (Thai)</a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.independentarabia.com/node/35371/%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9\">Hauvick Hebachian - Independent Arabia</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://aawsat.com/home/article/1766246/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%AE%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A9\">Mohammed Rouda - Asharq al-Awsat (Arabic)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/tlamess-review-1203230406/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &ndash; Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/tlamess-1215235\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/tlamess-cannes-review/5139709.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/373126/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaleem Aftab - Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>', '\"[Tlamess] has special qualities that don\'t apply on any other Arab or international films. Its world is totally weaved in the director\'s imagination to knit the best world to narrate his story. A world that is best described as complex and unconventional.\" Mohammed Rouda - Asharq al-Awsat (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“The opening scenes are beautifully composed, playing with light and darkness, shadow and silhouette…” Jay Weissberg – Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“This leaves the film at exactly the place where The Last of Us became a metaphorical rejection of the cruel contemporary world.” Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Sterling work from the production design department creates a space that looks both bone-chillingly damp and somehow inviting; a moist, mossy safe space.” Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“…the sound design and cinematography remain of a high standard as Slim creates an atmospheric picture about trying to find meaning in life.” Kaleem Aftab - Cineuropa', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10228180/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(192, 'Burning Hope', 'Demain dès l’Aube', '861071057', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France\r - UAE', 'APA: Artistes Producteurs Associés\r<br/>Tanit Films\r<br/>Orange Studio', 'Anissa Daoud\r<br/>Nadim Cheikhrouha\r<br/>Lotfi Achour', 'Zeineb, Elyssa and Houssine, a trio unlikely to ever meet, see their fates cross paths on the night of January 14, the historic date when Ben Ali fled and the Tunisian revolution transformed the face of the nation. The individual lives of these three characters represent the frustrations, challenges, hopes and dreams of the entire country, with their tragic encounter proving to be one that will bind them together for life.', 'Doria Achour\r<br/>Anissa Daoud\r<br/>Achref Ben Youssef', 'Screenwriter: Lotfi Achour\r<br/>Anissa Daoud\r<br/>Natacha de Poutcharra   \r<br/>DOP: Frédéric de Pontcharra   \r<br/>Editor: Jean-Marie Lengellé\r<br/>Louis Chabaud', '85 min', 'The story of an unlikely friendship and the portrait of a fragile country haunted by so many ghosts.\r<br/>The film received the SANAD Abu Dhabi Film Fund in 2015.\r<br/>The film had its world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Mizna’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Festival Cinémas d\'Afrique, Switzerland\r<br/>Mawassem du Cinéma Arabe, France\r<br/>Montreal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film OUJDA, Morocco\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Festival International du Film pour l\'enfance et la Jeunesse de Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>New York City Independent Film Festival, USA', 'Best Actress Award at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Best Director and Best Actress at the Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Best First Film at the Sharm El-Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Actress in a Supporting Role Award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Best Actor at the Festival International du Film pour l\'enfance et la Jeunesse de Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Narrative Feature at the New York City Independent Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmWtul48Oco', 'Untitled2.png', 'DEMAIN DES L’AUBE Trailer_V07_(SansSousTitre).00_00_05_09.Still001.png', 'DEMAIN DES L’AUBE Trailer_V07_(SansSousTitre).00_00_39_17.Still003.png', 'bhope.jpg', 'bh poster w  logo.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://africultures.com/demain-des-laube-de-lotfi-achour-13954/?fbclid=IwAR1Yn_TcpTJuQfEEnkugFE4iYjsC_3c9VSWAklzLyZMFVy4j41a6PhdClK0\">Olivier Barlet - Africultures (French)</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2mRKKbI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wesam al Mokhtar - Al Chourouk (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://bit.ly/2mBcEGH\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alia bin Nahila - Assabah (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“Burning Hope is not a film about revenge and feelings of vices and regrets, on the contrary- following Poni Hoax rhythm- it’s about solidarity and how the next generation and our children will enlighten our world.” Olivier Barlet - Africultures (French)\r<br/>\r<br/>“Burning Hope has filled viewers with hope on its journey of searching for the truth...” Wesam al Mokhtar - Al Chourouk (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6592312/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(193, 'Porto Farina', 'Porto Farina', '171961470', 'feature', '2019', 'Comedy, Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Les Films Long Et Courts\r<br/>Off Shore Production\r<br/>Myway Productions ', 'Ibrahim Letaief\r<br/>Fabrice Préel-Cléach', 'Through a comedic narration, Porto Farina sheds light on some shocking social norms in Tunisia.\r<br/>The film received the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de L’image Animée (CNC).\r<br/>Received wide audience and critical acclaim and screened for months across Tunisian theatres. \r<br/>It was the opening film of the International Guwahati Film Festival (IGFF) in India.', 'Mohamed Driss\r<br/>Najoua Zouhair\r<br/>Fatma Ben Saïdane\r<br/>Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa', 'Screenwriter: Sophia Haoues\r<br/>Ibrahim Letaief\r<br/>DOP: Mohamed Maghraoui\r<br/>Editor: Karim Hammouda', '88 min', 'Through a comedic narration, Porto Farina sheds light on some shocking social norms in Tunisia.\r<br/>The film received the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de L\'image Animée (CNC)\r<br/>Received wide audience and critical acclaim and screened for months across Tunisian theatres. \r<br/>It was the opening film at International Guwahati Film Festival (IGFF), India.', 'Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec, France\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Journées Cinématographiques de Kairouan (JCK), Tunisia \r<br/> International Guwahati Film Festival (IGFF), India\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Tunisien, Tunisia', 'Best Supporting Actor, Best Production, and Best Costume at the Festival du Cinéma Tunisien, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z966rWB9t20', 'Annotation 2020-02-23 180635.png', '101.png', '202.jpeg', '303.png', 'Affiche Final.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://tn24.ween.tn/ar/article/porto-farina-un-film-comique-tunisien-haut-en-couleur-signe-ibrahim-letaief-84066\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tn24.ween (French)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.leaders.com.tn/article/26350-porto-farina-quand-brahim-letaief-nous-rend-le-cinema-qu-on-aime\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taoufik Habaieb - Leaders (French)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.radioculturelle.tn/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radioculturelle (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://aawsat.com/home/article/1554226/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%C2%AB%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%C2%BB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Mongy El Seedany - Asharq Alawsat (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '\"Porto Farina is delightful and spontaneous and a unique comedic film that offers vivid cinematography.” Tn24.ween (French) \r<br/>\r<br/>“When Ibrahim Letaief makes for us the cinema we love.” \r<br/>Taoufik Habaieb - Leaders (French) \r<br/>\r<br/>“Porto Farina is rich with metaphors and symbols, including the title, the characters and their intertwined relationships.” \r<br/>Radioculturelle (Arabic) \r<br/>\r<br/>“The film’s script is simple and the directing is outsanding; additionally, the customs\' colors are harmonious and the acting performance is very genuine.” El Mongy El Seedany - Asharq Alawsat (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10550922/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(194, 'A Search for the Lost Power', 'A La Recherche Du Pouvoir Perdu', '732500295', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'New Generation Pictures', 'Mohammed Kaghat', 'After living a footloose and fancy-free lifestyle, a young singer- pianist finds herself in a seemingly prison of solitude and a dull ordinary life. The film follows the story of a highly affectionate young singer and pianist after marrying an old general. Will they get along or will they reach a breaking point?', 'Azelarab Kaghat \r<br/>Noufissa Benchehida', 'Screenwriter: Aziz Elhakem\r<br/>Mohammed Ahed\r<br/>DOP: Adil Ayoub\r<br/>Editors: Mohammed Ouazani\r<br/>Rachid Allal', '90 min', 'The film received awards from mutliple film festivals. \r<br/>The film highlights the social and political dimensions of a crucial period of the political history of the world; the downfall of Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. ', 'Festival Panafricain du Cinéma de Ouagadougou (Fespaco), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden \r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria \r<br/>Tangier International Film Festival (TIFF), Morocco \r<br/>Delhi International Film Festival, India', 'Best Actress Awards at Festival Panafricain du Cinéma de Ouagadougou (Fespaco), Burkina Faso\r<br/>Best Actor Awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Best Pictures Awards at Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria \r<br/>Best Sound Awards atTangier International Film Festival (TIFF), Morocco \r<br/>Best Script Awards at Delhi International Film Festival, India', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQlcExCWz0g', 'asf.PNG', 'bahs1.png', 'bahs2.png', 'bahs5.png', 'A Search of Lost Power poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.sawtfes.com/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%81%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8\">Sawtfes - Mohamed Adel Alboanany (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“A Search For The Lost Power is not a usual film that can be added to the repertoire of the Moroccan cinema just for the sake of accumulation, but it’s a film that proves its distinction from the first scene through addressing a rich topic that is new to the Moroccan cinema and Arab cinema in general…” Mohamed Adel Alboanany - Sawtfes (Arabic)', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(199, 'Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician', 'Al Tahrir 2011: Al Tayib wa al Shariss wa al Siyassi', '479799710 , 1366247177 , 305894430', 'documentary', '2011', 'Documentary', 'Egypt', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>Amana Creative\r<br/>WDR\r<br/>Ingredients Productions\r<br/>SANAD', 'Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Frederic Sichler\r<br/>Abdelasiem El Difraoui', 'Months after Hosni Mubarak stepped down; Egyptians were determined to maintain the insurgency until their demands are met. Three talented young directors decided to tell the yet unfinished story of the revolution from their own unique cinematic point of view, focusing on the protestors, the police force, and former President Hosni Mubarak. In three chapters, the film playfully debunks misconceptions and stereotypes.', '', 'Screenwriter: Tamer Ezzat\r<br/>Ayten Amin\r<br/>Amr Salama\r<br/>DOP: Hussein Asser\r<br/>Ahmad Yaaqoob\r<br/>Salah Yaaqoob\r<br/>Mohamed Abd El Raouf\r<br/>Ahmad Gabr\r<br/>Editor: Ayman El Tonsi\r<br/>Doaa Fadel\r<br/>Wael Farg\r<br/>Eric Magriau', '90 min', 'Supported by SANAD Film Fund.\r<br/>Screened at more than nine international festivals and won four awards.', 'Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA\r<br/>Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Oslo Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>DocuDays: Beirut International Documentary Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands', 'Best Producer Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>UNESCO CICT-IFTC Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Film Award at the Oslo Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>Best Film Award at the DocuDays: Beirut International Documentary Festival, Lebanon', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2giMO-bPoE', 'Annotation 2020-02-05 182120.png', '1001.png', 'MV5BMTAwMjA0OTU2OTJeQTJeQWpwZ15BbWU3MDc2NjM4NTY@._V1_SX1500_CR0,0,1500,999_AL_.png', '1003.png', 'Tahrir 2011.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cairo360.com/article/film/tahrir-2011-the-good-the-bad-and-the-politician-excellent-documentary/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmin Shehab - Cairo 360</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://fpif.org/review_tahrir_2011/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nama Khalil - Foreign Policy in Focus</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.moviehabit.com/review.php?story=tah_ji11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marty Mapes - Movie Habit</span></a></span></p>', '“Tahrir 2011 is an insanely engaging documentary. No scratch that; it’s super interesting, period.” Yasmin Shehab - Cairo 360\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film is an engaging historical account of the initial stages of the Egyptian Uprising. By emphasizing the power of the people, the documentary draws viewers into the continued struggles of the Egyptian people as they fight for their freedom.” Nama Khalil - Foreign Policy In Focus\r<br/>\r<br/>“This documentary knows that it’s timely, that it is first, and so it focuses — correctly — on the everyday details, presenting a snapshot of what it was like to be there.” Marty Mapes - Movie Habit', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2044012/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(201, '5th Floor Room 52', 'Altabeq Alkhames Ghorfa 52', '1942143027', 'short films', '2015', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Lebanon', 'ME Films', '<p>Yahya Alabdallah</p>', 'The film follows Layla who is on a date with a construction worker in room 52, on the fifth floor. Silence prevails and a surprise is going beyond this mysterious rendezvous.', 'Yumna Marwan Yahya Alabdallah</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yahya Alabdallah DOP: Yahya Alabdallah Editor: Yahya Alabdallah', '25 min', 'The film is an attempt to revive the silent-film era.\r<br/>World premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE.', 'World premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Clermont - Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France', '', '', '', 'ffl1.png', 'ffl2.png', '5th fl.png', 'ffl.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'yes', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4963884/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(208, 'Transit Cities', 'Modon Transit', '1486036476', 'feature', '2010', 'Drama, Family', 'Jordan', 'The Royal Film Commission - Jordan', 'Mohannad Bakri\r<br/>George David\r<br/>Rula Nasser', 'After separating from her husband, Laila returns from the USA to her hometown Amman only to find that the Jordan she left long ago is now completely different and has a hard time adjusting to these changes.', 'Mohammad Al-Qabbani\r<br/>Saba Mubarak', 'Screenwriter: Ahmad Ameen\r<br/>Mohammad Hushki\r<br/>Rula Nasser\r<br/>DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy\r<br/>Editor: Mohammed Shehabi\r<br/>Eyad Hammam', '71 min', 'The entire film was shot over the course of seven and a half days only.\r<br/>The film’s lead stars, Saba Mubarak and Mohammad Al-Qabbani, donated their entire paycheck for the film.\r<br/>The film won two awards after its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).', 'Dialogue Of Cultures International Film Festival (DCIFF), USA\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Montreal World Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF ) in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (IFFMH), Germany\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE', 'FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Film and Muhr Arab Special Prize Award for Best Feature Film at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>President Award at the Dialogue Of Cultures International Film Festival (DCIFF), USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9YVAuZPS9c', 'sbsbtr.PNG', 'transitcities.png', 'transit-cities-2.png', 'transit-cities-3.png', 'Poster Transit Cities.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/transit-cities-1117945970/\">Alissa Simon - Variety</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/latest-reviews/transit-cities/5021995.article\">Mark Adams - Screen Daily </a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.villagevoice.com/2011/10/19/transit-cities/\">Benjamin Mercer - Village Voice</a></span></p>', '“The pan-Arab cast is solid, and the rest of the craft package thoroughly pro, with Nadim Sarraj’s evocative score played on traditional instrumentation particularly fine.” Alissa Simon - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohammed Al Hushki’s Transit Cities (Mudon Al Tranzit) is elegantly shot, subtly dramatic and distinctive through its lead performance by the impressive Saba Moubarak.” Mark Adams  - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754783/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(209, '76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami', '76 Daghighe va 15 Sanieh ba Abbas Kiarostami', '1887289739', 'documentary', '2016', 'Documentary, Biography', 'Iran', 'Tassvir Film Center', '<p>Seifollah Samadian</p>', 'The documentary traces the life of the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away in Paris in 2016 at the age of 76 and 15 days. \r<br/>Director Seifollah Samadian shares 76 minutes and 15 seconds of never-seen-before moments from his friend Abbas Kiarostami’s life and work. \r<br/>This is a portrait of an artist whose exceptional approach to art and life defined him as one of the most ardent admirers of life itself.', 'Abbas Kiarostami<br />Juliette Binoche<br />Masoud Kimiai<br />Jafar Panahi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Seifollah Samadian<br />DOP: Seifollah Samadian<br />Editor: Seifollah Samadian', '76 min', 'Selected at over 40 international film festivals \r<br/>The shots in this documentary were selected out of hundreds of hours of footage filmed over 25 years of friendship inside and outside of Iran on various occasions, including film festivals, photo exhibitions, photography sessions, artistic events, workshops, and some unique moments from day-to-day life', 'Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Asian Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Canada\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Antalya International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Doclisboa International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Short Pastua International Film Festival\r<br/>Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Tirana International Film Festival, Albania\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>International Film Festival of India, India\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Festival on Wheels, Ankara, Turkey\r<br/>Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia\r<br/>Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia\r<br/>Cinema Europe International Film Festival in Bologna, Italy\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Kino Saurus International Film Festival, Indonesia \r<br/>Human Rights Film Festival, Croatia\r<br/>Atlantidoc - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental del Uruguay, Uruguay\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala, India\r<br/>Sofia Middle East & North Africa Region Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Boston Festival of Films from Iran, US\r<br/>Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Festival of Iranian Films in Skopje, Macedonia \r<br/>Edinburgh Iranian Festival, UK\r<br/>Festival of Iranian Films in Chicago, US\r<br/>Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival, US\r<br/>Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece\r<br/>International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra, Spain\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>International Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, US\r<br/>Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>Munich Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Fajr Film Festival, Iran', 'Best Documentary Award at the Iranian Film Festival\r<br/>Special Mention at the Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSEOhIV3L4', '76.PNG', 'abs1.png', 'abs2.png', 'abs3.png', '67 AK Poster 31.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'yes', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/76-minutes-15-seconds-abbas-924799\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-abbas-kiarostami-mov-rev-0217-20170216-column.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Phillips - Chicago Tribune</span></a></span></p>', '“Joyfully moving and as modern in approach as Kiarostami himself.”\r<br/>Deborah Young — The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“Touching, light-fingered…” \r<br/>Michael Phillips — Chicago Tribune', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6135424/', 'arab', 'yes', 'no', 'foreign'),
(210, 'Just Another Accent: The Story of Stutter UAE', 'Just Another Accent: The Story of Stutter UAE', '328826409 , 450681814', 'short films', '2016', 'Documentary', 'UAE', '', 'Khadijah Kudsi\r<br/>Samia Ali', 'A young Emirati woman uses her speech impediment as the catalyst to help others in the United Arab Emirates. The documentary aims to raise awareness of stuttering and wipe off the stigma that has long been attached to it. The film also follows Farah Al Qaissieh’s journey in supporting the stutter community through her non-profit organization of Stutter UAE and the features other people who stutter and the issues they face in everyday life.', 'Farah Al Qaissieh\r<br/>Beshara Al Ameri\r<br/>Aliya Paula Sardar\r<br/>Hashem Al Qaissieh', 'DOP: Saad Aldin Al Kharouf\r<br/>Editor: Richard Anderson', '15 min', 'The documentary aims to raise awareness about stuttering and wipe off the stigma that has long been attached to it.\r<br/>The film was selected at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE', '', 'https://vimeo.com/208711130', 'JSTACC.PNG', 'Just Another Accent - Still (5).png', 'Just Another Accent - Still (3).png', 'Just Another Accent - Still (4).png', 'Poster Just Another Accent.JPG', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/05/11/Film-highlights-how-a-stutter-becomes-a-subject-of-ridicule.html\">Masa Kanaan - Al Arabiya</a></span></p>', '“This is a message that Al Qaissieh and the filmmakers hope to bring about through the power of documentaries. The purpose of providing an impactful film goes beyond reconfirming the initiative.” Masa Kanaan - Al Arabiya', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7901244/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(211, 'Melbourne', 'Melbourne', '919672368', 'feature', '2014', 'Drama', 'Iran', 'Qabe Aseman Film', 'Javad Norouzbeigi', 'Young couple Amir and Sara travel to Melbourne to pursue degrees in higher education. Only a few hours before their flight, they find themselves unintentionally involved in a tragic event.', 'Payman Maadi\r<br/>Negar Javaherian\r<br/>Mani Haghighi\r<br/>Shirin Yazdanbakhsh', 'Screenwriter: Nima Javidi\r<br/>DOP: Hooman Behmanesh\r<br/>Editor: Sepideh Abdolvahab', '93 min', 'The film screened at over 45 film festivals around the globe and won numerous awards.\r<br/>World premiered at the International Critics’ Week of the Venice International Film Festival.', 'Fajr International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan\r<br/>Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>International Film Festival of India (IFFI), India\r<br/>Hanoi International Film Festival, Vietnam\r<br/>Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF), Australia\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival (BISFF), India\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala, India\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF), India\r<br/>Minar Islamic Countries Film Festival\r<br/>Sofia International Film Festival (SIFF), Bulgaria\r<br/>Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>Audi Dublin International Film Festival (ADIFF), Ireland\r<br/>Vilnius International Film Festival (VIFF), Lithuania\r<br/>Uruguay International Film Festival, Uruguay\r<br/>International Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>MOOOV Filmfestival, Belgium\r<br/>Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), Romania\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival in Paris, France\r<br/>Shanghai International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), UK\r<br/>Silk Screen Film Festival, USA\r<br/>London Iranian Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Australia\r<br/>Eurasia International Film Festival, Kazakhstan\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival, Washington DC, USA\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic\r<br/>Boston Festival of Films from Iran, USA\r<br/>Houston Iranian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival of Iranian Films in Chicago, USA\r<br/>Ars Independent Festival, Poland\r<br/>Gijón International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Annonay International Film Festival, France\r<br/>National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France\r<br/>Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, France\r<br/>Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, USA\r<br/>Tirgan Festival, Canada\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), Tanzania\r<br/>Iranian Contemporary Art & Culture Festival Bologna, Italy \r<br/>National Film Archives of India (NFAI), India', 'Best Script and Honorary Mention for Photography at the Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Golden Pyramid for Best Film at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Film Audience Award at the Festival of Iranian Films in Chicago, USA\r<br/>Black Horse for Best Film and Audience Horseshoe Award at the Ars Independent Festival, Poland\r<br/>Jury Prize and Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations’ Award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, France\r<br/>Best Director, Best Script and Young Jury Awards at the Gijón International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Best Actress Award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Best Script Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_HnyoG_Gs', 'melb00.PNG', 'IMG_1793.JPG.jpg', 'Melbourne- 3.JPG.jpg', 'Melbourne- 1.JPG.jpg', 'melpo.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/film-review-melbourne-1201358221/\">Peter Debruge - Variety</a></span></p>', '“This remarkable debut from Iranian director Nima Javidi transcends cultural barriers with its compellingly universal and thoroughly engrossing premise.” Peter Debruge - Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3520564/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(212, 'Lebanon Wins the World Cup', 'Libnan Yarbah Ka\'s Al A\'alam', '973492829 , 535393817', 'short films', '2015', 'Documentary, History', 'Lebanon', 'Still See a Spark Films', 'Allen Seif\r<br/>Tony ElKhoury\r<br/>Anthony Lappé\r<br/>Bakhos Baalbaki', 'A documentary short film about war and football, told against the backdrop of the 1982 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. It tells the story of two former enemies, a bookish Communist and a battle-hardened Christian, who share a love for the Brazilian team despite fighting each other in one of the 20th Century’s most notorious conflicts, the Lebanese Civil War.', 'Firas Hallak\r<br/>Richard Mattar\r<br/>Georges Saade', 'Screenwriter: Tony ElKhoury\r<br/>Anthony Lappé\r<br/>Bakhos Baalbaki\r<br/>DOP: Richard Ballan\r<br/>Richard Mattar\r<br/>Editor: Tony ElKhoury\r<br/>Timothy Ziegler\r<br/>Original Music: OAK (Allen Seif)', '23 min', 'Screened at over 30 festivals around the world and won four awards. \r<br/>The film is available on Shahid platform.', 'Warsaw Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), USA\r<br/>Zamoxis Short Film Showcase, USA\r<br/>Offside Fest - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Futbol de Barcelona, Spain\r<br/>Moscow International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania\r<br/>HollyShorts Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>River Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Brazilian Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Sulmona International Film Festival (SIFF), Italy\r<br/>Human Rights Through Cinematography, Pakistan\r<br/>11mm International Football Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Canadian Sport Film Festival (CSFF), Canada\r<br/>Offside - Great Football Stories, Greece\r<br/>Fotbal Pro Rozvoj, Czech Republic\r<br/>International Festival of Ethnological Film, Serbia\r<br/>CINEfoot – Festival de Cinema de Futebol, Brazil\r<br/>Shoot - Copenhagen Football Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Offside Lisboa - Festival de Cinema e Bola, Portugal\r<br/>Shortcutz Lisboa, Portugal \r<br/>Festival de Cinema e Futbol, Portugal\r<br/>ZK/U Berlin - Center for Art and Urbanistics, Germany\r<br/>COPA90, Russia\r<br/>FIFA World Football Museum, Switzerland', 'Best Documentary Short at the Warsaw Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Best Documentary Short at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), USA\r<br/>Best Documentary at the Zamoxis Short Film Showcase, USA\r<br/>Best Documentary Short at the Offside Fest - Festival Internacional de Cinema Documental de Futbol de Barcelona, Spain', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifO6ktUGiIU', 'lbncup.PNG', 'LWTWC_Still 1_official.png', 'LWTWC_Still 4.png', 'LWTWC_Still 2.png', '4-LWTWC_poster_MAD_logo.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4794726/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(215, 'NOMAD\'S HOME', 'Beit Sha\'ar', '1263280103', 'documentary', '2010', 'Documentary', 'Egypt\r - Germany\r - Kuwait\r - UAE', 'Nomads Home Productions\r<br/>Linked Productions\r<br/>Tecom Invsetments FZ', '<p>Talal Al-Muhanna Iman Kamel</p>', 'A portrait of two Arab women, who come from entirely different social and cultural backgrounds within Egypt: Iman Kamel, an Egyptian filmmaker, and Selema Gabaly, a Bedouin social entrepreneur.', 'Selema Gabaly<br />Iman Kamel</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Klaus Freund, Iman Kamel<br />DOP: Ute Freund<br />Editor: Klaudia Begic', '61 min', 'Received a grant from the Dubai Media and Entertainment Organization in association with Dubai Film Market (Enjaaz), and is supported by MAMA Cash (Holland) Fansina Bedouin Crafts Studio, Embassies of France in Kuwait & UAE, Schelby DC', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cairo Independent Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival du Cinema et de la Television Panafricain, Burkina Faso\r<br/>San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain', 'Special Mention at the Dubai International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Director and Best Cinematography at the Cairo Independent Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3z8kJsCe0o', 'nmds.PNG', 'bet2.png', 'bet3.png', 'bet1.png', 'bet.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782397/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(216, 'Passengers', 'Passengers', '1397927972', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Australia', 'Swing Wing Productions', 'David Curzon', 'Frustrated by their lack of connection, Patrick resorts to desperate measures to spend more time with his six-year-old son, but in a moment of truth he must make a decision that will determine their future together.', 'Dan Wyllie\r<br/>Jude Hyland\r<br/>Mirrah Foulkes\r<br/>John Batchelor', 'Screenwriter: Simon Portus\r<br/>David Curzon\r<br/>DOP: Tim Alewood\r<br/>Editor: Simon Portus\r<br/>David Curzon', '14 min', 'Selected at over 25 film festivals around the world and won many awards.', 'Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Adelaide International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Screen It! Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Short to the Point Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>International Film and Television Festival for Young People (CineMagic), Ireland\r<br/>Florence Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Campeche Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Cúcuta, Colombia\r<br/>Festival Internacional Cine en la Isla, Colombia\r<br/>Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>La Picasa Film Festival, Argentina \r<br/>Chennai International Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>St Kilda Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Amarcort Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Texas International Short Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival Nacional De Cortometrajes Hacelo Corto, Argentina\r<br/>Muestra Internacional De Cine Independiente OftÁlmica, Mexico\r<br/>Festival De Cine De Villa María Del Triunfo Y Lima Sur, Peru\r<br/>Uncipar Jornadas Argentinas E Internacionales De Cine Y Vídeo Independiente, Argentina\r<br/>Incorto Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Canada Shorts - Canadian & International Short Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Aaretalerkurz lmtage, Switzerland\r<br/>Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Festival De Cine De Castilla-la Mancha Fecicam, Spain\r<br/>Festival Internacional De Cine Social, Argentina\r<br/>Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival, India', 'Best Screenplay at the Kolkata International Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>Award of Excellence at the Canada Shorts - Canadian & International Short Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Best Short Film Award at the Festival De Cine De Villa MarÍa Del Triunfo Y Lima Sur, Peru\r<br/>Best Drama Film Award at the Texas International Short Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrmPXGG1q3w', 'psngz.png', 'Dan Wyllie and Jude Hyland - Airport.jpg', 'Dan Wyllie - Blanket.jpg', 'Dan Wyllie - Garage.jpg', 'Passengers poster logo web.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5475748/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(217, 'Sarmad', 'Sarmad', '877769093', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'UAE', '', 'Abdullah Alhemairi\r<br/>Ali Bin Matar', 'Omran finds himself at a hospital with no idea how he got there. He finds a car in the parking lot under his name and with his new home address inside. Once he’s out of the hospital, he finds a film recorded especially for him which contains some surprises. Is this the answer to Omran’s mysterious episode and the clue to his identity?', 'Salamah Al Mazroie\r<br/>Priyanka Porwal\r<br/>Asem Hijazi\r<br/>Abdullah Alhemairi', 'Screenwriter: Abdullah Alhemairi\r<br/>DOP: Ali Bin Matar\r<br/>Music: Taha Al Ajmi', '28 min', 'The film made its world premiere at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) in the UAE and won the Best Emirati Short Film at the Al Ain Film Festival.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Festival, UAE', 'Best Emirati Short Film at the Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-VtbDjyQg0', 'sharmat.PNG', 'Sarmad - Still (4).png', 'Sarmad - Still (1).png', 'Sarmad - Still (2).png', 'Poster Sarmad.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(218, 'The Remaining Time', 'Al Zaman Al Baqi', '921847326', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama, Si-Fi', 'UAE', 'Madwriter', 'Mohammed Ahmed Al Hammadi\r<br/>Yunjie Han', 'After surviving the alien invasion, Sarah, waits for her husband alone, until one night she is visited by a stranger. They both share the night and try to survive, and their only hope of survival is to leave the city before the government clears the area with the nuclear attack. Eventually, we discover the truth of the stranger and the outside world.', 'Rashed Hasan\r<br/>Manahel Alawadi\r<br/>Suhaib Abdullah\r<br/>Dania Al Moussa', 'Screenwriter: Mohammed Ahmed Al Hammadi\r<br/>DOP: Saad Aldin Alkharouf\r<br/>Editor: Mehdi Ouhammou', '16 min', 'The film world premiered at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) in the UAE.\r<br/>The Remaining Time is a story about two human beings fighting for their ethics, beliefs, and survival against Internal and external obstacles. The film raises the questions of who is the real alien.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE\r<br/>Emirates Short Film Festival, UAE', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2SNg1mFxI', 'tmx.PNG', 'rt.png', 'rt 3.png', 'rt 2.png', 'Poster The Remaining Time.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7479912/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(219, 'Asham', 'Asham', '1635326696', 'feature', '2012', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Film Clinic', 'Mohamed Hefzy', 'Six intertwined stories about aspiration, disappointment, and hope set against the backdrop of a restless Cairo, itself on the brink of change. At significant points of their lives, some characters converge onto a street peddler, while other characters experience a series of events, which inevitably lead their pathways to intersect.', 'Ali Kassem\r<br/>Amina Khalil\r<br/>Mohamed Khan\r<br/>Mahmoud El-Louzy', 'Screenwriter: Maggie Morgan\r<br/>DOP: Raouf Abdel Aziz\r<br/>Editor: Ahmad Abdalla', '87 min', 'The film won three awards at international film festivals.', 'Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>International Women Film Festival of Sale, Morocco\r<br/>Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'Best Director and Best Editing awards at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>A Special Mention at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urDrEYFngnI', 'asham.PNG', '48.png', '34.png', '29.png', 'Asham Poster Now Showing.png', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.masrawy.com/news/news_various/details/2013/11/5/133238/-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rana Al Jamaiy - Masrawy (Arabic)</span></a></p>', '“…You don’t feel that it’s talking about people who are different than you or who come from a different background, but they come from places that are familiar to you.” Rana Al Jamaiy - Masrawy (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2783416/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(221, 'Hepta: The  Last Lecture', 'Hepta: Al Mohadra Al Akheera', '1745324613', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Romance', 'Egypt', 'The Producers, Film Clinic, iProductions', '<p>Hani Osama Hadi Elbagoury Mohamed Hefzy Amgad Sabry</p>', 'Through four paralleled stories, the film tracks the seven stages of love namely; the beginning, the encounter, the relationship bond, the wakefulness, the truth, which is followed by the Decision, and then the ending, or the \"Hepta\" stage.', 'Amr Youssef Maged ElKedwany Ahmed Malek Ahmed Dawood</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Wael Hamdy DOP: Gamal El Boushy Leo Carbotta Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '120 min', 'The film won more than 20 awards at national and international film festivals.\r<br/>The film topped the Egyptian box office with revenues that surpassed EGP 26 million, becoming the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema.\r<br/>The film is based on Mohamed Sadek\'s best-selling book that topped the charts in Egypt and the Arab world for several weeks.\r<br/>Indian production company Bayview Projects LLP acquired the remake rights to Hepta: The Last Lecture.', 'Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM), Algeria\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival - Filmfest DC, USA\r<br/>Dear Guest Magazine (DG Awards), Egypt\r<br/>Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'DG Best Film, DG Best Director, and two DG Special Awards at the Dear Guest Magazine (DG Awards), Egypt\r<br/>Audience Award at the Arabian Sights Film Festival - Filmfest DC, USA\r<br/>Special Award under the name of late director Mohamed Khan at the Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt\r<br/>Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Hair Styling, and Best Song at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt\r<br/>Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Artistic Creativity Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Second Production Award, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Secondary Role, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9aW3y2IQM', 'hptattr.PNG', 'Hepta - Still1.png', 'Hepta - Still4.png', 'Hepta - Still2.png', 'Hepta Poster High Res.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'yes', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://wwww.dailynewssegypt.com/2016/06/02/hepta-return-romance-egyptian-cinema/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed El Goarany - Daily News Egypt</span></a></span></p>', '“Director Hady El Bagoury, who previously worked on Wahed Sahih and Warda, delivers beyond the usual expectations with Hepta. His creativity and attention to detail are obvious throughout the entire movie.” Ahmed El Goarany - Daily News Egypt', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5240732/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(222, 'A Day for Women', ' Youm lel Settat', '489795545', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Shahin Film', 'Elham Shahin', 'The film takes place in a shabby neighborhood in Egypt where a youth center decides to allocate one day on the swimming pool for women only. The film follows the consequences of this decision on the social, psychological and emotional life of the women living in the neighborhood.', 'Nelly Karim\r<br/>Nahed El Sebai\r<br/>Hala Sedqi\r<br/>Ragaa Hussein', 'Screenwriter: Hanaa Atiyah\r<br/>DOP: Nancy Abdel Fattah\r<br/>Editor: Attia Amin', '111 min', 'Screened at 20 film festivals and won twelve awards.\r<br/>The film brings together a cast and crew of outstanding women, as it is produced by Elham Shahin through her company Shahin Film, who also stars in the film, directed by Kamla Abouzekri, written by Hanaa Atiyah, DOP Nancy Abdel Fattah, and Costume Designer Inas Shahin. The film stars Nelly Karim, Nahed El Sebai, Hala Sedqi, Ragaa Hussein, and Shaimaa Seif.', 'BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Festival International du Film de Dakhla, Morocco\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Market & Festival – CTIFMF, South Africa\r<br/>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Beirut Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Arabian Sights Film Festival in Washington, USA\r<br/>Rencontres cinématographiques de Dakar (RECIDAK), Sénégal\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique, Canada\r<br/>African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF), France\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK), Morocco\r<br/>Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival del Cinema Africano di Verona, Italy\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Actress Award at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Actress Award at the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Grand Prize at the Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK), Morocco\r<br/>Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Décor, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Giuria Spazio Scuole Award for Best Feature Film at the Festival del Cinema Africano di Verona, Italy\r<br/>Audience Award at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Best Screenplay Award at the Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Best Music and Third Production Award at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LWqjOa3VvQ', 'Annotation 2020-02-20 172123.png', 'A Day for Women - Still1.JPG.png', 'A Day for Women - Still4.png', 'A Day for Women - Still11.png', 'day women.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6118732/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(224, 'Breath', 'Nafas', '686669539', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama, Family, Fantasy', 'Iran', 'Farabi Cinema Foundation\r<br/>Noor Taban Film Company', 'Mohammad-Hossein Ghasemi', 'The daily life of a daydreaming little girl, Bahar, and her persistent efforts to discover the world so she can experience life with all its sweetness and bitterness in her own way. The events of the film are marginal in Bahar’s imaginative world, but the war with its absolute certainty, imposes its reality on the unruly imagination of the little girl.', 'Sareh Noor Moosavi\r<br/>Pantea Panahi Ha\r<br/>Mehran Ahmadi,\r<br/>Jamshid Hashempour', 'Screenwriter: Narges Abyar\r<br/>DOP: Saed Nikzat\r<br/>Editor: Sajad Pahlevanzadeh', '112 min', 'The film won nine awards and screened at more than 30 international film festivals.', 'Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Pune International Film Festival (PIFF),India\r<br/>Sofia MENAR  International Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Edinburgh Iranian Festival, UK\r<br/>Festival of Iranian Films in Chicago, USA\r<br/>Wisconsin Iranian Film Festival (WIFF), USA\r<br/>UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, USA\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival Cologne, Germany\r<br/>Cinéma du Parc, Montreal, Canada\r<br/>Celebration of Iranian Cinema at the University of California Irvine, USA\r<br/>Canada Kids Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA), Australia\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans, Switzerland\r<br/>International Film Festival of India (IFFI), India\r<br/>Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFFCY), India\r<br/>Boston Festival of Films from Iran, USA\r<br/>Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF), USA\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival at Freer Gallery, USA\r<br/>Aurangabad International Film Festival, India \r<br/>RIFF - Rajasthan International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), USA\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Fajr International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), Canada\r<br/>Iranian Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Persian Film Festival, Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Minsk International Film Festival – Listapad, Belarus', 'Best Picture in National Vision Category, Best Supporting Actress and Best Leading Actress at the Fajr International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (VIWFF), Canada\r<br/>Best Audience Award at the Iranian Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>Special Mention at the Persian Film Festival, Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Best Director Award and Best Child Actress at the Minsk International Film Festival – Listapad, Belarus', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjQRpm0Tpc', 'breath.PNG', 'nfs2.png', 'nfs1.png', 'nfs 3.png', 'nfs.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/breath-tallinn-review/5111536.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>', '“Handsomely shot, with a lightness of touch, this is a watchable and affecting picture.” Wendy Ide - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6272704/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(227, 'Beyond the Raging Sea', '', '1060194634', 'documentary', '2019', 'Documentary, Action, Adventure', 'Egypt, US', 'DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, UNDP', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marco Orsini, Omar Nour, Omar Samra, John Giwa-Amu, Ragnhild Ek</span></p>', 'Beyond the Raging Sea follows the harrowing tale of two Egyptian adventurers — Omar Samra and Omar Nour — as they take on the world’s toughest row; an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua. \r<br/>The extreme journey is part of an annual ocean-rowing race called the ‘Atlantic Challenge.’', 'Omar Samra Omar Nour</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Marco Orsini, Frederick L. Greene<br />DOP: Ahmed Gabr<br />Editor: Vincent Cattaneo, Dionisis Xenos', '70 min', 'The film was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the Marché du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Sponsored by DHL in collaboration with the UNHCR and UNDP\r<br/>Participated in the European Film Market at the Berlin International Film Festival\r<br/>Had a full house premiere at El Gouna Film Festival and a packed screening at the Cairo International Film Festival\r<br/>Had a special screening to commemorate World Refugee Day in Cairo in 2021; simultaneously, the film screened online as part of the events of Hong Kong’s 14th Charity Refugee Film Festival', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Monaco Streaming Film Festival, Monaco\r<br/>Charity Refugee Film Festival, Hong Kong', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7mxlw1n6U', 'Capture.png', 'bey1.jpg', 'bey2.jpg', 'bey3.jpg', 'Poster Beyond the Raging Sea.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-cannes-beyond-the-raging/cannes-sea-disaster-gives-adventurers-a-taste-of-migrants-horror-idUSKCN1IH22U\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Rantala - Reuters</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beyond-raging-sea-review-1242946\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://blogs.sydneysbuzz.com/el-gouna-ff-2019-beyond-the-raging-sea-by-marco-orsini-reviewed-64bff2b19957\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Levine - SydneysBuzz</span></a></span></p>', '“An edge-of-your-seat ordeal at sea that spookily mirrors the refugee crisis.” \r<br/>Deborah Young — The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“A glimpse of the horrors faced by people who take to the sea out of desperation rather than a thirst for adventure.” \r<br/>Hanna Rantala – Reuters\r<br/>\r<br/>“This documentary not only grips the audience in fear and excitement, but it transmits an energy to the audience in a way I have not witnessed before.” \r<br/>Sydney Levine — SydneysBuzz', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8352016/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(228, 'The Golden Harvest', '', '1780394447', 'documentary', '2019', 'Documentary', 'Jordan\r - UAE\r - Palestine\r - Spain\r - Greece\r - Italy', 'ZigZag Lawn Productions', '<p>Alia Yunis Jaime Estrada-Torres</p>', 'A 6,000-year-old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound and often troubled relationship between olive oil and the people of the Mediterranean. \r<br/>It is a complicated romance — sometimes funny, sometimes tragic — that is constantly evolving in a region that includes some of the poorest and most conflicted areas of Europe and the Middle East.', 'Juanjo Ruiz<br />Georgia Kofinas<br />Father Stavros Kofinas<br />Diana Farr Louis<br />Caroline Hall</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Alia Yunis<br />DOP: Fuad Hindieh<br />Editor: Jaime Estrada-Torres', '85 min', 'Awarded Best of Fest at two prestigious film festivals\r<br/>Was screened at World Expo, Manarat Al-Saadiyat, the University of Toronto, William & Mary College, Jordan’s Royal Film Commission, Netherlands-Flemish Institute, Art for All, Mall of the Emirates, University of Cologne, and Beacon Academy \r<br/>Received the SANAD Fund from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2014\r<br/>The small-budget documentary was shot in Spain, Greece, Italy, and Palestine with an international crew. \r<br/>Many people volunteered their time and talent, including renowned Lebanese, Iraqi, Greek, and Italian musicians', 'Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, US\r<br/>DOCUTAH International Documentary Film Festival, US\r<br/>Virginia Film Festival, US\r<br/>BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Turkey\r<br/>Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF), US\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada\r<br/>Food Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>IDYLLWILD International Festival of Cinema, US\r<br/>Cinema & Cibo Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>Toronto Food Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Sao Paolo Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Calgary Arabian Film Nights, Alberta\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Black Hills Film Festival, US\r<br/>Finger Lakes International Film Festival, US', 'Best of Fest at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival\r<br/>SunBird Documentary Award at Palestine Cinema Days\r<br/>Best of Fest at Finger Lakes International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7QNdGyGIcs', 'olives.png', 'GoldenHarvest Still 3.png', 'GoldenHarvest Still 2.png', 'GoldenHarvest Still 1.png', 'POSTER-GOLDEN HARVEST 02-24-19 final-01.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-golden-harvest-2019-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson - Eye for film</span></a></span></p>', '“The documentarian has a light touch, blending serious topics, such as the way that young people no longer want to go into the traditional industries of their parents, or the push and pull between regular and organic farming, with lighter weight recipes and observations. The score from Iraqi composer Oscama Abdulrasol, meanwhile, adds atmosphere and a sense of geographical place without being cliched or overbearing.”\r<br/>Amber Wilkinson — Eye for film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9506746/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(229, 'Heads or Tails', 'Pile ou Face', '2137055875', 'feature', '2018', 'Adventure, Thriller', 'Morocco', 'Tokos 4', 'Abdelkader Bouzid', 'Heads or Tails is a painting of a love doomed to failure, which traces the journey of three lives. It emphasizes the evil power of traditions in a world where values are blurred.', 'Mohamed Khouyi\r<br/>Touria Alaoui\r<br/>Khouloud Betioui\r<br/>Abdelkader Bouzid', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed El Hor\r<br/>DOP: Ziad Bouyahyaoui\r<br/>Editor: Ghizlane Assif', '90 min', 'The film discusses the taboo topic of marital infidelity.\r<br/>The film won multiple awards in Morocco, USA and Canada.', 'Festival National du Film Tanger, Morocco \r<br/>Festival Ciné Plage Harhoura, Morocco\r<br/>Rencontre Nationale du Cinéma de la Marge de Guercif, Morocco\r<br/>Open Days of Cinema and Woman in Kenitra, Morocco\r<br/>Festival Cinéma des Peuples à Imouzzer, Morocco\r<br/>Festival international du film de Fès (FIFF), Morocco\r<br/>Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF), USA\r<br/>Les Journées du Cinéma Marocain à Montréal, Canada', 'Best Narrative Feature at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF), USA\r<br/>Best Actor and Best Director at the Les Journées du Cinéma Marocain à Montréal, Canada', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqS0X3Bd2FE', 'ploufac.PNG', 'pil2.png', 'pil5.png', 'pil4.png', 'pile ou.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://elaph.com/Web/News/2018/2/1188729.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shoeib Al Rashedy - Elaph (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://marocwood.com/ضفاف/1429/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelaziz Bena\'bo</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Marocwood (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '\"The film delves into societal issues to discuss marital infidelity and the resulting social tragedies that destroy family ties and the most sacred relationship between men and women.\" Shoeib Al Rashedy - Elaph (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It is the kind of film that does not only aim to gain viewers, but also to shed light on societal issues.\" Abdelaziz Bena\'bo - Marocwood (Arabic)', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(232, 'Amid Summer & Winter', 'بين صيف وشتا', '1701737711', 'short films', '2018', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '', 'Shady Fouad', 'Salwa, in Cairo to finish some paperwork, decides to visit her younger brother Hassan. After their late parents’ divorce, they were brought up apart, she by her mother. She spends a day with Hassan in the old family home where he still lives. Despite their initial coldness, they finally discover one another.', 'Simone\r<br/>Hamza El Eily', 'Screenwriter: Shady Fouad	\r<br/>DOP: Youssef Samaha\r<br/>Editor: Beshoy Samy', '20 min', 'The only Egyptian film selected in the Short Film Completion at the 2018 Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia.', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFB0wallk9g', 'bss.PNG', 'amd1.png', 'amd2.png', 'amd3.png', 'film poster web.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11297056/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(233, 'Happy Ending', 'Nehaya Sae’da', '2104417748', 'short films', '2018', 'Black Comedy', 'Lebanon', '', 'Ashraf Mtaweh', 'Scrolling blankly through his phone, Chadi notices something written on one of his Whatsapp groups: “You are the only one left in the group”.\r<br/>He realizes that the group of his old university friends is now dissolved and he is the only one left. The idea starts to affect his mood and slowly builds up into an inner monologue, reflecting his loneliness, frustration and lack of human connection.', 'Chadi Khoury\r<br/>Naimeh Diab Abi Saad', 'Screenwriter: Ramzi Khoury\r<br/>DOP: Dany Chedid\r<br/>Editor: Ashraf Mtaweh', '14 min', 'The film screened at over 10 film festivals around the world and won four awards.', 'ARFF Around International Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain\r<br/>Moscow Shorts – International Short Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), USA\r<br/>FUSION – West Europe International film festival – Brussels, Belgium Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Romania\r<br/>Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Arab Film Festival (AFF) – San Francisco, USA\r<br/>FILM-ED International Short Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Cabriolet Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>LIFF – Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon', 'Best Screenplay at the Moscow Shorts – International Short Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Best Screenplay at the FILM-ED International Short Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Best Screenplay at the Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Best Student Film at ARFF International Film Festival', '', '', 'hpe2.png', 'hpe4.png', 'hpe5.png', 'HE-Movie Poster-Second Option-Final-01.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(234, 'Fatum', '', '928628280', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Zenith Production\r<br/>SVP', 'Mohamed Ali Nahdi\r<br/>Omar Ben Ali', 'Nejib, a young man in his thirties, is a painter. He lives in the family home in a district of the city of Tunis with his wife and only son. Engulfed by work and solely focusing on his paintings, Nejib spends his nights painting in his studio. As he returns home after a few days of absence, he finds an unexpected surprise.', 'Dali Nahdi\r<br/>Moncef Agegmi\r<br/>Zohra Chtioui\r<br/>Seif Mannai', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Ali Nahdi\r<br/>DOP: Hatem Nechi\r<br/>Editor: Salim Dhahbi', '25 min', 'Fatum screened at several regional and international film festivals.\r<br/>The film received wide critical acclaim after its screening at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).\r<br/>It’s available on the OSN platform.', 'Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>KRAMA-TUNISIA International Human Rights Film Festival, Tunisia', 'Young Audience Award at the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film (CINEMED), France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ko-8KG5QQM', 'ftum.PNG', 'fatum 3.png', 'fatum 2.png', 'fatum 6.png', 'affiche fattoum3.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11155680/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(235, 'Mosul 980', '', '1458473920', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama, War', 'Iraq\r - USA', 'Enki Film Academy\r<br/>Ishtar Iraq Film Production\r<br/>Art City Of Film and TV Production', 'Ali Mohammed Saeed\r<br/>Huda Al-Kadhimi\r<br/>Hikmat Al-Beedhan', 'A 17-year-old kidnapped Yazidi girl disguised in ISIS uniform tries to escape form ISIS. She finds no way to break free, but a military vehicle set on explosives.', 'Redhab Ahmad\r<br/>Mohanad Hayal', 'Screenwriter: Mustafa Sattar Jabbar\r<br/>Ali Mohammed Saeed\r<br/>DOP: Maytham Al-Daradji\r<br/>Editor: Ali Al Kaabi', '10 min', 'The film aims to shed light on the plight of the Yazidi women and try to help them overcome their ordeal and encourage the world to contribute to the search for hundreds of girls who are still kidnapped in unknown places.\r<br/>It was nominated for the Academy Awards of 2020', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>New York City International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Around International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Stockholm Junior Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arizona International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>NYC Independent Film Festival, USA\r<br/>International Filmmaker Festival of New York, USA\r<br/>Annual USA Film Festival in Texas, USA\r<br/>International Veterans Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Universe Multicultural Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Latitude Film Awards, UK\r<br/>Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Australia Independent Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>PyeongChang International Peace Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>HollyShorts Academy Awards-qualifying Film Festival, USA', 'London Independent Film Award and Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Drama Film at the Universe Multicultural Film Festival in California, USA\r<br/>Gold Award at the Latitude Film Awards, UK\r<br/>Best Australia International Film Festival Award at the Australia Independent Film Festival, Australia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzEUNSc_0E', 'mosul.PNG', 'mosul 1.png', 'mosul 2.png', 'mosul 3.png', 'mosul.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #808080; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/02/short-film-review-mosul-980-2018-by-ali-mohammed-saeed/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Knoth - Asian Movie Pulse</span></a></span></p>', '\"Mosul 980 is a movie against oblivion. By clearly stating the facts and figures at the end, we get to know the context of the plot.\" Alexander Knoth - Asian Movie Pulse', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9777854/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(236, 'Give Up the Ghost', 'Salam', '361041220', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Sweden\r - Germany', 'Tabi360', 'Alaa Al Asad\r<br/>Boris Despodov\r<br/>Ossama Bawardi\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir', 'Salam’s dream of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as Salam realizes she must make a choice.', 'Maria Zreik\r<br/>Ziad Bakri\r<br/>Nibal Al Awadi\r<br/>Amin Safi', 'Screenwriter: Zain Duraie\r<br/>DOP: Benoit Chamaillard\r<br/>Editor: Abdallah Sada', '15 min', 'The film discusses the stifling traditions of marriage and procreation and how women can have a say in their futures.\r<br/>Winner of El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.', 'Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Festival International du Cinema D\'Auteur de Rabat (FICAR), Morocco\r<br/>Malmo Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Festival Cinéma de la Paix, Tunis\r<br/>Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA\r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine', 'El Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Special Mention at the Malmo Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden\r<br/>Jury Award-Best Actress for Maria Zreik at the Indian World Film Festival, India\r<br/>Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeGoQFod1p8', 'Annotation 2020-03-10 134438.png', 'STILL 4.png', '1ST.png', '2ND.png', 'Poster Give up the Ghost.jpeg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080;\" href=\"http://ubiquarian.net/2019/09/review-give-up-the-ghost-2019-by-zain-duraie/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina D. Richter - Ubiquarian</span></a></span></p>', '\"Duraie chooses pathos over misery in a quite linear narrative, based on few dialogues and strong visuals by Benoit Chamaillard who puts Salam in focus through the semi-profile close-ups that keep her emotional suit half-protected.\" Marina D. Richter - Ubiquarian', 'ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt10713836/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(237, 'Nina Wu', 'Zhuo Ren Mi Mi', '1193445574', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama, Thriller', 'Taiwan\r - Malaysia\r - Myanmar', 'Seashore Image Productions\r<br/>Harvest 9 Road Entertainment', 'LIN Sheng-wen\r<br/>Molly FANG\r<br/>Claudia TSENG\r<br/>Andi LIM', 'After eight years toiling in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. On the brink of triumph, though, Nina’s psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes back to her family home to deal with two crises: her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her mother has suffered a heart attack.', 'WU Ke-xi\r<br/>SUNG Yu-hua\r<br/>HSIA Yu-chiao\r<br/>SHIH Ming-shuai', 'Screenwriter: WU Ke-xi\r<br/>Midi Z\r<br/>DOP: Florian J. E. ZINKE (BVK)\r<br/>Editor: Matthieu Laclau\r<br/>TSAI Yann-shan', '103 min', 'The film screened in the Directors\' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>Touring prestigious festivals worldwide, the film won five awards.\r<br/>The film helps expose elements of the #MeToo movement by featuring the journey of an aspiring actress and the pressures and harrowing challenges she faces in order to reach her goal.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Malaysia Golden Global Awards, Malaysia\r<br/>Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain\r<br/>TOKYO FILMeX, Japan\r<br/>Transatlantyk Festival – Łódź, Poland\r<br/>Taiwan Film Festival in Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore\r<br/>Pingyao International Film Festival (PYIFF), China\r<br/>Film Festival Cologne, Germany\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>IndieBo - Festival de Cine Independiente de Bogotá, Colombia\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Switzerland\r<br/>Across Asia Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF), India\r<br/>Five Flavours Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Cineuropa Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>London East Asia Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest, Romania\r<br/>Philadelphia Film Festival, USA\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>QCinema International Film Festival, Philippines\r<br/>Filmekimi, Turkey\r<br/>Asiatica - Encounters with Asian Cinema, Italy\r<br/>Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF), Norway\r<br/>Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland\r<br/>Pacific Meridian - Vladivostok International Film Festival (VIFF), Russia\r<br/>Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Bratislava International Film Festival – Febiofest, Slovakia\r<br/>Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest, Czech Republic\r<br/>Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb, Croatia\r<br/>London Lesbian Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>AL ESTE Film Festival, Perú\r<br/>Faro Island Film Festival, Faro Island \r<br/>Malaysia Golden Global Awards, Malaysia \r<br/>Transatlantyk Festival: Lodz, Poland', 'Best Sound Effects at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>Audience Choice Award at the Malaysia Golden Global Awards, Malaysia\r<br/>New Visions Award - Special Mention at the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain\r<br/>Grand Prize at the TOKYO FILMeX, Japan\r<br/>Best Screenplay at the To Ten Chinese Film Festival, China', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VUQq18G5nA', 'nwuw.PNG', 'nwu1.png', 'nwu 2.png', 'nwu 3.png', 'nina wu poster m.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/nina-wu-cannes-review/5139629.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/nina-wu-review-1203221493/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang - Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/nina-wu-review-1213174\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Todd McCarthy - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineccentric.com/2019/05/31/nina-wu/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Mcdonald - Cineccentric</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3011060/cannes-2019-nina-wu-film-review-midi-zs-psychological\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080; text-decoration: underline;\">Clarence Tsui - South China Morning Post</span></span></a></p>', '\"Wu has drawn upon her own experiences as a young and vulnerable actress within the film and television industries for a story which gives a powerful account of the post-traumatic stress suffered by the victims of powerful and unscrupulous industry insiders.\" Wendy Ide - ScreenDaily\r<br/>\"Wu Kexi turns in a rivetingly brittle, vulnerable performance, navigating her own co-written script with absolute conviction, while Midi Z, formerly best known for works of social realism, luxuriates in ornamenting this psychodrama with hyperstylized noir flourishes.\" Jessica Kiang - Variety\r<br/>\"There can be little doubt that Wu herself was the driving force behind telling this story, which has the air of an exposé; everything about it speaks of wrenching personal experience.\" Todd McCarthy - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\"Taiwanese director Midi Z presents a thoroughly harrowing reminder of the devastation of unchecked power in his new film Nina Wu.\" Ben Mcdonald - Cineccentric\r<br/>\"Florian Zinke’s slow-moving camerawork and Lim Giong’s haunting soundtrack help build the suspense that makes seeing Nina Wu a gripping experience.\" Clarence Tsui - South China Morning Post', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9404442/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(238, 'The Orphanage', 'Parwareshgah', '1641449052', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama, Musical', 'Denmark\r - Germany\r - France\r - Luxembourg\r - Afghanistan\r - Qatar', 'Adomeit Film ApS\r<br/>La Fabrica Nocturna\r<br/>Samsa Film\r<br/>Wolf Pictures', 'Katja Adomeit\r<br/>Marina Perales Marhuenda\r<br/>Xavier Rocher\r<br/>Jani Thiltges\r<br/>Shahrbanoo Sadat', 'In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day, the Police bring him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.', 'Qodratollah Qadiri\r<br/>Sediqa Rasuli\r<br/>Masihullah Feraji\r<br/>Hasibullah Rasooli', 'Screenwriter: Shahrbanoo Sadat (ٍScreenplay inspired by Anwar Hashimi\'s unpublished diary)\r<br/>DOP: Virginie Surdej\r<br/>Editor: Alexandra Strauss\r<br/>', '90 min', 'The film deals with how teens and young adults cope with the turbulent situations around them and how they find escape through fantasies and daydreaming.\r<br/>It got selected in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>It screened at over 70 international film festivals.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>Sakhalin International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF), Ukraine\r<br/>FILMFEST MÜNCHEN - Munich International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>INDIEBO-Festival De Cine Independiente de Bogotá, Colombia\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Australia\r<br/>Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina\r<br/>Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund, Norway\r<br/>INDIE FESTIVAL, Brazil\r<br/>Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF), Canada \r<br/>AIFF - Athens International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Film Festival Cologne, Germany\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Filmekimi, Turkey\r<br/>SCHLINGEL International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Waterloo Historical Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Riga International Film Festival - Riga IFF, Latvia\r<br/>São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>TOFIFEST International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Virginia Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (HKAFF), Hong Kong\r<br/>Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany\r<br/>South Asian Film Festival of Montréal (SAFFMontréal), Canada\r<br/>European Union Film Festival (EUFF), China\r<br/>Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), USA\r<br/>HIFF - Hawai\'i International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>CINEDAYS, Macedonia\r<br/>St. Louis International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>3rd i\'s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, USA\r<br/>AFI FEST, USA\r<br/>Cork International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>CINECITY – The Brighton Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Brasília International Film Festival - BIFF, Brazil\r<br/>Arava International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Exground Filmfest, Germany\r<br/>Around the World in 14 Films, Germany\r<br/>AFI European Union Film Showcase, USA\r<br/>Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF), USA\r<br/>Persian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Pune International Film Festival, India\r<br/>International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR, Netherlands\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>IFEMA – International Female Film Festival Malmö, Sweden\r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Stockholm Feminist Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF), USA\r<br/>BUFF International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Miami Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Portland International Film Festival (PIFF), USA \r<br/>Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy\r<br/>Chicago European Union Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Masculinities - Barbican, UK\r<br/>New Directors/New Films, USA\r<br/>Yakutsk International Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF), USA\r<br/>Festival Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke (FCMS), Canada\r<br/>Uruguay International Film Festival, Uruguay\r<br/>Festival Cine Por Mujeres, Spain \r<br/>IFFG Internationaal Film Festival Gorinchem, Netherlands\r<br/>Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb, Croatia\r<br/>Crossing Europe Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Newport Beach Film Festival, USA\r<br/>International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA), Canada\r<br/>Lighthouse International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', 'Best Film at the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALqHcOc9lhI', 'Capture.PNG', 'orphanage 1.png', 'the_oprhanage 2.png', 'ORPHANAGE 3.png', 'The Orphanage poster222.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/the-orphanage-review-1203222657/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissburg - Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/13/the-orphanage-review-shahrbanoo-sadat\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian</span></a></span></p>', '\"What sets “The Orphanage” apart are the moments when Qodrat’s imagination makes Bollywood-esque musical numbers out of his fantasies.\" Jay Weissburg - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“There is such energy and vigour and openness in this movie” Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5678218/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(239, 'A One Month Old Devil', 'Shaytan Omro Shahr', '326483910', 'short films', '2019', 'Documentary, Sports', 'Lebanon', '', '<p>Ghassan ElKhouja Abdelkarim El Khouja</p>', '\"Football is like life,\" says Johan Cruyff, the late Dutch player and coach. \"You are required to see, think, contemplate, and move....”\r<br/>Fawzi Yammine, former international player in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers is a writer, university lecturer, and a researcher in football philosophy. The film revolves around his history, memory, and interaction with the hectic atmosphere of the World Cup and football fanaticism.', 'Fawzi Yammine</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ghassan ElKhouja DOP: Wissam Tayyem Editor: Wissam Tayyem', '13 min', 'The film deals with the phenomenon of football fanaticism and its history throughout the life of Fawzi Yammine\r<br/>Had a special screening at the Pierre Farshakh Hall of the Municipal Theater of Lebanon’s Zgharta', 'Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean countries, Egypt (world premiere) \r<br/>Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vpcGRv0dc', 'onemod.PNG', 'ov11.jpg', 'ov22.jpg', 'ov33.jpg', 'A one month old devil 1.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27706104/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(240, 'Song Without a Name', 'Canción Sin Nombre', '1592182770', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Peru\r - Spain\r - USA', 'La Vida Misma Films\r<br/>MGC\r<br/>La Mula Producciones\r<br/>Bord Cadre Films', 'Inti Briones\r<br/>Melina León\r<br/>Michael J. White', 'Based on a true story, the film takes place in Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.', 'Pamela Mendoza\r<br/>Tommy Párraga\r<br/>Lucio Rojas\r<br/>Maykol Hernández', 'Screenwriter: Melina León\r<br/>Michael J. White\r<br/>DOP: Inti Briones\r<br/>Editor: Melina León\r<br/>Manuel Bauer\r<br/>Antolín Prieto', '97 min', 'The film landed its world premiere at the Directors\' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>It’s Peru’s International Feature Film entry for the 93rd Academy Awards.\r<br/>Due to its international critical acclaim and commercial success,  the film is considered one of the most successful Peruvian films of all time.\r<br/>It won over thirty awards, including the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture of Peru.\r<br/>It was released in Egypt and screened for three consecutive weeks.\r<br/>It received a fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and won the support program for co-production by Ibermedia.', 'Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Denver International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Huelva Latin American Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Lima Latin American Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>Montréal Festival of New Cinema, Canada\r<br/>FILMFEST MÜNCHEN - Munich International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Viña del Mar International Film Festival FICVIÑA, Chile\r<br/>Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC), Chile\r<br/>Pingyao International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Mumbai Film Festival, India\r<br/>Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>Jerusalem Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Glasgow Film Festival, UK\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand\r<br/>Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Australia\r<br/>Cine Ceará - Festival Ibero-americano de Cinema, Brazil\r<br/>Boston Latino International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Latin American Film Festival “LA PELÍCULA”, Romania\r<br/>Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada\r<br/>!f Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>New York Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine Fine Arts (FICFA), Dominican Republic\r<br/>Milano Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>FICUNAM – Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM, Mexico\r<br/>Biarritz Festival Latin America, France\r<br/>Chennai International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Festival do Rio, Brazil\r<br/>Festival de Cine de La Habana, Cuba\r<br/>Filmfest Hamburg, Germany\r<br/>Around the World in 14 Films, Germany\r<br/>Festival Peliculatina, Belgium\r<br/>International Film Festival of India (IFFI), India\r<br/>Heimspiel Filmfest, Germany\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Cork International Film Festival, Ireland\r<br/>Días de Cine, Germany\r<br/>Film from the South, Norway\r<br/>HIFF - Hawai\'i International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival de Cine Arica Nativa, Chile\r<br/>Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Scottsdale International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>FilmBath Festival, UK\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival – Seminci, Spain\r<br/>Milwaukee Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Philadelphia Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Miami Film Festival GEMS, USA\r<br/>Hamptons International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Film Fest Gent, Belgium\r<br/>Tournai Ramdam Festival, Belgium\r<br/>International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR, Netherlands\r<br/>Melbourne Filmoteca, Australia\r<br/>Punta del Este, Uruguay\r<br/>Bengaluru International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Stockholm Feminist Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy\r<br/>Berlin Feminist Film Week, Germany\r<br/>¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival, UK\r<br/>Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), Mexico\r<br/>Imagem Dos Povos, Brazil\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias- FICCI, Colombia\r<br/>Cine Latino - Bergen International Film Festival, Norway\r<br/>New Directors/New Films, USA\r<br/>Vilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF) Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania\r<br/>Movies that Matter Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF), USA\r<br/>ZINEXIT, Spain\r<br/>Donostia-San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Festival Ternium de Cine Latinoamericano (FTCL), Mexico\r<br/>International Film Festival Panama (IFF Panama), Panamá\r<br/>Festival Méditerranéen d\'Al Hoceima, Morocco\r<br/>CINELATINO Tuebingen, Germany\r<br/>Imagineindia Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>China Women\'s Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>Innsbruck International Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan\r<br/>SIWFF Seoul International Women\'s Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia\r<br/>ICA Art Cinema, UK\r<br/>Biarritz Festival Latin America, France\r<br/>Chlotrudis Awards, USA\r<br/> Havana Film Festival, Cuba \r<br/>Indiana Film Journalists Association, USA \r<br/>Heartland International Film Festival, Indiana \r<br/>Young Jury Prize at IFFG Internationaal Film Festival Gorinchem, Netherlands', 'Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Film at the Denver International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Golden Colon for Best Film, Silver Colon for Best Director,  Best Cinematography, Best Film directed by a Woman, and Best Artistic and Technical Contribution at the Huelva Latin American Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Best Film at the Biarritz Festival Latin America, France\r<br/>Best Film at the Festival de Cine de La Habana, Cuba\r<br/>Best Opera Prima at the Festival Internacional de Cine Fine Arts (FICFA), Dominican Republic\r<br/>Best Film at the !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Narrative Film at the Boston Latino International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Peruvian Film, Special Mention, Best Script, and Best Film at the Lima Latin American Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>Best Film at the Santiago International Film Festival (SANFIC), Chile\r<br/>Best Film - \"Mirada Universitaria\", Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack at the Cine Ceará - Festival Ibero-americano de Cinema, Brazil\r<br/>Best Director and Prix de l\'innovation Daniel Langlois at the Montréal Festival of New Cinema, Canada\r<br/>CineVision Award for Best Film by an Emerging Director at the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN - Munich International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Public Award at the FICUNAM – Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM, Mexico\r<br/>New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Bronze Horse Award for Best Film and Best Cinematography at the Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Best Director and Mermaid Award - Special Mention at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Best Film and Special Jury Award at the Viña del Mar International Film Festival FICVIÑA, Chile\r<br/>Award of the Havana University at Havana Film Festival, Cuba \r<br/>Best International Full-length Film at Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine \r<br/>Young Jury Prize at IFFG Internationaal Film Festival Gorinchem, Netherlands', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2FX__uh4k', 'songw.PNG', 'song3.png', 'song2.png', 'song1.png', 'songwn.jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/song-without-a-name-cannes-reviews/5139069.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/song-without-a-name-review-cancion-sin-nombre-1203219363/?fbclid=IwAR34yFAhceYpGH5zAmXnbA4Tb7Il65VNctOp0YS1yvcmMW9pWlLaKXhfP_E\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy Lodge - Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/movies/song-without-a-name-review.html\">New York Times</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/28/song-without-a-name-review-heart-rending-story-of-peruvian-baby-trafficking\">Peter Bradshaw- The Guardian</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/song-without-a-name-2019-film-review-by-jennie-kermode\">Jennie Kermode- Eye for Film</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/song-without-a-name/\">Ian Freer- Empire</a></span></p>', '\"A potent account of a period in Peruvian history which has left scars which persist to this day.\" Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Melina León\'s solemn, stylish debut feature dramatizes a true-life case of Peruvian baby trafficking with considerable cinematic imagination.\" Guy Lodge - Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>“ Melina León’s beautifully composed film follows a woman whose baby was stolen from her after child birth” New York Times \r<br/>“A heart-rending story of Peruvian baby trafficking” Peter Bradshaw- The Guardian\r<br/>“Song Without A Name has lost none of its power in the process.” Jennie Kermode- Eye for Film \r<br/>	\r<br/> “Cinematographer Inti Briones’ mesmeric, monochrome Academy-ratio images lend the film a stunning poetic feel, giving the story — aided by Peruvian parades and rituals — an other-worldly feel.” Ian Freer- Empire', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1824932/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(241, 'Bolbol', '', '1581233208', 'short films', '2018', 'Comedy', 'Tunisia', 'Cercina Films Productions\r<br/>Sinbad Productions', 'Moslah Kraiem\r<br/>Moez Kammoun', 'Marrying later in life, Bolbol lives with her husband Amor with whom she no longer shares anything. She leads a monotonous and boring life, between cleaning the house and sitting on the balcony overlooking the ceremony hall \"Ellila Liltek\" (Tonight is Your Night). One evening, she is invited to a wedding at the ceremony hall, which will make her a regular guest at all the coming weddings held at the hall.', 'Fatma Ben Saïdane\r<br/>Fathi Akkari\r<br/>Mounira Zakraoui\r<br/>Abdellatif Kheireddine', 'Screenwriter: Khedija Lemkecher\r<br/>DOP: Tarek Fehri\r<br/>Editor: Tarek Fehri', '24 min', 'Picked as one of the 10 best Mediterranean short films at the 2019 Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes.\r<br/>Supported by the Ministère Tunisien de la Culture.\r<br/>It screened on OSN Yahala Cinema and OSN’s streaming platform\r<br/>It screened in the closing ceremony of Carthage Film Festival and in the opening ceremony of Kairouan Cinematography Days.', 'Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, France\r<br/>Festival de Cinema Africain de Vérone, Italy\r<br/>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA \r<br/>La Guarimba Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>PCMMO - Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France\r<br/>Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film (CINEMED), France\r<br/>African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France‎‏\r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma Vues d\'Afrique in Montreal, Canada\r<br/>VisuElles Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas d\'Afrique du Pays d\'Apt – FCAPA, France\r<br/>Visions Sociales, France\r<br/>Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France\r<br/>Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women\'s Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Kairouan Cinematography Days, Tunisia', 'Best Film at the Festival de Cinema Africain de Vérone, Italy\r<br/>Silver Remi at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Prix du Public at the La Guarimba Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Grand Prix at the PCMMO - Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RGThiZ1XmA', 'blblt.PNG', 'blbl1.png', 'blbl2.png', 'blbl3.png', 'Poster Bolbol digital (1).jpg', 0, 'Dis_admin', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11440226/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(242, 'On a Road', 'Ala Tareeq', '565580549', 'short films', '2003', 'Fantasy', 'UAE', 'Nawaf Al Janahi Films', 'Nawaf Al Janahi', 'A young man is sitting in boredom on the side of an endless road. After a while, he decides to go after something with a lot of determination. Is he going to get what he wants?', 'Nawaf Al Janahi', 'Screenwriter: Nawaf Al Janahi\r<br/>DOP: Khalid Al Mahmood\r<br/>Editor: Adel Swailem', '4 min', 'Made by award-winning Emirati director Nawaf Al Janahi, whose short film Mirrors of Silence (2006) screened at more than 20 regional and international festivals and won the Second Prize for Best Film at the MuslimFest Film Festival in Canada.', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV18P9W2I7g', 'rdwlk.PNG', 'onr1.png', 'onr2.png', 'onr3.png', 'on road 0058.png', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493205/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(243, 'Tariq', '0', '14835369', 'short films', '2012', 'Drama', 'Egypt\r - Qatar', '', 'Alaa Mosbah', 'About to turn 15, Tariq longs to free himself from his controlling mother. She interferes in his life, trying to play the role of two parents, as her husband has emigrated for work. When Tariq decides to test his manhood, he clashes with his mom yet again. This time, he makes his own decision.', 'Nour Akary\r<br/>Nora Esmat', 'Screenwriter: Alaa Mosbah\r<br/>DOP: Hany Fakhry\r<br/>Mohamed Salama\r<br/>Editor: Karim El Shamy', '10 min', 'The film won a production grant from the Doha Film Institute (DFI).\r<br/>Winner of the Best Actress at the Youssef Chahine Film Festival.', 'Youssef Chahine Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar', 'Best Actress at the Youssef Chahine Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1HNRKqC4I', 'trq00.PNG', 'trq 3.jpg', 'trq 1.jpg', 'trq 2.jpg', 'trq.PNG', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2498362/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(244, 'Between Heaven and Earth', 'Bein El Sama w El Ard', '1726360297', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Palestine\r - Luxemburg\r - Iceland', 'Ustura Films\r<br/>Paul Thiltges Distributions\r<br/>Oktober Films', 'Adrien Chef\r<br/>Fahad Falur Jabali\r<br/>Eggert Ketilsson\r<br/>Hani E. Kort\r<br/>Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir\r<br/>Paul Thiltges', 'Based on a true story, the film follows a thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, who have been married for the past five years, and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery, a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on a road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.', 'Mouna Hawa\r<br/>Firas Nassar\r<br/>Lamis Ammar\r<br/>Sari Bisharat\r<br/>\r<br/>', 'Screenwriter: Najwa Najjar\r<br/>DOP: Tómas Örn Tómasson\r<br/>Editor: Amine Jaber\r<br/>Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir', '92 min', 'In a tour across the Arab world, the film was released in Egypt where it received successful screenings at Zawya cinema that lasted for over six weeks.\r<br/>It screened at Cinema Akil in UAE for over three weeks. \r<br/>Landed a full-house world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt, where it received  the Best Screenplay Award at CIFF\r<br/>It has been selected to compete for the Golden Globe Awards and the European Film Awards and screened at the European Film Market within the Berlin International Film Festival. \r<br/>It  was also released on Shahid VIP. \r<br/>Directed by the Award-winning Najwa Najjar (Oyoun Harameya, the official submission of Jordan to the Oscars and the Golden Globes).', 'European Film Market within the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Reel Palestine Festival, UAE\r<br/>London Palestine Film Festival, England\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Calgary International Film Festival , Canada\r<br/>China Film Golden Rooster Awards, China\r<br/>Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland\r<br/>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Palestine Arts Film Festival, Zurich\r<br/>Cyprus Film Days International Festival, Cyprus \r<br/>Middle East Now Film Festival Florence, Italy\r<br/>Mostra de Valencia Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Olhares do Mediterraneo Women FF Lisbon, Portugal\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Collab- AFMI, USA\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco \r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA', 'Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Male Performance at Mostra de Valencia Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence, Italy\r<br/>Honorable Mention at Olhares do Mediterraneo Women FF Lisbon, Portugal\r<br/>Special Jury award at Cairo Film Connection within Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Feature Film and Audience Award at Arab Film Festival Collab- AFMI, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9y-Y9xUZs', 'hvn22.PNG', 'swa1.png', 'swa3.png', 'swa2.png', 'BHAE poster ENGLISH online.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/381955/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Salwa - Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/beyond-heaven-earth-1275489\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/features/najwa-najjar-talks-about-her-middle-class-palestinian-divorce-drama-between-heaven-and-earth/5145392.article\">Melanie Goodfellow - Screen Daily</a><br /></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/50/396031/AlAhram-Weekly/Between-Heaven-and-Earth.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soha Hesham - Al Ahram Weekly</span></a></span></p>', '\"A couple who are going through a divorce but who realise that they still have things in common and are hanging onto some mutual affection is a clear and effective metaphor for the conflict in the Middle East, at least in terms of the way it is presented in the film: away from the politics, squabbles and attacks.\" Ola Salwa - Cineuropa \r<br/>\r<br/>\"The young actors Mouna Hawa (as Salma) and Firas Nassar (as Tamer) are confident and sure-footed in depicting their ever-evolving relationship, which keeps the audience on their side.\"\r<br/>Deborah Young - The Hollywood Reporter\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film proved a crowd-pleaser at a packed world premiere …. It prompted a 10-minute standing ovation and praise from some of the toughest cinema critics in the Arab world.” \r<br/>Melanie Goodfellow - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“Such an impressive film” Soha Hesham - Al Ahram Weekly', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10111746/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(245, 'Son of a Dancer', 'Ebn El Raqqasa', '1948934537', 'short films', '2018', 'Short, Drama', 'Lebanon', '', 'Joyce Nakhoul', 'Majed, a 20-year-old man, is grieving the loss of his recently deceased mother. One day, he gets the shock of his life when he learns that she used to be a belly dancer. Torn between his relationship with his now-silent father, and Hanine, the woman who will help him overcome his grief; he takes a trip down memory lane in an attempt to discover the mysterious past of his mother.', 'Carole Abboud\r<br/>Ziad Seaibe\r<br/>Georges Hazim\r<br/>Georges Youness\r<br/>', 'Screenwriter: Georges Hazim\r<br/>DOP: Elsy Hajjar\r<br/>Editor: Georges Hazim', '21 min', 'The film unravels some contradictory aspects of the conservative communities of the Arab world.\r<br/>Screened at over 35 international film festivals and won four awards.\r<br/>It takes you on a journey to self discovery and identity and origin acceptance and the courage to challenge those who threaten one’s self-peace.', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival Caminhos Cinema Português, Portugal\r<br/>International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Cinémator – Festival de Courts Métrages Nouveaux Talents, France\r<br/>Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon\r<br/>ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Concordia Film Festival (CFF), Canada\r<br/>Sunderland Shorts Film Festival (SSFF), UK\r<br/>\'Queer\' Asia Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Galata Frame International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>OFF - Odense International Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Elia Short Films Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival in Sydney, Australia\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>WOW International Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA\r<br/>Seattle Arabian Nights Festival, USA\r<br/>ARTANGO International Queer Festival, Russia\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Festival Raksa Ciné-Danse du Monde, France\r<br/>60 Seconds or Less Video Festival, USA\r<br/>FARCUME: Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens de Faro, Portugal\r<br/>Ora Union Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Winchester Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Original Narrative Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), USA\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Bethlehem Student Film Festival (BSFF), Palestine\r<br/>Les Nuits Méditerranéennes, France\r<br/>KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, India\r<br/>Atlanta Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival international de courts métrage du Sud-Ouest de Montréal, Canada \r<br/>Arab Film Fest Collab, online\r<br/>Festival Du Film Libanais, Canada\r<br/>Longue vue sur le court, Canada', 'Premix Prix du Film Étudiant at the Cinémator – Festival de Courts Métrages Nouveaux Talents, France\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Concordia Film Festival (CFF), Canada\r<br/>Best Actor at the Galata Frame International Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Queer Short at the ARTANGO International Queer Festival, Russia\r<br/>Best Screenplay at the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztgOAcUBUIw', 'ebnrqsa.PNG', 'sod3.jpg', 'sod2.jpg', 'sod1.jpg', 'ebn el (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9652022/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(246, 'Who Are You?', 'Enti Chkoun?', '1670509862', 'short films', '2019', 'Short, Political, Psychological', 'Tunisia', 'E.S.A.C  – Ecole Supérieure de l\'Audiovisuel et du Cinéma', 'Raouia Marmouch', 'Hsouna is an old man who lives alone in an Oukela, a dwelling unit in a common house. Fishing is his only relaxation. He suffers from transient global amnesia. Baddredine is a young man looking for someone. One day, Baddredine meets Hsouna, but Hsouna refuses to recognize him.', 'Jamel Madeni\r<br/>Abdelrahman Sherif', 'Screenwriter: Raouia Marmouch\r<br/>DOP: Mayez Elayeb\r<br/>Editor: Afif Babchia', '16 min', 'The film discusses the issue of torture against political prisoners through the story of an anti-system activist during the 1970s, who suffers from transient global amnesia caused by prison torture.\r<br/>The film won the Best Film award at the Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival in Tunisia and got selected at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC).', 'Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>International Student Short Film Festival (FICME), Tunisia', 'Best Film at the Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Best Script at the International Student Short Film Festival (FICME), Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu_ZwvnG428', 'entichk.PNG', 'chkn2.jpg', 'chkn3.jpg', 'chkn1.jpg', 'who r u.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11200398/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(247, 'Manara', 'Manara', '1818800280', 'short films', '2019', 'Short, Drama', 'Lebanon', 'ZMA Entertainment LLC', 'Zayn Alexander', 'Tragedy strikes when the Zayyad family loses its patriarch under mysterious circumstances, leaving the surviving members to fend for themselves within a judgmental community in Southern Lebanon.', 'Hala Basma Safieddine\r<br/>Zayn Alexander\r<br/>Pascale Seigneurie', 'Screenwriter: Pascale Seigneurie\r<br/>DOP: Aron Meinhardt\r<br/>Editor: Stephanie Nassar', '15 min', 'Ranked among the Top Ten Arab Short Films of 2019 by Raseef22.\r<br/>Screened at several key international film festivals.\r<br/>Received the Laguna Sud Award for Best Short Film at the Laguna Sud, Il Cinema Fuori dal Palazzo in Italy. \r<br/>Examines family ties as opposed to obsession with appearances in Lebanon. \r<br/>The entire action is unfolding around a lighthouse, which is used metaphorically.\r<br/>Highlights the stigmatization of mental illnesses in the Arab world.\r<br/>Another scripting-acting collaboration between Zayn Alexander and Pascale Seigneurie after the short ABROAD (2018).\r<br/>Helmed by an internationally recognized director.', 'Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, France\r<br/>Laguna Sud, Il Cinema Fuori dal Palazzo, Italy\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival del Cinema e della Televisione Benevento, Italy Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, USA\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival Australia, Australia\r<br/>Elba Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>River Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Militello Independent Film Fest,Italy', 'Laguna Sud Award for Best Short Film at the Laguna Sud, Il Cinema Fuori dal Palazzo, Italy\r<br/>Silver Hypatia Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at the ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, France\r<br/>Best foreign Film at Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Best Actor at Elba Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toiDY_sFfxU', 'mnara.PNG', 'mnr3.jpg', 'mnr3 (1).jpg', 'mnr2.jpg', 'manara po (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.filminquiry.com/manara-short-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorna Codrai - Film Inquiry</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://intheirownleague.com/2020/04/01/short-film-review-manara/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bianca Garner - In Their Own League</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/manara-sheds-light-on-problems-in-lebanese-culture-1.928171\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Mottram - The National</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://filmthreat.com/reviews/manara/?fbclid=IwAR2HbrofMPcKgyIZywsNFIQweL8BarZjBJy2bdUoomZB_WxrQRrtEfpo9uY\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle Bain-Film Threat&nbsp;</span></span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.franglais27tales.com/manara-european-independent-film-festival-2020-film-review/?fbclid=IwAR2HbrofMPcKgyIZywsNFIQweL8BarZjBJy2bdUoomZB_WxrQRrtEfpo9uY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franglais27 Tales</span></a></span></p>', '“Alexander does a wonderful job of examining a culture struggling with an increasing mental health crisis.” Lorna Codrai – Film Inquiry\r<br/>\r<br/>““Manara” is a perfect example of how to carefully construct a short film narrative and Alexander along with writer Pascale Seigneurie manage to weave together a story which feels so real and genuine that we forget we are watching a film.” Bianca Garner - In Their Own League\r<br/>\r<br/>\"... thanks to the impeccable effort put forth by Zayn Alexander, Pascale Seigneurie, and Hala Basma Safieddine, Manara finds success among its viewers.\" - Kyle Bain,Film Threat\r<br/>\r<br/>\"An impressive tautly directed tale of a family in distress.\" - Franglais27 Tales', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9461190/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(248, 'From Inside', 'Men Gowa', '83885214', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama, Family', 'Egypt', 'Divine Touch Productions', 'Ramy El Gabry', 'A group of curious youngsters gets surprised with what an entertainer hides behind his costume.', 'Mostafa Hamdy\r<br/>Habiba Gelel', 'Screenwriter: Ramy El Gabry\r<br/>DOP: Nezar Shaker\r<br/>Editor: Diana Emad\r<br/>Ahmed Adel', '5 min', 'The film shows that inner beauty is more important than physical appearance.\r<br/>The film is supported by Zoomaal, a Crowdfunding Platform.\r<br/>The film won nine awards and was officially selected at over 26 international festivals.\r<br/>The only Egyptian film selected at the 2019 Oregon Short Film Festival Portland in the US.\r<br/>Director Ramy El Gabry was nominated among the top 10 international filmmakers by the Your Film Festival, supported by Ridley Scott. He made it to the finalists list and his film This Time competed against 15,000 participants globally.', 'Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Sakia Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Chefchaouen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Morocco\r<br/>Roaya Cinema Youth Forum by Egyptian Film Center, Egypt\r<br/>Georgia Film Festival (GFF), USA\r<br/>Skyline International Film Festival (SIFF), USA\r<br/>LatinArab International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Sousse International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tunisia\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Nigeria\r<br/>Sylhet Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, Republic\r<br/>of Tatarstan\r<br/>Les Films de la Toile, France\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan\r<br/>Oregon Cinema Arts Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Festival International Entr\'2 Marches, France\r<br/>Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Italy\r<br/>Sandalia Sustainability Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Gaztefilm Fest - Gazte eta umeentzako zinema jaialdia, Spain\r<br/>SHNIT Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland\r<br/>Minsk International Short Film Festival \"Kinosmena\", Belarus\r<br/>International Amity Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Lahore International Film Festival (LIFF), Pakistan\r<br/>CMS International Children\'s Film Festival, India\r<br/>Roshd International Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Realtime International Film Festival (RTF), Nigeria\r<br/>MedFest Egypt, Egypt\r<br/>Medfest NY, USA\r<br/>Oregon Short Film Festival Portland, USA\r<br/>We Care Film Festival, India\r<br/>The BeBop Channel Content Festival, USA', 'Must See Film Award at Zoomaal\'s Must See Film Challenge, Lebanon\r<br/>Special Award at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Best Film at the Sakia Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Special Award at the Chefchaouen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Morocco\r<br/>Special Award at the Roaya Cinema Youth Forum by Egyptian Film Center, Egypt\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Sylhet Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Best International Short Film at the Minsk International Short Film Festival \"Kinosmena\", Belarus\r<br/>Best Film at the International Amity Short Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Realtime International Film Festival, Nigeria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRy2Oq6v7MY', 'frmin.PNG', 'finn1.png', 'finn2.png', 'finn3.png', 'From Inside En w logo web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4701824', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(250, 'A Job and a Film', 'Un Trabajo y Una Película', '888706261', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama, Fantasy, Experimental', 'Spain', 'AVED Productions\r<br/>Esdeveniments Ludovit', 'Javier Rueda\r<br/>Pablo Rosal', 'A lonely security guard and a camera find themselves in an abandoned warehouse. Inevitably, this situation will tend to become a film.', 'Pablo Rosal\r<br/>Rosa Serra\r<br/>Mari Pau Pigem\r<br/>Oriol Genís', 'Screenwriter: Xavier Martínez Soler\r<br/>Pablo Rosal\r<br/>DOP: Javier Rueda\r<br/>Editor: Javier Rueda\r<br/>Xavier Martínez Soler', '98 min', 'The film leans towards the art house genre, and reflects the photographic skills of the director who built his whole film on visual language, with minimum script and sound effects.\r<br/>Symbolism is also the director&#39;s main tool, as he strolls with his camera into an abandoned old factory, toying with light and composing vivid artistic scenes that reflect how one can be trapped between his memories and fears.\r<br/>The film follows the auteur theory, where the director’s individual style gives the film its unique character.\r<br/>The film proposes a unique language of images and a creative cinematic style that rebels against the traditional cinema.\r<br/>The film won a Special Mention for Best Actor at the Madrid PNR Film Festival.', 'Shanghai International Film Festival, China\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Madrid PNR Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>BOGOTA EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL, Spain', 'Special Mention for Best Actor at the Madrid PNR Film Festival, Spain', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEtXxF_xVkw', 'jbflm.PNG', 'A JOB AND A FILM  (2).jpg', 'A JOB AND A FILM  (13).jpg', 'A JOB AND A FILM  (17).jpg', 'A JOB AND A FILM POSTER (bigprint version) (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cinematismo.net/2019/06/13/un-trabajo-y-una-pelicula-o-como-entender-el-espectador-como-un-espectro/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guillem Mart&iacute;nez &ndash; Cinematismo (Spanish)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/criticas/un-trabajo-y-una-pelicula-160216/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santiago Alver&uacute; &ndash; Cinemania (Spanish)</span></a></span></p>', '“He asks us what role, as spectators, we have and, also, which one we give ourselves and from where. Xavier Martínez-Soler relocates us to re-locate ourselves in the film” Guillem Martínez – Cinematismo (Spanish)\r<br/>\r<br/>“It\'s encouraging to see a production with reduced resources, but titanic in its ambition\" Santiago Alverú – Cinemania (Spanish)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5552976/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(251, 'Nada', 'Nada', '541923032', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama, Musical, Romance', 'Egypt', 'High Cinema Institute', 'Adel Ahmed Yehia', 'Inspired by a true story, Nada is a deaf ballerina who loves life and has a passion for dancing. She never lets her disability get in her way, but it does for the first time when she tries to express her feelings for her colleague Omar, a blind pianist. Will both disabilities be a barrier of communication or will they find a way to express their feelings for each other? Their final performance will reveal it all.', 'Amir Salah Eldein\r<br/>May El Ghaity', 'Screenwriter: Adel Ahmed Yehia\r<br/>Karim Fahmy\r<br/>DOP: Ibrahim El Nagary\r<br/>Editor: Randa Mahmoud Salem', '25 min', 'The film examines the complexities of the one emotion that connects us all as humans; love.\r<br/>Inspired by the true story of Egyptian deaf dancer Nada Ahmed.\r<br/>Nada got selected at more than 25 festivals around the globe and won 16 awards.', 'El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman \r<br/>Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>BAFTA Student Film Awards, UK \r<br/>VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia \r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Tyre International Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>AFRICAJARC – Festival des Cultures d\'Afrique, France\r<br/>Awladna International Art Forum for the Gifted, Egypt\r<br/>Mentor Arabia, Lebanon\r<br/>Lublin Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Tiharqa International Award for Cinema and Art, Sudan\r<br/>Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Bethlehem Student Film Festival (BSFF ), Palestine\r<br/>Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, USA\r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Salute Your Shorts Film Festival (SYSFF), USA\r<br/>Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland\r<br/>Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Faten Hamama Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Universal Film Festival Inc, USA\r<br/>My Love Michelle: Short Film Festival (MLMFF), USA\r<br/>Imagineindia International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>LA Femme International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Morocco', 'Jury Award at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oman \r<br/>Special Mention at the VGIK International Student Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Tyre International Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Film at the Awladna International Art Forum for the Gifted, Egypt\r<br/>Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress at the Tiharqa International Award for Cinema and Art, Sudan\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Sfax International Mediterranean Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video, USA\r<br/>Jury Prize at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Film at the Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland\r<br/>Best Film and Best Actress at the My Love Michelle: Short Film Festival (MLMFF), USA\r<br/>Special Mention and Best Actor at the Imagineindia International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Best Film at the LA Femme International Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOQB_8vGPI', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 143402.png', 'Nada s1.jpg', 'Nada s2.jpg', 'Nada s3.jpg', 'Nada po.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8147038/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(252, 'Last Tape', 'Al Shareet Al Akheer', '1883277924', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '0', 'Hani Sami', 'Alone in his room, the old man listens to long forgotten memories and recalls his past loves. When he stumbles upon her story, his frail reality disintegrates, and the memory of a distant past surfaces and becomes his present tense.', 'Tarek El Dweiry\r<br/>Karim Kassem\r<br/>Sara Abdel Rahman\r<br/>Alaa Abel Latif', 'Screenwriter: Hani Sami\r<br/>DOP: Tristan Deboise\r<br/>Editor: Mais Darwazeh', '28 min', 'Inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, the film tells a story of an epic and poetic failure.\r<br/>The protagonist is afraid of venturing into life. He stays on its periphery, sheltered in pseudo-philosophy and empty rationalization, dreaming of doing great deeds instead of taking concrete steps towards it.\r<br/>The film received the FSDIE - Université Toulouse II - Jean Jaurès Production fund, France and the El Nahda Cultural Association in Cairo Production Fund, Egypt.', 'Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cairo Video Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oDOtT-M_PU', 'shereet.PNG', 'Last Tape 011.jpg', 'Last Tape 007.jpg', 'Last Tape 006.jpg', 'Last Tape Poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(253, 'Amin', 'أمين', '1039802377', 'short films', '2019', 'Road movie, Drama', 'Egypt', '', 'Ahmed Abuelfadl', 'In 2019, the Ministry of Culture finds a rare 16mm footage that was shot by the late famous Egyptian director Shadi Abdel Salam. Amin decides to protect the rare film negative from Mohamed Fayez, a notorious film director. And in his journey to do so, he meets his regrets and unfulfilled dreams.', 'Bassam Mortada', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Abuelfadl\r<br/>Mohamed el Masry\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Ashour\r<br/>Editor: Badr Dahi\r<br/>Muhammed Mustafa', '16 min', 'The film deals with fears, doubts, and failure.\r<br/>It got officially selected at the 2019 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).\r<br/>Amin received the Youssef Chahine grant from the Misr International Films (MIF).', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, Romania\r<br/>Short. Sweet. Film Fest., USA\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Short Fiction Film, Samir Seif\'s Award for Best Direction, Lenin EL Ramly\'s Award for Best Screenwriting and Abd El Aziz Fahmy\'s Award for Best Cinematography (Ahmed Ashour) at the 2nd Attempt Films Connection', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acTNJATusio', 'amintr.PNG', 'Amin Film still 8.jpg', 'Amin Film still 3B.jpg', 'Amin Film still 6.jpg', 'amin poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'yes', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11342886/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(254, 'Khamis 1984', '', '414707564', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Taziri Production', 'Mohamed Bouzaggou', 'Thursday 19 January 1984, the day of riots that resulted in many casualties. Tonight, Khamis is ready to share a nice moment with his wife. Suddenly, they’re interrupted by gunshots that ring out in the street, followed by the appearance of an unexpected guest at their doorstep.', 'Mimoun Zanoun\r<br/>Samira El Maslouhi\r<br/>Chaimae Allaoui\r<br/>Rafik Barrajjal', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Bouzaggou\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Boutgaba\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hamass', '94 min', 'The film has been released in Egypt and screened on ART Alam 1.\r<br/>It wants to help get over the mistakes of the past by reconciling with the victims and bringing them justice under the politics that the country uses to protect Human rights and the sovereignty of the law.', 'Festival International de Cinéma et Mémoire Commune de Nador, Morocco\r<br/>Tangier National Film Festival, Morocco', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXqHMtz9EQ', 'khms.PNG', 'Master Khamiss 442 HQ raw NR.00_23_58_17.Still016.jpg', 'Master Khamiss 442 HQ raw NR.00_03_07_10.Still001.jpg', 'Khamiss 442 HQ raw NR 22.00_02_21_11.Still001.jpg', 'KHAMISS 1984_Poster (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://hirakrif.com/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%83%D9%88-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%88%D9%86%D9%82/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ajaoud - HirakRif (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.nadormagazine.com/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AE%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3-1984-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jawad al Shahbari - Nador Magazine (Arabic)</span></a></span></p>', '“…the creative Mohamed Bouzaggou has sailed with this amazing film into the sea of contemporary aesthetic thought.” Mohamed Ajaoud - HirakRif (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“One can\'t argue with the fact that Khamis 1984 is a documentation of the collective memory...” Jawad al Shahbari - Nador Magazine (Arabic)', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(255, 'Baghdad Photographer', 'Mosawer Baghdad', '218797077', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama, War', 'Iraq', 'Magic Art for Independent Film', 'Mejd Hameed', 'Wars steal away our dreams and loved ones. Documented by a photographer in Baghdad, the film tells the story of a family in a time of war.', 'Alla Najim\r<br/>Ayad Altaye\r<br/>Labwa Salih\r<br/>Mohanad Sattar', 'Screenwriter: Mejd Hameed\r<br/>DOP: Bayan Nabeel\r<br/>Editor: Mejd Hameed', '3 min', 'It won six awards, including the Jury Award at the MENA Short Film Festival in the Netherlands.\r<br/>The film discusses the effects of war on a generation born during a war and grew up witnessing more wars.', '3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Taharqa International Festival, Sudan\r<br/>MENA Short Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Damascus International Film Festival, Syria\r<br/>Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK), Tunisia\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Habitat International Film Festival, India', 'First Prize at the 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Film Factory Award for Best Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Jury Award at the Taharqa International Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Jury Award at the MENA Short Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Golden Award at the Damascus International Film Festival, Syria\r<br/>Silver Award at the Festival International du Film Amateur de Kélibia (FIFAK), Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGyzP3Vmgl0', 'bghphr.jpg', 'bghp2.jpg', 'bghp.jpg', 'bghp3.jpg', '110.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'yes', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.artswfl.com/festivals-2/film-festivals/fort-myers-film-festival/fmff-season-9-2018-2019/tgim-fmff-season-9-2018-2019/baghdad-photographer-humanizes-plight-of-one-family-in-war-torn-iraq/baghdad-photographer-humanizes-plight-of-one-family-in-war-torn-iraq\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Hall - ART SWFL.COM</span></a></span></p>', '“Dr. Wendy Chase lauded the film’s high production value, beautiful cinematography and lighting, and color palette.” Tom Hall - ART SWFL.COM', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772528/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(256, 'Athel', '', '2036812486', 'short films', '2020', 'Fantasy', 'UAE', 'Anasy Media Productions\r<br/>Toaster Productions', 'Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan\r<br/>Afra Almarar', 'Salma, a widely known presenter, is filming a poetry show about Tarfa, the pre-Islamic poet. With a sand storm disrupting the episode shoot and Salma’s son being lost for days, the presenter remains calm. Perhaps too calm, her mind distantly quiet, the loud crew then drives off forgetting her at the location. On her phone, busy talking, Salma is walking and something far from reality is about to occur.', 'Mansoor Alfeeli\r<br/>Hala Shiha', 'Screenwriter: Sheikha Shamsa Bint Nahyan\r<br/>DOP: Alessandro Martella\r<br/>Editor: Mariam Jumai\r<br/>Humam Ghazal', '15 min', 'It grabbed global attention at film festivals worldwide, winning four awards. \r<br/>Made by director Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan who made the successful documentaries The Tainted Veil (producer) and Nanny Culture (writer).\r<br/>Screened during Dubai’s Expo 2020 at the women\'s pavilion section.\r<br/>The film takes viewers back to the time of Arabic poetry and the desert.', 'Calcutta International Cult Film Festival\r<br/>Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Tijuana, Mexico\r<br/>Rome Independent Prisma Awards in Italy\r<br/> Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival in Netherlands,\r<br/>Madrid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival, Austria\r<br/> Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival,Canada, \r<br/>Amsterdam International Awards, Netherlands\r<br/>Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE \r<br/>Around International Film Festival (ARFF), Amsterdam', 'An award at Calcutta International Cult Film Festival\r<br/>Outstanding Achievement certificate at the Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Film award at Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm-4ZHMZA_s', 'asel.PNG', 'aseel2.jpg', 'aseel3.jpg', 'aseel1.jpg', 'athel mad logo web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13038072/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(257, 'Contact', 'Tamas', '674372410', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Wormhole Collective', 'Samir Syriani', 'A sniper, living alone on a country’s border, shoots refugees attempting to cross and collects their items for survival. One day, he finds a tape of his victim’s war diary and begins to listen to it.', 'Assaad Mounzer\r<br/>Hiba El Ahmar', 'Screenwriter: Samir Syriani\r<br/>Nathalie Masri\r<br/>Elie Choufany\r<br/>DOP: Joe Saadeh\r<br/>Editor: Teddy Tawil\r<br/>Samir Syriani', '21 min', 'The film addresses the Lebanon-Syria conflict that has been going on for many years between both governments and people.\r<br/>It shows the opposing viewpoints of the Lebanese people.\r<br/>The film won a Special Jury Mention at the Valletta Film Festival in Malta.', 'Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Valletta Film Festival, Malta\r<br/>Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF), Greece\r<br/>Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon\r<br/>PÖFF Shorts, Estonia\r<br/>International Short Film Festival Of Cyprus (ISFFC), Cyprus\r<br/>Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Sofia MENAR Film Festival, Bulgaria\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Rabat International Art Film Festival, Morocco', 'Special Jury Mention at the Valletta Film Festival, Malta\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon\r<br/>Honorable Mention at Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW4P9PNzrsI', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 141631.png', 'cont1.jpg', 'cont2.jpg', 'cont3.jpg', 'Contact poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(258, 'The Morphine Melody', 'Melodie al Morphine', '841024161', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Caravan Chergui Productions', 'Hicham Amal', 'Saïd Ettayer, a talented and well known violinist who lost his memory in a car accident. He gradually starts to remember all his memories and he gets back to his normal life after a few days. However, months later, he realizes that he cannot remember how he used to create music…', 'Hicham Bahloul\r<br/>Yasmina Bennani\r<br/>Hassan Badida', 'Screenwriter: Hicham Amal\r<br/>DOP: Christophe Larue\r<br/>Ahmed Boutgaba\r<br/>Editor: Hicham Amal', '89 min', 'It landed a world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival where it competed within Horizons of Arab Cinema. \r<br/>It features an all-Moroccan cast including Hicham Bahloul, an award-winning superstar who signed up for prominent roles.\r<br/>A universal tale about the relationship between art and pain.', 'Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJumeiXPOY', 'mm tr.JPG', 'mmor1.jpg', 'mmor2.jpg', 'mmor3.jpg', 'The Morphine Melody pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3461810/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(259, 'The Servants', 'El Khadam', '1948934537', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', '', 'Georges Hazim', 'While cleaning the chalet, two servants elaborate sadomasochistic rituals while their mistress is away. Until, things got carried away...', 'Bernadette Houdeib\r<br/>Charbel Ziade\r<br/>', 'Screenwriter: Georges Hazim\r<br/>DOP: Ralph Moussa\r<br/>Editor: Georges Hazim', '8:31 min', 'Inspired by a play by Jean Genet. \r<br/>Starred by Charbel Ziade, a well known Lebanese actor with a career spanning over 25 years\r<br/>Employs an analytical technique where that suggests mankind as a mere laboratory experiment.', 'Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese International Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International University Festival Cine of Agadir, Morocco ', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOqU6_ibzw', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 152817.png', 'khdm1.jpg', 'khdm2.jpg', 'khdm3.jpg', 'servants poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'yes', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(260, 'ABOUT HER', 'A’nha', '2037823535', 'feature', '2020', 'Fantasy, Mystery', 'Egypt', 'Wika Film Production', '<p>Dina Farouk Rina Khoury</p>', 'Durriya is a young woman in her twenties who lost her beloved husband amidst a political conflict in Cairo during the 1930s. \r<br/>She shuts herself away in her house, which becomes a representation of her checkered conscience — so full of her bright self.', 'Ahmed Malek<br />Nadah El-Shazly<br />Fadwa Abed<br />Saleh Fahmi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Islam el Azzazi<br />DOP: Abdelsalam Moussa<br />Editor: Dina Farouk', '90 min', 'Features an exceptional cast, including prominent Egyptian star Ahmed Malek alongside Nadah El-Shazly and Fadwa Abed \r<br/>Achieved great success at the Cairo International Film Festival, reaping several awards and grants\r<br/>The film won the Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Screenplay', 'Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt \r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma d\'Auteur de Rabat, Morocco', 'New Century Production Award, Cairo International Film Festival\r<br/>Rotana Group Award, Cairo International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Cinematography, Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema \r<br/>Best Production Design, Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema \r<br/>Third Production Award for Best Feature Film at Cairo National Festival for Egyptian Cinema', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpH6ZotZ74A', 'abthrtr.png', 'abthr3.jpg', 'abthr1.jpg', 'abthr2.jpg', 'About her poster-latest NEW-mina diff text (1).jpg', 0, 'salah', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10692936', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(261, 'Huda\'s Salon', 'صالون هدى', '25532440', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama, Thriller', 'Palestine\r - Egypt\r - Netherlands\r - Qatar', 'H&A Production\r<br/>Lagoonie Film Production\r<br/>Film Clinic\r<br/>MAD Solutions\r<br/>Key Films', 'Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Hany Abu-Assad\r<br/>Amira Diab', 'Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers and betrays her people.', 'Ali Suliman\r<br/>Samer Bisharat\r<br/>Maisa Abd Elhadi\r<br/>Manal Awad', 'Screenwriter: Hany Abu-Assad\r<br/>DOP: Ehab Assal\r<br/>Peter Flinckenberg\r<br/>Editor: Eyas Salman', '88 min ', 'World premiered at Toronto International Film Festival\r<br/>Helmed by the Academy Award nominee and the Golden Globe-winning director Hany Abu-Assad\r<br/>One of the largest pan-Arab film productions\r<br/>Headlined by a star-studded cast with international films: Ali Suliman (The Looming Tower, Paradise Now, Chronicals of a Disappearance), and Maisa Abd Elhadi ((3000 Nights, The Reports on Sarah and Salim, and The Worthy)\r<br/>The film is inspired by real life events that also contain contradictions and battles between betrayal and loyalty\r<br/>A feminist thriller', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA\r<br/>Busan International FIlm Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia\r<br/>Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Beirut\r<br/>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Jönköping Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen, Germany\r<br/>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, Canada\r<br/>Middle East Now Festival, Italy\r<br/>ANA Contemprary Arab Cinema Film Festival, USA', 'Special Jury Mention at Beirut International Women Film Festival, Beirut\r<br/>Best Actress award for Maisa Abd Elhadi from the Critics Awards for Arab Films of Arab Cinema Center (ACC)\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L6vTWInarE', '', 'hudas.jpg', 'hds2.jpg', 'hds3.jpg', 'Teaser Poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/movies/hudas-salon-review.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devika Girish - New York Times</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/07/the-grim-intensity-of-hudas-salon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthony Lane - The New Yorker</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theinventionofdreams.com/writing/stylist-soldier-spy-hudas-salon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Capablanca</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - The Invention of Dreams</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hudas-salon-tiff-2021-1235010285/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lovia Gyarkye- Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/hudas-salon-toronto-review/5163090.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide-Screendaily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://theplaylist.net/hudas-salon-review-20210912/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos Aguilar-The Playlist</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-hudas-salon-is-a-riveting-topical-spy-thriller/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Mecca - The Film Stage</span></a></span></p>', '“‘Huda’s Salon,’ makes a simple and forceful point: Caught between political enemies united in their misogyny, Palestinian women have no way out. Where Abu-Assad falters is in turning Huda into a didactic mouthpiece for the very themes that Reem’s tribulations, filmed up-close with a jerky camera, convey effortlessly.” Devika Girish, New York Times.\r<br/>\r<br/>“Huda’s Salon” is rubbed raw by the politics of the occupied territories; but somehow it doesn’t feel like an issue movie. When Huda is onscreen, played with sublime command by Awad, the story becomes unremittingly about her.” Anthony Lane, The New Yorker.\r<br/>\r<br/>“In Huda’s Salon, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict doesn’t ravage towns and bombs don’t take bites out of the streets; war is portrayed as more of a low rumble, a look-over-the-shoulder paranoia, an ambient dread. People go about their days, feed their babies, and get haircuts, all with a constant fear of the future,” Maria Capablanca, The Invention of Dreams.\r<br/>\r<br/>“The conversation, shot in an impressive continuous take and teeming with warmth, underscores the similarities between Reem and Huda, two sharp women with firm convictions.” Lovia Gyarkye Hollywood Reporter \r<br/>\r<br/>“Hany Abu-Assad’s latest is a brisk and efficient thriller.” Wendy Ide-Screendaily \r<br/>\r<br/>“Hany Abu-Assad’s blistering new film “Huda’s Salon,” a fearless statement on gender oppression shaped as an edge-of-your-seat thriller.” Carlos Aguilar - The Playlist\r<br/>\r<br/>“Long live the socially minded political thriller! Thanks to filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this long-underserved sub-genre––once perfected by directors like Hitchcock, Pakula, and Weir––feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda’s Salon” Dan Mecca - The Film Stage', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11897340/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(262, 'Gaza Mon Amour', '', '704876913', 'feature', '2020', 'Drama', 'France\r - Germany\r - Portugal\r - Palestine\r - Qatar', 'Les Films du Tambour', 'Rani Massalha\r<br/>Marie Legrand', 'Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed in declaring his love to Siham?', 'Hiam Abbass\r<br/>Maisa Abd Elhadi\r<br/>George Iskandar\r<br/>Manal Awad', 'Screenwriter: Tarzan Nasser\r<br/>Arab Nasser\r<br/>Fadette Drouard\r<br/>DOP: Christophe Graillot\r<br/>Editor: Véronique Lange', '85 min', 'Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars\r<br/>Toured prestigious festivals and won nine awards\r<br/>Officially selected at the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market\r<br/>Produced by international companies\r<br/>Inspired by a true story that took place in Gaza in 2014\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers whose films were selected at the Cannes Film Festival', 'Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey  \r<br/>Mons International Festival of Love Films, Belgium \r<br/>Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Thessaloniki Film Festival,Greece \r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Venice Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>CineMAS Festival, UAE\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Beirut\r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques', 'Best Actor at the  Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey \r<br/>Best Feature at the Mons International Festival of Love Films, Belgium \r<br/>NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Best Screenplay and Best Film at the Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Shared Best Arab Film Award and a Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Best Actress and Best Feature Film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films-Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Best Actor Prize at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Best Actress and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 142722.png', '1_Fotorzz.jpg', '122_Fotor_Fotor.jpg', 'GMA_Stills_002_1.5.1.jpg', 'poster GAZA MON AMOUR (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/gaza-mon-amour-venice-review/5152854.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathen Romney-Screendaily&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/gazamonamour-film-mn6-idARAKBN28D3JB?edition-redirect=ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://fipresci.org/report/gaza-mon-amour/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jihane Bougrine-Fipresci</span></a></span></p>', 'Jonathen Romney-Screendaily \r<br/>“A strong sense of place, plus a spare but pitchy touch of political background….etc.”  \r<br/>\r<br/>Reuters \r<br/>\"Gaza Mon Amour: Love at an Old Age is Possible”\r<br/>\r<br/>Jihane Bougrine-Fipresci\r<br/>“Gaza Mon Amour is a gem of simplicity and intelligence.”', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11692148/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(264, 'Daughters of Abdulrahman', 'Banat Abdulrahman', '1268076828', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Drama, Comedy</p>', '<p>Jordan USA Qatar</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pan East Media, Lagoonie Film Production, MAD Solutions, Arab Media Network, and iProductions</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya Wuhoush, Saba Mubarak, and Zaid Abu Hamdan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly missing father.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the sisters search for their missing father, their long-buried secrets come to light. </span></p>', '<a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4141375/?ref_=tt_ov_st\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saba Mubarak</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13002377/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_4_q_farah%2520bsieso\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farah Bsieso</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2227887/?ref_=tt_ov_st\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanan Hillo</span></a><br /><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9466429/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariam Basha</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Zaid Abu Hamdan</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ahmad Jalboush</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Dina Farouk</span>', '118 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features a star-studded cast, including Saba Mubarak (AMIRA) and Farah Bseiso (MO)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the International Competition of the Cairo International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a successful run in Egypt, the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a sold-out screening at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streaming on Shahid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, director of the short BAHIYA &amp; MAHMOUD, which was the official Jordanian submission to the Academy Awards and won the Best Film Award at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2011.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won two post-production awards presented by the Arab Radio and Television Network (ART) and Rotana Group at the CineGouna SpringBoard, which was held within the CineGouna Platform of the El-Gouna Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received grants from the Doha Film Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Jordan Film Fund (JFF)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FEST &ndash; New Directors | New Films Festival, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabisk Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International de Cin&eacute;ma, Marseille, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarragona International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias (FICMEC)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Rencontres Internationales de Cin&eacute;ma d&rsquo;Aflam, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemas Du Sud Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eurasia International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fameck Festival du Film Arabe, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Studies Summer Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab American National Museum Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona, Spain </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award) at the CIFF</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the San Diego Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Middle East Now Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at FEST &ndash; New Directors/New Films Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Screenplay at FICMEC</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Radio and Television Network (ART) Award at the El-Gouna Film Festival (during post-production)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotana Media Group at the El-Gouna Film Festival (during post-production)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the Best Three Films Screened in 2022, Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Fameck Festival du Film Arabe, France </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8Iw01zIuE', 'doar trr.PNG', 'doar11.jpg', 'doar22.jpg', 'doar33.jpg', 'doar final w laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola El-Shafie - The Egyptian newspaper of ElWatan website (Arabic)</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/5828872\"><strong>https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/5828872</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malek Khouri - Kitabat website ( Arabic)</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://kitabat.com/news/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%A8/\"><strong>https://kitabat.com/news/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%B6-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%A8/</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film tackles several issues that women in our Arab society are still suffering from,&rdquo; Ola El-Shafie - ElWatan Website (Arabic)</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s script is full of details that reflect the director&rsquo;s apt knowledge of women and the worlds they live in, resulting in vivid and vibrant characters,&rdquo; Ola El-Shafie - ElWatan Website (Arabic)</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zaid Abu Hamdan made a bold film on the taboos that women suffer from &ndash; a topic that filmmakers, especially in the Levant region, hardly dare to address,&rdquo; Malek Khouri - Kitabat (Arabic)</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11258572/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(265, 'South of Hope Street', '', '126610139', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Sci-Fi, Drama</p>', '<p>Switzerland, USA</p>', '<p>Ward9 Productions, GmbH</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jane Spencer and Marc Holthuizen</span></p>', '<p>In 2038, earth reaches a cosmic tipping point and enters a mysterious universe. To perpetuate the old order, people hide behind a gigantic wall and engage in wars. In this dystopian wonderland, Denise walks on thin ice to believe in her future, spurred on by Tom &mdash; a poet, and caretaker &mdash; who promises that a renaissance is on its way.</p>', 'Tanna Frederick<br />Judd Nelson<br />Michael Madsen<br />William Baldwin<br />Asser Yassin</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Jane Spencer<br />DOP: Frank Glencairn<br />Editors: Patricia Rommel and Stefan Kaelin', '101 min', '<p>Director Jane Spencer has featured in festivals such as Sundance, Raindance, Goteborg, Glasgow, Shanghai, and Chicago Director recently received the Distinguished Work in Auteur and Poetic Filmmaking Award from Producers Without Borders at the Venice Film Festival 2023 The film features veteran actors Michael Madsen (known for Kill Bill, Donnie Brasco, and Quentin Tarantino\'s Reservoir Dogs), and Judd Nelson (known for his iconic role as Bender in John Hughes&rsquo; The Breakfast Club) Award-winning Egyptian actor Asser Yassin is also set to feature in the film</p>', '<p>La Femme Film Festival, Los Angeles</p>', '', '', '', 'sohs 1.jpg', 'sohs 2.jpg', 'sohs 3.jpg', 'SOHS_3_V6.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375639/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(269, 'The Alleys', 'Al Harra', '1308890992', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Thriller</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Imaginarium Films, Bayt Al Shawareb For Media Production, Lagoonie Film Production</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rula Nasser, Yousef Abed Alnabi</span></p>', '<p>Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, THE ALLEYS follows the story of a young hustler who will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it. When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.</p>', 'Emad Azmi <br />Baraka Rahmani <br />Munther Rayahnah <br />Nadira Omran <br />Maisa Abd Elhadi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Bassel Ghandour<br />DOP: Justin Hamilton<br />Editor: Eyad Hamam', '116 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released in Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for Best Original Score for a Narrative Feature Film at the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alleys&rsquo;</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere witnessed a massive turnout at the iconic Piazza Grande of the Locarno Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Jordanian feature film to be selected at Rotterdam &amp; Locarno</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sold out tickets at BFI London Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had its Arab world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for four awards at the Critics Awards for Arab Films presented by Arab Cinema Center on the sidelines of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Works in Progress Post-production Development Award at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won two awards for films in post-production at Cairo Film Connection of the Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was supported by top-notch film funds in the Arab world, including Royal Film Commission - Jordan, The Jordan Film Fund, and Doha Film Institute.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bassel Ghandour&rsquo;s Theeb was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected by NewYork Times as one of five international movies to stream&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streaming on Netflix </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival in Rome, Italy</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival T&uuml;bingen, Germany</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Espoo Cin&eacute; International Film Festival, Finland</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe, France</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raindance Film Festival, UK</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REC, Tarragona International Film Festival, Spain</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pingyao International Film Festival, China</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay, France</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in Cinema Akil, Dubai</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAFAR Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Screen Music Awards</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ana Contemporary Arab Cinema, the USA&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film and Media Institute Film Festival, the USA</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay, France</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award and special mention at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPq2kQ-lUv8', 'allestr.PNG', 'hara1.jpg', 'hara2.jpg', 'hara3.jpg', 'the alleys poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikki Baughan - Screen Daily&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-alleys-london-review/5164221.article#:~:text=Dir%2Fscr%3A%20Bassel%20Ghandour.&amp;text=With%20a%20narrative%20as%20labyrinthine,than%20he%20can%20effectively%20chew\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-alleys-london-review/5164221.article#:~:text=Dir%2Fscr%3A%20Bassel%20Ghandour.&amp;text=With%20a%20narrative%20as%20labyrinthine,than%20he%20can%20effectively%20chew</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rob Aldam - Backseat Mafia&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.backseatmafia.com/lff-review-the-alleys/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.backseatmafia.com/lff-review-the-alleys/</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Critic Umar Ali - The Upcoming website</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/10/04/london-film-festival-2021-the-alleys-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/10/04/london-film-festival-2021-the-alleys-review/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ambitious debut feature from Bassel Ghandour has confidence and style&hellip; It&rsquo;s largely due to the strength of the cast that none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story,&rdquo; </span><strong>Nikki Baughan- Screendaily.&nbsp;</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Bassel Ghandour\'s debut feature is spellbinding crime drama&hellip;The myriad twisting interrelationships draw comparisons with a Scorsese gangster film&hellip; Beautifully shot, and impressively acted&hellip; Whilst much of the action takes place within a small area of the city, the film feels epic in scope,&rdquo; </span><strong>Rob Aldam - Backseat Mafia.</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The Alleys is a great thriller, telling a story that weaves complex and intelligent topics into compelling and thoroughly entertaining character arcs&hellip; Much like the avenues and alleyways in</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which it takes place, this feature is full of twists and turns&hellip; a very strong script, which is able to masterfully shift tone from intense and violent to playful and funny without losing any momentum,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Film Critic Umar Ali-The Upcoming website.&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Bassel Ghandour blended Western and Arabic styles, giving him a unique and distinguished manner that is new to Jordanian cinema.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Ola El Sheikh-Raseef 22</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Authentic, smooth and original.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Critic Mohamed Reda</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An immensely fun crime caper with a charismatic cast of reprobates and rebels, The Alleys will stick in mind and heart long after the last debt has been paid,&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>One Room with a View</strong></p>\r<br/><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>&ldquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is packed with thrill and crime, somewhat similar to Scorsese&rsquo;s films where you can never predict which detail will open the gates of hell.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Film Critic </strong><strong>Giacomo Butti-Corriere Del Ticino newspaper.&nbsp;</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Ghandour uses this sensibility to create an entertaining thriller...His approach to the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-worn genre confirms an emerging promising voice in world cinema.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>&nbsp;Paul Risker-Pop Matters</strong></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10832002/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(271, 'The Sea Ahead', 'Al Bahr Amamakoum', '2125938610', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Belgium\r - France\r - Lebanon', 'Andolfi Production\r<br/>Beachside\r<br/>Abbout Productions\r<br/>Wrong Men\r<br/>Beaver and Beaver', 'Arnaud Dommerc\r<br/>Georges Schoucair\r<br/>Benoit Roland\r<br/>Ely Dagher', 'After a long time away, Jana – a young woman – suddenly returns to Beirut and finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.', 'Manal Issa\r<br/>Yara Abou Haidar\r<br/>Rabih El-Zaher\r<br/>Roger Azar', 'Screenwriter: Ely Dagher\r<br/>DOP: Shadi Chaaban\r<br/>Editor: Léa Masson, Ely Dagher', '115 min', 'World premiered at the Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Had a successful commercial release in several countries, including the UAE, France, and Belgium\r<br/>Screened for two consecutive weeks as part of Cairo Cinema Days at Zawya Cinema in Egypt\r<br/>Extended for a fifth consecutive week in Beirut Souk’s Cinemacity and Empire Cinemas Premiere Sodeco in Lebanon\r<br/>Widely praised by Arab and international press outlets\r<br/>Presented at the 2017 Berlinale Talents\r<br/>Received grants from the Doha Film Institute, AFAC, Red Sea Fund, and HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production\r<br/>Support scheme through the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)\r<br/>Picked up as the Best Project in development at the CineGouna Platform of the El-Gouna Film Festival, and Best Film at the Final Cut of the Venice International Film Festival\r<br/>Screened at BFI London Film Festival', 'Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany\r<br/>El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cannes Film Festival, France\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia \r<br/>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, London\r<br/>Sao Paulo Film Festival (SPFF), Brazil\r<br/>Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium\r<br/>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in San Fransisco, USA', 'CineGouna Platform Certificate and a cash prize from Drosos Foundation at the El-Gouna Film Festival in Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxay8fXY2cM', 'thsatr.png', 'seah1.jpg', 'seah2.jpg', 'seah3.jpg', 'the sea ahmead final poster 70x100 copy-2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-sea-ahead-review-ely-dagher-beirut/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat Brown - Slant Magazine</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.mime.news/posts/the-sea-ahead-cannes-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Adams - MIME Moving Image Middle East</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/408057/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaleem Aftab - Cinuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-sea-ahead-red-sea-review/5165508.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>', '\"The Sea Ahead lyrically explores the numbing effects of feeling utterly disconnected to your port of origin.”\r<br/>Pat Brown - Slant Magazine\r<br/>\r<br/>“Ely Dagher shoots his home city beautifully – it may look dour and downbeat, but there is an underlying beauty to the city which at times appears haunted by its vibrant past. “\r<br/>Mark Adams - MIME Moving Image Middle East\r<br/>\r<br/>“taking us on a cinematic journey that echoes work by Michelangelo Antonioni and his view of depression.” Kaleem Aftab - Cinuropa\r<br/>\r<br/>“Ely Dagher’s striking first feature is a poetic look at a woman who returns home, finding a city she no longer recognises”\r<br/>Wendy Ide - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14812788/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(272, 'Parkour', 'PARKOUR(S)', '1001696704', 'feature', '2019', 'Comedy - Drama', 'Algeria', 'Z et Compagnie Productions\r<br/>Cinérêve Productions', 'Fatma Zohra Zamoum\r<br/>Redouane Abbes', 'Early morning, many people are heading towards a wedding hall; Youcef, a peddler, Salima, a member of the kitchen staff, and Sonia, a singer. They all have reasons to attend the wedding of Kamila and Khaled, but each has a different motivation.', 'Nazim Halladja\r<br/>Adila Bendimered\r<br/>Houda Hachemi\r<br/>Nadjia Laaraf', 'Screenwriter: Fatma Zohra Zamoum\r<br/>DOP: Youcef Benallegue\r<br/>Editor: Maéva Dayras\r<br/>Fatma Zohra Zamoum', '81 min', 'Winner of the Best Experimental Film and Best Film Directed by a Woman at the IFA - Istanbul Film Awards.\r<br/>Had its market premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>Algerian Parkour athlete Nazim Halladja made his acting debut in the film.\r<br/>The film received a production fund from the Algerian Ministry of Culture and participated in the Malmo Arab Film Festival-Market Forum.\r<br/>Originally named RESET, the film focuses on giving voice to the unheard classes in the society by gathering them all at a wedding.', 'Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada\r<br/>Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaia (RCB), Algeria\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Indian World Cinema Film Festival (IWFF), India\r<br/>IFA - Istanbul Film Awards, Turkey\r<br/>African Film Festival New Zealand, New Zealand\r<br/>Le Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-Le-Sec, France', 'Best Script and Jury Prize at the Indian World Cinema Film Festival (IWFF), India\r<br/>Best Experimental Film and Best Film Directed by a Woman at the IFA - Istanbul Film Awards, Turkey', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xvXXthJXg', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 151216.png', 'parkour1.jpg', 'parkour2.jpg', 'parkour3.jpg', 'oarkour pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '“The film is really special. It addresses very important topics and sends messages to young people. It embodies the reality of our society, along with our ideas, customs and traditions…” ET Djazairi - Enjoyment Today', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8425258/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(273, 'Unspoken', 'Unannounced', '1719748860', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Iraq\r - USA', 'Rola Films', 'Mohammed Alghadhban', 'Hadhima is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she’s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.', 'Asaad Abdulmajeed\r<br/>Nayan Altalabani \r<br/>Noor Alhuda', 'Screenwriter: Mohammed Alghadhban\r<br/>DOP: Muhannad Alsodani\r<br/>Editor: Muhannad Alsodani', '8:45 min', 'Starred by Asaad Abdulmajeed, known for the award-winning film Haifa Street.\r<br/>The film is tapping on sensitive issues in the Iraqi countryside including violence against women and children and ignorance.', 'Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0laROe6md_M', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 153536.png', 'uns1.jpg', 'uns2.jpg', 'uns3.jpg', 'Unspoken POSTER online.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(274, 'The Bomb', 'El Qonbela', '1494163484', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Germany', 'Dima Hamdan', '<p>Dima Hamdan</p>', 'Wasim and his mother haven’t been getting along for a while. When the police ask them to evacuate their home in Berlin for one night to excavate a World War II bomb that’s been discovered in the area, more feelings of anger and hurt come to the surface.', 'Tarik Al-Saies<br />Rawa Darweisch<br />Friederike Frerichs<br />Celine Meral</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Dima Hamdan<br />DOP: Frank Schwaiger<br />Editor: Manuela Aguilar', '21 min', 'The film\'s story is inspired by true-life events\r<br/>It traces the whirl of emotions an estranged family is thrown into during wartime', 'International Women\'s Film Festival KIN, Armenia\r<br/>Refugees Welcome Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>NOVA FRONTIER FILM FESTIVAL & LAB, USA\r<br/>Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Rabat International Art Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Haifa Independent Film Festival, Palestine \r<br/>Cinematographic Encounters Palestine: to Film Is To Exist, Switzerland\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Adohya Film Festival, India \r<br/>Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli, Italy', 'Best Female Director at the Ayodhya Film Festival \r<br/>Special Mention at the Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQusDQvRH-8', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 151822.png', 'bom 1.jpg', 'bom 2.jpg', 'bom 3.jpg', 'The Bomb web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9540942/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(275, 'The Ghosts We Left at Home', 'أحن إليك، أحن إلي', '120990234', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Jordan\r - Germany', 'Academy of Media Arts Cologne', 'Faris Alrjoob', 'The Ghosts We Left at Home is a raw and intimate portrayal of a man, and a city, doomed and in exile, and sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays in the margin of reality, where forces of the masculine and the feminine alternate, merge, attract and repel.', 'Nadeem Rimawi\r<br/>Mohamed Nizar\r<br/>Maisa Abdelhadi\r<br/>Khaled Al Turaifi', 'Screenwriter: Faris Alrjoob\r<br/>DOP: Laura Emma Hansen\r<br/>Editor: Faris Alrjoob\r<br/>Rebana John', '21 min', 'Inspired by real life stories.\r<br/>Unravels personal aspects of the director\'s life', 'International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA\r<br/>Amman International Film Festival/Amman, Jordan\r<br/>Cinema Arabe Amsterdam, The Netherlands\r<br/>Minikino Film Week Bali– Bali International Short Film Festival,Indonesia\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Internationales Frauenfilmfestival, Germany\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaLXrTxUTYs', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 152247.png', 'gost1.jpg', 'gost2.jpg', 'gost3.jpg', 'poster the ghosts.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11842762/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(276, 'Noor', 'نور', '1310863345', 'short films', '2020', 'fiction', 'Tunisia', 'Inside Production', 'Moncef Taleb', 'Nour and Adem set off in search of their father, who they have not seen for a long time. Eager to meet their father, they cross the city to reach the meeting place, but he doesn’t show up.', 'Nour El Houda Habbessi\r<br/>Ayoub Behi', 'Screenwriter: Rim Nakhli\r<br/>DOP: Sana Flis\r<br/>Editor: Seif ben Othman ', '15 min', 'Landed its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.\r<br/>Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at AFI FEST and the Golden Pardino-Leopards of Tomorrow at the Locarno Film Festival.\r<br/>Received a fund from the Tunisien Ministry of Cultural Affairs.\r<br/>The film discusses the concept of the family in society today.', 'Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>AFI FEST (American Film Institute Festival), USA\r<br/>JCC Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvEKVf3dnFs', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 143653.png', 'noor1.jpg', 'noor2.jpg', 'noor3.jpg', 'affiche NOUR 2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13332976/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(277, 'Fiela\'s Child', 'Fiela Se Kind', '830396978', 'feature', '2019', 'Historical Drama', 'South Africa', 'Nostalgia Productions\r<br/>The Film Factory', 'Brett Michael Innes\r<br/>Danie Bester', 'Southern Africa, 1880. A mixed-race woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a group of woodpeckers that claim to be his family.', 'Zenobia Kloppers\r<br/>Luca Bornman\r<br/>Wayne Smith\r<br/>Wayne van Rooyen', 'Screenwriter: Brett Michael Innes\r<br/>DOP: Tom Marais\r<br/>Editor: C.A. van Aswegen', '125 min', 'Based on a bestselling novel by Dalene Matthee\r<br/>Created by award-winning South African filmmaker Brett Michael Innes\r<br/>Most nominated film at the South African Film & Television Awards 2020\r<br/> Winner of four awards, including the Audience Favorite at the Silwerskerm Film Festival and SAFTA Awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay.\r<br/>Screened at 50 movie theaters in South Africa and Namibia.', 'Silwerskerm Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>International Film Festival of India (IFFI), India\r<br/>International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India\r<br/>Sedona Film Festival, USA\r<br/>South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA), South Africa', 'Audience Favorite, Best Score at the Silwerskerm Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Audience Choice Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia\r<br/>Best Film and Best Screenplay at the South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA), South Africa\r<br/>Best Achievement in Sound at African Movie Academy Awards, South Africa\r<br/>Best Actress at South African Independent Film Festival, South Africa', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTTdAyFGyY0', 'Screenshot 2021-01-26 153157.png', 'fela1.jpg', 'fela2.jpg', 'fela3.jpg', 'fc pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.dmovies.org/2019/11/22/fielas-child-fiela-se-kind/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victor Fraga - Dirty Movies</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://intoscreens.com/2020/05/16/ssaff-review-fiela-se-kind/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheFlemishSeth - into:screens</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/fielas-child-tallinn-review/5144975.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demetrios Matheou - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>', '“There’s a distinctive magical feel about the cinematography…” Victor Fraga - Dirty Movies\r<br/>\r<br/>“Tom Marais (Hunter Killer) moves his camera with such finesse, it almost feels as if you’re part of the Komoetie-family.” TheFlemishSeth - into:screens\r<br/>\r<br/>“With the aid of cinematographer Tom Marais’s painterly compositions, Innes creates a strong visual contrast between the brightness of the plains of the Komoetie’s home and the gloom of the forest, between cleanliness and dirt, joy and misery.” Demetrios Matheou - Screen Daily', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8599112/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(278, 'Corpus Christi', ' Boze Cialo', '1553873197', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Poland\r - France', 'AURUM FILM', 'Leszek Bodzak', 'A 20-year-old Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. He wants to become a priest, but this is impossible because of his criminal record. When he is sent to work at a carpenter’s workshop in a small town, on arrival he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of the young, charismatic preacher is an opportunity for the local community to begin the healing process after a tragedy that happened there.', 'BARTOSZ BIELENIA\r<br/>ELIZA RYCEMBEL\r<br/>ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA\r<br/>TOMASZ ZIĘTEK', 'Screenwriter: Mateusz Pacewicz\r<br/>DOP: Piotr Sobociński Jr\r<br/>Editor: Przemysław Chruścielewski', '116 min', 'Shortlisted for the 92nd Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category. \r<br/>Won 38 prizes in 65 festivals, with distribution in more than 50 countries worldwide. \r<br/>Inspired by real-life events.\r<br/>The film investigates the universal question \"what if a guilty person is given another chance?\".', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Camerimage Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>CinEast Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>Hamburg Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Houston Film Critics Society Awards, USA\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia \r<br/>Barrie Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Houston Film Critics Society, USA\r<br/>Filmfest Hamburg, Germany\r<br/>Goya Awards, Spain\r<br/>The European Film Awards (EFA)\r<br/>Arab Critics Awards for European Films, Egypt\r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival, United States\r<br/>International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography EnergaCAMERIMAGE, Poland\r<br/>Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), Belgium\r<br/>Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>César Awards, France\r<br/>International Cinephile Society Awards, online \r<br/>LUX Prize\r<br/>Sant Jordi Awards, Spain', 'The Silver Hugo for Best Actor – Chicago International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>\r<br/>Best Film Award – Brasilia Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>\r<br/>Best Actor and Silver Star awards - El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>\r<br/>Golden Carp Film Award – Faro Island Film Festival, Denmark \r<br/>Special Mention for Best Actor - Festival International du Film Independent de Bordeaux, France\r<br/>\r<br/>Best Feature, Best Director, Special Jury for Best Feature - Minsk International Film Festival )Listapad), The Republic of Belarus\r<br/>FIPRESCI Prize, Young Cinestas award – Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Special Mention - Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF), Iceland\r<br/>Best Actor- Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Golden Angel - Tofifest International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Best Film Award ,Edipo Re Award – Venice Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>\r<br/>Audience Award - Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania\r<br/>Golden Teeth Award, Audience Award-Polish Film Festival in America\r<br/>Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Journalist\'s Prize, Onet Prize, Elle Crystal Star, Polish Film Abroad festivals and reviews award, Don Quixote. Award of the Polish Federation for Discussion Film Clubs, Art Houses and Local Cinemas Network Award - Polish Film Festival\r<br/>Audience Award, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Discovery of the Year, Best Editing - Polish Film Awards\r<br/>Carlos Velo Award- Ourense Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film, Best Actor, People\'s Choice Award - Ekran - Toronto Polish Film Festival - Canada\r<br/>Golden Reel - The Association of Polish Filmmakers, Poland\r<br/>Días de Cine Award - Días de Cine Awards, Spain\r<br/>Best Actor - CinEuphoria, Portugal\r<br/>Critics\' Prize, Special Jury Prize - CinEast − Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg\r<br/>Critics Award - French Union of Film Critics’ La Semaine de la Critique, France\r<br/>Critics Award at Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Best foreign Film at Sant Jordi Awards, Spain', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiX1ZdLP7iU', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 142235.png', 'ccr1.jpg', 'ccr2.jpg', 'ccr3.jpg', 'corpus christi poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-02-27/review-corpus-christi-poland-oscar-nominee-jan-komasa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenneth Turan &ndash; Los Angeles Times</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/corpus-christi-review-flawless-storytelling-effortlessly-played-5h6j2r38c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Maher</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/17/corpus-christi-review-smart-drama-parole-priesthood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leslie Felbrin &ndash; The Guardian</span></a></span></p>', '\"A blistering drama, intense, disturbing and inescapably thought-provoking, a film that gets its power from a merging of potent opposites.\" \r<br/>Kenneth Turan – Los Angeles Times\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It’s flawless storytelling, effortlessly played and with a rousing, if bloody, conclusion.\"\r<br/>Kevin Maher – The Times\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Often moving but also disquieting and even intermittently funny, this drama unfurls a spiritual parable that is uniquely Polish but accessible to all. Piotr Sobociński’s blue-toned cinematography enhances the rapturous air and enhances a smartly written, unsettling work of realism.” Leslie Felbrin – The Guardian', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8649186/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(280, 'Barakat', '', '941773733', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', 'K Production', 'Nicolas Khabbaz', 'People hold the memory of their cities, and vice versa. After-war, modern Beirut and its people have lost their anchors towards a memoryless relationship. Vacant luxury stores and overpriced unoccupied apartments have made the rebuilt city a costly monument of vanity, commodified heritage, and social-delusion.', 'Mounir Maasri\r<br/>Rudy Ghafari\r<br/>Camile Salame', 'Screenwriter: Manon Nammour\r<br/>DOP: Pauline Maroun\r<br/>Editor: Ornella Maalouf', '14 min', 'World premiered at Toronto International Film Festival \r<br/>An award winning film that screened in international film festivals.\r<br/>Directed by one of the five “Arab Stars of Tomorrow”,2018, an initiative by Screen International UK and Dubai International Film Festival\r<br/>The film taps on local issues in Lebanon, reflecting collective concerns in the Lebanese community.', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland\r<br/>Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland\r<br/>Split Mediterranean Film Festival, Split, Croatia\r<br/>Docu Fest, Prisnen, Kosovo \r<br/>Drama International short Film Festival\r<br/>International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus\r<br/>Film Femmes Mediterannee, Marseille  \r<br/>Kaohsiung International Short Film Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Malmo, Sweden\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Rabat Author Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival,  Canada\r<br/>Mediterranean Women Films, France\r<br/>Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia\r<br/>International Documentary and Short Film Festival (Dokufest), Kosovo\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhPQM-OJoPQ', 'brkttr.png', 'BARAKAT-Still-01.jpg', 'BARAKAT-Still-02.jpg', 'BARAKAT-Still-03.jpg', 'BARAKAT-Poster-logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'yes', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10923028/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(281, 'Above', 'Fawk', '1527070517', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Egypt\r - Syria', 'Soora Films', 'Hatem Ali', 'Between the dark reality of an Egyptian girl who is surrounded by grief, loneliness and fear, a young Syrian sneaks into the roof of her house after escaping from the agony of the war in his country. The encounter between them becomes in another world where they both redeem themselves from what they are in.', 'Khaled Osman\r<br/>Sherihan Kotb', 'Screenwriter: Ahmed Festok\r<br/>DOP: Joseph Karam\r<br/>Editor: Omar Nagib', '29 min', 'The film won the Best Short Film Award from the Egyptian National Film Festival\r<br/>Ahmed’s first film Stray (2015)  was part of the Carthage Film Festival’s official documentary competition.', 'Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Short Film', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fy9kzsOYp4', 'Screenshot 2021-01-21 153503.png', 'abv1.jpg', 'abv2.jpg', 'abv3.jpg', 'English Above poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(282, 'Awakening', 'Alyakaza', '1778317015', 'short films', '2018', 'Drama', 'Syria', 'Soora Films', 'Hatem Ali', 'During the ongoing Syrian war, Hala leaves her house after her husband sells her wedding gown in order to secure the cost of his marriage to another woman. Upon her arrival to the house of her friend Talla, the police come and drag Talla’s husband to military service, so the two women sit alone waiting for the return of what they have lost.', 'Inas Zrek\r<br/>Jalal Chammout\r<br/>Reem Nasraldeen\r<br/>Tarek Abdo', 'Screenwriter: Amro Ali\r<br/>DOP: Raed Sandid\r<br/>Editor: Ammar Kamel', '19 min', 'Received a number of awards at prestigious festivals, including Best Scrennplay at Festivsl Souss International du Court Metrage and Festival International de Meknes du Cinema des Jeunes.\r<br/>Participated in 11 festivals.\r<br/>Tackles the Syrian war.', 'Festival du Court au Kef, Tunisia \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Cinema for All Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Goteborg Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Festival Benguerir de Cinema, Morocco\r<br/>Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Jordan International Short Films Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Festivsl Souss International du Court Metrage, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International de Meknes du Cinema des Jeunes, Morocco\r<br/>Festival International du Film Pour d’enfance et la Jeunesse du Sousse, Tunisia\r<br/>Festival International Virtuel Court Metrage, Algeria', 'Best Actor - Cinema for All Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Short Film - Cinema for All Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Short Film - Festival Benguerir de Cinema, Morocco\r<br/>Best Scrennplay - Festivsl Souss International du Court Metrage, Morocco\r<br/>Best Screenplay - Festival International de Meknes du Cinema des Jeunes, Morocco', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hMnH25xWQ', 'Screenshot 2021-01-21 153639.png', 'awa1.jpg', 'awa2.jpg', 'awa3.jpg', 'POSTER w logo aw.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(283, 'The Visit', 'الزيارة', '1778317015', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Syria', 'Alattar Productions', 'Maher Alattar', 'A married couple are leading a monotonous life after the husband’s retirement and the son’s migration. Suddenly, a teenage young man storms into their home to turn their lives upside down.', 'Ali Kareem\r<br/>Wafaa Moussaly\r<br/>Khaled Shbat', 'Screenwriter: Amro Ali\r<br/>DOP: Abbass Sharaf\r<br/>Editor: Ammar Kamel', '31:51 min', 'The film won the Bronze Gate Award at the Digital Gate International Short Film Festival.\r<br/>This is Amro’s fourth fiction film whose previous film Coma” has won four international awards.', 'Deca Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Goteborg Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Digital Gate International Short Film Festival, Algeria \r<br/>Jerusalem International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Festival International CineCasa, Morocco', 'Bronze Gate Award, Digital Gate International Short Film Festival, Algeria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9DeN3_F5c', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 153342.png', 'vis1.jpg', 'vis2.jpg', 'vis3.jpg', 'POSTER w logo visit.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(284, 'Coma', 'Alghaibouba', '1778317015', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Syria\r - Egypt', 'Soora Films ', 'Hatem Ali', 'During the ongoing war in Syria, an old man falls into a coma. His young son lives in a struggle between his own ambitions and his commitments toward his old sick father.', 'Yahya Abodan\r<br/>Ahmed Alrefaee\r<br/>Farouk Alshamy', 'Screenwriter: Amro Ali\r<br/>DOP: Omar Doughouz\r<br/>Editor: Ammar Kamel', '16 min', 'The film participated in many festivals and won the Best Short Film at Malmo Arab Film Festival and Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>The film reflects the local struggles in the Syrian community during the times of war.', 'Wasit Short Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Silver Akbuzat Film Festival, Russia\r<br/>Khartoum Arab Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>National Egyptian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Vgik International Student Festival, Russia\r<br/>Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Lebanon International Short Films Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Casablanca Short and Documentary Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Fez International Film festival of Cinema & Education,  Morocco\r<br/>OZARK Shorts Film Festival in Missouri, USA\r<br/>GATFFEST Film Festival, Jamaica\r<br/>Asia International Youth Short-Film Exhibition in Wenzhou, China,\r<br/>The Color International Film Festival, India\r<br/>International Women’s Film Festival,  Afghanistan', 'Silver Award - Wasit Short Film Festival, Iraq\r<br/>Best Short Film - Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Best Short Film - Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Best Actor - Casablanca Short and Documentary Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Best Cinematography award at FILMSAAZ, India', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzESPQS2-A', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 141202.png', 'coma1.jpg', 'coma2.jpg', 'coma3.jpg', 'coma poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(285, 'The Last Scene', 'المشهد الأخير', '681239531', 'short films', '2016', 'Comedy, Drama', 'Egypt', '', '<p>Farouk Kassem</p>', 'Tarek is a successful, award-winning stage actor who used to lead several university stage troupes during his studies at college. Filled with hopes of becoming a movie star, he applies for an audition to join the cast of a new film. A golden opportunity to share his talent to the world, or that’s what he thought!', 'Yehia Mahmoud Mohamed Sallam Mohamed Outaka Ahmed Abdelwahab</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Samy Wizzo Doha Ibrahem Tawfik DOP: Abdelrahman El Fouly Editor: Farouk Kassem', '21 min', 'Inspired by real-life incidents through the director\'s personal career.\r<br/>Features Mohamed Sallam as a guest star. \r<br/>The film is a loud call to spotlight the talented amateurs and let them have fair chances to be heard and seen.\r<br/>The director\'s graduation project at the High Cinema Institute in Egypt.', 'Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cairo Video Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teq5YjNS0Zw', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 152504.png', 'lastsc1.jpg', 'lastsc2.jpg', 'lastsc3.jpg', 'The Last Scene per.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '0', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(286, 'Idris', '', '1284466504', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Al Manar High Institute - Beirut Film Institute', '<p>Bachir Abou Zeid</p>', 'Upon his return home, a young shepherd discovers that one of his sheep is missing. Fearful of punishment, he sets off with his friend in an attempt to find it. Danger escalates when they find themselves trapped in a forest full of landmines.', 'Fouade Salame Karim Maanaki</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Bachir Abou Zeid DOP: Hasan Salame Editor: Bachir Abou Zeid', '16 min', 'Directed by Bachir Abou Zeid — the award-winning director behind MAKFOUD and KALASH\r<br/>World premiered at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival', 'Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival for Short and Independent Films, Bangladesh\r<br/>Bracciano International Film Festival, Italy', 'Popular Jury Prize at the Bracciano International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfpGcslZ20', 'idristr.JPG', 'Idris-S1.jpg', 'Idris-S9.jpg', 'Idris-S13.jpg', 'idris poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712316', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(287, 'Between Two Brothers', 'Negmet Alsobh', '1413668111', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama, War', 'Syria', 'ONC', 'Murad Shaheen', 'This is the story of two brothers, Khaldoun and A’rif. Each has his own different opinion concerning the ongoing war. Thus, they no longer share that strong bond of brotherhood. A star, a breeze and an unfulfilled dream stay hung between the two of them.', 'Muhammad Al Ahmad \r<br/>Hussein Abbas \r<br/>Lujain Ismail\r<br/>Sara Sedki', 'Screenwriter: Joud Said\r<br/>Samah Kattal\r<br/>DOP: Okba Ezz Al Deen\r<br/>Editor: Raouf Zaza', '96 min', 'The film nabbed the Golden Tanit- Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia. \r<br/>The film’s director has a record of award-winning films. \r<br/>The film unfolds a critical side of Syria’s civil war-the torturing of the kidnapped women.', 'Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt', 'Golden Tanit- Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFKhnu3Akg', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 140607.png', '2bros 1.jpg', '2bros 2.jpg', '2bros 3.jpg', 'negmet pstr.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.i24news.tv/ar/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%AB%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/1573050882-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD-%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8\">I24 news (Arabic)</a></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.independentarabia.com/node/178091/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7/%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samer Mohamed Ismail-Independent Arabia (Arabic)&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>', '“The film uses different camera angles and shorts that brilliantly depicts each scene making the film thrilling.” \r<br/>I24 news (Arabic)\r<br/>\r<br/>“Distinguished management of actors creating harmony between characters and events.”\r<br/>Independent Arabia (Arabic)', '0', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(288, 'Abou Leila', '', '846976097', 'feature', '2019', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Algeria France</p>', '<p>Thala Films In Vivo Films</p>', '<p>Fay&ccedil;al Hammoum Louise Bellicaud</p>', '<p>Algeria, 1994. S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, cross the desert in search of Abou Leila, a dangerous terrorist. The quest seems absurd in the immensity of the Sahara. But S., whose mental health is vacillating, is convinced to find Abou Leila there. Lotfi has only one idea in mind: to move S. away from the capital. It is by sinking into the desert that they will confront their own violence.</p>', 'Slimane Benouari Lyes Salem Azouz Abdelkader Fouad Megiraga</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Amin Sidi-Boum&eacute;di&egrave;ne DOP: Kanam&eacute; Onoyama Editor: Amin Sidi-Boum&eacute;di&egrave;ne', '140 min', '', '<p>Cannes Film Festival, France Neuchatel Int\'l Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland Entrevues Belfort Festival International du Film, France D\'A Film Festival Barcelona, Spain Neuch&acirc;tel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF), Switzerland Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt Le Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-Le-Sec, France</p>', '<p>Best Actor Award - Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia Best Film Award - Festival de Sevilla, Spain Centenary Award for Best Film - Int\'l Film Festival of Goa, India Critics\' Award- Cannes Film Festival, France Critics\' Award &ndash; Cinemed, France Critics Award - D\'A Film Festival Barcelona, Spain G&eacute;rard Frot-Coutaz Prize - Entrevues Belfort Festival International du Film, France M&eacute;li&egrave;s d&rsquo;Argent du Meilleur Long M&eacute;trage Fantastique Europ&eacute;en - Neuch&acirc;tel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF), Switzerland</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaX_Az_vFo', 'abotrr.png', 'abou1.jpg', 'abou2.jpg', 'abou3.jpg', 'Abou Leila poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/abou-leila-review-1203230882/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &ndash; Variety</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/abou-leila-cannes-review/5139779.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Ward &ndash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/abou-leila-review-1214139\">Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>', '<p>\"A punishing, sensorial cri de coeur that dispenses with traditional narrative to create a surrealist, all but impenetrable drama about Algeria&rsquo;s bloody civil war of the 1990s.\" Jay Weissberg &ndash; Variety \"In immersing the audience in the characters&rsquo; mindsets, the approach is rich, resonant and involving, rather than obtuse or disorienting. It also inspires the movie&rsquo;s most striking images and evocative visual metaphors, saying more about the internal state of two men habitualised to a life of constant threat and terror than the languid dialogue could ever manage.\" Sarah Ward &ndash; Screen Daily &ldquo;This intentionally disorienting work runs over two hours and is literally and figuratively a trip that isn&rsquo;t only captivating but tries to take its viewers captive&rdquo; Boyd van Hoeij - The Hollywood Reporter</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9615278/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(289, 'Bethlehem 2001', '', '267353311', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Palestine', '', '<p>Ibrahim Handal Wisam Aljafari</p>', 'A young Palestinian wanders between his current reflections and his childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. He tries to understand how his parents could guide him through those difficult times, hoping that they would help him cope with the present.', 'Muhammad Mughrabi<br />Yousef AbuShkhaidem<br />Hind AbuShkhaidem<br />Tarek Abusalameh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ibahim Handal<br />DOP: Ibrahim Handal<br />Editor: Ibrahim Handal and Belal Abu Alia', '15 min', 'World premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Pardino - Leopards of Tomorrow Award \r<br/>Competed in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival \r<br/>Director Ibrahim Handal was the DOP on AMBIENCE, which reaped an award at Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Reflects on a major event in Arab history — the second Palestinian uprising (Intifada) — through the eyes of young Palestinians', 'Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>MEDfilm Festival, Italy\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea \r<br/>Cinema of Peace?, Tunisia \r<br/>Fajr Film Festival, Iran \r<br/>Belfast Film Festival, Ireland \r<br/>Palestine Arts Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Cine - Palestine Film Festival, France\r<br/>Cabriolet Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Refugee Film Festival, Poland', 'Special Jury Mention at the MedFilm Festival\r<br/>Best Short Film at Fajr the Film Festival\r<br/>Best Short Fiction Film at the Refugee Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7WScmmEc0', 'btltr.png', 'btl1.jpg', 'btl2.jpg', 'btl 3.jpg', 'bethlehem pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12999930/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(290, 'Experimental Summer', 'Saif Tagreby', '636601332', 'feature', '2017', 'Drama, Mocumentary', 'Egypt', 'Otaku Digital Film', 'Mahmoud lotfy', 'Both Mahmoud and Zeinab join hands to search for the original version of the first Egyptian independent film that was made back in the 1980s, all copies of which were either destroyed or confiscated for unknown reasons by the government film agency, an entity that governed film production and distribution at the time. ’Experimental Summer’ is a fantasy journey into the world of filmmaking.', 'Zainab Magdy\r<br/>Mahmoud Eissa\r<br/>Ahmed Magdy\r<br/>Essam Esmail', 'Screenwriter: Mahmoud Lotfy\r<br/>DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy\r<br/>Editor: Essam Esmail', '70 min', 'The film was selected for the Berlin International Film Festival.\r<br/>It was released in Zawya Cinema in Egypt.\r<br/>The film’s narrative form is unique and surprising that it takes the audience to a new enriching cultural experience.\r<br/>It explores the passion for cinema and filmmaking, commemorating the Egyptian pioneers of independent filmmaking.\r<br/>It received support from the Doha Film Institute.', 'Berlin International Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Militello Independent Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Film award- Militello Independent Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxwM_Q9glc4', 'exss.png', 'expsummer02.jpg', 'expsummer03.jpg', 'expsummer01.jpg', 'exps.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6482130/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(293, 'The Furnace', '', '901284428', 'feature', '2020', 'Western, Drama', 'Australia', 'Southern Light Films', '<p>Timothy White</p>', '1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.', 'Ahmed Malek<br />David Wenham<br />Jay Ryan</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Roderick MacKay<br />DOP: Mick McDermott<br />Editor: Merlin Eden', '116 min', 'Landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival\r<br/>As part of its tour across the Arab world, the film was successfully released in Egypt, UAE, and KSA\r<br/>Received production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with ScreenWest, LotteryWest, and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund\r<br/>Written and directed by the renowned Roderick MacKay\r<br/>Stars Ahmed Malek along with some well-known Australian actors', 'Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Australian Screen Industry Network Awards, Australia \r<br/>Australian Writers\' Guild \r<br/>Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards \r<br/>Australian Screen Sound Guild\r<br/>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival', 'Best Editor at Australian Screen Industry Network Awards, Australia \r<br/>SA & WA Gold Award at The Australian Cinematographers Society', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8NTG1yRMrQ', 'dahab tr.png', 'hares 11.jpg', 'hares 2.jpg', 'hares 3.jpg', 'hares eldahab.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/the-furnace-review-1234771112/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &ndash; Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-furnace-venice-review/5152647.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikki Baughan &ndash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/04/the-furnace-review-brutish-western-roderick-mackay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xan Brooks &ndash; The Guardian</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-furnace-film-review-venice-2020-4053587/\">David Rooney &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</a>&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-furnace-review-venice-1234584275/\">Eric Kohn &mdash; Indiewire</a>&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7046530/the-furnace-a-remarkable-first-feature-film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jane Freebury &mdash; Canberratimes</span></a></span></p>', '\"An enjoyably absorbing experience\"\r<br/>Jay Weissberg — Variety\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Brutish western is tough as old leather and good as gold\"\r<br/>Xan Brooks — The Guardian\r<br/>\r<br/>\"The strength of MacKay\'s film is in its meticulously researched depiction of the mix of cultures and religions which helped to shape Western Australia during this time of unfettered expansion.\"\r<br/>Nikki Baughan — Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>\"The Furnace is a handsomely mounted film of an ambitious scale for a first feature, and there\'s much to admire in its measured approach, echoed in the brooding strings of Mark Bradshaw\'s score.\"\r<br/>David Rooney — The Hollywood Reporter \r<br/>\r<br/>\"The Furnace marks the latest compelling entry to this emerging subgenre, and while writer-director Roderick MacKay\'s first feature hews to plenty of formulaic twists, it brings new faces to the traditional Outback survival tale, giving it fresh urgency in the process.\" \r<br/>Eric Kohn — Indiewire \r<br/>\r<br/>\"The Furnace is an impressive, engrossing, and compelling tale. An ambitious undertaking, yes, with many players and conflicting angles.\"\r<br/>Jane Freebury — Canberratimes', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10964530/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(294, 'Under the Concrete', 'Sous le Béton', '1244420800', 'feature', '2020', 'Drama', 'France\r - Lebanon', 'Stank', 'Roy Arida\r<br/>Vincent Le Port\r<br/>Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun', 'Beirut, Lebanon. The city is riveted by a series of car bomb attacks. Alain, bored with his job as a sales representative, decides to turn his back on his life in this madness. Looking for a way out, he decides to devote himself to his passion, scuba diving. Quickly, he becomes increasingly obsessed with only one thing: breaking the world diving record.', 'Nathalie Japiot\r<br/>Alain Najm\r<br/>Toufic Khreich', 'Screenwriter: Roy Arida\r<br/>DOP: Jacques Girault\r<br/>Editor: Xavier Sirven', '78 min', 'The film had its market premiere at the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Français à Paris.\r<br/>The film received grants from CNC, SCAM, Institut Français, and AFAC.\r<br/>The film spotlights some of Beirut\'s youth daily struggles and social issues in the light of the political conflicts ripping up the country.', 'Rendez-vous du Cinéma Français à Paris, France\r<br/>Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt\r<br/>Hainan International Film Festival, China', 'Saad el-din Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film - Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt', 'https://vimeo.com/510610209', 'utc tr.PNG', 'utc1.jpg', 'utc2.jpg', 'utc3.jpg', 'pst utc.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/393766/\">Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/under-the-concrete-2020-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson - Eye For Film</span></a></span></p>', '“Arida clearly has the makings of an excellent, fearless filmmaker whose potential we look forward to seeing deployed, buoyed by greater resources” Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Arida wants us to see - and just as importantly, hear - the world as Alain does, to go beyond character study into character immersion\"\r<br/>Amber Wilkinson - Eye For Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8991318/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(295, 'Watermelon Club', 'Nadi Albatikh', '1685089806', 'feature', '2017 ', 'Drama', 'United Arab Emirates', '', '<p>Ali Bin Matar, Yaser Alneyadi</p>', 'A complex story of a group of men who gather up to practice a weird and mysterious rituals on a farm. Soon, those rituals ring a bell from their past, unleashing dark sins and unfortunate events from the past of the six men. As the story unfolds, their awoken past turns everything around.', 'Khaled AlMaani, Khaled Al Naimi, Mohamed Saleh, Eissa Arab</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yaser Alneyadi<br />DOP: Ali Bin Matar<br />Editor: Ali Bin Mata,r Raed Ballan', '65 min', 'The film was an official selection for Muhr Awards at Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). \r<br/>Through an innovative narrative style, the director takes the audience to a journey revealing the real face for six seemingly ideal moral characters.', 'Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'Special mention for Editing - Al Ain film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykCttSAsTw', 'batekh tr.png', 'batekh1.jpg', 'batekh2.jpg', 'batekh3.jpg', 'watermelon club poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31025202/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(296, 'Escape', 'Horoob', '1172450866', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'UAE', '', 'Hana Alshateri\r<br/>Abdulla Alhemairi\r<br/>Yaser Alneyadi', 'An intriguing collection of un connected short stories, featuring a group of disparate characters; each is dealing with his own dilemma. As the characters go through different paths, will they all face the same destiny?', 'Sheikha AbdulMotaleb\r<br/>Fatima Hasan \r<br/>Jassim AlKharaz', 'Screenwriter: Abdulla Al Hemairi \r<br/>DOP: Ali Bin Matar \r<br/>Editor: Ali Bin Matar', '27 min', 'The film won Best Muhr Emirati Short at Dubai International Film Festival, UAE.\r<br/>It was funded by the ENJAZ program at Dubai Film Festival Market.', 'Dubai International Film Festival, UAE', 'Best Muhr Emirati Short-Dubai International Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR829bazfgo', 'scaptr.png', 'Escape1.jpg', 'escape2.jpg', 'Escape3.jpg', 'escape poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7705368/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(297, 'When the Sea was Blue', 'Lama Kan Albahr Azraq', '1827745911', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '', '<p>Amr Elseyoufi</p>', 'Mariam is a woman in her 40s who feels burdened by the daily routine and boredom. The overuse of technology by the people surrounding her puts a barrier between her and everyone else. \r<br/>One day she decides to break the dullness by taking the boldest decision in her life.', 'Heba Abdelghany, Mahmoud Hamdi, Nicole Iskander, Adam Zayed</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed Zayed<br />DOP: Joseph Karam<br />Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh', '10 min', 'Held its World premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival\r<br/>Inspired by personal experiences from the life of the director\r<br/>Highlights the social status of several women in the Arab world', 'Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt (World premiere)\r<br/>The National Egyptian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain \r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'Shady Abdel-Salam Award for best first work at The National Egyptian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Actress Award at Cairo Shorts Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8zfr6PJL6M', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 122208.png', 'blsea1.jpg', 'blsea2.jpg', 'blsea3.jpg', 'poster seablue.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712833/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(298, 'Hold up Moroccan', 'Braquage a La Marocaine', '1077400389', 'feature', '2019', 'Comedy', 'Morocco', '', '<p>Ahmed Tahiri Idrissi</p>', 'The film revolves around a poor family, who lives in a shantytown and struggles with the difficulties of living. They sought to obtain a bank loan to buy an economical apartment. Things don’t go as planned, so Haniyeh, the elder sister and her husband Ibrahim, comes up with a wicked new plan to save themselves. Be that as it may, they find themselves face to face with the director of the banking institution who could ruin everything for them!', 'Fatima Zahra Banacer Karim Sa&iuml;di</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Tahiri Idrissi DOP: Ziad Yahyaoui Editor: Ahmed Tahiri Idrissi', '94 min', 'The film tacks the critical issue of economic housing sarcastically.\r<br/>This is Ahmed Tahiri Idrissi’s first feature film', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtjOUer7mU8', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 140759.png', 'brq1.jpg', 'brq2.jpg', 'brq3.jpg', 'Poster Braquage a la marocaine web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14266202/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_7_act', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(299, 'Berries Island', 'Gezert El Toot', '1658116388', 'short films', '2018', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Patchwork Productions', '<p>Marwa Tammam</p>', 'Before passing away, a mother tells her son about the souls of the dead that rise and rest at the moon. Following her death, her 11-year-old son, feeling severe solitude, tries to go and meet his mother’s soul once again after her death.', 'Ahmed El-Sharnouby Sara Derzawy Marwan Allam</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed El-Hosseiny Mohamed Mahdy Khaled Mansour DOP: Bassem Saad El-Din Editor: Mohamed Anwar', '21 min', 'It took part in many film festivals, including Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) and Palestine Cinema Days.\r<br/>A children-friendly emotional film that helps the family come closer together. The film also may help the parents with the common question they are frequently asked by their children “where do we go after death?”\r<br/>The film received funds from; The Madad Fund, MDB Film Festival and Semat.', 'Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Children\'s Film Festival India, India\r<br/>Visions: Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine\r<br/>MDB Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Vision short Competition, Egypt\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TK0HRkIJq0', 'bisla.PNG', 'gztot1.jpg', 'gztot2.jpg', 'gztot3.jpg', 'final_poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712101/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(300, '18/11', '', '449920657', 'short films', '2021', 'Thriller, Drama', 'Egypt', '', '<p>Medhat Maged</p>', 'A story of a woman with a sleepwalking disorder who is accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young maid can help in this case as she was the only witness.', 'Gehan Anwar, Lama Kutkut, Ali Shawki, Kareem Sorour</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed Abdallah<br />DOP: Mohamed Tarek Deraz<br />Editor: Yasmine Hisham', '22 min', 'World Premiered at the African Film Festival Atlanta, US\r<br/>Reaped the Gold and Silver Awards at One Earth Awards', 'African Film Festival Atlanta, US (World premiere)\r<br/>Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Palestinian Refugees Film Festival, Palestine  \r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>One Earth Awards, US\r<br/>Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain\r<br/>Manassat Film Festival, Egypt', 'Gold Award for Best Student Film at One Earth Awards\r<br/>Silver Award for Best Short Film - Fiction at One Earth Awards', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNaLpOUqMFs', '18-11 tr.png', '1811 1.jpg', '18811 2.jpg', '1811 3.jpg', '18-11 poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712670/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(301, 'Samia (Short)', '', '12565864', 'short films', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '<p>Abu Lughod Studios</p>', '<p>Dima Toukan</p>', '<p>Samia &mdash; a young aspiring dancer &mdash; is diagnosed with cancer and, after undergoing treatment, begins the tough journey of mental and physical changes that cause her to withdraw from life and isolate herself. Her illness also takes its toll on her husband Samir, who tries to support her, but she pushes him away. When Samir notices that music still attracts Samia&rsquo;s attention, he tries to use it to lift her spirit and bring her out of her isolation.</p>', 'Is&rsquo;haq Elias Hayat Abu Samra</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hamza Alkhatib DOP: Qassam Obaid Editor: Mohammed Haniyyah - Osama Alhasan', '13 min', '<p>Gives an insightful look into the lives of cancer fighters following a unique romantic story Inspired by real-life stories Screened at l&rsquo;Institut Fran&ccedil;ais de Tunisie as part of the 7th Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival</p>', '<p>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival</p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULcZm0Wflag', 'Screenshot 2021-01-24 151640.png', 'samia1.jpg', 'samia2.jpg', 'samia3.jpg', 'Samia Poster En.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712753/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(302, 'Black Medusa', 'Ma Tasma\'a Kan Al Reeh', '814377988', 'feature', '2021', 'Crime, Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Utopia Films', 'Ismael', 'In today’s Tunis, Nada is 25 years old. She is hard of hearing and communicates through a Smartphone app. She leads a lonely life and works as a web video content editor for a start-up.\r<br/>But every weekend at night, Nada turns into a femme fatale: she dresses in black and walks the bars looking for men. She becomes confident and in control. Nada closes the trap on her prey by drugging them. In the men’s houses, she sexually abuses them and leaves them unconscious.', 'Nour Hajri\r<br/>Rym Hayouni\r<br/>Aymen Ben Hmida\r<br/>Aymen Mejri', 'Screenwriter: Ismael, Youssef Chebbi\r<br/>DOP: Imed Aissaou\r<br/>Editor: Ismael', '95 min', 'World premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.\r<br/>Selected for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival works in progress list.\r<br/>Black Medusa is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Medusa myth in the #MeToo era.\r<br/>It is also both the portrait of a young woman in post-revolutionary Tunisia and the portrait of the city of Tunis.', 'International Film Festival – Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Arab Film Days, Norway\r<br/>International Fantastic Film Festival, Porto Allegre\r<br/>Moscow International Film Festival, Russia  \r<br/>New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Lima Alterna International Film Festival, Peru\r<br/>MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, Lisbon\r<br/>Sevilla European Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>JCC Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQoFerGJwu0', 'bl mds.PNG', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_PICTURE-01.jpg', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_PICTURE-03.jpg', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_PICTURE-05.jpg', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_IFFR_POSTER_WEB.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13742892/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(303, 'Tala\'vision', 'Tala’vision', '82324117', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama, War', 'Germany, Jordan', 'Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg\r<br/>Tabi360', 'Philipp Maurice Raube\r<br/>Esther Busch\r<br/>Gabriel Waldvogel\r<br/>Jude Kawwa', 'Trapped in a war ridden reality, eight-year-old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.', 'Aesha Balasem\r<br/>Ziad Bakri\r<br/>Khalid Al Tarifi', 'Screenwriter: Murad Abu Eisheh\r<br/>DOP: Philip Henze\r<br/>Editor: Quirin Grimm\r<br/>Producers: Philipp Maurice Raube\r<br/>Esther Busch\r<br/>Gabriel Waldvogel\r<br/>Jude Kawwa', '28 min', 'Won Golden Medal at Student Academy Awards \r<br/>The first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at Max Ophuls Film Festival in Germany\r<br/>Scooped over 15 awards at prestigious international film festivals\r<br/>Granted by The Jordan Film Fund in its fourth cycle\r<br/>Selected to take part within Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. \r<br/>In 2021, The Oscars announced the film among a short list of 15 films for its Live Action Short Film Category.', 'First Steps Awards, Germany\r<br/>Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Bundesfestival Junger Film\r<br/>Portland Film Festival, USA\r<br/>FLICKFAIR Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Boulder International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Paris Short film Awards, France \r<br/>Cinemaiubit, Romania \r<br/>Moskow Short Film, Russia \r<br/>Indie Short Awards Cannes, France \r<br/>Short to the point, USA\r<br/>Hummingbird International Film Festival, India \r<br/>ENERGA CamerImage, Poland \r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia \r<br/>Student Academy Awards, USA\r<br/>Biberacher Filmfestspielen, Germany \r<br/>Festival Tous Courts, France \r<br/>Portland Independent Filmfestival, USA \r<br/>Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czechia\r<br/>German Camera Award', 'Michael Ballhaus Prize – First Steps Awards, Germany\r<br/>Max Ophüls Jury prize for best mid-long film at Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Max Ophüls Audience prize at Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>1st Prize for a Live Action Short Film at Flicker\'s Rhode Island International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film at Cinemaiubit, Romania\r<br/>Best Director and Best Screenplay at Moskow Short Film, Russia\r<br/>Best Short, Best Male Director and Best Cinematography at Indie Short Awards Cannes, France\r<br/>Best Drama at Short to the point, USA\r<br/>Silver Tadpole at ENERGA CamerImage, Poland\r<br/>Best Short Film at Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Golden Medal at Student Academy Awards, USA\r<br/>Best Medium Length at Biberacher Filmfestspielen, Germany\r<br/>Prix du Jury Jeune and Prix Lieux Fictifs at Festival Tous Courts, France\r<br/>Jury Award in the Live-Action Category at Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czechia\r<br/>Best Cinematography at German Camera Award', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObrrDSAjZr0', 'tvis.png', 'tv1.jpg', 'tv2.jpg', 'tv3.jpg', 'tv pstt.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://en.qantara.de/content/the-world-through-talas-eyes-talavision-sadly-poetic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikolas Fischer - Qantara.de</span></a></span></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13882228', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(304, 'Trapped', 'حمام سخن', '2111501872', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '', 'Manal Khaled', 'In Trapped, a group of women coming from different social backgrounds, find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of getting trapped sometimes in one’s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but it is sometimes imposed by the inner conflicts and ideas. \r<br/>The women share similar dreams of breaking free from the social constraints, however their different social backgrounds create a contrast when it comes to the levels of awareness, openness and methods to rebel against their present realities.', 'Coroline Khalil\r<br/>Sara\'a Jebel\r<br/>Osama Abo El Ata\r<br/>Zeina Mansour‎\r<br/>Reem Hegab\r<br/>Rajwa Hamed\r<br/>Mona Mokhtar\r<br/>Tharaa Goubail\r<br/>Ne’ma Mohsen\r<br/>Habiba Effat\r<br/>Farah Maged (child)\r<br/>Fadel El Garhy (guest appearance)', 'Screenwriter: Rasha Azab- Manal Khaled\r<br/>DOP: Zbigniew Rybczynski- Tarek Hefny- Mahmoud Lotfi\r<br/>Editor: Rania Montaser\r<br/>Music: Raad Khalaf\r<br/>Sound Engineer: Gasser Khourshed-Tamer El-Demerdash\r<br/>Mixing: Mohamed Fawzy \r<br/>Production Heads: Eslam Nageh-Mohamed Felfel-Mohamed Al Shahat\r<br/>Production Supervisor: Ayman Makram\r<br/>Production Designer: Mohamed El Abd', '77 min', 'The first Egyptian film to be selected at the South By Southwest Festival in the USA in 10 years.\r<br/>Based on true stories.\r<br/>Supported by a huge fanbase and crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.\r<br/>An authentic and raw portrayal of the social realities in Egypt.\r<br/>The film screened at a number of international festivals, including Amman International Film Festival, and Mostra de València –Cinema del Mediterrani.', 'Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>South by Southwest Film Festival, USA (World premiere) \r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt (A 13-minute shortened version)\r<br/> Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Beirut \r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days,Palestine \r<br/>Mostra de València –Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain \r<br/>Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film,Jordan  \r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain\r<br/> Festival de Cine por Mujeres, Madrid\r<br/>Arabsik Filmfest in Norway', 'Best Feature Film, Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoW-3jDeo7c', 'trappedtr.PNG', 'hskh1.jpg', 'hskh2.jpg', 'hskh3.jpg', 'hmm skh.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineaddiction.com/2021/03/26/hammam-sokhn-review/\">D&eacute;cio Gon&ccedil;alves - Cineaddiction</a></span></p>\r\n<p><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thespool.net/festivals/sxsw-2021-global-review/\">Peter Sobczynski - The Spool</a></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://rommanmag.com/view/posts/postDetails?id=6344\">Mohamed Al Zakzok-Romman Magazine</a></span></p>', '“A powerful story of women trying to fight for their freedom and finding hope in the person next to them”  \r<br/>“Touching and hopeful.”\r<br/>Décio Gonçalves- Cineaddiction\r<br/>\r<br/>“Trapped is a powerful, inspiring and radical work that makes one excited to see what Khaled will come up with next.” \r<br/>Peter Sobczynski- The Spool\r<br/>\r<br/>“The film creates a light, implicit and smooth portrayal of the spontaneous revolutionary connection that fused Egyptians from different social and intellectual backgrounds.” \r<br/>Mohamed Al Zakzok-Romman Magazine', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7153564/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(305, 'The Woodman', 'الرجل الخشب', '2063329543', 'feature', '2021', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantasy, Thriller</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq, UK, Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Art Pictures Limited</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koutaiba Al-Janabi</span></p>', '<p>The film revolves around a human-sized wooden doll who is forced to flee its homeland and its fate crosses with the fates of several characters to provide a vivid picture from the hearts and minds of all those compelled to flee their homelands.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mihaly Palko</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Heffner</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Koutaiba AL-Janabi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Koutaiba AL-Janabi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Hugh Williams</span>', '76 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received post-production funding from the Cairo Film Connection and the Doha Film Fund.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koutaiba Al-Janabi is a heavy name. The aforementioned director helmed a number of films that garnered prestigious awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantasy meets social commentary&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artistic execution, creative premise</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festivals and Awards </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seville Independent Film Festival, Spain (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FESPACO Film Festival, Burkina Faso</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Cinematography Awards, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boden International Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aube Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabisches Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Filmmaker Festival of New York, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Film Connection, Cairo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&rsquo;m Migrant Film Festival 2025, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze Award, Seville Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize, Cairo Film Connection</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Palm for Best Gulf Country Feature Film, Saudi Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film Cinematography, Canadian Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honourable Mention, Berlin Indie Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Boden International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zm8PwjLUsU', 'Screenshot 2021-03-15 142758.png', 'The Woodman 1.jpg', 'woodman 2.jpg', 'woodman 3.jpg', 'woodman pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Al Mefargy-Al Mada Paper (Arabic)</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=223146\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://almadapaper.net/view.php?cat=223146</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The editing and the cinematography make the audience delve into the Woodman&rsquo;s mind and soul.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Al Mefarg y- Al Mada Paper (Translation from Arabic)</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8422214/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(306, 'Al-Sit', '', '1349970894', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Sudan\r - Qatar', '', 'Suzannah Mirghani', 'In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?', 'Mihad Murtada\r<br/>Rabeha Mohammed \r<br/>Mohammed Magdi \r<br/>Haram Basher', 'Screenwriter: Suzannah Mirghani\r<br/>DOP: Khalid Awad\r<br/>Editor: Abdelrahim Kattab\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani', '20 min', 'Nabbed the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival\r<br/>The Arab short film with the highest number of awards in 2021\r<br/>Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and shorts voted unanimously to award Al Sit film the Best short film award.\r<br/>Recipient of a production grant from Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>A film made by women for women highlighting women’s rights.', 'Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/> Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar \r<br/>Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Huesca International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea\r<br/>The European Independent Film Festival, France\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>The Quibdó Africa Film Festival, Congo\r<br/>International short & independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka\r<br/>Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF), Nepal\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival\r<br/>Silicon Valley African Film Festival\r<br/>LA Shorts International Film Festival\r<br/>Berlin Interfilm Festival\r<br/>Nashville Film Festival\r<br/>New Orleans Film Festival', 'Best Director at the Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Best Short Film and Chairman’s award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar \r<br/>The Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>The Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival, Finland \r<br/>Two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Best Script award and Special Mention at Huesca International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Special Jury award at Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea\r<br/>Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at The European Independent Film Festival, France.\r<br/>SUDU Prize for Best Short Film at The Quibdó Africa Film Festival, Congo\r<br/>Best short film at Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Best Short Film and Sakura Award at Universo Corto, Italy\r<br/>The Fevoss Solidarity Award at San Giò Verona Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best of Fest at LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Short Film at  Bronzelens Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best International Film at DC Black Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Audience Award at  Vigata Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Short Film at Nuuk International Film Festival, Greenland\r<br/>Best Cinematography at Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Special Mention at Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Special Mention at SorsiCorti Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Narrative Short Film Award at Silicon Valley African Film Festival, USA.\r<br/>Bagmati Award for Best International Short Film at Nepal International Film Festival (NIFF), Nepal\r<br/>Best Fiction Award at International short & independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka \r<br/>Best Short Film at LA Shorts International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Live Action at Berlin Interfilm Festival, Germany\r<br/>Bes Narrative Short at New Orleans Film Festival, USA', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI', 'Screenshot 2021-03-15 143615.png', 'sit1.jpg', 'sit2.jpg', 'sit3.jpg', 'Al-Sit_Poster_Logos.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13660390/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(307, 'Palmyra', 'Tadmor‎', '160229898', 'feature', '2020', 'Drama', 'Russia', 'Proline Film', 'Andrey Sigle', 'Based on a true story, Arthur – a former military doctor – leads the quiet life of a widower in a mountain village in Dagestan. \r<br/>He then learns that his only daughter, Maryam, has been recruited by a terrorist organization and ran away to Syria. \r<br/>The father decides to follow her, willing to do what it takes to save her.', 'Geza Morcsányi\r<br/>Ekaterina Kramarenko\r<br/>Daniela Stojanovic\r<br/>Darius Gumauskas\r<br/>Vagif Kerimov', 'Screenwriters: Konstantin Lopushansky, Vyacheslav Rybakov, Denis Gutsko, Ivan Bolotnikov\r<br/>DOP: Ayrat Yamilov\r<br/>Editor: Anna Mass', '85 min', 'Nominated for Best Film at Busan International Film Festival\r<br/>Director Ivan Bolotnikov\'s second film, whose debut film Kharms won the Best Screenplay Award at the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF)\r<br/>Based on a true story\r<br/>Explores the gruesomeness of wars and fanaticism', 'Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Europe Film Festival, UK\r<br/>The Golden Unicorn Awards, UK', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FrVZcFVZw', 'ptrl.PNG', 'plm1.jpg', 'plm2.jpg', 'plm3.jpg', 'Poster RGB Eng w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11991432/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(308, 'Goin South', 'Ertidad', '2113806483', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Last Scene Films', '<p>Mohammed Alhamoud Saleem Homsi</p>', 'A newlywed couple pays their first visit to the groom’s hometown in a small Southern Saudi village where they will celebrate their marriage. Nervous and desperate for her in-laws’ approval, the bride, Aya, makes a daring choice, while her husband Nader tries to cope with the consequences. The new relationship is put under its first test.', 'Fatima Albanawi<br />Ayman Mutahar<br />Alanoud Yousef</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohammed Alhamoud<br />DOP: Amine Messadi<br />Editor: Nadia Touijer', '14 min', 'The first ever Saudi film to be Selected for the official competition at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France.\r<br/>Starring beloved Saudi actress Fatima AlBanawi\r<br/>Received a funding grant from the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) after winning the Saudi Film Days in 2017.\r<br/>Portrays the social and cultural background of the Saudi community, capturing a confrontation between the countryside and urban life', 'Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF Shorts), Estonia\r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival Kolkata, India\r<br/>Lublin Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Quebec City Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Bali International Short Film Festival, Indonesia\r<br/>Arab Film Festival in Tübingen/Stuttgart, \r<br/>XXI Festival Internazionale Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, Italy\r<br/>CINECO Cinéma itinérant en Cévennes, France\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci - International Short Film Festival, Italy', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctZfG0GG4Q', 'Screenshot 2021-03-15 143029.png', 'gos1.jpg', 'gos2.jpg', 'gos3.jpg', 'goin south poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9447628/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(309, 'Bond', 'صلة', '1487606588', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Last Scene Films', 'Mohammed Alhamoud\r<br/>Hussam Alhulwah', 'Khaled and his father represent two very different generations of contemporary Saudi society. When Khaled’s mother is hospitalized, the two start to find themselves physically closer than usual, but at the same time never further apart emotionally. With so little in common, Khaled’s father becomes fixated on his son’s religious obligations which only deepens their disconnection.', 'Mohammed Alyaya\r<br/>Nasser Alrubiaan', 'Screenwriter: Hussam Alhulwah\r<br/>DOP: Amine Messadi\r<br/>Editor: Nadia Touijer', '20 min', 'Landed its international premiere at the Tampere Film Festival, one of Europe’s most prominent short film festivals.\r<br/>The film sheds light on the discrepancies between generations within the modern-day Saudi community.', 'Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt', 'Golden Palm for Best Director Award, Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NECAcRqRioI', 'Screenshot 2021-03-15 143318.png', 'Silah_02.JPG.jpg', 'Silah_05.JPG.jpg', 'Silah_06.JPG.jpg', 'Silah - Az Poster DIGITAL w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9452600/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(310, 'Life Suits Me Well', 'LA VIE ME VA BIEN', '533563095', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Morocco', 'Kasabah Films', 'Karim Debbagh', 'It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only employee of the local post office. When he is stricken from neurological disease, his life changes, and a new life begins for Fouad, his wife, and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad is slowly dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface – but the desire to live is inextinguishable.', 'Samir Guesmi\r<br/>Lubna Azabal\r<br/>Sayed El Alami\r<br/>Jalal Quarrioua', 'Screenwriter: Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand\r<br/>DOP: David Quesemand\r<br/>Editor: Patricia Rommel\r<br/>Magdalena Winhart', '98 min', 'Received prize for best film in post-production at CineGouna Platform of El Gouna Film Festival\r<br/>The film is a heart-warming story about an ordinary, yet extraordinary, Moroccan family whose ties are tested especially during the toughest of times\r<br/>The story is inspired by the sickness of the director\'s own father\r<br/>An award-winning film\r<br/>World premiered at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Arab world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival', 'Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunis\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival. Morocco', 'Audience Award at Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam\r<br/>Best Actress at Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam\r<br/>Audience Award at Mediterranean Film Festival Split\r<br/>First Work Award at Tangier National Film Festival\r<br/>Cine Club Award at Tangier National Film Festival\r<br/>Best Script at Casablanca Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Special Jury Prize at Casablanca Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best Actor at Casablanca Arab Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmGCD9BmO18', 'lsmw tr.JPG', 'lsmw1.jpg', 'lsmw2.jpg', 'lsmw3.jpg', 'Poster Final lmvb.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2021/12/13/life-suits-me-well-tells-touching-tale-of-family-and-alzheimers-in-morocco/\">Razmig Bedirian - The National News</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.dmovies.org/2021/11/22/life-suits-me-well-la-vie-ma-va-bien/\">DMovies</a></span></p>', '\"LIFE SUITS ME WELL tells a touching story of family and Alzheimer\'s in Morocco.\"\r<br/>The National News\r<br/>\r<br/>\"A touching, well-made drama about the bonds of family and staying strong in dreadful circumstances.”\r<br/>DMovies', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11656564/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(311, 'Aya', '', '1573084246', 'short films', '2017', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France\r - Qatar', 'Yol Film House', 'Mehdi Hmili', 'Seven-year-old Aya is a young smart girl who lives in Tunis with her Salafist parents. One day, an unforeseen event disrupts the rhythm of the life of this family..', 'Afef Ben Mahmoud\r<br/>May Berhouma\r<br/>Ghanem Zrelli\r<br/>Bahri Rahali', 'Screenwriter: Moufida Fedhila\r<br/>DOP: Frida Marzouk\r<br/>Editor: Sofiene Ben Slimene', '24 min', 'Toured over 80 international film festivals and won 16 awards.\r<br/>The film explores the psychological and social changes in the Tunisian community.\r<br/>The film also highlights the conflicts that can ensue between love and faith in a conservative community.', 'Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (in partnership with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), USA\r<br/>Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Kyiv International Film Festival «Molodist», Ukraine\r<br/>Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Women\'s Eyes Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Sarasota Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Afrika Filmfestival, Belgium\r<br/>Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Africa Movie Academy Awards, Nigeria\r<br/>Festival Maghrébin du Film Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar\r<br/>Rencontres Cinématographiques de Bejaïa, Algeria\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), Belgium\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Silicon Valley African Film Festival, California\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Rivne International Film Festival “Dream City”, Ukraine\r<br/>Brooklyn Women\'s Film Festival, New York\r<br/>Minikino Film Festival, Indonesia\r<br/>Cinéma Apollo, Pontault Combault, France\r<br/>Elia Short Films Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Toronto M-Easte & N-Africa FF, Canada\r<br/>Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Zentrum Marc Bloch, Germany\r<br/>Tozeur International Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Human Screen Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Festival des 24 courts, France\r<br/>Cycle Cinéma Post Révolution, Tunisia\r<br/>Journée Internationale de la Femme, Cinéma les Parnasiens, France\r<br/>Festival du Film Maghrébin de Montréal - FFMM, Montreal\r<br/>Mostra Mundo Árabe Feminino, Brazil\r<br/>Berlin Feminist Film Week, Germany\r<br/>IPAS FILM Festival, Greece\r<br/>Youth and Children Short Film Festival, Syria\r<br/>Amakula Kampala International Festival, Uganda\r<br/>Open Visa, Sicile, Italy\r<br/>Delhi International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Festival Ícaro, Guatemala\r<br/>Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles, Belgium\r<br/>Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie, Canada\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich IAFFZ, Germany\r<br/>Festival Eurydice du court métrage, France\r<br/>Ngalabi Short Film Festival, Uganda\r<br/>Jaipur International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Festival du court métrage mediterranéen “Passaggi d’Autore”, Sardinia\r<br/>Festival Court Bouillon, France\r<br/>Festival de cinéma Image et Vie, Dakar\r<br/>Scandinavian International Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Annual Arab Film Festival, arabfilmedia, San Francisco\r<br/>Cape Town International Film Market & Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Un festival c\'est trop court, Nice\r<br/>Film Festival of Madrid 27FCM-PNR, Spain\r<br/>Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Festival Ecran Libre, France\r<br/>Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bruxelles, Belgium\r<br/>Interfilm International Short Film Festival, Berlin\r<br/>Afrique sur Bièvre, Paris\r<br/>Lobo Fest - Festival Internacional de Filmes, Brazil\r<br/>Festival du Film de Saint Paul Trois Châteaux, France\r<br/>Festival Nouakshort Film, Mauritania\r<br/>International Images Film Festival for Women, Zimbabwe\r<br/>Afrique sur Bièvre, France\r<br/>Écrans Noirs Film Festival, Cameroon\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Africa Movie Academy Awards, Nigeria\r<br/>Festival Signs of the Night, Bangkok\r<br/>Tunis Tout Court, Tunis\r<br/>Cinetopia Film Festival. Arab American National Museum, USA\r<br/>Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, Switzerland\r<br/>Los Angeles Women\'s International Film Festival, Los Angeles\r<br/>Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Festival International Cinéma Vues d’Afrique, Canada\r<br/>Festival Cinema Africano Asia and America Latina, Italy\r<br/>AfryKamera Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>Festivale di u Filmu cortu Les Nuits MED, France\r<br/>PanAfricain International Film Festival, Cannes\r<br/>Festival International Contis, France\r<br/>Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, Paris\r<br/>Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa/Tanger, Spain\r<br/>Africlap Film Festival, France\r<br/>Festival Résistances, Foix, France', 'Golden Tanit - Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Best African Short Film - Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Golden Dhow - Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>Gold FIFOG - International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, Switzerland\r<br/>GRAND PRIX - Festival Maghrébin du Film Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Best Original Screenplay - Festival Maghrébin du Film Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Don Quichotte Prize - FNCCM - Festival Maghrébin du Film Oujda, Morocco\r<br/>Best Short Film - Festival Cinema Africano Asia and America Latina in Milan, Italy\r<br/>Best Short Film - Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France\r<br/>Best Short Feature Rivne International Film Festival “Dream City”, Ukraine\r<br/>Special Jury Award - Africlap Film Festival, France\r<br/>Jury Prize - Cinéma du Monde Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Special Jury Award - Muscat International Film Festival, Oman\r<br/>TITRAFILM Prize - Festivale di u Filmu cortu Les Nuits MED, France\r<br/>Audience Award Best Fiction - Festival du Film Franco-arabe of Noisy-le-Sec\r<br/>Best film - Youth & Short Film Festival Syria, Syria', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2TBNi6oeU', 'aya tr.PNG', 'aya1.jpg', 'aya2.jpg', 'aya3.jpg', 'AYA_Poster_Eng_2021.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7856556/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(312, 'Zeina', '', '661029411', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Elsaid Clinic', '<p>Islam Said</p>', 'Zeina is an Egyptian farmer who faces a lot of pressure from her husband and his family due to her infertility.\r<br/>To save her own skin, she resorts to superstitions along with other means to get pregnant.', 'Hager Elsharnouby, Mohammed Ali, Islam Said, Amal Eid</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ayman Abdelhameed<br />DOP: Ziad Abd elbaset<br />Editor: Kotb Abdelrahim', '17 min', 'Directed by Ayman Abdelhameed, who won an award at AFAC’s Why Culture? Video Competition for his film Red Card\r<br/>Addresses one of the most critical issues in the Arab world — the social misconceptions towards the reasons behind late pregnancy and society’s attitude towards women experiencing late pregnancy\r<br/>Promotes awareness about the importance of science and modern technology to address late pregnancy issues', 'International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh \r<br/>Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, Online', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRqXR-i568', 'ze tr.PNG', 'zen1 (1).jpg', 'zen2 (1).jpg', 'zen3 (1).jpg', 'Poster-23-copy.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31020076/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(313, 'Our River...Our Sky', 'Kulshi Makoo', '1368757545', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq, France, UK, Germany, Kuwait, UAE, and Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Contes Modernes, Oxymoron Films, Linked Productions, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patrice Nezan, Laurent Versini, Maysoon Pachachi, Talal Al-Muhanna, and Alexander Ris</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our River&hellip; Our Sky is set against a backdrop of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and Eid Al-Adha.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in the capital, Baghdad, despite the unpredictable violent events that place them in peril.g</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darina Al-Joundi, Bassim Mahmood, Zainab Joda, Amed Hashimi, Miriam Abbas</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Maysoon Pachachi &amp; Irada Al-Jabbouri</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Jonathan Bloom</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Alexandre Donot</span>', '117 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a full house screening for its world premiere at the 27th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landed its Arab World Premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of 12 European fiction projects that were invited to the Coming Soon virtual screening event by Meeting Point Vilnius in Lithuania.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed at the EAVE Producers Workshop; the film received support from many reputable film organizations, including MEDIA Creative Europe, MEDIA Mundus, Dubai Entertainment and Media Organisation, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the SANAD Film Fund of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the Doha Film Institute, Bread for the World, CNC/Institut Fran&ccedil;ais, Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde, Visions Sud Est, Eurimages, and Auvergne Rh&ocirc;ne-Alpes Cin&eacute;ma.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at over eight international film festivals, winning awards worldwide</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film d\'Amiens, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slemani International Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco Arab Film Festival, Baghdad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raindance Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Independent Film Awards, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMMAN International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin Alfilm Arab Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lyon Institut Lumi&egrave;re, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paris Institut du Monde Arabe, France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IWC Schaffhausen Script Award, Dubai International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cell Group Award, Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Ensemble Performance, British Independent Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm382hzC3dg', 'Screenshot 2021-11-26 164246.png', '(L to R) Basim HAJAR as Kamal and Labwa ARAB as Mona.jpg', '(L to R) Darina AL JOUNDI as Sara, Ali EL KAREEM as Boatman and Zainab AL-GHANIMI as Reema.jpg', '(L to R) Kholod MOHAMAD as Tamara and Karam THAMER as Emad, Junior Policeman.jpg', 'Our River...Our Sky poster web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood, bullets and contraband vodka: female artists on life in Baghdad after the US invasion, The Guardian</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/baghdad-iraq-war-another-day-us-invasion-female-artists\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/baghdad-iraq-war-another-day-us-invasion-female-artists</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compelling Portraits of Lives in an Iraqi War Zone, The Guardian&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/16/our-river-our-sky-review-compelling-portrait-of-lives-in-an-iraqi-war-zone</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Fox, KQED&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13906319/2021-arab-film-festival-our-river-our-sky\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.kqed.org/arts/13906319/2021-arab-film-festival-our-river-our-sky</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kais Kassem, The New Arab (Arabic)</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment_media/%22%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%22-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9?fbclid=IwAR2NfqCa2D9xiQN0l-41Vw5kI8PLzTBXV0y6SnGIBGKao-QPDdqYHbIqqE0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment_media/%22%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%22-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9?fbclid=IwAR2NfqCa2D9xiQN0l-41Vw5kI8PLzTBXV0y6SnGIBGKao-QPDdqYHbIqqE0</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kais Kassem,&nbsp; Al Jazeera&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://doc.aljazeera.net/followup/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8043-2/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://doc.aljazeera.net/followup/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8043-2/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saad Al Qurash</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Raseef22&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://raseef22.net/article/1085553-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%B5-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AD</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our River &hellip; Our Sky alludes to the horrors of war and sectarian violence in subtle and non-explicit terms. Booming over the ordinary activities of children playing or family meals are the deafening sounds of explosions and harrowing discussions of streets filled with corpses.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;, The Guardian</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In its tapestry of intersecting stories, Pachachi&rsquo;s film underlines how wartime turmoil is more than just bloodshed; it kills the normalcy of everyday life and the capacity for dreams.&rdquo; The Guardian</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Set in the last week of 2006, it is an ensemble piece focusing on the lives of ordinary citizens trying to survive the occupation while coming to terms with the Saddam era.\" Bidisha - The Guardian</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A fiction writer (played with great charm and heart by Darina Al-Joundi), compelled to earn money by translating her neighbors&rsquo; entreaties to American authorities while raising her daughter with the erstwhile help of her mother, embodies the warmth that permeates the film.&rdquo; Michael Fox, KQED&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The cinematic elements of the film; cinematography, acting, and techniques, make it one of a few Iraqi cinematic achievements that captivates its audience with its honesty and daring content.&rdquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kais Kassem, The New Arab (Arabic)</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;One of a few films that tackles the Iraqi scene within the years of the factional fighting using a convincing cinematic style that poses questions about what is happening and happened before.&rdquo; Kais Kassem, Al Jazeera</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A film that cherishes life and those who worship life weren&rsquo;t yelling but singing.&rdquo; Saad Al-Qurash, Raseef22</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10676126/  ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(314, 'Istrupya', '', '1831846270', 'feature', '2019', 'Drama', 'Palestine', 'Noor Media Plus', '<p>Mohammed AbuAljalil</p>', 'The film follows the challenges faced by Palestinian youth in the heart of Gaza Strip. Under extreme circumstances in the heart of Gaza Strip, young Palestinians are deviating from the governing norms and traditions of their society, and are left with the choice of running away to the unknown. However, the unknown voyage across the Mediterranean proves no less tragic.', 'Firas Al-Masry</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Sameh Al - qata Ahmed Al - Ashi. DOP: Osama Saleh Amer Abu Amr Editor: Mohamed Shaheen', '78 min', 'The movie animates the challenges faced by Palestinian youth in the Gaza Stri.\r<br/>Depicts the extreme circumstances by the young Palestinians that force them to escape their realities into the unknown.\r<br/>The film received the Special Jury Prize at the Alexandria Film Festival for the Mediterranean Countries.', 'The Alexandria Film Festival for the Mediterranean Countries, Egypt', 'The Special Jury Prize at the Alexandria Film Festival for the Mediterranean Countries', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjrrAVaa7o', 'isrpya.PNG', 'str1.jpg', 'str2.jpg', 'str3.jpg', 'str p.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15281648/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(315, 'Roadblock', 'Hagez', '812663377', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Dewberries Films', 'Marine Vaillant', 'On her way back from a protest during the 2019 Revolution in Beirut, Farah — a Lebanese activist — and her French Lebanese boyfriend Anthony are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah.', 'Ahmed Hammadi Chassin\r<br/>Julian Farhat\r<br/>Pascale Seigneurie\r<br/>Mohamad Yassine', 'Screenwriter: Pascale Seigneurie\r<br/>DOP: Fatma Racha Shehadeh\r<br/>Editor: Adam Jammal', '16 min', 'Selected at Clermont Ferrand Film Market, France\r<br/>World premiered at the El-Gouna Film Festival\r<br/>Touches on some political aspects that ignited the 2019 Lebanese revolution', 'El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Asiatica Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Clermont Ferrand Film Market, France\r<br/>Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan \r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva\r<br/>Sarasota Film Festival, US\r<br/>Olhares Do Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival \r<br/>Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Larissa International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Festival du Film Court Francophone, France\r<br/>Bogoshorts Film Festival, Columbia \r<br/>Arab Film Festival, San Fransisco', 'FIFOG Silver at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8187Ki31oY', 'rdblck.PNG', 'hgz1.jpg', 'hgz2.jpg', 'hgz3.jpg', 'Roadblock poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12974380/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(317, 'Angeliena', '', '1756166846', 'feature', '2021', 'Comedy, Drama', 'South Africa', 'Netflix\r<br/>Towerkop Creations\r<br/>Mad Solutions\r<br/>NFVF\r<br/>DTIC', '<p>Dumi Gumbi Uga Carlini</p>', 'Set in South Africa, a local hospital’s much-loved parking attendant, Angeliena, dares to put her lifelong dream of traveling the world into motion, when she is diagnosed with a fatal disease.', 'Euodia Samson Tshamano Sebe Kuli Roberts Marciel Hopkins June van Merch Nicole Madell Thapelo Makoena Colin Moss</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Uga Carlini DOP: Trevor M. Brown Editor: Rudolf Buitendach Composer: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder Costume designer: Cathy Kukard Stills: Ruth Smith', '97 min', 'By the multi-award winning filmmaker, Uga Carlini, one of South Africa\'s most celebrated directors.\r<br/>One of the film’s producers is the SAFTA Winning Dumi Gumbi Dumi, one of the first black producers to rejuvenate the animation industry in South Africa, late in the 2000’s.\r<br/>A South African story about self-love, dreams, Nelson Mandela, making money, hardships and friendships.', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSxmYZ4P5Ts', '', 'angeli1.jpg', 'angeli2.jpg', 'angeli3.jpg', 'censorship 3 titles.png', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15303262/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(318, 'Truce', 'Hodnah', '1241918894', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Jordan', 'Jwan Media Production and Distribution', '<p>Sa\'ed Arouri</p>', 'The power of destiny gathers two strangers from totally different worlds, a car, and a donkey, in the middle of the Jordanian desert. \r<br/>After a silly misunderstanding, they start a fight that turns into a life-or-death situation in a journey where they struggle to stay human.', 'Is\'haq Elias Hasan Alhwetat</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Saleh Khataybeh DOP: Ahmad Saif Editor: Adam Abu Snainh', '29 min', 'Screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals around the world, winning eight awards\r<br/>Received support from the Jordan Film Fund\r<br/>Explores the essence of humanity through the contemplation of a relationship between two strangers', 'Jerusalem International Film Festival, Palestine\r<br/>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Calgary Arab Film Nights, Canada \r<br/>Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, India \r<br/>Vesuvius International Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>International Moving Film Festival, Iran\r<br/> Independent Shorts Awards, US\r<br/>Hong Kong Indie Film Festival, China\r<br/>Vienna Indie Short Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Paris International Short Festival, France\r<br/>White Unicorn International Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>Al Thaqalayn Film Festival, Iran\r<br/>Berlin Short Award, Germany', 'Best Indie Short at the Independent Shorts Awards\r<br/>The Golden Olive Branch Award at the Jerusalem International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Foreign Language Film of the Month (Special Jury Mention) at the Independent Shorts Awards\r<br/>Best First Time Director at the Independent Shorts Awards \r<br/>Best Short Film at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival\r<br/>Best Thriller Short at the Vesuvius International Film Festival \r<br/>Best Short Film at the International Moving Film Festival\r<br/>Best Short Film at the Vienna Indie Short Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ambJp4SFvd0', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 151038.png', 'Truce Film Picture - 002.jpg', 'Truce Film Picture - 009.jpg', 'Truce Film Picture - 006.jpg', 'Truce-Poster-3-Outline CLEAN-S.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14316750/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(319, 'The Waiting List', 'Intizar', '85038887', 'feature', '2016', '<p>Drama, Romance</p>', '<p>United Arab Emirates</p>', '<p>Hani Al Shaibani Film Production services Dhabi Films LLC</p>', '<p>Hani Al Shaibani, Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi</p>', '<p>Five different people experience life-changing moments that shift their lives over different routes. They live in a state of permanent waiting - for dreams and a sense of purpose. Some of them wait out of hope and optimism, while others wait out of despair.</p>', 'Khalid Ali, Fatma Trabulsi, Ahmed Ragab, Shareefa Mohammed</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hani Al Shaibani<br />DOP: Mohamed Shire<br />Editor: Hani Al Shaibani', '82 min', '<p>The film tackles an original topic about hope and waiting. Screened at Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). Inspired by real-life stories of five different people. The film features reality scenes for original people who experienced these moments on ground.</p>', '<p>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE</p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHkwgchmi6M', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 122506.png', 'entz1.jpg', 'entz2.jpg', 'entz3.jpg', 'waitinglist poster official1.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31392105/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(320, 'Soula', '', '1029364837', 'feature', '2021 ', 'Drama, Road', 'France\r - Algeria', 'Issaad Film Productions', 'Salah Issaad', 'SOULA is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.', 'Soula Bahri\r<br/>Idir Benaibouche, \r<br/>Franck Yvrai', 'Screenwriter: Salah Issaad, Soula Bahri\r<br/>DOP: Arthur Fanget\r<br/>Editor: Salah Issaad', '92 min', 'The Film landed its world premiere at the first edition of  Red Sea International Film Festival.\r<br/>Awarded a \"Coup de Coeur\" (Favourite) prize by the Cinémathèque Afrique (African film library) of the Institut français during the Final Cut in Venice.\r<br/>Inspired by a true story of a single mother who faced tremendous social pressures. \r<br/>It gives hope to all women out there to rise up during painful times and struggles.', 'Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Beirut\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'Coup de Coeur\" (Favourite) prize by the Cinémathèque Afrique (African film library) of the Institut français during - Venice Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Best Feature Fiction award - Beirut International Women Film Festival, Beirut\r<br/>Best Film and Best Actress - Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWbym22BZrg', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 123012.png', 'soula3 (1).jpg', 'soula2 (1).jpg', 'soula1 (1).jpg', 'soula pstr.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://mebusiness.ae/ar/news/show/68078\">Tarek El Shinnawi - Al-Masry Al-Youm</a></span></p>', '“a woman\'s cry out, and the leading actress\'s performance was striking.” Tarek El Shinnawi - Al-Masry Al-Youm', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12991664/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(321, 'Space Woman', 'Aimra\'at Fada\'', '1713079822', 'short films', '2021', 'Family, Drama', 'France', 'h7o7', '<p>Hadi Moussally Olivier Pagny</p>', 'At 64, Maha has just retired from teaching. This new life confronts her with her loneliness as a divorced woman whose children have been living abroad for years. The sole company of her faithful neighbors is no longer enough for Maha to fight the terrible feelings of emptiness and boredom. Recalling how she always dreamed of being an astronaut, she wonders what would happen if she let herself drift towards this promise of escape.', 'Maha Abas Sana Bakri May Moussally Salwa Alami El-Sabeh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hadi Moussally DOP: Olivier Pagny Editor: Olivier Pagny', '20 min', 'World premiered at the LA Shorts International Film Festival\r<br/>The director has won more than 25 awards and 50 nominations in 200 film festivals worldwide\r<br/>Tackles an unfamiliar topic in the Arab world about space', 'LA Shorts International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED), France\r<br/>Alternative Film Festival (CINEMAS), Abu Dhabi', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYHBNQ54AOM', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 122702.png', 'sw33 (1).jpg', 'sw22 (1).jpg', 'sw11 (1).jpg', 'Space Woman_poster_MAD.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15073332', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(322, 'Amira', 'أميرة', '1978971148', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Film Clinic\r<br/>Acamedia\r<br/>The Studio\r<br/>Al Taher Media Production', 'Mohamed Hefzy\r<br/>Moez Masoud\r<br/>Mona Abdelwahab\r<br/>Hany Abu-Assad\r<br/>Amira Diab', 'Amira is a bubbly 17-year-old who has grown-up believing she was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father. Her sense of identity is shattered when another attempt to conceive a child with her father’s smuggled sperm reveals he is infertile, rattling her community and turning her family against itself. Amira embarks on a quest to discover her biological father, and salvage what is left of her identity as her world falls apart', 'Saba Mubarak\r<br/>Ali Suleiman\r<br/>Tara Abboud\r<br/>Ziad Bakri', 'Screenwriter: Mohamed Diab\r<br/>Khaled Diab\r<br/>Sherine Diab\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Gabr\r<br/>Editor: Ahmed Hafez', '95 min', 'Highlights in-vitro-fertilization and sperm smuggling in Palestine.\r<br/>The film features high-caliber film stars, including: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak and Palestinian actor Ali Suliman.\r<br/>The latest film by Mohammed Diab, director of Clash, that opened the Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and was Egypt\'s official submission for the 2017 Academy Awards.\r<br/>The film world premiered at Venice International Film Festival, where it won 3 awards.', 'Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival (JCC). Tunisia', 'Lanterna Magica Award at Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Enrico Fulchignoni Award at Venice International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue at Venice International Film Festival, Italy', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYfzn6qGmg', 'amiratr.png', 'amira still111.jpg', 'ami2.jpg', 'ami3.jpg', 'Amira Final poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.mime.news/posts/amira-venice-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. Nina Rothe - MIME Moving Image Middle East</span>&nbsp;</a></span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/venice-2021-review-amira-mohamed-diab/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808080;\">Klashorst - ICS International Cinephile Society</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://j-mag.ch/mostra-2021-amira-le-nouveau-film-de-legyptien-mohamed-diab-concourt-dans-la-section-orizzonti-et-suit-le-drame-identitaire-dune-jeune-adolescente-en-proie-a-des-questions-existentielle/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irouz Pillet - J:MAG</span></a></span></p>', '“Amira should be high on everyone’s must-watch list” E. Nina Rothe - MIME Moving Image Middle East\r<br/>\r<br/>‘A tightly written twisty drama in the vein of some of Asghar Farhadi’s better works, the film moves at a brisk pace yet leaves enough room to build three engaging characters who all lose because of one incident in the past.”  Marc van de Klashorst - ICS International Cinephile Society\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohamed Diab proposes a profound and seismic reflection on the meaning of life” Firouz Pillet - J:MAG', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12244822/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(323, 'I\'ll Go to Hell', 'J\'irai au Diable', '974192471', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Madame Prod', '<p>Ismahane Lahmar</p>', 'The film follows Najet, whom the doctor says will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on instead of giving in to self-pity. \r<br/>She then decides that she’d rather not be covered in a white shroud when it’s time for her to be buried, however, her family is reluctant to give in to her last wish.', 'Ismahane Lahmar<br />Rashid Abdelhamid<br />Fatma ben Saidane<br />Slym Achour</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ismahane Lahmar<br />DOP: Wafa Mimouni<br />Editor: Pedro Oribe', '80 min', 'One of the winning film projects at the MAFF Industry Days\r<br/>A film with contemplations on the essence of life, death, and what comes in between', 'JCC Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco', '', 'youtube.com/watch?v=QuFcgdDptFM', 'illgth.JPG', 'illg1.jpg', 'illg2.jpg', 'illg3.jpg', 'ill gth.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', ' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21145546', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(324, 'An Attempt', 'Mouhawala', '996132095', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Lebanon', '', '<p>Pamela Nassour</p>', 'Just like all Lebanese people, Alfred — a high-school teacher — tries to adapt to the new socio-political situation caused by the Lebanese October Revolution. Overwhelmed by the media coverage, he ends up joining his students on the field to protest for change.', 'Josef Chemaly Dima Merheb Antonio Chedid Diana Noujaim</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Pamela Nassour DOP: Moris Zoghby Editor: Moris Zoghby', '18 min', 'Landed its world premiere at Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women\'s Film Festival in Portugal\r<br/>This is the award-winning Pamela Nassour’s second short film\r<br/>Her first film To Nowhere won numerous awards at different film festivals worldwide, like the FFTG Awards (US) and Brazil International Monthly Film Festival (Brazil)', 'International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh\r<br/>Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women\'s Film Festival in Portugal\r<br/>Jbeil Short Film Encounters, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coqexMlCqwM', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 150806.png', 'atte1.jpg', 'atte22.jpg', 'atte33.jpg', 'an attempt.official poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720204/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(325, 'Communion', 'Qorban', '1954499705', 'feature', '2021', 'Psychological drama', 'Tunisia', 'Propaganda Production', 'Imed Marzouk', 'The plot of the film follows Sara who works from home, during the lockdown, in the humanitarian sector, helping people in distress during the Covid-19 crisis. Her husband Kais, psychotic, finds himself without medication, out of stock. Then begins the downfall to hell.  Meanwhile, nature regains its rights, and the air becomes purer and more breathable.', 'Souhir Ben Amara\r<br/>Nejib Belkadhi', 'Screenwriter: Nejib Belkadhi\r<br/>DOP: Hazem Berrabah\r<br/>Editor: Malek Chatta', '96 min', 'Won Grand Prize for the Best Feature Film Luxor African Film Festival\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the first edition of Red Sea International Film Festival \r<br/>One of the winning film projects at the Malmo Arab Film Festival\r<br/>One of the winning film projects at the El Gouna Film Festival\r<br/> Received support from The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)', 'Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'Grand Prize for the Best Feature Film - Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfQMz6IcjzY', 'COMMTR.JPG', 'Communion_24.jpg', 'Communion_14.jpg', 'Communion_21.jpg', 'Communion-Affiche-A1 MAD.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/communion-red-sea-review/5165520.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendy Ide - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://filmuforia.com/communion-2021/?fbclid=IwAR2PGsC9MkSmbq3sclJmWc7i9HTYSD2wE-lYr0dXvjzMZmNDTUqMvSnlY4M\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meredith Taylor - Filmuforia</span></a></span></p>', '“Although a little strident in its approach, The film  tackles important issues: domestic violence and the disastrous impact of the pandemic on mental health,” Wendy Ide - Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Maudlin and highly intriguing, COMMUNION is a perfect example of a success feature made on a financial shoestring.\"Meredith Taylor - Filmuforia', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16793972/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(326, 'Streams', '', '1328942523', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Tunisia, Luxembourg, France', 'Yol Film House, Tarantula, MPM Film, Clandestino Production, and Allam Film', '<p>Moufida Fedhila Mehdi Hmili</p>', 'Amel works in a factory in Tunis. She lives with her alcoholic husband Tahar, a former local football player, and their only son Moumen, a talented teenage football goalkeeper. To convince the boss of the factory to provide her with connections for her son, Amel betrays her fellow workers, who have been organizing a strike. Amel meets the connection: Imed, a wealthy businessman, who takes advantage of the situation and abuses Amel. She surrenders to his advances in order to offer her son the opportunity of a lifetime. But the police catch them. Amel is imprisoned, accused of adultery and prostitution. Moumen is destroyed by the scandal. He becomes violent, stops his football career and starts drinking and taking drugs. \r<br/>After her release, she searches for Moumen in the lower and violent streets of Tunis. In this long quest for the missing son, Amel has to face the falling Tunisian society.', 'Afef Ben Mahmoud Zaza Sarah Hannachi Iheb Bouyahia</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mehdi Hmili DOP: Ikbal Arafa Editor: Ghalya Lacroix', '120 min', 'World premiered at the Locarno Film Festival\r<br/>Director Mehdi Hmili is a prominent figure in the new wave of modern Tunisian cinema\r<br/>The film received a grant from the Doha Film Institute, the Screenplay Prize of the Institut Français, and won the CineGouna SpringBoard Post-Production prize of the El Gouna Film Festival\r<br/>The film screened at multiple international festivals, including the Locarno and Zurich film festivals', 'Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Mostra de València-Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain\r<br/>Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium\r<br/>Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'Best Director at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHsqq-bz4E', 'strtra.PNG', 'strms1.jpg', 'strms2.jpg', 'strms3.jpg', 'Streams poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://film-book.com/film-review-streams-a-terrifically-made-drama-with-two-remarkable-performances-locarno-2021/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Duffy - Film Book</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.dmovies.org/2021/08/12/streams/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redmond Bacon - Dirty Movies</span></a></span></p>', '“There’s not a moment in this film that doesn’t feel totally authentic.”\r<br/>Thomas Duffy — Film Book\r<br/>\r<br/>“Starting off slowly before growing into a masterful work, this Tunisian movie is one of the standout films from the Locarno Film Festival.”\r<br/>Redmond Bacon — Dirty Movies', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15078318/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(327, 'Bint Werdan', 'J\'ai le Cafard', '686615300', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama, Fantasy, Comedy', 'Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt', 'Maysaa Almumin', '<p>Maysaa Almumin, Eiman Mirghani</p>', 'A woman who’s down in the dumps struggles to keep up appearances in front of her chirpy and driven office colleagues. \r<br/>An encounter with a dying cockroach in the office toilet develops into an absurd friendship, becoming the comforting companionship she needs until she realizes its destructive effects on her life.', 'Enas El Fallal, Sedky Sakhr, Sandy Sawiris</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Maysaa Almumin<br />DOP: Mostafa Sheshtawy<br />Editor: Sara Abdullah', '14 min', 'Held its world premiere at the Malmö Arab Film Festival\r<br/>The director, Maysaa Almumin, was named one of Screen Daily’s 2021 Arab Stars of Tomorrow', 'Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Nashville Film Festival, US\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon \r<br/>Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>Monsters Taranto Horror Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Cinefantasy International Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Macabro: Mexico City International Horror Film Festival, Mexico\r<br/>Santorini International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, US\r<br/>Imagine Science Film Festival, US\r<br/>Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Molins Horror Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Maskoon International Fantastic Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>33 Girona Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>South African Horrorfest, South Africa\r<br/>Shorts That Are Not Pants, Canada\r<br/>ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, France\r<br/>Nox Film Fest, Uruguay\r<br/>Madeira Fantastic FilmFest, Portugal\r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival, US', 'Special Mention at Cinefantasy International Film Festival, Brazil', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtjd0uXg0wM', 'Screenshot 2021-05-09 150557.png', 'JLC Kitchen Tea.jpg', 'JLC ROach in Bed.jpg', 'JLC Toilet.jpg', 'JLC Poster .jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/features/arab-stars-of-tomorrow-2021-maysaa-almumin-director-kuwait/5165625.article\">Melanie Goodfellow - Screen Daily</a></span></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13672670/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(330, 'Look at Me', 'Regarde-moi', '1954499705', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Tunisia\r - France', 'Mille et Une Nuits', '<p>Fares Ladjimi</p>', 'Forty-year-old Lotfi is forced to come back to Tunisia when his ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalized. \r<br/>He then finds himself in charge of his nine-year-old autistic son Amr, who is obstinate to ignore the presence of a father he has never known. \r<br/>The lack of eye contact leads Lofti to fight to reconnect with his child and introduce him to the world.', 'Nidhal Saadi<br />Saoussen Maalej<br />Aziz Jebali<br />Idryss Kharroubi </p>', '<p>Screenwriter: N&eacute;jib Belkadhi<br />DOP: Hazem Berrabah<br />Editor: Malek Chatta ', '96 min', 'World Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival\r<br/>Selected in a number of international festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival\r<br/>Won several awards across multiple festivals\r<br/>Tackles a strained father-son relationship', 'Toronto International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia\r<br/>Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival\r<br/>Special Mention at the Luxor African Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzkiQQSdVgM', 'lom.JPG', 'latm1.jpg', 'latm2.jpg', 'latm3.jpg', 'poster w logo lam.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/look-at-me-2018-film-review-by-jennie-kermode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennie Kermode &ndash; Eye For Film</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/360477/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlota Mosegu&iacute; &ndash; Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://quinlan.it/autore/giampiero-raganelli/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giampiero Raganelli</span></a><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://quinlan.it/2018/12/14/regarde-moi/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; Quinlan (Italian)</span></a></span></p>', '\"Nejib Belkadhi adopts a sincere filmmaker\'s view of autism without falling into the trap of victimizing people with autism.\"\r<br/>Carlota Moseguí — Cineuropa\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It\'s the depth and complexity of the characters and their relationship that gives the film its power.\"\r<br/>Jennie Kermode — Eye For Film\r<br/>\r<br/>\"Regarde-Moi is Tunisian director Nejib Belkadhi\'s second feature film that deals with immigration, integration, and disability in the Arab world.\"\r<br/>Giampiero Raganelli — Quinlan', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8845560/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(331, 'Northern Lights', 'Norrsken', '523148574', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Sweden', 'Arabiska Teatern', 'Oskar Rosén', 'During the rehearsals of a play that reflects on the life of refugees living abroad, the actors who are refugees themselves will reveal another hidden side of themselves.', 'Helen Al-Janabi\r<br/>Ibrahim Manaem\r<br/>Anji Al Youssef\r<br/>Mansour Salti', 'Screenwriter: Mudar Alhaggi\r<br/>DOP: Jonathan Lewald\r<br/>Editor: Ibrahim Mouhanna\r<br/>Maher Harbash', '75 min', 'The film sheds light on refugees’ struggles while living abroad. \r<br/>It puts the viewer into the theater’s atmosphere since the film is based on a play.', 'Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY-WKp4R1DY', 'shfk.PNG', 'shq1.jpg', 'shq2.jpg', 'shq3.jpg', 'poster w logo web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15839814/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(332, 'Arnoos', '', '656107940', 'short films', '2021', 'Dark Comedy', 'Jordan', 'Pan East Media', 'Aya Wuhoush', 'During a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, Sami — a 15-year-old spoiled naive kid — and the street-smart hustler Mahmoud — a 15-year-old corn seller — are ready to execute their plan to steal an unexpected gift that will impress Sami’s girlfriend, not knowing of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.', 'Fadi Haddadin \r<br/>Mohammed Idris \r<br/>Saba Mubarak \r<br/>Ziad Bakri \r<br/>Ahmed Al-Omari', 'Screenwriter: Samer Battikhi\r<br/>DOP: Samer Nimri\r<br/>Editor: Essam Allan', '18 min', 'A dark comedy that highlights the adventures of two teenage kids from totally different backgrounds\r<br/>World premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival\r<br/>Stars Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak, whose credits includes Arab and international films such as the Swedish films Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter and Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation\r<br/>Received support from the Royal Film Commission-Jordan', 'Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>International short and Independent Film Festival (ISIFF), Bangladesh\r<br/>LatinArab - Festival Internacional de Cine Latino Árabe\r<br/>El-Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>JCC Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3fpLjebqGk', 'arnstr.JPG', 'arns1.jpg', 'arns2.jpg', 'arns3.jpg', 'Arnoos Poster 2021 Final Large.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15561164', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(333, 'Hummus and Chips', '', '1476074334', 'short films', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Comedy</span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Moghazy and Clarissa Itschert</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown, grumpy racist grandma Margaret is lonely and anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test results.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She then makes an unusual decision to spend a full day with her Arab neighbor, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bashar Zeedan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Bourgein</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lara Assi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ahmed Moghazy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Rui Jiang, Ong</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Moghazy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '14 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a special screening at Paris&rsquo; Institut Du Monde Arabe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film highlights isolation and racism &ndash; topics that are relatable to many audiences and widely stigmatized within the Arab region.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot by award-winning cinematographer Rui Jiang Ong, who previously won awards, including Best Cinematographer of the Month at the Asian Cinematography Awards. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavazza IncluCity Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, UAE</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival Australia</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, the Netherlands&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugee Film Festival </span></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix3DO2UUMBk', 'hnch.JPG', 'humus1.jpg', 'humus2.jpg', 'humus3.jpg', 'hummus-and-chips.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14372068/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(334, 'The Anger', 'Al Ghadab', '1129214898', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Lebanon\r - Germany', 'Scoop Production', '<p>Maria Ivanova Z.</p>', 'In post-war Lebanon, Ida — a young Lebanese girl — flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man, not knowing what is in store for her.', 'Manal Issa<br />Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade<br />Julia Kassar<br />Houssam Sabbah</p>', '<p>Screenwriters: Marie Surae and Olga Artemyeva<br />DOP: Tommaso Fiorilli AFC, SBC<br />Editor: Vessela Martschewski', '124 min', 'Participated in Marche’ Du Film at the Cannes Film Festival and showcased at Industry at Tallinn’s Works in Progress\r<br/>Director Maria Ivanova Z.  previously won a Special Award from the UNHCR in Russia and the main Critics\' Choice Award at the Stalker International Film Festival for her 2017 documentary Fleeing the War\r<br/>Stars the French-Lebanese actress Manal Issa, who is known for award-winning and critically acclaimed films, including Nocturama and My Favorite Fabric\r<br/>Explores the essence of the relationship between East and West', 'JCC Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Yasmine Hammamet International Film Festival, Tunisia\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, Tatarstan\r<br/>Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Dublin International Short Film, and Music Festival, Ireland', 'The Best Director of Photography for Tommaso Fiorilli, Kazan International Muslim Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film from the Cinema Critics Association, Kazan International Muslim Film Festival\r<br/>Best International Feature Fiction Award, Lebanese Independent Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOZpo7ptlpg', 'angrtrr.png', 'angr11.jpg', 'angr22.jpg', 'angr33.jpg', 'TheAnger poster JCC web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12357762/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(335, 'Ambience', '', '442470465', 'short films', '2019', 'Comedy', 'Palestine', 'Dar Al-Kalima', '<p>Saed Andoni</p>', 'Two young Palestinians try to record a demo for a music competition inside a noisy, crowded refugee camp. \r<br/>While failing to record because of the chaos of their surroundings, they discover a creative way to allow them to meet the deadline.', 'Salah Abu Nima<br />Mohammad Al-Khmour</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Wisam Al-Jafari<br />DOP: Ibrahim Handal<br />Editor: Belal Abu Alia', '15 min', 'Won the third-place prize at Cinefondation - Cannes Film Festival 2019  \r<br/>Directed by Wisam Al-Jafari who was chosen as one Screen Daily’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow in 2019\r<br/>Featured at Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier 2019 in the official selection', 'Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation), France\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>CineMED: Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film, France\r<br/>Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/>Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Palestinian Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>San Diego Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>AL Ard Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia\r<br/>New Filmmaker Film Festival, US \r<br/>Festival International Signes de Nuit, France \r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina\r<br/>Festival Cinéma Arabe, The Netherlands\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine', 'Third Place Cinéfondation Award at the Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Best Short Film at the San Diego Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best Short Film at Al-Ard Film Festival\r<br/>Special Mention at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival\r<br/>Yousef Chaheen Award in Cinema of Tomorrow Competition at the Cairo International Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwLwAeox5Es', 'ambtr.JPG', 'amb1.jpg', 'amb3.jpg', 'amb2.jpg', 'AMBIENCE pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/features/arab-stars-of-tomorrow-2019-wisam-al-jafari-filmmaker-palestine/5144998.article\">Arab Stars of Tomorrow 2019: Wisam Al-Jafari, filmmaker (Palestine)</a></span></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10341630/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(336, 'Lovesick in the West Bank', 'Dayf Min Thahab!', '264665539', 'short films', '2021', 'Comedy', 'Palestine', 'Nomadic Film House', 'Mais Salman', 'A Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn’t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.', 'Ali Suliman\r<br/>Nisreen Faour\r<br/>Laith Zuaiter\r<br/>Nabil Koni', 'Screenwriter: Said Zagha\r<br/>DOP: Ahmad Jalboush\r<br/>Editor: Abdallah Sada', '16 min', 'Held its Arab world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA \r<br/>Won the Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafi Post-Production Fund and Palestine Culture Fund\r<br/>The director\'s previous film, Five Boys and a Wheel, won top honors at the Muscat International Film Festival, Oran Arab Film Festival, and Mexico International Film Festival\r<br/>Said Zagha is a Berlinale Talents alumnus', 'Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Tampere Film Festival, Finland\r<br/>The Urbanworld Film Festival, US\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, KS\r<br/>Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, San Francisco\r<br/>Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krc2p62VLsc', 'lvsktr.PNG', 'lvsk2.jpg', 'lvsk1.jpg', 'lvsk3.jpg', 'lovesick pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12337800/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(337, 'The Room', 'La Chambre', '1371840475', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'France', 'Saudade Productions', 'Latifa Said\r<br/>João Antunes', 'Anne must come and pick up her father’s stuff at his household room. An Algerian emigrant she barely knew, he just passed away. Anne is going to discover her father through his objects and realize, after all those years, that he loved her.', 'Marie Montoya\r<br/>Yves Roux\r<br/>Lounes Tazairt\r<br/>Kader Keda', 'Screenwriter: Latifa Said\r<br/>DOP:  Yannig Dumoulin\r<br/>Editor: Aurélie Noury', '17 min', 'Latifa Said is an award-winning director whose previous films won several awards including 6 prizes for Unquiet Days, 20 prizes for Wasteland, 2 prizes for Tahiti, Doha Development Grant, and development prizes in Carthage and Cairo Industry Days for her first feature film, Longer Will Be the Night.\r<br/>The film has made it to several international film festival.', 'Porto Femme International Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala, France\r<br/>RomAfrica Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Africlap – Festival des Cinémas d’Afrique de Toulouse , France\r<br/>FestiFrance Brésil , Brazil\r<br/>Festival National de la Litterature et du Cinéma de la Femme , Portugal\r<br/>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck , France\r<br/>Aarhus Arab Film Festival, Denmark\r<br/>VisuElles Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Festival International de Films de Femmes “Regards de Femmes” , Tunisia\r<br/>Festival International de Cinéma de Kinshasa , Republique Democratique du Congo\r<br/>Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec , France\r<br/>Goa Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>Mostra Francesa de Cinema , Minas Gerais, Brazil\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Verín , Spain\r<br/>Copper Coast International Film Festival, Pays de Galles - Best Director\r<br/>Festival Internacional de Cine La Picasa , Argentine\r<br/>Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Filmmor Women’s Film Festival On Wheels, Turkey\r<br/>Elles Font Leur Cinéma – Festival de Films des Femmes de Rouen , France\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>Riverside Short Film Festival , États Unis\r<br/>International Migration Film Festival, Turkey\r<br/>Minikino Film Week 6, Indonesia\r<br/>Shanghai Shorts: A Monthly Screening Series of Time Based Art and Film, China\r<br/>Arab Film Festival @ Arab American National Museum, Michigan, United States\r<br/>Pune Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>New Views Festival Haiti, Haiti\r<br/>Rome International Movie Awards, Italy - Best Drama\r<br/>MESA Film Fest, Washington, United States\r<br/>Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno, Italy\r<br/>Digital Gate Film Festival, Algeria - Jury Prize\r<br/>Kerama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan\r<br/>Casablanca International Independent Cinema Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Alibag Short Film Festival, India\r<br/>Cap Spartel Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Views of Africa International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Noma Azores - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Direitos Humanos, Portugal\r<br/>Himachal Short Film Festival, India', 'Special Jury Mention at Festival Écran Libre d’Aigues-Mortes , France\r<br/>Jury Prize  at JCK – Journées Cinématographiques de Kairouan - West Med , Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TNNtDzNZYo', 'roomtr.PNG', 'room1.jpg', 'room2.jpg', 'room3.jpg', 'Affiche La Chambre.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9158996/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(338, 'Hania', '', '1556286534', 'feature', '2016', 'Drama ,Crime, Action', 'Morocco', '', '<p>Mounia Ngote</p>', 'A daring crime-drama film that unveils the inner lives of the richest and poorest communities in Morocco. Drug dealing, corruption and prostitution, among other factors dominate the Moroccan scene amidst a socio-economic change.', 'Latefa Ahrrare</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hassan Dahani', '96 min', 'Starring award-winning actress Latefa Ahrrare\r<br/>A daring story that touches on global audience', 'Durban International Film Festival, South Africa', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InWkBlTUIPs', 'hniatr.PNG', 'hania1.jpg', 'hania2.jpg', 'hania3.jpg', 'Hania POSTER.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31117062/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(339, 'The Life After', 'La vie d\'après', '487317688', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Algeria', 'Alegria Production', 'Delici Moncef', 'Set in Algeria, a widow and her only son have to move from one village to another to escape rumors and harassment.  When they finally settle in a place and find work, their lives take another drastic turn. Will it be for the worse or the better?', 'Lydia Larini\r<br/>Ahmed Belmoumane\r<br/>Djemel Barek\r<br/>Samir El Hakim', 'Screenwriter: Anis Djaad\r<br/>DOP: Ahmed Talantikite\r<br/>Editor: Valérie Pico', '105 min', 'Helmed by an award-winning director\r<br/>Had its Arab world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival, where it won three awards\r<br/>Selected at the Final Cut of Venice International Film Festival\r<br/>Supported by AFAC, Takmil workshop, and CNC\r<br/>Highlights the plight of women in conservative and judgmental societies', 'Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Tashkent International Film Festival, Uzbekistan\r<br/>Brussels Independent Film Festival, Belgium\r<br/> Amiens International Film Festival, France\r<br/>Mostra de Valencia-Cinema Del Mediterrani, Spain', 'Tahar Cheriaa First Film Prize \r<br/>TV5 Monde Prize\r<br/>Fédération Africaine des Critiques Cinéma\'s Le Prix FACC, Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbEsYKSHl-o', 'life after tr.PNG', 'hajar1.jpg', 'hajar2.jpg', 'hajar3.jpg', 'the life after poster web.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19358082/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(340, 'From Meir, To Meir', 'Min Wa Ila Meir', '1635326696', 'documentary', '2021', 'Documentary', 'Egypt', 'The Pianola', '', 'Set in Upper Egypt in a village called Meir, Egyptian filmmaker Maggie Morgan interviews different villagers over a span of twelve years. During these interviews, she discovers the beauty and complexities of the world that her grandmother is totally fascinated by.', 'Nasser Loza<br />Shahira Loza<br />Romany Abdeltawab<br />Samir El Qommos</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Maggie Morgan<br />DOP: Zaki Aref, Shady Fikry<br />Editor: Bassem Labib', '62 min', 'Won NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women’s Work at the fifth Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, where it had additional screenings due to popular demand \r<br/>Released on Netflix and screened as part of  Zawya Art House Cinema’s annual Cairo Cinema Days Program, the Opera Cinema Club in Cairo, and the Goethe Institute in Egypt\r<br/>Director Maggie Morgan received the Best Director award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival for her film ASHAM', 'Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga, Morocco\r<br/>The National Egyptian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden', 'NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women’s Work at the Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Jury Award for Best Documentary Film Over 15 Minutes at the National Egyptian Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcws7n9rjJo', 'fmtom.PNG', 'fmtm1.jpg', 'fmtm2.jpg', 'fmtm3.jpg', 'from mtm.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2646714\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karima Kamal &ndash; Al Masry Al Youm</span></a></span></p>', '\"It\'s difficult to describe a country\'s pain and resilience with such pleasantness and beauty, but Maggie did it.\" \r<br/>Egyptian film director Yousry Nasrallah \r<br/>\r<br/>“This film delves into the human soul through the story of a return journey to one of Upper Egypt\'s villages — Mier.”\r<br/>Karima Kamal — Al Masry Al Youm', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18315752/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(341, 'Customary Session', 'Galsa Orfia', '1575212760', 'short films', '2020', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '', '<p>Elhamy Fyroz</p>', 'A housewife who lives in a popular district discovers that she has AIDS, transmitted to her by her husband, a drug addict. The people of the neighborhood stand together to deport them from the area out of fear of infection. In reaction to the attitude of her neighbors the  housewife commits suicide.‬', 'Mahmod Fares, Yara Mahdy, Manal Yousry</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Elhamy fyroz<br />DOP: Crolos talat<br />Editor: Nada Elsbaay', '15 min', 'Tackles an unfamiliar topic in the Arab world about the AIDS disease', 'Arab Short Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqVovtw0Fv0', 'cststr.JPG', 'gor1.jpg', 'gor2.jpg', 'gor3.jpg', 'gor pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27712703/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(342, 'A Tale of Love and Desire', 'Une Histoire D\'amour Et De Desir', '1466270124', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'France\r - Tunisia\r - Algeria', 'Blue Monday Productions\r<br/>Pyramide International', '<p>Sandra da Fonseca</p>', 'Ahmed — a French teenager of Algerian origin — meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. \r<br/>After discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire for Farah.', 'Sami Outalbali <br />Zbeida Belhajamor<br />Samir Elhakim <br />Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu<br />Aur&eacute;lia Petit</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Laila Bouzaid<br />DOP: S&eacute;bastien Goepfert<br />Editor: Lilian Corbeille', '103 min', 'Selected at Cannes Critics’ Week for its world premiere\r<br/>Screened at over 30 festivals in nearly 20 countries, winning four awards\r<br/>Commercially released in Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, and the UAE\r<br/>The film is available on Netflix\r<br/>Winner of two prestigious awards at the Angoulême Film Festival\r<br/>Helmed by Leyla Bouzid, who is known for her award-winning films\r<br/>Received support from the Centre National du Cinéma et de L\'Image Animée\r<br/>Challenges the clichés of Arab culture\r<br/>The film was featured in the official competition of the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia and was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival', 'Cannes Film Festival - International Critics\' Week, France \r<br/>Toronto International Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Angoulême Film Festival, France \r<br/>Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>BFI London Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea\r<br/>Sydney Film Festival, Australia\r<br/>Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece \r<br/>Cinemania Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Miami Film Festival Gems, US\r<br/>MedFilm Festival, Italy \r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia \r<br/>Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>César Awards, France\r<br/>Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Lumiere Awards, France\r<br/>Tuebingen French Film Festival, Germany\r<br/> Filmfest Hamburg, Germany\r<br/>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso\r<br/>Schlingel Youth Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Colcoa French Film Festival, US\r<br/>Festival Varilux de Cinema Français, Brazil \r<br/>Festival Film Franco Arab, UAE\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Semana del Cine de Peru, Peru\r<br/>Panama International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Philadelphia International Film Festival, US\r<br/>French Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Kerala International Film Festival, India\r<br/>Seattle International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Fest-New Directors/ New Films, Portugal \r<br/>Cleveland International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Arabisk Film Festival, Norway \r<br/>Rendez- Vous with French Cinema\r<br/>Rome Med Film Festival, Rome', 'Valois de Diamant du Meilleur Film at the Angoulême Film Festival\r<br/>Prix d’Interprétation Masculine at the Angoulême Film Festival\r<br/>Special Jury Prize for Best first and second Feature at the MedFilm Festival \r<br/>Bronze Award at Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou\r<br/>Honorable Mention at the Redez-Vous with French Cinema \r<br/>Best First and Second Work at the Rome Med Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film at the Rome Med Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4njdaZTjr4', 'atoland.JPG', 'PHOTO UHAD 4.jpg', 'PHOTO UHAD 2.jpg', 'PHOTO UHAD 3.jpg', 'A tale of love  copy.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-cannes-2021-1234983495/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lovia Gyarkye - Hollywood Reporter</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-cannes-review/5161606.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Marshall - Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/407633/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-2021-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson - Eye for Film&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/7/16/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-review-cannes/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Andrade - The Harvard Crimson</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://seventh-row.com/2021/10/05/tale-of-love-and-desire-is-a-sensitive-coming-of-ager/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Heeney &mdash; Seventh Row</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://bust.com/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-a-sensitive-look-into-arab-masculinity-by-tunisian-director-leyla-bouzid/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valentine Fabre &mdash; Bust Magazine</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.flickfeast.co.uk/film-festivals-2/lff-2021-tale-love-desire/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katie Smith &mdash; Flick Feast</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/a-tale-of-love-and-desire-review-1235104729/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang &mdash; Variety</span></a></span></p>', '“It’s an edifying and introspective film, with something valuable to say about embracing our most carnal impulses without shame.”\r<br/>Lovia Gyarkye — The Hollywood Reporter \r<br/>\r<br/>“Warm, passionate, and sexy in a well-read kind of way.” \r<br/>Lee Marshall — Screen Daily \r<br/>\r<br/>“Carried by a duo of actors who are very well cast and full of character, the film hides under its appearances as a classical coming-of-age story, a great originality, and several levels of social readings, at the intersection of instinct and reflection, repression and liberation.” \r<br/>Fabien Lemercier — Cineuropa\r<br/>\r<br/>\"A Tale of Love and Desire is a film that celebrates the joy and fears associated with youthful lust, while exploring the internal cultural conflict, without making it feel tacky or like a diatribe.”\r<br/>Amber Wilkinson — Eye for Film \r<br/>\r<br/>“[The movie] not only excels at what it sets out to do, but also leaves its audience rapt and aching for more.”\r<br/>Sofia Andrade — The Harvard Crimson\r<br/>\r<br/>“For all of the film’s modernity, it’s also a reminder that love and desire are timeless struggles in stories; Bouzid is merely telling the twenty-first century version of them.” \r<br/>Alex Heeney — Seventh Row  \r<br/>\r<br/>“Leyla Bouzid\'s tour de force is her authentic portrayal of the many meanings of being Arab in France.” \r<br/>Valentine Fabre — Bust Magazine\r<br/>\r<br/>“A sensitive and contemplative romance that combines intellect and simmering passion.”\r<br/>Katie Smith — Flick Feast\r<br/>\r<br/>“We tend to see quite a few of those awkward first fumblings, those early embarrassments, those clumsy hormonal attempts at seduction. But rarely are they outlined with the same sincerity and sweetness as in Leyla Bouzid’s tactile, unashamedly tender A Tale of Love and Desire.”\r<br/>Jessica Kiang — Variety', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12077970/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(343, '90 Days', '90 Youm', '1941544705', 'feature', '2021', 'Romantic, Comedy, Drama', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Afkar Algad for Artistic Production', '<p>Faisal Alharbi</p>', 'In a thrilling story that highlights the concept of Idda – the post-divorce period in Islam – Sara discovers that her husband was keeping a crucial secret from her, and so she asks for a divorce.\r<br/>However, her father insists that she spends the 90 days of Idda at her husband’s house. During this time, a series of surprises take place, turning the couple’s life upside down.', 'Faisal Al-Zahrani Marwa Mohamed Muhammad Al-Hashi Fay Fouad</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Khalid Alharbi&lrm; DOP: Diyaa Gawish Editor: Ahmed Shahm', '100 min', 'The film was released in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Egypt\r<br/>The film\'s cast includes a number of actors and actresses who have gained wide popularity in Saudi Arabia and have millions of followers on social media\r<br/>The film marks famous Saudi actor Khalid Alharbi\'s feature directing and writing debut', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsu-nc1DoA', 'Untitled.jpg', '901.jpg', '902.jpg', '903.jpg', '90 Days Pos.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31102019/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(344, 'Hookah', 'Hagar Me’asel ', '534832250', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psychological Drama</span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>All of Us Productions</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazid Eldaly</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Elnouby</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Badreya, a poor housemaid, lives with her abusive, unemployed husband, Hassanein.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swamped in poverty and domestic violence, Badreya decides to break free from her sad reality and buy herself a nice present.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her husband notices the present, a series of events unfold. </span></p>', 'Shaimaa Farouk <br />Ashraf Ramzi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yazid Eldaly<br />DOP: Nourallah Elnouby<br />Editor: Ahmed Tawfik', '8 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Named Best Film of the Month by the European Cinematography Award and screened at the Cannes Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A psychological drama on domestic violence and poverty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights the causes that make women&nbsp;more prone to developing&nbsp;mental&nbsp;disorders</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Cinematography Awards (ECA), Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award at Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the European Cinematography Awards (ECA)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPq6SKvYec', 'hookahtr.JPG', 'hooka1.jpg', 'Hooka2.jpg', 'hooka3.jpg', 'Hookah2.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26622569', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(345, 'Salma\'s Home', 'Bait Salma', '90332438', 'feature', '2022', 'Comedy, Drama', 'Jordan', 'Reel LA Productions', '<p>Nathan Bennett</p>', 'After Bakri’s passing, his ex-wife, daughter, and new wife are shocked to find out that the only way they can guarantee their share of the inheritance is to live together under one roof.', 'Juliet Awad<br />Rania Kurdi<br />Sameera Asir<br />Firas Taybeh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hanadi Elyan<br />DOP: Marcus Patterson<br />Editor: Hanadi Elyan', '95 min', 'World premiered at the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, where it won Best Feature Film\r<br/>Premiered in Jordan’s Taj Cinemas\r<br/>Won the 2019 Jordan Film Fund for Post-Production\r<br/>Directed by award-winning filmmaker Hanadi Elyan\r<br/>Available on Netflix', 'Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, US\r<br/>Atlanta Film Festival, US\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>The Arab Film Festival at Arab American National Museum, US\r<br/>Heartland International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Boston Palestine Film Festival, US\r<br/>The Austin Film Festival, US\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, US', 'Best Feature Film at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival\r<br/>Narrative Feature Audience Award at Austin Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkyRPZvJMNo', 'slmshtr.PNG', 'saho1.jpg', 'saho2.jpg', 'saho3.jpg', 'TablePosterWhiteBorder.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-47/Reviews/Salma-s-Home-The-story-of-three-women-unexpectedly-brought-together-19275\">Israa Radaydeh - Jordan News</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://raseef22.net/article/1088589-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87%D8%A7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Alsheikh - Raseef22</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.moviemaker.com/in-salmas-home-two-widows-inherit-a-house-from-the-same-husband/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Molloy &mdash; MovieMaker</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2022/04/05/salmas-home-2022/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emilie Black &mdash; Cinema Crazed</span></a></span></p>', '“Salma’s Home, is one of those films that makes you laugh, cry, and learn — how to love and cherish family and count your blessings.”\r<br/>Israa Radaydeh — Jordan News\r<br/>\r<br/>“All elements of the film deserve to be watched, and director Hanadi Elyan should be encouraged to go through the experience of making a feature film.” \r<br/>Ola Alsheikh — Raseef22\r<br/>\r<br/>“captivating and sharply-honed character study about two very different widows.”\r<br/>Tim Molloy — MovieMaker\r<br/>\r<br/>“A carefully crafted drama that feels like home.” \r<br/>Emilie Black — Cinema Crazed', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11388504/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(347, 'Farah', '', '124383041 , 1738071328', 'feature', '2020', 'Psychological Thriller, Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Intuitive Features\r<br/>Knockout Productions', 'Gabriel Shipton\r<br/>Reine Issa', 'Lina, a pre-med student, is sent home to Beirut, Lebanon, after severe nightmares ruin her life. Xapa, also known as \"Joy,\" is prescribed to help her recover. However, as Lina’s terrifying nightmares worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she embarks on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will reveal a shattering truth.', 'Stephanie Atala\r<br/>Majdi Machmouchi\r<br/>Hassiba Freiha\r<br/>Youssef Boulos', 'Screenwriter: Hassiba Freiha\r<br/>DOP: Elias Trad\r<br/>Editor: Marcus D\'Arcy', '119 min', 'Stars Stephanie Atala, which was selected as one of Screen International’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow in 2020\r<br/>World premiered at Beirut International Women Film Festival\r<br/>Competed in Nour El Sherif Competition for Long Arabic Films at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt', 'San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Lebanese Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Chelsea Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt', 'Best Feature Film (Audience Poll) at Lebanese Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Special 10th Anniversary Award, Chelseas Film Festival, USA\r<br/>Best Arab Film at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Best Art Direction at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSEI5sCURAY', 'frhtr.PNG', 'farah 1.jpg', 'farah 2.jpg', 'farah 3.jpg', 'FARAH_1SHTat50pcV4 w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.almayadeen.net/arts/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AD:-%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Hegazy - Al Mayadeen</span></a></span></p>', '“The scenes flowed smoothly and spontaneously, and the characters showed their traits through a bright picture and a clear sound.”\r<br/>The critic Mohamed Hegazy - Al Mayadeen', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11883966/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(348, 'DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS', '', '1951242554', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p>Aurora Films</p>', '<p>Charlotte Vincent, Pierre Sarraf</p>', '<p>The film follows Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic. However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</p>', 'Clara Couturet<br />Ziad Jallad<br />Rifaat Tarabay<br />Darina Al-Joundi</p>', '<p>Screenwriters: Wissam Charaf, Hala Dabaji, and Mariette D&eacute;sert<br />DOP: Martin Rit<br />Editor: Cl&eacute;mence Diard', '90 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europa Cinemas Award at the Venice International Film Festival, making Wissam Charaf the first Arab director to do so.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by the Italian Ministry for Culture, the French-Speaking Film Fund - OIF, the Doha Film Institute, and the CNC.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s first feature film was selected at the ACID section of the Cannes Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Hong Kong&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg, Germany</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrevues Belfort Film Festival, France</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qisah International Film Festival, UK</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed Cinema Mediterraneen Bruxelles, Belgium</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata International Film Festival, India</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marseille CINEVERSE Film Festival, France</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lunel Film Festival, France</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama of Cinemas of the Maghreb and the Middle East, France</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabesque Films Festival, Scotland</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, US</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest DC, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europa Cinemas Best Film Award, Venice International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award in the Feature Film Category, Entrevues Film Festival</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award, Palm Springs International Film Festival</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Award - Special Mention, Hamburg Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiBqzqlSuOE', '', 'ddd33.jpg', 'ddd22.jpg', 'ddd44.jpg', 'ddd mad poster web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/429487/\">Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/venice-2022-review-dirty-difficult-dangerous-wissam-charaf/\">Matthew Joseph Jenner, International Cinephile Society</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.mime.news/posts/dirty-difficult-dangerous-venice-review\">E. Nina Rothe, Moving Image Middle East</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/dirty-difficult-dangerous-hamburg-review/5174790.article\">Allan Hunter - Screen Daily</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/12/film-review-dirty-difficult-dangerous-2022-by-wissam-charaf-2/\">Panos Kotzathanasis - Asian Movie Pulse</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.arabnews.com/node/2166081/lifestyle\">Gautaman Bhaskaran - Arab News</a></span><br /><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://destinationksa.com/dirty-difficult-dangerous-movie-review/\">Destination KSA</a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The film&rsquo;s intentionally minimalist tone and set design, and its occasionally incredible adventures... lend charm and a fabled air to a work which prioritizes restrained simplicity and unpretentious freshness in a complicated quest for freedom.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fabien Lemercier &mdash; Cineuropa</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS is a beautifully crafted film that has echoes of many of the great magical realists of the past embedded deeply in its fabric.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Joseph Jenner, International Cinephile Society</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Wissam Charaf\'s second feature tells the touchingly beautiful story of two human beings who are condemned to carry each other throughout their struggling existence and yet whose paradise lies within one another and the pure love they carry in their burdened hearts.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. Nina Rothe &mdash; Moving Image Middle East</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Star-crossed lovers confront mounting obstacles to their happiness in Wissam Charaf\'s slight but intermittently charming DIRTY DIFFICULT</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DANGEROUS. A lightweight approach to some serious issues creates an awkward mix in places but, at its best, the film has the lugubrious air of an Aki Kaurismaki film.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allan Hunter &mdash; Screen Daily</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Wissam Charaf manages a truly difficult feat with his film: To present two rather serious issues &mdash; the refugees and how the system with domestic helpers from abroad works through an approach that is occasionally hilarious, without&hellip; stripping the subjects from their significance nor hiding the despair both involve.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis &mdash; Asian Movie Pulse</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The movie is very powerful with strong visuals, extraordinary dialogue, and impeccable acting [that makes] us believe what [the characters] are going through.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destination KSA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A wondrous score with the right blend of traditional Levantine music and Ethiopian chanting gives the movie the right kind of mood to let it fly above the squalor of its setting and transform into an unforgettable love story.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gautaman Bhaskaran &mdash; Arab News</span></h2>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Charaf took a different look at Lebanese reality and according to his assessment of it &ndash; A look that has never been in this form in Lebanese cinema.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hovic Havisham</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15304420/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(349, 'Nezouh', 'نزوح', '986982831', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama / Arab World</p>', '<p>UK, Syria, France</p>', '<p>Berkeley Media Group Limited, KAF Production</p>', '<p>Yu-Fai Suen, Soudade Kaadan</p>', '<p>The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &ndash; the boy next door. When the violence escalates, Hala &ndash; Zeina&rsquo;s mother &ndash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</p>', 'Kinda Alloush Hala Zein Samir Al-Masri Nizar Alani</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan DOP: Helene Louvart, Burak Kanbir Editor: Soudade Kaadan, Nelly Quettier', '104 min', '<p>Winner of two awards at the Venice International Film Festival World premiered at the Orizzonti Extra Competition at the Venice International Film Festival Nominated for Best Film at the London Film Festival Soudade Kaadan directed three award-winning films that are available on Netflix Received the Post-Production Award at the Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Cairo Film Connection Received Baumi Award for script development from the Berlinale and was awarded the ARTE at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sorfond Award as part of Cin&eacute;fondation&rsquo;s workshop Supported by Torino Film Lab, the Doha Film Institute, and the British Film Institute To hold its Arab world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) To compete in the RSIFF&rsquo;s Competition</p>', '<p>Venice International Film Festival, Italy Busan International Film Festival, South Korea BFI London Film Festival, UK Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Audience Award - Armani Beauty (Orizzonti Extra), Venice International Film Festival Lanterna Magica Award, presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Venice International Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzurNfLVHRM', 'nez tr st.PNG', 'NEZOUH1.jpg', 'nezouh2.jpg', 'nezouh3.jpg', 'Nezouh release poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://deadline.com/2022/09/nezouh-review-venice-film-festival-1235113975/\">Anna Smith, Deadline</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/nezouh-venice-review/5173889.article\">Jonathan Holland, Screendaily</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/nezouh-venice-review/5173889.article\">Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa</a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;Nezouh is a charming watch that blends feminist fairytale with real-life drama.&rdquo; Anna Smith - Deadline &ldquo;An intense and delicate film that bravely seeks to upend expectations of what the term &ldquo;Syrian drama&rdquo; generally suggests &mdash; violence and victims&rdquo;. Jonathan Holland - Screendaily &ldquo;Brimming with wonderful surrealist ideas.&rdquo; Fabien Lemercier - Cineuropa</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17006006/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(351, 'By the Sea', 'A\'lbahr', '442470465', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Palestine', 'AlRowwad – Cultural and Arts Society', '<p>Wisam Al-Jafari</p>', 'Nahid wants to celebrate her husband’s birthday while he is on the run from Israeli soldiers, however, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it is really difficult for Nahid to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake. \r<br/>Will Nahid be able to celebrate her husband’s birthday with him in their secret hideout?', 'Yasmin Shalaldeh<br />Ward Al-Kurdi<br />Emile Saba</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Wisam Al-Jafari<br />DOP: Ibrahim Handal<br />Editor: Ibrahim Handal, Wisam Al-Jafari', '12 min', 'World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival\r<br/>The film’s director was selected as one of Screen International’s Arab Stars of Tomorrow at the Cairo International Film Festival\r<br/>Wisam Al-Jafari made it to the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival with his short film Ambience', 'Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco \r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain\r<br/>Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>MENA Film Festival, Canada', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3UZYleiGL0', 'btseatr.JPG', 'btsea1.jpg', 'btsea2.jpg', 'btsea3.jpg', 'By the Sea Poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21832682', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(352, 'The Day He Died', 'Youm Mot Al-Rajol', '574144537', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama, Suspense', 'Egypt', '', '', 'One day, a letter is delivered to Khaled, who leads a hectic life with his wife. As a result of this letter, he seeks to discover the truth about his wife’s faithfulness.', 'Ahmed Aly Donna Emam</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Samy DOP: Mohamed Khaled Editor: Mohamed Fouad', '17 min', '', 'The National Egyptian Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQBZYoORGMQ', 'tdhd tr.PNG', 'dhd1.jpg', 'dhd2.jpg', 'dhd3.jpg', 'the day he died poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720576/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(353, 'Shaikh Al Janani', '', '1980780213', 'feature', '2021', 'Fantasy, Horror, Comedy', 'Saudi Arabia', 'Jacal Studio', '<p>Jacal Studio</p>', 'The film is centered on Ga’eed who inherits from his grandfather coordinates of an uninhabited area. When Ga’eed, his wife Maha and his mother head to see the location, they will be surprised by finding a lavish mansion in the middle of nowhere. After being trapped in the mysterious house, full of memories, a dramatic turn of events unfolds.', 'Mohammed Al Dawaymeh Waleed Abu Emara Mohamed Al Mahmoud Salman Al Nemr</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Haidar Samir, Mohamed Al Youssef, Muhammad Al Hashim DOP: Mohamed Abdelhadi Al Youssef Editor: Yasser Al Hassan', '90 min', 'Marking first Saudi fantasy film\r<br/>Directed by Haidar Samir, recipient of Best Director award at Saudi Film Festival and Excellence award at Prince Khaled Al-Faisal Festival\r<br/>Features a paradox of love stories entangled with a lot of paranormal activities', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjJE9rIurl0', 'sh g tr.PNG', 'shj1.jpg', 'shj2.jpg', 'shj3.jpg', 'sh j no logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31120980/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(354, '1+1', '', '1102567184', 'short films', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Imperia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El-Carvan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostafa K. Bahgat</span></p>', '<p>After the great war destroyed the city, only a man and a woman from opposite parties remain.&nbsp;Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5011084/\">Amir El-Masry</a><br /></span><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8996271/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarrah Abdelrahman</span></a></p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Alaa Mahmoud<br />DOP: Mario Ghaly<br />Editor: Heba Othman', '13 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring British award-winning actor Amir El-Masry and beloved Egyptian actress Sarrah Abdelrahman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackles the physical and moral effects of war</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Mon Premier Film, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival,Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lavazza Inclucity Festival, Canansa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZrkHXCBcY', '1p1.JPG', '1p11.jpg', '1p12.jpg', '1p13.jpg', '1p1.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720812/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(355, 'ALAM', '', '261360551', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France, Tunisia, Palestine, Qatar, UAE</p>', '<p>MPM Film, Paprika Films, and Philistine Films</p>', '<p>Marie Pierre Macia, Claire Gad&eacute;a, Naomie Lagadec, Melik Kochbati, Ossama Bawardi</p>', '<p>ALAM follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer, who &ndash; along with his friends &ndash; leads a typical teenage life until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</p>', 'Mahmoud Bakri<br />Sereen Khass<br />Saleh Bakri<br />Mohammad Karaki</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Firas Khoury<br />DOP: Frida Marzouk<br />Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid', '104 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival</span></em></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Tunisia and Cinema Akil in Dubai, and is available on Netflix&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in over 20 film festivals, winning </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eight</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awards, including the Audience Award and Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival, where it held its Arab World premiere</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Khoury&rsquo;s debut feature, the director of the hugely popular short film MARADONA&rsquo;S LEGS (2019)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features 5 breakout debut performances, including from burgeoning Palestinian musical icons Daboor and Shabmouri</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema, TIFF Next Wave Selects), Canada&nbsp;<br />Rome Film Festival (International Competition), Italy&nbsp;<br />Cairo International Film Festival (International Competition), Egypt<br />Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA<br />Zawya&rsquo;s Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt<br />Reel Palestine Film Festival, Palestine<br />Cinemamed Festival, Belgium<br />International Film Festival of Kerala, India<br />Amman International Film Festival, Jordan&nbsp;<br />Palestinian Film Festival Australia&nbsp;<br />San Diego Arab Film Festival, US<br />Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;<br />Djerba Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;<br />Arabisk Film Festival in Norway&nbsp;<br />Festival Cinemas du Sud, France&nbsp;<br />Chicago Palestine Film Festival, US&nbsp;<br />Annaba Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;<br />Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;<br />Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;<br />Alfilm Festival, Germany&nbsp;<br />Moscow International Film Festival, Russia&nbsp;<br />Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;<br />Santa Barbara international Film Festival, US<br />Tromso International Film Festival, Norway&nbsp;<br />Festival International Music &amp; Cinema Marseille, France<br />Marseille CINEVERSE Film Festival, France<br />Panorama des Cin&eacute;mas du Maghreb, Morocco<br />Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film, Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award, and Best Actor Award, Cairo International Film Festival<br />Young Jury Award at Cinemamed Festival<br />Best Debut Director &amp; NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala<br />Best Debut Feature Film Award, Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival<br />Best Arab Film Award at Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YtsgHOsEIQ', 'alam tr.PNG', 'alam o still.jpg', 'alm2.jpg', 'alm3.jpg', 'Alam poster w.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/430809/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurence Boyce- Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://www.highonfilms.com/alam-2022-iffk-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High on Films&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/480360/Arts--Culture/Screens/Review-Palestinian-film-Alam-scoops-Golden-Pyramid.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Bulletin of the Cairo International Film Festival</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://www.dmovies.org/2022/12/07/the-flag-alam/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victor Fraga &mdash; D Movies&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://chicagoreader.com/film/review-alam/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Mullins-Khatib</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; Chicago Reader</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/alam-review-1235440500/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon &mdash; Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/alam-cairo-review/5176541.article#:~:text=A%20coming%2Dof%2Dage%20drama,always%20been%20waiting%20for%20him.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fionnuala Halligan &mdash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://intheseats.ca/catalysts-our-review-of-alam/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paolo Kagaoan- In the Seats</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://rogersmovienation.com/2024/04/10/movie-review-palestinian-teens-weigh-the-consequences-of-life-under-alam-the-flag/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Moore-Rogers Movie Nation</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/04/film-review-alam-2022-by-firas-khoury/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Firas Khoury&rsquo;s debut feature is a fiery and engaging exploration of youth, politicization, and forced forgetting.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The performances are strong, particularly from Bakri in the lead.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>Laurence Boyce &mdash; Cineuropa</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A coming-of-age drama which hews to the conventions, </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alam </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nonetheless offers a fresh perspective.&rdquo; </span>Fionnuala Halligan &mdash; Screen Daily</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Khoury&rsquo;s convincing and engaging screenplay perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado along with a certain cluelessness about how the real world works.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>Alissa Simon &mdash; Variety</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a bright, brash new voice in Palestinian cinema and his name is Firas Khoury. With a terrific ear for teenage street talk and a clever way of giving character and politics equal weight without feeling forced, Khoury brings a breath of freshness sure to have an impact on the region&rsquo;s cinema landscape.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>Jay Weissberg &mdash; The Verdict&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alam </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a brilliantly devastating coming-of-age story, one of comedy, confusion, and sorrow that thoroughly captures the sense of misguided teenage bravado mixed with genuine awkwardness and anxiety about finding a place in the world, raising the stakes beyond the mundane and giving us insight into a world so rarely seen on American movie screens.&rdquo; </span></p>\r<br/><p><span>Adam Mullins-Khatib</span><em> </em><span>&mdash; Chicago Reader</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is not a film that will make you cry, however it is educational and pleasant enough to watch.&rdquo; </span></p>\r<br/><p>Victor Fraga &mdash; DMovies</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film effortlessly weaves together a tale of love, friendship, and freedom under the iconography of the flag.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>High on Films</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Abdalla, filmmaker and scriptwriter, manages to draw very carefully all of the characters of the film.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>Daily Bulletin of the Cairo International Film Festival</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film still comes off as charming, not despite its circuitousness but because of it.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paolo Kagaoan- In the Seats&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Khoury&rsquo;s light touch with a serious-minded script keeps the stakes low but intensely personal in what is essentially a story of a kid who risks his scholastic career, his good relations with his family, and his &ldquo;future&rdquo; to impress a girl.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Moore-Rogers Movie Nation&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It emerges as an important title, both for the presentation of an aspect of Palestinian life rarely shown in cinema and for the way it implements the coming-of-age aspect of the narrative.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21998510/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(356, 'Yusif', '', '1832924354', 'feature', '2021', 'Psychological Thriller, Drama', 'Lebanon', 'Blue House Films', 'Radwan Mortada, Kazim Fayad', 'Yusif aims to defy death itself. Ironically, a crime needs to take place in order to be able to save the life of his younger brother. Surfing between two realities, this psychological thriller, delves deep into the dark underworld of arms dealing in Lebanon.', 'Houssein Haidar\r<br/>Eyad Nouredine\r<br/>Khitam Leham\r<br/>Fayez Kazack', 'Screenwriter: Kazim Fayd, Houssein Haidar, Ali Mansour\r<br/>DOP: Mostafa Dhaini\r<br/>Editor: Kazim Fayad, Ali Fayad', '92 min', 'Released in Lebanon\r<br/> Screened at prestigious international film festivals and won two awards\r<br/>One of the best 10 films selected from among 500 submissions to the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland\r<br/>Sheds a light on the problems facing youths in Lebanon and their struggles as a result of the deteriorating living conditions in the country', 'Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), US\r<br/>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland\r<br/>Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt\r<br/>Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh', 'Snow Leopard Special Jury Award for Production at Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), US\r<br/>Best First Feature at Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tnVGf6Jh2A', 'usif.PNG', 'yu11.jpg', 'yu22.jpg', 'yu33.jpg', 'yusif poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://aawsat.com/home/article/3057916/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AF?amp&amp;fbclid=IwAR32BYa0j3v83VgYYnXBPbNqmhO4krwmV_iHb2QAs9uUSyxI5fnexaPmO3M\">Mohamed Reda &ndash; Asharq Al- Awsat (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“Kazim Fayad’s debut film is exceptional and quite unique in the Lebanese cinema industry,” Mohamed Reda – Asharq Al-Awsat (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14510258/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(357, 'Stateless', 'Apatride', '2093644838', 'feature', '2018', 'Social Drama, Romance', 'Morocco\r - France\r - Qatar', 'Moon a deal films', 'Lamia Chraïbi, Michel Merkt', 'Hénia, a 35-year-old woman haunted by the memory of her childhood being ripped away from her when she was estranged from her family and forced into exile in Morocco. Stripped of her identity, Hénia is determined to return to Algeria and find her mother.', 'El Ghalia Ben Zaouia \r<br/>Avi Chay Benazra \r<br/>Julie Gayet\r<br/>Abdelziz El Fadili', 'Screenwriter: Hanane Ouarda\r<br/>DOP: Stéphane Vallée\r<br/>Editor: Marie-Pierre Renaud, Julien Foure', '110 min', 'Premiered in Berlinale in 2018. \r<br/>Brings to the light the aftermath of the expelling of 45,000 families of Moroccan descent from Algeria out of the blue in December 1975.\r<br/>Supported by Doha Film Institute', 'Berlinale, Germany\r<br/>Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco', '“Nejjar has created a powerfully subjective film that questions what it means to live across borders, and to feel detached from the land of your birth and family.” \r<br/>\r<br/>Cine-vue \r<br/>', '', '', 'APATRIDE - 02.jpg', 'APATRIDE - 05.jpg', 'APATRIDE - 11.jpg', 'Poster Stateless-2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080;\"><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cine-vue.com/2018/02/berlin-2018-stateless-review.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cine-Vue</span></a></span></p>', '“Nejjar has created a powerfully subjective film that questions what it means to live across borders, and to feel detached from the land of your birth and family.” \r<br/>\r<br/>Cine-vue', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7031656/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(358, 'Abed', 'عبد', '666087201', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '<p>Fireflies Films</p>', '<p>Mays Alreem</p>', '<p>Abed is a 9-year-old child who works with his abusive father in a restaurant. One night, he faces his extreme fear of darkness when he is forced to buy a pack of cigarettes for his father.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hisham Alomari&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Abuagoulah&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Badrana</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Abedalsalam Alhaj</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ahmad Jalboush</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mustafa Rasheed</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '9 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on a true story.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received support from the Royal Film Commission - Jordan. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, the Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada International Youth Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrwlYsGHvbo', 'abdtr.PNG', 'abed1.jpg', 'abed2.jpg', 'abed3.jpg', 'Abed1 (final poster).jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720522/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(359, 'Lost', 'Jrada Malha', '645984597', 'feature', '2021', 'Thriller, Crime', 'Morocco', 'Folks Box', 'Adam Majdoul', 'Rania is a young woman who finds herself amidst a conspiracy; she has been programmed and manipulated by members of a mysterious organization to serve as a lab rat in an experiment carried out by these people for a very specific purpose. A whole protocol was set up to shape her and create the desired character.\r<br/>Stripped of her life and souvenirs and left with confusing memories and a suffocating present, Rania decides to set off in search of her true life. A life lost in a plot to rule the world through the conditioning of high-ranking personalities. A well-crafted scheme to monitor, govern, and rule.', 'Mouna R\'miki\r<br/>Adnane Mouhejja\r<br/>Driss Roukhe\r<br/>Abderrahim El-Maniari', 'Screenwriter: Adnane Mouhajja, Driss Roukhe\r<br/>DOP: Luca Coassin\r<br/>Editor: Ayoub Jaddad', '126 min', 'First Morrocan film to be commercially released in Saudi Arabia\r<br/>Was screened in French cinemas', 'Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Festival National du Film Tanger, Morocco\r<br/>Toronto Film Channel Festival, Canada\r<br/>Buffalo International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Amsterdam Film Festival, Netherlands\r<br/>Rabat International Festival of Film, Morocco\r<br/>Durban International Film Festival, South Africa\r<br/>Montreal Independent Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Abuja International Film Festival, Nigeria\r<br/>Toronto Film and Script Awards, Canada\r<br/>Athens International Digital Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Antakya International Film Festival, Turkey', 'Best Director Award at Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival\r<br/>Jury award for Best Narrative Feature at Toronto Film Channel\r<br/>Best First Work Award at Festival National du Film Tanger’s Feature Films Competition', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fzJuDbUViM', 'lost tr.png', 'lost11.jpg', 'lost22.jpg', 'lost33.jpg', 'lost poster by mad.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://news.artsmart.co.za/2021/07/lost-diff-review.html\">Barry Meehan - Artsmart</a></span></p>', '“A Breathtaking Enjoyable Experience”\r<br/>Canadian Press\r<br/>\r<br/>“A film worth watching, discussing, and writing about.”\r<br/>Abdel-Ellah Gowahry\r<br/>\r<br/>“LOST is a movie well worth watching if you appreciate mind-bending dramas.”\r<br/>Barry Meehan - Artsmart\r<br/>\r<br/>“The dynamic rhythm in the movie barely gives us the chance to relax, as it takes us on a journey with the protagonist to search for the truth.”\r<br/>Walid Saif - Mahttmsr', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11579002/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(360, 'Achoura', '', '1073937485', 'feature', '2019', 'Fantasy, Horror', 'Morocco', 'Overlook Films\r<br/>Moon A Deal Films\r<br/>Orange Studio\r<br/>Black Lab', '<p>Lamia Chraibi, Talal Selhami</p>', 'After they step into a cursed and condemned house where one of them goes missing, three children strive to move on with their lives while trying to suppress the sad memory of their lost friend. \r<br/>However, when their missing friend reappears after 25 years, the group is forced to confront a spine-chilling creature.', 'Sofiia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Moussa Maaskri, Ivan Gonzales</p>', '<p>Screenwriters: Talal Selhami, Jawad Lahlou, and David Villemin <br />DOP: Mathieu de Montgrand <br />Editor: Julien Foure, Richard Riffaud', '92 min', 'The first-ever Moroccan-French Fantasy film exploring themes of childhood, innocence, and adulthood\r<br/>Nabbed the Best Film Award at Germany’s Hard: Line Film Festival and received a Special Mention at the Stiges-Catalonian Film Festival, where it was highly praised\r<br/>Released in Moroccan cinemas, winning wide audience acclaim', 'Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland \r<br/>Prix UCMF Musique à l\'image, France\r<br/>Hard: Line Film Festival, Germany', 'Special Mention at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film at the Hard: Line Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkp9vS_XRIg', '', 'ach3.jpg', 'ach2.jpg', 'ach1.jpg', 'ACHOURA POSTER wlogo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4188180/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(361, 'Mica', '', '972714618', 'feature', '2020', 'Drama', 'Morocco\r - France', 'La Prod\r<br/>Elzévir Films', '<p>Lamia Chraibi, Ulysse Payet</p>', '10-year-old Mica, lives with his mother and sick father in a slums near Meknes. He starts apprenticing for his father’s friend, a handyman in a tennis club in Casablanca. After going through humiliation and even being physically abused, Mica starts to understand his situation, and does everything in his power to change it.', 'Zakaria Inan Sabrina Ouazani Azelarab Kaghat</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Isma&euml;l Ferroukhi, Fadette Drouard DOP: Eva Sehet Editor: Elif Uluengin', '104 min', 'Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi, whose film Les Hommes libres screened at Cannes Film Festival\r<br/>Received 2 awards at the 2019 Final Cut in Venice Workshop at Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>Participated in the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of Malmo Arab Film Festival.\r<br/> Received support from Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).\r<br/>Received fund from CCM (Moroccan Centre for Cinematography).', 'Cinemania Francophone Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, France', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1CqlJJW5PE', '', 'mica1.jpg', 'mica2.jpg', 'mica3.jpg', 'mica pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10676134', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(362, 'Buzz', 'Tanin', '2119629157', 'short films', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiction, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Sudan</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Station Films and Fawi Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abualala, Mohamed Alomda, and Mohamed Fawi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her health deteriorates, a mother watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jasour Abuelgasim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zahra Mansour</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Abdalgafar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohamed Fawi, Ahmed Shaweesh, Noura Adil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mansour Omer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Shaweesh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abualala &mdash; the film\'s main producer &mdash; is the director of the Sudanese award-winning film You Will Die at Twenty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York African Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Digital Expression Foundation, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;PATOIS: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibiza Independent Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MVt6XjzGAw', 'buzz tr.PNG', 'buzz1.jpg', 'buzz2.jpg', 'buzz3.jpg', 'Buzz Poster_1x.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720875/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(363, 'El-Remaya House', 'Beit Al Remaya', '1045623094', 'feature', '2020', 'Social, Thriller', 'Egypt', 'Shoot Production Agency', '<p>Ahmed Badrawi</p>', 'Adel gets out of prison and searches for a place to live. To help him, his friend offers him his father’s house, which is very old and has been unoccupied for years. After living in the house, Adel starts hearing strange sounds and becomes curious to know the source of these sounds.', 'Mohamed Yorka, Zeina Zain, Ahmed Negm, Pussy Khaled</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed ElSamman DOP: Moahmoud El Nemr Editor: Wael Arbab', '60 min', 'Reflects on how miscommunication could lead to catastrophic consequences.', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvqLc4Fdcxk', '', 'reho1.jpg', 'reho2.jpg', 'reho3.jpg', 'remaya Poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31116801/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(364, 'I\'m Not Lakit', '', '1129214898', 'documentary', '2022', '<p>Documentary, Drama</p>', '<p>Lebanon Romania</p>', '<p>N&eacute; &agrave; beyrouth Films Avanpost</p>', '<p>Perre Sarraf, Vlad Radulesku</p>', '<p>Saleh is a man who lives in an old house in the mountains near the Lebanese city of Byblos and does not belong to a family or a religious sect in a society where such criteria define a human being. Worse, he lacks a nationality and a passport, he even lacks the right to live his life as an ordinary citizen since he is labeled as a &rsquo;lakit&rsquo; of unknown ancestry.</p>', 'Father Majdi Allawi<br />Jean-Paul Salameh<br />Judge Rana Akoum <br />Jacqueline Ibrahim<br />Isabelle Chbeir Ayoub</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Marie Surae<br />DOP: Marius Panduru <br />Editor: Marie Surae', '74 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackles the issue of illegitimate and abandoned children\'s right to a normal life, an issue that is widely stigmatized within the Arab region&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by Marie Surae, whose Cannes selected short, THE LAST ONE, won nine awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival Pitching 2021, Transilvania IFF Pitch 2021</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Armenia,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radiant Angel International Film Festival, Russia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, Russia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Women Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Human Rights Award at Toronto Women Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgF3KQuTa-k', '', 'lkit2.jpg', 'lkit1.jpg', 'lkit3.jpg', 'i-am-not-lakit-s.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14653998/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(365, 'Overcast', 'Ghaym', '1511961816', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>High Cinema Institute</p>', '<p>Mohamed Hosny Yassin</p>', '<p>Diab, who has returned to his village with a wife, is keen to hide her from everyone to the extent of forbidding her from any social engagement. As time goes by, circumstances force him to seek his neighbors&rsquo; help. Such an emergency will make him question his radical thoughts and his beliefs about real manhood.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lobna Wanas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Shawky</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dalia Ramzi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Girgis</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emad Maher</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Hamed<br />DOP: Mohamed Radwan<br />Editor: Mohamed Hosny Yassin', '10 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s first documentary, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED!, won many awards, including the National Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A drama highlighting some of the radical mindsets men have toward women </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moscow International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fzn74VZs60', 'ovrcsttr.PNG', 'ovrscst1.jpg', 'ovrscst3.jpg', 'ovrscst2.jpg', 'Overcast Final Poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720927', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(366, 'A House in Jerusalem', 'Beit fel Quds', '1326827389', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Suspense, Drama</p>', '<p>Palestine, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metafora Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palcine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Balloon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wellington Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Film</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel Robey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothe Beinemeier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanneke Niens</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giorgos Karnavas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alastair Clark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Alayan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abeer Salman</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Young Rebecca is forced to move with her father from the UK to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can help her heal from her mother&rsquo;s sudden death. Soon after settling into an old house in a neighborhood known as the Valley of the Ghosts, a series of mysterious events occur that Rebecca takes the blame for. Diving deep into the mystery of the house and the mystical city of Jerusalem, Rebecca sets out on an enigmatic journey to discover what hides in the shadows of the house.</p>', 'Johnny Harris<br />Makran Khoury<br />Souad Feres<br />Miley Locke<br />Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Rami Alayan and Muayad Alayan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sebastian Bock</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Zakaria Zahrani and Mehdi Bouaroua</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '104 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the 2023 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in UAE cinemas and is available on Netflix</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for Best Youth Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund, the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Valencia&mdash;Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra Mundo &Aacute;rabe de Cinema, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seoul International Children\'s Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Rooster Awards, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemana Film Festival, Oman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glasgow Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Film Festival, Kuwait&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival, Marseille</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rencontres cin&eacute;matographiques PALESTINE: FILMER C\'EST EXISTER</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine India Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de T&eacute;touan, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hof International Film Festival, Germany </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best International Feature Film (Golden Dolphin) and Best International Director at the Bosphorus Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the Boston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEWRISd5hw', '', 'ahij11.jpg', 'ahij2.jpg', 'ahij3.jpg', 'AHIJ_P1_1300.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/a-house-in-jerusalem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Srikanth Srinivasan &mdash; International Film Festival Rotterdam</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/01/film-review-a-house-in-jerusalem-2023-by-muayad-alayan/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina D. Ritcher &mdash; Asian Movie Plus</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/437744/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davide Abbatescianni &mdash; Cineuropa</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/a-house-in-jerusalem-rotterdam-review/5178652.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neil Young &mdash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/a-house-in-jerusalem-is-rouwdrama-en-spookfilm-zonder-griezelig-te-zijn~b5f1f7f6/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berend Jan Bockting &mdash; Volkskrant</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.trouw.nl/recensies/recensie-het-spook-in-a-house-in-jerusalem-vertelt-de-gruwelijke-geschiedenis~b7949148/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bellinda Van de Graaf &mdash; Trouw</span></a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Novelistic in scope and intimate in treatment, Muayad Alayan\'s A House in Jerusalem is a heartfelt exploration of personal and historical memory presented through the tremendously moving point of view of a bereaved child.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Srikanth Srinivasan &mdash; International Film Festival Rotterdam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Discreet and wonderfully in tune with the film\'s atmosphere is the original music composed by Alex Simu, who knows when to start and when to take a break.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina D. Ritcher &mdash; Asian Movie Plus</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The creative duo Muayad and Rami Alayan craft a touching coming-of-age tale exploiting some </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">well-known tropes about loss and trauma but in a fresh, powerful fashion.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davide Abbatescianni &mdash; Cineuropa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A familiar-seeming supernatural story enlivened by a strong political streak.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neil Young &mdash; Screen Daily&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A melancholy picture that makes use of the supernatural without being outlandish.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berend Jan Bockting &mdash; Volkskrant&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Brilliantly tells how Palestinians had no choice but to abandon their lands in 1948.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bellinda Van de Graaf &mdash; Trouw</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It\'s respectfully and evocatively told, and a good place to start exploring some of the difficult issues in the world today.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennie Kermode-Eye for Film</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16317452/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(367, 'The Exam', 'EZMÛN', '802329357', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, Kurdistan Regional Government (Iraq), Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M&icirc;tosfilm, Masti Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehmet Aktaş, Fuad Jamal</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rojin is a young Kurdish-Iraqi woman about to take her university entrance exam. Rojin&rsquo;s unhappily married older sister Shilan decides to help her pass </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life.&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all segments of society.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avan Jamal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vania Salar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussein Hassan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoshyar Nerwayi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Shawkat Amin Korki and Mohamed Reza Gohari</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Adib Sobhani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ebrahim Saeedi </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '89 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq\'s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning prominent Kurdish director Shawkat Amin Korki.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awarded seven prestigious awards and selected at over 20 international film festivals.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Regional Government.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflects on many subjects appealing to Arab audiences, including male dominance, corruption, and women&rsquo;s rights</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq\'s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning prominent Kurdish director Shawkat Amin Korki.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awarded seven prestigious awards and selected at over 20 international film festivals.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Youth of the Kurdistan Regional Government.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflects on many subjects appealing to Arab audiences, including male dominance, corruption, and women&rsquo;s rights</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Barbara International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival, Albania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurdisches Filmfestival Berlin, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in T&uuml;bingen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest FrauenWelten, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurdisches Filmfestival Hamburg, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goa International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds International Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tbilisi International Film Festival, Georgia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leiden International Film Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exground Filmfest, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival of German Films Moscow, Russia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100% Manusia Film Festival, Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mons International Film Festival, Belgium.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabisches Filmfestival T&uuml;bingen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Kurdish Film Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beijing International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq\'s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film (2023)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, London Kurdish Film Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNFA award, Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best International Film, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best International Film, Victoria Film Festival, Canada </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIPRESCI Critics Award Best Film, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize, Mons International Film Festival, Belgium.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Fiction Film, London Kurdish Film Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film in 16-20 Competition, Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W4SnrEznHo', 'exa tr.PNG', 'exam1.jpg', 'exam2.jpg', 'exam3.jpg', 'The Exam final poster with laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Kuipers- Variety&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-exam-review-ezmun-1235094214/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/the-exam-review-ezmun-1235094214/</span></a></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gautaman Bhaskaran-Arab News&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.arabnews.com/node/1986001/lifestyle\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.arabnews.com/node/1986001/lifestyle</span></a></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye on Cinema&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://eyeoncinema.net/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84/</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The Exam is a strong addition to the growing number of films about young women in patriarchal societies.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Kuipers - Variety</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The Exam is a powerful study in defying male dominance.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></h1>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gautaman Bhaskaran - Arab News</span></h1>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The film has many perfectly-implemented scenes and other creative ones that surprise us with its originality.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye on Cinema</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14463426', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(368, 'Under the Fig Trees', '', '283161548', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama / Arab World</p>', '<p>Tunisia France Switzerland Germany</p>', '<p>Henia Production Maneki Films</p>', '<p>Erige Sehiri, Didar Domehri</p>', '<p>Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</p>', 'Fide Fdhili<br />Feten Fdhili<br />Ameni Fdhili<br />Samar Sifi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Erige Sehiri, Ghalya Lacroix, Peggy Hamann<br />DOP: Frida Marzouk <br />Editor: Ghalya Lacroix, Hafedh Laaridhi, Malek Kammoun', '92 min', '<p>Tunisia&rsquo;s Official Submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film World premiered at Cannes Film Festival (Directors\' Fortnight) Official selection at 20+ festivals including Cannes, TIFF, and BFI London Film Festival Arab world premiere at Carthage Film Festival Won post-production awards at Final Cut in Venice and Marrakech IFF\'s Atlas Workshops</p>', '<p>Cannes Film Festival, France (World Premiere) Toronto International Film Festival, Canada Filmfest Munchen, Germany Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco (Arab World Premiere) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic BFI London Film Festival, UK Chicago International Film Festival, US G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland Troms&oslash; International Film Festival, Norway Palm Springs International Film Festival, US Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia Pingyao International Film Festival, China Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film, Belgium Black Movie Film Festival, Switzerland Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA Zawya&rsquo;s Cairo Cinema Days, Egypt</p>', '<p>EcoProd Jury Award at the Directors&rsquo; Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival Best Director at the Pingyao International Film Festival Best Film (Golden Bayard) at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Films R&ecirc;volution Award at the Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles Silver Tanit Award at the Carthage Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ1umosrfKw', 'utft tr.PNG', 'utft1.jpg', 'utft2.jpg', 'utft3.jpg', 'poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/425837/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaleem Aftab (Cineuropa)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/under-the-fig-trees-sous-les-figues-film-cannes-2022-1235153931/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lovia Gyarkye (The Hollywood Reporter)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/under-the-fig-trees-cannes-review/5170669.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson (Screendaily)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://moveablefest.com/erige-sehiri-under-the-fig-trees/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Saito (Moveablefest)</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://news.euro-24.com/entertainment/News/125137.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diego Batlle (Euro24)</span></a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;Under the Fig Trees is a pleasurable and immersive experience that offers... an elegant, understated tapestry of complex interactions.&rdquo; Lovia Gyarkye &mdash; Hollywood Reporter &ldquo;Under the Fig Trees is likely to travel further thanks to its engaging depiction of summer flirtations and a gentle exploration of sisterhood against a patriarchal backdrop... Sehiri has already proved herself as a documentarian with the award-winning Railway Men, and she brings that same sense of naturalism to her debut fiction feature.&rdquo; - Amber Wilkinson &mdash; Screen Daily &ldquo;Love comes up again and again in Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s enchanting debut, a romantic roundelay on par with &ldquo;A Midsummer Night&rsquo;s Dream&rdquo; Stephen Saito &mdash; Moveablefest &ldquo;This first feature-length fiction film by the award-winning director of the documentary Railway Men offers a charming look at a group of teenagers in a Tunisian village.&rdquo; Diego Batlle &mdash; Euro24</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15307126/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(369, 'Moroccan Badass Girl', 'Morocea Hara', '969324254', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri, Achraf Saad</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Cathy approaches her 30th birthday, she is confronted with the harsh realities of her life. Her parents, fianc&eacute;, boss, and society have all treated her poorly, leading to a series of unfortunate events that unfold on what turns out to be the worst day of her life.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of a sardonic Casablanca, Cathy finds herself in a dark and twisted comedy that will shape her future. Determined to start anew, she embarks on a journey to immigrate abroad, only to encounter unexpected obstacles along the way.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fadoua Taleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah Bensalah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malek Akhmiss&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karam Lamrani</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amine Tassouka<br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Karim Lahrichi</span>', '83 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A film by Moroccan director Hicham Lasri, whose films have been to prestigious festivals such as Berlinale, TIFF, and Cannes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars the talented and widely popular Moroccan actress Fadoua Taleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highly distinctive and delightfully absurd cinematic experience that offers a fresh perspective to Arab audiences, combining relatability with a unique twist</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Marrakech International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Rabat-Comedy, Morocco </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', 'HM1.jpg', 'badass moroccan girl.jpg', 'HM11.jpg', 'moroccan badass girl MAD teaser poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30004022/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(371, 'GOODBYE JULIA', 'وداعا جوليا', '882036671', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, KSA, Sweden</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Station Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Star Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Die Gesellschaft DGS</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Klozium Studios</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolce Vita Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinewaves Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambient Light</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CULT</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RiverFlower</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CANAL+ International</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abu Alala (main producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Al-Omda (producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baho Bakhsh (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safei Eldin Mahmoud (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Henrichs (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalid Awad (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc Irmer (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faisal Baltyuor (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali El Arabi (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham El Sherif (co-producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rua Osman (associate producer)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samo Hussain (line producer)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just before the secession of South Sudan, a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.</span></p>', 'Eiman Yousif<br />Siran Riak<br />Nazar Goma<br />Ger Duany</p>', '<p>Written and directed by Mohamed Kordofani<br />DOP: Pierre de Villiers <br />Editor: Heba Othman<br />Music Producer &amp; Composer: Mazin Hamid<br />Sound Engineer: Rana Eid<br />Costume Designer: Simba Elmur<br />Production Designer: Issa Kandil<br />Producer: Amjad Abu Alala<br />Co-Producer: Mohammed Alomda<br />Co-Producers: Baho Bakhsh, Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Michael Henrichs, Khaled Awad, Mohamed Kordofani, Marc Irmer, Faisal Baltyuor, Ali Elarabi, Adham El Sherif, and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m', '120 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un Certain Regard, going on to win the festival&rsquo;s Freedom Prize</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudan&rsquo;s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in over 30 film festivals around the world, winning 31 awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Tunisian, Jordanian, Egyptian, French ,&nbsp; Saudi, Kuwaiti, Qatari, Omanian, and Bahrainian cinemas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at the University of Plymouth, in the United Kingdom as part of Black History Month&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, director of Venice prizewinner YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Sudanese director and film to participate in the history of the Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive produced by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong&rsquo;o</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard), France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film, Czech Republic&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Border Mail International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOFA Film Festival Tasmania, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darwin International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Nights, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Septimius Awards, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War on Screen Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belfast Film Festival, Northern Ireland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Cinema Arab, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Africa Rising International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds International Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarragona International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afrykamera Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span 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Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dakhla International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFF Art Film, Slovakia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Du Film Arabe de Fameck, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Images Film Festival for Women, Zimbabwe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quibdo Africa Film Festival, Colombia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mizna Twin Cities Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bend International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival, Albania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afrika Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Film Society Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, \"FESPACO\"</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\'m Migrant Film Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Moroccan Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safar Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineMAS Film Festival, the UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington DC International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockfish Film Festival, Iceland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonoma International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uruguay International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Geneva</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calgary Arab Film Nights, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adelaide Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FilmFest Hamburg, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabian Nights in Copenhagen&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mill Valley Film Festival, the USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarasota Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia Film Festival, the USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen International Film Festival, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RiverRun International Film Festival, the USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer Film School Film Festival, Czech Republic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cinema Africa Film Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cascade Festival of African Films, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capital City Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Fest Tulsa, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arras Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest City Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Black Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBO Film Festival, Kenya</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Leeds International Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Mostra de Cinema Arab, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, War on Screen Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Tarragona Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Jury Award, Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\'s Jury Award, Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press Jury Award, War on Screen Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety MENA Talent of the Year, El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li 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Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distribution Award, Ibiza Independent International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Jury Award (Best Film), Sonoma International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Rencontres Cine-Salon Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Horizon Award (Best Film), Hollywood Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention for Siran Riak, Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay Award, Malmo Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Belgium Africa Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Seattle Black Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Films Femmes Afrique, Senegal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Renoir Prize for High School Students, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Arab Cinema Center Critics Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay, Arab Cinema Center Critics Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span 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aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arabic Film to Screen in Egypt in 2023, Film Society, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Zanzibar International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography Award, International Images Film Festival for Women, Harare, Zimbabwe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baobab Grand Prize, Quibdo Africa Film Festival, Colombia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Mizna Twin Cities Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Prize, Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Feature Film, Bend International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PrespecTIFF Award for Best Debut Feature Film, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Editing and Best Social Issue Awards, Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, \"FESPACO\"</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Award, International Moroccan Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arab Film, Cairo Film Society, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabian Sights Award, Washington DC International Film Festival, the USA </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film Award, Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award, Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Afrykamera - International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best African Film, Septimius Awards, the Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Ebert Award, Chicago International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh8sauNG4AE', 'gbj2.jpg', 'gj1.jpg', 'GBJ_00097865.jpg', 'GBJ_01050049.jpg', 'gbj final poster + oscars.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A gut-wrenching and emotionally rewarding tale of religious persecution compounded by entrenched racism.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/goodbye-julia-cannes-review/5182289.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily</span></a><br /><br /></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There is an even greater historic significance to Goodbye Julia, in which two women &mdash; one from the North, the other from the South &mdash; are brought together by fate in a complex relationship.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/global/mohamed-kordofani-goodbye-julia-sudan-cannes-1235606021/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety</span></a><br /><br /></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This drama about guilt examines the relationship between Sudanese from the north and those from the south.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2023/goodbye-julia-mohamed-kordofani-s-gesture-of-reconciliation/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Cannes</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/goodbye-julia-cannes-review/5182289.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily</span></a></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Kordofani&rsquo;s fine direction balances the film&rsquo;s multiple modes: It&rsquo;s a drama, with shades of a thriller and a sense of its own politics.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/goodbye-julia-review-sudan-1235491414/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood Reporter</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Kordofani offers up wonderful snapshots, overviews and explanations of all the nuances of the acute Sudanese situation of the time&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/442804\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Goodbye Julia is not focused on Sudan&rsquo;s recent history, but rather on the events leading up to the 2011 South Sudanese Independence referendum.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://deadline.com/video/goodbye-julia-trailer-sudan-drama-cannes-2023-un-certain-regard/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deadline</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14330672/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(372, 'Suhail', 'Suhail', '328826409', 'short films', '2021', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>UAE</p>', '', '<p>Salma Azam</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beautiful mountains of Fujairah, there&rsquo;s a boy called Suhail who suffers from autism.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By interviewing his family, friends, teachers, and therapists, we delve </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deeper </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into Suhail&rsquo;s world and get to know more about his strengths and the challenges he has faced. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suhail Al-Sharqi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michele Ziolkowski&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdullah Al-Sharqi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Saad Al-Din</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Robert Resto</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focuses on autism in children.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by a children\'s book series published by Al-Hudhud in Dubai.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ain Film Festival, UAE</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brics International Film Festival, Russia </span></p>', '<p>Best Short Film at Al Ain Film Festival, UAE</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSkH9_VcQo', 'suhtr.PNG', 'suhail3.jpg', 'suhail1.jpg', 'suhail2.jpg', 'POSTER SUHAILFont_QUANTIFY.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed El Senosy-Akhbar Al Youm&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/4039958/1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/4039958/1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;SUHAIL is the perfect prescription for autism.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Ahmed El Senosy-Akhbar Al Youm </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720640/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(373, 'Behind the Scenes', 'Khalf El Kawalees', '2001978599', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>UAE</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethraa Media F, ZCReporters Training &amp; Media Production</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shahnaz Abdulrazaq Albastaki, Ahmad Ibrahim</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Mona is a hard-working university instructor who holds a competition for her students. However, things take a drastic turn when it does not go according to plan.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nesma Kazamel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamad Ghobashi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Taifour</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya Helmi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Shahnaz Abdulrazaq Albastaki</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Abdulmoem Alebrahimy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Rizk</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '145 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film packs an ideological and humanist punch with its poems and lectures.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s director previously worked on the BAFTA award-winning EXODUS. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3s1abCftE', '', 'bts1.jpg', 'bts2.jpg', 'bts3.jpg', 'bts final amends.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31102688/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(374, 'Hemingwhy', '', '844813590', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama, Comedy', 'Jordan', 'Dukkan Studio', 'Ghaith Al-Adwan, Suleiman Tadros', 'To publish his new book, which showcases his artistic and literary career, Najib will take a decision that will worsen his relationship with his family. Later on, he leaves his fancy world and collides with society. Only at this moment will Najib be able to see his previous mistakes.', 'Abdallah Jreisat\r<br/>Jalal Said\r<br/>Yasmin Dalu', 'Screenwriter: Ghaith and Laith Al-Adwan\r<br/>DOP: Ahmad Jalboush\r<br/>Editor: Abdallah Sada', '14 min', 'Nominated for Best Short Film at Malmo Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Received support from The Royal Film Commission - Jordan\r<br/>The film’s editor took part in the 2021 Berlinale Talents', 'Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden \r<br/>Amman International Film Festival, Jordan', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdYWllsZu8', '', 'Hemingwhy_Still_02.jpg', 'Hemingwhy_Still_05.jpg', 'Hemingwhy_Still_07.jpg', 'Hemingwhy-poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17490612/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(375, 'Neighbours', 'Nachbarn', '225705226', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama, Coming of age', 'Switzerland', 'Frame Films', '<p>Mano Khalil</p>', 'Set during Hafez al-Assad’s regime in the 1980s, in a small village on the Turkish-Syrian border, Sero, a Kurdish child, must deal with how his small world is radically changing through the phase of absurd nationalism.', 'Serhed Khalil<br />Jalal Altawil<br />Jay Abdo<br />Mazen Al Natour</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mano Khalil<br />DOP: St&eacute;phane Kuthy<br />Editor: Thomas Bachmann', '124 min', 'Received around 50 awards and was screened at over 60 film festivals \r<br/>Screened in Swiss theaters for over three months\r<br/>Held its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival', 'Shanghai International Film Festival, China \r<br/>Gangneung International Film Festival, South Korea \r<br/>Camerimage International Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Alekino Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Emden Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Cinéalma Film Festival, France\r<br/>Zlin International Film Festival, Czech Republic\r<br/>Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany \r<br/>Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland \r<br/>Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, US \r<br/>Hof International Film Festival, Germany\r<br/>Bastau International Film Festival, Kazakhstan\r<br/>Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia \r<br/>Olympia International Film Festival, Greece\r<br/>Terni Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, US \r<br/>New York Jewish Film Festival, US\r<br/>Vienna Jewish Film Festival, Austria\r<br/>Festival de Cinema Jeue de Barcelona, Spain\r<br/>Cleveland Jewish Film Festival, US\r<br/>Victoria International Jewish Film Festival, Canada \r<br/>Virginia Film Festival, US\r<br/>San Luis Obispo Jewish Film Festival, US \r<br/>Miami Jewish Film Festival, US\r<br/>International Children\'s Film Festival, Bangladesh \r<br/>Bozen International Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Innsbruck Int. Film Festival, Austria \r<br/>Der Neue Heimatfilm Festival, Austria\r<br/>New York Kurdish Film Festival, US\r<br/>Amsterdam Kurdish Film Festival, Netherlands \r<br/>Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands \r<br/>Hollywood Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>MiWorld Young Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Paris Kurdish film festival, France\r<br/>AmiCorti International Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Toronto Japanese Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Busan Children Film festival, South Korea \r<br/>Seoul International Children Film Festival, South Korea \r<br/>International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Russia\r<br/>Imagine India International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>African Asian Latin American Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Boston Film Festival, US\r<br/>Mons International Film Festival, Belgium \r<br/>Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland \r<br/>Religion Today Film Festival, Italy \r<br/>Castellinaria International Film Festival, Switzerland \r<br/>Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival, US \r<br/>London Kurdish Film Festival, UK\r<br/>Meta Film Festival, Dubai\r<br/>Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Hong Kong\r<br/>Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland\r<br/>Popoli e Religioni Terni Film Festival, Italy', 'San Francisco Film Critics Award for Best Movie\r<br/>Audience Award at Emden Film Festival\r<br/>Best Movie at the Gangneung Film Festival\r<br/>Best Movie at the Religion Today Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film at the CineAlma Film Festival\r<br/>Special Jury Mention at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival\r<br/>Premio Utopia at the Castellinaria International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Screenplay at the Red Sea International Film Festival\r<br/>Human Values Award at the Olympia International Film Festival\r<br/>European Values Award at the Olympia International Film Festival\r<br/>Angel for Best Film & Critics Award at the Terni Film Festival\r<br/>Audience Award at the Boston Jewish Film Festival\r<br/>Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival\r<br/>Audience Award and Grand Prix at the Mons International Film Festival\r<br/>Teacher Jury Award, Audience Award, and Best Movie Award at the MiWorld Milano International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Actor and Best Movie at the Hollywood Arab Film Festival\r<br/>Best Movie Award at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth\r<br/>Südwind-Preis der Jugendjury at the Innsbruck Film Festival\r<br/>Best Script Award and Best Movie Award at the Amicorti International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Actor Award “Serhed Khalil” Rolle Sero\r<br/>Best Director Award at the Rotterdam Arab International Film Festival\r<br/>Best Directors Award at the Seoul International Children\'s Film Festival\r<br/>Best Film, Audience Award, and Jury of Teachers Award at the African Asian Latin American Film Festival in Milan\r<br/>Young Jury Award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7nsYFpv5e8&t=5s', 'trneigh.PNG', 'Neighbours2.jpg', 'Neighbours3.jpg', 'Neighbours1.jpg', 'neigh+lau.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eremnews.com/opinion/eremnews-writers/2378501\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Hajj &ndash;Eremnews</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.shorouknews.com/columns/view.aspx?cdate=14122021&amp;id=84868500-0e65-448b-b6de-e8f6426b7429\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Mahmoud -Shorouk news</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.elhayatalarabiya.net/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elhayat Alarabiya</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2021/11/neighbours-sliff-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cate Marquis - We are Movie Geeks</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '“Every scene in Mano Khalil\'s film narrates a story that its parts integrate, creating a poetic and heartbreaking celluloid.”\r<br/>Ibrahim Hajj — Eremnews\r<br/>\r<br/>“With a blend of sarcasm and laughter, NEIGHBORS portrays the absurdity of war through the eyes of a child who eventually finds light in a dark doubtful dictatorial world.”\r<br/>Khaled Mahmoud — Shorouk News\r<br/>\r<br/>“A rich script that crosses boundaries between documentary and narration.”\r<br/>Elhayat Alarabiya\r<br/>\r<br/>“NEIGHBOURS is both a touching, warm human tale laced with humor and childhood appeal, and a pointed satiric look at the roots of hate, not just in Syria.”\r<br/>Cate Marquis — We are Movie Geeks', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14452802/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(376, 'Blooming Dalia', 'Fatale Orientale', '1612028147', 'short films', '2020', 'Comedy', 'France', 'Instant Ray Films', '<p>Mathilde Le Ricque</p>', 'Dalia, 25, is a French ex-reality TV starlet who is at her lowest point. Depressed and overweight, she tries to reconnect with her estranged mother, who still refuses to talk to her because of her seedy tabloid fodder past. \r<br/>Deeply hurt, Dalia accepts to be part of a new TV show booked by Coco, her agent, on the condition that she loses weight. \r<br/>But as Coco strives to make her the it-girl she once was, Dalia’s repressed Algerian origins resurface in a surreal way.', 'Farah Kassabeh, Corinne Valancogne, Farida Ouchani, Samira Sedira</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Holy Fatma<br />DOP: Vadim Alsayed<br />Editor: Jules Coudignac &amp; Joel Li', '24 min', 'Screened at the French Institute Alliance Française in  New York City', 'Festival Plurielles, France \r<br/>Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, Tunisia \r<br/>Filmets, Spain\r<br/>Trouville Off-Courts Film Festival, France', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvddjGvGmI', 'bd tr.PNG', 'bd1.jpg', 'bd2.jpg', 'bd3.jpg', 'BD POSTER w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12398564/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(377, 'Swing', 'Marjouha', '1911241268', 'short films', '2019', '', 'Lebanon', 'Madani\r<br/>European Union', '', 'Salma and her mom left their village to escape the bombing. As Salma’s swing got burnt out in the bombing, Salma’s mother first concern is to make a new swing to help her sick daughter get better.', 'Shadi Mokresh Khaled Abou Baker Basma Baidoun Salma Khalife</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Jamal Sallowm DOP: Joceylene Abi Gebrayel Editor: Iyad Chehab', '15 min', 'Supported by the European Union\r<br/>Explores the unique relationship between mothers and daughters', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'swing tmp poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720996/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(378, 'Road To El Kef', 'Tarik El Kaf', '159926500', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'USA\r - Tunisia', 'Eqlae Pictures LLC\r<br/>Karabila Productions', '<p>Ihsen Kammoun, Anis Kriaa</p>', 'With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.', 'Ahmed Hafiane Fares Landoulsi Malek Ben Saad Ala Edine Yacoubi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Charles Hall DOP: Frida Marzouk Editor: Laith Al-Majali', '30 min', 'Was nominated for the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival\r<br/>Headlined by award-winning Tunisian actor Ahmed Hafiane and Messiah star, Fares Landoulsi\r<br/>Arab world premiered at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC)', 'Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France \r<br/>Festival Les Nuits Méditerranéennes, France \r<br/>Carthage Film Festival, Tunis\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, US\r<br/>Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Arab Film Festival at the Arab American Museum, US\r<br/>Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine\r<br/>Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdeS3Jrmu-g', '', 'rtk1.jpg', 'rtk2.jpg', 'rtk33.jpg', 'Poster - rtk.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12210112/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(379, 'Insulated Door', 'Bab Ma’zoul', '1216355598', 'short films', '2020 ', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Order Production', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eslam Rozza, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Hosny</span></p>', 'Hazem, a young man, falls in love with Angie, an older woman who is a voice coach and an owner of a studio. Soon, their relationship develops when they are locked in a closed studio at the time of a murder. However, their relationship takes another turn when Hazem uncovers some secrets.', 'Injy El-Mokkaddem, Ahmed Anan, Ibrahim Ghareeb, Salma Tarek</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Eslam Rozza<br />DOP: Joseph Louis<br />Editor: Ramez Atef', '32 min', 'Starring Egyptian superstar Injy El Mokkaddem', 'Alexandria Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJ-krbHTEQ', 'insdtr.PNG', 'insd1.jpg', 'insd2.jpg', 'insd3.jpg', 'FINAL-Bab-Maazoul-poster-EN-Laurels.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721308/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(380, 'Flesh and Blood', 'Damy W Lahmy ', '1009392733', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yol Film House</span></p>', '<p>Mehdi Hmili</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victim of a rape by her young neighbor, Donia, 19, sees her life shattered when she realizes she is pregnant. Donia has one goal: aborting before it is too late.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sana Lahbib</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achref Ben Youssef</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Noomene Hamda</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourad Gharsalli</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariem Ben Hassan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In&egrave;s Arsi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lilia Sellami</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor:</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Mathlouthi</span>', '19 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shedding light on the issue of sexual violence and rape culture in a conservative and</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> patriarchal</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> society.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by AFAC and the Tunisian </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">und CNC.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Tunisian filmmaker </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Hmili, who is known as the director of critically acclaimed shorts and feature films.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starred by BEAUTY AND THE DOGS actors; Noomen Hamda and Mourad Gharsalli. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Zanzibar International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Yemen Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Oriental de Gen&egrave;ve, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sguardi Altrove Women&rsquo;s International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEcRuVXTwE', '', 'fnb 1.jpg', 'fnb 2.jpg', 'fnb 3.jpg', 'FLESH-N-BLOOD_Poster-w.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721157/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(381, 'Trinou', 'Trinou', '1800146544', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia, UK</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seventh Age Pictures Limited, SVP Tunisia</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilyes Blagui, Omar Ben Ali</span></p>', '<p>Omar, a young boy, escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he created from magazines his mother used to give him. When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max Pemberton&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Grayaa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaouther Dhaouedi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eleanor Crowe</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Nejib Kthiri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Jamie Touche&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Christian Radclyffe</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected at prestigious international festivals including Show Me Shorts, CineQuest, Cairo IFF, and DokuFest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Won the Jury Award for Best Short at Amman IFF</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its Arab World premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead actor Max Pemberton stars in Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LA Shorts International Film Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Society of Cinematographers Awards, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair&rsquo;s Black Box Cinema, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master International Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural Encounters on Environment and Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avanca International Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition (Official Competition), Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival, Yemen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFest, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Indie Shorts Awards, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangier Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention for Best Actor at Avanca International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Short Film at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Short Arab Film at Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Editing Award at the Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO6nY5ap8-w', 'trinou tr.PNG', 'trin3.jpg', 'trin2.jpg', 'trin1.jpg', 'Trinou poster w laurel.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2023/07/trinou-a-quest-for-lifes-vibrancy/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Shorts Mag</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/trinou\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason Knight &mdash; UK Film Review</span></a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A quest for life&rsquo;s vibrancy.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Shorts Mag</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Kthiri does an amazing job with the directing and creates some wonderful establishing shots and Christian Radclyffe makes a superb contribution with the creative editing that includes fast cutting.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason Knight &mdash; UK Film Review</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13291944', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(382, 'Inshallah A Boy', 'Inshallah Walad', '1444434257', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Imaginarium Films, Bayt Al Shawareb, Georges Films</span></p>', '<p>Rula Nasser, Aseel Abu Ayyash</p>', '<p>After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, Nawal resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy. But as time passes, the lie becomes harder to sustain and Nawal faces a difficult choice. With only three weeks to find a solution, Nawal embarks on a journey that challenges her fears, beliefs, and morality, as she fights to secure her rightful inheritance and protect her daughter&rsquo;s future.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouna Hawa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haitham Omari</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yumna Marwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salwa Nakkara</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Al Jizawi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eslam Al-Awadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celina Rabab\'a</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Amjad Al-Rasheed, Rula Nasser, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Delphine Agut</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Kanam&eacute; Onoyama (AFC)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Hafez</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer: Jerry Lane</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '113 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Cannes Film Festival\'s 62nd Critics Week; winner of the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d\'Or Award for Best Feature Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan\'s official submission for the 96th Academy Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at over 100 film festivals, winning 25 awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly praised by over 30 regional and international news outlets&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first-ever Jordanian feature to be selected at Cannes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of the Golden Frog for Best Directorial Debut at the esteemed Camerimage IFF in Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced and co-written by award-winning Jordanian producer Rula Nasser, whose credits include THE ALLEYS, AMIRA, and HOLY SPIDER</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released theatrically in France, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened as part of Women Rights Films Week in collaboration with UN Women in Morocco and at Cinehouse in Riyadh&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Streaming on Shahid </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festiv</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamburg Film Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paysages de Cineastes Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mystic Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camerimage Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFI Fest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mill Valley Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mumbai Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montclair Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Rooster Awards, China&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chennai International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around the World in 14 Films, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bengaluru International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Septimius Awards, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muharaq Nights Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cine Punta del Este&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joburg Film Festival, South Africa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform, the UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds International Film Festival, the UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Du Film Arabe De Fameck, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Horizons Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian World Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Watch Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milwaukee International Film Festival, the USA </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaza International Festival for Women&rsquo;s Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival - Love &amp; 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Pillet &mdash; JMAG</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar Pulp</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flemish Seth &mdash; Into: Screens</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Judah &mdash; Screen Daily</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meredith Taylor &mdash; Film Uforia&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howaida Hamdy &mdash; Raseef22</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephanie Archer &mdash; Film Inquiry&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redmond Bacon &mdash; Journey into Cinema</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phoenix Clouden- Geek Vibes Nation</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cl&aacute;udio Alves-The Film Experience</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh of the Movies&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/author/loudandclear/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serena Seghedoni</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/inshallah-a-boy-cannes-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loud and clear</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahlia Karam &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.filmfocusmagazine.com/the-feed/inshallah-a-boy-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Focus Magazine&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang&mdash; </span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/inshallah-a-boy-review-a-gripping-social-thriller-about-systemic-oppression-and-control-1235748209/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/movies/inshallah-a-boy-review-where-the-male-line-is-the-only-line.html?auth=login-google1tap&amp;login=google1tap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iman Mohamed &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.ajnet.me/arts/2023/12/31/%D8%A5%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Jazeera</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.independentarabia.com/node/452586/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7/%D8%A5%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B6-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Arabia</span></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz O&rsquo; Farrel &mdash; <a href=\"https://screenanarchy.com/2024/01/inshallah-a-boy-review-a-situation-to-crack-under.html\">Screen Anarchy</a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"With its compelling narrative, strong performances, and important message, Inshallah a Boy is a cinematic triumph that leaves a lasting impact on its viewers.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Gogler &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://viewofthearts.com/2023/05/21/76th-cannes-film-festival-inshallah-a-boy-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View of the Arts</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankit Jhunjhunwala &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/cannes-2023-review-inshallah-a-boy/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A breathtaking marathon about a woman ensnared in the spider web of a male-dominant society held together by tradition and religion.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shahram Ashraf Abyaneh &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.deed.news/2023/05/23/review/inshallah-a-boy-2023-amjad-al-rasheed/17978/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deed</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Al-Rasheed employs his metaphors skillfully.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/inshallah-a-boy-2023-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye for Film</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A droit female empowerment drama.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vassilis Kroustallis &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://filmisafineaffair.com/reviews/inshallah-a-boy-2023-film-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film is a Fine Affair</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><strong>\"</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With his incendiary yet surprisingly grounded feature, Al-Rasheed joins the likes of contemporary male filmmakers like Aleem Khan and Saim Sadiq in exploring feminist concerns in Muslim lives.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.highonfilms.com/author/parth/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parth Pant</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.highonfilms.com/inshallah-a-boy-2023-movie-review/?utm_content=cmp-true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High On Films</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Minute by minute, the script &mdash; which is incredibly simple in its emotionality yet powerful in engaging the viewer, who finds himself helpless and speechless &mdash; reveals a wealth of information.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Ilaria Falcone &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.nonsolocinema.com/inshallah-a-boy-di-amjad-al-rasheed.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non Solo Cinema</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Amjad Al-Rasheed delivers a captivating suspenseful story.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firouz E. Pillet &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://j-mag.ch/cannes-2023-inshallah-a-boy-inchallah-un-fils-presente-en-premiere-mondiale-a-la-62eme-semaine-de-la-critique-est-le-tout-premier-long-metrage-jordanien-selectionne-a-cannes/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JMAG</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Shot with incredible lightness and touch, Inshallah a Boy is a film that takes your breath away.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://sugarpulp.it/inshallah-a-boy-a-boy-la-recensione/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sugar Pulp</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"INSHALLAH A BOY is a huge triumph for Jordan and hopefully inspires a whole new generation of local filmmakers to tell daring stories and challenge us to think.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flemish Seth &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://intoscreens.com/2023/05/19/inshallah-a-boy-film-review-cannes-2023/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Into: Screens</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Deftly makes use of scope and framing to maintain the intimacy of the story.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Judah &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/inshallah-a-boy-cannes-review/5182073.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Al-Rasheed\'s tightly-written script makes what could have been a dry and worthy story absolutely gripping throughout its running time.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meredith Taylor &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://filmuforia.com/inshallah-a-boy-2023-cannes-film-festival-2023/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Uforia&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The film explodes like gunpowder in a conservative society, and boldly addresses what some consider taboo.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howaida Hamdy &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://raseef22.net/english/article/1093364-inshallah-a-boy-confronting-societys-toughest-questions-with-film\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raseef22</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Boasting gorgeous cinematography and a profound performance by, Inshallah A Boy becomes an instant hidden gem of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephanie Archer &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.filminquiry.com/inshallah-a-boy-2023-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Inquiry&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The perils of single parenthood in the patriarchy are piercingly punctured in Inshallah A Boy, a tight, tense, thriller set in Amman, Jordan. \"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Redmond Bacon &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://journeyintocinema.com/inshallah-a-boy-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journey into Cinema</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Gripping Debut Explores Faith and Oppression&rdquo;</span></h1>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phoenix Clouden &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://geekvibesnation.com/inshallah-a-boy-review-tiff-2023/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geek Vibes Nation</span></a></h1>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Amjad Al Rasheed\'s feature debut strikes a note of anxious humor right as it starts.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cl&aacute;udio Alves &mdash; </span><a href=\"http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2023/9/12/tiff-23-a-widows-plight-is-the-nightmare-of-inshallah-a-boy.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Film Experience</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A dense, organic portrait of womanhood that will peel anyone to the screen from start to finish, this is one to look out for in future film discussion and award recognition.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://joshatthemovies.com/2023/09/17/tiff-2023-wrap-up/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh of the Movies&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This superbly written, technically impressive film will get you under your skin, and it&rsquo;s a must watch at the Cannes Film Festival.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/author/loudandclear/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serena Seghedoni</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/inshallah-a-boy-cannes-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loud and clear</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Inshallah a Boy is a compelling and emotionally charged film that shines a light on the resilience of women facing adversity and the urgent need for societal change.&rdquo;</span></h4>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahlia Karam &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.filmfocusmagazine.com/the-feed/inshallah-a-boy-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Focus Magazine&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A gripping social drama about systemic oppression that morphs into a masterful thriller.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></h1>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/inshallah-a-boy-review-a-gripping-social-thriller-about-systemic-oppression-and-control-1235748209/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A tense and accomplished directorial debut.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/movies/inshallah-a-boy-review-where-the-male-line-is-the-only-line.html?auth=login-google1tap&amp;login=google1tap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Scenes inspired by reality conveyed the brilliance of their creators.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iman Mohamed &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.ajnet.me/arts/2023/12/31/%D8%A5%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Jazeera</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Based on a thrilling, simple yet brilliant idea, the film stands out as a unique cinematic experience.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.independentarabia.com/node/452586/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7/%D8%A5%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B6-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Arabia</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Mouna Hawa\'s performance is both incredible and grounded in humanity</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz O&rsquo; Farrel &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://screenanarchy.com/2024/01/inshallah-a-boy-review-a-situation-to-crack-under.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Anarchy&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There&rsquo;s much to relate to as an Indian with Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s debut feature, INSHALLAH A BOY.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namrata Joshi &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2023/Aug/30/mothers-courage-seen-inamjad-al-rasheeds-debut-feature-inshallah-a-boy-2609856.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Indian Express</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Al-</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rasheed\'s nuanced storytelling, coupled with the stellar performances of the cast, elevates this cinematic experience to a powerful and emotionally resonant exploration of the challenges faced by women in Jordanian society.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israa Radaydeh &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-47/Reviews/Inshallah-A-Boy-delves-into-gender-inheritance-and-societal-norms-33036\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan News</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Acting is superb, and the pacing is remarkable. But most importantly, the look into women&rsquo;s rights, morality, and normalized societal oppression speaks volumes about its country and the road to freedom.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abhishek Sharma &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://filmthreat.com/reviews/inshallah-a-boy/2/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Threat</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;So many elements of this project are impressive, from its elegant construction to the effortless conveyance of its ideas, it\'s smooth all the way through.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josie Greeenwood </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; </span><a href=\"https://movieweb.com/inshallah-a-boy-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movieweb</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A compelling drama.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aparita Bhandari &mdash; </span><a href=\"https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/amjad-al-rasheed/inshallah-a-boy-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paste Magazine</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;It lifts the spirits.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rory O&rsquo; Connor &mdash; <a href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/thessaloniki-review-suspense-beats-solemnity-in-jordans-oscar-entry-inshallah-a-boy/\">The Film Stage</a></span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25406412/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(384, 'Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me', 'Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me', '2106481988', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '<p>Hiba production</p>', '<p>Hiba Salameh</p>', '<p>Hamza is a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don&rsquo;t believe exists.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El-Basha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruba Blal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motaz Malhes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khulood Basel </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Majd Kayyal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Ashraf Dowani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Saed Andoni</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '18 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the CIFF&rsquo;s Short Film Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (World Premiere), Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Shorts Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cine-Palestine, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographic Encounters Palestine: To Film Is To Exist, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo\'s Netherlands-Flemish Institute, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Independent Palestinian Film Festival, Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kino Palestine, Prague&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Amity Short Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Independent Film Festival in Limassol, Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Pramana Asian Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award at The Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Dervis Amity Award, Amity Short Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpKkpEK0jY', 'hmza tr.PNG', 'hmza1.jpg', 'hmza2.jpg', 'hmza3.jpg', 'en hmz.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://raseef22.net/article/1090784-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-18-%D8%AF%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola El-Sheikh &mdash; Raseef</span></a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;HAMZA: CHASING A HAUNTING GHOST, which unfolds in 18 minutes, smoothly captures attention to the numerous symbols it features, prompting viewers to unravel and understand their essence and creating an interactive atmosphere from the very first minute.&rdquo; Ola El-Sheikh &mdash; Raseef</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721188', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(385, 'Homeless', 'بلا مأوي', '376576922', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Short</p>', '<p>Egypt, Syria</p>', '', '<p>Belal Ibrahim</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belal lives in a poor neighborhood and devotes most of his time and money to caring for homeless animals, fostering special bonds with them. The film is divided into several acts, each focusing in detail on one of Belal&rsquo;s animals.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belal Ibrahim</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed El Gebaly</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Soussi</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud El Nemr</span></p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Amjad Soussi<br />DOP: Mahmoud El Nemr<br />Editor: Abdelmageid Saffan', '35 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A feature documentary that leaves audiences touched by Belal&rsquo;s humanity and his kindness towards stray animals.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timimoun International Short Film Festival, Algeria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt </span></p>', 'https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=wa8QBxPiYvjbJmfO&v=4yai88b5bHk&feature=youtu.be', 'hmls tr.PNG', '25 fps no sub.00_28_52_12.Still027.jpg', 'homeless1.jpg', 'homeless3.jpg', 'homeless poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://m.imdb.com/title/tt27727576/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(386, 'AKH', 'أخ', '2079114445', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Horror</p>', '<p>Kuwait</p>', '<p>Flying Stuff Ent.</p>', '<p>Ahmad M.Hamada</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AKH follows the story of Shihab, the hustling, jaded, taxi driver, and Suhail, his dependent </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wheelchair-bound</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brother. When an evening trip to the desert goes awry, the two brothers discover that things in the world aren&rsquo;t always what they seem to be, and their brotherly bond is put to the ultimate test.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussain Al-Haddad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Noman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamal Al-Radhan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eman Al-Hussainy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jassim Al-Nabhan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmad M. Hamada\r<br/><p>Cinematography: Mishary Al Khawalid\r<br/><p>Editor: Abbas Saeed', '138 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first films to come out of Kuwait&rsquo;s latest wave of filmmakers</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab World&rsquo;s first-ever cosmic horror flick</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by director of the Kuwaiti documentaries THE KUWAITI and THE MARGIN Ahmad Hamada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AKH set for commercial release in Kuwait</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9DjQhA1wKo', '', 'akh1.jpg', 'akh2.jpg', 'akh3.jpg', 'Akh final poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19256398', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(387, 'Neb Tawy', 'Sayedat El Ardayn', '1079414016', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>Raion Production Company</p>', '<p>Mohanad Hamdy, Mai Wael</p>', '<p>A young woman who began working with her uncle in the illegal excavation of artifacts after her father&rsquo;s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father&rsquo;s memory alive until one day, she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.</p>', 'Nancy Salah<br />Remas<br />Mahmoud Hagag</p>', '<p>Screenwriters: Mai Wael and Mohamed Ali Mansour <br />DOP: Hassan El-Zanaty<br />Editors: Mahmoud El-Sherif and Mina', '19 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered and won a top award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoyed a full house screening at the Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated to those souls who passed away and left a good memory for their loved ones.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s director, Mai Wael, collaborated with some of Egypt&rsquo;s and the world&rsquo;s most prominent directors</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Sembene Ousmane Film Prize, Zanzibar International Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7M7jn0eec', 'nebtawy tr.PNG', 'nbtw1.jpg', 'nbtw2.jpg', 'nbtw3.jpg', 'NEB TAWY JPG.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721567', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(388, 'MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL', 'معز الطريق الاسود', '928628280', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Zenith Production</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nahdi Mohamed Ali</span></p>', '<p>Moez is a delusional young man who lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunisia. After he is arrested and taken to the police station, he meets Hassen, a radical Islamist coming from France who will turn his life upside down.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seif Mannai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akrem Sakkouhi Mag</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lamine Nahdi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leila Chebbi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Najdi Mohamed Ali and Slim Ben Ismail&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Amine Messadi and Amine Issa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Mathlouthi </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '85 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Tunisian theaters and received&nbsp; special commercial screenings in Paris, Hollywood, London, Venice, and Montreal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received the Best Director Award at the Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA, Morocco, and the Best African Actor Award at the Septimius Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Director Nahdi Mohamed Ali had his film THE PROJECT screened at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and his film FATUM received the Special Mention of the Young Jury at the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Amine Meddan, who won the Best Contribution Award in the 2016 Venice Critics&rsquo; Week&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflects on the tragedies experienced in Tunisia over the past 10 years</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maghreb Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;Alma, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award at the Maghreb Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner Best African Actor at the Septimius Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominee Best African Film at the Septimius Award</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPpjZetuzrE', 'moez tr.PNG', 'moez1.jpg', 'moez2.jpg', 'moez3.jpg', 'affiche MOEZ 03 w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18161114', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(389, 'Laila', 'Laila', '252096687', 'short films', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Indep</p>', '<p>Mohamed Bawarith</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila is a married woman in her early twenties who suffers from life disturbances with her husband. In light of these events, she finds herself floating away in her imagination, struggling to break away from her intrusive thoughts.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hams Bandar</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammar Barashid</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retaj Abdullah</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Sahar Sulaiman, Mohamed Bawarith and Hazem Saleh</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Osama Rubaihan</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Atabani</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Rayan Saud</span>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured in the most recent edition of the Saudi Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique Saudi-Somali production</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Shorts Film Festival, Syria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAekRdIbq3o', 'lila tr.PNG', 'lila2.jpg', 'lila1.jpg', 'lila3.jpg', 'laila poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27727594/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(390, 'As for the Weather', 'Ama A’n Halet Al Taqs', '1913575674', 'feature', '2022', 'Drama', 'Egypt', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Haddad</span></p>', 'The film revolves around Hussien Shawqy — a man living in the shadow of his ex-wife, Mona. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when Souad — a spirited and vibrant young woman — storms into his world. Souad becomes the catalyst for breaking free from his self-imposed isolation and embracing the true essence of life.\r<br/>Together, they embark on a remarkable journey in which they create a documentary that delves deep into the lives of three diverse women, unraveling their stories and shedding light on their experiences.', 'Kariman Hegazy<br />Hanan Youssef <br />Hassan El-Geretly <br />Ahmed Haddad<br />Farida El-Gready<br />Asser El-Badrawy</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Haddad<br />DOP: Ramzy Edmon<br />Editor: Ahmed Haddad and Maged Makram', '108 min', 'Won the Jury Award at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Screened in Syrian cinemas and at Cairo Opera House’s Hanger cinema\r<br/>Superstar Riham Abdel Ghafour made a guest appearance in the film\r<br/>Dedicated to all panic attack fighters, the film discusses the life of a divorced man and how he copes with being out of his comfort zone', 'Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt', 'Jury award, Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crex20TyVPI', 'asftw tr.PNG', 'asforw3.jpg', 'asforw1.jpg', 'asforw2.jpg', 'as for the weather new poster w laurel.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29943092/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(391, 'Matchstick (Saudi Arabia)', 'Kabreet', '1522294983', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Psychological Drama</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>The Orange Attitude</p>', '<p>Bayan Jamal, Noura Alimam</p>', '<p>The film follows the story of Osama &ndash; a young man caught in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers. He tries to awaken the part of himself that gives him reason, but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</p>', 'Naif AlDaferi, Nawwaf AlDaferi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Salma Murad<br />DOP: Fadi Abu Ali<br />Editor: Hisham Fadel<br />Sound: Waleed Alawi', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of Best First Work at the Saudi Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Red Sea International Festival&rsquo;s New Cinema/New Saudi Section</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The META Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film, KSA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, KSA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus International Film Festival, Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Djerba Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflamna Program at the Ithra Cinema Club, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Nights, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada International Youth Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Best First Work at the Saudi Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix8wKAHShYY', '', 'Kabreet.Still009.jpg', 'Kabreet.Still012.jpg', 'Kabreet.Still018.jpg', 'Kabreet_poster_Oct2023.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27721455/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(392, 'Halal Kiss', ' Fatwa Fel Boos', '1542924094', 'short films', '2021', 'Comedy, Social', 'Egypt', 'Blackbox Productions\r<br/>Filmhouse', '<p>Selim Eladawy, Youssef Mandour</p>', 'Strolling down the street and stopping to buy a set of porn magazines and erotic novels from a street newspaper and book stand, a middle-aged man gets into a conversation with the seller, who finds him strange and outdated. \r<br/>He explains to him that acquiring such material provides a different kind of pleasure compared to modern, effortless ways.', 'Mohamed Elsewesy Sherif Eldesouky Nadia Khairy Mohamed Elsawy</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Selim Eladawy DOP: Omar Nader Helal Editor: Hossam Ahmed', '13 min', '', 'World premiered at Alexandria Short Film Festival', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyp-zDeEwrU', '', 'hk 1.jpg', 'hk 2.jpg', 'hk 3.jpg', 'halal kiss tmp pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720750/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(393, 'The New Tenant', 'Al Saken Al Gadeed', '1903352217', 'short films', '2020', 'Thriller', 'USA\r - Egypt', '', '<p>Youssef Hesham</p>', 'After spending a few months in the US, a horrific incident pushes Nader to escape from New York to Boston, and he finds himself living with three complete strangers. \r<br/>As he is trying to keep a low profile to escape his dark past, he struggles with his identity and his demons find their way back to haunt him.', 'Fady Demian, Tanya Avenda&ntilde;o Stockler, Rafael Silva, Gregory Romein</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Youssef Hesham<br />DOP: Michael Quill<br />Editor: Youssef Hesham', '21 min', 'World premiered at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival\r<br/>Won Best Director at Zawya Shorts', 'Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, US\r<br/>Silicon Valley African Film Festival, US\r<br/>Zawya Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Hollywood Arab Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania\r<br/>Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy\r<br/>Clapperboard Golden Festival, Brazil\r<br/>One Earth Awards, India\r<br/>First-Time Filmmaker Sessions @ PinewoodStudios, UK\r<br/>Festival RENUAC, Chile\r<br/>Festival RNAB, Brazil\r<br/>Festival Boca do Inferno XI, Brazil\r<br/>Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Portugal\r<br/>The Filmy Monks Films Festival\r<br/>Stir and Fry International Short Film Competition\r<br/>Tiro International Art Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Souss International Festival for Short Films, Morocco\r<br/>Opera Film Club, Egypt\r<br/>Manassat Film Festival, Egypt', 'President\'s Award at Emerson College\r<br/>Best Director at Zawya Shorts', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgVU8WMP2NA', 'tnt tr.PNG', 'tnnt1.jpg', 'tnnt2.jpg', 'tnnt3.jpg', 'TNT poster wlogos.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12632198/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(394, 'Casting', 'Tagroba Ada’a', '1011031626', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Mystery</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Tatir</p>', '<p>Muhammad Fayez Al-Bishi</p>', '<p>A young man in his mid-thirties with a mental illness awakens from sleep to prepare for an audition. To qualify for the audition, he must choose one of many characters to play, causing a conflict that will unveil a certain complication.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Baseed</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huda Atyah</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Joudah</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haneen Azb</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ali Baseed</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohmmed Atabani</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Salah Mashikhi</span>', '13 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackles mental illness and toxic masculinity in an innovative and fresh manner</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada International Youth Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYxPN3P4mY', '', 'cst1.jpg', 'cst2.jpg', 'cst3.jpg', 'Casting poster updated.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28805549', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(395, 'Light upon Light', ' Nour Ala Nour', '188803010', 'documentary', '2022', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt, Denmark</span></p>', '<p>Hassala Films</p>', '<p>Hala Lotfy</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One day, an Egyptian friend gave Danish anthropologist Christian Suhr a good piece of advice: \"Stop focusing on all the darkness in the world and look at the light instead.\" </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suhr takes us on a journey to Cairo along the Nile and into the desert to understand what light means to the people he meets along the way.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through conversations and observations of breathtaking rituals, the light slowly breaks through and nuances the image of religion often viewed with prejudice and reduced to simplistic clich&eacute;s. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya El-Hosseiny</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Hassan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maher Al-Sharnouby</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magda Habshey</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Muhammad Mustapha and Christian Suhr&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Christian Suhr, Amira Mortada, and Muhammad Mustapha&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Muhammad Mustapha and Christian Suhr</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '78 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competed in the Cairo International Film Festival\'s International Critics&rsquo; Week</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the 19th edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\'s Nordic Competition (CPH:DOX)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was the opening film at the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmmaker introduced a master class about the film at Etnokino Bern</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthropological/Academic cinema</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX) (Nordic Competition), Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (International Critics&rsquo; Week), Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethnofest - Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (opening film), Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etnokino Bern, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amsterdam Ethnographic Film Day, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practices, Aesthetics and Entanglements Conference, Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabian Nights Film Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mariam Mosque, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film College, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Rouch International Film Festival (Immersive Filmmaking Competition), France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Documentary Film Festival Vienna (Main Program), Austria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freiburger Filmforum, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mind &amp; Life Europe, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAFA Film Festival, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;American Academy of Religion, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special mention at Jean Rouch International Film Festival</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WykK96YFcdA', 'lul tr.PNG', 'lul3.jpg', 'lul2.jpg', 'lul1.jpg', 'Lighy upon light, poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young - Film Verdict</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/light-upon-light/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://thefilmverdict.com/light-upon-light/</span></a></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nahla Alam - Haven Magazine</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://haveneg.com/114302/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://haveneg.com/114302/</span></a></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safaa Elaithy</span></h2>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02QU9TCSr9uRqNcaJBSUCbydpxFSGTk52LJAmwSJNSDvSWaDc8TpXhMGaKpeZ25Yggl&amp;id=820354516&amp;sfnsn=scwspwa&amp;mibextid=RUbZ1f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02QU9TCSr9uRqNcaJBSUCbydpxFSGTk52LJAmwSJNSDvSWaDc8TpXhMGaKpeZ25Yggl&amp;id=820354516&amp;sfnsn=scwspwa&amp;mibextid=RUbZ1f</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Danish director and anthropologist Christian Suhr\'s feature documentary offers a respectful yet compelling peek into the surprisingly diverse communities of Sufi worshippers within the Islamic tradition of Egypt.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young &mdash; Film Verdict</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"From charity Iftar tables to documentary films&hellip; LIGHT UPON LIGHT handles spiritual thought at the CIFF\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nahla Alam &mdash; Haven Magazine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"LIGHT UPON LIGHT explores people\'s perceptions of divine light and the light of Prophet Mohamed. The Danish director Suhr captured the Sufi spirit of Egyptians, particularly women.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safaa Elaithy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Searching for the meaning of light in a road movie.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safaa Elaithy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31118366/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(396, 'From the Work of the Devil', 'Min Amal El Shaytan', '670549181', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyme - Kay-oh Productions</span></p>', '<p>Karim Mekhtigian</p>', '<p>A young woman returns to Cairo after 10 years to organize an exhibition on Armenian photographers and realizes why she really came back amid the preparations as her family, her past, and the city of Cairo begin to take hold of her.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dessil Mekhtigian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali El Sabaa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Saba&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lala Shamamian</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Dessil Mekhtigian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohamed Kouri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ehad Gohar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '22 min', '<p>World premiered at 2022 Cairo International Film Festival, Short Film Competition</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qumra Arab Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armenian Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pomegranate Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6F6bfkFMJ4', '', 'dessil 1.jpg', 'frtwod2.jpg', 'ftwotd3.jpg', 'WOTD POSTER Fiinal F copy.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26427713/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(397, 'EYES OF A THIEF', 'Youn Al Harameyeh', '1726360297', 'feature', '2015', 'Drama - thriller', 'Palestine', 'Ustura Films', '<p>Hani Kort, Najwa Najjar</p>', 'Everyone has secrets, however, some are more dangerous than others. \r<br/>Eyes of a Thief begins at the height of the second Palestinian uprising in 2002 with Tareq — an enigmatic man bearing fresh wounds — who is being tended to by local nuns and a priest, who help him elude the Israeli soldiers hot on his tail.', 'Khaled Abo Naga<br />Souad Massi<br />Suhail Haddad<br />Malak Ermileh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Najwa Najjar<br />DOP: Tobias Datum<br />Editors: Patricia Rommel BSC, Eyas Salman, Panos Voutsaras, and Xavier Box', '98 min', 'Inspired by real events, Eyes of a Thief is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the inside\r<br/>Palestine’s official submission to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards 2015\r<br/>Algerian singer Souad Massi’s debut film\r<br/>Received a grant from Doha Film Institute  \r<br/>Features a multinational star-studded cast and is filmed in Nablus on the West Bank\r<br/>Screened in festivals across over 10 countries worldwide, winning two awards', 'Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt \r<br/>Kolkata International Film Festival, India \r<br/>Rio De Janeiro Film Festival, Brazil\r<br/>London Palestine Film Festival, UK', 'Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival \r<br/>Best Director at the Kolkata International Film Festival', '', '', 'youn1.jpg', 'youn2.jpg', 'youn3.jpg', 'eoat poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://u.osu.edu/arabic2241/2018/04/25/najwa-najjars-eyes-of-a-thief-captures-the-hearts-of-audiences-with-a-political-film-exploring-themes-of-forgiveness-and-love/\">The Ohio State University</a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/eyes-a-thief-rio-de-740186/\">Jonathan Holland &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</a></span></p>', '“Najwa Najjar’s Eyes of A Thief captures the hearts of audiences with a political film exploring themes of forgiveness and love.” \r<br/>The Ohio State University \r<br/>\r<br/> “A quietly gripping storyline and a well-realized micro-portrait of a society are just two of the qualities of the film that is Palestine’s Oscars nomination.” \r<br/>Jonathan Holland — The Hollywood Reporter', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2993406/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(398, 'Our Ties', 'Les Miens', '1033365569', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Comedy, Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p>Why Not Productions Hole In One Films</p>', '<p>Laziz Belka&iuml;</p>', '<p>Brothers Moussa and Ryad are two sides of the same coin &mdash; one has always been kind and selfless, and the other is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him. When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he begins speaking without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike &mdash; leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</p>', 'Sami Bouajila<br />Ma&iuml;wenn<br />Rachid Bouchareb</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Roschdy Zem, Ma&iuml;wenn<br />DOP: Julien Poupard<br />Editor: Pierre Deschamps', '85 min', '<p>Highly acclaimed by critics worldwide, described as &ldquo;heartfelt and beautifully played&rdquo; by Variety World premiered at the Venice International Film Festival Released in French cinemas, the French Institute in Morocco, and Cinema Akil in Dubai, and is available on Netflix Stars acclaimed French actress Ma&iuml;wenn (JEANNE DU BARRY, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, MY KING)</p>', '<p>* Venice International Film Festival (World Premiere), Italy<br />* Cairo International Film Festival - International Panorama (Arab world premiere), Egypt<br />* International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier (CineMED), France<br />* La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, France<br />* Arras Film Festival, France<br />* Muret International Film Festival, France<br />* Sarlat Film Festival, France<br />* Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival, France<br />* Troms&oslash; International Film Festival, Norway<br />* Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco<br />* Franco Film Festival, UAE<br />* Rencontres d&rsquo;automne au Cin&eacute;ma Gardenne, France<br />* Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq</p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCxwO6tEtMY', '', 'OUR TIES - Still 1.jpg', 'OUR TIES - Still 2.jpg', 'OUR TIES - Still 4.jpg', 'OUR TIES - International Poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/430104/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fabien Lemercier &mdash; Cineurope</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/our-ties-review-les-miens-1235365524/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica Kiang &mdash; Variety</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/our-ties-venice-review/5174073.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa Nesselson &mdash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/our-ties-roschdy-zem-sami-bouajila-venice-1235207901/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan Mintzer &mdash; Hollywood Reporter</span></a></span></p>', '<p>\"A tragedy calls into question the equilibrium of a group of siblings and a family.\" Fabien Lemercier &mdash; Cineurope \"Our Ties is a heartfelt and beautifully played burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama, but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\" Jessica Kiang &mdash; Variety \"Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.\" Lisa Nesselson &mdash; Screen Daily \"It features an extensive cast playing the bickering members of the same family, with performances that feel fresh and improvised without going too over-the-top.\" Jordan Mintzer &mdash; Hollywood Reporter</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21372086/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(399, 'A Long Breath', 'Nafas', '1676649706', 'documentary', '2019', 'Documentary', 'Lebanon', 'Crystal Films', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dima Al-Joundi</span></p>', 'A man is torn between his duty to piousness and being tempted to hedonism as he traverses the world of misery, war, pills, booze, prison, and gambling.', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Remi Itani <br />DOP: Bassem Fayad<br />Editor: Julian Testa', '67 min', 'World premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s Mid-length Documentary Competition\r<br/>Nominated for a Golden Star at El Gouna Film Festival', 'International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands\r<br/>El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>Arab Film Days, Norway', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF3c6t3qQMQ', '', 'longb2.jpg', 'longb1.jpg', 'longb3.jpg', 'long breath poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/a-long-breath-2019-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Long Breath (2019) Movie Review from Eye for Film</span></a></span></p>', '“Itani has an eye for both personal struggle and the bigger picture, capturing the sense of being caught - in a place, in a lifestyle, and in a history.”\r<br/>Amber Wilkinson — Eye for Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11404546/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(400, 'LYD', '', '1952640588 , 1466733000', 'documentary', '2023', '<p>Sci-fi Documentary</p>', '<p>Palestine, UK,US</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perinspire LLC, Cacoon Films</span></p>', '<p>Sarah Ema Friedland ,Sawsan Asfari</p>', '<p>A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world &mdash; what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maisa Abd Elhadi (Narrator)</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Rami Younis, Sarah Ema Friedland, Eyas Salman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Sarah Ema Friedland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Eyas Salman</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '78 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LYD enjoyed two full-house screenings at the Amman International Film Festival, followed by an extra third screening due to its popularity</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won the Jury Award for Best Documentary and the inaugural FIPRESCI award at Amman International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive produced by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected to pitch at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the first-ever delegation from Palestine, and Ramallah Docs in 2018</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Sarah Ema Friedland was named one of the &lsquo;Top 10 Independent Filmmakers to Watch&rsquo; by The Independent Magazine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voiced by Maisaa Abd El-Hadi (THE ALLEYS, HUDA&rsquo;S SALON)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pramana Asian Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Arts Film Festival in Zurich, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Independent Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cine-Palestine in France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Asian Feature Award, Pramana Asian Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special mention from Sguardi Altrove Film Festival official jury and National Film Critics Union &ndash; Sguardi Altrove Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIPRESCI Award at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival (Audience Award for Best Documentary)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival (Audience Choice Award for Feature Films) </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_kPzVfgk8', '', 'lyd1.jpg', 'lyd 2.jpg', 'lyd3.jpg', 'LYD poster 5 copy.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://fipresci.org/report/amman-2023-riaz/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animated History: Of Fighting Occupation Artistically</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; Schayan Riaz &mdash; FIPRESCI</span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"https://povmagazine.com/lyd-review-a-cri-de-coeur-for-a-free-palestine/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat Mullen &mdash; POV Magazine&nbsp;</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://medium.com/@SilviReports/lyd-review-a-must-see-palestinian-documentary-7451eaaa454b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Silvi Vann-Wall-Medium</span></a></li>\r\n</ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;What makes Lyd stand out from other documentaries on this topic, but also in general is the way the filmmakers audaciously weave together different forms of storytelling.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schayan Riaz &mdash; FIPRESCI</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Lyd weaves between past, present, and future as the documentary offers a rhythmic look at the life cycles of the city.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"https://povmagazine.com/lyd-review-a-cri-de-coeur-for-a-free-palestine/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat Mullen &mdash; POV Magazine</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lyd </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is perhaps best described as a &lsquo;sci-fi documentary&rsquo;, because it combines very real facts with dream-like sequences that envision a new reality for the city</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://medium.com/@SilviReports/lyd-review-a-must-see-palestinian-documentary-7451eaaa454b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Silvi Vann-Wall-Medium</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12683280/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(401, 'Ajab', '', '2088371887 , 363003160', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Fantasy</p>', '<p>Kuwait</p>', '<p>Flying Stuff Ent.</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmad Hamada</span></p>', '<p>After giving up on finding the right medical attention, Ajab wanders through the night in search of a witch to remedy his damaged leg. While navigating the city by night, he witnesses some fantastical encounters that will teach him more about how to be human.</p>', 'Mohammed Noman <br />Hawwa Nasser<br />Eisa Al Shamali <br />Abdulla Al Furaih</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmad M. Hamada<br />DOP: Nasser Al Qattan<br />Editor: Mahmoud Hayat, Ahmad Hamada', '77 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first-ever Kuwaiti fantasy film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features elements from old Arab myths and tales</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDms1w5gg6g', '', 'ajab still 1.jpg', 'ajab still 2.jpg', 'ajab still 3.jpg', 'poster_11x17_Arabic-w-logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19263764/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(402, 'Light Blue', 'أزرق مش قاتم', '1641248210', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Victoria Film', '<p>Sherif Mohsen, May Ziady</p>', 'A series of dreams plague a woman in her early thirties in which she reflects on her relationships with her mother, father, and lover. Through her dreams, we see how her subconscious views these connections and the psychological traumas that they left behind.', 'Aya Gamal Adam Ayoub Mohamed Hasib Rawda Khamis Amr Moussa Amr Ezz Sherin Essam</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Atik, May Ziady DOP: Ahmed Tarek Editor: Matta Roushdy Sound Designer: Samuel Isak Sound Engineer: Ramzy Zakka Art Director: Yasmin Abol Naga Production Manager: Ahmed Mohsin Line Producer: Sherin Essam Music Scores: Ahmed Tarek', '11 min', 'Was screened at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival\r<br/>To be screened at the Cairo International Short Film Festival\r<br/>The film received a grant from Masr Dot Bokra Film Festival', 'Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam\r<br/>Nadi Lekol Nas Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Shanghai Short Film Festival, China\r<br/>Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuqv_TwlPyo', 'lb tr.PNG', 'lblu1.jpg', 'lblu2.jpg', 'lblu3.jpg', 'light blue poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27751920/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(403, 'For My Country', 'لأجل وطني', '1234010243', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama / Arab World</p>', '<p>France Taiwan</p>', '<p>Mizar Films</p>', '<p>Nicolas Mauvernay</p>', '<p>Algerian-born young officer named Aissa tragically dies during a freshman initiation ritual at the elite French military institution of Saint-Cyr. Controversy arises over Aissa&rsquo;s funeral plans as his death rips through his family and the army refuses to take responsibility. It falls to Ismael &mdash; the older and more rebellious brother &mdash; to keep the family together while they seek justice for Aissa.</p>', 'Hugo Becker, Karim Leklou, Alicia Hava, Lubna Azabal</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Rachid Hami, Ollivier Pourriol<br />DOP: J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Almeras<br />Editor: Jo&euml;lle Hache', '113 min', '<p>World premiered at Venice, where it was nominated for Best Film Nominated for Stockholm&rsquo;s Bronze Horse for Best Film Screened at over a dozen film festivals, winning two awards and released on Netflix Features a star-studded cast, including Lobna Azabal (BODY OF LIES), Hugo Becker (BARON NOIR), and Karim Leklou (VINCENT MUST DIE) A deeply personal and human story about an Arab Muslim family living in France that touches on universal themes such as integration, faith, family, and belonging in an increasingly globalized world</p>', '<p>* Venice International Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;<br />* Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;<br />* Sarlat International Cinema Festival, France &nbsp;<br />* Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;<br />* Seville European Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;<br />* Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;<br />* International Film Festival of India&nbsp;<br />* Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, USA &nbsp;<br />* Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon<br />* META Film Festival, UAE&nbsp;<br />* Festival Cin&eacute;matographique D&rsquo;automne de Gardanne&nbsp;<br />* Rennes Travelling Festival, France&nbsp;</p>', '<p>* Audience Award at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema<br />* Best Actor Award for Karim Leklou at the Sarlat International Cinema Festival&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPDQ5IQqrDw', '', 'fmc11.jpg', 'fmc2.jpg', 'fmc3.jpg', 'For my country final poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://deadline.com/2022/09/for-my-country-pour-la-france-review-venice-film-festival-1235107236/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Smith-Deadline</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/for-my-country-venice-review/5173783.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson -Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an emotive set-up but told in an unsentimental fashion.&rdquo; Deadline &ldquo;The director&rsquo;s strength lies in his depiction of the domestic, and the way he integrates the family&rsquo;s faith into the film helps to root his story in a firm reality.&rdquo; ScreenDaily &ldquo;But the genius of the film lies in the fact that the story is told in a way that allows the viewer to fill in the silences.&rdquo; MIME News &ldquo;Pain emerges clearly and intensely due to the admirable management of the feelings that bind and divide the characters of the story.&rdquo; Taxi Drivers Italy</p>', ' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19891500/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(405, 'Sons of Ramses', 'Goutte D\'or', '1950864199', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p>Kazak Productions</p>', '<p>Jean-Christophe Reymond</p>', '<p>In the diverse Parisian neighborhood of La Goutte d&rsquo;Or, you&rsquo;ll find the gifted clairvoyant Ramses. His thriving business and the peace of the neighborhood are threatened when a group of fearless children begin terrorizing the locals. Until, one day, Ramses has a vision.</p>', 'Karim Leklou<br />Malik Zidi<br />Ahmed Bena&iuml;ssa<br />Elsa Wolliaston</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Cl&eacute;ment Cogitore<br />DOP: Sylvain Verdet<br />Editor: Isabelle Manquillet', '98 min', '<p>World premiered at Cannes Critics\' Week Features an award-winning director and a star-studded cast Screened at over 10 prestigious film festivals in over 9 countries worldwide</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geneva Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemania, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American French Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM0X-8JevJE', '', 'sor 3.jpg', 'sor 1.jpg', 'sor 2.jpg', 'temp pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://theplaylist.net/sons-of-ramses-review-cannes-20220521/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Jagernauth - The Playlist</span></a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;Karim Leklou shines in this potent portrait of a community.&rdquo; Kevin Jagernauth - The Playlist</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14644048/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(406, 'Story', '', '1906835142', 'feature', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Thriller</span></p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Valkyries Productions</p>', '<p>Imane Saad, Hakim Aouzal</p>', '<p>Asmaa Amrani is a famous influencer, and everything in her life seems to be perfect until she receives a gift from a mysterious fan who claims she only has three months to live. Who is this fan? What do they really want? As Asmaa&rsquo;s life gradually turns upside down, answers are found, and the terrifying truth is finally revealed.</p>', 'Asmae Amrani <br />Lina Sophia Benhamman <br />Haroun Ben Hadj Slama <br />Herve Pierre Paul Chourreau</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Jerome Cohen Olivar<br />Dop: Othmane El Mansouri<br />Editor: Walid El Messnaoui &ndash; Ayoub Jeddad', '83 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in different cities in Morocco, including Megarama, Cineatlas, Goya, and Lutetia for a month.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by director Jerome Cohene Oliver, who won 15 awards for four of his films.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmed in its entirety on an iPhone</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKOo9kAQ954', 'story tr.PNG', 'DSCF5714.JPG.jpg', 'DSCF4517.JPG.jpg', 'DSCF6573.JPG.jpg', 'POSTER-STORY-120x160-sponsor-web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18246338/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(407, 'Pomegranates and Myrrh', 'المر والرمان', '1726360297', 'feature', '2009', 'Drama', 'Palestine', 'Ustura Films', 'Hani E. Kort', 'A free spirited woman dancer, Kamar, finds herself the wife of a prisoner, Zaid, and away from everything she loves until she returns to the dance, defying society’s taboos. At the dance Kamar is confronted with Kais, a Palestinian returnee, who has taken Kamar’s role as the head choreographer. Sparks fly between Kamar and Kais, creating more than a passionate, emotional dance for the both of them. Matters become even more complicated when Zaid’s sentence is extended.', 'Yasmine Al Massri\r<br/>Ashraf Farah\r<br/>Hiam Abbass\r<br/>Ali Suleiman', 'Screenwriter: Najwa Najjar\r<br/>DOP: Valentina Caniglia	\r<br/>Editor: Bettina Böhler, Sotira Kyriacou', '95 min', '', '', '', '', '', 'pom1.jpg', 'pom2.jpg', 'pom3.jpg', 'poster 2 eng.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320282/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(408, 'Urgent', 'طفح الكيل', '1221370060', 'feature', '2018', 'Drama', 'Switzerland and Morocco', 'Louise Productions, La Prod', '<p>Elisa Garbar, Lamia Chraibi, Michel Merkt</p>', 'Driss and Zahra’s life in their fishing village takes a tumultuous turn when their six-year-old son, Ayoub, falls gravely ill, propelling them to rush to Casablanca’s public hospital. \r<br/>When the doctor diagnoses Ayoub with a critical brain condition, a harrowing journey unfolds, testing the limits of their endurance. Will they muster the strength to do whatever it takes to save Ayoub’s life?', 'Rachid Mustapha, Fatma Zahra Banacer, Youssef Alaoui, Sa&iuml;d Bey, Ghalia Ben Zaouia, Ayoub Layoussifi, Younes Bouab, Hakim Noury, Zakaria Alifi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohcine Besri and C&eacute;cile Vargaftig<br />Editor: Na&iuml;ma Bachiri<br />Cinematography: Denis Jutzeler<br />Sound: Marianne Roussy<br />Music: Walead Ben Selim', '85 min', 'The film\'s director, Mohcine Besri, is a multi-talented artist who wears several hats, including screenwriter, director, and actor\r<br/>Received seven award nominations from film festivals around the world\r<br/>Mohcine Besr’s first movie THE MISCREANTS was nominated for the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Black Pearl Award', 'Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco\r<br/>African Movie Academy Awards, Nigeria\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Palm Springs International Film Festival, US\r<br/>Busan International Film Festival, South Korea', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEl_1Bvfp8', '', 'urg1.jpg', 'urg2.jpg', 'urg3.jpg', 'Urgent_affiche_A0_PRINT.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/urgent-busan-review/5132986.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/urgent-2018-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye for Film</span></a></span></p>', '“Moroccan writer-director Mohcine Besri displays a good nose for a socially conscious story, an appealing eye for locale and a mordant sense of humour that promise much for future projects.”\r<br/>Screen Daily\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohcine Besri offers a troubling diagnosis of Morocco\'s under-pressure medical service in this drama and also suggests that the moral health of humanity in general is hit and miss.” \r<br/>Eye for Film', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9526908/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(409, 'Catch the Moon', '', '901918437', 'feature', '', '', 'Palestine', '', '<p>Rebecca O&rsquo;Brien Jean Labadie Reinhard Brundig Mohammed Hefzy</p>', 'A father and son attempt to get a brand new Mercedes into Gaza during an Israeli blockade after the father promises the son’s new bride the car as a gift. Determined to keep the promise, the pair will go to any lengths to get the prestigious vehicle into the closed territory.', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Anne Koski-Wood (screenplay), David Freeman (script development)', '', 'Features some of the most significant producers, including Mohamed Hefzy, the previous president of the Cairo International Film Festival; Rebecca O’Brien (I, DANIEL Blake); Jean Labadie (DOGMAN); and Reinhard Brundig (THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE)', '', '', '', '', 'ER5gFGZWoAIh7qp.jpg', '', '', 'Zoabi900x580.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'yes', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5814482/', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'upcoming'),
(412, 'Dark Clouds', 'غيوم داكنة', '109453199', 'feature', '2020', 'Drama', 'Syria', 'National Film Organization', '', 'After a Syrian man who has lived for a long time in the West learns that he is ill, he resolves to return to his homeland; however, he returns to find that strangers have taken over his home, and due to the chaos of war, his fate becomes intertwined with theirs.', 'Wael Ramadan Lina Hawarna Ramez Atallah Lama Baddour Hazem Zedan</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ayman Zeidan, Yasmine Abo Fakher DOP: Francois Coppey Editor: Usama Abboud, Ahmad Kanou, Niroz Hakeem', '118 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2K7oHBXvQ', '', 'dcl1.jpg', 'dcl2.jpg', 'dcl3.jpg', 'dark clouds poster + logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20190204/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(413, '10', '', '39249214', 'short films', '2021', 'Drama', 'Egypt', 'Puzzle', '<p>Mohamed Samir</p>', 'A poker night goes south when a dangerous guest shows up for the game.', 'Mohamed Samir Mohamed Barakat</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mohamed Samir DOP: Ahmed Alnoaman Editor: Nilezoal', '11 min', 'Released in the UAE\r<br/>Received Best Director award at Al Ain Film Festival', 'Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'Best Director, Al Ain Film Festival, UAE', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1P698HW9U', '', '101.jpg', '103.jpg', '102.jpg', '10 poster 1.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27727613/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(414, 'My Driver and I', 'Salma Wa Qamar', '405576598', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia, UK</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caspian Films, Corniche Media, Odd Kamel Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane </span></p>', '<p>Salma is a young, privileged, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day activities. Initially adhering to a simple employer/employee dynamic, Salma and Gamar&rsquo;s relationship quickly evolves into an intimate personal friendship that bonds them through her teenage years and beyond, but their friendship is put to the test when Salma gets older and starts taking the wheel.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mustafa Shehata</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roula Dakheelallah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rana Alamuddin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qusai Kheder</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abu Alala</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahd Kamel <br />DOP: Frida Marzouk<br />Editor: Andonis Trattos', '100 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s short SANCTITY (2013) was the first-ever Saudi film to compete at the Berlinale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A heart-wrenching tale that shows the overlap of Sudanese society in Saudi Arabia like never before</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Mustafa Shehata of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever Oscar-submission</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by the UK Global Screen Fund and Red Sea Fund</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saudi Arabia</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (World Premiere)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in Zurich&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alula Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Women\'s Film Festiva</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Nights in </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guangzhou and Shenzhen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-Le-Sec, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth, UAE&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Nights in Mexico</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Palm for Best Narrative Feature, Saudi Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention and Best Actress, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film and Special Mention for Roula Dakhellah, Sharjah International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth, UAE</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/3sVmHvQ0IAQ', '', 'mdai2.jpg', 'mdai.jpg', 'mdai3.jpg', 'Sm Size poster copy.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/my-driver-and-i-review-1236241864/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/my-driver-and-i-review-1236241864/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A long-in-the-works, personal story from one of the stars of Haifaa Al Mansour\'s \'Wadjda.\'&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Kamel&rsquo;s film represents both an apology and an homage to the man who provided a steady and steadying influence in her life.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon, Variety Magazine </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5328818', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(415, 'Behind the Palm Trees', 'Derriere Les Palmiers', '216635522', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Thriller </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Morocco, Belgium, Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tessalit Productions, Furyo Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tessalit Productions, Furyo Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Tangier, Mehdi&rsquo;s relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl. Drawn to her glamorous lifestyle, he begins to neglect Selma, pretending not to see that his choices will catch up with him.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Giraudeau&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driss Ramdi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadia Kounda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carole Bouquet</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivier Rabourdin</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Meryem Benm&rsquo;barek, Fyzal Boulifa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Son Doan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Christel Dewynter</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '94 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Meryem Benm\'Barek won several awards for her film SOFIA, including the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Sara Giraudeau, winner of the C&eacute;sar Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her role in BLOODY MILK; Driss Ramdi, best known for his role in the hit TV series THE BUREAU; and Nadia Kounda, who won Best Actress at the El Gouna Film Festival for her performance in VOLUBILIS</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes Carole Bouquet, best known for her role in TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU, for which she won Best Actress at the C&eacute;sar Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-written by Fyzal Boulifa, well known for the short film THE CURSE, nominated for Best Short Film at the BAFTA Awards and winner of the Illy Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and RATE ME, which also won the Illy Prize at Cannes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Son Doan, the cinematographer behind VIET AND NAM, which earned him a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and edited by Christel Dewynter, nominated for the C&eacute;sar Awards for Best Editing for his work on HIPPOCRATES: DIARY OF A FRENCH DOCTOR</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed - Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Arab Film Festival Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caravane des Cin&eacute;mas d\'Afrique, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix du Regard Citoyen at Cinemamed - Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium</span></p>', '', '', 'Behind 01-06-23-22.jpg', 'Behind 03-10-09-12.jpg', 'Behind 03-14-49-16.jpg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-02-19 at 2.48.54 PM.jpeg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivia Popp-Cineuropa&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson-Screen Daily </span></p>', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/486791/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Benm&rsquo;Barek&rsquo;s intriguing feature has the makings of a movie with a potent and striking commentary on class, opportunity, postcolonial legacy, cultural norms,&rdquo; Olivia Popp-Cineuropa&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/behind-the-palm-trees-review-formulaic-moroccan-love-triangle-drama-bolstered-by-strong-performances/5211494.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Strong Performances,&rdquo; Amber Wilkinson-Screen Daily</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><a href=\"https://gazettely.com/2025/12/entertainment/behind-the-palm-trees-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers a striking visual exploration of how class and colonial legacies continue to shape personal desires in Tangier,&rdquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zhi Ho, Gazettly</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23644354/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(416, 'The Burdened', 'Al Murhaqoon', '1296256734', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adenium Productions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Station Films </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohsen Alkhalifi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abu Alala</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Alomda</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events that take place in Aden around 2019, the film follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country&rsquo;s economic crisis.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community&rsquo;s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions in order to survive.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Hamdan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abeer Mohammed&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samah Alamrani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awsam Abdulrahman</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Amr Gamal, Mazen Refaat</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mrinal Desai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Heba Othman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Chen Mingchang</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '91 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the 2023 Berlinale in the Panorama Section, winning the 2nd Place Audience Award and the Amnesty International Award &mdash;&nbsp;it is the first Yemeni film in Berlinale&rsquo;s history</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of the Gold Hugo Award at Chicago IFF</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yemen&rsquo;s official submission for the \'Best International Feature Film\' category at the 96th Academy Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated at the Septimius Awards for Best Asian Actor&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Amjad Abu Alala, who is known for YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which was submitted to the Oscars\' Best International Feature Film Category in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Academy Award submission</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director\'s debut feature 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING (2018) was the first movie to release commercially in Yemen after a three-decade absence of cinema in the country</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at Jordan&rsquo;s Rainbow Theater, Jeddah&rsquo;s Hayy cinema, Ketara in Qatar </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama), Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valencia International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beijing International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International de Film Saint-Jean-de Luz, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War On Screen International Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Septimius Awards, The Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bergen International Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Pune International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film de Nouakchott, Mauritania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineMAS Film Festival, the UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockfish Film Festival, Iceland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;MedFilm Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Cinema &Agrave;rab i Mediterrani de Catalunya</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, the USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hague Movies that Matter Festival, the Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Awards for Arab Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival, Vancouver&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong Asian Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mumbai Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisbon Arab Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM -Arab Film Festival Berlin</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Place Audience Award at the Berlin International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amnesty International Award at the Berlin International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize (Best Director) at the Valencia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize (Best Screenplay) at the Valencia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay at the Durban International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film (Special Jury Prize) at the Taipei Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Award at the Festival International du Film de Nouakchott</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Loehr Award at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Jury Award at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature and Special Mention (Best First Time Lead Actress) at the Amman International Film Festival, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Palm for Best GCC Feature Film and Best Actress Awards at the Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography at the Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIT-SFT Human Spirit Award at the Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Award at the MedFilm Festival, Italy&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury award at the Taiwan Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Award at the International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqcjoIFyqk', '', '101 still.jpg', '1.jpg', '2.jpg', 'The Burdened Final poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-burdened-berlin-review/5179402.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JONATHAN ROMNEY &mdash; Screen Daily</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/the-burdened/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &mdash; The Film Verdict</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://moveablefest.com/al-murhaqoon-the-burdened/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Saito &mdash; The Moveable Fest</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.filmcompanion.in/film-festivals/berlin-film-festival/dispatch-from-berlinale-abortion-drama-al-murhaqoon-offers-a-rare-glimpse-of-life-in-yemen-amr-gamal-khaled-hamdan-abeer-mohammed\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gayle Sequeira &mdash; Film Companion</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.criticsnotebook.com/2023/03/the-burdened-al-murhaqoon-movie-review-amr-gamal-berlinale.html#more\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Manvel &mdash; Critic\'s Notebook</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.independentarabia.com/node/425786/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%81%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hisham El Shebeily &mdash; Independent Arabia&nbsp;</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-burdened-is-not-your-typical-yemeni-civil-war-film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basma ElMahdy &mdash; New Lines Magazine</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/burdened-striking-abortion-drama-set-yemen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davide Abbatescianni &mdash; The New Arab</span></a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"What\'s striking is how extremely spare and to the point Gamal\'s storytelling style is.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Romney &mdash; Screen Daily</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[An] excellent, understated yet hard-hitting portrait of a family and their city in desperation.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg &mdash; The Film Verdict</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Director Amr Gamal appears to be well aware that the opportunity to see inside Yemen isn\'t at all a common one.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Saito &mdash; The Moveable Fest</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Amr Gamal shoots every scene in a single unbroken take, nudging the audience to really see this couple and their dire straits.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gayle Sequeira &mdash; Film Companion</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The Burdened\" is interested in how people survive when the safety net disappears.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah Manvel &mdash; Critic\'s Notebook</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A gripping Yemeni tale amidst the darkness of war.\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Arabia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; His (Amr Gamal&rsquo;s) portrayal of Esraa and Ahmed&rsquo;s struggles to keep a roof over their three children&rsquo;s heads serves as a stark </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reminder of the power of cinema to convey the intimate complexities of everyday life of civilians under a war.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basma ElMahdy &mdash; New Lines Magazine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;All in all, Gamal crafts the somber tale of a hard-pressed couple living in today&rsquo;s Yemen.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davide Abbatescianni &mdash; The New Arab</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16611924/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(418, 'Yunan', 'يونان', '1685408667', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Jordan , Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Balloon Film, Intramovies, Microclimat Films, Metafora Production, Tabi360, Fresco Films</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothe Beinemeier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catherine Chagnon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marco Valerio Fusco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Micaela Fusco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>An exiled Arab author travels to a remote island in Germany to commit suicide. There he meets an old lady who incites a reawakening of his desire for life. Will he give life a second chance?</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georges Khabbaz&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sibel Kekilli&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Suliman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Schygulla&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Sophia Landauer</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer: Ameer Fakher Eldin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer(s): </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Producer(s):Alaa Assad, Hind Anabtawi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Producer(s): Paula Corvino, Maher Diab, and Alaa Karkouti</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer: Suad Bushnaq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Ronald Plante&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Kuen-Il Song </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '94 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features a star-studded pan-Arab cast including Georges Khabbaz (PERFECT STRANGERS) and ALI SULIMAN (200 METERS, BODY OF LIES, PARADISE NOW)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Sibel Kekili, best known for her memorable role as Shae in GAME OF THRONES</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The character of the Old Lady is played by iconic German actress Hanna Schygulla, a symbol of the influential New German Cinema of the 70s and 80; she won Best Actress at Cannes in 1983 for THE STORY OF PIERA, and most recently played in Yorgos Lanthimos&rsquo; POOR THINGS</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s debut feature THE STRANGER was Palestine\'s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards and winner of Best Arab Film at the Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for Best Film at it&rsquo;s premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FESCAAAL African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Windsor International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Horizons International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las Palmas De Gran Canaria International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;fest Sudbury International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography, Bari International Film&amp;TV Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jakarta World Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Critics Awards for European Films, Best Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Umbria Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolzano International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishkek International Film Festival, Kyrgyzstan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil (New Directors Competition)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambridge Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dharamshala International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Northern Film Festival / Noordelijk Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jagran Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco-Arab Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goa International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Firebird, Best Actor, and Best Actress, Hong Kong IFF</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film and Best Actor, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor, Las Palmas De Gran Canaria International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bari International Film&amp;TV Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Critics\' Award for European Films, El Gouna Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Arab Critics Awards for European Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yusr Best Actor Award for George Khabbaz and Best Director Award, Red Sea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Music for Suad Bushnaq, Critics Awards, Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best editing for Ameer Fakher Eldin, Critics Awards, Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Malmo Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRy5l3dplA', '', 'Yunan 2.jpg', 'Yunan st.jpg', '', '69398d68f31a6-69398b31eacce-69134068ee988-MV5BYjg0NTFlMzktYjM3NS00NmI0LTlmZmMtNTVlNWRjMTNlNjRmXkEyXkFqcGc_._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/02/yunan-review-ameer-fakher-eldin-hanna-schygulla-atmospheric-drama-berlin-film-festival-1236294805/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://deadline.com/2025/02/yunan-review-ameer-fakher-eldin-hanna-schygulla-atmospheric-drama-berlin-film-festival-1236294805/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/yunan-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://loudandclearreviews.com/yunan-film-review/</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/yunan-review-enigmatic-second-film-in-ameer-fakher-eldins-homeland-trilogy/5202220.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/yunan-review-enigmatic-second-film-in-ameer-fakher-eldins-homeland-trilogy/5202220.article</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/news/yunan-review-1236313722/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2025/film/news/yunan-review-1236313722/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Evocatively shot by Ronald Plante, Yunan is an ideal calling card for the D.o.P. since it&rsquo;s his cinematography, alongside Suad Bushnaq&rsquo;s minor-key score, that most effectively communicates the protagonist&rsquo;s mournful state of exile, battered, at times transformed yet always fixed in its immutability.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Jay D. Weissberg &mdash; Deadline&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Yunan is a thoroughly sentimental drama that authentically explores mental health in modern society, despite some unnecessary experiments.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Jack Walters &mdash; Loud And Clear&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eldin has a real knack for cinematic mood painting</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;.</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Lee Marshall &mdash; Screen Daily&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;Interleaved with the Hallig island sections are a series of insets involving a story that Munir&rsquo;s dementia-afflicted mother likes to recount &ndash; about a mute shepherd who lives in an arid Biblical landscape with his flocks and beautiful young wife. Shot in Italy&rsquo;s Puglia region but clearly supposed to evoke an archaic rural Palestine, this fable is suggestive without being incisive.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Lee Marshall &mdash; Screen Daily&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This modest study of unlikely community found at the end of the world &mdash; or damn near close enough &mdash; gains a more mythic sweep as the island is faced with a perilous storm, expected to bring destructive flooding </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on a scale not seen in eons, and this ragtag crew must weather it together. &rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As a mellow, slow-burning study of cross-cultural human connection, the film is quietly rewarding&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Guy Lodge &mdash; Variety&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24022322/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(419, 'The Last Breakfast', 'الإفطار الأخير', '875593310', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Syria', 'General Film Organization', '<p>Murad Shahin</p>', 'A love story of married couple where the wife saw the end coming due to the tragic events taking the country by a storm. But not before one last breakfast.', 'Abdel Moneim Amairy Kinda Hanna Rama Issa Abdellatif Abdelhamid</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Abdellatif Abdelhamid DOP: Tarek Ben Abdallah Editor: Safaa Zaza, Raouf Zaza', '74 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQZev-SeB4', '', 'tlb 1.jpg', 'tlb 2.jpg', 'tlb 3.jpg', 'tlb poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20872378/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(420, 'An Evening with Laila', 'سهرة مع ليلى', '1781447468', 'short films', '2021', 'Documentary', 'Kuwait', 'New Arab Cinema', '<p>Haya Alghanim</p>', 'An Evening with Laila is a documentary film that explores and captures the musical legend Laila Abdulaziz’s personal journey through rarely-seen archival footage and recordings of performances throughout her life.', 'Laila Abdulaziz</p>', '<p>DOP: Fatima Alfulaij Editor: Waleed Alqahtani', '10 min', 'Received Best International Documentary at Alexandria Short Film Festival', 'Columbia University Film Festival\r<br/>Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden\r<br/>Arab Film Festival - Arab American National Museum, Michigan\r<br/>Arab Film Festival - Arab Film and Media Institute, North America\r<br/>Sharjah Film Platform, UAE\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival, UAE\r<br/>Dance Camera West, US\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt\r<br/>LatinArab International Film Festival, Argentina\r<br/>Oaxaca FilmFest, Mexico\r<br/>Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>On Art Film Festival, Poland\r<br/>CineMAS - Manarat Al Saadiyat, UAE\r<br/>Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland\r<br/>St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, Canada\r<br/>Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland', 'Audience Award at Columbia University Film Festival\r<br/>Best International Documentary at Alexandria Short Film Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQN-nKxJ2yM', 'nwl tr.PNG', 'with om kalthoum.jpg', 'nwl1.jpg', 'nwl3.jpg', 'nwl poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12843464/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(421, 'Killing Bagheera', '', '1962579918', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, Syria</span></p>', '<p>The University of Television and Film Munich</p>', '<p>Seren Sahin</p>', '<p>Alan and Bekes are refugees and want to enter Europe. This simple premise forms the narrative for a claustrophobic and intense drama surrounding friendship, courage, dreams, and how displaced individuals live.</p>', 'Dara Lalo<br />Sipan Hasan</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Anita Hauch, Sharyhan Osman<br />DOP: Dominik Boros<br />Editor: Muschirf Shekh Zeyn', '13 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at nearly 30 prestigious film festivals around the world, winning nearly a dozen of awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by The University of Television and Film in Munich, which was selected as one of the 15 best film schools worldwide by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for multiple years </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odense International Film Festival, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;fest Sudbury International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hofer Filmtage, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interfilm Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Inter-University Short Film Festival, Bangladesh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baku International Short Film Festival, Azerbaijan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T&uuml;rk Fi̇lm Festi̇vali̇ Frankfurt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turkey/Germany Film Festival in Nuremberg&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watersprite Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wendland Shorts Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Short Film Week </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regensburg</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - FFF F&ouml;rderpreis</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International ShortFest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand River Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athena Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Izmir International Refugee Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sehs&uuml;chte International Student Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmschoolfest Munich, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Dresden, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madani International Film Festival in Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Film and Video Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Biberacher Filmfestspiele</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film on Refugees at the International Inter-University Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the T&uuml;rk Fi̇lm Festi̇vali̇ Frankfurt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Turkey/Germany Film Festival in Nuremberg </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wychwood Media Social Impact Prize at Watersprite Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Director Award at Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Prize at the Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Window to Bavaria Award at the Regensburg Short Film Week</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlQIhn79ICI', '', 'kba 1.PNG.jpg', 'kb3.jpg', 'kb2.jpg', 'kb poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pasant Elzaitony &mdash; Sada El Balad English</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://see.news/tensions-run-high-in-muschirf-shekh-zeyns-short-film-killing-bagheera\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://see.news/tensions-run-high-in-muschirf-shekh-zeyns-short-film-killing-bagheera</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s tense atmosphere managed to keep audiences hooked until the very last minute.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pasant Elzaitony &mdash; Sada El Balad English</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22750128/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(422, 'Cotton Queen', '', '1349970894', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, France ,Palestine ,Qatar ,Saudi Arabia, Sudan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strange Bird GmbH (Germany), Jip Film and Verleih, Storming Donkey Productions, Maneki Films (France), Philistine Films (Palestine) </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-production: Film Clinic and MAD Solutions (Egypt)</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Producers: &nbsp;Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab,Jutta Feit,Julia I. Peters,Stefanie Plattner,Suzannah Mirghani,Gordon Spragg,Michael Arnon,Laurin Dietrich</span></p>', '<p>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening to her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields &ndash; and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mihad Murtada (Nafisa)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud(Al-Sit)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talaat Fareed(Babiker)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haram Bisheer (Aisha)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Musa(Bilal)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassan Kassala(Nadir)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatma Farid (Faiza )</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aya Yassin Altageel (Khadija )</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tagali Magdy (Farida )</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tibr Magdy Al ( Toma)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Suzannah Mirghani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Frida Marzouk</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Amine Bouhafa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set Designer:Marwa Amer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art Direction:Pierre Glemet</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '93 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received funding and grants from prestigious institutions such as Doha Film Institute (Qumra), Cairo Film Connection (CIFF), Hubert Bals Fund (Rotterdam), and the ArteKino Prize at Cannes&rsquo; L&rsquo;Atelier (2022).</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackles themes like female circumcision and marriage at a young age.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short version of this film was highly successful, setting strong expectations and building excitement for the full project.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy (Critics&rsquo; Week)</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, Qatar &ndash; MENA Premiere</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamburg Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama des Cin&eacute;mas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Festival, Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New African Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabiske Filmdager</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Attawa, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Alexander &ldquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rdquo; Award for Best Feature Film, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TV5 Monde Award of the First Feature Film, Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Doha Film Festival, Qatar&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize for Best Film, Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Award, International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury award for Emerging Filmmaker, Minneapolis St. Paul Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Hawk Award for Best Feature Film, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'cotton-queen2.jpg', 'COTTON_QUEEN_2025.jpg', 'cq tmp pst.jpg', 'COTTON QUEEN INSTAGRAM.jpg.jpeg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/festivals/venice/2025-venice/venice-2025-review-cotton-queen-suzannah-mirghan/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;International Cinephile Society</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.eninarothe.com/movies/2025/9/15/the-rebel-queen-suzannah-mirghanis-cotton-queen-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;E.Nina Rothe </span></a></li>\r\n</ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/festivals/venice/2025-venice/venice-2025-review-cotton-queen-suzannah-mirghan/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is not only a filmmaker looking towards her upbringing and ancestral roots, but also the future of Sudan.&rdquo; International Cinephile Society</span></a></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.eninarothe.com/movies/2025/9/15/the-rebel-queen-suzannah-mirghanis-cotton-queen-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;At the heart of the film is Mirghani&rsquo;s spellbinding narrative and visual style.&rdquo; E.Nina Rothe </span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37645474/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(423, 'The Island of Forgiveness', 'Lile du pardon', '1057258211', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamzeh Mystique Films and Al Amir Productions</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad H Hamzeh and Nicole Kamato</span></p>', '<p>A tumultuous, heart-wrenching drama as witnessed through the eyes of a child named Andrea.</p>', 'Claudia Cardinale<br />Katia Greco<br />Paola Lavini<br />Ali Bennour<br />Badis Behi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ridha Behi <br />DOP: Newine Behi<br />Editor: Yassine Bouchneb', ' 86 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the director of The Magic Box and The Flower of Aleppo, both of which were chosen as Tunisia\'s Academy Award entries for Best Foreign Language Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for the Golden Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for three Septimius Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars international superstar Claudia Cardinale &mdash; one of the most beloved actresses of Italian cinema &mdash; who is best known for her performances in Rocco and His Brothers, 8 <a href=\"https://graphemica.com/%C2%BD\">&frac12;</a>, and The Leopard</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Cinema Days (Zawya Cinema), Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetouan Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Fesrival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FilmFest DC, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Septimius Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Music Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Pyramid for Best Director and the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay at the Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colosseo d\'Oro\" award and the European \"Euro Comunicazio&rdquo; award</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnP2T5H6jEw', '', 'The Island of Forgiveness - En.00_11_54_18.Still001.jpg', 'The Island of Forgiveness - En.00_15_24_08.Still013.jpg', 'The Island of Forgiveness - En.00_05_44_04.Still006.jpg', 'the island of....jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.radioculturelle.tn/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%A7/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio Culturelle Tunisie</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-274904.asp#google_vignette\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babnet</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment_media/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%8A\">Al Araby </a></span></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way the director used cinematic techniques such as visuals, storytelling structure, pacing, and narration in the film worked well with the portrayal of the past,\"&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio Culturelle Tunisie</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Recalling the beautiful past and peaceful co-existence.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babnet</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The \'Island of Forgiveness\' offered profound lessons in glorifying coexistence among cultures and religions.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Araby</span></p>', ' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10278448/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(424, 'The Seasons of Jannet', 'Les Saisons de Jannet', '1328942523', 'feature', 'Project', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yol Film House</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Tarantula</span></p>', '<p>Moufida Fedhila</p>', '<p>Jannet, a factory worker, fights alongside her coworkers to save her textile factory from bankruptcy in a brutal battle against capitalism and institutional bureaucracy.</p>', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Mehdi Hmili</p>', '120 min', '<p>Directed by Locarno-nominated Tunisian director Mehdi Hmili<br />Received MAD Solutions&rsquo; Distribution Grant Award at the inaugural edition of the Red Sea Souk<br />Received the Cell Award at the Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Cairo Film Connection</p>', '', '<p>MAD Solutions&rsquo; Distribution Grant Award at the Red Sea Souk Cell Award at Cairo Film Connection</p>', '', '', 'seasonsoj.jpg', '', '', 'Mehdi Hmili w.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'upcoming'),
(425, 'Rat Hole', 'جُحر الفئران', '1045623094', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Mohamed El-Samman</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate to make some extra money, Kholoud bites off more than she can chew at work and races against time to fulfill an unreasonable quota.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rana Khattab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Yorka</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamal El-Asnawy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanan Helmy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohamed El-Samman</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mahmoud EL-Namr</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Wael Arbab</span>', '94 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the seventh Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listed by Jordan News among the 14 must-see films at the Amman International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delves into the daily life of a telemarketer at an NGO.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exposes the dark secrets of some Egyptian non-governmental organizations</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portrays working women in an engaging way while keeping the focus on a single character in one location for 94 minutes.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A powerful, real, and spontaneous performance by the film&rsquo;s leading actress Rana Khattab.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was shot over two days during the early morning hours in a real workplace before its actual employees arrived for work.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Egypt&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan (International Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRICS Film Festival, Russia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention for First-Time Lead Actress at the Amman International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress at the BRICS Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyYzwZJUV9g', 'rh tr.PNG', 'rh 1.jpg', 'rh 2.jpg', 'rh 3.jpg', 'Rat Hole Poster Final En poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/131908/Egyptian-film-RAT-HOLE-takes-home-Best-Actress-Award-at\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critic Mohamed Nabil &mdash;Egypt Today</span></a></p>', '<p>&ldquo;The director\'s choice of a dark and realistic approach fits in perfectly with the overall tone of the film.\" Critic Mohamed Nabil</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27720751', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(426, 'Deserted', '', '850596752', 'feature', '2021', 'Drama', 'Estonia, Sweden, Finland', 'Meteoriit OÜ\r<br/>MostAlice Film AB\r<br/>Greenlit Productions OY', '<p>Aet Laigu, Charlotte Most, Maria Larsson Guerpillon, Essi Haukkamaa, Merja Ritola</p>', 'On an assignment to the abandoned, lawless and apocalyptic Sinai coast a Swedish photo journalist Ingrid (Frida Westerdahl) is kidnapped by a gang of Palestinian men and hidden in the desert. Soon Ingrid finds herself falling in love with the most sympathetic of the abductors, Ali (Ali Suliman). Ali’s boss Moussa suspects that something is going on and becomes increasingly dangerous and violent.', 'Ali Suliman Frida Westerdahl</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Kadri K&otilde;usaar DOP: Sten-Johan Lill E.S.C. Editor: Menni Renvall', '92 min', '', 'Busan International Film Festival (World Premiere)', '', '', '', 'dzr1.jpg', 'dzr2.jpg', 'dzr3.jpg', 'dzr pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15354794', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(427, 'The Last Rehearsal', ' La Derniere Repetition', '396044591', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Morocco Films Makers</p>', '<p>Nadir FIJJAJ</p>', '<p>A play director prepares to train a troupe on Jean Genet&rsquo;s The Maids, however, tensions escalate after he starts taking antidepressants and battling his own demons ahead of the play&rsquo;s scheduled performance in front of a producer and a cultural manager from the French embassy.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabil El-Mansouri&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamila El-Hawni</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassna Tamtaoui&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelilah Ajil</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Nabil El-Mansouri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Adil Ayoub</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '95 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the director of KARYANE BOLLYWOOD, which won Best Feature Film at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features a star-studded cast, including Jamila El-Hawni, who is known for ACHING OF EARTH, THE STRANGER, and THE MISCREANTS. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival in Tangier, Morocco (World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca International Independent Film Festival, Morocco </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvHxtlzvPY', '', 'tft tmp st.jpg', 'VI 24i STEREO.00_07_03_11.Still002.jpg', 'VI 24i STEREO.00_01_49_14.Still005.jpg', 'last rehearsal poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31034489/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(428, 'Halim El Raad', '', '133028085', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Algeria</p>', '<p>Mycene Production</p>', '<p>Mouzahem Yahia, Bendjbara Youcef, Nabil Mouhamed</p>', '<p>A young man with a learning disability named Halim lives with his single mother, who has a hard time providing for him.</p>', 'Anes Tennah<br />Dalila Nouar</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Benabdellah Mohamed<br />DOP: Sagou Anouar<br />Editor: Benabdellah Mohamed', '90 min', '<p>Screened in several international film festivals, winning three awards Released in Ibn Zeydoun Cinema in Algeria Tackles the societal challenges that people with disabilities and their families have to face in their daily lives</p>', '<p>Maghreb Film Festival, Holland European Film Festival, Italy Palmar&egrave;s du festival International du Film de J&eacute;rusalem, Palestine</p>', '<p>Best Film, European Film Festival Best Actress, Palmar&egrave;s du Festival International du Film de J&eacute;rusalem</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGJBcjjzaZY', '', 'hlr 2.jpg', 'hlr 1.jpg', 'hlr 3.jpg', 'Affiche w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28756820', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(431, 'Fractus', 'Wahla', '1321380176', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Chaos Productions</p>', '<p>Mohamed Rahmouni</p>', '<p>Yassine, the son of an authoritarian father and a depressive mother, has managed to maintain a relatively balanced facade throughout his life. It is his powerful crush on Le&iuml;la, a classmate, that will finally tip this precarious balance.</p>', 'Rim Riahi<br />Mohamed Mrad<br />Mhadheb Rmili<br />Selma Mahjoubi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Nader Rahmouni, Khawla Hosny<br />DOP: Bechir Mahbouli<br />Editor: Seifeddine Ben Salem', '93 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered and competed in the 2022 Carthage Film Festival&rsquo;s Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A coming-of-age story about fear, change, and broken homes </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada International Youth Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oujda International Maghreb Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor, Oujda International Maghreb Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l2OETe79D0', 'whla tr.JPG', 'PHOTO-2022-08-09-21-09-18.jpg', 'PHOTO-2022-08-09-21-10-48.jpg', 'PHOTO-2022-08-09-21-09-06.jpg', 'Fractus poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28648221', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(432, 'The Lebanese Burger Mafia', '', '468205593', 'documentary', '2023', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Canada</p>', '<p>Back Road Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dylan Rhys Howard</span></p>', '<p>THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA captures the trials and tribulations of Arab immigrants by telling the story of Burger Baron &mdash; a rogue fast-food chain likened to the mob. To unearth the mysterious origins of the chain, writer and director Omar Mouallem &mdash; who is an heir to a Burger Baron throne himself &mdash; travels across rural Alberta, where the chain persists despite its many dysfunctions.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rudy Kemaldean&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Lund&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Mouallem&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saleh Kemaldean</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director and writer: Omar Mouallem</span>', '103 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie was screened at several prestigious festivals.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (World Premiere), Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rosies Gala - The Alberta Film &amp; Television Awards, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calgary International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;fest Sudbury International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devour! The Food Film Fest, Nova Scotia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LifeArt Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Visions Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Michigan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edmonton Film Prize (Finalist)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Beard Foundation (Nominee)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Windsor International Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Devour! The Food Film Fest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whistler International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Awards for Best Doc and Best Alberta Doc at NorthwestFest International Documentary Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary and Best Director at Silk Road International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Awards for Best Documentary and Best Alberta Documentary at Global Visions Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenwriter at the Alberta Film and Television Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffNM0O5I64', '', 'Rudy Kemaldean in Lebanon.jpg', 'Superfan Donovan Workun.jpg', 'maskwacis BB - Terry Abilmona.jpg', 'POSTER FINAL.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Rich in economic, cultural culinary, and familial histories, the amusing, cheekily titled, and disarmingly complex documentary The Lebanese Burger Mafia is a satisfyingly full meal.\"</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Parker &mdash; The Gate Magazine</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The Lebanese Burger Mafia is straight ahead and unpretentious... A funny, behind-the-scenes look at an immigrant success story in the prairies!\"&nbsp;</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danita Steinberg &mdash; POV Magazine</span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '', 'https://m.imdb.com/title/tt26598546/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(433, 'Mariam’s Choice', 'Ekhteyar Mariam', '1208962569', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Comedy, Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>Digitana Productions</p>', '<p>Mahmoud Yehia</p>', '<p>Mariam, a middle-aged woman with a struggling family, is faced with a moral conundrum when her boss offers her a million pounds to euthanize him.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Radwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rasha Samy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janah Salah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Abu-Zeid</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mahmoud Yehia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Osama</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '95 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film features well-known actors like Mohamed Radwan.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, the UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemana Film Festival, Oman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Arabiske Filmdager, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port Said Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian American Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemana Film Festival, Oman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Alexandria Meditteranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor and Best Actress, Egyptian American Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Arab Film Days Arabiske Filmdager, Norway</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_w4_hZCgs', '', 'mc 1.jpg', 'mc 2.jpg', 'mc 3.jpg', 'Mariams Choice poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29489678/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(434, 'THE EVENING TREE', 'شجرة المساء', '1725153057', 'feature', 'Post-Production', 'Drama', 'Tunisia', 'Madera Productions', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paolo Maria Spina, Felice Farina</span></p>', 'An Italian actress named Aisha goes on a quest to find herself and her family’s roots in the small Tunisian town of Haidra, where she meets and becomes entangled in the lives of ordinary people who share her memories and ancestry.', 'Anita Caprioli<br />Adel Bakri<br />Youcef Sehairi<br />Bahia Rachedi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Adel Bakri<br />DOP: Tarak Ben Abdallah<br />Editor: Felice Farina', '120 min', 'Supported by Tunisia’s Centre Nationale du Cinéma et de l\'image\r<br/>Won the Amman Film Market Award at the Amman Film Industry Days\r<br/>Tackles immigration and diaspora from a fresh and innovative perspective', '', '', '', '', 'takmilFilm6.jpg', '', '', 'adel bakri 2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31070358/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(435, 'The Birds Have Left Beirut', 'The Birds Have Left Beirut ', '772301115', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Lebanon</p>', '<p>Paul Thiltges Distributions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 4th, 2020 is a date that shook a country, changed a city, and destroyed lives.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film views the disaster through Zeina&rsquo;s eyes.</span></p>', 'Rodolphe ZAAROUR</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour<br />DOP: Nour Akiki<br />Editor: Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From award-winning director Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (World premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babylon International Documentary Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangier Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Yemen Film Festival, Yemen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival in Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Leipzig festival for Documentary and Animated Films</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Documentary Award, Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Tower Special Jury Award for Documentary Films, Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Film, International Motion Pictures Awards (IMPA) </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'the birds st.jpg', 'ZEINA_03.jpg', 'ZEINA_01.jpg', 'TLBM poster with laurels web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27751520/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(436, 'Qaragh (Wake Up)', 'Qaragh (Oyan)', '1145797418', 'short films', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama, Thriller </span></p>', '<p>Azerbaijan</p>', '<p>Astar Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suad Gara, Ismail Safarali, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ilkin Mahammadli, Jad Ben Ammar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An ex-soldier suffering from PTSD decides to visit his mother in his remote home village to find peace of mind.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There, he participates in a mystical spring cleansing ritual set around a temple inside a 13th-century cemetery in the middle of the forest, where he encounters a mysterious little girl.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His innocent alter-ego brings him face to face with his inner demons and sets him on a difficult path to acceptance and redemption. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orkhan Iskandarli</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suri Huseyn</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahila Shirinova</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rivka Khripunova</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Suad Gara</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Alisa Tarelicheva</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Andrey Klychnikov</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Designer: Roman Kurochkin</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Suad Gara, whose debut short film BREAKFAST world premiered at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mammoth Lakes Film Festival </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the audience choice award at the Berlin Lift-Off Film Fest.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring Orkhan Iskandarli, who has starred in the films of Venice-nominated Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baku International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, Dubai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ShorTS &ndash; International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N&ograve;t Film Festival&nbsp;</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babel Film Festival, Italy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><br /><br /></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj7Xi8jW0qI', '', 'qarag3.jpg', 'qarag2.jpg', 'qarag_5.jpg', 'qrg f p.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27751612/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(437, 'The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry ', '', '120990234', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Romance, Thriller</p>', '<p>Germany, Jordan</p>', '<p>Academy of Media Arts Cologne</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luisa Stricker, Luma Al Hamarneh, and Faris Alrjoob</span></p>', '<p>A haunted Ida travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clara Schwinning</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Shihab-Eldin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Nizar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anwar Khalil</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Matthew LaPaglia, Faris Alrjoob<br />DOP: Mahmoud Belakhel<br />Editor: Benedikt Strick', '21 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at Cannes&rsquo; Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes Section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, who is represented by MAD Rising Celebrity.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring German actress Clara Schwinning and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s sophomore narrative short, following his film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available on Mubi </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France (Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinematographers\' Film Festival (Manaki Brothers), Macedonia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deutsche Kurzfilmpreis, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfestival Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florence Short Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibiza Independent Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Film Festival in Boston&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Film Festival, Dubai&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurzfilmfestival K&ouml;ln, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curt&rsquo;Arruda - Arruda dos Vinhos Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Star for Short Films at El Gouna Fim Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Connecting Cultures Film at Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at Kurzfilmfestival K&ouml;ln</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti4eA-CyA0', '', 'The_Red_Sea_Stills_01.jpg', 'The_Red_Sea_Stills_13.jpg', 'The_Red_Sea_Stills_07.jpg', 'red sea... final poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27728178/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(438, 'No Key', '', '802035726', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Caestus Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taoufik Rais, El-Mahdi Amsrouy, Celio Idrissi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his desperate hunt for a way out of his gloomy existence on the rough streets of Casablanca, a young burglar named Amine discovers a sealed jewelry box that represents his ticket to a brighter future in Europe.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when other gangs find out what&rsquo;s in his possession, he must brave their treacherous terrain and face his own demons to keep his dream alive.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabii Glim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismail Elfallahi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah Ben Saleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hasan Badidah</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Walid Messnaoui<br />DOP: Son Doan<br />Editor: Mehdi Lachhab', '22 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won 10 awards at five prestigious film festivals. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FANTASPOA - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boden International Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood Shorts Fest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venezia Shorts Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival of Tangier, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantastic Fest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca International Independent Cinema Festival (FICIC), Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangier Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival Of Cinema And Migration Agadir, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Special Makeup (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Sound Design (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Crime Short (Outstanding Achievement Award), Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best First Time Director (Male) (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short of the Season (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor at the Korea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best First-Time Short Film at the Boden International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at Casablanca International Independent Cinema Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at the National Film Festival of Tangier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize at the Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arab Genre <em>Short,</em> Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0Ztv7cUj8', '', 'nok 1.jpg', 'nok 2.jpg', 'nok 3.jpg', 'NoKey_FINAL_ARABE .jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21937030/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(439, 'Far from the Nile', '', '801643916', 'documentary', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Documentary</span></p>', '<p>USA, Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The American Vicarious</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KatshaFilms</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sherief Elkatsha</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopher McElroen</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twelve musicians from seven countries along the Nile use music as a model to collaborate across borders. On a tour of the US, their message of unity is put to the test.</span></p>', 'Mohamed Abozekry (Egypt)<br />Michael Bazibu (Uganda)<br />Nader Elshaer (Egypt)<br />Ibrahim Fanous (Eritrea)<br />Saleeb Fawzy (Upper Egypt)<br />Asia Madani (Sudan)<br />Adel Mekha (Nubia)<br />Kasiva Mutua (Kenya)<br />Ahmed Omar (Eritrea, Ethiopia)<br />Dave Otieno (Kenya)<br />Steven Sogo (Burundi)<br />Selamnesh Zemene (Ethiopia)</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: NA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Sherief Elkatsha&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sherief Elkastha &amp; Pierre Haberer</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '99 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Egypt&rsquo;s Sherief Elkatsha has assembled a wholly entertaining, and often uplifting, documentary&rdquo; - Screen Daily</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premiered at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, winning Best Feature Documentary.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning director Sherief Elkatsha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC for his film <em>CAIRO DRIVE</em></span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFI New African Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IHE Delft, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downtown Community Television Center Cinema for Documentary Film, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Non-Fiction film, Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Luxor African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exceptional Merit, Doctors Without Borders International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skvJz-7-7k8', '', 'FFTN_2.jpg', 'FFTN_3.jpg', 'FarFromTheNile_FTR_F-177_EN-EN_EG_51_2K_20221220_IKE_SMPTE_OV_01.00_25_15_17.Still003.jpg', 'FFTN A3 Laurels Nov 23 final poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screen Daily&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/far-from-the-nile-cairo-review/5176526.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/far-from-the-nile-cairo-review/5176526.article</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Magdy - Al Masry Al Youm&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2747538\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/2747538</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/author/jay-weissberg/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jay Weissberg</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-The Film Verdict&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/far-from-the-nile/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://thefilmverdict.com/far-from-the-nile/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Egypt&rsquo;s Sherief Elkatsha has assembled a wholly entertaining, and often uplifting, documentary&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fionnuala Halligan - Screendaily&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Katsha was able to make this musical journey into something visually beautiful.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Magdy- Al Masry Al Youm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Far from the Nile has broad appeal thanks to high octane personalities, joyful sounds, and the always amusing opportunity of seeing people trying to figure out American mores and privileges.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/author/jay-weissberg/\">Jay Weissberg</a>-The Film Verdict </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23810690/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(440, 'Concrete Valley', '', '1554245878', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Canada</p>', '<p>Markhor Pictures, General Use</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheherezade Mian, Antoine Bourges</span></p>', '<p>Rashid &mdash; a doctor from Syria &mdash; struggles to adjust to his life in Canada after five years in Toronto&rsquo;s Thorncliffe Park with his wife Farah and son Ammar. He tries to work as an unlicensed doctor for his neighbors, but when Farah becomes more involved in their local community, tensions in their fragile marriage begin to take their toll.</p>', 'Hussam Douhna<br />Amani Ibrahim<br />Abdullah Nadaf <br />Lynn Nantume</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Antoine Bourges &amp; Teyama Alkamli<br />DOP: Nikolay Michaylov<br />Editor: Lindsay Allikas', '90 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at TIFF&rsquo;s Wavelengths section and went on to hold its International Premiere at Berlinale&rsquo;s 2023 Panorama.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Antoine Bourges is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, and NYFF Artist Academy.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer Shehrezade Mian is an alumnus of the TIFF Talent Accelerator</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by Telefilm Talent to Watch, Canada Council of the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council funding.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (Wavelengths)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (Forum 2023)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada (RIDM)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JeonJu International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gij&oacute;n International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_lThmHK1uQ', '', 'ConcreteValley-still-6.jpg', 'ConcreteValley-still-5.jpg', 'ConcreteValley-still-7.jpg', 'Concrete Valley - Father.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat Mullen &mdash; POV Magazine&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://povmagazine.com/concrete-valley-review-straddling-two-worlds/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://povmagazine.com/concrete-valley-review-straddling-two-worlds/</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radheyan Simonpillai &mdash; CBC</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/arts/rising-stars-antoine-bourges-concrete-valley-1.6740281\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.cbc.ca/arts/rising-stars-antoine-bourges-concrete-valley-1.6740281</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrea Picard &mdash; TIFFR</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://2022.tiffr.com/shows/concrete-valley\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://2022.tiffr.com/shows/concrete-valley</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Siciniski &mdash; In Review Online</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://inreviewonline.com/2022/09/17/concrete-valley/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://inreviewonline.com/2022/09/17/concrete-valley/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Knight &mdash; Original Cin&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/7/21/c7a2urafhfc0ahqzb74xvh6dt7bex1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/7/21/c7a2urafhfc0ahqzb74xvh6dt7bex1</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An authentic docudrama aesthetic in which the audience acts like a fly-on-the-wall as lives unfold</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat Mullen &mdash; POV Magazine&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There\'s something magical about the performances from non-actors in Concrete Valley&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/arts/rising-stars-antoine-bourges-concrete-valley-1.6740281\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBC</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Sensitive and finely calibrated.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrea Picard &mdash; TIFFR</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concrete Valley suggests that the immigrant experience, like all other human experiences, is in large part a misalignment between speaker and listener, intention and reception, form and content.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Siciniski &mdash; In Review Online</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The movie has a sparse, observational style; more fodder for those who would compare the French-born Canadian director Antoine Bourges with the late Robert Bresson.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kris Knight &mdash; Original Cin</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14825408/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(441, 'Black Rainbow', '', '1635626373', 'short films', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experimental, Short</span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Aly</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a day in the life of a girl dealing with her inner darkness as seen through her facial expressions, behaviors, and innermost emotions expressed through dance.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot eventually takes a turn that we all encounter in our daily lives.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagham El-Guindy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Lopez (Dancer)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Omar Aly</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mostafa Mahmoud</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Omar Aly</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '9 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toured a number of film festivals and won an award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approaches mental illness in a novel way</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorporates dance as an artistic medium to tell the story</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blissfest333 &ldquo;Poetry In Motion,&rdquo; USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short To The Point (Sttp) International Short Film Festival, Romania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experimental Film &amp; Music Video Festival, Canada/USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kalakari Film Festival, India&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Form Short Film at the Experimental Film &amp; Music Video Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqoavRW3fyM', '', 'br 1.jpg', 'br 2.jpg', 'br 3.jpg', 'bl r poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25815842', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(443, 'Beneath Her Lipstick', 'La Silence d’Aïda', '962048382', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Thriller</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Caestus Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celio Idrissi, El Mahdi Amsrouy, Taoufik Rais</span></p>', '<p>A young woman struggles to keep her marriage together as she is torn between her abusive, absent, and unfaithful husband and a mysterious, charming man who she is deeply in love with.</p>', 'Manal Belhaj<br />Abdeslam Bouhcini<br />Mourad Hmimou</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahmed Messoudi<br />DOP: Jos&eacute; G&eacute;r&eacute;l<br />Eidor: Julien Four&eacute;', '24 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won 11 awards and was screened at eight festivals</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delves into the issue of abusive marriages and domestic violence&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received support from the Moroccan Film Center</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival National du Film Tanger, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boden International Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Short Fest- Los Angeles International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Wave Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival, Nigeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim Horror Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix Sp&eacute;cial du Jury, Festival National du Film Tanger</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, Korea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, Boden International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award of Excellence, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Thriller, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Male Director, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Supporting Actor, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Production Design, Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Indie Short Fest -&nbsp; Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Original Screenplay (Outstanding Achievement Award), Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2mWw5Ecd4U', '', 'aida1.jpg', 'aida2.jpg', 'aida3.jpg', 'LeSilenceAida_MAD_Poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22439584', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(445, 'A Calling . From the Desert . To the Sea', 'Dawaa Mn El Khalaa Lel Bahr', '82324117', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan, Germany</p>', '<p>Filmakademie Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg, Shaghab Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malin Kr&uuml;ger, Jude Kawwa, Rand Beiruty</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fearing that her younger sister will be married off just like she was, Ahlam lures Yasmin to run away with her by telling a story of a mythical sea that lies beyond the desolate desert and its mountains.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In search of this mystical sea, the two sisters journey far from their home, predetermined fate, and secluded life with their father.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, along the way, young Yasmin is forced to face her inner demons and further her understanding of the world she lives in. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Nawarj&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raean Al-Masri&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Murad Abu Eisheh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Philip Henze</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Quirin Grimm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '17 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of Outstanding Visual Effects for a Student Film at the prestigious Visual Effects Society Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Academy member Murad Abu Eisheh, director of Student Academy Award-winning TALA&rsquo;VISION</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for the German Camera Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered to a sold-out audience at Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Effects Society Awards, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Festival of Lille, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neuch&acirc;tel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIGGRAPH - Electronic Theater, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German Camera Awards, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Festival of Lille, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medfest Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Indie Shorts Awards, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medfilm Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinofest L&uuml;nen, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut&rsquo;s Arab Short Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival, Bangladesh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outstanding Visual Effects for a Student Film, Visual Effects Society Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German Camera Awards, Nomination</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress in a Leading Role, Imedghassen Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Student Short at the New York Indie Shorts Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Prize, Cinetoile International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Producer Award, Venezia Shorts</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIY3CWLIy0', '', 'calling11.jpg', 'calling22.jpg', 'calling33.jpg', 'A Calling . From the Desert . To the Sea_Poster w updated laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26349068/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(446, 'PHONE BREAKER', 'Mol Al Telephone', '978818173', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Caestus Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celio Idrissi, El-Mahdi Amsrouy, Taoufik Rais</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To avenge his mother and clear his neighborhood of the incessant ringing of phones, Jalil&mdash;a washed-up employee&mdash;becomes the &lsquo;Phone Breaker&rsquo; and leads a ruthless vendetta against the telecommunications industry.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Hattab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sandia Aboutajdine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adil Abatorab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samia Akariou</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Hamza Atifi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Sylvain Rodriguez</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Fatima-Zahra Lyanboui </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '25 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awarded Grand Prize for Best Short Film at&nbsp; Morocco&rsquo;s Hoceima Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheds light on the potential dangers of technological dominance and delves into the darker side of hyper-connectivity, challenging the notion that smartphones only bring convenience</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received support from the Moroccan Film Center </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival in Tangier, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoceima Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibiza Independent Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, the Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the Hoceima Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize at the Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Female Performance at the Moroccan Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX10E7k4F5g', '', 'phb1.jpg', 'phb2.jpg', 'phb3.jpg', 'PhoneBreakerV2_English_MAD_Poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26469788', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(447, 'Heroic Bodies', 'Agsad Botolia', '1975287413', 'documentary', '2022', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Sudan</p>', '<p>Fenti Productions</p>', '<p>Sara Suliman</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudanese women throughout the modern ages did not own their bodies until a group of women dared to stand up, utilizing their bodies as a means of resistance, transforming violated bodies into &ldquo;Heroic Bodies.&rdquo;</span></p>', 'Aya Tariq<br />Yassin Raief<br />Ahmed Raief<br />Aya Ahmed</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Sara Suliman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohammed Adlan,Mansour Ahmed Omer, Muaz Osman, Salah Abdelmahmoud,Khalid Awad, Ladan Anoushfar, Mohamed Subahi, Faris Mohamedi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Emad Maher </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '95 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landed its world premiere at IDFA (2022) and was the first Sudanese feature film to be chosen for the festival\'s \"Frontlight\" section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A powerful female documentary by women, for all women resisting and fighting for an equitable place in their societies</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in prestigious film festivals, winning two awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in Egypt at Cairo Opera House and Zawya Cinema</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAFAR Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London International Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">META Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luanda International Pan African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam- Sudan film festival, Kenya&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awan Festival, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineAstar film festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luanda International Pan African Film Festival, Angola </span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across Borders Film Series festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shireen Abu Akleh Best Documentary Film Award at the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBbkQs1yJag&ab', '', 'hb 1.jpg', 'hb2.jpg', 'hb3.jpg', 'hb tmp pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://businessdoceurope.com/author/nicole-sante/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicole Sant&eacute;</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Business Doc Europe&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://businessdoceurope.com/idfa-frontlight-review-heroic-bodies-by-sara-suliman/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://businessdoceurope.com/idfa-frontlight-review-heroic-bodies-by-sara-suliman</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yousra Samir Imran, </span><a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/heroic-bodies-sudanese-feminism-and-body-politics-film\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Arab</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Tarek-FIPRESCI</span></p>\r\n<p>https://fipresci.org/report/amman-2023-tarek/?fbclid=IwAR1Xlf5gq96b629qJoSjvx5g3HagL36Sppo3mAUQ0SAj2WnmUe8FxHgN5r8_aem_AZ_EPr-41UWpsPf7FYtRodvBvSj_vPt5DcroZ4dmP6-UfZdtIWHbEU76426rXuJPzQ4</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An important contribution to the liberation and self-determination of women in Sudan &ndash; and around the world.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicole Sant&eacute; &mdash; Business Doc Europe</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Through archival footage, photographs, and interviews, we are privy to an exciting time in Sudanese political history, when women formed the first Women&rsquo;s Union in the 50s&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yousra Samir Imran, </span><a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/heroic-bodies-sudanese-feminism-and-body-politics-film\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Arab</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Sara Suliman brings forth an exceptional piece of historical research from Sudan, shedding light on the treatment of Sudanese women&rsquo;s bodies throughout the years.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Tarek-FIPRESCI</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28280282', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(448, 'Simo', 'سيمو', '1095055619', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Canada</p>', '<p>Scarab Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosalie Chicoine Perreault</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simo and Emad&rsquo;s brotherhood is filled with competition and jealousy.&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad&rsquo;s online gaming channel. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basel El-Rayes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seif El-Rayes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aladeen Tawfeek</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Aziz Zoromba</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Alexandre Nour Desjardins</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Omar Elhamy, Aziz Zoromba</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '23 min', '<p>Won the Best Canadian Short Film Award at TIFF, had its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale Screened in 25 prestigious film festivals worldwide Won numerous other awards, including Denis Villeneuve\'s Favorite Short at the 19th Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live-Action Short Received support from the Soci&eacute;t&eacute; de D&eacute;veloppement des Entreprises Culturelles, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, CALQ-Government du Quebec, and CAC Lensed by Alexandre Nour Desjardins who was nominated for two Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards Stars Aladeen Tawfeek, who is known for X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, and LONG SHOT</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundance Film Festival, US (World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (European premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs ShortFest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whistler Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Din&eacute;ma Francophone en Acadie, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Western International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Carrousel de Rimouski, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aspen ShortFest, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rendez-Vous Qu&eacute;bec Cin&eacute;ma, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel2Reel Vancouver, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Dresden, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Ottawa, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival De Cin&eacute;ma Vues D&rsquo;afrique, Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Corner Seats International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Shorts, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Directors New Films, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineFest Miskolc, Hungary&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regard: Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Screen Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Shorts Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Short Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kort Film Festival Leuven, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galway Film Fleadh, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Cin&eacute;ma de la Ville de Qu&eacute;bec</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmoramax, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HollyShorts Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off-Courts Trouville,&nbsp; France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Cri du Court, France&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemagic Belfast, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineKid Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CUT TO: GENT Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KUKI Film Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durham Region International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;International Short Film Festival of Cyprus&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Children&rsquo;s Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchorage International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pleins Ecrans&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Short Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FILMETS Badalona, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam: Cin&eacute;mas Des Mondes Arabes &Agrave; Marseille &amp; M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Canadian Film Award (Canadian Oscar-Qualifying Award) at the Toronto International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the South Western International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Festival Regard&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award and Best Film Award at Zawya Shorts&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denis Villeneuve\'s Favorite Short at Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Screen Award for the Best Live-Action Short</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award for an International Short Film at the Cairo International Shorts Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regard D&rsquo;ici Award and Honorable Mention - Yamama Audience Choice Award For Best Short Film at Festival De Cin&eacute;ma Vues D&rsquo;afrique, Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qayqub Jury Award For Best Canadian Short Film at Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Grand Jury Prize at Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand prize at Pleins Ecrans&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention at International Short Film Festival of Cyprus&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Canadian Short Award at Durham Region International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix scolaire lyc&eacute;e et mission locale at Le Cri du Court, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VNNylT5Wds', '', 'Simo1.jpg', 'Simo2.jpg', 'Simo_Still_003.jpg', 'simo fp.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://filmthreat.com/reviews/simo/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabina Dana Plasse &mdash; Film Threat </span></a></span></p>', '<p>&ldquo;Director and writer Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s dramatic short film Simo is a revealing, simple, but compelling story on immigrant immersion in Western society.&rdquo; Sabina Dana Plasse &mdash; Film Threat</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21247140/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(449, 'Forsaken', 'Al Shekara Wal Bahr', '1086234854', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Genuine for Films and Entertainment</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarek Marouani</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After 30-year-old Meriem decides to treat herself to a vacation, she finds the body of a Sub-Saharan African man drowned in front of her balcony that no one seems to care about.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon discovering the victim&rsquo;s identity, Meriem has to make a decision.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kmar Ben Soltane</span></p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Aziz Shennawy<br />DOP: Hatem Nechi<br />Editor: Amor Kerkeni', '14 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by Aziz Shennawy, who is known for KORRINTY, which won the Award of Merit at the Global Shorts in Los Angeles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headlined by Tunisian superstar Kmar Ben Soltane of Emna Najjar&rsquo;s WALTZ OF THE DAWN and CHOUERREB 1, which was a great success in the 2018 Ramadan season</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot by Hatem Nechik, who is known for Tunisia&rsquo;s first horror movie &mdash; DACHRA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheds light on discrimination towards sub-Saharan immigrants in Tunisia (North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Am Migrant Film Festival in London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Tous Courts, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival, Albania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Short Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montelupo Fiorentino International</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quibd&oacute; Africa Film Festival, Colombia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Film at Ghent International Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at the Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award, Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuus6mtbZAk', '', 'Forsaken-En screener.00_06_53_09.Still002.jpg', 'Forsaken-En screener.00_02_44_00.Still001.jpg', 'Forsaken-En screener.00_02_11_13.Still001.jpg', 'official_poster_Forsaken.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31116556/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(450, 'Behind the Mountains', 'Oura El Jbel', '999334155', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Ksa, Qatar</p>', '<p>NOMADIS IMAGES</p>', '<p>Dora Bouchoucha<br />Lina Chaabane<br />Jean Pierre Et Luc Dardenne<br />Delphine Tomson<br />Nadim Cheikhrouha<br />Giovanni Robbiano<br />Lorenzo Rapetti<br />Paolo Spina</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After spending four years in jail, Rafeek takes his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majd Mastoura</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walid Bouchhioua</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samer Bisharat</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selma Zeghidi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmi Dridi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissem Belgharek</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohamed Ben Attia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dop: Frederic Noirhomme</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Lenka Fillnerova</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '97 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Horizons Section of the Venice International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the director of the widely acclaimed film HEDI, which won Best First Film at the 2016 Berlinale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received financial support from the Red Sea Fund</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Majd Mastoura, who won a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale for his role in HEDI</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also stars MAD Rising Celebrity Samer Bisharat, who&rsquo;s known for the Oscar-nominated picture OMAR</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy (World premiere in Horizons section)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pingyao International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Rooster Awards, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia (Arab World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film (AIFF), Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arras Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D&rsquo;A Barcelona Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mastercard Off Camera - International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trento Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fameck Arab Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>The Journalism Award at the Fameck Arab Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j558FR_q5Ds', 'btm tr.jpg', 'btm 1.jpg', 'btm.jpg', 'btm 3.jpg', 'btm poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/behind-the-mountains-venice-review/5185568.article\"><strong>&rsquo;Behind The Mountains&rsquo;: Venice Review | Reviews |</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Lee Marshall&mdash;</strong><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/behind-the-mountains-venice-review/5185568.article\"><strong>Screen (screendaily.com)</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/behind-the-mountains-review-oura-el-jbel-1235818907/\"><strong>Carlos Aguilar &mdash; Variety</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/449562/\"><strong>David Katz&nbsp; &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></p>', '<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;By turns edgy thriller and supernatural fantasy, this tale of a man who may or may not be able to fly is perhaps a little too open to multiple readings. But it is nevertheless a striking piece of filmmaking that lingers stubbornly in the mind.&rdquo; </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Lee Marshall &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The most unconventional, and arguably most rewarding of Ben Attia&rsquo;s filmography so far.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>David Katz&nbsp; &mdash; Cineruopa</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As the inevitable slowly unfolds, the entire movie becomes suffused with the glow of both Rafik&rsquo;s belief in his ability and his love for his son. It&rsquo;s so unusual and remarkable an achievement that &ldquo;Behind the Mountains&rdquo; can only be strongly recommended. What a great movie.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Sarah Manvel &mdash; In Their Own League</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A magical realist tale which invites us to reassess what&rsquo;s possible within the paradigms of science and Islam, to recognize the importance of entertaining wild ideas even as we see the danger of it.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Jennie Kermode &mdash; Eye For Film</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Unpredictable Tunisian oddity blends social realism with the ability to fly.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Carlos Aguilar &mdash; Variety</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26771225/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(451, 'Zoo', '', '1558240785', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Short, Drama, Animation</p>', '<p>Jordan, Germany</p>', '<p>StudioNICE Creative</p>', '<p>Moritz Mayerhofer, Aminah Abdat</p>', '<p>As Sami is wandering through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, he crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, which follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</p>', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Tariq Rimawi<br />Editor: Tariq Rimawi', '8 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival and screened at 25 film festivals, winning 10 awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Moritz Mayerhofer who gained a spot on the 2011 Oscar shortlist for his animated short URS (2009)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tyre International Short Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner Rendez-Vous, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon International Short Film Festival in Tripoli</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, Italy </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental de Garopaba, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival, Yemen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du film d&rsquo;animation pour la jeunesse de Bourg en Bresse, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Toronto</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ITFS Stuttgart, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine en Vue, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Children&rsquo;s Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangier Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorty Week International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Short Film Festival in Beirut</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Film Festival, Kuwait</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babylon Animation Cinema Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine, France&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falastin Film Festival, Scotland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sousse International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariano International Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orgosolo Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Best Animation Award at the Lebanon International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Animation at Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Animation at Tangier Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Animation at Beirut Shorts International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Award (Best Short Animation) at Shorty Week International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Animation Film at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention from the Animation Films Jury at the Baghdad Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Palestine Film Festival, Kuwait</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Babylon Animation Cinema Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEl_1Bvfp8', '', 'zoo1.jpg', 'zoo2.jpg', 'zoo3.jpg', 'zoo pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21353102', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(452, 'Where Have You Been?', 'وينك إنت؟', '51994284', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Haddadin</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young artist in his twenties abandons his family refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy. Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.</span></p>', 'Reem Saadeh<br />Faris Al-Bahri</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohammad Gotta&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Zaher Jureidini</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Eyad Hamam</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '19 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrasting characters</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A celebration of music and community&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appealing to all ages&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two-Hander&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot well </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Film Festival, the UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ8GRynfwBE', '', 'tsr 1.jpg', 'tsr 2.jpg', 'tsr 3.jpg', 'WHYB_POSTER_WEB updated .jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29063698', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(453, 'Les Chenilles', '', '1509557959', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>France, Lebanon</p>', '<p>Dewberries Film, La Biennale de Lyon</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marine Vaillant</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asma and Sarah &mdash; two women originally from the Levant &mdash; find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masa Zaher</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noel Keserwany</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Michelle Keserwany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Karim Ghorayeb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Konstantin Bock</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '30 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale and has been nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for Best Narrative Short at the prestigious C&eacute;sar Awards, 2024</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keserwany previously </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-wrote the Academy Award nominee CAPERNAUM alongside director Nadine Labaki&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-directors Noel and Michelle Keserwany are also prominent activists and musicians in Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Format Court, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lichter Filmfest, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Harvest Film Festival, Taiwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​​Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Ger International Film Festival, Mongolia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​SAFAR Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetova International Film Festival, Republic of Macedonia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​​European Film Festival Palić, Serbia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​FIRST International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dokufest ​International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Concorto Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​der NEUE HEIMAT Film, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​​Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Festival War on Screen</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival, Albania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Job Film Days, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Filmfest Sundsvall, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Cri du Court, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival of Tolerance, Croatia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mizna Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ningbo Short Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cork International Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kasseler Dokfest, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caminhos Film Festival, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurzfilmfestival K&ouml;ln​, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mieres Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Libanais de France 2023, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rencontres Films Femmes M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leuven International Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All About Us Film Festival, Hong Kong</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​Passaggi d&rsquo;Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Usak Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Days in Amman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDOC Festival Internacional de Document&aacute;rio de Melga&ccedil;o, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krakow Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Bremen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, Croatia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagineindia Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Zurich&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olhares do Mediterr&acirc;neo - Women\'s Film Festival, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention at the Kinemastik International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film Award at the Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gouna Star for Best Short Film at El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at the Mizna Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Acting Award and Best Screenplay Award at Mieres Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Script Award at Festival du Film Libanais de France, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Leban</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film Award at the Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRAVESSIAS-ISCTE Award and Special Mention at Olhares do Mediterr&acirc;neo &mdash; Women\'s Film Festival, Portugal </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7g84k5zRL8&ab_channel=MADSolutions', '', 'les ch1.jpg', 'les ch2.jpg', 'les ch3.jpg', 'chenille_poster_ENGLISH w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/les-chenilles/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://thefilmverdict.com/les-chenilles/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s narrative thrust &mdash; a tactile tale of a burgeoning female friendship and personal trauma &mdash; is entwined with a more abstract but striking meditation on historical exploitation and its echoes into the contemporary day.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Nicholson - The Film Verdict</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25967938', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(454, 'MADE FOR BEAUTY ... USED FOR UGLINESS', 'MASNOU LEL GAMAL…YOSTAKDAM LEL QOBH', '2035159267', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama, Thriller</p>', '<p>Bahrain</p>', '<p>Black Hole Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali</span></p>', '<p>After being imprisoned for 28 years in exile, a soldier finally meets his daughter in his cabin just as he is on the verge of committing suicide.</p>', 'Mubarak Khamis<br />Aidma Alasmar</p>', '<p>Scriptwriter: Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali, Hussain Jaffer Habib<br />DOP: Zohaib Latif<br />Editor: Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali', '30 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An innovative and fresh take on the psychological and physical effects of war on prisoners and their families.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by award-winning Bahraini filmmaker Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mesahat Film Forum in Suhag, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Cinematographer at the Bahrain Film Festival </span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mkkLsMurc', '', 'mfb1.jpg', 'mfb2.jpg', 'mfb 3.jpg', 'MADE FOR BEAUTY USED FOR UGLINESS_ POSTER.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27957130', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(455, 'Naima\'s Movie', '', '638261498', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Institut Sp&eacute;cialis&eacute; du Cin&eacute;ma</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Saif Sirelkhatim</span></p>', '<p>After her sudden death, Amir feels driven to pay tribute to the woman who had long served him tirelessly and had been a source of inspiration throughout his filmmaking career by making a film in her memory.</p>', 'Raouiya<br />Mourad Hmimmou <br />Ahmed Hammoud</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Sami Saif Sirelkhatim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOPs: Ismail Benaghmouch and Sami Saif Sirelkhatim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sami Saif Sirelkhatim</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '12 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at over 30 prestigious film festivals and won 7 awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Moroccan cinemas and premiered at Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea International Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;ZUMEFF, Zayed Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemana International Film Festival, Oman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meknes International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alakhawayn International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bir Mezoui Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davinci International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Africain de Paris, L\'Afrique Fait Son Cin&eacute;ma, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paris Lift-Off Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VGIK International Student Festival, Russia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almarmoom Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIEC Uruguay International Film Festival, Uruguay</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blink Film Festival, Actions For Hope, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama International Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grizzdance International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Lift-Off Global, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFRIFF International Film Festival, Nigeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WIFF Women\'s International Film Festival, Nigeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rafidain International Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian and American Festival for Cinema and Arts, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aldakhiliyya International Film Festival, Oman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damascus Cinema Days, ADC, Syria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syria International Online Film Festival, Syria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morocco Shorts International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat Author\'s International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taza International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benguerir International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festa Internacional de Cinema Universit&aacute;rio do Algarve, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Short Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction Film at the ZUMEFF Zayed Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction at the Cinemana International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize for Best Fiction Film at the Meknes International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Prize for Best Fiction Film at the Alakhawayn International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize for Best Fiction Film at the Bir Mezoui Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay at the Davinci International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor Performance at the Davinci International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxYnznLEj94', '', 'nm1.jpg', 'nm2.jpg', 'nm3.jpg', 'POSTER-EN.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17633796/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(456, 'DÉSERTS', '', '1151973089', 'feature', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comedy, Drama</span></p>', '<p>France, Germany, Morocco, Belgium</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barney Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mont Fleuri Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre Chien et Loup</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niko Film</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa&iuml;d Hamich Benlarbi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicole Gerhards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&eacute;bastien Delloye</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both gawky associates, Mehdi and Hamid, who work for a collection agency in Casablanca, roam remote villages in the great South of Morocco to get money from overextended people.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fehd Benchemsi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelhadi Taleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabii Benjhaile</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hajar Graigaa</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Faouzi Bensa&iuml;di</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Florian Berutti</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Faouzi Bensa&iuml;di and V&eacute;ronique Lange</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '125 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comical yet thrilling road film.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at Cannes&rsquo; Director&rsquo;s Fortnight section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several of director Faouzi Bensa&iuml;di&rsquo;s films have won awards at The Cannes Film Festival, and his film DEATH FOR SALE Morocco\'s Official Submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at Egypt&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival (Director&rsquo;s Fortnight), France (World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Fribourg film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Torino Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T&uuml;bingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamburg International Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmmakers\' Fortnight, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bengaluru International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cin&eacute;med International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lausanne African Cinema Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CineMAS Film Festival, the UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CinemaMed Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Du Film Arabe De Fameck, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inner West Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director and Best Actor Awards at Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Jury Award and Best Cinematography at National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Best Actor and Best Director Awards at Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'dsrts.jpg', '1 (1).jpg', '2.jpg', 'dsrts pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/cannes-2023-review-deserts-faouzi-bensaidi/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Jenner - International Cinephile Society</span></a></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/deserts-review-1235820096/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon - Variety</span></a></span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A merciless blend of surreal imagery and bitter, caustic comedy that is simultaneously entertaining and disturbing.&rdquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>- Matthew Jenner - International Cinephile Society&nbsp;</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;D&eacute;serts offers a unique perspective on Moroccan life, highlighting the economic and social disparities that permeate society.&rdquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>- BNN Newsroom</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Those that prefer straightforward cinema with dotted I&rsquo;s and crossed T&rsquo;s will be out of their comfort zone here, but it looks like manna for cinephiles.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>- Alissa Simon - Variety</strong></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27789218/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(457, 'The Tedious Tour of M', ' جولة م المملة ', '1718930681', 'documentary', '2023', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>Rufy\'s Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Bakr</span></p>', '<p>Director Hend Bakr investigates why Hafez Ragab, one of the most renowned writers in the modern history of Egyptian literature, returned to his hometown after 30 years and decided to abandon writing at the peak of his career.</p>', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Hend Bakr <br />DOP: Tamer Nady <br />Editor: Peter Adel', '76 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received a Special Mention at Tunisia&rsquo;s Gabes Cinema Fen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participated in the IDFA Academy, the DOX BOX e&shy;course, mentored by Raed Andoni, the Robert Bosch Project Market, the Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market, and the Visions du R&eacute;el VdR &ndash; Film Market</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor Peter Adel previously worked on Mayye Zayed&rsquo;s film LIFT LIKE A GIRL, which won the Bronze Pyramid and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Audience Award at the Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent International Documentary Film Festival (OSA), Russia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goethe Institute&rsquo;s Headquarters, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesuit Cultural Center, Alexandria, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Cinema, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Akil, UAE</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Gabes Cinema Fen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention for Humanity and Continuity at the Independent International Documentary Film Festival (OSA)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mns6zfSvqnQ', 'ttom tr.JPG', 'ttom3.jpg', 'ttom2.jpg', 'ttom1.jpg', 'ttom poster w updated laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28700540', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(458, '60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS', '60 Geneih', '1366247177', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Thriller</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>Beatroot Records and Cinerama Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Gawdat and Omar El Safi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aspiring rapper Ziad and his family have long suffered at the hands of his abusive father. However, when tensions reach a boiling point, Ziad takes it upon himself to end his family&rsquo;s suffering once and for all.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Zaza</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarek El-Deweri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamza Diab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rawheya Salem</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Amr Salama</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ahmed Bayoumi Fouad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Hafez</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opened the 6th edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, becoming the first ever short film to open an Arab film festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned Egyptian director Amr Salama made the first Egyptian Netflix Original series, PARANORMAL, and won Best Director for his film ASMAA at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by award-winning film editor Ahmed Hafez, whose 25-year auspicious career includes two episodes of Marvel&rsquo;s MOON KNIGHT series as well as THE BLUE ELEPHANT films and KIRA &amp; EL GIN</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring Egyptian rapper ZIAD ZAZA in his breakout acting role</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touches on the issue of domestic violence from a novel and exciting perspective</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt (Opening Film)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oujda International Festival of Maghreb Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Scotland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfU4hc7DwEY', '60 Ehyptian Pounds (1).jpg', '60 Ehyptian Pounds (1).jpg', '60 egyptian pounds (2).jpg', '60 egyptian pounds (3).jpg', '60 pounds poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farida Salem-What Woman Want</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://whatwomenwant-mag.com/60-egyptian-pounds-from-a-song-about-domestic-violence-to-a-thrilling-film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://whatwomenwant-mag.com/60-egyptian-pounds-from-a-song-about-domestic-violence-to-a-thrilling-film/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;60 Egyptian Pounds advocates for all victims of violence and rebukes abusive parents. The film is raw, liberating, and moving.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farida Salem-What Woman Want</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28507897', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(459, 'Colors of Resistance', 'Alwan Men El Moqawma', '762025349', 'short films', '2019', '<p>Short, Documentary</p>', '<p>Palestine, US</p>', '<p>A0 Productions and Tiny Leaps Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter and Brigid Maher</span></p>', '<p>Colors of Resistance is a personal journey aiming to question the concept of belonging to a place. In this journey, director Areeb Zuaiter sneaks into the worlds of a painter, a comedian, a poet, a hip-hop artist, and a solo singer to explore their tools to express their identities and belonging to Palestine &mdash; the same land that is being denied its right to exist.</p>', 'Samia Halaby <br />Maysoon Zayid<br />Stormtrap Asifeh<br />Z the People<br />Remi Kanazi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Areeb Zuiter<br />DOPs: Shilpi Singh, Ashraf Dowani, and Heidi Naugib<br />Editor: Brigid Maher', '34 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in 24 international festivals, winning eight awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter was named one of Spotlight&rsquo;s 2019 Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers for the film&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s score was composed by multi-award-winning film music composer Suad Bushnaq, also MAD Crew Celebrity</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Addresses issues of survival, homeland, existence, and assimilation</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Independent Film Awards, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around International Film Festival, Paris&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Haven Documentary Film Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia Documentary Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Documentary Festival of Lerapetra, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Docs Without Borders Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorado International Activism Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotlight Film Awards, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Short Awards, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oregon Documentary Film Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WRPN Women\'s International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Romania&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Doc Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Film Festival in Virginia, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes Milan Athens, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nagaon International Short and Documentary Film Festival, India&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roma Cinema Doc, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concepci&oacute;n Independent Film Awards, Chile&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capital Filmmakers Festival Madrid, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanaan - Palestinian Film Week&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, Online </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Short at the London Independent Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Host/Narrator Award for Documentary Short and Film Activism Award for Documentary Short at the Colorado International Activism Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Award winner by the 2019 Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, Director Areeb Zuaiter named one of Spotlight&rsquo;s 2019 Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certificate of Achievement at the Independent Short Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best International Documentary Film award at the Nagaon International Short and Documentary Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Short at the Concepci&oacute;n Independent Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARFF Globe Award at the Around International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'cor1.jpg', 'cor2.jpg', 'cor3.jpg', 'cor poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10755792', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(460, 'Six Feet Over', 'SIX PIEDS SUR TERRE', '1953246481', 'feature', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Algeria, France</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tact Production and Les Films du Bilboquet</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oualid Baha and Eug&eacute;nie Michel Villette</span></p>', '<p>Son of a former Algerian diplomat Sofiane lived his entire life to this point abroad. Now a student in Lyon, he is the victim of an administrative decision and is living under the threat of expulsion. In the hope of legalizing his situation, he decides to work temporarily for Muslim undertakers. Lost in his identity and feeling bad about himself, rubbing shoulders with the dead will take him to a brighter path.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamza Meziani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kader Affak</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Souad Arsane</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostefa Djadjam</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Karim Bensalah and Jamal Belmahi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Pierre-Hubert Martin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: B&eacute;n&eacute;dicte Cazauran</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '96 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiere at CineMed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World Premiere at RSIFF</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angers European First Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safar Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d&rsquo;Oujda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maghreb Film Festival in Amsterdam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival di Cinema Africano &ndash; Verona, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay Award at the Red Sea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activit&eacute;s Sociales de L&rsquo;&eacute;nergie Award at the Angers European First Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d&rsquo;Oujda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award, Maghreb Film Festival in Amsterdam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EIe66hcFu0', '', 'sfo1.jpg', 'sfo2.jpg', 'sfo3.jpg', 'Six fit over poster Final Arab.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\"><a style=\"color: #7e8c8d;\" href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463702/\"><strong>Cineuropa</strong></a></span></p>', '<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Karim Bensalah signs an original, instructive, and moving first feature about the classic topic of the search for one&rsquo;s identity and the coming of age.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463702/\"><strong>Fabien Lemercier &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31121075/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(461, 'IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS', 'Et Si Le Soleil Plongeait Dans L\'océan Des Nues', '1951242554', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Comedy</p>', '<p>France, Lebanon</p>', '<p>Aurora Films and N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak, and Pierre Sarraf</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, Lebanon, the story follows Raed &mdash; a security guard who must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters &mdash; or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raed Yassin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodrigue Sleiman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Said Serhan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hala Dabaji</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Wissam Charaf</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Martin Rit</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Wissam Charaf and Cl&eacute;mence Diard</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Orizzonti section at the Venice International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s first feature film HEAVEN SENT was selected for the ACID Section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and his second fiction feature DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS opened the Giornate degli Autori Section of the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a poetic story about unfulfilled dreams; a universal tale about a man who will have to take an odd path in order to exist</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed &ndash; Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France (Special Mention)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cork International Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival of the Arab Film and Media Institute, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival, France (International Competition Unifrance Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ciudades Reveladas &ndash; Muestra Internacional de Cine y Ciudad, Argentine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon (Best Short Film Award and the Emile Chahine Award For Cinematic Excellence)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Auteur\'s Passage: Mediterranean Interlacements, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flickerfest, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poitiers Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Ecrans Urbains, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam du Sud Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival Marseille, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Format Court Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France (National Special Jury Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;-Palestine Toulouse, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbican Sonic Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Rencontres internationales de cin&eacute;ma d&rsquo;Aflam, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krakow Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Zurich&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Bremen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&rsquo;Ennesimo Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bucharest Short Film Festival, Romania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinehill Film Festival, Croatia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film and Emile Chahine Award For Cinematic Excellence at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unifrance International Award at the Festival International de Courts M&eacute;trages d\'Aix-en-Provence</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Special&nbsp; Jury Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OaIwtujrIc', '', 'ifts1.jpg', 'ifts2.jpg', 'ifts3.jpg', 'ifts tmp pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28767046', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(462, 'En Route', 'في الطريق', '1764051604', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>MA-FILMS S.A.R.L</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munir Abbar</span></p>', '<p>As three friends walk along a road, one takes advantage of this desert path, the other succumbs to melancholy, and the third becomes rageful. As tension builds between them, a confrontation becomes inevitable.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Younes Bouab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fehd Benchemsi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelattif Chaouqi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Younes Bouab<br />DOP: Munir Abbar<br />Editors: Julian Four&eacute; and Youssef Barrada', '15 min', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maghreb International Film Festival in Oujda, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Independent Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of the Grand Prize at the Maghreb International Film Festival in Oujda</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBvI0SyjbxI', '', 'enr11.jpg', 'enr22.jpg', 'enr33.jpg', 'EN ROUTE_FILM Poster_MUNIR ABBAR_300DPI.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30108948/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(463, 'A Promise to the Sea', 'Amanet Al Bahr', '753337688', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt, Sweden</p>', '', '<p>Nourhan Yasser</p>', '<p>After irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, Zain recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.</p>', 'Nabil Botros Talaan<br />Emad Yaakoub Riyad <br />Gerges Laban Aazwza <br />Osama Taha</p>', '<p>Scriptwriters: Hend Sohail and Omar Zinhom <br />DOP: Mostafa Elkashef <br />Editor: Samir Radwan', '14 min', '<p>Explores an extraordinary mother-son relationship and how some people may react differently to the death of a loved one</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&amp;Elsewhere Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manassat Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leiria Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film O&rsquo;clock International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Shorts, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood Arab Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival di Cinema Africano &ndash; Verona</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction Film at the Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Star for Best Short Film, at the El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Golden Tower for Best Fiction Film and Honorable Mention for Best Woman Director at the Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award, Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Film O&rsquo;clock International Film Festival, </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adD-jWG8YqI', '', 'ptts1.jpg', 'ptts2.jpg', 'ptts3.jpg', 'A promise to the sea-02-4.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29688007', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(464, 'The Woodland', 'الحرش', '1645874597', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '<p>Labiba Productions, A.A Films</p>', '<p>Majd Hijjawi, Ahmed Amer</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wild, on the way to bury their father, two estranged brothers reunite after an extended separation, compelling them to reach a joint decision, but not before confronting the past.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Al-Ghwairi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;O&rdquo; Oday Fawaz</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriters: Firas Al-Taybeh&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ghassan Nazmi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Eyad Hamam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colorist: Ghassan Nazmi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Designer: Baha Othman </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '25 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taybeh\'s acting career has seen him shine in films such as FARHA, ALADDIN, and SALMA&rsquo;S HOME</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangladesh International Short and Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankena Film Festival, Somalia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Tous Courts, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delhi Shorts International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Iris Award for Best Short Film, Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Faiyum International Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A74fnGur_Ak', '', 'wlnd1.jpg', 'wdlnd2.jpg', 'wdlnd3.jpg', 'the woodland poster 2. jpg.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Al Kashouti-Youm 7&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/6/6/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B4%D9%86/6600996\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.youm7.com/story/2024/6/6/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B4%D9%86/6600996</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We were caught up by Firas Al-Taybeh&rsquo;s attention to detail.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Al Kashouti-Youm 7 </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29723422', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(465, 'In the Waiting Room', 'في قاعة الانتظار', '1603575543', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama, Comedy</p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '<p>Mohammed Ibraheem</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thekra Makalda, Mohammed Ibraheem</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussien &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship after being evacuated in 1948 &mdash; escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother Rashida to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital waiting area.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Hussien works on an assignment on his laptop, Rashida &mdash; who hasn&rsquo;t left her house in three months &mdash; tries to socialize with others in her limited Hebrew.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marleen Bajjali&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jalal Masarwa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drora Coren&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayan Daher</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Toama</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Moatasem Taha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Mostafa Kadah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ayman Matar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in Ireland </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibiza Independent Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Sharjah International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curt\'Arruda Film Festival,&nbsp; Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concorto Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cactus Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&amp;Elsewhere Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia </span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Cs6xlbxVQ', '', 'itwr1.jpg', 'itwr2.jpg', 'itwr3.jpg', 'itwr poster w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29902046', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(466, 'Aziza', '', '986982831', 'short films', '2019', 'Drama', 'Labanon', 'KAF Production', '<p>Soudade Kaadan</p>', 'Ayman, Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaching his wife how to drive his car, the\r<br/>only thing left for him from his country. The lesson takes a wrong turn into madness\r<br/>and nostalgia.', 'Caress Bashar, Abdel Moneim Amayri</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan, May Hayek<br />DOP: Elsy Hajjar<br />Editor: Soudade Kaadan', '13 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Fx602XdMg', '', 'azi1.jpg', 'azi2.jpg', 'azi3.jpg', 'Aziza poster w logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9510082/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(467, 'Besieged Bread', 'Khobz El Hissar', '986982831', 'short films', '2016', 'Drama', 'Lebanon, Syria', 'KAF Production', '<p>Amira Kaadan</p>', 'Syria 2015, it’s a long day of smuggling bread to the besieged area. A standing tree is her only shelter. He runs away leaving everything behind him. They both know there is no escape.', 'Gabriel Malki<br />Lama Hakeim<br />Ehab Shaaban</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:<br />DOP: Mark Khalife<br />Editor: Soudade Kaadan', '15 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mRoQeSKZB8', '', 'BESIEGED BREAD-CLEAN COPY.00_08_43_19.Still019.jpg', 'BESIEGED BREAD-CLEAN COPY.00_06_02_21.Still011.jpg', 'BESIEGED BREAD-CLEAN COPY.00_00_45_03.Still001.jpg', 'bb poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4661188/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(468, 'The Day I Lost My Shadow', 'Yom Adaatou Zouli', '986982831', 'feature', '2018', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar</p>', '<p>KAF Production</p>', '<p>Amira Kaadan</p>', '<p>As winter hits hard in Syria, all Sana wants is to cook a hot meal for her son. When a seemingly simple errand search for gas goes awry, Sana is dragged deeper into the conflict, where people lose their shadows.</p>', 'Samer Ismael<br />Sawsan Arsheed<br />Reham Al Kassar<br />Oweiss Mokhallalati<br />Hanane Hajj Ali</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Soudade Kaadan<br />DOP: Eric Devin<br />Editor: Pierre Deschamps, Soudade Kaadan\r<br/><p>&nbsp;\r<br/><p>&nbsp;', '90 min', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/3IkJNgFcuAs', '', 'THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW 00.jpg', 'THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW 001.jpg', 'THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW 07.jpg', 'TheDayILostMyShadow poster w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8900142/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(469, 'Unknown Number', 'Mesh Ma’rouf', '715826994', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Thriller </span></p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Leyth Production</p>', '<p>Nada Mezni Hafaiedh, Noura Nefzi</p>', '<p>When a box and a phone are unexpectedly delivered to Yahya, he finds himself drawn into a game that holds the fate of someone else. As he takes on the challenge, he begins to understand that he has been chosen for a mission that spans 12 hours to ensure his survival.</p>', 'Mahran Abidi <br />Nawel Shili<br />Med Ali Ben Jemaa</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hiba Dhaouadi <br />DOP: Ramzi ben Fradj <br />Editor: Erij Riahi', '10 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s first documentary, GIRLS OF THE MOON, premiered at the Carthage Film Days in 2018 and won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Tunisian Cinema Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides a thought-provoking commentary on issues we face in our world today, including stagnation, obscurity, confusion, and instability</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by Tunisia&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/tqU53xO94M0', '', 'unkn1.jpg', 'unkn2.jpg', 'unkn3.jpg', 'tmp pst unkn.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29781529', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(470, 'Mar Mama', '', '981801580', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '<p>Marsam 301-Phoenix Films</p>', '<p>Majdi El Omari</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haunted by her mother&rsquo;s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To distract her, her father makes a stop-motion film. However, his attempts fail and the girl finds nothing other than imagination to escape from reality. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Bakri&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lana Abu Srour </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Majdi El Omari</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP:Ashraf Dowani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Majdi El Omari</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture and the Arab Fund For Arts And Culture</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a special screening at Tulane University in New Orleans</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in 14 film festivals in 8 countries, winning 3 awards&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Described by the jury of the Parish-Jersey International Film Festival as a &ldquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simple, powerful, and tragically prescient film from Palestine.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers a deeply personal and emotional exploration of the struggles faced by parents in war zones as they try to protect their children\'s well-being&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides a unique insight into the local traditions and beliefs surrounding the Palestinian national figure Mar Jeris (Saint George)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Cork Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PATOIS International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Columbus Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Film Festival, Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minikino Film Week &ndash; Bali International&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Palestine Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Short Film Festival in Beirut, Lebanon&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazra Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parish-Jersey International Film Festival, the Channel Islands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian World Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth (SIFF), UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Arts Film Festival, Zurich</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manassat Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Fiction Award, Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix d&rsquo;Honneur, Parish - Jersey International Film Festival, the Channel Islands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Choice Award for Short Films, San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arabic Short Fiction Film, Sharjah International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth (SIFF), UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, The International Amity Short Film Festival - Dostluk Film Festivali, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Prix, Parish-Jersey International Film Festival, the Channel Islands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Asian World Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymx3lPCqbFI', '', 'mar1.jpg', 'mar2.jpg', 'mar3.jpg', 'Mar Mama MAD poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCulture/Palestinian-Director-Majdi-El-Omari-Speaks-on-His-Award-Winning-Film\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCulture/Palestinian-Director-Majdi-El-Omari-Speaks-on-His-Award-Winning-Film</span></a></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29901471', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(471, 'The Sun In My Shadow', 'İçimdeki Güneş', '2062072170', 'short films', '2021', '<p>Short, Documentary</p>', '<p>Turkey, Netherlands</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdulshakoor El-Akkad</span></p>', '<p>A grateful artist and dancer inspired by Sufism, Alper begins his journey through the Sufi Trail, heading to the museum of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi in Konya. On this journey of discovery, he shares his inner thoughts on Sufism and meets many people who are considered friends of the Sufi Trail.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alper Ak&ccedil;ay</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sedat &Ccedil;akır</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Iris Bezuijen</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Abdulshakoor El-Akkad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ahmed Altrabolsi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Otbah Kilani- Obida Zain</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '26 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;A visually stunning film that sheds light on a variety of human experiences and perspectives through a journey of self-discovery in Sufism</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Artist Alper Ak&ccedil;ay, who appeared in Russell Crowe&rsquo;s film THE WATER DIVINER, which won numerous awards, including Best Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDiBEWu1xk', '', 'sims1.jpg', 'sims2.jpg', 'sims3.jpg', 'sims tmp pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29791466/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(472, 'Coming Home', 'Tornando a Casa', '29101179', 'documentary', '2019', 'Documentary', 'Argentina', 'Esto del Cine SRL and Ricardo Preve Films LLC', '<p>Ram&oacute;n Cardini</p>', 'During World War II, the Italian submarine Macallé was wrecked in the Red Sea. \r<br/>The whole crew survived except for Sailor Carlos, who was buried on an island in the Red Sea by his companions. \r<br/>80 years later, a team salvages Carlo’s remains, bringing them back to his hometown.', 'Germ&aacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez<br />Tom&aacute;s Wolf<br />Jorge Digilio<br />Cristian Dis&aacute;bato<br />Pablo Pieretti</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ricardo Preve<br />DOP: Leonardo Val<br />Editor: Rolando Rauwolf', '88 min', 'Commercially released in Argentina and was broadcast on various channels in Sudan, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru\r<br/> Screened in 11 film festivals around the world, winning 10 prestigious awards\r<br/>Supported by the Ministry of Culture / Office of the President of Argentina; Piedmont Regional Council, Italy; National Cinema and Audiovisual Arts Institute of Argentina; Film Commission of Torino Piedmont, Italy; Union of Communes of the Langhe/ Barolo Regions, Italy; and many more', 'Puglia International Film Festival, Italy\r<br/>Impact Doc Awards, US \r<br/>VI Sudan Independent Film Festival, Sudan\r<br/>Madrid International Film Festival, Spain\r<br/>Dumbo Film Festival, US \r<br/>London International Motion Picture Awards, UK\r<br/>South European International Film Festival, Spain \r<br/>Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, US \r<br/>Accolade Global Film Competition, US \r<br/>Latitude Film Awards, UK\r<br/>LatinUy Festival, Uruguay', 'Golden Key Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Puglia International Film Festival\r<br/>Merit Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Impact Doc Awards\r<br/>Best Educational and Scientific Film at the South European International Film Festival\r<br/>Golden Award for Best Documentary Director and Silver Award for Best International Documentary at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival\r<br/>Excellence Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Photography, Creativity & Originality, Concept, and Original Music at the Accolade Global Film Competition\r<br/>Bronze Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and Best Original Music at the Latitude Film Awards \r<br/>Audience Award for Best Documentary and Best Career (Ricardo Preve) at the LatinUy Festival', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlwPdiQFP0', '', 'ch 11.jpg', 'CH 22.jpg', 'ch 33.jpg', 'ComingHome - MADs - English POSTER.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8899108', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign');
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(473, 'From Sudan to Argentina', 'De la Nubia a La Plata', '29101179', 'documentary', '2022 ', '<p>Documentary / Arab World</p>', '<p>Argentina</p>', '<p>Esto del Cine SRL and Ricardo Preve Films LLC</p>', '<p>Ricardo Preve</p>', '<p>From 1961 to 1963, Argentine Egyptologist Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser organized three archeological expeditions to Sudan to rescue submerged treasures of ancient civilizations in the waters of the Aswan dam on the Nile River to bring them to the Natural Sciences Museum of La Plata, Argentina.</p>', 'Elsa Feher Rosenvasser<br />Silvia Ametrano<br />Mar&iacute;a Marta Reca<br />Perla Fuscaldo</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ricardo Preve<br />DOP: Leonardo Val<br />Editor: Gustavo Despouy', '52 min', '<p>World premiered at the Virginia Film Festival, US Commercially released in Cine Cosmos in Argentina and was subsequently broadcast on Qubit TV, reaching audiences in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Per&uacute;. It was also aired on TVP&uacute;blica (Channel 7) in Argentina and Canal Encuentro Executive produced by Talal Afifi, who is known for YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which is Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Oscars Through a series of interviews with Professor Ibraham&rsquo;s daughter, Elsa, and the Sudanese people, the film offers an exclusive and entertaining look at the journey of discovery of ancient treasures all the way from Argentina to the north shores of Khartoum</p>', '<p>Virginia Film Festival, US Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films, Egypt International Hispanic Film Festival, US Out Of Africa International Film Festival, Kenya Fusion International Film Festival, UK International Arab-African Documentary Film Festival, Morocco LatinUy Festival, Uruguay</p>', '<p>Outstanding Excellence in Cinematography, Direction, and Sound Editing, and Excellence in Original Script and Original Concept at the International Hispanic Film Festival Best Director in a Feature Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the Fusion International Film Festival Best Documentary at the International Arab-African Documentary Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RuNe7oUAA', '', 'FromSudantoArgentina - MADs - STILL 2.jpg', 'FromSudantoArgentina - MADs - STILL 17.jpg', 'FromSudantoArgentina - MADs - STILL 27.jpg', 'FromSudantoArgentina - MADs - English POSTER medium.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18411874', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(474, 'The Day Before the Volcano', 'La Veille du Volcan', '584810030', 'short films', '2021', 'Short, Drama', 'Tunisia', 'ESAC (L’Ecole Supérieure de l’Audiovisuel et du Cinéma E.S.A.C)', '<p>Khalil Sallam</p>', 'A single night may alter the course of history, especially when three storylines intersect and anger waits in the wings for the next volcanic eruption or African uprising.', 'Fatma Ben Sadaan <br />Rida Boukadida <br />Abdelmonam Chaoiat <br />Aml Barka</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Abanoub Youssef <br />DOP: Edriss Esossi <br />Editor: Yassin Tbasi', '21 min', 'Received a Special Mention from the COPEAM (Conférence Permanente de l\'Audiovisuel Méditerranéen)- a festival organized by the Cannes Film Festival for student films from Mediterranean countries\r<br/>Director Abanoub Youssef received numerous awards for his films, including Best Photography for the GRANDSON OF THE MOURAD FAMILY at the Arab-African Documentary Film Festival in Zagora, Special Jury for NOAH at the Tharka Film Festival, and Special Mention for NOAH at the Gabes Film Festival in Tunisia', 'Gabes Cinema Fan (Tunisia) 2022\r<br/>Fifak (Tunisia) 2022\r<br/>Alexandria Film Festival (Egypt) 2022\r<br/>COPEAM (France) 2022, Special Mention \r<br/>Vision Film Festival (Egypt) 2023\r<br/>Cairo Short Film Festival 2022\r<br/>International Festival of Cinema and Immigration Oujda (Morocco) November 2023', 'Special Mention from the COPEAM (Conférence Permanente de l\'Audiovisuel Méditerranéen)', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSoGHMLqfk', '', 'dbv1.jpg', 'dbv2.jpg', 'dbv3.jpg', 'the day before the volcano.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29717957', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(475, 'Yellow Bus', 'Yellow Bus', '888154434', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>India, Jordan, UAE, US</p>', '<p>Screen Project Productions Metatron Productions, OSN, Creative Venture, Sikhya Entertainment, and Ta Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadia Eliewat </span></p>', '<p>In the scorching heat of the Arabian Gulf, the daughter of an Indian family is accidentally left behind on a school bus, leading to her tragic death. As each family member reacts differently to the situation, the mother, shattered by grief, refuses to settle until she uncovers the truth about what happened to her daughter and ensures that those responsible are held accountable for their negligence. Will she ultimately succeed in her quest and find solace in accepting the accident?</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tannishtha Chatterjee</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinda Alloush</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amit Sial</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aarushi Laud</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Wendy Bednarz<br />DOP: Sofian El-Fani<br />Editor: Mich&egrave;le Tyan', '112 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first OSN original feature, YELLOW BUS held its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars prominent Syrian actress Kinda Alloush&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-produced by Guneet Monga, whose short documentary, THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER, won an Academy award&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Sofian El-Fani, who won a Cesar Award for Best Ci</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nematography for his film TIMBUKTU</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paints a world that highlights the textures of the desert landscape and the diversity of its people while exploring themes of alienation and connection, and reflecting on the experiences of individuals living in a multicultural environment</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theatrical release: 16th of May, 2024</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, India (Indian and South Asian Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jo</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bu</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rg Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemas</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Sorocaba, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at the Joburg Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Vision Award at the Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Feature, Best Production, Best Sound Design, Festival de Sorocaba, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twrsCMsciwM', '', 'Yellow Bus Still-4.jpg', 'YB3.jpg', 'YB2.jpg', 'yb poster (1).jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jared Mobarak &mdash; Film Stage</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-yellow-bus-follows-a-mothers-investigative-journey-to-find-the-truth-after-tragedy/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-yellow-bus-follows-a-mothers-investigative-journey-to-find-the-truth-after-tragedy/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winnie Wang &mdash; Cinema Scope</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/tiff-2023-yellow-bus-wendy-bednarz-united-arab-emirates-discovery/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/tiff-2023-yellow-bus-wendy-bednarz-united-arab-emirates-discovery/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issuewire&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.issuewire.com/yellow-bus-movie-review-on-a-gripping-tale-of-motherhood-grief-and-justice-1788345149428847\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.issuewire.com/yellow-bus-movie-review-on-a-gripping-tale-of-motherhood-grief-and-justice-1788345149428847</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Saito &mdash; The Moveable Fest</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://moveablefest.com/wendy-bednarz-yellow-bus/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://moveablefest.com/wendy-bednarz-yellow-bus/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Liz Braun &mdash; Original Cin</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/9/6/tiff-23-what-to-see-at-this-years-fest-sept-12\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.original-cin.ca/posts/2023/9/6/tiff-23-what-to-see-at-this-years-fest-sept-12</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/yellow-bus-toronto-1235717301/\">&nbsp;Naman Ramachandran - Variety </a></span></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Bednarz does a nice job grounding everything in reality.\"</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jared Mobarak &mdash; Film Stage</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Yellow Bus renders a moving portrait of a woman&rsquo;s unwavering commitment to justice for all.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-Winnie Wang &mdash; Cinema Scope&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;YELLOW BUS captures the audience\'s attention through its compelling narrative and emotionally charged performances. The film\'s ability to evoke genuine empathy and provoke introspection regarding societal issues, such as accountability and negligence in educational institutions, is a testament to Bednarz\'s skill as a filmmaker.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issue Wire</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;YELLOW BUS not only explores the cultural differences that exacerbate the issues at hand, but ones that exist within families themselves.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Saito &mdash; The Moveable Fest</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A heartbreaking tale of tragedy and cultural displacement.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Liz Braun &mdash; Original Cin</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A Wonderful film. The brilliant script is respectful of its characters. Brilliant performances. Really touching; one of the best surprises of the festival.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antonio Pelaez Barcelo &mdash; RADIOCINE </span></p>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19550082', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(476, 'The Last Winter', 'Al Shetaa’ Al Akheer', '1728772345', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Documentary</p>', '<p>Sweden, Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Hayder Dawood\'s Films</p>', '<p>Hayder Dawood</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four years after his initial journey to Sweden, Mohsen returns to visit his friend Hayder, who is filled with a deep longing for their shared homeland of Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they navigate through Hayder&rsquo;s final winter there, their friendship grows even stronger, becoming a source of support and comfort amid a backdrop of longing and change.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohsen Ahmed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayder Dawood</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Vasilca</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alina Vasilca</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Mohsen Ahmed, Hayder Dawood</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Hayder Dawood</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Hayder Dawood </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '27 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lighthearted yet earnest critique of the artistic struggle and the broader challenges encountered in the Saudi film industry</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dawood&rsquo;s previous short, THE WINDOW OF LIFE was selected for the 2021 Red Sea Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Off Award for Best Short Film at the Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy </span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lGpwhMkzE', '', 'tlw 1.jpg', 'tlw 2.jpg', 'tlw 3.jpg', 'the_last_winter_2 (1).jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30012837/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(477, 'THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM', 'Axxam Yaṛɣa, Maqaṛ Ansaḥmu', '542688277', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p>Avant la Nuit</p>', '<p>Benjamin Costes and Thibaut Amri</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yanis &mdash; a young Kabyle man &mdash; is leaving for Paris, so, he goes to the nearby village to tie up some loose ends. There he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mishap in a caf&eacute; turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie; at first desperate, then thoughtful, and melancholic.</span></p>', 'Mehdi Ramdani<br />Mohamed Lefkir</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Jowan Le Besco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Esther Frey</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '43 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors\' Fortnight</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received Production Grants from R&eacute;gion Occitanie, AFAC, and the Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de l\'Image Anim&eacute;e</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors\' Fortnight, France (Official Selection)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Cin&eacute;ma de Douarnenez, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bejaia Film Encounters, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en Montpellier, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival des Cin&eacute;mas d\'Afrique du pays d\'Apt, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IndieLisboa - International Film Festival, Lisbon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Cin&eacute;ma de Brive International Medium-length Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival in Marseille</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medfilm Festival Rome, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award at the IndieLisboa - International Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTNHvxDbtA', '', 'thof 1.jpg', 'thof 2.jpg', 'thof 3.jpg', 'thof tmp pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;a poetic film, carried by inspired amateur actors.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><a href=\"https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/cinema/festival-de-cannes/festival-de-cannes-2023-rencontre-avec-mouloud-ait-liotna-realisateur-de-la-maison-brule-autant-se-rechauffer-premier-film-kabyle-sur-la-croisette_5827241.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Berkani-franceinfo</span></a></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27756953', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(478, 'Conditional Desire', 'Taseed', '405011553', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Instinct Bleu Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarra Ben Hassen, Houcem Slouli</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed and Salma, despite residing in a society that values conformity, strive to remain honest with themselves; however, they find themselves grappling with a heart-wrenching psychological burden as they sacrifice their happiness to meet the expectations of others. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Im&egrave;ne Ghazouani&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slim Dhib&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghassen Trabelsi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aicha Azzouz</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Houcem Slouli</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Farouk Laaridh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Chedy Fendri</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director served as an assistant director on prominent films </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like DEAR SON, GHODWA, and BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer Farouk Laaridh worked on the film OLFA\'S DAUGHTERS, which featured at the Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delves into the profound themes of societal pressure and identity and offers a thought-provoking perspective on the intricacies of identity, love, and personal freedom</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engelsiz Filmler Festivali (Accessible Film Festival), Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds International Film Festival (Official Selection), England&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Toronto&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soura Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival di Cinema African-Verona </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award at the Accessible Film Festival, Turkey</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYpNPyXZB4', '', 'cnd 1.jpg', 'cnd 2.jpg', '3.jpg', 'Poster with festivals logos.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28637416', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(479, 'Manity', 'Mawssam', '1939529603', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Lebanon, France, and Qatar</p>', '<p>Les Films de l\'Alta&iuml;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tania El Khoury</span></p>', '<p>On a sunny day, Firas &mdash; an 11-year-old boy &mdash; accompanies his father Tayseer and his father&rsquo;s friend Rayan on a bird-hunting jaunt in the Lebanese mountainside. What is supposed to be a calm hunting trip turns into an unforgettable experience.</p>', 'Charbel Kamel, Hadi Jibbawi, Jade Breidi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Hussen Ibraheem<br />DOP: Julien Saez<br />Editor: Kamal El Mallakh and Hussen Ibraheem', '15 min', '<p>World premiered at the celebrated C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Film Festival in France Arab World premiered in the RSIFF&rsquo;s Official Short Film Competition Hussen Ibraheem&rsquo;s previous shorts have been awarded in many international film festivals Produced by Tania El Khoury, acclaimed Lebanese producer of MACHTAT (Cannes 2023) and BACKSTAGE (Venice 2023)</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Festival, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival, Germany</span></h2>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia (Arab World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buff International Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Green Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca International Independent Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Lessinia Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cortomontagna Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safar Film Festival, UK </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Drama International Short Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh_937LhgGo', '', 'manity1.jpg', 'manity2.jpg', 'manity3.jpg', 'Manity poster + laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16276978', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(480, 'Take My Breath', 'Al Mabeyn', '1327745980', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leyth Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamzeh Mysthique Films</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slim Hafaiedh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Hamzeh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shams must live in the shadows. At 23, life is steeped in secrecy and unimaginable pain. Stripped of the right to exist, Shams is shunned by true love and rejected by society&rsquo;s rigid norms and expectations.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amina Ben Ismail</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Mrad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sana Ben Cheikh Larbi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aymen Ben Hmida</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Nada Mezni Hafaiedh and Pascal Jousse</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohamed Magrahoui</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Noura Nefzi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '96 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at Warsaw International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring breakout Tunisian star actress Amina Ben Smail, who is set to star in Pierro Mesina&rsquo;s upcoming sci-fi film &ldquo;Another End,&rdquo; starring Gael Garc&iacute;a Bernal and Renate Reinsve (&ldquo;The Worst Person in the World&rdquo;)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieved unprecedented theatrical success in Tunisia, with over 70,000+ box office admissions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theatrical release: October 25, 2023</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia&rsquo;s Official Entry for the 97th Academy Awards </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geneva International Oriental Film Festiva</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women&rsquo;s Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Best Actress Award for Amina Ben Smail at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIFOG d\'Or Winner and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention for Best Actress for Amina Ben Smail at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award at Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buraq Award at the Mena Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTQNfuJW49U', '', 'tmb 1.jpg', 'tmb2.jpg', 'tmb3.jpg', 'tmb poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/take-my-breath-review-al-mabeyn-1236250861/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon - Variety</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><a href=\"https://filmthreat.com/reviews/take-my-breath/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bobby LePire - Film Threat</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tunisia-take-my-breath-2025-oscars-best-international-feature-1236018887/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott Roxborough -The Hollywood Reporter </span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Beautifully shot&hellip;&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/take-my-breath-review-al-mabeyn-1236250861/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s opening moments are so quiet and naturalistic, highlighting the beauty of the island.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/take-my-breath-review-al-mabeyn-1236250861/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take My Breath is a well-made and involving drama&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><a href=\"https://filmthreat.com/reviews/take-my-breath/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bobby LePire - Film Threat</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14356054', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(481, 'Loss', 'فقدان', '1884561346', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>RK Films</p>', '<p>Rami Al-Kassab</p>', '<p>As a group of immigrants crosses the desert border of North Sudan into Egypt, a sudden mother&rsquo;s cry changes the course of a journey full of loss.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yara Kassem</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayman Toumeh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hala Serdah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ammar Shamma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muhannad Makki</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Rami Al-Kassab<br />Editor: Mikhail Michelle<br />Cinematography: Abdallah Ashry<br />Sound: Mahmoud Radi<br />Music: Sami Martini', '9 min', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Cin&eacute;ma et Immigration Oujda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&rsquo;m Migrant Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention for Filmmakers of Youth category, Cairo International Short Film Festival </span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/bruj5GLm9VU?si=6AJSMMDF4FPRXQ8R', '', 'LOSS_4K_Master_25Fps.00_05_48_07.Still006.jpg', 'LOSS_4K_Master_25Fps.00_05_33_11.Still005.jpg', 'LOSS_4K_Master_25Fps.00_03_03_20.Still003.jpg', 'Loss Film Poster EN.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28773869/?ref  _=nm_knf_t_2', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(482, 'The First Dinner', 'العشاء الأول', '319804305', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama </span></p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Ibraheem</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siwar and her father sit face-to-face at the dinner table, redefining their non-existent relationship after fifteen years of estrangement. Could what once was still be?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El Basha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jiana Awwad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elias Aboud</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Thekra Makalda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Yuval Horvitz</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Gal Zaidman</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Kamel El Basha</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who previously won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role in THE INSULT&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Asian World Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian World Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival in Amsterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Cinetoile International Short Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRJ5W8Jpqp8', '', 'fd 1.jpg', 'fd 2.jpg', 'fd 3.jpg', 'poster 03 main.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27428914', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(483, 'NYA', '', '67988627', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France, Algeria</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La M&eacute;ridienne, Thala Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pierre Herve, Marine Colomies, and Fay&ccedil;al Hammoum</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place in Algerian suburbia in 1994, the story revolves around Anya &mdash; a seven-year-old girl who blissfully experiences her childhood without being aware of the turmoil caused by the civil war engulfing her country.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her sole desire is for her father &mdash; a journalist away on an assignment &mdash; to come back in time for the Mouloud holiday. Nevertheless, the violence of the real world slowly encroaches upon her daily life, causing her childish innocence to waver. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melissa Benyahia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meriem Medjkane</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Kateb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghyzl&eacute;ne Ben Ali</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Imene Ayadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Nader Chalhoub</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Tyliann Tondeur-Grozdanovitch</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by CNC, France 2, Doha Film Institute, and Institut Francais d\'Alg&eacute;rie</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delves into the pivotal moment when a child starts understanding their world, making us question what parents should reveal or hide.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bejaia Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maghreb Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Trouville Off-Courts Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAME Short Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetova International Film, North Macedonia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussele\'s International Women Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat International Author Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morocco</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cultural Film Festival of Imedghassen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timimoun International Short Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix Grand Action at Les Nuits MED</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film on the Representation of Women at In Her Eyes International Women Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction Short Film, International Cultural Film Festival of Imedghassen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize at Timimoun International Short Film Festival, Algeria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/VbAhzZqnb4E', '', 'nya 1.jpg', 'nya 2.jpg', 'nya 3.jpg', 'NYA poster w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://contribute.imdb.com/contribution/231214-141226-584000/?ref_=ra_sub_wa', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(485, 'The Sun Sets On Beirut', 'غروب بيروت', '1525729757', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Lebanon, United Kingdom</p>', '<p>London Film School, Sky Lantern Productions</p>', '<p>Yuenho Sung, Fayez Abou Khater</p>', '<p>In the aftermath of the destruction in Beirut, Mounia, a young woman in her mid-20s, searches for her lost cat among the ruins. Joined by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they navigate the remnants of their city on a quest to recover what&rsquo;s been lost.</p>', 'Marilyne Naaman, Pio Chihane, Jo McGarry, Salma Chalaby</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Daniela Stephan<br />DOP: Fatma Rasha Shehadeh<br />Editor: Daniela Stephan', '17 min', '<p>Screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals, won four awards, and opened the Tripoli International Film Festival Participated in Cannes&rsquo; March&eacute; du Film Helmed by director Daniela Stephhan, who won Best Female Director at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival for her short film MUMMY BLUE, and produced by BAFTA Connect member Yuenho Sung Features Lebanese actress and singer Marilyn Naaman, who headlined the feature film MOTHER VALLEY, for which she won Best Actress at the Amman International Film Festival Reflects on the unprecedented non-nuclear explosion that took place in the heart of Beirut, delving into the profound impact on a generation adrift in the post-war period while featuring universal themes like loss of identity, grief, and belonging</p>', '<p>Olhares do Mediterraneo International Women Film Festival, Portugal Tripoli International Film Festival, Lebanon Linz International Short Film Festival, Austria Amman International Film Festival, Jordan Les Nuits Mediterraneennes du Court M&eacute;trage, France Lebanese Film Festival, Canada Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon Flickers&rsquo; Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA InterFilm Berlin, Germany</p>', '<p>Best Student Film at the Olhares do Mediterraneo International Women Film Festival Grand Prize at Les Nuits Mediterraneennes du Court M&eacute;trage Jury Special Mention and the Audience Vote Award at the Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHI_BqzJ_Y', '', 'ssob 1.jpg', 'ssob 2.jpg', 'ssob 3.jpg', 'SSOB POSTER w laurels.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21201108/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
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(487, 'Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo', 'Dounia et la princesse d\'Alep', '382286120 , 1001008393', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Animation</p>', '<p>Canada, France</p>', '<p>Tobo Studio</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judoth Beauregard</span></p>', '<p>With a few nigella seeds delicately held in the palm of her hand, six-year-old Dounia embarks on a journey from Aleppo, guided by the Princess of Aleppo, as they set off towards a new and unknown world.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachaf Ataya</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsa Mardorissian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manuel Tadros</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ra&iuml;a Haidar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Marya Zarif <br />Cinematography: Marie-Michelle Laflamme <br />Sound: Pierre-Yves Drapeau', '74 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the prestigious</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annecy International Animation Film Festival in Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This enchanting, appealingly animated story... is a picture of considerable charm\" (</span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-annecy-review/5171763.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScreenDaily</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at 60+ worldwide film festivals</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected at top Arab festivals including Red Sea, Marrakech, and Ajyal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film at the esteemed 2022 Asia Pacific Screen Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Official Selection), France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajyal Film Festival - Doha Film Institute, Qatar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gijon International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Prisma Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JuniorFest, Czech Republic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du nouveau cin&eacute;ma, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival des 3 Continents, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arras Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Voir Ensemble, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mon Premier Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;filou, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hivernal Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piccolo Grande Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Grand Bivouac, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinep&auml;nz - Film Festival for Young Audience, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineteca di Bologna, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Children International Film Festival, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mekn&egrave;s International Animation Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oslo Arab Film Days, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrousel international du film de Rimouski, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival cin&eacute;ma en famille de Qu&eacute;bec, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Francofilm Festival Dubai, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;ma du monde de Sherbrooke, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFFF Dortmund+K&ouml;ln 2023, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabisk Filmfest Bergen, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Club Jaramana, Syria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;ma pour les droits humains, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zl&iacute;n Film Festival, Czech Republic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pesaro Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAFAR Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong Kids International Film Festival, Hong Kong</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUSTER Filmfestival, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Divercine, Uruguay</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rural Encounters Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troms&oslash; International Film Festival Junior, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FANTOCHE - International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kids Kino International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Fest, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animest Bucharest, Romania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, United Arab Emirates</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discovery Film Festival, Scotland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Cin&eacute;ma d\'Auteur de Rabat, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Children&rsquo;s Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abidjan Animation Film Festival, Ivory Coast</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quebec Cinema Awards, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Francophone de Gr&egrave;ce (Greece)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(United States)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Kristiansand International Children\'s Film Festival (Norway)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Films Femmes Afrique (Senegal) Milwaukee Film Festival (United States)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco Arab Film Festival (United States)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irish Film Institute (Ireland) Celebrating Syria Festival + Horizon Festival (UK)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool Arab Art Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marsam Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Fest, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prix Japan Prize, Japan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finalist Asian Pacific Screen Awards, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finalist New York Children International Film Festival, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mekn&egrave;s International Animation Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival cin&eacute;ma en famille de Qu&eacute;bec, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kids Choice Festival Au cin&eacute;ma pour les droits humains, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at Jordan Children&rsquo;s Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-3ph7UXZM', '', 'dounia1.jpg', 'dounia2.jpg', 'dounia3.jpg', 'poster with logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-annecy-review/5171763.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-annecy-review/5171763.article</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.thereviewshub.com/dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-safar-film-festival-2023/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.thereviewshub.com/dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-safar-film-festival-2023/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://camstheothersideofanimation.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/the-other-side-of-animation-296-dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://camstheothersideofanimation.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/the-other-side-of-animation-296-dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-review/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://movieprairie.com/the-magic-of-dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-recap-and-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://movieprairie.com/the-magic-of-dounia-and-the-princess-of-aleppo-recap-and-review/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young girl&rsquo;s journey to find a new home provides the road map for this enchanting animated story</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; &ndash; Wendy Ide, Screen Daily</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This enchanting, appealingly animated story... is a picture of considerable charm\" &ndash; Wendy Ide</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The humanity of Zarif and Kadi&rsquo;s film is its strength, and across the 70-minute running time the good-humoured and comedy characters as well as the scale of their mission is captivating, making </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dounia and the Princess</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Aleppo</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a meaningful and enchanting cinema experience.&rdquo; &ndash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryam Philpott, Reviews Hub</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animation for </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dounia</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is rather lovely. You can compare it to other films like </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lanya&rsquo;s Poem </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and criticize how it uses what is assumedly a motion-tween-based world with its characters, but many shows use this type of animation and can pull it off well.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; &ndash; The Other Side of Animation </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23327624', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(488, 'La Zone', '', '1960956599', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia, Germany, France, Luxembourg</p>', '<p>Zone Art Films, Soilfilms Media</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilal Athimni, Silvana Santamaria</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the small Tunisian town of Jendouba, the 40-year-old miserable cop Lenin crosses paths with a gangster and his girlfriend. Soon after, the gangster&rsquo;s girlfriend steals Lenin&rsquo;s gun, turning his life upside down.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, Lenin attempts to find his weapon before losing his job, delving further into the murky underbelly of modern Tunisia.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aloui Bahram</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Jallali</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaeddine Chouiref</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asma Oueslati</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Lassaad Dkhili</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Lisa Muzzulini</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ramy Jarboui</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '88 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Lassaad Dkhili, a graduate of Louis Lumi&egrave;re Film School, had his short film NESMA WA RIH screened at the Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer Lisa Muzzulini is a London Film School alumna whose experimental short IO earned the Cannes Jury Prize</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source of hope for fighting against a mafia system, it highlights the potential for positive change and serves as an inspiration for a collective struggle while also exploring the multifaceted nature of the weapon, representing threat, despair, justice, and settling scores</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou9PEeSPnb4', '', 'LA ZONE1.jpg', 'la zone 2.jpg', 'LA ZONE 3.jpg', '1114.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16642438', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(489, 'One Last Wish', 'أمنية أخيرة', '762025349', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Jordan</p>', '<p>A0 Productions, Tabi 360</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter, Rema Saoub</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the physical distance, Serine loves her grandmother to such an extent that she embarks on a lengthy journey to reunite with her upon hearing she is ill.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when she arrives, she discovers that, although it is difficult to understand her grandma&rsquo;s wishes, carrying them out is far more difficult. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salwa Nakkara</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaden Kanboura</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Taybeh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona AbdelHadi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Areeb Zuaiter<br />DOP: Francisco G&oacute;zon<br />Editor: Rebekah Wingret', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features a star-studded cast, including Salwa Nakkara, known for JUNCTION 48 &mdash; which won Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Audience Award &mdash; and Firas Taybeh, known for ALADDI</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter&rsquo;s film COLORS OF RESISTANCE won Best Documentary Short at the London Independent Film Awards, among other awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the director&rsquo;s personal experience, the film takes viewers on an intense emotional journey as a granddaughter has to make a hard decision to fulfill her grandmother&rsquo;s wish</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aceh Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Film Festival in Iraq </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVPIyPx9XKs', '', 'One Last Wish 1.jpg', 'One Last Wish 2.jpg', 'One Last Wish 3.jpg', 'One last wish poster w logo.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31152502/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(490, 'DIARIES FROM LEBANON', 'متل قصص الحب', '1425511827', 'documentary', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, France, Qatar, KSA</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abbout Productions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoGoGo Films</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam Sassine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carine Ruszniewski</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>In the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.&nbsp;<br />As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joumana Haddad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georges Moufarej</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perla-Joe Maalouli</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Myriam El Hajj</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOPs: Jihad Saad&eacute;, Myriam El Hajj, and Mohamed Siam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '110 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the 2024 Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Berlin International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli&rsquo;s soundtrack for the TV series BEIRUT 6:07 was nominated for an Emmy Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by powerhouse Lebanese producer Myriam Sassine, who has most notably produced COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON, A SON, and 1982</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama), Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visions du R&eacute;el International Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Champs &Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Geneva International Oriental Film Festival &ndash; FIFOG, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arts of Lebanon Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tofifest - Toruń International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival Signs of The Night in Bangkok, Thailand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les &Eacute;tats G&eacute;n&eacute;raux du Documentaire, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F&uuml;nf Seen Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Politica Concordia, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival of France, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Make Waves International Film Festival, Taiwan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silk Road International Film Festival, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amiens International Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;ma sous les &eacute;toiles, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Screen Festival, Tunisa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unseen Nairobi, Kenya</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big-Screen Documentary Award at the Amiens International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Award at the Silk Road International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Jury Prize for French Features at the Champs &Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention for Quality of Subject Treatment at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival &ndash; FIFOG</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Signs Award at the International Festival Signs of The Night in Bangkok</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnpRv2MBbTg', 'tn dfl.jpg', 'DFL Still 1.jpg', 'dfl22.jpg', 'dfl33.jpg', 'Poster-diariesfromlebanon_70x100cm final .jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://convenzionali.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/diaries-from-lebanon/\"><strong>Gabriele Ottaviani &mdash; Convenzionali</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/diaries-from-lebanon/\"><strong>Jay Weissberg &mdash; The Film Verdict</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.moviebreak.de/film/diaries-from-lebanon\"><strong>Lida Bach &mdash; Moviebreak</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/457425/\"><strong>Ola Salwa &mdash; Cineuropa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><a href=\"https://www.taxidrivers.it/341440/panorama/diaries-of-lebanon-3-destini-3-storie-damore-per-il-libano.html\"><strong>Roberto Baldassarre &mdash; TaxiDrivers</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/03/documentary-review-diaries-from-lebanon-2024-by-myriam-el-hajj/\"><strong>Panos Kotzathanasis &mdash; Asian Movie Pulse</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/berlinale-2024-review-diaries-of-lebanon-myriam-el-hajj/\"><strong>Marc van de Klashorst &mdash; International Cinephile Society</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/03/documentary-review-diaries-from-lebanon-2024-by-myriam-el-hajj/\"><strong>Panos Kotzathanasis &mdash; Asian Movie Pulse</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.abouther.com/node/65316/entertainment/music-film-television/%E2%80%9Cdiaries-lebanon%E2%80%9D-riveting-portrayal-nation-flux\"><strong>Natalie Kebbe &mdash; About Her</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Not to be missed for any reason.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://convenzionali.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/diaries-from-lebanon/\"><strong>Gabriele Ottaviani &mdash; Convenzionali</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;[A] defiant documentary tracing the country&rsquo;s ups and downs since 2018.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/diaries-from-lebanon/\"><strong>Jay Weissberg &mdash; The Film Verdict</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Three leading characters [who] together&hellip; represent the collective Lebanese identity.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/457425/\"><strong>Ola Salwa &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Reminiscent of a past that bears a depressing resemblance to the future.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.moviebreak.de/film/diaries-from-lebanon\"><strong>Lida Bach &mdash; Moviebreak</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Portrays three generations, as possible solutions to restore peace in this country tortured by dictatorships and wars.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.taxidrivers.it/341440/panorama/diaries-of-lebanon-3-destini-3-storie-damore-per-il-libano.html\"><strong>Roberto Baldassarre &mdash; TaxiDrivers</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Raw and honest, the film is a powerful snapshot of Lebanon.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/berlinale-2024-review-diaries-of-lebanon-myriam-el-hajj/\"><strong>Marc van de Klashorst &mdash; International Cinephile Society</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Diaries from Lebanon powerfully encapsulates the turbulent saga of&nbsp; Lebanon while remaining intriguing from beginning to end.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/03/documentary-review-diaries-from-lebanon-2024-by-myriam-el-hajj/\"><strong>Panos Kotzathanasis &mdash; Asian Movie Pulse</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;El-Hajj chronicles the ups and downs of their [the protagonists&rsquo;] lives, creating a compelling 110-minute film that is expertly crafted and emotionally charged.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.abouther.com/node/65316/entertainment/music-film-television/%E2%80%9Cdiaries-lebanon%E2%80%9D-riveting-portrayal-nation-flux\"><strong>Natalie Kebbe &mdash; About Her</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30953695/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(491, 'After the Fire', 'Avant Que Les Flammes Ne S\'eteignent', '1503489380', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topshot Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAC Films</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Arthur Goisset, Micha&euml;l Gentille</p>', '<p>Following the death of her younger brother during a police intervention, Malika embarks on a legal battle to ensure a trial takes place. However, her quest for truth jeopardizes the stability of her family.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cam&eacute;lia Jordana</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofiane Zermani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofian Khammes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Faidi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mehdi Fikri<br />DOP: Mehdi Fikri<br />Sound: C&eacute;dric Berger<br />Editor: B&eacute;atrice Herminie<br />Music: Andrea Boccadoro', '96 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered as part of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival&rsquo;s Discovery Program</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackles police brutality targeting North African immigrants in France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars French-Algerian pop star Cam&eacute;lia Jordana, winner of the C&eacute;sar Award for Most Promising Actress</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at several French film festivals and released commercially in Canadian theaters</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rome Film Fest, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T&uuml;bingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAPIS ROUGE French Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beaujolais Meetings of French-speaking Cinema, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Watch Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Du Film Ind&eacute;pendant De Bordeaux, France </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention at the Rome Film Fest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High School Students&rsquo; Award at the Beaujolais Meetings of French-speaking Cinema&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'After the Fire still (1).jpg', '5.-AQLF_230530_Stills2K_02_00139783.jpeg', '14.-AQLF_230530_Stills2K_02_00180944.jpeg', 'After the Fire int. poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/450183/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review: After the Fire - Cineuropa</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://movieweb.com/after-the-fire-2023-movie-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the Fire Review | A Simmering Film Asks Who Will Protect Us from the Police (movieweb.com)</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-after-the-fire-details-the-fight-against-a-broken-bureaucracy/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIFF Review: After the Fire Details the Fight Against a Broken Bureaucracy (thefilmstage.com)</span></a></li>\r\n</ul>', '<p>&ldquo;Aims to be the definitive word on the corrupt policing and social disenfranchisement affecting so many immigrant communities.&rdquo; David Katz &mdash; Cineuropa &ldquo;AFTER THE FIRE benefits from a superb screenplay from Fikri. Like many movies that fight for civil rights, yes, there\'s a grander, socially relevant goal that pushes the characters through the film, but, at the same time, Fikri never loses sight of the family at hand.&rdquo; Jericho Tadeo &mdash; MOVIEWEB &ldquo;Sets the stage to depict just how damaging systemic racism is in countries dominated by institutions built upon white supremacy.&rdquo; Jared Mobarak &mdash; The Film Stage</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25763646/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(492, 'A Day', 'Youm', '1174316719', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Bahrain</p>', '<p>Blu Steel Films</p>', '<p>Mohamed Fareed</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon turning 70, an old man feels incredibly alone and unimportant in his community. He considers his history while seeing the changes in society around him. But as his memories steadily fade, he becomes more and more wounded with every loss.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yehya Abdalrasool</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Al-Saeed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mosa Jaffar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Al-Ghais</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ahmed Akbar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ahmed Akbar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Jaffar Alhelwachi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Vishnu Pillai</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '6 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several of the director\'s films have been awarded funds by esteemed organizations</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film explores a human-centered narrative that he encountered from his father\'s experience </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia </span></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IurcpYqn4Nc', '', 'aday1.jpg', 'aday2.jpg', 'aday3.jpg', 'A-Day-Poster-MAD.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31392230/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(493, 'Thank You for Banking with Us', 'شكرًا لأنك تحلم معنا', '2051406215', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama , Comedy</p>', '<p>Palestine, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August Films, In Good Company Films, Lagoonie Film Production</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Atallah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ronza Kamel</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finding out that their father left a huge sum of money behind after his death, Mariam and Noura come up with an elaborate scheme to abscond with the money before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; finds out about their father&rsquo;s death.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Al Massri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clara Khoury</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El Basha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashraf Barhoum</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer: Laila Abbas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer(s): Hanna Atallah, Ronza Kamel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Companies: August Films, In Good Company Films, Lagoonie Film Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Konstantin Kroening</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Heba Othman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Tarek Abu Ghoush</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Sales By: MAD World</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Sales and Distribution By: MAD Distribution</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', ' 90 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last film shot in Ramallah prior to the genocide</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique premise of a Palestinian sister-heist film&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Al Massry, Kamel Al Basha and Hanna Atalla</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival ,United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Human Fest,Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London, World Premiere, Official Competition, London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, MENA Premiere, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Rooster Awards, China</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days Oslo, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wales One World Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOOOV Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nordic Palestinian Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Award for Arab Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisconsin Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DC Palestinian Film &amp; Arts Festival (USA)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestinian Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaza International Women&rsquo;s Cinema Festival, Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad International Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White Night of Cinema and Human Rights</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week of Films on Women&rsquo;s Rights</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Club for the Deaf</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, Lisbon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danish Film Institute</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pluk de Nacht Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algiers International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra Mundo &Aacute;rabe de Cinema, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Rooster Award for Best Film, Golden Rooster Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Alexander for Best Director, Thessaloniki Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Star, El Gouna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bader Best Feature Film Award, Ajyal Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Fiction, Beirut International Women Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay, Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award for Best Narrative Film, Houston Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention at the Human Fest in Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize and Best Actress Award at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film and Best Director, Critics Award for Arab Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Boston Palestinian Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Orange Award for Best Feature Film &ndash; Best Actress Award for Clara Khoury, Gaza International Women&rsquo;s Cinema Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award for Clara Khoury, Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention, Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOvjE43laQ', '', 'Thank You for Banking with Us stills 1 (1).jpg', 'Thank You for Banking with Us stills 2.jpg', 'Thank You for Banking with Us stills 3.jpg', 'TYFBWU APPROVED web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2024/10/17/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-review-laila-abbas/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2024/10/17/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-review-laila-abbas/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-a-thriller-on-womens-inheritance\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-a-thriller-on-womens-inheritance</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://loudandclearreviews.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-film-review/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/director-laila-abbas-her-film-thank-you-banking-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.newarab.com/features/director-laila-abbas-her-film-thank-you-banking-us</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://nextbestpicture.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://nextbestpicture.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://moveablefest.com/laila-abbas-thank-you-for-banking-with-us/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://moveablefest.com/laila-abbas-thank-you-for-banking-with-us/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.thereviewshub.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-bfi-london-film-festival-2024/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.thereviewshub.com/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-bfi-london-film-festival-2024/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-london-review/5198234.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/thank-you-for-banking-with-us-london-review/5198234.article</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/468956/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/468956/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"&nbsp; Engages with the question of how important women&rsquo;s rights are in the context of a brutal occupation.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Alexander Durie &mdash; The New Arab</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" illustrates the everyday wants and needs of Palestinian women confronting various forms of oppression.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Hanna Flint &mdash; The National</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Abbass\' dialogue is efficient and effective\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>Wendy Ide &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Screen Daily</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Throughout the film, Khoury and Al Massri deliver a strong dose of sisterly tension.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Wendy Ide &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Screen Daily</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;authentic and relatable without being overwrought or melodramatic.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Wendy Ide &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Screen Daily</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"subtly highlights the intersectionality of Palestinian strife.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Wendy Ide &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Screen Daily</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Two sisters strain against Palestine&rsquo;s patriarchal bonds in this effective Ramallah-set debut.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Mariam Philpot &mdash; </strong><strong><em>The Reviews Hub</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"a reminder that not all stories from Palestine are tales of conflict, and that sometimes just simply being a woman is its own battle.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Mariam Philpot &mdash; </strong><strong><em>The Reviews Hub</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"a film about two ordinary women undermining patriarchal rules and managing to secure a little piece of the world for themselves.\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>William Stotter &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Loud and Clear Reviews</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Like Thelma and Louise, you can&rsquo;t help rooting for both of them\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>William Stotter &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Loud and Clear Reviews</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Inequality is everywhere in the world. It comes in many different forms and sizes. In turn, cinema has become and always will be a unique platform to analyse such societal issues.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Daniel Howat &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Next Big Picture</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"[The duo&rsquo;s] humorous escapades do not reduce the more serious themes of oppression.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Daniel Howat &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Next Big Picture</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The pair share brilliant chemistry&hellip;\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Daniel Howat &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Next Big Picture</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Abbas shows a promising eye for scathing one-liners&hellip;\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Daniel Howat &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Next Big Picture</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The prickly but loving chemistry between Khoury and Massri makes their journey worth rooting for.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;[&hellip;] a damning &ndash; and believable &ndash; portrait of the way women are treated&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;[...] a charming, personal look at a tragic system.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Rafa Ross &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Variety</em></strong><strong>[</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; &lsquo;take a glimpse into Palestinian life, with all its complexities and beauty as well.&rsquo; &rdquo; (Quote from Laila, used in Variety&rsquo;s piece.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><strong>Rafa Ross &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Variety</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;the call is coming from inside the house.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>Olivia Popp &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Cineuropa</em></strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;compelling duo&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>Olivia Popp &mdash; </strong><strong><em>Cineuropa</em></strong></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28254159', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(494, 'Where the Wind comes from', '', '1060908612', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Tunisia, France, Qatar</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ATLAS VISION</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Aitouna, Asma Chiboub </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rebellious 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming obstacles along the way.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slim Baccar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sondos Belhassen&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eya Bellagha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lobna Noomane </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed :Amel Guellaty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Frida Marzouk</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Amel Guellaty , Ghalya Lacroix and Malek Kammoun&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Omar Aloulou&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Aymen Labidi </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '100 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Director is known for her standout films BLACK MAMBA (2017) and GIRLS FEELS: SKIN DEEP (2022)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining festivals like the Sundance Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundance Film Festival, US (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkiye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malta Mediterranean Film Festival, Malta</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOOOV Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterranean Film Festival (CINEMED), Brussels</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, San Francisco, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Bee for Best Feature Film and Best Performance to Eya Bellagha at Mediterrane Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film, Toronto Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Behind the Scenes Award, MOOOV</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generation Jury Award, Galway Film Fleadh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JAM Award for Best Music &ndash; &euro;1,200 prize, Cinemed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award and Best Performance Award, Malta Mediterranean Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Feature Award, Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze Star for Best Narrative Film, El Gouna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScHDxX_MMpM', '', '2025mspiff_Where-The-Wind-Comes-From_1920x1080-3308.jpg', 'ie9zrh28hWhere_the_Wind_Comes_From-Still3.jpeg', '', 'Where-The-Wind-Comes-From - -updated.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/472790/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Kudl&aacute;č - Cineuropa</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/where-the-wind-comes-from-sundance-amel-guellaty-1236285951/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Rafa Sales Ross-Variety</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.autostraddle.com/where-the-wind-comes-from-queer-review/\">Drew Burnett Gregory - Autostraddle</a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; a visually striking film that packs in many themes within the simple framework of the road trip movie.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The soundtrack is full of recognizable classic Arab songs and contemporary Tunisian music&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Guellaty grounds these fantastical elements in the reality of the characters while giving the audience laughter and entertainment.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Where the Wind Comes From&rdquo; is fundamentally a story of friendship. However, Guellaty infuses it with so much more, exploring a few weighty themes, from systemic and generational misogyny to how making a living as an artist has become only for the wealthy&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;Guellaty made a tender film, by the end of which, its heft and significance have been revealed.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/where-the-wind-comes-from-review-1236293334/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murtada Elfadl - Variety</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the Wind Comes From</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> captures the uncertainty, recklessness, and hope of young people on the cusp of transformation. &ldquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/472790/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Kudl&aacute;č - Cineuropa</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;Guellaty balances an energising story with a thoughtful acknowledgement of the difficult choices her characters face, offering a portrait of a lost generation that wants to reinvent itself.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/472790/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Kudl&aacute;č - Cineuropa</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film works so well, because it takes the conventions of this dynamic and the conventions of the road movie and grounds them in the specifics of these characters and the contemporary youth experience of Tunisia&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Guellaty also works as a photographer and that&rsquo;s evident in the gorgeous look of the film.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.autostraddle.com/where-the-wind-comes-from-queer-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drew Burnett Gregory - Autostraddle</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31392105/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(495, 'ROSE WATER', 'MAY WARD', '1113090492', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Bahrain</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frame Box Center Productions</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassan Al-Shaikh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmood Al-Shaikh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryam spent 40 years of her life raising her children and taking care of the family. After the death of her husband, Sheikh Jaafar, her ex-boyfriend proposes to her, and she decides to agree.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryam Zeman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamaan Al-Ruwaii</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yahya AbdulRasoul&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussain Abdulali</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dana Al-Salem</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Mahmood Al-Shaikh and Mohammad Ateeq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohammad Ateeq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Mohammed Ahmed and Mahmood Ateeq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Mohammed Nema and Abdulla Al-Haiki</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '85 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director&rsquo;s short film RAINBOW won several awards, such as the Special Jury Prize from the Meknes International Film Festival, the Bronze Award for Best Integrated Film from the Samawah International Film Festival, and the Best Screenplay Award from the Wasit Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discusses the culture around women re-marrying in the Middle East</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Premiered at the Muscat International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat International Film Festival, Oman (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIU Kuwait International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Creativity Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Arab Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulf Cinema Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazan International Film Festival, Russia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fayoum International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian American Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco-Arab Film Festival of Noisy-le-Sec</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arab Film, AIU Kuwait International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention for Best Director, Arab Creativity Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress, Gulf Cinema Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k52uApUdOWI', '', 'rosewater1.jpg', 'rosewater2.jpg', 'rosewater3.jpg', 'rose water poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://akhbar-alkhaleej.com/news/article/1379195\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akhbar Al Khaleej </span></a></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;With ROSE WATER, Mahmood Al-Shaikh aims to revitalize the Bahraini film scene.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><strong>&nbsp;Akhbar Al Khaleej&nbsp;</strong></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; ROSE WATER represents a significant milestone in Bahraini and Gulf cinema.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><strong>&nbsp;Iraqi Film Critic Mahdi Abbas</strong></p>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32322813/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(496, 'The Grocery List ', 'لستة الماچله', '319869315', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Short, Comedy</p>', '<p>Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Qasha Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taqwa Ali Naser</span></p>', '<p>In a mini, hidden, weird supermarket where only bottles of milk are displayed, a young man, Jehad, sitting in a shopping cart, rebels against his mother after she rejects a bottle of milk of his own choice. In the end, will he go for his choice that clashes with societal expectations or submit to his mother&rsquo;s will?</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Saeed&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salwa Soliman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falah Jaffer&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Ali</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Scriptwriter: Taqwa Ali Naser<br />DOP: Jaffer Alhelwachi<br />Editor: Jaffer AlBaqali', '17 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by many prestigious institutions, including the Saudi Film Festival, the French Embassy in Bahrain, the Doha Film Institute, and Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise in Bahrain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taqwa Ali&rsquo;s SCAPEGOAT received the top development award at the Red Sea Souk of the Red Sea International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provides a creative and genuine satirical criticism of societal constraints towards marriage in Arab countries and how controlling mothers exert influence over their son&rsquo;s decisions on marriage</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South by Southwest London&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejunZhBQsmk', '', 'TGS 1.jpg', 'TGL 2.jpg', 'TGL3.jpg', 'The Grocery List �Poster-UPDATED-01.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(498, 'UPSHOT', 'ما بعد', '1184816311', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Palestine, Italy, France</p>', '<p>August Films</p>', '<p>Hanna Attalah</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suleiman and Mona are a couple who lead a solitary life in which they care for animals and trees and have constant heated discussions about their children&rsquo;s life choices. However, one day, their routine is disturbed when a stranger shows up, calling to mind a painful past. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Bakri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areen Omari</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Ala Hlehel</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Maha Haj\r<br/><p>DOP: Augustin Bonnet\r<br/><p>Editor: Veronique Lange', '34 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features a star-studded cast, including prominent actor and filmmaker Mohammed Bakri, who received numerous awards for his works, including the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival and Berlin&rsquo;s Free Speech Bear Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Maha Haj&rsquo;s film MEDITERRANEAN FEVER won the Best Screenplay Prize at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Hanna Atallah, who is known for the Seatle and Rotterdam winner, REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM and lensed by Augustin Bonnet, who is known for the Oscar-nominated ANATOMY OF A FALL</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delves into the profound question of how individuals can cope with overwhelming tragedy and pain and paints a haunting and prophetic picture of the state of Gaza</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno International Film Festival (World Premiere), Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed Montpellier, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FrontDoc, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival in Rome, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Filmer C\'est Exister in Geneva, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival (Opening)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PCMMO, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Palestine Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Maghrebin Du Film-OUJDA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mizna Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Festival Della Lessinia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film court de Grenoble&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Human Rights Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safar Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Le Cri du Court Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Fesitval</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Indie Shorts Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mizna Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for the Best Auteur Short Film and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Star for Best Short Film, El Gouna Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction Short Film, Sharjah Film Platform&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, FrontDoc</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Audience Award,&nbsp; Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, PCMMO</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at Festival du Film court de Grenoble</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Script at Casablanca Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Grand Prize, Best Actor and Student Jury Award at Le Cri du Court Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at Houston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor for Mohammed Bakri, New York Indie Shorts Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Honorable Mention, Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize and Best Male Performance Prize, Festival International Maghrebin Du Film-OUJDA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjIewghCG_I', '', 'Upshot_FTR-H264-15mbit_1080p_Stereo_2024-03-07.00_11_59_12.Still011.jpg', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160_239_24_R709g24_TXTD_AR-XX_20TH-51TH_2024-04-10 clear.00_09_09_17.Still001.jpg', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160_239_24_R709g24_TXTD_AR-XX_20TH-51TH_2024-04-10 clear.00_20_45_21.Still002.jpg', 'UPSHOT DEC 2025.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><strong><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/08/film-review-upshot-2024-by-maha-haj/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus </span></a></strong></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;One of the best films of the year so far.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/08/film-review-upshot-2024-by-maha-haj/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A poignant production that will not leave the minds of its audience anytime soon.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"http://jordan-rmitv.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oliver Jordan-RMITV.ORG&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Upshot</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-tearing drama with an excellent cast, done with precise technical execution.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://ubiquarian.net/2024/08/locarno-review-upshot-2024/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marina D.Richter-Ubiquarian </span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32898058/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(499, 'Sanctity', 'Hurma', '405576598', 'short films', '2013', 'Drama', 'France, UAE, KSA', 'Bizibi, SilverGrey Pictures with the participation of France\'s CNC', '<p>J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Bleitrach</p>', 'Areej, a young pregnant Saudi widow, will endure anything to protect her unborn child.', 'Ahd Kamel, Mohammad Othman, Mohammad Baker</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ahd Kamel<br />DOP: Tristan Tortuyaux<br />Editor: L&eacute;a Masson', '37 min', 'First Saudi film to be selected for the Short Film competition at the Berlin International Film Festival\r<br/>The first film to focus on Saudi woman in the alleys of Jeddah', 'Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Germany\r<br/>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt\r<br/>Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE\r<br/>Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Ayam Beirut Al Cinema\'yia (Beirut Cinema Days), Lebanon\r<br/>Arab Film Festival, Australia \r<br/>Birds Eye View Film Festival, UK', 'Golden Aleph at the Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon\r<br/>Development Award at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar\r<br/>Second Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE', '', '', 'Sanctity still 1.jpg', 'Sanctity still 3.jpg', 'Sanctity still 4.jpg', 'Sanctity - poster (1).jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http://www.aleqt.com/2013/01/23/article_726818.html\">Abdullah Bajaber - Aleqtisadiah (Arabic)</a></span></p>', '“An important film that deserves appreciation and encouragement to this young director” Abdullah Bajaber - Aleqtisadiah (Arabic)', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2629112', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(500, 'LADIES COFFEE', 'Subhiyeh', '682745042', 'short films', '2024', '<p>horror</p>', '<p>UK</p>', '<p>Backscatter Productions Kusini Productions</p>', '<p>Isabella Speaight<br />Catherine White</p>', '<p>In typical Arab fashion and on the prowl for lady suitors, Roula invites Zeina and her daughter Reem over for an Arabic coffee matinee. When young Reem is encouraged to participate in a coffee cup reading ritual, she gets more than she bargained for. In true Lovecraftian fashion, the ritual goes awry &ndash; she can no longer unsee what she now sees; she can no longer un-hear what she now hears, and things will never be the same again.</p>', 'Amira Al-Shanti, Rania Kurdi, Faten Omary, Hugh Meyer</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Amal Al-Agroobi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Beatriz Delgado Mena</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Will Fletcher and Shawn Briggs</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Stefania Fantini</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '10 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director has a myriad of awards under her belt, such as an Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Award, the UAE GDA Film Award, and the People&rsquo;s Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars renowned British Jordanian actress Rania Kurdi.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLKKMoXE1gQ', 'LadiesCoffee_ARENGPoster_Big.jpg', 'LC1.jpg', 'LC2.jpg', 'LC3.jpg', 'Ladies Coffee poster web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/04/short-film-review-ladies-coffee-2024-by-amal-al-agroobi/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus </span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Ladies Coffee is an intriguing short that presents its comments in intricate fashion.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/04/short-film-review-ladies-coffee-2024-by-amal-al-agroobi/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus </span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23733104/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(501, 'GHOST OF SPACETIME', 'Tayf Al Zamakan', '363082472', 'short films', '2020', '<p>Drama - War</p>', '', '', '', '<p>A window into the life of a family affected by the tragedies and inevitable bloodshed of war.</p>', 'Sami Saadlah<br />Hanane Khaldi<br />Aziz Yassine<br />Ahmed El Mir<br />Driss Diori<br />Rayane Ouali</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Karim Tajouaout and Safae Lamhaous<br />DOP: Karim Tajouaout<br />Editor: Mohamed Abaid<br />Sound: Mostapha Mossaoui and Yahya Badaoui<br />Music: Nada Azhari and Reda Mahrouch', '9 mins', '<p>Director Karim Tajouaout was nominated for the Grand Prix for his film M&Eacute;MOIRE CHRONISME at the Marrakech International Film Festival M&Eacute;MOIRE CHRONISME received the Grand Prix at the Qumra Film Festival organized by the Doha Film Institute, the Al Akhawayn Short Film Festival, and the Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora The short film has been to 15 film festivals and received nine awards.</p>', '<p>Festival National du Film de Tanger, Morocco Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco Grand OFF - World Independent Short Film Awards, Poland Los Angeles Film Festival, US Le&oacute;n International Film Festival, Mexico The 1st Monthly Film Festival, Serbia Huntington Beach Film Festival, US Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden Durban FilmMart, South Africa HECARE - Human Environment Care Film Festival (HECFF), Canada Bejaad Film and Art Festival, Morocco Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco Shiver International Film Festival, Canada Nepal Africa Film Festival, Nepal FlickFair Film Festival Festival International du Film de Nouakchott, Mauritania</p>', '<p>ury Prize at the Le&oacute;n International Film Festival Prix de Critique at the Festival National du Film de Tanger Best Artistic Achievement Award from the Luxor African Film Festival Special Mention at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival Grand Prix at the Bejaad Film and Art Festival 2nd Best Short Film Award at the 1st Monthly Film Festival Best Experimental Short Film at the Huntington Beach Film Festival Best Experimental Film at the Shiver International Film Festival Jury Prize at the Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda Grand Prix at the Festival International du Film de Nouakchott Best Short Film at the Nepal Africa film Festival</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEC26Q6C9Q', '', 'ghost of space1.jpg', 'ghost of spcae2.jpg', 'ghost of spcae3.jpg', 'Affich de Film Gost Of Spacetime.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', ' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30413553/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(502, 'Gazan Tales ', 'غزة التي تطل على البحر', '586611346', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Observational Documentary&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Palestine, Tunisia</p>', '', '<p>Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed</p>', '<p>In the heart of the Gaza Strip, four men navigate through divergent paths in pursuit of their definitions of existence, intertwining their fates amidst the complexities of life, love, and survival.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hemdy Al Ghora&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abd El Aziz Sbih&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youssef Jad Al Haq&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fadl Srour</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: From Gaza to the World team&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: From Gaza to the World team</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Yassine Tbessi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '82 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring authentic stories from Gaza that shed light on the resilience, creativity, and humanity of its people amidst the challenges they face.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed won the Best Directing award from the Imedghassen Film Festival and International Inter-University Short Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sao P&atilde;olo International Film Festival, World Premiere, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival in Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Arab Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Star Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Documentary Film Festival R&Eacute;EL, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentarist Film Festival in Istanbul </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WTxn-B8R7o', '', 'GT1.jpg', 'GT2.jpg', 'GT3.jpg', 'Gazan Tales Poster English Title.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(503, 'This Is My Night', 'هذه ليلتي', '1484895951', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Syria, UAE</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent</span></p>', '<p>Jafra Younes</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruba, an artist grappling with severe depression, lives with her retired military father. At noon, after she finishes cleaning the apartment, she confides in him about her intention to commit suicide in a few hours</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jafra Younes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassan Alsaleh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kifah Zainie</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdulelah Alawamleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakeeb Al Jaeousi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Zaid Almomini and Osama Herzallah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Babel</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '69 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian actress Jafra Younes&rsquo; directorial debut</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The acting and story are quite gripping</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social commentary </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Human Rights Film Festival, Spain (world premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay Award at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFutsWPF7U0', '', 'THMN1.jpg', 'THMN2.jpg', 'THMN3.jpg', 'This is my night Poster 2.png', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'This Is My Night (2024) - IMDb', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(504, 'The Memoirs of M. A. Draz', 'رسائل الشيخ دراز ', '1635326696', 'documentary', '2023', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Noha ElKholy</p>', '<p>Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her great-grandfather, the Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Through this archive, she embarks on a journey to illuminate M.A. Draz&rsquo;s life story, from his humble beginnings in the village of Mahallat Diyay, to his formative years in Alexandria, and his scholarly pursuits in Paris.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohsen Draz</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Draz</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Eissa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noha ElKholy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Maggie Morgan and Taghreed ElAsfoury</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Amgad Reyad, Olivier Dury, Emad Nabil, Akram Mamdouh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdalla</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Khaled El Kammar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '83 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan&rsquo;s FROM MEIR, TO MEIR celebrated its world premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival, garnering wide acclaim and several awards during its festival circuit run</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FROM MEIR, TO MEIR was released on Netflix and screened as part of Zawya Art House Cinema&rsquo;s annual Cairo Cinema Days Program, the Opera Cinema Club in Cairo, and the Goethe Institute in Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan received the Best Director Award at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival for her film ASHAM.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya cinema for three consecutive weeks and during Goethe\'s film week&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held special screenings at Cairo and Alexandria&rsquo;s French Institute, Agha Khan Library in London and Cairo&rsquo;s Opera House&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is narrated by actor and musician Sedky Sakhr and the soundtrack is scored by Khaled El Kammar.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian American Film Festival for Cinema and Arts, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award, Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Film, Egyptian American Film Festival for Cinema and Arts</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Egyptian Film, Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfu7_5uDZA', '', 'draz1.jpg', 'draz2.jpg', 'draz3.jpg', 'Brush concept one Final A4 copy.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian Film Critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour</span></p>', '<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;One of the best films of the year, in terms of idea, structure, and topic.\"</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Egyptian Film Critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Memoirs of M.A. Draz unfolds a mesmerizing narrative that transcends time and place. The film paints a vivid portrait of a man ahead of his time.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Taif El Moslamany &mdash; What Women Want Magazine</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This documentary is not just a film, it\'s an experience you won\'t want to miss.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/131764/THE-MEMOIRS-OF-M-A-DRAZ-to-hold-world-premiere\"><strong>Egypt Today</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Egyptian documentaries typically do not enjoy much public or production interest, but THE MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ gained popularity through word-of-mouth from person to person and from one person to a group, and so on.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://chroum.com/article/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahma Haddad- Chorum</span></a></p>', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(505, 'THE POEM WE SANG', 'غنينا قصيدة', '618119102', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Experimental, Documentary</p>', '<p>Canada, Palestine, and Jordan</p>', '<p>B707 Productions Inc.</p>', '<p>Annie Sakkab<br />Paul Lee</p>', '<p>THE POEM WE SANG is a 20-minute, color and black and white, experimental documentary that meditates on love and longing, the love of one&rsquo;s family and the longing for one&rsquo;s home, contemplated through overcoming the trauma of the loss of a family home and of forced migration, transforming lifelong regrets into a healing journey of creative catharsis and bearing witness.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celina Sakkab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Sakkab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annie Sakkab</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriters: Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee<br />DOP: Annie Sakkab<br />Editor: Annie Sakkab', '20 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a biography of the Palestinian struggle and reflects the effects of displacement and loss of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">home</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Annie Sakkab&rsquo;s film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOLLIE\'S DRESS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been to 48 festivals and has won over 15 awards, including Best Documentary Short at the Prague International Indie Film Festival, and the Award of Excellence at the Canada Shorts - Canadian &amp; International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has received grants from the Toronto Palestine Film Festival, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Toronto Arts Council</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norway Short Film Festival (Kortfilm)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doc Edge New Zealand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hrask Novi Film Festival (Special Jury Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival &ndash; Nazra (Best Experimental Short Film)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (Arab Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Festival &ndash; France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spello International Short Film Festival &ndash; Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regensburg International Short Film Week &ndash; Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montenegro Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aegean Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tran&aring;s at the Fringe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambodia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raindance Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Film Festival in Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorts Mexico&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cap Spartel International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundar Prize Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Zurich&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival in Vancouver</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DocuDonna- International Documentary Festival for Female Filmmakers</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage International Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine - Best Short Experimental Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montenegro Film Festival Herceg Novi - Special Mention</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trujillo International Independent Film Festival - Best Short Experimental Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival - Best Experimental Documentary</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tehran International Short Film Festival - Best Experimental Short Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Delhi Film Festival - Best Documentary Short Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundar Prize Film Festival-Best Short Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cap Spartel International Film Festival, Tangier - Best Director</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Award at Cinetoile International Short Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuIPPyI5Ng', '', '4JPG.jpg', 'The_Poem_We_Sang_1.JPG.jpg', 'The_Poem_We_Sang_4.JPG.jpg', 'ThePoemWeSang_POSTER.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://film-fest-report.com/hot-docs-2024-the-poem-we-sang-by-annie-sakkab-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Balamissa- Film Fest Report </span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;A poignant and personal reverie that transcends the boundaries of time.&rsquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://film-fest-report.com/hot-docs-2024-the-poem-we-sang-by-annie-sakkab-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Balamissa- Film Fest Report </span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32124319/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(506, 'Legacy', 'Meerath', '1530658662', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Lebanon</p>', '<p>Aurora Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabih Fawaz</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a troubled country where politicians have drained people&rsquo;s savings, Rabih faces a crisis when his father needs urgent medical care.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With time running out and money scarce, Rabih races against the odds to save his father&rsquo;s life.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s a story of love, struggle, and hope in the face of adversity.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabih Fawaz</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saeed Barakat</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Fouani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hadi Sbeity</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Hussein Hijazi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Hadi Raghda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Kinan Akkad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Ahmad Hijazi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Jack Berro</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<p>Director Hussein Hijazi starred in two award-winning films &mdash; Assad Fouladkar&rsquo;s HALAL LOVE and Lucien Bourjeily&rsquo;s HEAVEN WITHOUT PEOPLE</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milan Shorts Film Festival, Italy (Official Selection)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dahkla Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXvePwMttv0', '', 'frames legacy-08.JPG.jpg', 'frames legacy-12.JPG35.jpg', 'frames legacy-13.JPG.jpg', 'poster mad 1.png', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(507, 'Papa Told Me', 'بابا قالى', '661641868', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short,Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passant Ahmed</span></p>', '<p>Emad, living with an abused father, uses his imagination to have some peaceful moments away from his sad reality.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osama Hawary&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Hamza Haytham&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar Negm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Scriptwriter: Passant Ahmed<br />DOP: Filopater Moard<br />Editor: Passant Ahmed', '8 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employing a surrealistic style, the film explores the relationship between a son and his abusive father, shedding light on the struggles faced by the child in an uncomfortable environment and how it impacts his reactions.</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwpcBxw3ZL0', '', '970.jpg', 'papa told me1.jpg', 'ptm1.jpg', '01f5aeb01b-poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(508, 'Bougainvillea', 'جهنّميّة', '506596289', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt, Sudan</p>', '<p>In Deep Visions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Ahmed</span></p>', '<p>Amidst Sudan&rsquo;s popular revolution in December 2018, a group of six women found themselves ensnared within the confines of oppression. Through their journey, a powerful narrative unfolds, revealing the transformative power of determination and the enduring hope that resides within the human spirit.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda Omer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Islam Mubarek</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suhanda Abu-Bakr</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shams Mubarak</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yasir Faiz<br />Cinematography: Ibrahim Ahmed<br />Editor: Ibrahim Ahmed', '17 min', '<p>The movie embarks on a mesmerizing journey through Sudan\'s revolution, where courage takes center stage and this is through a gripping story of six extraordinary women, trapped against their will amidst the tumultuous upheaval</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland Mena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ateker Intenational Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Film Festival in Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmAHQ9dNRBo', '', 'حهنمية 1.jpg', 'جهنمية3.jpg', 'جهنمية2.jpg', 'Bougainvillea-Final-2.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35042597/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(510, 'Smokey Eyes', '', '1335506003', 'short films', '2023 ', '<p>Thriller, Political</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>GoodPeople Films</p>', '<p>Khaled Zaki</p>', '<p>Despite Nour&rsquo;s meticulous planning for her date, unforeseen circumstances can derail any romantic outing in the restless streets of nighttime Cairo.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malak Bazid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marwan Moussa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassan Aboulrouss</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Aboughali</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Nancy Ali <br />DOP: Pierre Mouarkech<br />Editor: Nada Zag', '20 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Ali&rsquo;s directorial debut in advertising, Never Say No To Panda, won him 100 million YouTube views and a Gold Lion Award at Cannes. He was also named one of the Ten Most Influential Advertising Directors in the World Today by Adweek and the Gunn Report.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marks Egyptian rapper Marwan Moussa&rsquo;s acting debut</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dives into the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, highlighting ongoing social issues such as police brutality, religious tensions, and restricted freedoms for women</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here and Elsewhere Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2hrXHJAz4', '', 'smokey1.jpg', 'Smokey2.jpg', 'smokey3.jpg', 'SEP.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32207721/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(511, '1420', '', '1148378629', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Mazallh studios</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fawaz Qadri, Salem Shahbl</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Samia loses her vision and finds solace in music, and Salem embraces extremism, their marriage encounters a significant obstacle, ultimately impacting their daughter Worood. </span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haneen Khodary&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adel Saif&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masa Hussien</span></p>', '<p>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOPs: Sultan Bajaja and Mohand Kabr</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Adham Abutaleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distribution and sales in the Arab world: MAD Distribution</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldwide Sales: MAD World</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by: Adel Saif</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min ', '<p>A thought-provoking exploration of the consequences of extremism and its toll on individuals and families.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankeenna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Batinah International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Place, Fankeenna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aEzvrxs7SY', '', '١٤٢٠_ه_with_sub (1080p).00_14_21_18.Still007.jpg', '١٤٢٠_ه_with_sub (1080p).00_13_49_12.Still009.jpg', '١٤٢٠_ه_with_sub (1080p).00_14_21_18.Still007.jpg', '1420 Poster.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(512, 'The Day of the Seagull', 'The Day of the Seagull', '2058791876', 'feature', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Moondust Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nassim Abassi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After finding out that her son is HIV-positive and a heroin addict, Louisa decides to look for the person responsible for her son&rsquo;s addiction, entering a terrifying world from which it will be difficult for her to get out.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farouk Aznabet</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massin Madani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Azahzouh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Jamal Abarnous</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Abdellah ElMoukadem</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Anas Janane</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Adil El Alami Chartete</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Nas</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '88 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s feature film MAJID won the Best Screenplay Award at the National Moroccan Film Festival, the Best Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth in Tunisia, and received a Special Mention from the jury of the Cinekid International Film Festival in Amsterdam.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abassi&rsquo;s film MAJID had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival and took part in 30 other worldwide film festivals where it collected 10 international prizes.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His film BILA HOUDOUD (WITHOUT LIMITS) &mdash; which he both wrote and directed &mdash; was the most viewed in Morocco when it was broadcast on national television in 2007.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Issni N&rsquo;ourgh Film Festival (FINIFA), Morocco</p>', '', 'https://youtu.be/y-xNKCDZhlY', '', 'scattering 2.jpg', 'scattering thorns 1.jpg', 'scattering thorns3.jpg', 'POSTER -Scattering Thorns .jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19885704/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(513, 'BUT YOU WONT NOTICE', 'Wa Lakenak Lan Tolahez', '745686954', 'short films', '2026', '<p>Experimental/Creative Documentary</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Mennatalah Khaled</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In &rsquo;But You Won&rsquo;t Notice&rsquo;, the director embarks on a journey of self-discovery, unveiling the raw beauty of vulnerability and the transformative power of acceptance.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immersed in her emotional odyssey, she navigates trauma and self-discovery, revealing the healing journey of her inner child.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farida Islam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mennatalah Khaled</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mennatalah Khaled</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mennatalah Khaled</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mennatalah Khaled</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Mennatalah Khaled and Shady Farid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Mino</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '7 minutes and 40 seconds', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received development, production, and post-production grants from AFAC and the Between Women Filmmakers\' Caravan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director has previously received grants from AFAC, the Magnum Foundation, and the Prince Claus Fund.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director is also part of African Women in Photography and the Sony Alpha Femme program</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops, Cambodia</span></p>', '', 'https://youtu.be/-UCzjAt1iQg', '', 'But_you_wont_notice.00_00_35_18.Still002.jpg', 'But_you_wont_notice.00_02_33_07.Still006.jpg', 'But_you_wont_notice.00_05_54_08.Still004.jpg', 'BYWN MINNIE EN.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(514, 'You, Teenagers', 'Vous (les adolescents)', '1603371765', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary, Portrait </span></p>', '<p>France, Lebanon</p>', '<p>Aurora Films, Abbout Productions</p>', '<p>Charlotte Vincent, Georges Schoucair</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meetings with teenagers across different cities in Lebanon to discuss their dreams, memories, likes, dislikes, fears, and problems.</span></p>', '', '<p>Scriptwriter: Val&eacute;rie Mrejen<br />DOP: Wissam Charaf<br />Editor: Anne Laure Viaud', '49 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for Grand Prize at Cote Court Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by the French Institute in Lebanon and the CNC</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director Val&eacute;rie Mr&eacute;jen won an award for her film CHAMONIX at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and her film IRIS IN BLOOM was nominated for two awards at the Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Wissam Charaf, who is well known for DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS, which won several prestigious awards, including the Special Jury Prize from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Georges Schoucair, who is best known for COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON, which received numerous awards, including the Audience Award from the London Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court de Pantin, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PriMed-The International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Independent Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Libanais de France, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Children and Family, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', 'yout1.jpg', 'yout2.jpg', 'yout3.jpg', 'yout pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28334773', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(516, 'GHOST TRAIL', 'أثر الأشباح', '1954435476', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Thriller</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, Belgium</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Films Grand Huit</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikofilms</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H&eacute;licotronc</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pauline Seigland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julie Esparbes </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamid joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, where he pursues his former torturer for a fateful confrontation.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Bessa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tawfeek Barhom</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julia Franz Richter</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed By: Jonathan Millet</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Written By: Florence Rochat</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pauline Seigland and Julie Esparbes&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Companies: Films Grand Huit, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikofilms, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H&eacute;licotronc</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olivier Boonjing</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Laurent S&eacute;n&eacute;chal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuksek</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributed in the MENA Region By: MAD Distribution</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributed Internationally By: mk2 Films </span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;', '105 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening Film for Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week, allotted a Golden Camera nomination</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award-netter</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at festivals worldwide&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premise of the film; being a psychological thriller/drama that outwardly calls the Bashar regime and it&rsquo;s covert </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shabiha </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out; being inspired by true events</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millet&rsquo;s background</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by true events</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive reviews</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, Critics&rsquo; Week, World Premiere, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Official Competition, Arab World premiere, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumi&egrave;re Awards, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cesar Awards, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisbon Film Festival, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La ciotat Berceau Du Cin&eacute;ma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus Film Days International Festival<br /></span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival - Love &amp; Anarchy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Star and Best Actor, El Gouna</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumi&egrave;re d\'Or, La Ciotat Berceau Du Cin&eacute;ma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisbon Film Fest, TAP Revelation Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Film Festival, In Spirit Award&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louis Delluc Prize</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmyBUvlXTOU', '', 'ghosttrail1-filmsgrandhuit-scaled.jpg', '3 Les-Fantomes_GhostTrail_DSC6001_(c) Films Grand Huit_Kris-Dewitte.jpg', '4 Les-Fantomes_GhostTrail_12A_0509_(c) Films Grand Huit_Kris-Dewitte.jpg', 'Gost Trail Final poster.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/ghost-trail-review-adam-bessa-1236004535/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/ghost-trail-review-adam-bessa-1236004535/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ghost-trail-review-adam-bessa-tawfeek-barhom-jonathan-millet-1235898864/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ghost-trail-review-adam-bessa-tawfeek-barhom-jonathan-millet-1235898864/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/ghost-trail-cannes-review/5192939.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/ghost-trail-cannes-review/5192939.article</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2024/05/ghost-trail-review-syrian-drama-adam-bessa-jonathan-millet-1235916825/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://deadline.com/2024/05/ghost-trail-review-syrian-drama-adam-bessa-jonathan-millet-1235916825/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/ghost-trail-review-1235004303/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/ghost-trail-review-1235004303/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/462239/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/462239/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://insessionfilm.com/movie-review-cannes-2024-ghost-trail/#google_vignette\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://insessionfilm.com/movie-review-cannes-2024-ghost-trail/#google_vignette</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://thefilmstage.com/cannes-review-ghost-trail-is-an-engrossing-surveillance-thriller-haunted-by-the-syrian-war/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://thefilmstage.com/cannes-review-ghost-trail-is-an-engrossing-surveillance-thriller-haunted-by-the-syrian-war/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A tense, stirring, and expertly judged thriller powered by a pair of blazing performances. Jonathan Millet&rsquo;s feature-length debut is a work of visceral intensity and formidable control.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Jon Frosch &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Closer in spirit to Spielberg&rsquo;s Munich.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Damon Wise &mdash; Deadline</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This tense manhunt from writer/director Jonathan Millet balances cloak and dagger intrigue with an acute psychological exploration of grief, loss and exile.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Allan Hunter &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Filled with beautiful shots that demonstrate how you don&rsquo;t need a single word to illustrate the pain in a human soul, the film marries some of the best aspects of spy thrillers and slow cinema in a portrait of the ways that wars haunt us long after we escape them.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Christian Zilko &mdash; IndieWire</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A spellbinding result that holds great promise for the rest of the filmmaker\'s career.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Fabien Lemercier &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30135174/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(517, 'THE DEER’S TOOTH', 'Sen El Ghazal', '1449385295', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '<p>Dar Al-Kalima University</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saed Andoni</span></p>', '<p>The film centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother&rsquo;s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisam Al-Jafari</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raeda Ghazaleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmin Shalaldeh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacir Abedrabou</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Saif Hammash<br />DOP: Ibrahim Handal<br />Editor: Saif Hammash<br />Sound: Saliba Rishmawi<br />Music: Victor Kawwas', '16 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere as part of the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Cin&eacute;fondation Section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflects the harsh reality people experience in their daily lives at refugee camps.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amity International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian World Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edinburgh Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival-Love&amp;Anarchy&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mompeo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manassat Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cine-Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Film Festival - Donostia-San Sebasti&aacute;n</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Geneva</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florence Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine at Cinema Akil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestinian Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Youth Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRT Humanitarian Film Festival, Turkey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&rsquo;m Migrant Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Amity International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award at the TRT Humanitarian Film Festival, Turkey </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwCJp3hWHpE', '', 'TDT 1.jpg', 'TDT 2.jpg', 'TDT 3.jpg', 'IMG_6342.PNG', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32205822/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(518, 'In Between ', 'بين البينين', '332044529', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Animation</p>', '<p>KSA and USA</p>', '', '', '<p>A young woman struggles to find her true self in this short animation. It begins in a realistic domestic sphere within Jeddah. Overwhelmed by societal expectations that dictate how she should look and who she should be, the central character responds by separating into multiple versions of herself, trying on different identities. Ultimately, she escapes from them all &ndash; although that isn&rsquo;t easy either. Her search involves traveling to various states of consciousness, unconsciousness and &ldquo;the in-between&rdquo;. Then her true self emerges, just in time to guide her towards freedom.</p>', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Ethar Baamer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Ethar Baamer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ethar Baamer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Zak McNeil</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '4 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drawing inspiration from their upbringing in Saudi Arabia and the complexities of identity and culture, the director pushes the boundaries to express themselves from a woman\'s perspective.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia, Japan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Golden Palm for Best Second Short Animation at the Saudi Film Festival </span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/C0FIGXyukLU', '', 'inb1.jpg', 'inb2.jpg', 'inb3.jpg', 'In Between final poster with laurels.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(519, 'Building 13', 'مبنى 13', '341730311', 'short films', '2024', '<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horror, Mystery, Short </span></p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '', '<p>Fahad Alamri</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrigued by the mysterious Building 13, horror enthusiast Safwan defies warnings and enters, only to be trapped inside by supernatural forces. Through cryptic clues, he must solve riddles involving the number 13 to escape, all while being pursued by a bloodied figure with deadly intent.</span></p>', 'Amr Gari , Abdullah Alsaggaf</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Yazeed Alshareef<br />DOP: Abdulmalik Alqarni<br />Editor: Meshal Almutairi', '9 MIN', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skillfully blends mystery with supernatural, offering a fresh perspective on the horror genre </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathmandu Horror Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwtE3Zc3_PU', '', 'b13 3.jpg', 'b13 1.jpg', 'b13 2.jpg', 'Building 13 - Poster PNG.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(520, 'The War Inside Us ', 'بين ضفتين', '586611346', 'short films', '2019 ', '<p>Observational Documentary&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '', '<p>Saief Trabelsi</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Four Palestinian students navigate the challenges of seeking stability away from their homeland, finding solace and strength in their shared experiences and gatherings.&nbsp;</p>', 'Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed, Yazan Amro, Mohammed Al Tell, Mohammed Al Whidy</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed<br />DOP: Omar Jouini - Saief Trabelsi<br />Editor: Yassine Tbessi', '23 MIN', '<p>Through intimate interviews and observational footage, The WAR INSIDE US celebrates the power of community and the enduring bonds that unite Palestinians, offering a poignant reflection on the universal human longing for connection and belonging. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />Supported by Tunisia&rsquo;s Goethe Institute, and Centre National du Cinema et de l\'Image&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Sheffield Short Film Festival, UK<br />Panorama International Short Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;<br />DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, US<br />First-Time Filmmaker Sessions / Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions, UK&nbsp;</p>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ypdAe1dx4', '', 'twiu1.jpg', 'twiu2.jpg', 'twiu3.jpg', 'The war inside us - Official Poster.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(521, 'Palestine Islands', '', '2123505650 , 511038458', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France, Jordan</p>', '<p>Topshot Films, Made in Palestine Project</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles, and Rashid Abdelhamid</span></p>', '<p>Maha, a 12-year-old girl, is part of the final generation of Palestinian refugees from the Balata Camp. After seeing her blind grandfather faint, she imagines a crazy project: To make him believe that the Wall of Separation has fallen, thereby making a return to his native land possible. With the help of her friends from the camp, the young girl plans a fun trip for him.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sama Idreesi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El Basha&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leen Saleh&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toleen Al Risheq </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Nour Ben Salem &amp; Julien Menanteau</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: &Eacute;ric Devin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Manon Falise</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '22 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Brings the now highly politicized situation of Palestinians vis-&agrave;-vis Israel to a humanly relatable scale with touches of humor and docudrama-like realism,&rdquo; Japan Times</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Named by Japan Times as one of &ldquo;Eight standout films to catch at Short Shorts Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at about 20 prestigious film festivals in nine countries, winning two awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Nour Ben Salem co-wrote several episodes of the series Reign Supreme for Arte/Netflix.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring veteran actor Kamel El Basha, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (male) during the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his role in The Insult by the Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by&nbsp; &Eacute;ric Devin, who is known for THE TRANSLATOR.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Europ&eacute;en du Film Court de Brest,&nbsp; France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du film court de Villeurbanne, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un Court Tournable, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paris Courts Devant, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUFF Film Festival in Malmo, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Palestinien de Strasbourg, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Aflam du Sud, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Faites des Courts, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival - FilmSlam, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paris Courts Devant, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Music &amp; cinema, Marseille, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Film Festival Kuwait&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norwegian Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D&eacute;tours en Cin&eacute;court, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Oriental de Gen&egrave;ve, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia, Japan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Short Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrian Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bealtaine Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calgary International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beijing International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Short Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holly Shorts Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adelaide Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival Marseille&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olhares Do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival international du film d\'&Eacute;ducation, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Filmer C\'est Exister, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Extraordinary Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Film Festival in the region of Apt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury\'s Award at the Paris Courts Devant&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Festival Faites des Courts&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Short at the Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Bealtaine Festival </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the Calgary International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at Beijing International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridging the Borders Award at Beijing International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Olhares Do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women&rsquo;s Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize for Short and Medium-Length Films, Festival international du film d\'&Eacute;ducation</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBYsxbqgJrA', '', 'Palestine-Island_Still_09_Tiff-16Bits_001101981.jpg', 'Palestine-Island_Still_10_Tiff-16Bits_001123062.jpg', 'Palestine-Island_Still_11_Tiff-16Bits_00114648.jpg', 'palestine-islands_insta_rvb_230714.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30136662/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(522, 'Behind The Sun', 'Derrière Le Soleil', '1010564380', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>France, Tunisia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Soci&eacute;t&eacute; du Sensible, GoGoGo Films and Henia Production</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clothilde Bunod, Louise Bansard , Carine Ruszniewski and Erige Sehiri</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Dhia, 29, left Tunisia after participating in the Revolution. Now exiled in France, he worries about passing his stutter on to his two-year-old son, Elia. Soon, the challenge shifts from managing fluent speech to figuring out how to talk to Elia about Tunisia.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elia Fourel Jerbi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamda Jerbi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salwa Boujmil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maram Jerbi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iheb Boujmil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emna Meddeb</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Dhia Jerbi And Aude Thuries</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Dhia Jerbie, Ahmed Thabet, And Mathieu Fraysse</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Dhia Jerbi, Helmi Belfikh, Alexandre Frigoult, And Alexandre Bracq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sarah Zaanoun, Nadia Touijer, And Anne De Mo</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '66 MIN', '<p>The movie was featured in the 2024 Istanbul Film Festival.<br />Through intimate storytelling and personal experiences, the film explores not only the broader sociopolitical landscape of Tunisia but also delves into the director\'s own journey and familial ties.<br />Amidst the turmoil and despair, the film highlights the resilience of the human spirit and the determination of a new generation to defy oppression and create a better future, offering a message of hope and inspiration</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visions du R&eacute;el</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Burkina Faso</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International de Film Documentaire d\'Agadir, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpaZO_Se9Ys', '', 'Derrière_le_soleil-3©GoGoGoFilms.jpg', 'Derrière_le_soleil-4©GoGoGoFilms.jpg', 'Derrière_le_soleil-5©GoGoGoFilms.jpg', 'mad-world-behind-the-sun.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32522137/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1 ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(523, 'Aisha Can’t Fly Away', '', '1008593568', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonanza Films, Nomadis Images, Shift Studios, A. A. Films, Cinewaves, MAD Solutions, Mayana Films, Coorigins, and Arabia Pictures</span></p>', '<p>Sawsan Yusuf</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisha is a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and local gangs.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuck between an undefined relationship with a young Egyptian cook, a gangster who blackmails her into an unethical deal in exchange for safety, and a new house she&rsquo;s assigned to work in, Aisha struggles to cope with her fears and lost battles, causing her dreams to cross with reality and leading her to an impasse. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buliana Simon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Zaza</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emad Ghoniem</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mamdouh Saleh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed By: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morad Mostafa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written By: Morad Mostafa, Sawsan Youssef, Mohamed Abdelader</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced By Sawsan Yusuf&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Produced By: Sawsan Youssef, Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaaban, Sherif Fathy, Ahmed Amer, Faisal Baltayour, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, May Odeh, Zorana Musikic, Laura Nikolov, and Abellelah Al Ahmary</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate Producer: Amjad Abu Alala</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Companies: Bonanza Films, Nomadis Images, Shift Studios, A. A. Films, Cinewaves, MAD Solutions, Mayana Films, Coorigins, and Arabia Pictures</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mostafa El Kashef</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Design and Art Direction:</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eman Elelaby</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Design: Nayera Eldahshoury</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Mostafa Shaban</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '120 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Egyptian film to premiere at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard in nine years</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Morad Mostafa has worked on several independent films, including as an assistant director on Aytin Amin&rsquo;s SOUAD, which was an official selection of both the Cannes Film Festival and Berlinale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s cinematographer, Mostafa El Kashef, also worked on Cannes titles I PROMISE YOU PARADISE and THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s previous film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 2023 edition of Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week and the C&eacute;sar Awards and has won several awards.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia (FIPRESCI Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Villa del Cine, Colombia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival De Filmes Incr&iacute;veis S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Africa, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Migration Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AfryKamera Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Film Festival Atlanta&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus Wales&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ravenheart International Film Festival, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balinale - Bali International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F&eacute;d&eacute;ration des Industries Culturelles et Cr&eacute;atives (FICC) Casablanca&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyprus Film Days International Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimolos International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Marathon International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movies That Matter Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryland Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cinema Africano, Asia &amp; America Latina, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iKSV Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New African Film Festival at AFI Silver&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regards Satellites Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ischia Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIPRESCI Award, Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Festival Villa del Cine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Palm Grand Jury Award, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor Prize for Buliana Simon, Focus Wales&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Feature, African Film Festival Atlanta&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Sound Design</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, F&eacute;d&eacute;ration des Industries Culturelles et Cr&eacute;atives (FICC) Casablanca&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, Cyprus Film Days International Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Athens Marathon International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Jury Fiction Award at Movies That Matter Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9hwWNUPF9w', '', 'aisha-cant-fly-away.jpg', '', '', 'aisha.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/aisha-cant-fly-away-review-1236406732/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;Aisha Can&rsquo;t Fly Away&rsquo; Review: Buliana Simon Stuns in Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s Intriguing if Uneven Immigrant Tale</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://fipresci.org/report/yerevan-2025-vardazarian/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisha Can&rsquo;t Fly Away: Ostrich Effect 2.0</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Although his blend of drama and body horror doesn&rsquo;t always work, Mostafa still delivers a worthwhile and visually accomplished debut feature.&rdquo; Variety&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This deconstructing story-telling by Morad Mostafa was the most cinematographic piece of all 10 candidates, quite skillfully done, amazingly aesthetic, and very mature for a debut feature movie.&rdquo; </span><a href=\"https://fipresci.org/report/yerevan-2025-vardazarian/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRISPECI</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27907966/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(524, 'A Voyage Against Time ', '', '751955852 , 402132819', 'documentary', '2019', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Kuwait</p>', '<p>Wild Planet Films&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Jonathan Ali Khan</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p>This pioneering documentary follows a physically and mentally challenging kayaking expedition led by Bashar Al Huneidi, traveling through six countries, from Kuwait to Oman.</p>', 'Bashar Al Huneidi , Mansour Al Safran, Colin Wong</p>', '<p>scriptwriter: Jonathan Ali Khan<br />DOP: Steve Mackay<br />Editors: Jonathan Ali Khan, Steve Mackay, and Rami Waseem', '70 min', '<p>A 5-month expedition by sea from Dubai to film and document marine life along the southern coast and islands of Oman and the full Yemen coast<br />Highlights the urgent need for a sustainable strategy to protect the environment, which is so fundamental to the region&rsquo;s heritage and culture.&nbsp;<br />Starring Mansour Al Safran, one of the top sportsmen in the region<br />Screened in over 50 prestigious film festivals, in about 15 countries, winning numerous awards</p>', '<p>Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, USA<br />Nature Without Borders Film Festival, USA&nbsp;<br />Mediterranean Film Festival, Cannes, France&nbsp;<br />World Distribution Film Festival, Slovakia&nbsp;<br />TMFF- Glasgow The Monthly Film Festival<br />Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival, Pakistan&nbsp;<br />Gold Movie Awards, UK<br />&nbsp;European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)&nbsp;<br />Asian Cinematography Awards&nbsp;<br />Canadian Cinematography Awards&nbsp;<br />Montreal Independent Film Festival, Canada<br />Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela&nbsp;<br />Bucharest Film Awards, Romania&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;London Eco Film Festival, UK&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;International Film Awards Berlin&nbsp;<br />Berlin International Art Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Blue Water Film Festival, USA<br />Revelation Film Festival, Russia<br />Uruvatti International Film Festival, India<br />Festpro Film Festival, Russia<br />Lift-Off Global Network Film Festival, UK<br />Osaka International Film Festival, Japan&nbsp;<br />Port Blair International Film FestivaL, India&nbsp;<br />Rameshwaram International Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Mumbai International Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Sasee film awards, India&nbsp;<br />Waterwalker Film Festival, Canada<br />Paris Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Inca Imperial International Film Festival, Chile &nbsp;<br />Mountain - Nature - Adventure Film Festival, Chile&nbsp;<br />White Unicorn International Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Kyev International Film Festival, Ukraine&nbsp;<br />Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Eurasian International Film Festival, Russia<br />International Ecological Film Festival - Save &amp; Preserve, Russia<br />Florida Environmental Film Festival, USA<br />Influx Film Awards, USA<br />Ooty Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Jade Jaguar Cinema Festival, Brazil&nbsp;<br />Roshani International Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Filmambiente International Environmental Film Festival, Brazil<br />Dubai International Film Festival<br />Wolf London International Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Cannes International Independent Film Festival&nbsp;<br />S.O.F.A Film Festival, Cyprus<br />Serbest International Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Friday Harbor Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;<br />London Directors Awards&nbsp;<br />Bollywood International Film Festival, India&nbsp;<br />Lift Off Global Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;<br />Retro Avant Garde Film Festival<br />Budapest Film Festival, Hungary&nbsp;<br />Picasso Einstein Buddha International Film Festival</p>', '', 'https://youtu.be/t1IM_PB8ThU', '', 'K20 PROMO 1_V_SM_1.2.00_02_05_23.Still001.png', 'A VOYAGE AGAINST TIME Still.jpg', '100 Cans screener.00_16_08_14.Still004.jpg', 'a voyage tmp pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(525, 'Madonna', 'مادونا', '557893044', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama, Thriller</p>', '<p>Egypt and Luxembourg</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesuit Alexandria, Goethe Institute, The US Embassy, and the British Council</span></p>', '<p>Karim Kassem</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Egypt, an iconic archaeological painting by an Italian artist is stolen, and the abbots deliberately conceal the crime to avoid scandal. This incident reignites an old conflict between Father Maurice and Father Francis, stemming from their differing views on life. Suspicion falls on Suad, the monastery&rsquo;s chef, as her daughter urgently needs an unaffordable surgery, prompting Maurice to suspect her involvement.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the investigation leading nowhere, internal tensions escalate. Suspicion also lingers over Father Francis due to Suad&rsquo;s daughter&rsquo;s surgery needs.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maurice has a dream and wakes to someone confessing. The final curtain reveals the true thief.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abd El Aziz Makhyoun</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Kassem&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gerorge Sassine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: John Fareed and Abanoub Nabil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Filopater Morad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Mohamed Salah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sara Abdullah</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Kassem, a well-known producer and actor, serves as the producer of the movie.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is a co-production between renowned institutions: Jesuit Alexandria, the Goethe Institute, the US Embassy, and the British Council.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Shorts</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA4ihHBiLso', '', 'Madonna 2023.00_03_17_13.Still007.jpg', 'Madonna 2023.00_00_24_01.Still001.jpg', 'Madonna 2023.00_00_47_19.Still004.jpg', 'MADONNA - Final Poster-01.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(526, 'Samia (Feature)', '', '145382367', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature, Drama, Women, Sports, Biography</span></p>', '<p>Italy, Germany, and Belgium</p>', '<p>Indyca</p>', '<p>Simone Catania</p>', '<p>Samia defies taboos by racing through the streets of Mogadishu, in a society where a woman is not supposed to run. Her passion will one day take her to the Olympic Games.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">llham Mohamed Osman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Fathia Mohamed Absie</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Fatah Ghedi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elmi Rashid Elmi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Yasemin Şamdereli, Nesrin Şamdereli, Giuseppe Catozzella</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Florian Berutti&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mechthild Barth</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '96 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at USA&rsquo;s Tribeca Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the true story of Samia Yusuf Omar, who inspired the bestseller book&nbsp; Don&rsquo;t Tell Me You&rsquo;re Afraid, which was published in over a dozen languages and won the Premio Strega Giovani Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressively portray the fundamental problems of this region, including the Islamists&rsquo; tight grip on women, and outline the reason behind the increased number of African refugees in Europe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s debut feature film ALMANYA won numerous awards, including two German Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring Elmi Rashid Elmi, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who is known for DUNE (2021) AND THE SWIMMERS (2022)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Mechthild Barth, who is known for the documentary film Elfriede Jelinek, which won Best Documentary and got nominated for Best Editing at the Germany Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tribeca Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munich International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silk Road International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reykjavik International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casting Society of America, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alice nella Citt&agrave;, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Screen Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaza International Festival for Women&rsquo;s Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Africa, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funf Seen Film Festival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frauen Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Silk Road Award, Silk Road International Film Fest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Audience Award, Munich Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Human Screen Festival,&nbsp; Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Orange Award( Best Feature Film),</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gaza International Festival for Women&rsquo;s Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze Whir Award, Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDn5MIZF18', '', 'SAMIA by Yasemin Şamdereli _STILL1 (c) Indyca_FlorianBerutti.jpg', 'SAMIA by Yasemin Şamdereli _STILL2 (c) Indyca_FlorianBerutti.jpg', 'SAMIA by Yasemin Şamdereli _STILL3 (c) Indyca_FlorianBerutti.jpg', 'Samia poster Final.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/471541/</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;real and extraordinary trajectory&rdquo; - Cineuropa, Fabien Lemercier</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30959154', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(527, 'Journal Intime', '', '1734619883', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiction, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>ZK PROD DOC</p>', '<p>Khalid Zairi</p>', '<p>After meeting secretly in a mysterious apartment, Ahmed and Houda are confronted with a profound transformation that will shake their lives forever.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anissa LANAYA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youssef CHGHAICH</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sakina LAFDAILI</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatima-Ezzahra BALADI</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Mohamed Chrif Tribak</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Cringuta Pinzaru</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Souleimane Cheleih</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '95 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Chrif Tribak\'s latest feature film, LITTLE Pleasures, garnered numerous awards, including the Best Feature Film Prize at the Regard sur le cin&eacute;ma du Monde Festival in Paris, and the Special Jury Prize, Best Director Prize, and Best Female Role Prize at the Oujda Maghrebian Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third film in a trilogy that started with LE TEMPS DES CAMARADES, continued with PETITS BONHEURS, and concluded with the present project.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by a true story, the film reflects on the complexities of Moroccan society and its family code while also delving into the status of women.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://pro.festivalscope.com/festival/show/festival-de-cinema-mediterraneen-de-tetouan/2024/1343-feature-film-competition\">Festival de Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de T&eacute;touan</a>, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize, Best Director, National Jury Prize, National Film Festival Tangier, Morocco</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award, to Anissa Laanaya, <a href=\"https://pro.festivalscope.com/festival/show/festival-de-cinema-mediterraneen-de-tetouan/2024/1343-feature-film-competition\">Festival de Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de T&eacute;touan</a>, Morocco </span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2I7vpvCQZc', '', 'jit 1.jpg', 'jit 2.jpg', 'jit 3.jpg', 'jit.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13564394/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_dr', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(528, 'LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER ', 'آخر ليالي الصيف', '1665927639', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama, Short&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Beshoy Ayman Kaldas</p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years after their grandfather&rsquo;s death, cousins Farah, Rana, and Leila return to their childhood home for one last time.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Emad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Shahd El Shater</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farah Aboughattas</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Fatema Yasser</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohamed Ashraf Koushi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Khaled Moeit</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '30 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \"love letter\" to the director\'s home and a way to say goodbye to the cherished memories and time spent together with her family</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring MAD Celebrity Tara Emad who is well known for starring in TV hits and big blockbusters, including Karim Abdel Aziz&rsquo;s BEIT EL RUBY, which is the highest-grossing Egyptian film to date</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port Said International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;toile - International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/Lz7yUf-dFUQ', '', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-11-10 at 11.27.13 AM (1).jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-11-10 at 11.27.13 AM.jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-11-10 at 11.27.12 AM.jpeg', 'Last Nights of Summer cairo.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(529, 'A Lullaby Unlike Any Other', 'تهليلة ', '1831732932', 'short films', '2024 ', '<p>War, Drama, Short</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia and Sweden</span></p>', '', '<p>Amani Jaafer</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nour, a young Palestinian woman, wanders in the streets of Stockholm, only to confront the realization that she has lost something irreplaceable.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leen Hashisho</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatma Jouda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ezzedine Ibrahim</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Amani Jaafer<br />DOP: Harshad Gaikwad<br />Editor: Amani Jaafer', '9 min ', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on the 2023 war in Gaz</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a, the film is an attempt to portray the physiological consequences of war, especially on Palestinians, whether inside or outside their lands.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amity Short Film Festival, Turkiye (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films, Iraq (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NaNo Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Libya&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bien Cortos International Short Film Festival, Venezuela&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here &amp; Eslewhere Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I AM Migrant Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Al Ard Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Sound, Bien Cortos International Short Film Festival, Venezuela&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKMDLQ6BOxM', '', 'lullaby.jpg', 'screening_MAD.00_00_02_23.Still001.jpg', 'screening_MAD.00_01_12_17.Still002.jpg', 'A Lullaby Unlike Any Other poster.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(530, 'After The Sun', 'Après L e Soleil', '285144899', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Short, Drama</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p>Malfam&eacute; Cin&eacute;ma</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walid Bekhti, Sherianne Le&iuml;la Bekhti, and Yannis Zaccharie Bekhti</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the evocative setting of the 1980s, AFTER THE SUN follows a young girl who embarks on her inaugural summer journey without her newlywed sister. Amidst the backdrop of a nostalgic family road trip from France to Algeria, she endeavors to reignite the bonds with her heritage, delving into a homeland rich with cherished memories waiting to be rediscovered.</span></p>', 'Sonia Faidi , Bellamine Abdelmalek</p>', '<p>Screenwriters: Rayane Mcirdi<br />Cinematography: Simi Benanino<br />Sound: Charlotte Bourlier and Samuel Fulchiron<br />Editor: Mila Olivier', '25 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Held its world premiere at Cannes&rsquo; prestigious Directors\' Fortnight, capturing the attention of an international audience.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project received esteemed funding from the Institut fran&ccedil;ais d\'Alg&eacute;rie and Wallonie Bruxelles Images, underscoring its cultural and artistic significance.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors\' Fortnight, France (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les NuitsMED di u Filmu Cortu&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismailia International Short Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holly Shorts Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius Short Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lithuania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Cannes Film Festival 77th edition, France (Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes).</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCLj9oTrQM', '', 'after the sun.jpg', '37_1.1.37.jpg', 'LaPromesseScreen8_1.1.8.jpg', 'AFTER THE SUN_1435x2000px.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32129102/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(531, 'The Wound', 'La Plaie ', '760183386', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Pink Sheep</p>', '<p>Seloua El Gouni, Taha Benghalem</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leila, a young Moroccan girl who just entered the workforce, tries to pursue her passions and ambitions while navigating the thorny societal constraints imposed on women under the guise of tradition and cultural normalcy.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oumaima Barid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brice Bexter</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Ayouch</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mansour Badri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soraya Azzabi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelhak Saleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Fekkak</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Taha Benghalem / Co-writers: Brian &amp; Brice Bexter</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Travis Tips</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '125 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bold Female-Led Story: A powerful portrait of a young woman challenging societal norms in modern Morocco.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award-Winning Debut: Directed by Hollywood-experienced Seloua El Gouni, the film has already won major awards and audience acclaim.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Favorite: Selected by Cannes, Beirut, Athens, and more&mdash;proving strong international appeal.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterrane Film Festival, Malta</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women&rsquo;s and the World International Film Festival, UK (UK Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco (Moroccan Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland MENA Film Festival, The Hague</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Art Film Festival, Greece (Global Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridges International Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scandinavian International Film Festival, Finland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port Said Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Debut Feature Film at the Athens International Art Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor in a Supporting Role (to Mansour Badri) at Bridges International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Choice Award at Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO7ej5cbT-E', '', '77AB.11.jpg', '65.1.jpg', 'Scene 36.5.jpg', 'The Wound Final.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29492118/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(532, 'Algiers', '', '806262617', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thriller</span></p>', '<p>Algeria, Tunisia, France, and Canada</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temple Production</span></p>', '<p>Khaled Chikhi, Yasmine Dhoukar</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a little girl&rsquo;s kidnapping ignites a whirlwind of tension and suspicion within the city, Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a dedicated police inspector, attempt to uncover the demons of Algeria&rsquo;s past and solve a perplexing mystery.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meriem Medjkane</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabil Asli</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hichem Mesbah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Namous</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Chakib Taleb-Bendiab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ikbal Arafa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Fouad Benhammou and Chakib Taleb-Bendiab</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '92 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algeria&rsquo;s official submission to the 97th Academy Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events, the film uses the police investigation as a backdrop to explore broader societal issues that have for so long affected Algerian society, including child kidnapping.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Nabil Asli, known for his acclaimed work in titles such as the short film KINDIL EL BAHR and the award-winning EL TAAIB, which earned the Europa Cinemas Label at the prestigious 2012 Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive produced by Canadian award-winning filmmaker Patricia Chica (MONTR&Eacute;AL GIRLS)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Ikbal Arafat, the award-winning DOP who earned the Best Cinematography Award for his work on the film BLACK SPIRIT in 2018 at the Satisfied Eye International Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goa International Film Festival of India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Festival du Cin&eacute;ma International en Abitibi-T&eacute;miscamingue, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Africa Movie Academy Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lausanne African Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Cinema Days&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival- Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooklyn Academy of Music, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algiers International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of India</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at the Flickers&rsquo; Rhode Island Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award at Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achievement of Sound Award at Africa Movie Academy Awards </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv--WBl3k-M', '', 'ALGIERS_@TempleProduction_HQ_6.jpg', 'ALGIERS_@TempleProduction_HQ_8.jpg', 'ALGIERS_@TempleProduction_HQ_39.jpg', 'Algiers_EN_MAD bi.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concept Magazine&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://conceptmageg.com/Chakib#:~:text=Tackling%20an%20issue%20as%20pressing,the%20past%20are%20still%20haunting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://conceptmageg.com/Chakib#:~:text=Tackling%20an%20issue%20as%20pressing,the%20past%20are%20still%20haunting</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film presents a societal awakening with a few shocking revelations and brilliantly engages in an indirect criticism of Algerian society.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://conceptmageg.com/Chakib#:~:text=Tackling%20an%20issue%20as%20pressing,the%20past%20are%20still%20haunting\"><strong>Concept Magazine</strong></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32260733/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(533, 'Only the Ocean Between Us', 'فقط البحر بيننا', '223834049 , 493615155 , 1389773854 , 1220169275', 'documentary', '2021', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>USA, Jordan, Peru</p>', '<p>Another Kind of Girl Collective</p>', '<p>EB Landesberg, Tasneem Toghoj, Laura Doggett, Lali Madue&ntilde;o Medina</p>', '<p>Two Syrian directors in Za&rsquo;atari Refugee Camp, Jordan and two Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo directors in Lima, Peru correspond through film diaries in a cross-border project from Another Kind of Girl Collective. ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US tells four profoundly personal stories of motherhood, displacement, and the power of both personal and communal resistance.</p>', 'Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb, Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Christy Cauper Silvano</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb, Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Christy Cauper Silvano<br />DOP: Khaldiya Amer Ali, Marah Mohammad Alkhateeb, Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Christy Cauper Silvano<br />Editor: EB Landesberg, Laura Doggett, Tasneem Toghoj', '81 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YxGm_CH0uY', '', 'ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US (l-r Karoli Bautista Pizarro, Juana Maldonado Isamano) Photo Credit Christy Cauper Silvano 2018.jpg', 'ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US (l-r Karoli Bautista Pizarro) Photo Credit Karoli Bautista Pizarro 2018.jpg', 'ONLY THE OCEAN BETWEEN US (l-r Karoli Bautista Pizarro) Photo Credit EB Landesberg 2018.jpg', 'otobu poster_2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15452372/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(534, 'A BIRD FROM PARADISE', 'Asfour Janna', '431638399', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comedy, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Tunisia and Italy</p>', '<p>Cinetelefilms</p>', '<p>Habib Attia, Silvia innocenzi, and Giovanni Saulini</p>', '<p>Meet Amadeus, a charming 50-year-old Italian antique dealer, who finds himself smitten with the stunning Tunisian beauty, Betty (Badra), a woman much his junior. Their bond is forged in moments of life-saving heroics. But as their relationship blossoms, a new challenge arises &ndash; the in-laws smell opportunity, envisioning a wealthy, doting son-in-law. However, the Imam throws a curveball, demanding Amadeus undergo circumcision and convert to Islam. Firmly grounded in his Italian identity and unwilling to compromise his personal integrity, Amadeus stands his ground, threatening a hasty exit once more. In this cross-cultural clash, will the power of love prevail, or will tradition and family obligations tear the couple apart?</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nicola Nocella</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Mannai&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamel Madani&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mounira Zakraoui</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Mourad Ben Cheikh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Giorgio Giannoccaro</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Tarek Tiba</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Anas Saadi and Mehdi Barsaoui</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Rabi Zammouri</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '90 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie boasts a unique cast; including award-winning actor Nicola Nocella, renowned actor Jamel Madani, and veteran actress Mounira Zakraoui.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director\'s documentary NO MORE FEAR made its debut at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival in 2011.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project secured esteemed funding from the Fond tuniso-italien pour le d&eacute;veloppement, Aide &agrave; la production tunisienne, and the Film Commission Regione Puglia in Italy.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran Arab International Film Festival, World Premiere, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;alma &ndash; L&rsquo;&acirc;me de la M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Cin&eacute;ma Saidia, Morocco </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress to Amal Mannai, Luxor African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, The International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa8zooZ52r4', '', 'A Bird from Paradise screener.00_03_12_02.Still001.png', 'A Bird from Paradise screener.00_03_22_19.Still002.png', 'A Bird from Paradise screener.00_23_31_16.Still008.png', 'Poster by MAD.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(535, 'The Road', 'الطريق', '647959564', 'feature', '2015', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Lebanon</p>', '', '<p>Rana Salem, Christel Salem</p>', '<p>Rana and Guy, a young married couple live in today&rsquo;s city of Beirut. A city forced into modernity and constantly transforming to a rhythm of an unstable environment. Rana suddenly quits her job and falls slowly into a state of lingering. Guy decides they need to leave their home and go on a road-trip that leads them to the mountains. The road becomes one of remembrance and nostalgia. A road that might bring them closer to themselves and ultimately to each other.</p>', 'Guy Chartouni, Rana Salem</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Rana Salem<br />DOP: Nadim Saoma<br />Editor: Maria Malek', '98 min', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/EYmXklHHujI', '', 'The_Road_1.175.1.jpg', 'The_Road_1.87.1.jpg', 'The_Road_1.221.1.jpg', 'THE ROAD POSTER - logo.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4621482', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(536, 'Born a Celebrity', 'Woledto Mash-horan', '368844899', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '<p>Dar Al Kalima University</p>', '<p>Luay Awwad, Nour Abukamal</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community, Kamel, a young man, embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munther Bannourah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Masso</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Luay Awwad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Nour Abukamal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Luay Awwad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Yazan Faris</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '13 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Luay Awwad worked on several award-winning films, such as &lsquo;IN VITRO&rsquo; and the Oscar-nominated film &lsquo;THE PRESENT&rsquo;.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian World Film Festival, USA (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat Comedy International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Youth Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institut du Monde Arabe, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DC Palestinian Film &amp; Arts Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankena Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Arts Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabriolet Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award, Rabat Comedy International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Fankena Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxy8mKhHJb8', '', 'BAC1.jpg', 'BAC2.jpg', 'BAC3.jpg', 'BAC-Poster-A_Website.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25136018/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(538, 'Beneath a Mother\'s Feet', '', '725246922', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>UK and Morocco</p>', '<p>Larsa Films</p>', '<p>Arij Al-Soltan</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by true events, Beneath a Mother&rsquo;s Feet tells the story of Wedad, a single mother in Morocco, who finds herself at a difficult juncture in her life. Weaving cinema verit&eacute; with surrealism, we observe Wedad&rsquo;s internal struggle as she faces an unimaginable decision: to walk away from her life and her children&rsquo;s futures.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nisrine Adam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatiha Zouine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamid Sabek</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoubida Zineddine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Elias Suhail</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Will Hanke</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Abderazzak Amouzoune</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Natalia Gozdzik</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: James Bulley</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project garnered support from the BFI Short Film Programme Fund.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The acclaimed actor Michael Sheen praised Elias&rsquo;s monologue, YOUR OWN SHADOW WILL LEAVE YOU IN DARKNESS, as &ldquo;extraordinary&rdquo; and &ldquo;breathtaking.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie&rsquo;s producer, whose r&eacute;sum&eacute; sparkles with a BAFTA and a Rose d&rsquo;Or nomination for Baghdad Central, adds a touch of golden credibility.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lift-Off Global Network</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Tangier International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short to the Point International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Panafricain Cannes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IndieCork</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine This Women\'s International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International de Cin&eacute;ma d\'Auteur de Rabat</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dumbo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brighton Rocks International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Soho London Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bay International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always Late TV Movie Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zurich Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Budapest Independent Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid Film Awards, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parish Jersey\'s International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best First Time Filmmaker (Jury Prize)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Narrative (Festival Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most Promising Filmmaker (Juthour Jury Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Cave Award (Best Short Film) - Short to the Point International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dikalo Award (Best Short Film) - European Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award (Best Editing) - The Bay International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Foreign Film - Bristol Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography (Jury Prize)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography (October Award) - Festival International du Film Panafricain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Editing (December Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Original Score (December Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Sound (Annual Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Original Score (July Award) - Canadian Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography (July Award) - Canadian Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jury Prize)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Lead Actress - The Soho London Independent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Leading Actress (October Award)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorary Mention (Short Film) - Imagine This Women\'s International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention (International Short Film) - Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Prize (Honorable Mention) - Always Late TV Movie Awards</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award (Audience Choice) - Tangier International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July Award (Best Short Film) - IndieCork</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August Award (Best Short Film) - New York Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September Award (Best Short Film) - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October Award (Best Narrative Short Film)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film of the Month (July Award) - Canadian Cinematography Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award (Nisrine Adam), Marrakech Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award, Bahrain Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Short, Madrid Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Short, Dumbo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'bamf1.jpg', 'bamf2.jpg', 'bamf3.jpg', 'Beneath Mothers feet.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://filmcarnage.com/2024/10/08/review-beneath-a-mothers-feet/\"><strong>Film Carnage</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/beneath-a-mother\'s-feet\"><strong>UK Film Review </strong></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The fact that this short marks the directorial and screenwriting debut from Elias Suhail is sincerely impressive; there&rsquo;s clearly a great deal of talent at work here.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://filmcarnage.com/2024/10/08/review-beneath-a-mothers-feet/\"><strong>Film Carnage</strong></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Beneath a Mother&rsquo;s Feet is a true accomplishment and a demonstration of the emotional depth short films can pack.</span><strong>&rdquo;</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patrick Foley</span><strong> -</strong><a href=\"https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/beneath-a-mother\'s-feet\"><strong>UK Film Review</strong></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28252526/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(539, 'The Miracle of Life', 'أعجوبة الحياة', '399624707', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Documentary, Experimental</p>', '<p>Palestine, The Netherlands</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nawl Productions</span></p>', '<p>Sabrine Khoury</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the emotional and physical journey of a Palestinian mother-to-be in the Netherlands.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through intimate reflections, she confronts pain, uncertainty, fear of bodily changes, and an identity crisis, all while challenging societal norms around pregnancy and motherhood.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of the Gaza war, her continuous questioning adds depth to her journey.</span></p>', 'Sabrine Khoury</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Sabrine Khoury<br />DOP: Rashed Rashed<br />Editor: Sabrine Khoury<br />Sound: Sami Merib<br />Music: Maen El Ghoul', '8 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabrine&rsquo;s film HIBA won the President of The Jury Award at the 2013 Early Bird International Student Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabrine co-founded Nawl Art with DOP and Director Mostafa Kadah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is an honest portrayal of the challenges of pregnancy and motherhood through the eyes of a Palestinian immigrant during the Gaza war.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestinian Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Screen Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAYAH Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Panam&aacute;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bideodromo Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Make Waves Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bistre Reke Documentary Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Bistre Reke Documentary Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary and Audience Award, Integrazione International Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1IPZheKmaY', '', 'miracle of life 1.jpg', 'miracle of life 2.jpg', 'miracle of life3.jpg', 'Poster- Sabrine.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://oarabia.com/4870/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miracle of Life: In the Silence of Pregnancy - مجلة اوه ارابيا</span></a></p>', '<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;[Sabrine Khoury] conveys feelings of tension and fatigue with complete honesty, without barriers&rdquo;</span></em></p>', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(540, 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE', 'The Village Next To Paradise', '1074501748', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austria, France, Germany, and Somalia</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FreibeuterFilm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazak Productions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Niko Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maanmaal </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabine Moser&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Oliver Neumann</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>In a windy Somali village, a newly assembled family must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust and resilience will power them through their life paths.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Ahmed Ali Farah,</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Anab Ahmed Ibrahim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Mohamud Saleban</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and Written By: Mo Harawe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Mostafa El Kashef</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Joana Scrinzi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Design: Nuur Abdulkadir</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Willis Abuto, Anne Gibourg, Guadalupe Cassius, Christophe Vingtrinier</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '132 minutes ', '<p><strong>Supported by:</strong></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austrian Film Institute</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vienna Film Fund</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&Ouml;FI+</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORF Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fernseh-Abkommen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;mas du Monde &ndash; Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de L&rsquo;image Anim&eacute;e &ndash; Institut Fran&ccedil;ais</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">R&eacute;gion Ile de France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Cinema Fund</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-Production Grant from the Atlas Workshops at the Marrakech International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Torino Film Script Lab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Industry Grant</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes International Film Festival </span>(Un Certain Regard section - World Premiere)</li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival (Centerpiece Program - North American Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival (Middle East Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munich International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cork International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vienna International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Barbara International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cartagena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viennale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Torino Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Directors New Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mumbai Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagonale: Festival of Austrian Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfestival Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seville European Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfestival Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khouribga African Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Film Festival in the region of Apt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Best Director for Mo Harrawe, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography for Mostafa El Kashef, and Best Casting for Mohamed Mohamud Jamal; Austrian Film Academy Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Award and Best Actress Award for Anab Ahmed Ibrahim at the 22nd African Film Festival of Tarifa-Tangier (FCAT 2025)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Austrian Film at Viennale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Diagonale Award for Best Feature Film, Thomas Pluch for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography Award, and the Outstanding Production Services Award; Diagonale Festival of Austrian Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival (Middle East Premiere) (Jury Prize)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Hugo Award in the New Directors Competition at the Chicago International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award at the Cork International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention - CineCoPro at the Munich International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Prize for African Film Criticism and Grand Prize, Khouribga African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Stallion of Yennenga, FESPACO &ndash; Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography, Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, African Film Festival in the region of Apt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f9V1J8IMC8', '', 'utomp3.com - THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe_1080p.00_00_07_02.Still003.jpg', 'the village next to paradise.jpg', 'utomp3.com - THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe_1080p.00_00_32_20.Still009.jpg', 'TVNTP.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/the-village-next-to-paradise/\"><strong>Adham Youssef&nbsp; &ndash; thefilmverdict</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://tiff.net/events/the-village-next-to-paradise\"><strong>Nataleah Hunter-Young -TIFF Lightbox</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-village-next-to-paradise-review-1236019070/\"><strong>Murtada Elfadl &mdash; Variety</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-village-next-to-paradise-review-1235906153/\"><strong>Lovia Gyarkye &mdash; Hollywood Reporter</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-village-next-to-paradise-cannes-review/5193825.article\"><strong>Nikki Baughan &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.lesinrocks.com/cinema/mo-harawe-revives-somalian-cinema-with-the-village-next-to-paradise-619238-21-05-2024/\"><strong>Marilou Duponchel of Les Inrockuptibles</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/miff-2024/the-village-next-to-paradise/\"><strong>The Melbourne International Film Festival</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-village-next-to-paradise-review-1235006588/\"><strong>Leila Latif &mdash; IndieWire</strong></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In what emerges as a timeless tale about love, sacrifice, and dedication, Mo Harawe provides political context for an underappreciated and often vilified nation, while placing emphasis on common truths. Harawe\'s feature debut is a sensitive and empathetic work that announces a bold new voice and a new era for Somali cinema.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Nataleah Hunter-Young of TIFF Lightbox</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;With The Village Next to Paradise, Mo Harawe delivers some invigorating news of young Somali cinema in an impressively masterful first feature, in which the gentle chronicle of a blended family mingles with the state of affairs in a country in crisis.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Marilou Duponchel of Les Inrockuptibles</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In his feature film debut THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, Mo Harawe develops a gentle tone to tell of family and a solidarity that ensures survival in an unforgiving world.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Karin Schiefer of Austrian Films</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In building these characters&rsquo; world &mdash; the fanciful, the childish, and the realistic alike &mdash; Harawe makes a film that quietly seeps into the audience&rsquo;s consciousness and lingers.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Murtada Elfadl &mdash; Variety</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The Village Next to Paradise orients itself around a quiet optimism and surprising humor that mirrors real life. There are moments throughout that serve as a reminder that even in places where death feels close, hope for tomorrow is still alive.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Lovia Gyarkye &mdash; Hollywood Reporter</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This story of fatherhood and personal sacrifice is a thoughtfully conceived portrait of the sincerity happening in Somalia beyond the headlines.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Robert Daniels &mdash; RogerEbert.com</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film has a striking visual literacy; a particular achievement given that most of the crew are newcomers. There&rsquo;s a strong sense of authorship in every scene and every decision. This may not be paradise in a traditional sense, but it is nevertheless a place of hope.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Nikki Baughan &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Mo Harawe&rsquo;s story of a Somali family attempting to make ends meet in a troubled environment is visually striking and masterfully told.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Adham Youssef &mdash; The Film Verdict</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Harawe&rsquo;s debut has shown some extremely exciting potential for both him and the myriad stories and talents that lie within Somalia&rsquo;s borders.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Leila Latif &mdash; IndieWire</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Hope and familial bonds thrive in dangerous conditions in this groundbreaking feature.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32046117/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(541, 'Xoftex', 'Xoftex', '467611695', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama</span></p>', '<p>Germany, France</p>', '<p>Arden Film, The Cup Of Tea, and White Flux Productions</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noaz Deshe, Andro Steinborn, Jordan Tappis, and Beau Willimon</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin, who have been living in a Greek refugee camp, await a decision on their asylum application. In the meanwhile, they pass the time by recording comedy sketches and fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man&rsquo;s-land. With nowhere to escape, boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdulrahman Diab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osama Hafiry</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jalal Albaroudi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazem Saleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouataz Alshaltouh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamad Al Rashi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Omran</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lujain Mustafa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramadan Hamoud</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Dibo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasin El-Harouk</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, Shot, Edited, and Scored By: Noaz Deshe</span>', '99 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noaz Deshe&rsquo;s acclaimed debut feature film, WHITE SHADOW, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munich International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Istanbul </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singapore International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World Cinema Exhibition in S&atilde;o Paulo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transilvania International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giffoni Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Francesco International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morelia International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Best Director at Thessaloniki International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at the Transilvania International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R13FlnJqfJw', '', 'XOFTEX 2024 on Vimeo.00_03_25_07.Still004.png', 'XOFTEX 2024 on Vimeo.00_13_26_16.Still003.png', 'XOFTEX 2024 on Vimeo.00_24_29_11.Still010.png', 'Xoftex poster.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2024/07/xoftex-review-noaz-deshe-delirious-refugee-story-captures-the-eternal-disorientation-of-the-stateless-mind-1235999232/\"><strong>Damon Wise &ndash; Deadline</strong></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/features/noaz-deshe-explains-how-he-made-greek-refugee-film-xoftex-with-ali-abbas-and-babak-jalali/5195020.article\"><strong>Laurence Boyce &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/noaz-deshe-xoftex-interview-asylum-seekers-ai-tiktok-1235930842/\"><strong>Georg Szalai &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464242\"><strong>Susanne Gottlieb &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/xoftex-review-1236059009/amp/\"><strong>Guy Lodge &mdash; Variety</strong></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.fred.fm/xoftex-an-interview-with-director-noaz-deshe/\"><strong>Anna Koř&iacute;nek &mdash; Fred: The Festival Insider&nbsp;</strong></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.broadcastprome.com/news/surrealist-refugee-drama-xoftex-wins-special-mention-at-kvff-2024/\"><strong>Broadcast Pro Middle East</strong></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://martincid.com/movies/noaz-deshes-innovative-refugee-drama-xoftex-sweeps-a-special-mention-at-karlovy-vary-film-festival/\"><strong>Molly Se-kyung &mdash; Martin Cid Magazine</strong></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/karlovy-vary-2024-review-xoftex-noaz-deshe/\"><strong>Ali Ercivan &mdash; International Cinephile Society (ICS)</strong></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/04/film-review-xoftex-2024-by-noaz-deshe/\"><strong>Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus</strong></a><strong>&nbsp; </strong></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Xoftex is an immersive fever dream about the reality of forced statelessness</span></em><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2024/07/xoftex-review-noaz-deshe-delirious-refugee-story-captures-the-eternal-disorientation-of-the-stateless-mind-1235999232/\"><strong>Damon Wise &ndash; Deadline</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;(Noaz) eschewed heavy realism and straight narrative, an approach with a desire to shake up the traditional ways of approaching these (refugee) narratives.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/features/noaz-deshe-explains-how-he-made-greek-refugee-film-xoftex-with-ali-abbas-and-babak-jalali/5195020.article\"><strong>Laurence Boyce &mdash; Screen Daily</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I was feeling shaken after watching the film with its mix of dramatic, funny, and scary elements.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/noaz-deshe-xoftex-interview-asylum-seekers-ai-tiktok-1235930842/\"><strong>Georg Szalai &mdash; The Hollywood Reporter</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Deshe deserves kudos for trying to do something new with the topic and bringing the voices of those affected into the mix.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464242\"><strong>Susanne Gottlieb &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An audacious, formally restive work that stands out.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/xoftex-review-1236059009/amp/\"><strong>Guy Lodge &mdash; Variety</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An explosive, at times, surreal spectacle.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.fred.fm/xoftex-an-interview-with-director-noaz-deshe/\"><strong>Anna Koř&iacute;nek &mdash; Fred: The Festival Insider&nbsp;</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s blend of realism, surrealism, and art-house experimentalism captures the essence of the global refugee crisis.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.broadcastprome.com/news/surrealist-refugee-drama-xoftex-wins-special-mention-at-kvff-2024/\"><strong>Broadcast Pro Middle East</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A meaningful and innovative force in the cinematic world.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://martincid.com/movies/noaz-deshes-innovative-refugee-drama-xoftex-sweeps-a-special-mention-at-karlovy-vary-film-festival/\"><strong>Molly Se-kyung &mdash; Martin Cid Magazine</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The authenticity of all its stories and characters gives Xoftex its true punching power.&rdquo;</span></em></p>\r<br/><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/karlovy-vary-2024-review-xoftex-noaz-deshe/\"><strong>Ali Ercivan &mdash; International Cinephile Society (ICS)</strong></a></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Xoftex&rdquo; is a truly different film about the lives of immigrants in the Greek refugee camps.</span></li>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; </span><a href=\"https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/04/film-review-xoftex-2024-by-noaz-deshe/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panos Kotzathanasis-Asian Movie Plus</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29725186/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(542, 'Girls House', 'دار البنات', '351943791', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '', '<p>Amer Salmeen Al Murry</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desperate to escape a marriage she doesn&rsquo;t want, Dr. Hanan sneaks away and finds refuge in a girls&rsquo; shelter. However, over time, she uncovers some dark truths about the place.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danyah Shafei</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summer Shesha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aisha Al Rifaie</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Al Hasawi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Abrar Marwan<br />DOP: Amer Salmeen Al Murry<br />Editor: Amer Salmeen Al Murry', '108 min', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/7GJ8YTOgMOc', '', 'Girls House (Dar Al Banat) screener.00_14_25_13.Still008.png', 'Girls House (Dar Al Banat) screener.00_20_29_23.Still010.png', 'Girls House (Dar Al Banat) screener.01_14_43_04.Still013.png', 'Girls House tmp pst.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(543, 'Matchstick (Tunisian)', 'كبريت', '586611346', 'short films', '2020', '<p>War Drama</p>', '<p>Tuinisia</p>', '<p>Institut Sup&eacute;rieur des Arts Multim&eacute;dia de la Manouba</p>', '<p>Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed</p>', '<p>Left alone and isolated in her small prison, Sarah must confront her darkest fears and grapple with the harsh reality of her situation. As the sounds of conflict rage outside, she is forced to rely solely on her wits and resilience to survive.</p>', 'Clara Al Hawa, Mohammed Issa Saleh</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed<br />DOP: Omar Jouini, Rahma Souidi, Npir Amraoi<br />Editor: Ahmed Belamari', '15 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6as5c1FUDZM', '', 'vlcsnap-2024-03-12-21h28m27s967.png', 'vlcsnap-2022-06-07-23h07m16s803.png', 'vlcsnap-2024-03-12-21h28m14s570.png', 'Affiche Matchstick 2020.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(544, 'Love Bites', 'ولا عزاء للسيدات', '1592360637', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p>Red Star Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Zain, Ali Soliman, and Baho Bakhsh</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayam, an unmarried twenty-year-old girl, passes away, and her brothers, Zaher and Murad, discover love bites on her neck and chest just before the body washing, which hinders the completion of the washing for fear of scandal.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sedky Sakhr</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sohila Alanwar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadia Hassan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Yehia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mahmoud Zain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Moamen Alameldin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Amr Soliman</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '12 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new exploration of a taboo topic in Egyptian and Arab societies.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film features Egyptian actor Sedky Sakhr known for RIVO (2022) and SOUT W SORA (2023)</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women Film Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film School Festival Tetouan, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Batinah International Film Festival, Oman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Best Short Film,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film School Festival Tetouan, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Egyptian State Encouragement Award in the Feature Film Script category</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/_F_kMxkAR6g', '', 'Master_Subtitled Update 20240714.00_01_45_14.Still001.png', 'From Color.00_01_01_11.Still001.jpg', 'From Color.00_07_12_06.Still010.jpg', 'love-bite---updated-poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(545, 'THE DAMNED DON’T CRY', 'المحكور ماكي بكيش', '1233740937', 'feature', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France, Belgium, Morocco</p>', '<p>BBC Film, VIXENS in coproduction with Kasbah Films and Frakas Productions</p>', '<p>Gary Farkas, Cl&eacute;ment Lepoutre, Olivier Muller, Karim Debbagh</p>', '<p>FATIMA-ZAHRA and her teenage son SELIM move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she&rsquo;s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave &mdash; but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point. THE DAMNED DON&rsquo;T CRY combines melodrama and neorealism to tell the story of a mother-son relationship on the fringes, observing the effects of oppression &ndash; both economic and affective &ndash; in a cut-throat world.</p>', 'A&iuml;cha Tebbae, Abdellah El Hajjouji, Antoine Reinartz, Moustapha Mokafih, Walid Chaibi, Sawsen Kotbi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Fyzal Boulifa<br />DOP: Caroline Champetier<br />Editor: Fran&ccedil;ois Quiquer&eacute;', '111 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aAi9Q2-HWg', '', 'ddc 1.jpg', 'ddc2.jpg', 'ddc3.jpg', 'ddc pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(546, 'the Ditch', 'الحفرة', '1571418966', 'short films', '2021', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Karim Kassem</p>', '<p>When the car stops in a remote wilderness by a large ditch, the game starts between<br />two brothers who are stuck within their relationship. Ahmed, a method-actor who<br />prepares for a new role, and Mohamed, the altruistic brother. A role-playing game in<br />which Ahmed is kidnapped and Mohamed plays the kidnapper. However, when the<br />game goes beyond the limits of Mohamed, he tries to escape from the role of the<br />aggressor, while Ahmed pushes his brother further until the whole situation reaches<br />a point of no return.</p>', 'Sedky Sakhr, Ahmed Banhawy</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Maged Nader<br />DOP: Mohamed Salah<br />Editor: Sarah Abdallah', '16 MIN', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/NvTZkcuyIkw', '', '07_1.3.9 (1).jpg', '01_1.3.1 (2).jpg', '05_1.3.5 (1).jpg', '1.png بوستر الفيلم.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(547, 'Agora', 'أقورا', '374303590', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Mystery</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar</span></p>', '<p>Exit Productions, Cinenovo</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ala Eddine Slim, Julie Viez</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a remote Tunisian town, people who were previously thought to be missing make a sudden return, causing growing tensions within the families, community, and local police. </span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, local police inspector Fathi, with the help of his doctor friend Amine, tries to understand the enigmatic and bizarre circumstances that led to their initial disappearance and unexpected return.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the investigation deepens, a police inspector from the capital, Omar, arrives to solve the mystery. Will Omar&rsquo;s arrival bring understanding or further complicate matters?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neji Kanaweti</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilel Slatnia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majd Mastoura</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonia Zarg Ayouna</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ala Eddine Slim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Amine Messadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ala Eddine Slim</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Moncef Taleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Anas Aissaoui, Ghassen Ben Brahim, Rami Harrabi, and Ismael Lassoued</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '102 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was funded by the Red Sea Film Fund, the Tunisian National Center for Cinema and Image, AFAC, and the Franco-Tunisian Co-production Fund</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival where it also bagged its first award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film features a stellar performance from MAD Rising Celebrity Majd Mastoura</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in Tunisian Cinemas </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM &ndash; Arab Film Festival Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-Le-Sec, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pardo Verde Jury Award at the Locarno International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8osCLbb_u-I', '', 'AGORA_SOFT_VOSTEN_2 arab.00_27_23_03.Still005.jpg', '40deb3bd-ea21-4587-924e-ea95052fc250.jpg', '802df76c-c9dd-4040-bd01-d5c8081bdb46.jpg', 'Agora poster Sm size copy.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Kudlac &mdash; Cineurope</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Blends auteur thriller with elements of fable&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Kudlac &mdash; Cineurope</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Defined as a &ldquo;cautionary tale,&rdquo; Agora impressed the jury at the Locarno Film Festival with its artistic audacity and integrity, visionary flamboyance, and poetic call to action to avoid further cataclysm.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariana Hristova of The New Arab</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In a quasi-political thriller, Ala Eddine Slim translates a nightmare of two sleeping animals into a mysterious multilayered investigative story referring to a morally and environmentally corrupt Tunisian village.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham Youssef of The Film Verdict</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Set in Tunisia, Agora serves as a commentary on the nation&rsquo;s socio-political backdrop. On the whole, the movie is an invigorating story about struggles in a capitalist world, and the necessity to discern the real from the hyperreal.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eoghan Lyng of Dirty Movies</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The uncanny quality to Agora, particularly the narration by a crow and a dog adds some slipperiness to the storytelling, and Ala Eddine Slim&rsquo;s assured eye births some startlingly fluid camera work and equally evocative compositions.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Daniels of Letterboxd</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32022335/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Agora', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(548, 'SUDAN, REMEMBER US', 'SOUDAN, SOUVIENS-TOI', '136545156', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Tunisia, Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Echo Films, Blue Train Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abel Nahmias, Michel Zana, Taoufik Guiga, and Alice Ormi&egrave;res</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A collective portrait of the young Sudanese generation fighting for freedom through their words, poems, chants, and artistic creativity. Dreaming of a new Sudan led by a democratic and civilian government, they risk everything in their impassioned revolution to overthrow the country&rsquo;s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile. </span></p>', '<a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/actor/shajane-suliman/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shajane Suliman</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/actor/maha-elfaki/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Elfaki</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/actor/ahmed-muzamil/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Muzamil</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><a href=\"https://letterboxd.com/actor/khatab-ahmed/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khatab Ahmed</span></a></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, Directed, and Lensed By: Hind Meddeb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Gladys Joujou</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Arthur H</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Hind Meddeb and Damien Tronchot</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '76 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received funding from various sources, including CNC\'s Avance sur recettes, the France-Tunisia Co-production Fund (CNC-CNCI), the Arab Fund for Arts &amp; Culture (AFAC) for post-production, the Doha Film Institute for post-production, the R&eacute;gion &Icirc;le-de-France for post-production, the Quiet Foundation, and the OIF-Fonds Image Francophone for post-production.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went to many prestigious festivals, including the Cleveland International Film Festival (US), Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco), The Hague Movies that Matter Festival (Netherlands), and DOC NYC (US)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has received numerous positive reviews from both the audience and judges, praised for its powerful storytelling.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hague Movies that Matter Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOC NYC, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival (North American premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zagreb International Film Festival, Croatia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Millenium Film Festival de Bruxelles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+K&ouml;ln</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Milano Sguardi Altrove festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIPADOC&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Political Film Festival of Carcassonne&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPH: DOX, Denmark&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DocPoint-Helsinki Docu</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary Film Festival, Finland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, Qatar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Africa, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Sheffield DocFest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safar Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Film Festival of Tarifa-Tangier&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Arab Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movies That Matter Prize at Zagreb International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film on Human Rights at Millennium Film Festival de Bruxelles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix du Public at Festival Internationale du Film de Dortmund&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film Award at Milano Sguardi Altrove festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix PFDM at FIPADOC&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award of the French Union of Documentary Film Critics at the International Political Film Festival of Carcassonne&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at DOC NYC</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Hague Movies that Matter Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Dagher Award for Best Film at the Aswan International Women Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Hetherington Award, Sheffield DocFest</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TV5Monde Plus Audience Award, African Film Festival of Tarifa-Tangier</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3bUBw7X54w', '', 'sudan... still.jpg', 'sudan... still 1.jpg', 'sudan_1.1.14.jpg', 'Sudan Remember Us Final copy.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://magzoid.com/saudi-backed-sudan-film-festival-2024/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://magzoid.com/saudi-backed-sudan-film-festival-2024/</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://dmovies.org/2024/08/30/sudan-remember-us/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://dmovies.org/2024/08/30/sudan-remember-us/</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://tiff.net/events/sudan-remember-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://tiff.net/events/sudan-remember-us</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/7-arab-films-to-look-out-for-at-the-venice-film-festival-2024\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/culture/7-arab-films-to-look-out-for-at-the-venice-film-festival-2024</span></a></p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://icsfilm.org/reviews/venice-2024-review-sudan-remember-us-hind-meddeb/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://icsfilm.org/reviews/venice-2024-review-sudan-remember-us-hind-meddeb/</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/sudan-remember-us-review-hind-meddeb-1236139686/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/sudan-remember-us-review-hind-meddeb-1236139686/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Collective can&rsquo;t be crushed in an exhilarating documentary&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Murtada El Fadl -Variety </span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A powerful document that starts and ends in fittingly poetic ways.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among 7 Arab films to look out for at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abigail Thakadu &mdash; Harper&rsquo;s Bazar Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Meddeb simply bears witness to courageous people receiving scant coverage, just as she did in her portrait of a Darfur refugee in Paris Stalingrad.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;At a taut 76 minutes, Sudan, Remember Us takes viewers to the eye of the revolutionary hurricane.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D Movies</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Sudan, Remember Us stands as a powerful testament to the enduring struggle for freedom and justice.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magzoi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28522241/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(549, 'Green Line', '', '1087636994', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Documentry</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Qatar, Lebanon</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TS Productions, Films de Force Majeure, and Xbox Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&eacute;line Loiseau</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GREEN LINE uses miniature sets of Beirut and figurines to reconstruct Fida&rsquo;s turbulent upbringing during the Lebanese Civil War that took place between 1975 and 1990. With the help of these models, Fida confronts the ex-militiamen who operated during her 1980s childhood in West Beirut &mdash; the same militiamen who claimed to protect her but who frightened her so much.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fida Bizri</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by:Sylvie Ballyot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by :Sylvie Ballyot, Fida Bizri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by:C&eacute;line Loiseau</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Producers:Luc Camilli, Jean-Laurent Csinidis</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Producers:C&eacute;line Loiseau,</span>Sabine Sidawi and Rania Rafei (Lebanon)</li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing:Charlotte Tourr&egrave;s, Sylvie Ballyot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography:B&eacute;atrice Kordon, Sylvie Ballyot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animation:Nicolas Lem&eacute;e, Sylvie Ballyot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound:Tatiana El Dadah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Editing:Luc Meilland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Mixing:Jocelyn Robert</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music:Luc Meilland, Kamilya Jubran, Sylvie Ballyot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production:TS Productions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Production:Films de Force Majeure, XBO Films, L&rsquo;Impossible est en cours</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Production Liban :Orjouane Productions</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldwide Distribution:Mad World</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '150 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received funding from numerous support entities including France&rsquo;s CNC, R&eacute;gion Normandie, R&eacute;gion Occitanie, R&eacute;gion Sud, R&eacute;gion Ile-de-France, and Qatar&rsquo;s Doha Film Institute</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director is recognized for having directed a number of short and medium-length fiction films, including Alice (2002), Tel P&egrave;re telle fille (2007), which was selected for the Directors\' Fortnight at Cannes, Moi tout seul (2012), and Love and Words (2008).</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film uniquely explores the Lebanese Civil War through the perspective of a young girl who lived through the conflict, now an adult woman grappling with the lasting trauma of her childhood.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier (Cinemed), France</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&Eacute;tats G&eacute;n&eacute;raux du Film Documentaire, Lussas, France</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, Italy</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival of the Mediterranean in Images (PriMed)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaza International Festival for Women&rsquo;s Cinema&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DMZ International Documentary Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International de Films de Femmes de Cr&eacute;teil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Festival of the Mediterranean in Images (PriMed)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention, Festival International de Films de Femmes de Cr&eacute;teil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature, the Ismailia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mubi Award for a Promising Debut Feature at Locarno Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema &amp; Giovent&ugrave; First Prize (Young Jury Award) at Locarno Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film at Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atlas Distribution Support Award at Marrakech International Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Mention at the International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival in Cr&eacute;teil, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWRD2p_uq7s', '', '209036a5-05e5-47a2-9ca6-f32a9db0dac8.jpg', 'b984641d-c4d6-4261-b49c-3b2084014376.jpg', 'ecb41306-f380-41e6-9328-1db65d505b7c.jpg', 'green line sm size copy.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/465522\"><strong>Giorgia Del Don &mdash; Cineuropa</strong></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Starting from Fida&rsquo;s story, Green Line talks about all the children who, still today, suffer the consequences of decisions that go beyond them, finding themselves in the middle of a hell that </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adults have created to vent their senseless anger.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giorgia Del Don &mdash; Cineuropa</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32881135/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'foreign'),
(550, '100 Cans', '', '1351707697', 'documentary', '2022', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>UAE</p>', '<p>Anasy Media</p>', '<p>Anasy Media</p>', '<p>The story is about landmines and their impact on lives. It follows a Canadian/Iraqi graffiti artist who goes to Yemen amidst the heated conflict. He meets with the demining teams, local artists and the community to create &ldquo;moments&rdquo; of relief. The graffiti are reflections of the artist&rsquo;s and the community&rsquo;s experiences during this obscurely pivotal point in history. Children unfazed by the daily risks of an exploding landmine, observe the new art, struggling families gossip about the foreign visitors and the new colors they brought to town. Ambivalent emotions and challenges create a tone of hope and an authentic documentation of the threats of land mines and power of dialogue.</p>', 'Saif Chilmiran, Haidar Al Yhari</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Mazen Al Khayrat<br />DOP: Jan Dommar, Shadi Aljabour<br />Editor: Basel Alawad', '80 min', '', '<p>North Carolina Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Stockholm City Film Festival&nbsp;<br />Other Venice Film Festival</p>', '<p>International Independent Film Awards (award winner)&nbsp;<br />Rome Prisma Film Awards</p>', 'https://youtu.be/2HlQq3i8Yb0', '', '100 cans still 1.jpg', '100 Cans screener.00_24_04_14.Still001.jpg', '100 Cans screener.00_29_28_15.Still002.jpg', '100 cans temp poster.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(551, 'The Tainted Veil', '', '1351707697 , 2130926075 , 1768121040', 'documentary', '2015', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>UAE</p>', '<p>Anasy Media</p>', '<p>Cristina Curciur</p>', '<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Whether a veil of the soul, the mind or the body; the layers of the veil in history and the many meanings behind it will be revealed. &ldquo;Women are either judged for wearing the hijab or for not wearing it&rdquo; the hijab refers to the head covering. In &lsquo;The Tainted Veil&rsquo;, the challenges surrounding these ideas are exposed in a debate by diverse guests and extraordinary stories.</p>', '', '<p>Screenwriter: Stephenie Dopferah, Mazen al Khayrat', '78 min', '', '', '', '', '', 'tainted veil still.webp', '', '', 'low res poster (not for use).png', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(552, 'AGREB MAJNOUNA', 'عقرب مجنونة', '1996811070', 'documentary', '2022', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary</span></p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '<p>Artworks</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aymen Moncer</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the city of Oudhref, located in the northern part of the Governorate of Gabes, women toil at their looms to assert their existence and individuality. Their embodiment of art and memory serves as the essence of life and survival.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmina Moncer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tawaa Othman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jannet Ismail</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besma Mannoubi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Akram Moncer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography : Abdelmonem Ben Gaied and Helmi Ben Chahboun</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Zied Ben Hassine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '61 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film joined prestigious festivals, including the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia and the Silicon Valley African Film Festival. At the Carthage Film Festival, it won the UGTT Award for Best Tunisian Feature Documentary, highlighting its critical acclaim and international recognition.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Film Award at the Human Rights Film Festival (2022)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film realistically portrays the role of women and emphasizes their significance in building Tunisian society</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afrika Film Festival Leuven, Belgium (European Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans-Saharan International Film Festival of Zagora, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem International Film Festival (Middle Eastern Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fo&ccedil;a Film Days, Turkiye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job Film Days, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mashariki African Film Festival, Rwanda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIU Film Festival, Kuwait</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Screen Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Heritage Film Festival, Portugal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Trans-Saharan Film Festival Zagora, Morocco </span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sidi M\'Hamed Benaouda International Documentary Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UGTT Award for Best Tunisian Feature Documentary at the Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary Film Award at the Human Rights Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award at the International Trans-Saharan Film Festival Zagora</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJDvJYpFNo8', '', 'RAGMA_PREGRADED.mov.00_02_30_13.Still007.jpg', 'RAGMA_PREGRADED.mov.00_41_41_01.Still006.jpg', 'RAGMA_PREGRADED.mov.00_00_44_22.Still002.jpg', '83b0646642-poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(554, 'Last Chance', 'الفرصة الأخيرة', '554998227 , 1972748476', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>UAE</p>', '<p>Hush Films</p>', '<p>J<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">avier Rueda, Pablo Rosal</span></p>', '<p>A group of friends working on their graduation project find themselves stuck in a dangerous situation.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mashael Alshehhi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed El Kindy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmod Bin Shamsan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waleed Al Yasi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Awad</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Ryan Al-Abbas<br />DOP: Bahaa Albadich, Ali Naser<br />Editor: Yazen Alass', '98 min', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/jcCz8wOBURo', '', 'Last Chance still.jpg', 'Screenshot 2024-05-19 at 11.26.10 AM.jpg', 'Screenshot 2024-05-19 at 11.20.08 AM.jpg', 'Last Chance Poster web.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(555, 'Promised Sky', 'سماء بلا أرض', '283161548', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Tunisia, Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maneki Films, Henia Production</span></p>', '<p>Didar Domehri,&nbsp;Erige Sehiri</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A&iuml;ssa Maiga</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Christelle Naney</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laetitia Ky</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estelle Kenza Dogbo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foued Zaazaa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Grayaa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tour&eacute; Blamassi </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, Co-Written, and Co-Produced By: Erige Sehiri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Anna Ciennick, Malika C&eacute;cile Louati</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers: Didar Domehri and Erige Shiri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Companies: Maneki Films, Henia Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Frida Marzouk</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Nadia Ben Rachid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Aymen Laabidi, Alexis Jung, Simon Apostolou</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Valentin Hadjadj</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hair &amp; Make Up: Karine Ourega</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Line Producer: Julien Auer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian Line Producer: Yasmine Dhoukar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-Production Supervisor: Adrien L&eacute;ongue</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '92 Mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard section&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touches upon an intersectional strife, specific to the Tunisian/Sub Saharan context, through a humanizing lens that is relevant to the times.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by an accredited former journalist with an extensive background </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard, France (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Francophone Film Festival in Angoul&ecirc;me, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valencia Mediterranean Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munich Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franco-Arab Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Valencia International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterranean Film Festival (CINEMED), Brussels, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London African Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage International Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cinema Africano, Asia &amp; America Latina, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New African Film Festival at AFI Silver&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mill Valley Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival - Love &amp; Anarchy, Finland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viennale, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai International Film Festival, China&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangkok International Film Festival, Thailand&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint-Paul-Trois-Ch&acirc;teaux Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joburg Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay Award, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for D&eacute;borah Lobe, Francophone Film Festival in Angoul&ecirc;me</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piuculture Award for Best Film &ndash; Ecumenical Award for Best Film Overall, MedFilm Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention for Actress Debora Lobe Naney, Carthage International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&rsquo;&Eacute;toile d&rsquo;Or Grand Prize and Best Performance for Deborah Lob&eacute; Naney, Marrakech International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Award and Les Grenades Award, Mediterranean Film Festival (CINEMED), Brussels</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98AIbRk01M', '', '1-Copyright ©ManekiFilms_HeniaProduction_1.jpg', 'promised-sky-stills.jpg', 'promised-sky-stills-2.jpg', 'promised-sky.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/promised-sky-review-promis-le-ciel-1236398617/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/promised-sky-review-promis-le-ciel-1236398617/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;At times untidy, but cumulatively powerful, Sehiri&rsquo;s authentic look into the lives of Ivorian women in Tunisia is deeply human.&rdquo; - Variety </span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33311007/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(556, 'The Vanishing', 'L\'effacement', '270593207', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiction, Drama</span></p>', '<p>France, Tunisia</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Films Pell&eacute;as</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nomadis Images</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<div class=\"css-1bmshxm e1h1j7xf7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Thion</span></div>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reda, a bachelor in his late twenties, seemingly leads a life of privilege in Algiers. However, his personality is crushed under his authoritarian father, who has everything lined up for him, from his job to the girl he&rsquo;s meant to spend the rest of his life with. This results in accumulated pressures on Reda&rsquo;s weak personality, who longs for his brother, a rebellious spirit who soon leaves the family home in search of his own path. Now on his own with no one to rely on for emotional support, Reda finds himself veering closer to a mental break after he starts to notice his reflection in the mirror gradually fading away.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sammy Lechea, Zar Amir, Hamid Amirouche, and Djalila Kadi-Hanifi</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed By: Karim Moussaoui</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Written By: Maud Ameline</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced By: David Thion</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Company(s): Les Films Pell&eacute;as, Nomadis Images</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Kristy Baboul</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Fran&ccedil;ois Mereu</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Cl&eacute;ment Pinteaux</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer: Florencia Di Concilio</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldwide Distribution By: MK2 FILMS</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World Distribution By: MAD Solutions</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '91 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festivals</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Win at Carthage</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reviews</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Moussaoui&rsquo;s background</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival (World Premiere), France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamburg Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival (Arab World Premiere), Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FESPACO Festival, Burkina Faso (Best Song Award)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port Said Film Festival, Egypt (Best Actor Award to Samy Lechea)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;ma du Monde de Sherbrooke</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor to Sammy Lechea, Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Song Award at FESPACO Festival, Burkina Faso&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor Award to Samy Lechea at Port Said Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZs0KS2YCk', '', 'image-w1280.webp', 'TheVanishing_FTR-MAD_H264_HD-239_24p_Ltrt_EN_20240812_M141.00_29_54_06.Still002.jpg', 'TheVanishing_FTR-MAD_H264_HD-239_24p_Ltrt_EN_20240812_M141.00_31_50_02.Still007.jpg', 'The Vanishing poster F.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/471196/</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Vanishing offers much more by way of visuals: Moussaoui and DoP Kristy Baboul tend towards darker hues, often leaving Reda in darkness at his emotional lows. At other times, they make use of a more sandy, desert-coloured palette to match the outdoor scenes, which are put to good use</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; &ndash; Olivia Popp</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21993498/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(557, 'UNDER ONE\'S BREATH', '', '1466270124', 'feature', '2024', '', '<p>France</p>', '<p>UNITE</p>', '<p>CAROLINE NATAF</p>', '', 'HIAM ABBASS, EYA BOUTERAA, MARION BARBEAU</p>', '<p>DOP: SEBASTIEN GOEPFERT', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'leyla-bouzid.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(558, 'Girl of Wind', '', '1573084246', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Tunisia</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Hmili</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Tunis, Aya, a veiled teenage skateboarder, and her mother Myriam hide Youssef, Aya&rsquo;s father, an ex-jihadist who unexpectedly reappears. Their secret is unveiled and Aya&rsquo;s decision will reshape their destinies forever.</span></p>', '', '', '105 min', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'gow still.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'not', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(559, 'Those Who Remain', 'ميل يا غزيل', '1024717369', 'documentary', '2016', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Lebanon</p>', '', '<p>Eliane Raheb, Minority Rights Group International</p>', '<p>Al Shambouk, a high peak located in Akkar, Lebanon, is the homeland of Haykal, a Christian farmer. In this complex geographical spot a few kilometres away from Syria, Haykal decided to build a farm and a restaurant. Each day, he deals with the dust from the neighbouring quarries, the agricultural stagnation, as well as the sectarian tensions and the political and economic repercussions of the Syrian crisis. And yet, Haykal feels he must remain in his land now more than ever. He is building his new home and defending coexistence in Lebanon with his own hands that are never too tired to work.</p>', 'Haykal Mikhael</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Eliane Raheb<br />DOP: Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel<br />Editor: Eliane Raheb', '95 min', '', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/BS8mw4NaDz0', '', 'those who remain still 2.jpg', '', '', 'Those Who Remain.webp', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(560, 'From Abdul to Leila', '', '2092752143', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Germany, Belgium, Qatar, Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Volte Films, D&eacute;rives</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michel Balagu&eacute;, Julie Freres</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The odyssey of Leila, a French woman of Iraqi origin who, after an accident and years of exile, reconnects with her father &mdash; a dissident of Saddam Hussein &mdash; by learning Arabic and singing her story, driven by an irrepressible desire to live.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Leila Albayaty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SimoneAlbayaty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;AbdulAlbayaty</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dalia Naous</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Leila Albayaty, David Deboudt, Zo&eacute; Nutchey</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Jonathan Bricheux&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Barbara Bossuet </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '92 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at over a dozen film festivals, winning five awards, including the Best Asian Film-Netpac Awards at the El Gouna Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received several positive reviews across the board, with Stephan Dalton of the Film Verdict naming it as &ldquo;one of the more emotionally powerful documentary competition contenders screening at El Gouna Film Festival.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tells the story of a French Iraqi attempting to rediscover her long-forgotten roots by reconnecting with her estranged father through poetry</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemania, Francophone Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edinburgh Documentary Film Festival, Scotland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annual Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Cairo Week, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Borders Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fidba Documentary Film Festival, Argentina&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quinzaine of the Francophone Films, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinealma Mediterranean Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bozar Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Sans Fronti&egrave;res, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soundscreen Film Festival, Italy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Asian Film - Netpac Awards (Iraq) at the El Gouna Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Jury Prize at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Tetouan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary at the Annual Aarhus Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Documentary at the Arab Film Festival of Rotterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize of the Credit Agricole at Cinealma </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnz6nCLV8ec', '', 'jlFENeW2.jpeg', 'mYHuNtRO.jpeg', 'sGLVyNJG.jpeg', 'from abdul final poster (1).jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariana Hristova &mdash; The New Arab <a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/abdul-leila-reconnecting-memory-through-poetry\">https://www.newarab.com/features/abdul-leila-reconnecting-memory-through-poetry</a>&nbsp; </span></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurore Engelen &mdash; Cineuropa </span><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463963/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463963/</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taif ElMoslamany &mdash; What Women Want </span><a href=\"https://whatwomenwant-mag.com/wwws-favorites-from-the-6th-edition-of-el-gouna-film-festival/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://whatwomenwant-mag.com/wwws-favorites-from-the-6th-edition-of-el-gouna-film-festival/</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziza Halaq &mdash; Basma Magazine </span><a href=\"https://basmamag.ma/20071/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://basmamag.ma/20071/</span></a></li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Dalton &mdash; The Film Verdict </span><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/from-abdul-to-leila/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thefilmverdict.com</span></a></li>\r\n</ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A comprehensive portrait and authentic testimony, a view from the inside of the violent disintegration of Iraqi society and state, provoked by external policies.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariana Hristova &mdash; The New Arab</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The singing in the film also acts as a guide for the audience who are plunged into a whirlwind of family intimacy, bearing witness to the rebirth of a girl and a woman who tends to her wounds using images and song.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurore Engelen &mdash; Cineuropa&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Leila Albayaty&rsquo;s personal passion project is one of the more emotionally powerful documentary competition contenders screening at El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt this week.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></h3>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephen Dalton - The Film Verdict</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film has a dynamic and interpretive context, where multiple creatives transform its story into a cinematic manifesto about the real with imagery about choice and desire, the past and the present, migration and integration.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Khuzai &mdash; El Gouna Film Festival</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Leila confronts her father Abdul with his own past, the Iraqi war, and decides to learn Arabic to put it into song the poems he wrote to her.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://whatwomenwant-mag.com/wwws-favorites-from-the-6th-edition-of-el-gouna-film-festival/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taif Elmoslamany &mdash; What Women Want Magazine&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This serene film, filled with peace, songs, and attempts to deal with the Arabic language [is] a deep, political film about the current Iraqi situation through the eyes of a family torn apart by dispersion.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hossam El Kholy&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;With her unclassifiable sung and animated documentary, Leila Albayaty delivers a musical tale all about herself and a family-focused quest in search of her own story.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463963/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurore Engelene - Cineuropa</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;FROM ABDUL TO LEILA showcases a stunning blend of imagery and music that enhances the emotionally moving scenes, the most impactful of which is the final message she sent to her mother &mdash; a heartfelt expression of love.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://basmamag.ma/20071/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziza Halaq &mdash; Basma Magazine</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Beautiful and moving because it tells the story of the director herself, the story of her family, and the story of Iraq and the Arab World that brings all these narratives together&hellip; The film is a form of psychological healing.&rdquo;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Critic Saeed Mazrawi</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30471134/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(561, 'The Window', '', '2063329543', 'feature', 'In-Production', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Iraq, Qatar</p>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'the window tmp still.PNG', '', '', 'the window tmp still.PNG', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(562, 'Half Day', 'نص يوم', '549257554', 'feature', '2021', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '', '<p>Emad Shehata</p>', '<p>As Hajj Mokhtar, with the help of family and neighbors, looks for his lost son Omar, whom he believes is still alive, he happens upon a young man named Omar, who represents a chance for him to compensate for his lost fatherhood.</p>', 'Abd Allah Meshref, Ahmad Mounir,&nbsp;Ahmed Azmy, Alaa Zinhom</p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Abdel Rahman Othman Al Marshad', '85 min', '', '', '', '', '', 'nos youm still.jfif', '100 Cans screener.00_06_26_13.Still006.jpg', '100 Cans screener.00_30_38_05.Still008.jpg', 'nos youm pst.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(563, 'In This Darkness I See You', 'ورشة', '1200530588', 'feature', '2026', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thriller, Drama </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, Qatar, KSA, France </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abbout Productions, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clandestino Films, Andolfi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georges Schoucair, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eli Souaiby</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strange and life‑threatening events at a construction site spark tension between Syrian workers and Lebanese villagers, prompting Tarek, one of the workers, to become convinced the site is haunted. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Jallad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Marilyne Naaman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moe Lattouf&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Seaibe </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Nadim Tabet, Antoine Waked, and Jamal Belmahi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mark Khalife</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Loic Lallemand </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '85 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accepted into Karlovy Vary&rsquo;s Works in Progress Section and the Fronti&egrave;res co-production market in Montreal.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won El Gouna Film Festival Award in the Final Cut program at the Venice International Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', 'itdisy6.jpg', '1.jpg', '2.jpg', 'itdisy5.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32614059/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_1_dr ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(564, 'Baadarane', 'Baadarane', '1872250729', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, USA</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinephilia Productions</span></p>', '<p>Darine Hotait</p>', '<p>A young boy from Mount Lebanon grapples with his mother&rsquo;s sudden death, questioning the foundation of his faith and whether God punishes or saves people. In a series of mischievous challenges spreading anarchy in his tight-knit village, he attempts to hear back from God, yet hears nothing. His growing frustrations turn sinister and violent, as he rejects the religious traditions that once shaped his life. In the absence of God&rsquo;s response, he realizes the absurdity of the world around him. His rebellion spirals into darkness in this modern spin on the myth of Prometheus through the eyes of an eight-year-old Druz child from Baadarane.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Hani&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mounir Malaeb&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham Boukaroum </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Nadim Chammas and Samah El Kadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer(s):Lluis Ferrer and Marcel Pascual</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Tony Khoury</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor(s): Gerard Daccache and Nicolas Khoury</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique POV&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight into the Druz community and Lebanese social intricacies&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philosophical </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorts Mexico</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baku International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florence Short Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baku International Film Festival, Azerbaijan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FrontDoc, Italy&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAYAH Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Panam&aacute;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film, Shorts Mexico</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Best Short Live Action Film and Best Lebanese Short Film, Beirut Shorts International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film, Baku International Film Festival, Azerbaijan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless Award, FrontDoc, Italy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/qTzStUbPOQ0', '', 'baadarane 1.jpg', 'Captura de Pantalla 2023-08-29 a les 13.50.16.jpg', 'Captura de Pantalla 2023-08-29 a les 13.51.38.jpg', 'BAADARAN-PRINT.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36491175/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(565, 'VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA', ' ذبذبات من غزة', '115339136', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine, Canada</span></p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA offers a glimpse into the lives of deaf children in the besieged and occupied Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the voices of children who have grown up under the relentless blockade and repeated Israeli aggression, it vividly conveys how they experience the bombings, destruction, and drone buzz overhead.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The children describe their perceptions of missile strikes by sensing vibrations in the air, tremors in the ground, and the echoes of collapsing buildings.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The film raises the question of whether the deafness these children face is a natural condition or a consequence of Israel&rsquo;s use of heavy weaponry, including sonic weapons.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Iz Eldin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Musa Samour</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Mustafa Samour</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Isra Abuasr</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Rehab Nazzal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographers: Rehab Nazzal, Mohammed Abu Alkas, Mohammad Nateel, and Nawras Sameer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Rehab Nazzal, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, and Serene Alahmad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Rehab Nazzal and Bruno Belanger</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique insight into the auditorily impaired children of Gaza</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the last documentaries to come out of Gaza before the ongoing war</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spectacular festival head start</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressive array of awards </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days Film Festival, Palestine (World premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed Montpellier International Mediterranean FIlm Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, England&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Gala Quebec Cinema, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cine Palestine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regent Park Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival REGARD, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montr&eacute;al Arts Interculturels, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAYAH Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> De Panam&aacute;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Green Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seize Film Festival, Serbia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemaattic</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Arts Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankena Film Festival, Somalia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seoul International Children\'s Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lochaber/Palestine Shorts Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ard Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oslo Film Festival, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babel Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIPADOC-International Documentary Festival, France </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Film Award, BFI London Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Gazette Audience Award&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ville de Montpellier Young Audience Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Documentary, Le Gala Quebec Cinema</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Choice Award, San Diego Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Al Ard Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Documentary, Oslo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Film Documentary Award, FIPADOC-International Documentary Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bElnfL3KZX0', '', 'still2024-09-24-19h28m50s267.jpg', 'still2024-09-24-19h25m28s212.jpg', 'Snapshot_14.jpg', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-12-12 at 13.54.22_a6e0ac48.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/features/vibrations-gaza-trauma-genocide-deaf-children\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vibrations from Gaza: The trauma of a genocide on deaf children</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lsquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bombings usually occur when everything is quiet&rsquo;, Ten-year-old Amani remembers many details of the two wars she has already experienced in her young years, both of which took place during Ramadan, in the 2014 and 2021 Israeli bombing campaigns.</span></em><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; </span><a href=\"https://www.newarab.com/taxonomy/term/72317\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stefano Nanni</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, The New Arab</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33322029/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(566, 'BLUE CARD', 'كارت أزرق', '256206371', 'feature', 'In Pre-Production', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudan</span></p>', '', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An exploration of the plight of Sudanese refugees deciding between settling into their current spaces or waiting to be relocated yet again.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After escaping the war in Sudan, Abdullah finds himself compelled to work in a nursing home in Cairo where he has to confront his past and make life-altering decisions.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the visionary creators of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY AND GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; Sudan&rsquo;s official submissions for Best International Feature at the 92nd and 96th Academy Awards, respectively.</span></p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Abu Alala (YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY)</span>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'Mohammed Alomda producer 2.jpg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'upcoming'),
(567, 'THE LAST CITY ', 'الجوع', '1594057611', 'feature', 'In Pre-Production', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon</span></p>', '', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reimagining of Beirut in five chapters.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last City is divided into five non-consecutive nights, as many crucial chapters that retrace the last weeks of a city called Beirut. A city under the sway of vampires in search of new victims who are becoming increasingly rare.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a co-production between Khamsin Films (Lebanon) and Les Films de l&rsquo;Alta&iuml; (France), with support from AFAC &ndash; CNC (Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde) and MAD Solutions.</span></p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tania El Khoury (Producer; MANITY, MACHTAT, THE RIVER)</span>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'Ghassan Salhab.jpeg', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'upcoming'),
(568, 'THE PRODIGAL SON', 'الابن الضال', '1100128387', 'feature', 'In Pre-Production', '', '<p>Egypt, Tunisia, France</p>', '', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An exploration of the trials and tribulations that the Coptic Christian community went through during the swine flu epidemic in Egypt</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salem is a pig farmer in Cairo whose livelihood is threatened when the swine flu virus appears abroad and psychosis takes hold of Cairo, putting him and his community to the test.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Ghozzi (THE CROWN)</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habib Attia (THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, BROTHERHOOD), Eric Devin (SIBEL), </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amine Bouhafa (TIMBUKTU)</span>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'Rani and Salem Massalha.PNG', 0, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'upcoming'),
(569, 'The Boy inside the Cocoon', 'الشرنقة', '1867147079', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama, Horror</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuwait</span></p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofana Al Shawaf</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After his parents&rsquo; split and his sister&rsquo;s mysterious death, Yousef, engulfed in emotional detachment and loneliness, discovers he can manifest folklore entities, easing his isolation and revealing secrets untold.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zahra Alkharji</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdullah Alturkumani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanan Almahdi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdullah Bahman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lulwa Almulla</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nour Alhuda</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Ahmed Al Terkait, Anwar Rashed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Ahmed Al Terkait</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Alex Catana</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Designer: Hawra&rsquo;a Alshawaf</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visuals: Dennis Niko</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '136 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High budget</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique premise and mode of storytelling that highlights Kuwaiti folklore&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual effects&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab horror flick&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whimsical themes infused with psychological horror, reminiscent to the Babadook&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director is active in film festivals</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Terkait is no stranger to the genre of psychological horror, having previously helmed THE SENTIMENT and AREATA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Ain International Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIU Kuwait International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arab Feature Fiction Award and the Best Kuwaiti Director Award, AIU Kuwait International Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/o4LozXNEE78', '', 'The Boy Inside The Cocoon.jpg', '', '', 'The Boy Inside The Cocoon poster.jpg', 1, 'hazem', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31987439', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(570, 'NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT', 'بعد ذلك لم يحدث شئ', '83283718', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Sudan and Egypt</p>', '<p>Sudan Film Institute</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim omar&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed bashary</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a diligent attempt, Thomas seeks to find a final resting place for his only child, but he is surprised that today is not the right day to do so.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bekhita Saimon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emanuel William</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edward Jura</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houssam El-Tony </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed By: Ibrahim Omar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer(s): Ahmed Bashary, Menna Ahmed, Ahmed Bishary</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Company: VIVID Studios&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Tarek Abdallah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editors: Amer Ahmed and Khaled Moeit</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Mostafa Shaaban, Ahmed Rashdaan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art Direction and Styling: Shaimaa Ahmed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colourist: Ahmed Shafaai </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '12 min', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Arab World Premiere, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Badalona Short Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFF Art Film Kosice, Slovakia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFF Message To Man, Russia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Arab Film Festival Zurich, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imedghassen International Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biencortos International Short Film Festival, Venezuela</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xociviga International Short Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timimoun International Short Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here &amp; Eslewhere Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Film Festival, New York&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mena Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Tanit Award for Best Short Film, Carthage Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award, Xociviga International Short Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Fankena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award, Zawya Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzu67Ns6MM', '', 'image00003.jpeg', 'image00004.jpeg', 'image00005.jpeg', 'temp poster.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(572, 'MADANIYA', 'مدنية', '767772801', 'documentary', '2024', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>Sudan</p>', '<p>Film Five GmbH</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florian Schewe </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three youths from Sudan&ndash; Django, Esra and Mou&rsquo;men&ndash; participate in the revolution, contributing to the resistance through what they know best, using different means and tools, while bringing their communities together for one common goal; MADANIYA - civilian government.</span></p>', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, Directed, and Shot By: Mohamed Subahi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced By: Florian Schewe</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Company: Film Five GmbH</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Algaddal Hassan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Moustafa Shaaban</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Micheal Youssef</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Ahmed Bushra Habiballah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World Distribution By: MAD Distribution</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldwide Sales By: MAD World</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '75 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema screenings across the Arab world, i.e Zamalek Cinema in Egypt and Cinema Akil in Saudi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socially relevant&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perspective of the youth&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bold statement&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premieres at CFF and Sheffield Doc Fest</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield Doc Fest, UK (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Days, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R_LxiEYMn0', '', '20190410-188a0888_orig.jpg', '20190412-88a1751_orig.jpg', '20190410-188a0220_orig.jpg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-05-13 at 4.10.24 PM.jpeg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(574, 'The Last Message ', 'آخر رسالة', '265674033', 'short films', '2024 ', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama </span></p>', '<p>Egypt&nbsp;</p>', '', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a powerful exploration of familial bonds, a mother uncovers her son&rsquo;s hidden struggles and the devastating effects of miscommunication when she learns of his suicide attempt.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This revelation propels her on a profound journey of understanding and redemption as she unravels the secrets concealed in his phone.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shereen Reda&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feras said</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed El Saadany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Fathy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Dina Maher&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mahmoud Shahin&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Raghda Essam </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Egypt&rsquo;s renowned actress Shereen Reda, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">participated in several blockbusters such as Marwan Hamed&rsquo;s DIAMOND DUST and THE BLUE ELEPHANT sequel, which broke box office records at the time of their release. She also received many awards for her roles in PHOTOCOPY, OUT OF ORDER, and THE GUEST. Most recently, she starred in the highly successful TV series WE BENA MAAD in 2023, where she portrayed an independent divorced single mom of four girls.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring as well Syrian actor Feras Said, who&rsquo;s best known for numerous hits across a variety of genres, including EL HAREEFA, THE BLUE ELEPHANT 1</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer Dina Maher is known for co-writing Netflix&rsquo;s first original Egyptian series PARANORMAL and THE 45 RULES OF DIVORCE and editor Raghda Essam is best known for TAKE CARE OF ZIZI</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silicon Valley African Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Maghr&eacute;bien du Film, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinetoile International Short Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Humanitarian Film, Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, Egypt </span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/Qq2--mHEXiE', '', 'Snapshot.png', 'Snapshot_9.png', 'Snapshot_11.png', 'اخر رسالة.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(575, 'Habibti', 'حبيبتي', '344003178', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Tunisia, France</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Super Seven</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elie Bartin, Sabrine Habassi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day on a rooftop terrace, Anissa invites her mother to Paris to spend a weekend together. But their reunion doesn&rsquo;t go quite as planned.</span></p>', 'Farida Rahouadj, Le&iuml;la Blier, Antoine Stehl&eacute;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Antoine Stehl&eacute;, Sabrine Habassi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Laurent Fleutot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Gauthier Hammer, No&eacute; Philibert</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Florence Caillon, Marie Mifsud, Mathieu Bigot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Megdoul, C&eacute;line Perr&eacute;ard</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '10 mins', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brest European Film Festival (France, November 2023, WIP)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1&egrave;re Marche Festival in Troyes (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film de Demain in Vierzon (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fameck Arab Film Festival (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hallnaywood Festival (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;-Mantes Festival (France, 2025) - Best Actress Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-fest IFF (Italy, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detmold ISFF (Germany, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop Cadru IFF (Romania, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam du Sud Arab FF (Belgium, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bratislava FF (Slovakia, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milton Keynes IFF (United Kingdom, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli FF (Lebanon, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;beklitepe IFF (Turkey, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agadir Film and Migration FF (Morocco, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bardo ISFF (Tunisia, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belize IFF (Belize, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norgs IFF (Iran, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayelsa IFF (Nigeria, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFF Lighthouse (Mauritius, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Druk IFF (Bhutan, 2024) - Best Short Film Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone IFF (India, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Bengal ISFF (India, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borrego Springs IFF (United States, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverside ISFF (United States, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crossing The Screen IFF (United Kingdom, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fisheye FF (United Kingdom, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lund&auml;ng IFF (Sweden, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FerFILM Festival (Kosovo, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmedabad IFF (India, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parashar Prize FF (India, 2025) - Best Short Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filums IFF (Pakistan, 2025) - Special Jury Mention Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi FF (Saudi Arabia, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brest European Film Festival (France, November 2023, WIP)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1&egrave;re Marche Festival in Troyes (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film de Demain in Vierzon (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fameck Arab Film Festival (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hallnaywood Festival (France, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;-Mantes Festival (France, 2025) - Best Actress Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i-fest IFF (Italy, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detmold ISFF (Germany, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop Cadru IFF (Romania, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aflam du Sud Arab FF (Belgium, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bratislava FF (Slovakia, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milton Keynes IFF (United Kingdom, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli FF (Lebanon, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;beklitepe IFF (Turkey, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agadir Film and Migration FF (Morocco, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bardo ISFF (Tunisia, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belize IFF (Belize, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norgs IFF (Iran, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayelsa IFF (Nigeria, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFF Lighthouse (Mauritius, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Druk IFF (Bhutan, 2024) - Best Short Film Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone IFF (India, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Bengal ISFF (India, 2024)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borrego Springs IFF (United States, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riverside ISFF (United States, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crossing The Screen IFF (United Kingdom, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fisheye FF (United Kingdom, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lund&auml;ng IFF (Sweden, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FerFILM Festival (Kosovo, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmedabad IFF (India, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parashar Prize FF (India, 2025) - Best Short Film Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filums IFF (Pakistan, 2025) - Special Jury Mention Prize</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi FF (Saudi Arabia, 2025)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phare International Film Festival Mauritius</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', 'Visuel-Habibti.jpg', 'habibti2.jpg', 'habibti-3.jpg', 'Affiche Habibti DEF low.png', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
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Their hands intersect through their shared memory, telling a story one movement at a time.&nbsp;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zineb Abbad Al Andaloussi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Assab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Najia Sabir</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Gaston P&eacute;pin Struye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Said Saada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Vince De Lenheer</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '17 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artistically rendered autoethnographic account by a female director</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurtzfilm Hamburg Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuits Med Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CUT TO: GENT Short Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Silhouette International Selection, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Africa Leuven Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Art + film + Vienna, Austria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra Internazionale di Genova, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andaras Travelling, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Film Femmes Sal&eacute;, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels International Women\'s Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOVA FRONTIER FILM FESTIVAL &amp; LAB, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AVIFF\' le festival du film d\'artiste, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ernest Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andaras Traveling Film Festival in Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nova Frontier Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institut du Monde Arabe, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Munk Studios Excellency Award,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Institute Excellency Award at Marrakech Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, 17th International Film Festival in Sal&eacute;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petit Grand Prix, CUT TO: GHENT</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third Jury Prize, AVIFF</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix Jeune Public, Women&rsquo;s International Film Festival in Sale</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Rabat International Author Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/492-D81XljM', '', '10.png', '11.png', '13.png', 'Poster-2.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://m.imdb.com/title/tt32047129/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(577, 'The Devil and the Bicycle ', 'الشيطان و الدرّاجة', '1148480298', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Comedy</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France,Lebanon</span></p>', '<p>Aeternam Films</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasma, a 13-year-old Lebanese girl from an interfaith marriage, is preparing for the ritual of her First Communion. But as her sensuality awakens, a completely different kind of ritual unfolds.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M&eacute;lissa Succar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Choueiri</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roger Azar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by: Sharon Hakim&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by :Sharon Hakim and Tamara Saade&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on a Short Story by: Tamara Saade</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian ,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christelle</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Company: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aeternam Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Laetitia de Montalembert</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Cl&eacute;mence Samson</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Rawad Hobeika, Beno&icirc;t Gargonne, Lionel Guenoun</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer: Marc Codsi et Aghiad Ghanem</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '24 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her film LA GRAND NUIT won two awards; one at Cabourg, and another at the Brest European Short Film Festival. The film was also selected at Cinemad, Clermont-Ferrand.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival&ndash; Arab World premiere</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Nuits Med, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Pantin, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grenoble Open Air Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONCORTO FILM FESTIVAL, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off-Courts Trouville, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Namur Francophone Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Short Film Festival Of Cyprus, Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Ind&eacute;pendant de Bordeaux, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&eacute;quence Court-M&eacute;trage Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MedFilm Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interfilm Berlin&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier - CINEMED, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut Shorts International Film Festival &ndash; Beirut, Lebanon</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Jeunesse Tout Courts, France&nbsp; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manassat Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C&ocirc;te Bleue International Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La F&ecirc;te Du Court M&eacute;trage, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film de l\'Est, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival international Music &amp; Cinema Marseille, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exground Film Fest, Germany</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at the Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award at the S&eacute;quence Court-M&eacute;trage Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Fiction Short, Sharjah Film Platform</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the MedFilm Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film, El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt </span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize, Best Directing and Best Performance, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Les Nuits Med, France </span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize, Festival International Jeunesse Tout Courts, </span></li>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Golden Urchin, C&ocirc;te Bleue International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/O1HeYTWdRvU', '', '004_LDLB_GRADE_02_01_02_55_06_sRGB.jpg', '017_LDLB_GRADE_02_01_21_09_03_sRGB.jpg', '013_LDLB_GRADE_02_01_15_21_23_sRGB.jpg', 'Affiche_diable_et_la_bicyclette (1).jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38123378/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(578, '10 Minutes Younger', 'عشر دقائق أصغر', '905798837', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Short</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine</span></p>', '<p>Dar AL Kalima University</p>', '<p>Nisreen Yaseen&nbsp;</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julie and Waleed, two kids on the cusp of their teenage years, escape the pressures of societal and political noise in Palestine, embarking on a brief adventure in nature that will linger in their memories like a dream.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marah Abu Srour</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Waleed Abu Kamel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haytham Ikhmais</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ivan Azazian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Varvara Rizk</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Nisreen Yaseen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ashraf Dowani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Filip Trzaskowski</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '10 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conveys a hopeful message about finding moments of escape and joy, even when navigating societal and political constraints while also exploring the emotional impact of lost opportunities and the sadness of unrealized potential shaped by societal expectations.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Athens Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurgada International Youth Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bethlehem Cultural Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early Bird International Student Film Festival, Bulgaria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZE2n_WVw4', '', '5.png', '10.png', '7.png', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-06-30 at 2.11.30 PM.jpeg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(580, 'THE FOURTH WALL', 'LE QUATRIEME MUR', '1906669886', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>France, Luxembourg, Belgium</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amour Fou Luxembourg, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cin&eacute;matographique, Eliph Productions, Rhamsa Productions, L\'&Eacute;missaire de Baal </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Rouxe, Maya Hariri, Bruno Levy</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1982 war-torn Lebanon, an idealistic theater director arrives in the middle of a war he doesn&rsquo;t understand with the mad hope of staging the play Antigone on the front line. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurent Lafitte</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon Abkarian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manal Issa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bernard Bloch</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: David Oelhoffen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Guillaume Deffontaines</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sandie Bompar</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '120 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Oelhoffen whose film FAR FROM MEN </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was showcased in competition at the Venice Film Festival, winning three awards: the Signis Award, the Arca CinemaGiovani Award, and the Interfilm Award.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Guillaume Deffontaines who was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Cesar Awards for his work on the film SLACK BAY</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Sandie Bompar whose film BOTH SIDES OF THE BALDE, won the Berlinale&rsquo;s Silver Bear Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurent Lafitte who won a BAFTA for his role in the TV series CLASS ACT. He is also well known for ELLE, which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Cesar Awards, and THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring Manal Eissa, who is known for THE SWIMMERS, which was nominated for a BAFTA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namur Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arras Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malaga French Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;ma du Monde de Sherbrooke, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Le Croisic Film Festival &ndash; De la Page &agrave; l\'Image, France </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Trois Award at Namur Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young Jury Award at Malaga French Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Prix Chabrol de la Meilleure Adaptation and the Prix Chabrol du Public, Le Croisic Film Festival &ndash; De la Page &agrave; l\'Image,France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', '', '1727784646195_0620x0413_185x0x1375x916_1727784733107.jpg', 1, 'adham', 'no', '<p><strong>Jonathan Romney &mdash; Screendaily&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-fourth-wall-marrakech-review/5199616.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-fourth-wall-marrakech-review/5199616.article</span></a></p>\r\n<p><br /><strong>Aurore Engelen &mdash; Cineuropa </strong><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467826/\"><strong>https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/467826/</strong></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Photographed by Guillaume Deffontaines, the film evokes an intense, starkly unromanticised sense of what everyday Beirut might have been like at this period.\"</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Jonathan Romney &mdash; Screendaily&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;Portrayed authentically by Laurent Lafitte, who convincingly conveys his character&rsquo;s evolution from playing a kind of waiting game to displaying an arrogance befitting of the unfolding tragedy.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Aurore Engelen &mdash; Cineuropa&nbsp;</strong></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s intelligent narrative and earnest performances secure its status as a thought-provoking cinematic work</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://gazettely.com/2025/02/entertainment/the-fourth-wall-2024-review/\"><strong>Naser Nahandian-Gazettly</strong></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This powerful drama, supported by a top-notch cast, promises to be a highlight for fans of moving, engaging stories.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/321606-the-fourth-wall-a-poignant-drama-starring-laurent-lafitte-set-in-war-torn-lebanon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sortir A Paris</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21615536/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(581, 'Têtes Brûlées', 'Têtes Brûlées', '2089538957', 'feature', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Belgium</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Komuco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quetzalcoatl</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1080 Films&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marc Joannes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabil Ben Yadir&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Youn&egrave;s, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adnan El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, Monia Ta&iuml;eb</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed By: Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Grimm Vandekerckhove</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Dieter Diependaele&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Design: Eve Martin&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: David Franken&nbsp; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '86 minutes', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival&rsquo;s Generation 14+ competition.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features stellar acting from its lead child actress</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explores the culture behind grief in the Middle East</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival, Germany (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D\'A Barcelona Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan (MENA Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Fest Gent, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Osnabr&uuml;ck, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest SehPferdchen, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INEMAMED &ndash; Festival du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Du Film Franco-Arabe De Noisy-Le-Sec, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FICPBA International Film Festival, Argentina&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinekid Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention by the Independent Jury of the AG Kino - Gilde - Cinema Vision 14plus at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention Generation International Jury 14 plus Feature Film at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Sea Port Audience Award at Film Fest Gent</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Award for Children\'s Right, Filmfest Osnabr&uuml;ck, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Performance Award for Safa Gharbaoui, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival of Cinema and Migration Agadir, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Rising Actress Award, FICPBA International Film Festival, Argentina</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzwjoa6Y-1c', '', '1_Safa_Gharbaoui&Mehdi_Bouziane_@Grimm_Vandekerckhove.jpg', '2_Safa_Gharbaoui&Mehdi_Bouziane&Mounir_Amamra_@Grimm_Vandekerckhove.jpg', '3_Safa_Gharbaoui&Mehdi_Bouziane_@Grimm_Vandekerckhove.jpg', 'TB_poster_Berlijn.jpg', 1, 'adham', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474297/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><a href=\"https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2025/02/24/tetes-brulees-de-tunisienne-maja-ajmia-yde-zellama-consacre-a-berlin/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyrine Barbirou - L&rsquo;&Eacute;conomiste </span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"T&ecirc;tes Br&ucirc;l&eacute;es is a film of few words but many gestures: of hands reaching out and arms which embrace and console.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474297/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"A bold yet gentle work, it reminds us of the power of unity in difficult times.\"</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.leconomistemaghrebin.com/2025/02/24/tetes-brulees-de-tunisienne-maja-ajmia-yde-zellama-consacre-a-berlin/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyrine Barbirou - L&rsquo;&Eacute;conomiste</span></a></p>\r<br/><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sensitive and emotionally intimate exploration of cultural identity amidst grief.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></h2>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/tetes-brulees/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deborah Young-The Film Verdict</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35051039/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(582, 'THE SETTLEMENT', 'المستعمرة ', '1574026052', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature, Fiction, Drama </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassala Films, Caract&egrave;res Productions, Seera Films GmbH, and ART</span></p>', '<p>Hala Lotfy</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by real events, THE SETTLEMENT follows two brothers&mdash;23-year-old troublemaker Hossam and his 12-year-old brother Maro &mdash; living in a marginalized community in Alexandria who are offered jobs by the local factory after their father&rsquo;s untimely death in a workplace accident as compensation for their loss in lieu of pursuing legal action.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they navigate their new roles, they begin to question whether their father&rsquo;s death was truly accidental.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham Shukr</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zeyad Islam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanaday Abd El Khaleh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Emad Ghoniem</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohamed Rashad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mahmoud Lotfi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Heba Othman </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '93 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered as part of the perspectives section of the Berlin International Film Festival, marking the only Egyptian film in such a competition&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SETTLEMENT marks Rashad&rsquo;s narrative feature directorial debut after his 2016 documentary LITTLE EAGLES, which won the Best Documentary Award at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\r<br/><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Hala Lotfy of Hassala Films, whose feature debut COMING FORTH BY DAY premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 with director Mohamed Rashad serving as an assistant director on that film</span></h2>\r<br/></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-produced by Etienne de Ricaud of Caract&egrave;res Productions, known for MY FAVORITE CAKE, which won the Berlinale&rsquo;s FIPRESCI Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize, and Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films GmbH, whose film ABO ZAABAL 89 won Best Feature Documentary at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, along with ART</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Heba Othman, whose credits include the acclaimed Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin International Film Festival (Perspectives section)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAL), Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi World Young Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afrikaldia Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of Kerala, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jakarta World Cinema Festival, Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F&uuml;nf Seen Filmfestival, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humans of Film Festival, Amsterdam&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baku International Film Festival, Azerbaijan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award,Mi World Young Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Bronze Star for Best Narrative Film, El Gouna Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Afrikaldia Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Whir Award, Oran International Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor Award (</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Awards for Arab Films), Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noureddine Sa&iuml;l Jury Prize, Khouribga International African Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8J9HjLo30', '', 'Reel_04.mov.00_16_35_21.Still006.jpg', 'Reel_02.mov.00_02_22_23.Still005.jpg', 'Reel_01_Titr.mov.01_18_26_04.Still003.jpg', 'Thr-Settlement-Final.jpg', 1, 'adham', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://quinlan.it/2025/02/18/the-settlement/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massimiliano Schiavoni-Quinlan</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cinematographe.it/recensioni/the-settlement-recensione-film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Verdiana Paolucci-Cinematografe&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474087\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Salwa-Cineuropa</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://asharq.com/art/116794/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asharq news&nbsp;</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"It is an excellent film, capable of telling a setting and its miseries more human than material. Above all, he deals with work, a great thing removed from western cinema for decades now.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://quinlan.it/2025/02/18/the-settlement/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Massimiliano Schiavoni-Quinlan</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;You appreciate the film&rsquo;s photography, which is very careful in telling a misadapted reality, and you can see the personal imprinting of the director, who has been able to gather his own experience to show something unique and original.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.cinematographe.it/recensioni/the-settlement-recensione-film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Verdiana Paolucci-Cinematografe&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Rashad&rsquo;s film&rsquo;s strongest feature is the performances by the non-professional leads, Shukr and Islam... It&rsquo;s worth immersing yourself in a world where happiness is rare and the pride in a younger brother&rsquo;s eyes is the ultimate reward.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474087\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Salwa-Cineuropa</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; THE SETTLEMENT doesn&rsquo;t present a story in the traditional sense.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://asharq.com/art/116794/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asharq news&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Director Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s working-class drama \'The Settlement\', a visually impressive folk tale portraying a young man\'s desperate attempts at social integration, is a milestone for the Egyptian film industry at the Berlinale.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></h2>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/the-settlement/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIqtS5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYSc_g9UmVPcm8vvW7MMnK0RS1EmV31nueMoWa1rKh-n--yTY79MmCnHAA_aem_NQrMGVQOm6fk3vF9WNUZLw&amp;sfnsn=scwspwa\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham Youssef-The Film Verdict&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;THE SETTLEMENT is an Egyptian feature film that deserves to be celebrated. It significantly enriches the recent landscape of independent Egyptian cinema, affirming that there are still many untold stories.&rdquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://chroum.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%AF?fbclid=IwY2xjawIr4O5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdtU43l_G10pJClfnvvmLTnZgJrio8zSPm2bpRZMr9mYNyAZNZKT31PPdA_aem_0Mi14pzOHIrsDIcMkA8-YQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Tarek-Chorum&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The Settlement marks a significant step forward for director Mohamed Rashad as he continues to explore ideas he previously addressed in his documentary film. With noticeable advancements in narration, picture, and cast direction, Berlinale&rsquo;s selection of this film as the first Arab entry in the newly launched competition is both logical and fair.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://fasllah.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%b6%d9%87%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%b6/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIr6vpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTbMFN5qy2FVgSj_Ln1TwjiWDys9QQVdmbPeVw3akg5oYuq-ZRzEhaGxVQ_aem_fVU9IwrxZxi6A1UxxhRKvg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Shawky-Fasllah&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A promising debut that is more interesting than a smooth mainstream product.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><br /><br /></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.moviebreak.de/film/the-settlement\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lida Bach-Moviebreak (Germany)&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;THE SETTLEMENT presents a tragic character haunted by two pasts: his own and that of his father, which the director successfully conveys visually.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.hiamag.com/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87/1778851-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D9%87%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A-2025-%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89?fbclid=IwY2xjawIlapRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWfA96eWjWCBjp-VZMQRtezgmF_bh0jS3tMqgnti00pM3RGCr_IJkHcSOg_aem_rZ1xeSvPYFW4ccIjktnWcg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Mohsen-Hia magazine </span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35341698/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(584, 'The father, probably', 'والدك.. على الأرجح', '537972013, 2077147238', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Mauritania</p>', '<p>Dar Mauritanie</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abderrahmane Lahy </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a poor Mauritanian village, a girl becomes involved in a mysterious accident with no witnesses. However, her parents, particularly her father, respond more casually than she expects.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatimetou Abeyd&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Salem Khalih&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khadijetou Moussa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheikh Elhousein </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Sidi Mohamed Tolba, Tayib Tolba</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Med Lemin Rajel</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Med Lemin Rajel</span>', '28 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at Oberhausen International Short Film Festival </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecrans Noirs, Cameroon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laix Film Festival, Lithuania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain International Film Festival, Bahrain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Human Rights Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seattle Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muslim International Film Festival, UK </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laur&eacute;at Promotional Prize at Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize and Best Costumes at Ecrans Noirs, Cameroon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Oran International Arabic Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Luxor African Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/G-2FOjwmjkI', '', 'IMG_3639.png', 'IMG_3641.jpeg', 'IMG_3644.jpeg', 'IMG_4469.jpeg', 1, 'adham', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32094820/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(585, 'Aicha', 'عايشه', '526080798', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama, Psychological Horror </span></p>', '<p>Morocco</p>', '<p>Native Line</p>', '<p>Piotr Kaczorowski</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 17-year-old girl grapples with her emotionally distant mother as her life takes a tragic turn. In an effort to confront her grief and the fractured bond with her daughter, the mother participates in a mystic ceremony.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hind Dafer&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manal Bennani&nbsp;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Amine Kihal</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Sanaa El Alaoui</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Oskar Jan Kr&oacute;l</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Michał Buczek</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '26 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on a real story of a victim of rape prompting the government to amend Article 475 that allows rapists to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims, the film touches on urgent social issues in Morocco, including limited mental health resources, the repercussions of rape, and child marriage.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explores how trauma, particularly from experiences like rape, disrupts one\'s perception of time and space, leading to a redefinition of identity and the possibility of rebirth.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krak&oacute;w Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SXSW London, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durban International Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brooklyn Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BALINALE, Bali&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Folklore Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;AfryKamera African Film Festival in Warsaw</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellowstone International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Africa&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shnit Worldwide Shorts Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All African Independent Film Festival, Rwanda&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halaloween: A Muslim Horror Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tirana International Film Festival, Albania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine This Women&rsquo;s International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holly Shorts Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival Tangier&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IndieX Film Fest, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa-T&aacute;nger</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFSAK Short Film Festival, T&uuml;rkiye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora: Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror, M&eacute;xico&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zanzibar International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), Nigeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mexico International Short Film Festival - SHORTS M&Eacute;XICO</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zepstone Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, AfryKamera African Film Festival in Warsaw</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Women Filmmaker, Yellowstone International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Shnit Worldwide Shorts Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography and Best Actress, All African Independent Film Festival, Rwanda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Award, Luxor African Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Place-Fiction, Aurora: Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film, Imagine This Women&rsquo;s International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honorable Mention for Best International Short Film and Honorable Mention for Best Social Impact, Zepstone Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Indie Short, Best Short of the Season, and Best Editing, IndieX Film Fest</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/rD35JskJPm0', '', 'PHOTO-2025-03-20-12-30-37.jpg', 'PHOTO-2025-03-20-12-30-38.jpg', 'PHOTO-2025-03-20-12-30-38_1.jpg', 'AICHA POSTER (Socials).jpg', 1, 'adham', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36617394/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(586, 'Dead Dog', 'كلب ساكن', '897538954', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, France, Qatar,KSA</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placeless films </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lara Abou Saifan</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Francis</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a rainy evening, Aida drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house where her husband, Walid, who has been living abroad for years, is confronted by her presence.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temporarily reunited in the same space, they must face the state of their lives together and apart. Is there anything left to be saved?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chirine Karameh</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nida Wakim</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Sarah Francis</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Mark khalife</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor : Zeina Aboul Hosn</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '92min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Won the CineGouna Platform Award at the Beirut Cinema Platform and received recognition at the El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s CineGouna Platform.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival in France, French Avant-Premi&egrave;re&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cine de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival of India, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CID&rsquo;s Next Generation Award for Chirine Karameh, Cairo International Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLr1SjoaYSA', '', 'DD Still 1.jpg', 'DD still 3.jpg', 'DD still 8.jpg', 'Dead-Dog-poster-final.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dead-dog-film-estranged-marriage-lebanon-iffr-2025-1236118990/\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hollywood Reporter</span></em></a></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film gains its dramatic, visual, and artistic beauty from a compelling yet endearing blend of heavy silence and minimal speech.&rdquo; &ndash; Translation from The New Arab, Nadeem Jarjoura</span></em></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><br /><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;[&hellip;] music and sound, thanks to Rabih Gebeile and sound designer Victor Bresse, are a key part of storytelling in the film&hellip;&rdquo;&ndash; Georg Szalai&ndash;</span></em><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dead-dog-film-estranged-marriage-lebanon-iffr-2025-1236118990/\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Hollywood Reporter</span></em></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35625052/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(587, 'Post Trauma', 'بوست تراوما', '2116178630', 'short films', '2024', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine</span></p>', '', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the uprising of 2000, the Dignity Uprising of 2021, and the war on Gaza in 2023, the specter of fear looms over Palestine, deeply ingrained in its psyche and spirit, leaving behind unforgettable scars.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nidal Badarny&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iskandar Hilwi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Shehadi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Nidal Badarny</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriting: Nidal Badarny</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Firas Shehadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Iskandar Hilwi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director&rsquo;s background, having founded three different theatre troupes in Palestine. He also directed the films 30th OF MARCH, WAITING FOR FARAJALLAH, and VILLAGERS.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An attempt to portray fear through the eyes of people who have lived through moments that will accompany them forever.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Star Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cin&eacute;toile Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bejaia Cinematographic Meetings</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fankeena Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/plAGn0rk5a0', '', '', '', '', 'Post Trauma - updated poster.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(588, 'Community Service  ', 'خدمة للمجتمع', '1396716525', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crime, Thriller</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mazallh Studios</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fawaz Gadri and Salem Shahbl</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salwa seeks revenge on a corrupt businessman who has caused harm to her and her family using his powerful influence.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She targets Sultan, a disgruntled employee at her company who has been facing multiple warnings of termination.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seizing the moment, Salwa discreetly approaches Sultan, giving him a stark ultimatum: Either carry out her plan to eliminate the corrupt businessman or face dismissal from the company.</span></p>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zara Al Balushi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser Al Harbi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Salem Shahbl</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Abkar Ali</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Khaled Faisal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Salem Bakoor</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Ziad Al-Anzi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 MIN', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Port Said Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/Ab7wnHyyQHM', '', 'Community service5.jpg', 'Community service4.jpg', 'Community service3.jpg', 'بوستر خدمة للمجتمع الجديد.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(589, 'Amaal', 'آمال', '1240827098', 'short films', '2023', '<p>fiction</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JDV Production</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yara Mazen</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Far off into the future, in order for anyone to have a dream or goal achieved, they have to go and apply at the Holding Company for Dreams Fulfillment. While the company was started in good faith to support people on the journey to reach their goals, things have taken a different turn.&nbsp; </span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Roushdy&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar ElKerm&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shahd El Shater&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shady Ahmed</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Marawan Tarek Hafez, Sara Gaafar, and Dibo</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Omar Abou Doma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Omar Ahmed, Vivid Studio</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '15 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An exploration of insight, enlightenment, hope, family bonds, and the power of standing for what you believe in</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Actress and social media influencer Ola Roushdy who is known for her roles in the hit Egyptian sitcom TAMER &amp; SHAWKEYA and B 100 WESH</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Omar Abou Doma who is well-known for several TV hits and blockbusters, including WITHOUT WARNING, CURFEW</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian American Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAGFF&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mexico Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International World Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Shorts</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonica Glasgow </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at Cairo International Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film at Egyptian American Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Comedy at RAGFF&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at Zawya Shorts </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/bS34U0lvi80', '', 'Madam amal 2.1_1.00_00_59_15.Still002.jpg', 'Madam amal 2.1_1.00_00_44_00.Still001.jpg', 'Madam amal 2.1_1.00_02_27_23.Still004.jpg', 'Artboard 1 copy 3.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451340/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review: Amal - Cineuropa</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker Jawad Rhalib signs an uncompromising work that fits radically into a militant filmography mixing fiction and documentary&rdquo;</span></em></p>', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(590, 'Leaving Baghdad', 'الرحيل من بغداد', '2063329543', 'feature', '2010 ', '<p>Feature</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq, UAE, UK, Hungary</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Art Pictures Ltd.</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koutaiba Al-Janabi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A state of fear and terror dominates the personal photographer of President Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi regime discovers his son&rsquo;s opposition to the regime and his joining of the Iraqi leftist opposition, prompting his killing.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the photographer tries to escape, fearing that he too will be killed, the film follows the state of anxiety experienced as he moves from country to country, reviewing the suffering inflicted.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadik Al-Attar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jasim Al-Timimi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rang Omar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attila Solymosy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Koutaiba Al-Janabi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Koutaiba Al-Janabi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor(s) : Francesco Carvelli, Gwyn Evans</span>', '85 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at over a dozen film festivals, the film won the Raindance Award at the British Independent Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had screenings at the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, USA.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulf Film Festival, Dubai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema for Peace Awards, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Independent Film Awards, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dubai International Film Festival, UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Film Festival Bangkok, Thailand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Tuebingen, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VI Mostra de Cinema &Agrave;rab I Mediterrani de Catalunya, Catalonia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alfilm - Arabisches Film Festival Berlin, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yalla Shabab Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raindance Award, British Independent Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Prize, Gulf Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/F_n3B7wJHvk', '', '', '', '', 'Leaving Baghdad.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N/A</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N/A</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1797428/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(591, 'Home Bitter Home', 'مرمر مكاني', '1216034831 , 1089803754 , 1241590997 , 976707950 , 1467621741 , 1090083058', 'feature', '2026', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stray Bee</span></p>', '<p>Georges Hachem &ndash; STRAY BEE</p>', '<p>These are the crossed intimate portraits of five little-known artists in their late thirties, whose personal crises are inextricably linked to the multiple crises of today&rsquo;s Beirut&mdash;the hometown where they live and struggle to meet their own needs.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhana Mkhayel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dana Dia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adham Al Dimashki</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hadi Deaibes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Fakhry</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Ghina Abboud, Naim El Hajj, Salim Mrad, Aline Ouais, Jihad Saad&eacute;, Marc Salameh, Marie-Rose Osta&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer(s): Jean Hatem, Elsy Hajjar, Jihad Saad&eacute;, Jocelyne Abi Gebrayel</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor(s): Georges Hachem, Sandra Fatt&eacute;, Ghina Abboud, Jihad Saad&eacute;, Naim El Hajj, Marie-Rose Osta </span>', '150 min ', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explores the emotional toll of navigating life\'s demands in a complex and challenging landscape</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands </span></p>', '', 'https://youtu.be/LaIQCSUQYmM', '', 'Adham1.jpg', 'Adham3.jpg', 'Dana4.jpg', '1990d723-a5d7-4998-a27c-9d6ece1ce93d.jfif', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(592, 'Milk Brothers ', 'Frères de Lait ', '2059099446', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Social Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morroco, France </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ATA Production, Dewberries Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Abderrahman Tazi, Marine Vaillant</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Fez, the Foundouk of breastfeeding symbolizes female solidarity, where women help new mothers by nursing abandoned children, Meriem, a young single mother, develops a deep bond with Karam, an orphan left at the Foundouk. Despite her request to raise Karam alongside her son being denied due to societal stigma, Meriem remains determined to preserve their unique connection.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadia Kounda&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farid Regragui&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oumaima Hajjouji</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Kenza Tazi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Kenza Tazi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Kenza Tazi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '19min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received Production Fund from the Cinematographic Center of Morocco&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This story explores various social issues, including adoption, the perception of women in Moroccan society&mdash;particularly single mothers&mdash;the judgment of others, and the nature of maternal love.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Film Festival of Tangier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flickerfest International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Maghr&eacute;bin du Film&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional Signos da Noite</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Arab Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Folklore Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Women\'s Film Festival of Sal&eacute;, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dakhla Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Cinema Independent Casablanca</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cameroon International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Cin&eacute;ma et de l&rsquo;&Eacute;galit&eacute; </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay and Special Mention, National Film Festival of Tangier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Hypatia Award, Alexandria Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Prize and Best Actress Award, Festival International Maghr&eacute;bin du Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Marrakech Short Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Audience Award, International Women\'s Film Festival of Sal&eacute;, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Festival International du Cinema Independent Casablanca</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/7iA5Zj7JjE4', '', 'milk brother 1.jpg', 'milk brother 2.jpg', 'milk brother 3.jpg', 'IMG_0373.PNG.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32862884/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(593, 'The foresight', 'الاستشراف', '881506136', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacal Studio Media Production</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed A.Hadi</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The loyal friend Jaafar accepts the invitation of his friend Hameed, who asks him to come to console him in his isolation and exchange the usual conversations of friends when Jaafar, with his spontaneity, arouses Hameed&rsquo;s irritation.</span></p>', '<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Naif Alabbad, Husain Mahfood</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter , DOP </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; Edito</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r:Mohammed Alyousif</span>', '17 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6exPdhC-rUc', '', '', '', '', 'rose-on-the-wall-ar-p.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(594, 'Masculine unsound plurel', 'جمع مذكر تالف', '881506136', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>\"The film reviews a human rights conflict between a man and a woman&nbsp;<br />by raising three thorny marriage issues that only God knows to solve.\"</p>', 'Abdullah Aljaffal, Kumail alali, Naif alabbad, Marwah Alshafai</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mohammed Alyousif</span>\r<br/><p>DOP:<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mohammed Alyousif</span>\r<br/><p>Editor:<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Mohammed Alyousif</span>', '30 MIN', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwWkEhgUbu4', '', '', '', '', 'بوستر 222.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(595, 'Flat belly syndrome', 'متلازمة البطن المسطح', '713659408', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>\"Salma gets emotionally distressed when a groom proposes to her and asks<br />&nbsp;to see her in a certain way from the legal point of view&nbsp;<br />and her life turns into a disturbing nightmare because of this request.<br />Salma&rsquo;s mother asks for help from her daughter&rsquo;s friends who come&nbsp;<br />to help in a satirical form of comedy punctuated by some surprises that&nbsp;<br />turn the scales of events.\"</p>', 'Rand Alqusaibi, Amal Althaqafi, Nasser Abdulwahed, Fatimah Aljeshi</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Mohammed Alyousif<br />DOP:Mohammed Alyousif<br />Editor:Mohammed Alyousif', '24 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKMcV8o9bQY', '', '', '', '', 'fbs-poster2.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(596, 'Flower on the wall', 'وردة على الحائط', '713659408', 'short films', '2023', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Jacal studio</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happenstance brings Kholoud and Sultan together, but it is impossible to pick up where things left off.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sultan Almuqbali</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maryam Hassan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salman Alnemer&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areej Alibrahim</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Murtada Alhomoud</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '10 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directorial debut</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab female director</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahrain Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJEsaB2cd8', '', '2.jpg', '4.jpg', '12.jpg', 'ROSE_ON_THE_WALL_AR_E.jpg', 1, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(597, 'Fist', 'قبضة', '369876214', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Action</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>\"After finding himself in a familiar but lonely place but dismal,&nbsp;<br />the martial arts player Fawaz searches for the reason for his presence in this house and what is his<br />relationship with it, to reveal some memories to him and give him the answers he is looking for. \"</p>', 'Abdullah ramadan, Tariq abu lahassan, mutasem nasser, sultan Aljunaid</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>DOP:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>Editor:Mohammed Alyousif', '16 MIN', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-uE9dbOSI', '', '', '', '', 'fist-posters-2.jpeg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(598, 'THE ADVICE OF KAYED', 'نصيحة كايد', '369876214', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Action</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>After cheating on his wife,Tariq feels guilty and tries to correct his mistake by leaving his girlfriend, who threatens to expose him.</p>', 'Samar alajmi, Tariq abu lahassan, mutasem nasser, sultan Aljunaid</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>DOP:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>Editor:Mohammed Alyousif', '18 min', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMs7pMms2S0', '', '', '', '', 'THE_ADVICE_OF_KAYED_AR_P.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(599, 'Marqam', 'مرقم', '1697257767', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>Alaa is a security guard and monitor separated from his wife, who took custody of his only daughter, because of negligence of her daughter.He lives an internal and external conflict under the constraints of the recent past, so he resorts to a solution that he deems appropriate and contradictory at the same time</p>', 'Husain Yousif , Marwah Alshafai</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>DOP: Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>Editor:Mohammed Alyousif', '14 MIN', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJ29jNsFW8', '', '', '', '', 'WhatsApp Image 2022-03-30 at 1.54.48 AM.jpeg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(600, 'PORTRAIT', 'بورتريه', '1697257767', 'short films', '2023', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia</p>', '<p>Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</p>', '<p>Mohammed Alyousif</p>', '<p>\"Yasser lives alone among his paintings, which reflect fantasies revolving in his head,&nbsp;<br />until he is surprised by the arrival of an unexpected guest who upsets his balance.\"</p>', 'Mohammed Alsaffar, mahdi Alnaser, Marwah Alshafai&nbsp;</p>', '<p>Screenwriter:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>DOP:Mohammed Alyousif\r<br/><p>Editor:Mohammed Alyousif', '21 MIN', '', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHy1XPq5tuY', '', '', '', '', 'PORTRAIT_AR_P.jpg', 0, 'hassan_shams', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(602, 'Qaher ', 'قهر', '1100292307', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poland, Palestine, Egypt</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw Film School</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maciej Ślesicki</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason, a Canadian Palestinian, returns to Palestine after years away to surprise his sister, bringing an unconventional gift &mdash; a goat, a traditional offering for his newborn nephew. As he embarks on his journey to reach her, he rediscovers the true meaning of Palestinian identity.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabil Al-Raee</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fadi Al-Ghoul</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odai Al-Saeedi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adel Al-Ghoul</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Nada Khalifa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Oscar Zen Wei Lui&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Hossam Hilmy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '20 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A powerful metaphor for the struggle against oppression and the desire for liberation,&nbsp; criticizing the harsh realities Palestinians face while also illustrating how the concept of freedom is often an illusion </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Krak&oacute;w Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Short Film Market Picks Label)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FTC International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rencontres Cin&eacute;matographiques Palestine: Filmer C\'est Exister, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAYAH Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Panam&aacute;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festiwal filmowy Offeliada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Student Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki Free Short Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rencontres Films Femmes M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Adana Altın Koza (Golden Boll) Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biencortos International Short Film Festival, Venezuela&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BNP Paribas Two Riversides Film and Art Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Lubuskie Lato Filmowe, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Nancy Lorraine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Les Nuits MED di U Filmu Cortu, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festivalul Filmului Palestinian, Romania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston Palestine Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strasbourg-Alsace Palestinian Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Youth Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFSAK Short Film Festival, T&uuml;rkiye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olhares Do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tous Courts Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaş International Film Festival, T&uuml;rkiye</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, Scotland&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Corti da Sogni, Italy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize and Lieux Fictifs at the FTC International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention and Political Criticism Award at the Festiwal filmowy Offeliada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention at the Contact Student Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Editing and Best Screenplay at the Thessaloniki Free Short Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Jury Award, International Adana Altın Koza (Golden Boll) Film Festival, Turkey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor for Nabil Al-Raee and Puentes prize, Biencortos International Short Film Festival, Venezuela&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Houston Palestine Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/0QnW30FpORo', '', 'MAIN- 1.jpg', 'MAIN-3.jpg', 'MAIN-4.jpg', 'dbdfb79c-774c-4677-9732-2ea2fe315acc.jfif', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36635945/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(603, 'Gum', 'علكة', '477958521', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rec entertainment</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belal Albader </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A child experiences the thrill of first love, awakening emotions he never knew existed and forcing him to confront decisions he feels unprepared to make.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azzam Alkharaan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alanoud Abdullah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmad Alturki</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rawan Altuais</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter:Belal Albader&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP:Rita Hajjar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Ameen Abu Qassem</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '10min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film seeks to open viewers\' minds and hearts, encouraging them to reconsider their perceptions of Down syndrome.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kuki Young Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swedish International Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Sound and Film Music Festival, Croatia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival, Mexico&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;ŻUBROFFKA International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dimension Independent Film Festival, Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riga International Short Film Festival, Latvia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacramento International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best First Time Filmmaker, Swedish International Film Festival</span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/BanPyQQGmJ0', '', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-09-19 at 10.35.54 (1).jpg', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-09-19 at 10.35.55 (2).jpg', 'WhatsApp Image 2024-09-19 at 10.35.56.jpg', 'movie poster07.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(604, 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza', 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza', '704876913', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Comedy, Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Jordan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les Films du Tambour</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rani Massalha, Marie Legrand, Muriel Merlin</span></p>', '<p>In 2007 Gaza, a young student named Yahya forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nader Abd Alhay</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramzi Maqdisi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majd Eid</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriters: Tarzan and Arab Nasser, in collaboration with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Christophe Graillot</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Sophie Reine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Tim Stephan, Rolan Vajs</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '90 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fictitious Gaza: A story that doesn&rsquo;t center on the suffering wrought by the occupation</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarzan brothers and their credentials; their short film Condom Lead premiered in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival as the first Palestinian film in this section. Their first feature film, D&eacute;grad&eacute;, premiered at Cannes as part of the La Semaine de la Critique. Their second feature, Gaza Mon Amour, was a huge hit; premiering in the Orrizonti section of the Venice International Film Festival and becoming Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard, France (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels International Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mill Valley Film Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarajevo Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada (Opening film)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helsinki International Film Festival &ndash; Rakkautta &amp; Anarkiaa, Finland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfest Hamburg, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFFMH &ndash; Filmfestival Mannheim gGmbH, Germany&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, Mexico</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra - S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gij&oacute;n/Xix&oacute;n International Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rome Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in San Francisco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, Qatar&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Awards, Germany</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage International Film Festival, Tunisia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabiske Filmdager, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine Film Festival, UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crossing the Screen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QCinema &ndash; Quezon City International Film Festival, Philippines&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abitibi-T&eacute;miscamingue International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director, Best Actor for Majd Eid, Best Arab Feature Film, Cairo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Performance for Majd Eid and Nader Abd Alhay, Doha International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Crossing the Screen</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6hUxVwAi5I', '', 'once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-main-still.jpg', 'A_0002C003_241108_105933_p1D9R-769.jpg', 'A_0014C015_241112_145839_p1D9R-574.jpg', 'OUATIG-final-Poster2 (2).jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Necessary and remarkable, Once Upon a Time in Gaza is a beautifully shot and politically significant film, especially relevant today.\" </span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clotilde Chinnici&mdash;Loud And Clear Reviews&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Once Upon a Time in Gaza is a powerful ode to Palestinian resilience&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2025/05/19/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-review-cannes/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Mulally-The National</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This taut, succinct film should win widespread attention following its bow in Un Certain Regard&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-review-satirical-resonant-follow-up-to-gaza-mon-amour/5205258.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Romney&mdash;Screendaily</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film deftly weaves the ambient political tension into the characters&rsquo; lives.&rdquo;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://gazettely.com/2025/05/entertainment/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Enzo Barese-Gazettely&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Small-scale yet broad in its implications, especially considering what&rsquo;s happened since October 7th, Once Upon a Time in Gaza touchingly portrays characters doing their best in a place that grants them few options and even fewer opportunities.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-review-1236211009/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan Mintzer-The Hollywood Reporter</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;They take full control of writing and directing duties to create a gripping and persuasive thriller that unfolds in the streets of Gaza City and remains captivating throughout.&rdquo;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://filmuforia.com/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-2025-cannes-film-festival-2025/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meredith Taylor&mdash;Filmuforia</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://filmuforia.com/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-2025-cannes-film-festival-2025/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Highly precise script work&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/477662/#cm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Fabien Leverrier-Cineuropa&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Necessary film&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.cinematografo.it/recensioni/once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-bqsqeejg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gianluca Arnone-Cinematografo, Italy</span></a></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34734841/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(606, 'Abu Judy ', 'Abu Judy ', '541923032', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Star, Hawadeet films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baho Bakhsh, Safi Eldin Mahmoud, Moataz Abdel Wahab</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judy, a 10-year-old girl, regularly accompanies her father to work. One day, an unexpected event unfolds, challenging their relationship.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emad Ghoniem&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Janna Farouk&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nesma Bahy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Adel Ahmed Yehia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Disha Hesham</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohamed Mamdouh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explores the complexities of the father-daughter relationship while examining the theme of childhood&mdash;navigating the balance between retaining innocence and confronting premature adulthood.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor Emad Ghoneim and editor Mohamed Mamdouh are known for AICHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, which is the first Egyptian film ever to win the Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Jury Prize for Best Film in Post-Production at the Final Cut in Venice.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malmo Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9th Zawya Short Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia (SSFF &amp; ASIA), Japan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in San Francisico&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holland Mena Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medfest Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manassat Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Narrative Short, Arab Film Festival in San Francisco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Fiction, Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress for Jeny Farouk and Jury Award, Manassat Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/wQDhZyVqIFg', '', 'Abu Judy - Graded - 01.jpg', 'Abu Judy - Graded - 02.jpg', 'Abu Judy - Graded - 03.jpg', 'd5e3a065-a15e-48f9-ae06-0d5ba5b3d39b.JPG.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(607, '50 Meters', '٥٠ متر', '501102037', 'documentary', '2025', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt, Denmark, Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A. A. Films, Good Company Pictures</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Amer, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patricia Drati </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a complex and emotionally layered father-daughter journey set in the waters of a community swimming pool in Cairo, Yomna, a first-time director, uses the filmmaking process as a tool to spend more time with her distant father. As she approaches him, she explores her existential questions surrounding career, parenthood, and mortality.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomna Khattab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akram Khattab</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director and Writer: Yomna Khattab</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer :Omar Hossam Ali</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor:Gladys Joujou, Khaled Moeit</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music:Jonas Colstrup</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '72 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative documentary approach, blending personal reflection with inventive cinematic techniques.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPH:DOX, Denmark (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia - Cinema del Mediterrani Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CINEMED &ndash; Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Now Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slamdance Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladima Adiaha Award</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics Awards for Arab Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santiago del Estero Film Festival, Argentina</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Best Non-Fiction Feature Film at the Santiago del Estero Film Festival, Argentina</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention @ Ladima Foundation Awards </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSOaKVuSu0g', '', '50 Meters_mainstill (1).jpg', '', '', '50 Meters Final.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cphdox.dk/film/50-meters/#:~:text=\'50%20Meters\'%20is%20a%20deceptively,her%20debut%20is%20even%20over.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPH:DOX</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span></a><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/473650/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/473650/</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;50 Meters&rsquo; is a deceptively simple film that is not afraid to swim in the deep end, and takes its &lsquo;less is more&rsquo; philosophy to a whole new level of &lsquo;more&rsquo;. You will be looking forward to see Yomna Khattab&rsquo;s next film before her debut is even over.</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cphdox.dk/film/50-meters/#:~:text=\'50%20Meters\'%20is%20a%20deceptively,her%20debut%20is%20even%20over.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPH:DOX</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;A clever choice of format and her dad&rsquo;s refusal to act as therapist turn it into a delightful and witty observation of life.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nextwave-50-meters-by-yomna-khattab/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Doc Europe</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; A striking Egyptian documentary that blends cinema with intimate personal stories, earning the audience&rsquo;s admiration.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://www.albiladpress.com/news/2025/6216/spaces/949384.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarek Al Naggar-AlBilad Press</span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35747023/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(609, 'Corrupted Masculine Unsound Plurel', 'جمع مذكر تالف', '881506136', 'short films', '2022', '<p>Comedy</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Arabia </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afar profesional (Jacal studio)</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Alyousif</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homing in on three complex marital issues, the film aims to shed light on the never-ending battle of perspectives between men and women. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdullah Aljaffal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumail alali&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naif alabbad&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marwah Alshafai</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Mohammed Alyousif</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '30 min', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ain Film Festival, UAE&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'JamaM_03.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://www.cinematechhaddad.com/Cinematech/Cinematech_Special/Cinematech_Special_243.HTM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Rabe&rsquo; &mdash; Cinematech</span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film is generally deep and not rigid, serious yet sarcastic, provoking thought while sparking laughter and astonishment.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https://www.cinematechhaddad.com/Cinematech/Cinematech_Special/Cinematech_Special_243.HTM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Rabe&rsquo; &mdash; Cinematech</span></a></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(610, 'Exile', 'إغتراب', '1328942523', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama / Social / Thriller / Fantasy</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia / Luxembourg / France / Qatar/ KSA</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yol Film House (Tunisia), Tarantula (Luxembourg) and Volte Film (France)</span></p>', '<p><a href=\"../directors/2671573084246.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moufida Fedhila</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mehdi Hmili, Donato Rotunno,&nbsp; Michel Balagu&eacute;</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At one of Tunisia&rsquo;s largest steel factories, Mohamed becomes the victim of an explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being sidelined from his job and reassigned as a guard, he begins a journey of vengeance that uncovers a larger conspiracy, all while his physical condition deteriorates.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghanem Zrelli &ndash; Role: Mohamed</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maram Ben Aziza &ndash; Role: Leila</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kolsi &ndash; Role: Adel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Younes Ferhi &ndash; Role: Ismael</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slim Baccar &ndash; Role: Dali</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourad Gharsalli &ndash; Role: Fethi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><strong>Scriptwriter: </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Hmil</span>\r<br/><p><strong>Cinematographer:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Farouk Laaridh</span>\r<br/><p><strong>Editor:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rawchen Mizour</span>', '127 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received Post-Production Award &ndash; Shift Studio, Post-Production Award &ndash; The Sound of Egypt, and Post-Production Award &ndash; Sard, Development Award &ndash; Maqam Media, at El Gouna Film Festival (CineGouna Platform</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)&mdash;International Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier (CINEMED)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Premiere, Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North American Premiere, Views of Africa International Film Festival (Vues d&rsquo;Afrique), Canada&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin Premiere, International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (Fantaspoa), Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin, Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, Palestine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Special Mention, Views of Africa International Film Festival (Vues d&rsquo;Afrique)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Bronze Hawk Special Jury Prize, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MbdjzywHFk', '', 'EXILE_Mehdi Hmili_Film Still (2).jpg', 'EXILE_STILLS_0064701.jpg', 'EXILE_STILLS_0133620.jpg', 'exile.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482200\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Salwa-Cineuropa </span></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;An emotionally engaging slow burn&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482200\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ola Salwa-Cineuropa </span></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37538734/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(611, 'Fin', 'نهاية', '2106481988', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Fiction </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WK PRO</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donna Hawa</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a stormy night, a man walks through Haifa&rsquo;s empty streets, trying to light his cigarette in the heavy rain. As the flame fails him again and again, he encounters the unexpected. </span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziad Bakri</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Ward Kayyal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Ashraf Dowani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Nour Abukamal</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '5 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From director Ward Kayyal whose film HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival, and earned him three awards, including Best Director at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ziad Bakri, best known for SCREWDRIVER, which was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Warsaw International Film Festival(World Premiere )</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival (MENA premiere)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Torino Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier - CINEMED, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film Nancy Lorraine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorts International Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FEST &ndash; New Directors New Films Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM-Arab Film Festival Berlin&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantaspoa-International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sard, Palestinian Films Festival-Rennes M&eacute;tropole, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Plan-S&eacute;quence</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinequest Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Torino Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Grand Prize, Warsaw International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Mention, Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R393Ty_NyzI', '', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-02-10 at 11.06.19 AM.jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-02-10 at 11.06.20 AM (2).jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-02-10 at 11.06.20 AM (1).jpeg', 'fin-poster-SM.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(614, 'THEY CALL ME MR HAPPY', 'شايفيني مبسوط', '1309419475', 'documentary', '2026', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, Ireland</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inner World Productions</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Moukaddem</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this intimate three-act documentary, psychologist and TEDx speaker Sami Moukaddem looks back on his life and journey through depression with an analytical eye.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami Moukaddem</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriting: Sami Moukaddem</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Marcelo Biglia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Barbara Henkes</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing: Barbara Henkes, Lara Nohra</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '95 min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental health awareness and campaigning potential </span></p>', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/b5Pt1XYMWvs', '', 'they call me mr happy.png', 'they call me mr happy-still-1.png', 'they call me mr happy-still-2.png', 'Poster-1.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(615, 'Ship of Fools ', 'سفينة الحمقى', '215638865', 'short films', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Documentary, Animation </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany, Lebanon </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paradoks Film</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manuel Rees, Frank carsten Walter</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alia and the monsters from her childhood are deeply affected by the destruction in Beirut. Born in a context of war, she develops both shields and vulnerabilities.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her inner world, she encounters Abu Samra, a man training to be a superhero to save Beirut. He, too, harbors his own monsters but offers imaginative glimpses of resistance, inspiring even the filmmaker herself as she steps into the frame.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abu Samrah&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alia Haju</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Alia Haju and Lea Najjar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Jan Fabi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Tobias Wilhelmer </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '30 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by MFG, Kuratorium junger deutscher Film, AFAC, and the Doha Film Institute</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese revolution and the Beirut port explosion, the film highlights stories of survival and resilience in the face of numerous disasters.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winner of the Lab Special Jury Prize and Lab Student Jury Special Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor Tobias Wilhelmer is known for IM HAUS MEINER ELTERN, which won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-writer Lea Najjar is known for the documentary KASH KASH, for which she won the Next: Wave Award at CPH:DOX</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Star Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ecrans du R&eacute;el, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salem Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Arab Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olhar de Cinema, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon Cinema Days</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Cinema &Aacute;rabe Feminino, Brazil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International Signes de Nuit, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desenzano Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival, Romania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lab Special Jury Prize and Lab Student Jury Special Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharjah Film Platform&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention, Lebanese Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Performance, Desenzano Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography, Autumn in Voronet International Film Festival, Romania </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/JB0XGylUllc', '', 'ShipofFools.jpg', '01 SOF Still_1.2.1_1.2.1_1.2.5.jpg', '01 SOF Still_1.2.1_1.2.1_1.2.2.jpg', 'PosterShipofFools.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35720646/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(616, 'Everywhere the Light', 'Partout la lumière', '1401985503', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama, Psychological </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgium </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarantula Belgique, Le Hangar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Rouschop, Hayat Aljowaily</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurian, a 27-year-old Belgian, lives the life of a privileged expatriate in the mythical city of Cairo. His life takes a turn when he has a mystical encounter with his Sufi neighbor, who resides on the roof of their building. What if this experience leads Aurian to see the world and the people around him in a new light?</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L&eacute;opold Terlinden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheikh Mohsen Allam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amina El Banna</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riad Gahmi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Pauline Beugnies</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Tristan Galand</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: L&eacute;o Parmentier</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '29 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by Federation Wallonie Bruxelles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film continues Pauline Beugnies\' investigation into the complex relationship between Eastern and Western cultures while also fostering dialogue and accessibility by presenting contemporary Islam through a spiritual lens that resonates with a broad audience</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP Tristan Galand was nominated for the C&eacute;sar Award for Best Cinematography and the Lumi&egrave;res Award for Best Cinematography for his work on SOULEYMANE\'S STORY</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor L&eacute;o Parmentier previously worked with director Pauline Beugnies on the award-winning short SHAMS and PETITIES, which had its world premiere in the international competition at Hot Docs</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium </span></p>', '', '', '', 'Partout_la_lumire_-_Still4_-__Tarantula-Lehangar.jpg', 'Partout_la_lumire_-_Still2_-__Tarantula-Lehangar.jpg', 'Partout_la_lumire_-_Still_7.jpg', 'Everywhere-the-Light.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32843464/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(617, 'Your Delivery, Sir', 'الدليڤري يافندم', '857019603', 'short films', '2025', '<p>Action</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egypt</span></p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youssef Taha</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pizza shop owner, who is going through a bad custody agreement with his ex wife, loses his composure and snaps. A situation escalates with a young kid and he ends up slapping him on the face .The kid is the son of an angry, wealthy and well connected man, who lives in the same building. What happens after, takes us on a journey under the skin of both men.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim El Samman, Ramy El Tombary, Dora Youssef, Mohamed Ali</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Mahmoud Youssef</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Salma El Barouni</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edit: Nancy Fares</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Maher El Mallakh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '25 Min', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timimoun Short Film Festival, Algeria</span></p>', '', 'https://youtu.be/YGju4YfEZL8?si=QouAwfSPGhFyCksS', '', 'Untitled_1.1.1.png', 'Untitled_1.11.1.png', 'Untitled_1.2.1.png', '9a7be43c-1563-41e3-bc3f-7e097d26bf69.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(618, 'Silent Storms', 'LES TEMPÊTES', '2035187304', 'feature', '2024', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama- Fantasy</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, Belgium</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chevaldeuxtrois</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Petite Prod</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">J&eacute;r&eacute;my Forni</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strange storms of yellow dust fall on a town. Nacer, a 45-year-old journalist, is covering the phenomenon. As he observes the appearance of supernatural events, his dead wife Fajar comes back as nothing happened.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with increasingly threatening storms, Nacer must unravel a haunting past from dark years everyone wanted to forget.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Benaissa&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cam&eacute;lia Jordana&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shirine Boutella&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Ramdani </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director : Dania Reymond-Boughenou</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter(s): Dania Reymond-Boughenou, Virginie Legeay with the collaboration of Vincent Poymiro</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematographer: Augustin Barbaroux</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Julie Naas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music:Dan Levy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound:Marie Paulus, Val&eacute;rie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '84 minutes ', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival &ndash; Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival 2024 &ndash; Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland International Film Festival 2025 &ndash; Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama of Maghreb and Middle East Cinema 2025 &ndash; Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travers&eacute;es Festival 2025 &ndash; Official Competition</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin 2025 &ndash; Spotlight Selection</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SXSW London 2025 &ndash; Visionaries Section</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seville European Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '231129_LesTempetes_V51_XML GRAB HIRES_1.343.1 (1).jpg', '231129_LesTempetes_V51_XML GRAB HIRES_1.416.1.jpg', '231129_LesTempetes_V51_XML GRAB HIRES_1.436.1.jpg', '231129_LesTempetes_V51_XML GRAB HIRES_1.416.1.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/470999/\"><strong>Olivia Popp-cineuropa</strong></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/silent-storms-marrakech-review/5199614.article?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><strong>&nbsp;Jonathan Romney-ScreenDaily</strong></a></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Silent Storms nonetheless emerges as a solid demonstration of Reymond‑Boughenou&rsquo;s directorial chops.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span><strong>&nbsp;&mdash; Olivia Popp, Cineuropa&rdquo;</strong></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Dania Reymond-Boughenou is an ambitious, accomplished and serious-minded attempt to address grief, political reconciliation and the legacy of conflict in a way that fuses the real and the fantastic, the languages of political thriller, ghost story and eco-disaster spectacle &ndash; all on a tightly controlled art-cinema scale.&ldquo;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/silent-storms-marrakech-review/5199614.article?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><strong>Jonathan Romney-ScreenDaily</strong></a></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A strong cast provides connecting threads through the literal and metaphoric murkiness\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/silent-storms-marrakech-review/5199614.article?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"><strong>&nbsp;Jonathan Romney-ScreenDaily</strong></a></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31414944/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(621, 'I\'m Glad You\'re Dead Now', '', '1167923663', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Fiction, Drama </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine, France, Greece </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KIDAM</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tawfeek Barhom, Alexandre Perrier</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two brothers return to their childhood island, where long-buried secrets compel them to confront a dark past that irrevocably binds them together.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashraf Barhom&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tawfeek Barhom</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Tawfeek Barhom</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Giorgos Valsamis</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Lambis Charalambidis</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '13 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened at several prestigious film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palme d\'Or du Court-M&eacute;trage.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explores themes of grief, liberation, and generational trauma</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ashraf Barhoum, who gained significant acclaim for his portrayal of Colonel Faris Al Ghazi in THE KINGDOM alongside Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, directed by Peter Berg. Ashraf has won two Best Actor awards for his role as Radi in THE CURVE by Rifqi Assaf at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival and the Tiburon Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Giorgos Valsamis, who is known for FOS EK FOTOS, for which he won a shared award at the International Cinematographers\' Film Festival Manaki Brothers </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dokufest, Kosovo&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne Film Festival, Australia,</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concorto Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vicoli Corti Cinema di Periferia, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montreal\'s Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seminci-Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid International Film Week, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius International Short Film Festival, Lithuania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sundance Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, Qatar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaohsiung Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Short Film Festival of Cyprus</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabes Cinema Film, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Youth Film Festival, Iraq</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Palme d\'or du Court-M&eacute;trage at the Cannes Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, USA </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'IGYDN_Still 1 72 DPI ©Tawfeek Barhom, Kidam & Foss production.jpg', 'IGYDN_Still 2 72 DPI ©Tawfeek Barhom, Kidam & Foss production.jpg', 'IGYDN_Still 4 72 DPI ©Tawfeek Barhom, Kidam & Foss production.jpg', 'IGYDN_Poster + or.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36724190/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(623, 'Palestine 36', '', '985618776', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama - History</p>', '<p>Palestine, United Kingdom,France , Denmark , Qatar , Saudi Arabia, Jordan</p>', '<p>Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, Snowglobe</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ossama Bawardi</span></p>', '<p>PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule. But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.</p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremy Irons, Hiam Abbass</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El Basha, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saleh Bakri, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Al Massri,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jalal Altawil, Billy Howle, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liam Cunningham</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Robert Aramayo, Yafa Bakri, Karim Daoud Anaya</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Tania Reddin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Designer: Nael Kanj</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Designer: Hamada Attallah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Ben Frost</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '1hr 55 min', '<p>Politically relevant <br />Premiere at Toronto <br />Features big names such as Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Yasmine Al Massri, Liam Cunningham, Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, and Robert Aramayo</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival &ndash; Gala Program, Canada (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">98th Academy Awards Shortlist, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFI Fest, US&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38th European Film Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rome Film Festival, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival, US (Official Selection)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemamed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata International Film Festival, India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reel Palestine Film Festival at Cinema Akil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabiske Filmdager, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa&iuml;da National Festival of Women\'s Literature and Cinema, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin, Berlin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casablanca International Independent Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film de Fribourg, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Troms&oslash; International Film Festival, Norway</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Festival international du film ind&eacute;pendant de Bordeaux, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montclair Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlackStar Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barcelona Sant Jordi International Film Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victoria Film Festival, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carcassonne International Political Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bradford Literature Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Films by Women Madrid Festival, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, UK </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><strong>Awards :</strong></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prix, Tokyo International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snow Leopard Special Jury Award, Asian World Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Audience Award, Arab Film Festival in San Francisco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Design Award, Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival &amp; Symposium, Canada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director for Annemarie Jacir, Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prize, F&eacute;d&eacute;ration des Industries Culturelles et Cr&eacute;atives (FICC) Casablanca&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Cinematography for Helene Louvart, Critics Awards, Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Screenplay for Annemarie Jacir, Critics Awards, Cannes Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p><strong>Nominations:&nbsp;</strong></p>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Academy Awards&reg; (98th Oscars) - Shortlist for Best International Feature Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irish Film &amp; Television Academy &ndash; Nomination for Best International Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irish Film &amp; Television Academy &ndash; Nomination for Supporting Actor (Liam Cunningham)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girls on Film Awards &ndash; Nomination for Best Cinematography</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;European Film Awards - Shortlist (Feature Film Selection)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards &ndash; Nomination for Best Screenplay</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Critics&rsquo; Circle Film Awards &ndash; Nomination for Breakthrough Performer of the Year (Robert Aramayo)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Film Society (Los Angeles) &ndash; Nomination for Best Films of 2025</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian Film Critics Association &ndash; Nomination for Best Film</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ntspoK8XA', '', '606165-521658321_680842801630040_6052074460055183008_n.webp', 'Palestin 36 - pic4 (Better grap).jpg', 'Palestine 36 - pic1.jpg', 'palestine36.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><a href=\"https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/palestine-36-review-1236514104/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The performances are uniformly excellent and in tandem with each other &mdash; true ensemble work where each actor complements his screen partners.&rdquo; Murtada El Fadl-Variety&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/palestine-36-review-oscar-submission-1236416773/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Vivid and stirring,&rdquo;</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sheri Linden-Hollywood Reporter&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/palestine-36-review-1235149102/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Epic historical drama resonates with today,&rdquo;Ritesh Mehta, Indie Wire&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-36-masterpiece-1936-arab-revolt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A masterpiece on the 1936 Arab revolt,&rdquo; Imran Mulla, Middle East Eye&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://loudandclearreviews.com/palestine-36-film-review/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A very powerful film that illustrates the history of resistance and rebellion that has distinguished Palestine and its people since the beginning of time,&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clotilde Chinnici, Loud and Clear&nbsp;</span></a></p>', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29271622/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(624, 'Ambush ', 'كامين', '1711695361', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan, Canadian</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Imaginarium Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rula Nasser</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces. Jana arrives, newly sober, wrestling with intimacy. While across the street, Hasan watches from his family rooftop, anticipating a long-overdue encounter. The film is an urban portrait of bodies and their fleeting pre-dawn desires. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sereene Khass&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emad Al Kobari&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joana Arida&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Jayousi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Yassmina Karajah</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Farhad Ghaderi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Janis Ahnertt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Abdallah Sada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '21 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blends documentary and fiction</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian-Jordanian director</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight into contemporary (youth) culture in Amman</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous film premiered at TIFF and was a MOMA New Director&rsquo;s pick, won top prize at Slamdance </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Busan International Film Festival, South Korea&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraq International Youth Film Festival, Iraq </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '250604_Ambush_PictureLock_V2_ FINAL.10_01_20_00.Still052.jpg', '250604_Ambush_PictureLock_V2_ FINAL.10_11_10_19.Still055.jpg', 'AMBUSH_STILL3.jpg', 'Ambush---Poster.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(626, 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB', '', '2018871493', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia, France</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tanit Films, Mime Films </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae, James Wilson</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saja Kilani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motaz Malhees</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clara Khoury</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amer Hlehel</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Kaouther Ben Hania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Produ</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cer(s): Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuaron, Jonathan Glazer, Jemima Khan, Frank Giustra,&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of Photography: Juan Sarmiento G.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Amal Attia, Elias Boughedir, Gwennol&eacute; LeBorgne, Marion Papinot, Lars Ginzel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Amine Bouhafa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor(s): Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis, Kaouther ben Hania</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Design: Bassem Marzouk&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Design: Khadija Zeggai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Assistant Director: Marie Fischer </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '89 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for International Feature Film at the 98th annual Academy Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Film Not in the English Language category.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a FIPRESCI Grand Prix nomination.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, alongside Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through Plan B Entertainment, with Film4 and MBC Studios receiving &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a thunderous standing ovation lasting more than 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; and won multiple honors, including the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing film of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screened in 35+ countries during its festival run, earning widespread international acclaim and 30 awards.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of CineMAD, a pioneering three-month pan-Arab film season showcasing high-profile Arab films celebrated on the festival circuit, the film had a wide theatrical release across several Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to popular demand, the film enjoyed a special re‑release across several Arab countries as part of CineMAD.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released on Shahid, quickly rising into the top ten most‑watched films in Egypt and Palestine. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Italy</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Canada</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago International Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Egypt (Closing Film)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qatar (Arab World premiere-opening film)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamptons International Film Festival, US</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Busan International Film Festival, South Korea</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFI FEST (American Film Institute&rsquo;s Festival, Los Angeles)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemed &ndash; Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds International Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kolkata International Film Festival, India</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carthag Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune International Film Festival in India&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algiers International Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khouribga International African Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film de Fribourg, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movies that Matter Festival, Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capri Hollywood International Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Eye Honors Awards, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German Camera Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Satellite Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumiere Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asia Pacific Screen Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CinEuphoria Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Derby Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK Film Critics Association Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girl on Film Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G&ouml;teborg Film Festival, Sweden&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philadelphia Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens International Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Festival Viennale, Austria&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Troms&oslash; International Film Festival, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LEFFEST - Lisbon &amp; Estoril Film Festival, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vilnius International Film Festival (Kino Pavasaris), Lithuania&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biografilm Festival - International Celebration of Lives, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, Indonesia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woodstock Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QCinema &ndash; Quezon City International Film Festival, Philippines&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pessac International Historical Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joburg Film Festival, South Africa&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One World Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moldox International Documentary Film Festival for Social Change, Moldova&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cambridge Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Film Festival Australia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athens Palestine Film Festival, Greece&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderlines Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bristol Palestine Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, UNICEF Award, Edipo Re Award, Arca Cinema Giovani Award, CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award, Croce Rossa Italiana Award, Leoncino d\'Oro Agiscuola Award, Leoncino d\'Oro Agiscuola Award Cinema for UNICEF, Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award; Venice Film Festival, Italy&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film, Hamptons International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Prix, Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award- Cr&eacute;dit Agricole Languedoc&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics&rsquo; Award, Cinemed &ndash; Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, Spain&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Leeds International Film Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award, Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress Award for Saja Kilani and an Honorary Jury Award, Carthag Film Festival, Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Doha Film Festival, Amman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Arab Film Award, Egyptian Film Critics Association Annual Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ousmane Sembene Grand Prix, Khouribga International African Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Award, Spanish Actors Union&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capri Humanitarian Award, Capri Hollywood International Film Festival&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heterodox Award, Cinema Eye Honors Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WIN Award for International Feature Film, Women\'s Image Network Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Foreign Film by or about Women (shared award), Women Film Critics Circle Awards&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prix du Jury Professionnel&mdash;Comp&eacute;tition Fiction, Pessac International Historical Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award for Best Feature Film, Borderlines Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZnhfx3Quyw', '', '1_Hind_Main still.jpg', '4_HIND_Stills.jpg', '3_HIND_Stills.jpg', 'the-voie-of-hind-rajab.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '<p><a href=\"https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-film-review-2025\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A soul-stirring docudrama,&rdquo; Marya E. Gates- Roger Ebert&nbsp;</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://povmagazine.com/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-review-for-daughters/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Certainly among the best films of the year overall,&rdquo;&nbsp; Pat Mullen -POV</span></a></p>\r<br/><p><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/09/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-review-kaouther-ben-hania-venice-1236505122/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Extraordinary film, &rdquo;</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><a href=\"https://deadline.com/2025/09/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-review-kaouther-ben-hania-venice-1236505122/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damon Wise-Deadline</span></a></p>\r<br/><h2><a href=\"https://thefilmverdict.com/the-voice-of-hind-rajab/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;A tremendously moving reenactment of a real tragedy that took place in Gaza, Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Voice of Hind Rajab&rsquo; masterfully integrates fiction and reality in a grief-stricken lament for a child in mortal danger.&rdquo; Deborah Young- The Film Verdict </span></a></h2>', 'https://m.imdb.com/title/tt36943034/', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(627, 'Letters', 'رسائل', '343832040', 'documentary', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary, Reflexive </span></p>', '<p>Lebanon</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FilmMonk, Djinn House Productions</span></p>', '<p>Josef Khallouf</p>\r<br/><p>Mich&egrave;le Tyan</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 Lebanese filmmakers, driven by the ongoing war in Gaza, transform their personal letters of turmoil into a series of powerful short films, unaware that their own country is on the brink of facing a similar tragic fate.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josef Khallouf</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mich&egrave;le Tyan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Iris Brocchini</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reine Chahine</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Joseph Khallouf&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josef Khallouf</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Joseph Khallouf </span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><p>&nbsp;', '90 Min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by The FilmMonk&mdash;the company behind TRUMPETS IN THE SKY, which won Best Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021&mdash;and in collaboration with Jinn House, whose editing department has shaped numerous acclaimed and award-winning films including THE YELLOW BUS by Wendy Bednarz, and </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3000 NIGHTS</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mai Masri. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&Eacute;crans du R&eacute;el, Lebonan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panorama des Cin&eacute;mas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, France&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Festival Signs of the Night, Italy&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Screen Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival du Film Franco-Arabe de Noisy-le-Sec</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese Film Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annaba Film Festival, Algeria </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/NqphPsn2c1o', '', 'LETTERS 4 HD.00_08_24_21.Still004.jpg', 'LETTERS 4 HD.00_22_54_10.Still006.jpg', 'LETTERS 4 HD.00_55_33_11.Still013.jpg', 'Letters-Poster50x70cm.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(628, 'Baisanos', '', '176761299', 'short films', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary, Short </span></p>', '<p>Chile, Palestine, Spain</p>', '<p>Brisa Films</p>', '<p>Joaqu&iacute;n Echeverr&iacute;a</p>', '<p>Following the Baisanos, the passionate fans of Club Deportivo Palestino, a Chilean first-division football team founded in 1920, the film moves between two narrators who embody Chile and Palestine, reflecting on identity, the meaning of return, and the many ways of going back. Set within a space of celebration and dreams, the bond between two distant territories emerges, weaving together past and future, homeland and diaspora, opening a dialogue on community and resistance.&nbsp;<br />The film also explores how diasporas shape the places where they find a new home and, in turn, how they transform these environments. Through the baisanos&rsquo; activities, football reveals itself as more than sport: it becomes a living symbol of shared heritage, belonging, and resilience. As their motto declares: &ldquo;More than a team, a whole people.&rdquo;</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lina Meruane&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muhammed Abdelnaim Khader Odeh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p>Screenwriter: Andr&eacute;s and Francisca Khamis Giacoman\r<br/><p>DOP: Lucas Garc&iacute;a\r<br/><p>Editor:Sebasti&aacute;n Salfate\r<br/><p>Sound: Claudio Carrasco', '14 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directors are Palestinian diaspora born in Chile</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin American support for Palestine is huge, and this film acts as a bridge that reinforces that image</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;More than a team, a whole people&rdquo; motto in the synopsis can be used in SM captions, as well as future loglines and promotional media</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nomination at Locarno&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promising festival run</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOCSMX, Mexico</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Short Film Festival, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIDOCS, Chile</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Festival, Qatar</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gijon International Film Festival, Spain</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PORTO/POST/DOC, Portugal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema of the Real International Documentary Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine, France&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Directors New Films Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TBA</span></p>', 'https://youtu.be/rOQcb9dagwE', '', 'Still_2025-06-22_165018_1.37.1.jpg', 'Still_2025-06-22_164654_1.20.1.jpg', 'Still_2025-06-22_165006_1.5.1.jpg', 'fdf0c388b1-poster.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/pt/title/tt37504019/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(629, 'Last Call', 'المكالمة الأخيرة', '1787056898', 'short films', '2026', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Hybrid </span></p>', '<p>Palestine</p>', '', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anan Abbasi, Nayef </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hammoud</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hisham, a 77-year-old Palestinian refugee, makes one final call to his father in 1948, desperately trying to prevent the displacement that shaped his entire life. But can the past be changed, or are some losses irreversible?</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salim Daw</span></p>', '<p>Screenwriter: Anan Abbasi\r<br/><p>DOP: Ashraf Dowani\r<br/><p>Editor:Ayman Matar\r<br/><p>Music: Habib Shehada Hanna', '10 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focuses on the internal emotional landscape of displacement &mdash; grief, guilt, inherited trauma, and longing for a place never seen &mdash; while also engaging with current events in Gaza and the threat of renewed displacement, making the film both urgent and necessary</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Salim Daw, who is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best known for portraying Mohamed Al-Fayed in Netflix\'s THE CROWN</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Ashraf Dowani, whose credits include MAR MAMA, which won numerous awards, including Best Arabic Short Fiction Film at the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children &amp; Youth</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'LastCall_Still_01_.png', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');
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(630, 'SOPHIA', '', '350077308', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thriller-</span>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia, United Kingdom</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Double A Productions, New Sparta Productions</span></p>', '<p>Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine</p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Producers : Christopher Simon,Safe Messadi,Fadhel Hammami</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against the wishes of her father, Emily travels from London to Tunisia in the hopes of reconnecting her daughter, Sophia, with her estranged husband. The unthinkable happens when Sophia disappears, and lies and deceit quickly ensnare the broken family. Emily&rsquo;s world is flipped upside down as she races against time to find her daughter.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Jessica Brown Findley&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Kais Setti</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Hyde&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiba Abouk&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Zied Ayadi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Souad Ben Slimane</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Co-Producers:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Christopher Simon,Safe Messadi,Fadhel Hammami</span></strong></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Screenplay:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Cinematographer:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Willie Nel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Editor:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hafedh Laaridhi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Sound Design / Supervising Sound Editor:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Daniel Bodsworth</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Sound Engineer:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moncef Taleb</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Production Designer:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adel Ouni</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Costume Designer:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Randa Khedher</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Hair &amp; Make-Up:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zeineb Ayachi Garas</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Casting Directors:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lucy Amos, Salem Daldoul, Amal Mannai</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<strong>Music:</strong> Selim Arjoun</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></li>\r<br/></ul>', '115 mins', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and led by Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, an internationally acclaimed actor and filmmaker</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second feature by the director of GHODWA, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cairo International Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combines Arab storytelling with international cinematic sensibilities</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong appeal for international festivals and arthouse audiences</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco (Official Selection)</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beverly Hills Film Festival, USA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film de Fribourg, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester Film Festival, UK&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director Award, Manchester Film Festival</span></p>', '', '', 'STILL2.jpg', 'STILL!.jpg', 'STILL3.jpeg', 'STILL!.png', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allan </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter, Screen Daily</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/sophia-review-jessica-brown-findlay-stars-in-dhafer-labidines-accessible-tunisian-thriller/5211554.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delivers enough intrigue, twists and strong arm tactics,&rdquo; Allan </span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter, Screen Daily</span></p>', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38938232/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(631, 'Kentucky Gaza', '', '1808475735', 'short films', '2026', '<p>Drama - Comedy</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Imaginarium Films</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raya Aburub, Aseel Abu Ayyash , Yousef Abed Alnabi </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In besieged Gaza, where the existence of Kentucky survives only as legend, Anwar transforms the masses&rsquo; craving into a successful smuggling venture, while single‑handedly deepening the emotional wound between himself and his father.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazan Nobani&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmad Fayad&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamzeh Mahadin</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Khalil&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazem Elian</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazan Eid</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Omar Rammal&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmad Jalboush</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Abdallah Sada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '21 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported by The Jordan Film Fund - RFC, Lefta International Emerging Film Talent Association, and Cinephilia Production</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sparked by the surreal story of smuggling KFC through tunnels, the film transforms this absurd yet poignant detail into a powerful metaphor &mdash; blending dark humor with profound existential themes to highlight Gazans&rsquo; longing for experiences others take for granted, while offering a fresh, globally resonant lens on life under siege. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tampere Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brussels Short Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shorts Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Cine Palaestine, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plein la Bobine Festival, France</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santiago del Estero Film Fest, Argentina&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SXSW London Screen Festival, UK</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', 'https://youtu.be/uymGRkOPDC8', '', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-01-25 at 3.39.50 PM.jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-01-25 at 3.39.51 PM (1).jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-01-25 at 3.39.51 PM (2).jpeg', 'WhatsApp Image 2026-01-25 at 3.39.30 PM.jpeg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39385840/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(632, 'El Sett', '', '2037634483', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biographical Drama</span></p>', '<p>Egypt</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Square Productions, Synergy Films, Film Clinic, Luxor Studios </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Badawy, Tamer Morsy, Mohamed Hefzy</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story of Umm Kulthum, from a childhood spent singing in rural Egypt disguised as a boy, to her battle for acceptance in Cairo, her heartbreaks and sacrifices, and her transformation into the Arab World&rsquo;s most iconic voice &mdash; culminating in her historic 1967 Olympia concert.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona Zaki</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sayed Ragab&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Abdel Aziz</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Farag</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Khaled Saleh&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Amin</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Ahmed Mourad&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AbdelSalam Moussa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Hafez</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Designer: Mohamed Attia&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer: Hesham Nazih</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Designer: Wayne Pashley&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosthetics Designer: Jason Baird</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Designer: Yasmine El Kady&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewelry Designer: Azza Fahmy </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '155 Min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lavishly funded epic chronicling the life of legendary icon Umm Kulthoom, brought to the screen with the Arab world&rsquo;s finest cast and top-tier creative talent.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco (World Premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Film Festival Rotterdam, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALFILM Berlin&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney Film Festival, Australia&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival International du Film de Fribourg, Switzerland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabiske Filmdager, Norway&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema, Egypt</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival de Marseille, France</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Set Design Award, Film Society Festival for Egyptian Cinema</span></p>', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJyGfAcS8nQ', '', 'd72ae11927-poster.jpg', 'setstills.jpg', 'setstill1.jpg', 'Oum Kalthoum poster Final (1).jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31402484/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(633, 'Mossoul Campus', '', '1291859208', 'documentary', '2026', '<p>Documentary</p>', '<p>France</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aloest Films </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fran&ccedil;ois-Hugues de Vaumas, Xavier de Lauzanne, Caroline Florentin</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Mosul, four students return to university, driven by a deep thirst for life and learning: Talal dreams of a society more open to the world, Zainab fights for women&rsquo;s emancipation, Abdallah seeks to restore cultural heritage, and Fawz aspires to become a writer. Through their hesitant yet determined steps, an entire society is being redrawn.</span></p>', '', '<p>DOP: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xavier de Lauzanne</span>\r<br/><p>Sound: Caroline Florentin - Hawzhin Blanca\r<br/><p>Sound Mix:Vincent Villa\r<br/><p>Music Composer:Bachar Mar-Khalif&eacute;\r<br/><p>Color Grading:Jean Coudsi\r<br/><p>Editor:Jean-Maxime Besset', '86 Min', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final installment of a trilogy devoted to offering a balanced, alternative vision of Iraq and Syria, countering stereotypes of perpetual conflict, highlights the post‑war struggle &mdash; reconciliation, rebuilding social bonds, and aspirations for peace.</span></p>', '', '', '', '', 'MOSSOUL_CAMPUS_ALOESTFILMS_02.jpg', '', '', 'MOSSOUL_CAMPUS_ALOESTFILMS_01.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(634, 'At Mother - Eve Cemetery, Kadi Awaits', '', '1700489125', 'short films', '2026', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, Drama </span></p>', '<p>Saudi Arabia , Germany , Tunisia</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lam Films, Volte</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jowaher Alamri, Michel Balague</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the death of her sister, eight-year-old Kadi embarks on a series of adventures to move her sister from Mother Eve Cemetery to their new house &mdash; a journey told through a child&rsquo;s eyes about loss and belonging.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussam Alharthi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talia Ouda</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Marwa Salem&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naif Al Daferi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hisham Alrajhi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Khalida Bataweel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Mark Khalife</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Halim Sabbagh</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '16 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer Jowaher Alamri received the Best Short Film Jury Award for her film THE LAST DISMISSAL at the 2024 Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Received support from prestigious foundations in Saudi Arabia. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://youtu.be/SIX3DVrx_Fk', '', 'Look_v2_Kaoh_1.41.1.jpg', 'Look_v2_Kaoh_1.24.1.jpg', 'Look_v2_Kaoh_1.35.1.jpg', 'Look_v2_Kaoh_1.2.1.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(635, 'WEDDING, BERLIN', 'العرس في برلين', '334716876', 'short films', '2026', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p>Czech Republic, Lebanon, Egypt</p>', '<p>CODED Production</p>', '<p>Iuliia Mamaeva - Farah Abou Kharroub</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal turns her Berlin wedding into an act of protection for the Palestinian artist she loves &mdash; until the outside world presses in, testing how much that protection can truly hold. </span></p>', 'Maiam Elbasha, Kamel Elbasha</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptwriter: Farah Abou Kharroub</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Prashant Khade</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Roman Iakovlev</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '13 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Farah Abou Kharroub is well-known for SEVEN VILLAGES, which won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Bahrein International Film Festival and ArabFest, and was Shortlisted for the Magnesia Award at the Czech Film and Television Academy.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring veteran Palestinian actor Kamel El Basha, who notably won the Best Actor Award for THE INSULT at the Venice Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=uLPKozN0OScFv4GO&v=D_CVxUlLQc8&feature=youtu.be', '', 'WEDDING_BERLIN_4K.00_01_46_22.Still015.jpg', 'WB_24_5-1.00_06_06_01.Still001.jpg', 'WB_24_5-1.00_02_20_02.Still003.jpg', 'WB_poster_vertical.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(636, 'Simsim', 'سمسم', '1888005494', 'feature', '2025', '<p>Comedy - Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cordoba Art Production, Slate Film Services</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qais Noamani, Khaled Haddad </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simsim is a woman approaching her thirties, trying to escape her reality by finding a dream man who can rescue her and her daughter. When she finally finds him, she must convince her estranged husband to grant her a divorce &mdash; and the only way to do so is by finding him a new bride. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saja Kilani</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majd Eid</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joana Arida</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Dalou </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Tamara G. Owais, Razan Zoubi, Taima Twaisi, Zahraa Baniyaseen&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Talal Khoury, Ali Darabseh&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Abdallah Sada&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Amer Dwaik&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Yazan Rousan </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '82 Min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Features Saja Kilani &amp; Majd Eid following their latest string of box-office successes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rare depiction of normal working-class life in Jordan that brings neglected domestic issues, such as the nuances of divorce and parenting, to the forefront.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Had a successful theatrical run in Jordan, where it was well-received by audiences. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, Jordan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada Youth Film Festival, Egypt&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangier International Film Festival, Morocco&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival, UAE</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab Film Festival Berlin (Official Selection), Germany</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention (First-Time Scriptwriter &amp; Lead Actress), Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Feature Film, Karama Human Rights Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', 'https://youtu.be/nHnuMhK4O1A', '', 'Simism2.jpg', 'SIMISM1.jpg', 'Still Photo 11.jpg', 'Poster (1).jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34934750/ ', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(637, 'Laundry', 'Uhlanjululo ', '1919864436', 'feature', '2025', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drama / Coming of Age / Music </span></p>', '<p>South Africa / Switzerland</p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akka Films&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kude Media&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mojo Entertainment LLC&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RTS Radio T&eacute;l&eacute;vision Suisse </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philippe Coeytaux</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim Stark</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zamo Mkhwanazi</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enoch Sithole has one hope: that his son, Khuthala, will take over the family laundry. But this is 1968, and in apartheid South Africa, the state is systematically dismantling Black businesses. As the government tightens its grip, Enoch is forced to bend the rules to keep the laundry running. When those efforts backfire and he&rsquo;s arrested, the burden falls to Khuthala.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Khuthala wants no part of it. He&rsquo;s made his position clear. The laundry is his father&rsquo;s dream &mdash; not his. His heart belongs to music, to jazz, and to a band on the verge of touring the United States. He throws himself into chasing that dream, neglecting the business as it begins to unravel.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, Khuthala&rsquo;s talent and drive earn the respect of the musicians, one of whom entrusts him with a set of banned recordings &mdash; songs that expose the brutal realities of life under apartheid. Then everything shifts.</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After witnessing his father&rsquo;s savage beating at the hands of prison guards, Khuthala is forced to see the system for what it truly is. In desperation, he trades the recordings for his father&rsquo;s freedom &mdash; betraying his friends, and the very dream he was fighting for. But apartheid takes everything anyway. The family is left broken. The laundry is lost. And Khuthala, who once believed in music as salvation, is left to confront a world where the cost of survival is far too high.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ntobeko Sishi</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siyabonga Shibe</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bukamina Cebekhulu</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zekhethelo Zondi</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracy September</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenplay: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zamo Mkhwanazi</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: Gabriel Lobos&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: Richard Mohlari, Fran&ccedil;ois Wolf</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: Tracy September, Mpumi Mcata, Tshepang Ramoba</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Christine Hoffet with the collaboration of Ael Dallier Vega</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume Designer: Nompumelelo Sinxoto </span>', '106 Minutes', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot carries a jazz/blues musical side since the main character is a gifted teenager who can play 5 instruments. 3 composers developed their music, and one of them (Tshepang Ramoba) is a SAMA award winning artist.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From MultiChoice scholar to international festival powerhouse, this director has shaped prime-time television with over 200 hours of scripts for hit shows like Isidingo. Trained at the New York Film Academy and La F&eacute;mis, her acclaimed short films have already conquered TIFF, Cannes, and Sundance. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African Premiere at Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Barbara International Film Festival, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South African Premiere at Joburg Film Festival, South Africa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Louis African Film Festival, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FESCAAAL, Italy</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New African Film Festival, United States</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geneva International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swiss Premiere at Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film, Jordan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Jury Prize, FIFDH</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Iris Award for Non-Arab Feature Film and Audience Award for Non-Arab Feature Film at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '11. Magdalena2.jpg', '9. Kuthala, Dompass.jpg', '6. Magdalena.jpg', '24_Laundry_LA_ poster_international.jpeg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34734557/ ', 'arab', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(639, 'Cairo Shadows', 'Pigs of Cairo', '1100128387', 'feature', '2026', '<p>Drama - fiction</p>', '<ul>\r - <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France&nbsp;</span></li>\r - <li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia&nbsp;</span></li>\r - &lt;li style=\"font-weight: 400;', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES FILMS DU TAMBOUR&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CINETELEFILMS</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RANI MASSALHA&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MURIEL MERLIN&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HABIB HATTIA</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salem returns to the Zabaleen district of Manshiyet Nasser after a long absence, finding his father defeated by life and his sister married to an ambitious recycling businessman. Entrusted with a family pig farm, Salem flourishes as he reconnects with his community and breathes life back into his fractured home.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when the swine flu pandemic ignites political and social panic in Cairo, the state orders the immediate eradication of all pigs. With his neighborhood turned into a battleground, Salem must risk everything to protect his community&rsquo;s survival.</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HASSAN MALEK</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TARA EMAD</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KAMEL EL BASHA</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA EL EILY</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GEHAD HOSSAM EL DIN </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenplay: GLADYS MARCIANO - VALERIE MAUREAU - RANI MASSALHA&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinematography: ERIC DEVIN&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound: BRUNO SCHWEISGUTH - ANTOINE FRANCOIS - FRED DEMOLDER&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music: AMINE BOUHAFA&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: JULIA GREGORY </span>', '90 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by true events that took place in Manshiet Nasser in 2009</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First representation of the topic</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charismatic &amp; lovable cast</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An arthouse film with commercial appeal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rani, one of the directors, won the Jury Prize at Cannes for a previous short film.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 0, 'radwa', 'yes', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(640, 'Conversation with the Sea ', 'حوار مع البحر ', '1326827389', 'feature', '2026', '<p>Drama - Family</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Netherlands,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saudi Arabia, Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PalCine Productions</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan, Rami Alayan</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Jerusalem, Kamal, a 60-year-old Palestinian man, is ordered by an Israeli court to pay a large social security debt allegedly owed by his son Wael. But Wael drowned in the Red Sea decades ago. When no official record of his death can be found, Kamal follows the only remaining lead to uncover what happened to his son. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kamel El Basha</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amer Hlehel</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahira Ablassi</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Zreik</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruba Blal</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haitham Omari</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriters: Muayad Alayan, Rami Alayan</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Lorenzo Casadio Vannucci</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Matteo Faccenda</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Muayad Alayan&rsquo;s credits include REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM, which won the Special Jury Prize of the Rotterdam Hivos Tiger Competition and the Hubert Bals Audience Award.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring veteran Palestinian actor Kamel El Basha, who notably won the Best Actor Award for THE INSULT at the Venice Film Festival </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, Italy </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(world</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiere)&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival, Canada</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', 'CWTS_FTR_PL_grade_3840x2160_00_41_11_03.jpg', 'Still - Kamal standing infront of the sea.jpge.jpg', 'CWTS_FTR_PL_grade_3840x2160_voor_stills_00_23_58_03.jpg', 'CWTS_A1_HI_RES.jpg.jpeg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(641, 'AL BARANEYA', 'البرانيّة ', '1924830090', 'feature', '2026', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Saudi Arabia</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BALDR Film</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seera Films</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CZAR Film</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Hoeve</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kesmat Elsayed&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eurydice Gysel</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pregnant Amal lives together with her family in Al Baraneya, a village outside Cairo, surrounded by jasmine fields. Their chaotic yet loving way of life is disturbed when a landowner offers to buy their land. The pressure to sell divides the family and doubts begin to grow.&nbsp;</span></p>\r<br/><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Amal&rsquo;s cousin Rania visits from Cairo, she captivates Amal and her younger sisters with her modern lifestyle: Jeans, TikToks, and lively city stories. Amal starts to question life as it seems to have been laid out for her and dreams of city life start to sprout. Now that the potential sale of the land offers the prospect of a future in the city, their unquestioned existence starts to waver. </span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reem Amer, Fatma Ibrahim El-Hamus, Nadia Ahmed El-Hadary, Asmaa Ahmed El-Hadary, Farida Alsayed El-Hamus, Fatma Farahat El-Hadary, Sara Ali El-Hadary, Alsayed Mohamed El-Hamus, Safaa Ahmed Kobak. Yehia Saad El-Hamus, Salma Khattab, Mostafa Noureldin</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.O.P: Douwe Hennink NSC&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor:&nbsp; Dieter Diependaele</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound recordist &amp; design: Taco Drijfhout&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Supervisor: Laura Bell</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldwide Sales: MAD World</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '84 minutes ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiering at Venice.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Actor and real life characters combo. </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival (World Premiere) </span></p>', '', '', '', 'AlBaraneya_Still1.jpg', 'AlBaraneya_Still2.jpg', 'AlBaraneya_Still4 (1).jpg', 'AlBaraneya_Poster_Medium.jpg', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38687928/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(642, 'We are Entitled to Love Autumn', 'يحقّ لنا أن نحبّ الخريف', '1831732932', 'short films', '2026', '<p>Drama</p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden, Palestine, Tunisia</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aleph Atelj&eacute;, KJ Holdings</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Jaafer, Karim Jouini</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed, a Palestinian asylum seeker in Sweden, uses an AI chatbot to improve his Swedish language, but what begins as practice becomes a late-night lifeline, drawing him into grief, memory, and the quiet weight of exile.</span></p>', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saleh Bakri</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shadi Diab</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ka&iuml;s Qadri</span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter: Amani Jaafer</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP: Harshad Gaikwad</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editor: Louis de Schrijver</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '25 min ', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A poignant story of exile, isolation, and fragile hope, where a Palestinian man&rsquo;s bond with AI becomes his only witness in the aftermath of the 2023 Gaza war</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring award-winning Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri, who recently starred in ALL THAT&rsquo;S LEFT OF YOU, Jordan\'s official submission for Best International Feature at the 2026 Oscars, and PALESTINE 36, shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Louis de Schrijver, whose YESTERDAY THE EYE DIDN\'T SLEEP world premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'poster with MAD logo 2 (2).png', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', '', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab'),
(643, 'Thirteen In Gaza', 'Thirteen In Gaza', '846132730', 'feature', '2026', 'Drama - Feature - psychological - social', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine - Qatar</span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Scene for Media Production </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosam Abu Dan </span></p>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Gaza in 2025, thirteen-year-old Raghad and her father, Abu Raghad, navigate displacement following a devastating bombing. As Raghad reaches womanhood in an overcrowded camp without privacy or basic care, her father turns to black-market aid trading to ensure their survival. Through their journey, GAZA 13+ delivers an intimate portrait of war’s hidden toll on personal dignity, social bonds, and childhood innocence. </span></p>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mary Ziyara</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Masri&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghassan Salem&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abeer Ahmed&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nawaf Abu Amra </span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director &amp; Producer: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosam Abu Dan&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Producer: Hanna Atallah&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenplan and dialogue: Khalil Al-Muzayyen</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of Photography &amp; Lighting: Yousef Mashharawi&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing: Hosam Abu Dan, Editing Consultant: Hiba Othman&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Recording / Sound Technician: Mohammed Qofu&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Design: Alaa El Rawey&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound Engineering &amp; Mixing: Rana Eid&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makeup &amp; Costume: Brenji Almadhoon</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Manager: Mohammed Qadduraa</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Assistants: Mohammed Abu Dan and Khaled Abu Hammam</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '77 min', '<ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First fiction feature film to be shot in the Gaza Strip in 12 years, making its world premiere an important cinematic event.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmed entirely on location in Gaza under active wartime conditions with a local Palestinian cast and crew.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than focusing solely on physical destruction, the narrative delves into the nuanced personal toll of war&nbsp; exploring forced maturity, female puberty, the loss of privacy, and fragile dignity in displacement camps.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toronto International Film Festival (World Premiere) </span></p>', '', '', '', '8R-dU53A.jpeg', 'BMz_FXCA.jpeg', 'JxlvvT7g.jpeg', '', 1, 'radwa', 'no', '', '', 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43743832/', 'world', 'no', 'no', 'arab');

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(1617, 'Asian World Film Festival - November 2024 (USA)', 'kastawy', '362899700', '511, 492, 401, 386, 536, 519, 542, 537, 465, 506, 470, 495, 517, 482, 539, 475', '478, 438, 358, 325, 503, 492, 516, 504, 417, 471, 422, 454, 435, 508, 425', '', 1),
(1618, 'cinematic encounter - November 2024 (Switzerland)', 'kastawy', '2115427395', '536, 502, 400, 470, 505, 498, 529, 465, 517, 482, 539', '503, 468, 340, 422, 472, 500, 417, 435, 508', '', 1),
(1619, 'Filmfest Hamburg - September 2024', 'kastawy', '842532838', '532, 522, 502, 488, 414, 531, 503', '518, 494, 468, 456, 420, 501, 477', '', 1),
(1620, 'International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg - November 2024', 'kastawy', '554420431', '547, 532, 522, 502, 549, 488, 414, 493, 531, 503', '518, 494, 468, 456, 420, 476, 501, 477', '', 1),
(1621, 'ARAB FILM FESTIVAL Stuttgart/Tübingen - October 2024', 'kastawy', '460315526', '458, 508, 490, 449, 447, 465, 506, 400, 454, 470, 369, 483, 495, 510, 480, 496, 504, 452, 464, 475', '421, 470, 404, 402, 417, 471, 340, 409, 422, 430, 455, 454, 475, 432, 458, 473, 407, 416, 425', '', 1),
(1622, 'Sundance Film Festival - January 2025', 'kastawy', '1421392041', '529, 536, 513, 465, 528, 481, 544, 483, 510, 517, 482, 496, 509, 476, 539, 464, 498', '500, 503, 514, 417, 502, 434, 522, 455, 475, 510, 435, 458, 479, 423, 528, 416', '', 1),
(1623, 'Antenna Documentary Film Festival - February 2025 (Australia)', 'kastawy', '743463329', '522, 490, 502, 549, 476, 432, 504, 505, 457', '494, 443, 468, 423, 374, 473, 472, 411', '', 1),
(1626, 'REC Tarragona International Film Festival - December 2024 (Spain)', 'kastawy', '1976018170', '534, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 542, 549, 537, 488, 414, 495, 493, 531, 503, 541, 547', '519, 518, 494, 529, 468, 516, 504, 456, 420, 454, 476, 501, 477', '', 1),
(1627, 'Cinéma Zaatari - MAD Films 2024', 'Moshira', '673483752', '487, 28, 158', '', '1, 7, 14, 8, 13', 1),
(1628, 'MEN - October 2024', 'kastawy', '1344063430', '511, 508, 362, 449, 344, 506, 470, 391, 438, 496, 476, 485, 464, 452, 518', '478, 470, 318, 404, 302, 471, 422, 329, 385, 458, 423, 450, 416, 407, 483', '', 1),
(1629, 'For Aljazeera Docs', 'hazem', '137461451', '550, 98, 209, 399, 524, 552, 62, 227, 23, 490, 24, 439, 560, 118, 25, 549, 447, 162, 364, 81, 26, 395, 400, 86, 87, 33, 215, 89, 533, 161, 91, 548, 102, 103, 94, 95, 228, 432, 504, 551, 457, 559, 169, 104, 340', '', '', 1),
(1630, 'Arab Film Festival Zurich 2025', 'Moshira', '719511909', '490, 369, 414, 480', '443, 430, 420, 432', '', 1),
(1631, 'Festival International Cinéma et Migrations Agadir - November 2024 (Morocco)', 'kastawy', '1810475268', '492, 366, 529, 522, 449, 396, 502, 500, 453, 481, 400, 436, 448, 460, 480, 477, 476, 432, 504, 464, 452, 541, 475', '438, 461, 500, 494, 404, 336, 468, 467, 408, 434, 340, 371, 403, 433, 432, 424, 423, 374, 473, 416, 407, 425', '', 1),
(1632, 'Palestine Film Festival Bari - November 2024 (Italy)', 'kastawy', '1396580408', '529, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 517, 482, 505, 451', '500, 468, 332, 417, 340, 422, 510, 435, 472, 406', '', 1),
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(1637, 'Yellowstone International Film Festival - October 2024', 'kastawy', '289983596', '511, 458, 534, 529, 463, 386, 532, 522, 508, 519, 513, 478, 515, 490, 449, 560, 502, 542, 537, 518, 488, 528, 506, 481, 454, 525, 470, 433, 369, 483, 507, 436, 425, 495, 510, 480, 427, 476, 504, 539, 505, 485, 464, 531, 503, 469, 452, 541, 475', '478, 421, 519, 500, 415, 325, 518, 494, 470, 492, 514, 431, 480, 443, 404, 529, 468, 516, 504, 483, 456, 502, 471, 434, 409, 498, 422, 392, 430, 455, 474, 371, 365, 454, 475, 432, 378, 423, 473, 528, 472, 450, 416, 501, 477, 429, 407, 425', '', 1),
(1638, 'Sharjah Platform Part2', 'Moshira', '1289566801', '522, 542, 537, 488, 531, 503', '494, 516, 504, 456, 501, 477', '', 1),
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(1641, 'Rights - Worldwide', 'hazem', '825724358', '354, 413, 550, 511, 458, 534, 445, 492, 399, 529, 463, 524, 358, 281, 547, 552, 523, 401, 386, 306, 532, 335, 253, 324, 332, 390, 256, 282, 311, 466, 255, 280, 443, 467, 289, 151, 327, 441, 309, 536, 508, 519, 362, 351, 394, 40, 284, 478, 257, 515, 341, 264, 490, 363, 462, 296, 290, 397, 380, 449, 431, 248, 396, 502, 501, 558, 542, 308, 537, 392, 562, 384, 374, 385, 344, 323, 286, 518, 81, 465, 563, 379, 314, 421, 488, 500, 389, 554, 528, 252, 506, 402, 395, 15, 481, 359, 544, 336, 400, 454, 525, 470, 433, 391, 543, 388, 140, 414, 251, 455, 387, 438, 276, 331, 483, 489, 533, 365, 507, 527, 446, 407, 436, 425, 378, 495, 301, 512, 75, 510, 245, 321, 326, 372, 377, 480, 493, 435, 274, 352, 468, 517, 546, 434, 168, 275, 156, 228, 496, 346, 509, 427, 285, 476, 432, 504, 539, 54, 393, 505, 437, 218, 535, 337, 259, 485, 551, 457, 283, 319, 520, 561, 464, 305, 531, 503, 559, 304, 381, 318, 469, 273, 297, 452, 246, 541, 475, 356, 312, 566, 567, 568', '', '', 1),
(1642, 'Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal - October 2024 (Canada)', 'kastawy', '410516516', '511, 458, 534, 529, 463, 522, 508, 519, 513, 515, 449, 502, 542, 537, 518, 488, 528, 506, 481, 525, 433, 369, 483, 507, 425, 495, 510, 480, 482, 496, 427, 476, 504, 539, 485, 457, 464, 531, 475', '478, 421, 519, 500, 415, 373, 494, 470, 492, 514, 480, 404, 468, 516, 504, 483, 456, 502, 471, 434, 498, 392, 455, 474, 365, 454, 475, 432, 435, 458, 378, 423, 473, 508, 450, 411, 416, 501, 425', '', 1),
(1643, 'Palm Springs International Film Festival - January 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '2009275300', '534, 547, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 542, 549, 537, 488, 369, 414, 495, 480, 493, 504, 531, 503, 541, 475', '519, 518, 494, 443, 529, 468, 516, 504, 456, 430, 420, 454, 432, 476, 473, 501, 477, 425', '', 1),
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(1645, 'Arab Cinema Week 2024', 'moshira', '766562349', '524, 491, 552, 386, 450, 522, 440, 456, 490, 383, 439, 403, 431, 560, 473, 502, 516, 542, 537, 447, 382, 488, 310, 395, 400, 433, 388, 369, 533, 527, 425, 495, 526, 512, 405, 406, 548, 480, 493, 416, 545, 423, 427, 432, 339, 504, 457, 540, 305, 531, 503, 304, 541, 475', '497, 521, 325, 131, 405, 426, 343, 428, 340, 392, 430, 331, 365, 454, 433, 364, 515', '', 1),
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(1647, 'Ciné Bala - January 2025 (France)', 'kastawy', '881880984', '534, 547, 532, 522, 488, 433, 369, 425, 480, 427, 504, 457, 531', '519, 518, 494, 456, 392, 430, 365, 432, 378, 473, 411, 501', '', 1),
(1648, ' IFEMA - Female International Film Festival I Malmö - November 2024 (Sweden)', 'kastawy', '1747000891', '511, 529, 463, 513, 490, 560, 549, 537, 518, 528, 414, 483, 489, 507, 436, 480, 493, 482, 496, 504, 539, 505, 457, 531, 503, 498, 475', '478, 500, 415, 514, 443, 529, 504, 483, 502, 420, 455, 469, 474, 371, 432, 476, 435, 458, 473, 508, 472, 411, 501, 477, 462, 425', '', 1),
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(1650, 'Reel Palestine Jan 2025', 'Moshira', '2112946818', '366, 502, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '461, 468, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 462', '', 1),
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(1654, 'French Institute Maroc 2024-2025', 'Moshira', '1367457226', '534, 491, 547, 532, 490, 516, 549, 488, 526, 548, 493, 416, 556, 540, 531', '', '', 1),
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(1658, 'French Institute Algeria 2024-2025', 'moshira', '927291990', '534, 491, 547, 532, 490, 516, 549, 488, 526, 548, 493, 416, 556, 540, 531', '', '', 1),
(1659, 'CineGouna Short Film Lounge 2024', 'kastawy', '1064006820', '511, 492, 529, 513, 515, 500, 506, 481, 525, 483, 507, 496, 539, 464', '478, 438, 500, 514, 480, 467, 471, 434, 498, 455, 474, 458, 528, 416', '', 1),
(1661, 'BFF', 'hassan_shams', '1270743740', '454, 458, 538, 478, 462, 449, 461, 518, 525, 483, 521, 464, 452', '', '', 1),
(1664, 'Unseen - Nairobi 2024 - 2025', 'Moshira', '1256893987', '534, 547, 532, 516, 549, 414, 548, 493, 556, 540', '', '', 1),
(1665, 'Oujda International Maghreb FF 2024', 'Moshira', '1892242469', '458, 382, 400, 507, 460, 416, 504, 368', '421, 428, 340, 474, 433, 364, 473, 328', '', 1),
(1666, 'Pune International Film Festival - January 2025 (India)', 'kastawy', '290216772', '547, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 542, 549, 537, 488, 414, 495, 517, 509, 531, 503, 498, 541, 475', '494, 529, 468, 516, 504, 456, 420, 454, 501, 477, 425', '', 1),
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(1670, 'Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago) 2024', 'Moshira', '1501197326', '386, 264, 490, 290, 439, 560, 340, 502, 371, 364, 395, 400, 433, 388, 495, 480, 427, 504, 503, 304, 541', '', '', 1),
(1671, 'FESPACO - February 2025', 'kastawy', '1445246515', '463, 547, 532, 522, 508, 449, 560, 371, 488, 369, 509, 531, 544', '415, 518, 494, 470, 404, 529, 456, 430, 501, 522', '', 1),
(1672, 'Wassla - November 2024 (Paris)', 'kastawy', '139483078', '478, 480', '431, 432', '', 1),
(1673, 'WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2025', 'Moshira', '1910715072', '366, 547, 386, 522, 23, 490, 560, 118, 502, 371, 549, 400, 228, 541', '461, 325, 494, 381, 529, 69, 468, 340, 174', '', 1),
(1676, 'Luxor African Film Festival - January 2025 (Egypt)', 'kastawy', '512287658', '534, 529, 463, 530, 532, 522, 538, 508, 513, 515, 449, 502, 488, 481, 483, 507, 510, 548, 556, 540, 531', '519, 500, 415, 526, 518, 494, 505, 470, 514, 480, 404, 468, 456, 434, 455, 474, 475, 527, 523, 501', '', 1),
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(1679, 'Fayoum - palestine', 'kastawy', '1399142856', '465, 470, 521, 482, 505, 451', '417, 422, 491, 435, 472, 406', '', 1),
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(1684, 'Pápa International Historical Film Festival - April 2025 (Hungary)', 'kastawy', '1251908756', '529, 532, 508, 513, 515, 490, 560, 502, 371, 549, 518, 400, 369, 483, 496, 504, 539, 505, 457, 503, 498, 565, 541, 547', '500, 518, 470, 514, 480, 529, 468, 483, 340, 430, 455, 458, 473, 528, 472, 411, 477, 531', '', 0),
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(1686, 'Aflam Film Festival 2025', 'Moshira', '1543643415', '547, 347, 498', '275, 462', '', 0),
(1689, 'Bari International Gender Fest', 'kastawy', '1685613878', '445, 14, 376, 478, 380, 447, 344, 518, 528, 365, 521, 507, 480, 482', '448, 85, 315, 431, 366, 402, 302, 483, 502, 303, 491, 474, 432, 435', '', 1),
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(1692, 'Cinematheque de Tanger 2025', 'Moshira', '1303607818', '491, 532, 490, 516, 542, 371, 549, 488, 527, 526, 548, 480, 493, 416, 457, 556, 540, 541, 475', '', '', 1),
(1699, 'New Directors/New Films - 2025', 'Moshira', '2032079474', '463, 536, 489', '415, 503, 469', '', 1),
(1702, 'DC International Film Festival - April 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '930460458', '534, 547, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 542, 549, 537, 488, 414, 480, 493, 504, 531, 503, 541', '519, 518, 494, 443, 529, 468, 516, 504, 456, 420, 432, 473, 501, 477', '', 1),
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(1734, 'Palestine en vue - April 2025 (France)', 'kastawy', '1103212516', '578, 529, 536, 502, 465, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 500, 503, 468, 417, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(1735, 'RomAfrica Film Festival - July 2025 (Italy)', 'kastawy', '20895809', '458, 534, 463, 547, 532, 522, 538, 508, 513, 515, 449, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 525, 433, 369, 438, 570, 483, 446, 425, 510, 480, 574, 427, 504, 457, 531', '421, 519, 415, 518, 494, 505, 470, 514, 480, 404, 456, 502, 434, 522, 498, 392, 430, 385, 532, 455, 398, 365, 475, 432, 535, 378, 473, 411, 501', '', 1),
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(1737, 'Houston Palestinian Film Festival 2025', 'Moshira', '1892984582', '493, 498, 502, 465, 563, 521, 517, 482, 539, 505', '468, 417, 491, 510, 435, 472', '', 1),
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(1757, 'Zawya Shorts Film Festival - March 2025 (Egypt)', 'kastawy', '359525510', '463, 528, 481, 525, 570, 507, 574', '415, 502, 434, 498, 532, 474, 535', '', 1),
(1758, 'Palestinian Films - Spore Initiative Berlin', 'moshira', '92295502', '502, 400, 493, 517, 498, 565', '468, 531', '', 1),
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(1761, 'Hollywood Arab Film Festival - April 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '1228503746', '463, 560, 488, 528, 572, 525, 483, 574, 504, 531', '415, 529, 456, 502, 498, 455, 535, 473, 501', '', 1),
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(1766, 'Lebanese Films', 'Moshira', '1148080320', '479, 485, 514', '427, 450, 485', '', 1),
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(1851, 'Wolf Kino Cinema (Berlin) 2025', 'mariam', '787257756', '425, 534, 547, 532, 488, 433, 414, 581, 493, 582, 541', '365, 519, 456, 392', '', 1),
(1853, 'Ciné Junior International Children and Teenagers Film Festival - February 2026 (France)', 'kastawy', '2082027597', '581, 582', '', '', 1),
(1854, 'Le Biarritz Film Festival - NOUVELLES VAGUES - June 2025 (France)', 'kastawy', '70734528', '581, 582', '', '', 1),
(1856, 'Sarajevo Film Festival - August 2025 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)', 'kastawy', '1230405162', '549, 581, 582, 607, 606, 585, 564, 586, 528, 577', '', '', 1),
(1857, 'Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival - October 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '338671967', '582', '', '', 1),
(1858, 'International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg - November 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '197369979', '549, 581, 582', '', '', 1),
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(1860, 'Arab Women Film Festival in Brazil - August 2025 (Brazil)', 'kastawy', '1057981852', '578, 511, 463, 560, 549, 537, 518, 528, 414, 483, 489, 493, 496, 504, 539, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 447, 505', '533, 478, 415, 529, 504, 483, 502, 455, 469, 458, 473, 528, 501, 477, 531, 544, 402, 472', '', 1),
(1862, 'Message to Man International Film Festival - March 2025 (Russia)', 'mariam', '452941950', '582, 586', '', '', 0),
(1866, 'Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival - Sep. 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '346577482', '578, 511, 534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 586, 490, 560, 502, 537, 465, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 572, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 507, 512, 493, 569, 517, 584, 482, 504, 539, 531, 503, 498, 452, 541', '533, 478, 519, 438, 500, 415, 518, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 559, 529, 468, 504, 417, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 542, 409, 562, 532, 455, 469, 474, 496, 476, 547, 554, 435, 473, 528, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
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(1868, 'Athens International Film Festival - 2025 (Greece)', 'mariam', '340032457', '534, 532, 522, 586, 490, 560, 549, 537, 601, 488, 572, 414, 581, 493, 569, 504, 582, 531, 541', '519, 494, 559, 529, 504, 556, 456, 542, 476, 547, 473, 501', '', 1),
(1869, 'Nashville Film Festival - September 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '974782609', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 603, 465, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 414, 570, 483, 489, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 504, 539, 505, 582, 531, 503, 498, 452, 541', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 560, 518, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 559, 529, 468, 555, 417, 456, 502, 434, 522, 542, 532, 455, 469, 476, 541, 554, 435, 473, 528, 472, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
(1870, 'Kino Palestine - April 2025 (Czech Republic)', 'mariam', '485657858', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 517, 482, 498, 565', '332, 417', '', 1),
(1871, 'Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival - April 2025 (Canary Islands)', 'mariam', '872234852', '578, 511, 534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 586, 490, 560, 502, 537, 465, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 572, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 507, 581, 493, 569, 517, 584, 482, 504, 539, 505, 582, 531, 503, 498, 452, 541', '533, 478, 519, 438, 500, 415, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 529, 468, 504, 417, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 542, 409, 562, 532, 455, 469, 474, 496, 547, 554, 435, 473, 528, 472, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
(1872, 'Marseille International Film Festival - July 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '1063565087', '578, 606, 547, 532, 573, 564, 542, 591, 528, 544, 414, 581, 582', '', '', 1),
(1873, 'Message to Man International Film Festival - October 2025 (Russia)', 'mariam', '167104300', '492, 463, 585, 573, 522, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 490, 560, 603, 601, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 489, 510, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 498', '438, 415, 560, 534, 494, 503, 470, 492, 546, 529, 556, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 469, 475, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472', '', 1),
(1874, 'Black Box Cinema - April 2025 (UAE)', 'Moshira', '1679531425', '511, 461, 518, 506, 453, 507, 496', '478, 436, 483, 471, 408, 474, 458', '', 1),
(1875, 'Amman International Film Festival - July 2025 (Jordan)', 'moshira', '1170068032', '578, 511, 607, 534, 529, 463, 530, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 515, 586, 560, 502, 537, 591, 518, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 470, 414, 570, 489, 548, 493, 569, 517, 482, 496, 574, 505, 556, 540, 531, 503, 576, 452, 494, 581', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 526, 534, 494, 503, 470, 492, 514, 546, 480, 529, 468, 504, 549, 483, 456, 502, 434, 522, 542, 422, 532, 547, 510, 435, 458, 472, 527, 523, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
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(1878, 'Moscow International Film Festival - April 2025 ( Russia) ', 'mariam', '589989401', '578, 511, 534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 586, 490, 560, 502, 465, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 572, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 507, 512, 581, 493, 569, 517, 584, 482, 504, 505, 582, 531, 503, 498, 452, 541', '533, 478, 519, 438, 500, 415, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 529, 468, 417, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 542, 409, 562, 532, 455, 469, 474, 496, 547, 554, 435, 473, 472, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
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(1881, 'Bahrain Film Festival - October 2025 - Bahrian', 'seif', '1629012733', '529, 463, 606, 530, 536, 508, 588, 603, 528, 481, 544, 592, 570, 489, 507, 587, 517, 584, 482, 574, 539, 505, 498, 565, 576, 492', '500, 415, 564, 526, 503, 470, 514, 546, 502, 434, 522, 562, 532, 469, 474, 510, 435, 535, 528, 472, 531, 544, 438', '', 1),
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(1883, 'Zawya Films Release - 2025', 'Moshira', '1622344221', '534, 532, 490, 516, 549, 433, 548, 493, 556, 540, 541', '392', '', 1),
(1884, ' Waiting their world premiere', 'hassan_shams', '1626196142', '523, 415, 566, 422, 558, 542, 537, 591, 563, 555, 571, 604, 569, 512, 434, 168, 346, 424, 561, 557', '', '', 1),
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(1886, 'Boston Palestine Film Festival - October 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1177276308', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 332, 417, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531, 556', '', 1),
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(1888, 'Festival Films Femmes Mediterranée - March 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '728210883', '511, 534, 529, 606, 508, 513, 490, 449, 560, 518, 500, 528, 544, 592, 369, 414, 483, 489, 436, 425, 495, 510, 480, 493, 584, 482, 496, 504, 539, 505, 503, 576, 565', '478, 519, 500, 564, 373, 470, 514, 404, 529, 483, 467, 502, 522, 562, 455, 371, 365, 454, 475, 432, 554, 435, 458, 473, 528, 472, 477, 531', '', 1),
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(1892, 'Jakarta Independent Film Festival - Nov. 2025 (Indonesia)', 'mariam', '440820504', '578, 511, 534, 492, 529, 463, 552, 573, 522, 508, 513, 588, 490, 449, 560, 549, 603, 537, 344, 518, 465, 601, 528, 506, 481, 400, 572, 454, 470, 433, 483, 489, 507, 425, 495, 510, 480, 493, 569, 512, 517, 477, 476, 504, 539, 505, 437, 457, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 452, 464', '533, 478, 519, 438, 500, 415, 552, 534, 494, 470, 514, 546, 404, 529, 504, 302, 483, 417, 502, 471, 434, 340, 542, 409, 422, 392, 455, 469, 474, 365, 454, 496, 475, 432, 547, 424, 423, 473, 528, 472, 501, 477, 531, 544, 407, 416', '', 1),
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(1895, '2024 Films - Seif', 'seif', '778897611', '534, 532, 522, 560, 516, 537, 563, 488, 572, 414, 527, 526, 548, 580, 504, 457, 556, 540, 531, 541', '519, 494, 529, 481, 504, 456, 542, 553, 515, 473, 411, 527, 523, 501', '', 1),
(1896, 'Tokyo Women Film Festival - May 2025 (Japan)', 'mariam', '303725507', '578, 511, 534, 529, 508, 490, 449, 560, 447, 518, 500, 528, 544, 483, 489, 495, 510, 480, 493, 584, 482, 496, 539, 505, 503, 576, 606, 513, 549, 592, 369, 414, 436, 425, 427', '533, 478, 519, 500, 470, 404, 529, 402, 483, 467, 502, 522, 455, 454, 475, 432, 554, 435, 458, 528, 472, 477, 544, 564, 373, 514, 562, 371, 365, 378', '', 1),
(1897, 'Best of Asia Short Film Festival - Sep 2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '177516178', '578, 511, 492, 536, 519, 588, 603, 465, 506, 454, 479, 470, 482, 496, 539, 505, 437, 498, 565, 452', '533, 478, 438, 503, 492, 546, 417, 471, 409, 427, 422, 435, 458, 528, 472, 419, 531, 407', '', 1),
(1898, 'Diaspora Film Festival - May 2025 (South Korea)', 'kastawy', '1869428104', '400, 517', '340, 510', '', 1),
(1899, 'Masrah Cinema Club - 2025 - Lebanon', 'seif', '1054750345', '522, 490, 560, 549, 572, 548', '494, 443, 529, 581, 542', '', 1),
(1900, 'The Hollyoud Club - Jan 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1814242105', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 547, 552, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 490, 560, 502, 549, 603, 518, 465, 488, 528, 481, 572, 433, 570, 483, 489, 425, 495, 510, 480, 493, 569, 517, 577, 584, 482, 427, 504, 539, 505, 503, 498, 565, 452, 541, 457', '', '', 1),
(1901, 'Khouribga Film Festival - 2025 - Morocco', 'seif', '1359860848', '534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 490, 560, 516, 549, 603, 537, 601, 488, 500, 528, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 527, 587, 526, 510, 548, 493, 569, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 556, 540, 561, 531, 498, 541', '519, 438, 500, 415, 564, 526, 534, 494, 503, 470, 492, 514, 546, 443, 529, 481, 504, 556, 456, 467, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 469, 553, 515, 475, 547, 510, 541, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 527, 523, 501', '', 1),
(1902, 'Cinemana - NYUAD - 2025', 'seif', '1536713798', '534, 532, 516, 537, 488, 527, 526, 493, 569, 556, 540, 531, 541, 495, 475', '519, 481, 504, 456, 553, 515, 547, 527, 523, 501, 454, 425', '', 1),
(1903, 'Le Cri du Court short film festival - May 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '1594512458', '463, 585, 536, 517, 539, 505, 498', '415, 560, 503, 528, 472', '', 1),
(1904, ' DOCA FILM CLUB - 2025 (Georgia)', 'mariam', '1622620150', '572', '542', '', 1),
(1905, 'International Education Film Festival - December 2025 (Normandy, France)', 'mariam', '43406680', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 606, 585, 564, 522, 536, 588, 603, 537, 518, 465, 500, 528, 572, 454, 470, 433, 592, 483, 507, 425, 510, 480, 581, 493, 569, 517, 584, 482, 574, 504, 539, 582, 503, 565, 541, 475, 498', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 564, 538, 494, 503, 546, 504, 483, 417, 467, 502, 542, 409, 422, 392, 562, 455, 474, 365, 475, 432, 547, 554, 435, 535, 473, 528, 558, 477, 531, 425', '', 1),
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(1907, 'Give Back Project Plymouth - June 2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '2081144790', '481, 570, 476, 539, 452, 541, 534, 529, 449, 333, 421, 369, 349', '434, 532, 423, 528, 407, 519, 500, 404, 273, 356, 331', '', 0),
(1908, 'Singapore International Film Festival Nov. 2025 (Singapore)', 'mariam', '661265707', '578, 607, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 508, 513, 588, 586, 560, 502, 549, 603, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 539, 582, 503, 498, 542', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 470, 514, 546, 529, 468, 456, 502, 434, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 469, 496, 554, 435, 528, 477, 576', '', 1),
(1909, 'Mexico International Short Film Festival -Sep. 2025 (Mexico)', 'mariam', '2074744837', '578, 529, 463, 585, 573, 564, 513, 603, 528, 544, 592, 489, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565, 576, 452, 605', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 514, 502, 522, 562, 469, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(1911, 'Afikra | عفكرة (Brooklyn) 2025 ', 'Moshira', '184370529', '534, 491, 547, 386, 532, 450, 522, 586, 456, 490, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 382, 601, 488, 453, 400, 572, 479, 470, 369, 414, 570, 425, 526, 460, 548, 480, 581, 493, 269, 416, 517, 577, 504, 505, 437, 582, 457, 556, 540, 531, 304, 498, 565, 452, 494, 541, 475, 418', '', '', 1),
(1912, 'Toronto Arab Film Festival - June 2025 (Canada)', 'Moshira', '1410288476', '511, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 552, 532, 573, 522, 508, 519, 513, 588, 560, 544, 454, 479, 470, 433, 592, 414, 570, 527, 425, 495, 493, 517, 584, 482, 574, 427, 504, 539, 464, 305, 503, 498, 452, 541, 578, 536, 549, 603, 537, 601, 488, 528, 506, 481, 572, 483, 489, 510, 496', '478, 519, 500, 415, 564, 534, 492, 514, 546, 529, 522, 409, 427, 422, 392, 562, 532, 553, 365, 454, 554, 435, 535, 378, 473, 528, 416, 286, 477, 407, 533, 503, 556, 456, 502, 471, 434, 542, 455, 469, 475, 458', '', 1),
(1913, 'The Palestinian Cultural Institute in Denmark - Oct. 2025 (Denmark)', 'mariam', '1433248718', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(1914, 'EQUIS - Ecuadors Feminist Film Festival - November 2025 (Ecuador)', 'kastawy', '18897948', '586, 490, 560, 549, 537, 414, 581, 493, 531, 503', '443, 529, 504, 501, 477', '', 1),
(1916, 'Festival Aflam du sud - Sep 2025 (Belgium)', 'mariam', '611771079', '578, 511, 534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 573, 536, 508, 513, 588, 603, 465, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 507, 510, 493, 517, 584, 482, 496, 505, 582, 503, 452, 541, 539', '533, 478, 519, 438, 500, 415, 534, 503, 470, 514, 546, 417, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 409, 562, 532, 455, 469, 474, 475, 554, 435, 458, 473, 472, 477, 407, 528', '', 1),
(1917, 'Shanghai International Film Festival - June 2025 (China)', 'kastawy', '1766439569', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 586, 560, 542, 549, 591, 601, 488, 572, 414, 570, 489, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 496, 582, 503, 498, 541, 502', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 529, 516, 549, 556, 456, 542, 532, 469, 563, 510, 554, 458, 477, 468', '', 1),
(1918, 'Women Make Waves International Film Festival - October 2025 (Taiwan)', 'kastawy', '796654468', '578, 607, 529, 463, 585, 513, 586, 560, 549, 528, 592, 414, 483, 489, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 496, 539, 505, 503, 498, 565, 576', '533, 500, 415, 560, 514, 529, 502, 562, 455, 469, 563, 435, 458, 528, 472, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(1919, 'DMZ International Documentary Film Festival - September 2025 (South Korea)', 'kastawy', '770372941', '607, 560, 549', '', '', 1),
(1920, 'Sudanese Films - Event Athens, Greece', 'moshira', '38127841', '306, 362, 473, 371, 447', '', '', 1),
(1921, 'La Guarimba Film Festival - August 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1378836567', '578, 606, 585, 536, 508, 519, 588, 603, 518, 528, 592, 570, 517, 577, 482, 539, 498, 565, 529, 481, 483, 602, 584, 574, 464', '533, 564, 560, 503, 470, 492, 546, 483, 502, 562, 532, 510, 541, 435, 528, 531, 500, 434, 455, 563, 554, 535, 416', '', 1),
(1922, 'FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE - October 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '954615522', '607, 586, 591, 488, 571, 493, 503', '', '', 1),
(1923, 'Culturescapes Sahara - 2025 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '2003255032', '511, 529, 513, 490, 560, 518, 500, 528, 592, 414, 483, 489, 436, 480, 493, 482, 496, 504, 539, 505, 503, 576, 549', '478, 500, 514, 529, 483, 467, 502, 562, 455, 371, 432, 435, 458, 473, 528, 472, 477', '', 1),
(1924, 'FILMFEST MÜNCHEN - June 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '1116124527', '532, 586, 549, 591, 488, 571, 493, 503', '', '', 1),
(1925, 'Sydney Film Festival - June 2025 (Australia)', 'kastawy', '1504063008', '607, 547, 532, 564, 536, 586, 605, 549, 591, 571, 581, 539, 582, 503, 493', '', '', 1),
(1926, 'Humans Fest IFF Valencia', 'kastawy', '1457183807', '529, 606, 547, 532, 536, 513, 490, 502, 549, 603, 465, 601, 488, 481, 544, 572, 570, 483, 489, 510, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 503, 498, 565, 576, 541', '500, 564, 503, 514, 443, 468, 417, 556, 456, 434, 522, 542, 532, 455, 469, 475, 510, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(1927, 'Her Vision International Film Festival - June 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '480036953', '578, 511, 534, 529, 606, 508, 513, 490, 449, 560, 549, 447, 518, 500, 528, 544, 592, 369, 414, 483, 489, 436, 425, 495, 510, 480, 493, 584, 482, 496, 427, 539, 505, 503, 576', '533, 478, 519, 500, 564, 373, 470, 514, 404, 529, 402, 483, 467, 502, 522, 562, 455, 371, 365, 454, 475, 432, 554, 435, 458, 378, 528, 472, 477, 544', '', 1),
(1928, 'Montreal Independent Film Festival (MIFF) - June 2025 (Canada)', 'mariam', '1491427789', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 603, 465, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 414, 570, 483, 489, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 504, 539, 505, 582, 531, 503, 498, 452, 541, 470', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 560, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 529, 468, 417, 456, 502, 434, 522, 542, 532, 455, 469, 541, 554, 435, 473, 528, 472, 501, 477, 407, 422', '', 1),
(1929, ' Rome Int Short Film Festival (May 2025) - Italy', 'mariam', '849940018', '578, 529, 463, 585, 573, 564, 513, 588, 603, 528, 544, 592, 489, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565, 576, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 514, 546, 502, 522, 562, 469, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(1930, 'BFI London Film Festival - October 2025 (UK)', 'kastawy', '1986104733', '607, 585, 523, 564, 586, 605, 591, 601, 544, 571, 602, 581, 577, 582, 503, 542', '560, 538, 579, 549, 556, 522, 563, 477, 576', '', 1),
(1931, 'Young Horizons International Film Festival - September 2025 (Poland)', 'mariam', '39723316', '578, 529, 463, 585, 573, 564, 513, 588, 603, 528, 544, 592, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565, 576, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 514, 546, 502, 522, 562, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(1932, 'Karlovy Vary International Film festival - July 2025 (Czech Republic)', 'kastawy', '2015928076', '607, 547, 532, 586, 549, 591, 571, 581, 582, 503', '', '', 1),
(1933, 'Tirana International Film Festival - September 2025 (Albania)', 'kastawy', '294766448', '578, 607, 606, 547, 573, 564, 586, 549, 603, 544, 572, 581, 493, 577, 539, 582, 498', '', '', 1),
(1935, 'Locarno Film Festival - August 2025 (Switzerland)', 'kastawy', '1248308282', '564, 591, 571, 577', '', '', 1),
(1936, 'Sudanese Films - Nadi Kol El Nas (Lebanon)', 'moshira', '1687308300', '306, 362, 473, 371, 447, 570', '532, 230, 318, 517, 402', '', 1),
(1937, 'GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Nov 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '635140092', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 573, 536, 508, 513, 588, 586, 603, 465, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 496, 505, 582, 503, 498, 452, 541', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 534, 503, 470, 514, 546, 417, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 409, 562, 532, 455, 469, 554, 458, 473, 472, 477, 407', '', 1),
(1938, 'TOKYO FILMeX - Nov 2025 (Japan)', 'mariam', '488064708', '534, 547, 532, 522, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 601, 488, 400, 572, 414, 581, 493, 582, 531, 503, 541, 607, 591', '519, 494, 529, 468, 556, 456, 340, 542, 501, 477, 549', '', 1),
(1939, 'Metropolis Cinema 2025-2026', 'Moshira', '98380989', '607, 523, 532, 415, 566, 409, 422, 586, 490, 516, 542, 549, 537, 591, 563, 601, 488, 400, 572, 555, 571, 604, 548, 581, 493, 434, 567, 568, 424, 582, 556, 540, 531, 557, 494, 541, 418', '', '', 1),
(1940, 'Commercial Documentaries - Starz Play', 'abdelrahman', '1930206597', '490, 549, 400, 572, 548, 432', '', '', 1),
(1941, 'BIFED - Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary -October 2025 (Turkey)', 'mariam', '1726503289', '522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 601, 400, 572, 476, 432, 539, 505, 565', '494, 529, 468, 556, 340, 542, 423, 374, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(1942, 'Ageless International Film Festival - Oct 2025 (Canada) ', 'mariam', '2039762278', '552, 536, 560, 537, 384, 374, 465, 528, 454, 369, 414, 455, 489, 495, 482, 574, 539, 457, 531, 503, 498, 452', '552, 373, 503, 529, 504, 332, 345, 417, 502, 409, 410, 469, 454, 435, 535, 528, 411, 501, 477, 407', '', 1),
(1943, 'Library/Second Run Titles - Starz Play', 'abdelrahman', '1788320997', '3, 34, 360, 35, 97, 127, 373, 112, 40, 38, 412, 363, 290, 39, 347, 262, 10, 310, 15, 359, 44, 45, 46, 48, 12, 357, 50, 51, 419, 54, 55, 57, 295, 356', '', '', 1),
(1944, 'First Run Titles - Starz Play', 'abdelrahman', '547633157', '534, 260, 491, 547, 532, 440, 586, 456, 383, 431, 516, 542, 537, 591, 488, 554, 590, 433, 604, 527, 425, 113, 495, 526, 406, 480, 581, 493, 569, 416, 545, 512, 580, 423, 427, 556, 540, 319, 531, 503, 557, 494, 541, 418', '', '', 1),
(1945, 'Special Shorts Playlist ft Rap Stars - Starz Play', 'abdelrahman', '2111179102', '458, 448, 510', '', '', 1),
(1946, ' San Jose International Short Film Festival  -Oct 2025 (US) ', 'mariam', '934294190', '578, 529, 463, 585, 573, 564, 513, 588, 603, 528, 544, 592, 489, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565, 576, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 514, 546, 502, 522, 562, 469, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(1947, 'Shorts with Arab Celebrities - Starz Play', 'abdelrahman', '141973640', '354, 332, 544, 336, 525, 446, 546, 482, 31, 498', '', '', 1),
(1948, ' Filmfest Hamburg -Oct 2025 (Germany) ', 'mariam', '1659732565', '586, 560, 542, 591, 488, 493', '529, 576, 549, 456', '', 1),
(1949, 'Thessaloniki International Film Festival - October 2025 (Greece)', 'kastawy', '156682725', '523, 586, 610, 591, 581, 582', '', '', 1),
(1950, 'Tokyo International Film Festival - October 2025 (Japan)', 'kastawy', '239151863', '586, 591, 581, 582, 607', '', '', 1),
(1951, 'Busan International Film Festival - September 2025 (South Korea)', 'kastawy', '1856653893', '578, 607, 573, 564, 586, 591, 571, 489, 581, 577, 582', '533, 534, 538, 549, 469, 541', '', 1),
(1952, 'Glasgow Short Film Festival -March 2026 (UK) ', 'mariam', '1644451704', '578, 529, 463, 606, 585, 573, 564, 536, 513, 588, 603, 528, 544, 592, 489, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 476, 539, 498, 565, 452, 611', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 534, 538, 503, 514, 546, 502, 522, 562, 469, 563, 554, 435, 535, 423, 528, 531, 407, 582', '', 1),
(1953, 'Spektrum Film Festival -Oct 2025 (Poland)', 'mariam', '1453965715', '578, 529, 463, 585, 573, 564, 513, 588, 603, 528, 544, 592, 489, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 476, 539, 505, 498, 565, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 534, 538, 514, 546, 502, 522, 562, 469, 563, 554, 435, 535, 423, 528, 472, 531, 407', '', 1),
(1954, 'Dakhla Film Festival - June 2025 (Morocco)', 'kastawy', '196732124', '511, 492, 529, 463, 530, 538, 536, 508, 519, 588, 449, 516, 603, 575, 537, 461, 518, 488, 500, 528, 481, 544, 454, 525, 479, 470, 433, 592, 483, 489, 507, 587, 425, 495, 526, 460, 510, 480, 569, 517, 584, 482, 580, 496, 574, 427, 476, 485, 556, 540, 464, 469, 565, 576, 452, 541', '478, 438, 500, 415, 526, 505, 503, 470, 492, 546, 404, 481, 539, 504, 436, 483, 456, 467, 502, 434, 522, 409, 498, 427, 422, 392, 562, 455, 469, 474, 365, 454, 515, 433, 475, 432, 547, 510, 554, 435, 458, 535, 378, 423, 450, 527, 523, 416, 429, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(1955, 'Final List - Cinema Albalad', 'Moshira', '327125754', '450, 456, 490, 262, 371, 349, 493, 269, 339, 504, 540, 39', '405, 426, 307, 308, 216, 298, 331, 187, 287, 473, 523, 128', '11, 12, 9', 1),
(1956, 'GAZTEFILMFEST Children Film Festival -Nov 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '1536861366', '578, 529, 463, 585, 564, 536, 603, 537, 518, 528, 470, 483, 507, 425, 510, 480, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 582, 503, 565, 475, 513, 592, 452', '533, 500, 415, 538, 503, 504, 483, 502, 422, 455, 474, 365, 475, 432, 541, 554, 435, 535, 558, 477, 531, 425, 514, 562, 407', '', 1),
(1957, 'Exground Filmfest - November 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '308411596', '578, 511, 529, 606, 564, 522, 536, 490, 549, 603, 528, 544, 483, 581, 577, 584, 482, 574, 582, 503, 565', '533, 478, 500, 564, 538, 494, 503, 502, 522, 455, 554, 435, 535, 477, 531, 443', '', 1),
(1958, 'Minute Shorts', 'jeanne', '909945255', '354, 413, 300, 492, 358, 324, 420, 332, 256, 443, 299, 289, 441, 362, 351, 394, 478, 341, 462, 597, 595, 380, 596, 449, 396, 384, 374, 385, 344, 286, 379, 421, 389, 402, 336, 599, 594, 391, 543, 251, 455, 387, 438, 365, 507, 446, 600, 436, 301, 321, 372, 598, 435, 352, 546, 593, 275, 476, 393, 520, 381, 318, 273, 297, 246, 312', '292, 353, 195, 438, 304, 285, 355, 189, 215, 390, 238, 377, 386, 318, 289, 330, 431, 192, 418, 568, 569, 366, 575, 404, 336, 332, 345, 338, 302, 193, 387, 356, 326, 363, 226, 573, 574, 329, 543, 163, 410, 333, 385, 303, 474, 398, 570, 371, 362, 256, 312, 572, 357, 283, 567, 227, 423, 342, 490, 347, 314, 194, 191, 190, 246', '', 1),
(1959, 'Cineshort / Short Film Box', 'jeanne', '1853203004', '511, 445, 529, 463, 606, 564, 538, 536, 508, 513, 478, 449, 501, 575, 385, 344, 461, 518, 465, 528, 506, 453, 481, 454, 525, 479, 570, 489, 446, 602, 436, 615, 510, 517, 546, 584, 539, 505, 464, 576, 589', '478, 448, 500, 415, 564, 538, 505, 503, 470, 514, 431, 404, 482, 539, 338, 302, 436, 483, 417, 502, 471, 408, 434, 409, 498, 427, 532, 469, 398, 563, 371, 586, 475, 510, 567, 554, 528, 472, 416, 544, 561', '', 1),
(1960, 'Generation Film Festival - June 2025 (Denmark)', 'kastawy', '500219681', '581, 582, 529, 463, 606, 585, 522, 536, 490, 560, 549, 528, 544, 510, 584, 482, 539, 503, 576, 541', '500, 415, 564, 560, 494, 503, 443, 529, 502, 522, 475, 554, 435, 528, 477, 544', '', 1),
(1961, 'MAD Films: Arab World ', 'Ahmed', '1176297450', '3, 201, 209, 136, 366, 250, 34, 239, 138, 342, 163, 260, 106, 360, 165, 491, 530, 63, 35, 355, 420, 317, 119, 97, 14, 65, 120, 415, 373, 538, 299, 302, 37, 376, 241, 66, 224, 112, 67, 23, 459, 472, 440, 278, 412, 426, 456, 122, 348, 129, 24, 363, 383, 397, 439, 347, 234, 277, 16, 17, 403, 340, 473, 118, 262, 25, 516, 236, 10, 575, 233, 447, 333, 162, 364, 461, 382, 178, 210, 28, 29, 500, 212, 453, 310, 395, 108, 124, 44, 400, 45, 247, 479, 109, 211, 69, 235, 87, 46, 33, 375, 349, 164, 237, 215, 89, 242, 604, 72, 48, 398, 521, 307, 216, 73, 407, 161, 113, 171, 125, 345, 499, 217, 91, 75, 448, 183, 460, 240, 405, 320, 76, 321, 12, 357, 30, 548, 167, 303, 141, 269, 334, 102, 103, 416, 94, 50, 474, 367, 580, 293, 172, 137, 423, 419, 238, 31, 218, 110, 55, 173, 540, 169, 557, 368, 78, 57, 166, 295, 104, 514, 418, 111, 451, 494', '', '', 1),
(1962, 'Mad Film: WorldWide ', 'ahmed', '115938823', '354, 534, 358, 281, 547, 532, 253, 332, 256, 255, 280, 309, 362, 394, 341, 586, 296, 380, 431, 248, 396, 558, 542, 308, 537, 384, 374, 591, 385, 344, 286, 379, 488, 389, 554, 590, 402, 336, 433, 555, 391, 387, 438, 365, 425, 378, 495, 245, 406, 372, 377, 480, 581, 493, 274, 569, 352, 512, 427, 393, 582, 283, 319, 531, 503, 381, 318, 273, 541, 312, 578, 550, 511, 458, 445, 492, 399, 529, 463, 524, 606, 552, 585, 573, 564, 443, 441, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 478, 515, 490, 462, 597, 595, 449, 560, 501, 549, 603, 518, 465, 421, 528, 506, 481, 544, 572, 454, 525, 470, 599, 592, 571, 455, 331, 570, 483, 489, 533, 507, 446, 600, 587, 602, 436, 301, 510, 598, 435, 517, 577, 546, 584, 482, 593, 228, 496, 477, 574, 476, 432, 504, 539, 505, 485, 551, 457, 520, 464, 559, 469, 498, 565, 576', '', '', 1),
(1963, 'Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People - November 2025 (Greece)', 'kastawy', '1851192384', '578, 511, 529, 463, 606, 585, 564, 522, 536, 513, 603, 528, 544, 414, 483, 581, 577, 584, 482, 574, 582, 503, 565, 576, 541', '533, 478, 500, 415, 564, 560, 538, 494, 503, 514, 502, 522, 455, 554, 435, 535, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(1964, 'The Namur Francophone Film Festival - October 2025 (Belgium)', 'kastawy', '1207931438', '578, 607, 606, 585, 564, 536, 513, 586, 591, 528, 544, 602, 581, 577, 584, 482, 582', '533, 564, 560, 538, 503, 514, 549, 502, 522, 563, 554, 435', '', 1),
(1965, 'Festival des 3 Continents - November 2025 (France)', 'kastawy', '1998751266', '607, 532, 586, 591, 488, 414, 581, 582, 503, 523', '549, 456, 477', '', 1),
(1966, 'Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon - October 2025 (France)', 'kastawy', '1394541788', '607, 606, 585, 532, 573, 564, 536, 586, 591, 488, 528, 544, 414, 489, 602, 510, 581, 482, 582, 503, 541', '564, 560, 534, 538, 503, 549, 456, 502, 522, 469, 563, 475, 435, 477', '', 1),
(1967, 'Africa Film Fest - September 2025 (Australia)', 'mariam', '1302268237', '534, 463, 547, 532, 522, 538, 508, 513, 449, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 525, 433, 369, 438, 570, 483, 446, 425, 510, 480, 574, 427, 504, 457, 531, 362, 584', '519, 415, 494, 505, 470, 514, 404, 456, 502, 434, 522, 498, 392, 430, 385, 532, 455, 398, 365, 475, 432, 535, 378, 473, 411, 501, 318, 554', '', 1),
(1968, 'Sobh international media festival -May 2025 (Iran) ', 'mariam', '1278320104', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(1969, 'Edinburgh International Film Festival - August 2025 (Scotland)', 'kastawy', '1475845392', '578, 607, 606, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 513, 586, 502, 542, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 414, 489, 602, 581, 577, 482, 574, 582, 547', '533, 564, 534, 538, 494, 503, 514, 468, 549, 456, 502, 434, 522, 469, 563, 435, 535', '', 1),
(1972, ' Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano -Dec 2025 (Cuba)', 'mariam', '671081370', '534, 532, 522, 586, 490, 560, 542, 537, 601, 488, 572, 414, 581, 493, 582, 531, 541', '519, 494, 529, 576, 504, 556, 456, 542, 501', '', 1),
(1973, 'Cinekid Festival  -Oct 2025 (Netherlands)', 'mariam', '976426532', '578, 529, 564, 536, 603, 537, 518, 528, 470, 592, 483, 507, 581, 517, 577, 584, 574, 565, 475', '533, 500, 538, 503, 504, 483, 502, 422, 562, 455, 474, 541, 554, 535, 558, 531, 425', '', 1),
(1974, 'Bristol Palestine Film Festival - December 2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '638530760', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(1975, 'Vancouver International Film Festival - October 2025 (Canada)', 'kastawy', '1636259351', '607, 523, 564, 586, 591, 571, 581, 577, 582, 542', '538, 549, 576', '', 1),
(1976, 'IDFA - November 2025 (Netherlands)', 'kastawy', '1655534155', '607, 571', '', '', 1),
(1977, 'Vevey International Funny Film Festival (VIFFF) - October 2025 (Switzerland)', 'kastawy', '1324820911', '534, 536, 603, 433, 602, 577, 496, 541, 493', '519, 503, 392, 563, 458', '', 1),
(1978, 'Hajeer (KSA)', 'ahmed', '1230417169', '537', '', '', 1),
(1979, 'Girls House (KSA)', 'ahmed', '1796803826', '542', '', '', 1),
(1980, 'SESC Santos -May 205 (Brazil)', 'mariam', '1804263121', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565, 502', '533, 503, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531, 468', '', 1),
(1981, 'BUSTER Film Festival - September 2025 (Denmark)', 'kastawy', '44121242', '578, 529, 463, 606, 585, 564, 522, 536, 603, 528, 544, 483, 510, 581, 577, 584, 574, 582, 503, 541', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 538, 494, 503, 502, 522, 455, 475, 554, 535, 477', '', 1),
(1982, 'Reykjavík International Film Festival - September 2025 (Iceland)', 'kastawy', '992850663', '578, 607, 606, 547, 523, 532, 573, 564, 536, 513, 586, 605, 542, 549, 603, 591, 601, 488, 481, 544, 572, 571, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 539, 582, 503, 498, 541', '533, 564, 534, 538, 503, 514, 576, 549, 556, 456, 434, 522, 542, 563, 541, 435, 528, 477', '', 1),
(1983, 'IndieCork Film Festival - October 2025 (Ireland)', 'kastawy', '718496498', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 523, 564, 522, 536, 586, 605, 560, 542, 549, 603, 591, 601, 528, 544, 572, 571, 602, 581, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 503, 414', '533, 500, 564, 560, 538, 494, 503, 529, 576, 549, 556, 502, 522, 542, 563, 541, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477', '', 1),
(1984, 'Taip Toliau (Film Club) in Vilnius, Lithuania 2025', 'Moshira', '748876449', '400', '340', '', 1),
(1985, 'Films for Airlines ', 'Ahmed', '1335937938', '534, 547, 552, 532, 522, 302, 23, 456, 383, 431, 502, 323, 187, 488, 310, 330, 359, 369, 527, 161, 113, 460, 320, 406, 326, 480, 512, 423, 427, 54, 556, 531, 494, 555', '', '', 1),
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(2067, 'Festival O’meme - July-2025', 'seif', '1320335484', '511, 529, 522, 508, 490, 560, 502, 549, 603, 506, 400, 572, 570, 521, 587, 526, 510, 548, 493, 517, 584, 574, 539, 556, 540, 503, 498, 565, 514', '478, 500, 494, 470, 443, 529, 468, 577, 471, 340, 542, 532, 491, 578, 515, 475, 510, 554, 535, 528, 527, 523, 477, 531, 485', '', 1),
(2068, 'Hamptons International Film Festival - October 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '1136782795', '607, 547, 523, 564, 586, 605, 549, 591, 571, 581, 577, 582, 498', '538, 579, 549', '', 1),
(2069, 'Gåsebäck Film Festival - August 2025 (Sweden)', 'kastawy', '1430685218', '463, 606, 532, 536, 586, 488, 528, 481, 510, 493, 584, 482, 582, 503, 498, 547', '415, 564, 503, 456, 502, 434, 475, 554, 435, 477', '', 1),
(2070, 'Manassat FF Palestinian Films - May - 2025', 'seif', '1363274261', '470, 521, 517, 482', '422, 491, 510, 435', '', 1),
(2071, 'Qena Cinema Days - 28 May to 1 June - 2025', 'seif', '968722101', '335, 289, 536, 351, 384', '258, 377, 503, 289, 332', '', 1),
(2072, 'First run - Shahid ', 'Ahmed', '1152021985', '534, 260, 491, 547, 532, 415, 440, 586, 456, 383, 431, 516, 558, 542, 537, 591, 488, 554, 590, 433, 604, 527, 555, 425, 113, 495, 526, 406, 480, 581, 493, 569, 416, 545, 512, 580, 423, 427, 424, 582, 556, 540, 319, 561, 531, 503, 557, 494, 541, 418, 610', '', '', 1),
(2073, 'Karawan Fest - July 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '57701483', '534, 493', '519', '', 1),
(2074, 'Aube Film Festival -Sep 2025 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '990144257', '534, 547, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 601, 488, 400, 414, 425, 480, 493, 504, 457, 503, 541', '519, 494, 443, 529, 468, 576, 504, 556, 456, 340, 365, 432, 473, 411, 477', '', 1),
(2075, 'Palestinian Cultural Institute in Denmark -October 2025 ', 'mariam', '774035705', '578, 536, 384, 465, 470, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 332, 417, 422, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2076, 'Cinema Ain Jordan - June - 2025', 'seif', '1734633648', '578, 534, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 490, 560, 516, 601, 488, 500, 528, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 489, 527, 587, 526, 510, 548, 493, 517, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 556, 540, 531, 498, 541', '', '', 1),
(2077, 'Saint Paul Trois Châteaux Film Festival - October 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '665915478', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 513, 586, 502, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 602, 510, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 503, 498, 576, 541, 571', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 514, 468, 549, 456, 502, 434, 522, 563, 475, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477, 544', '', 1),
(2078, 'Second Run - Shahid- May25', 'Ahmed', '682110074', '3, 34, 342, 401, 386, 35, 355, 97, 127, 302, 112, 40, 38, 426, 290, 397, 39, 10, 371, 15, 44, 45, 48, 407, 345, 460, 326, 50, 468, 51, 54, 535, 55, 304, 57, 295', '', '', 1),
(2079, 'Second Run- Not Available before on Shahid', 'ahmed', '1421012011', '342, 401, 386, 355, 302, 426, 290, 397, 371, 407, 345, 460, 326, 468, 535, 304, 295', '', '', 1),
(2080, 'Easy Distribution - 2025', 'seif', '1618275167', '532, 490, 549, 493, 540', '443, 523', '', 1),
(2081, ' Pingyao IFF 2025 - Sep 2025 (China))', 'mariam', '1460006562', '607, 534, 547, 532, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 591, 488, 400, 572, 414, 581, 493, 582, 531, 503, 541', '519, 529, 468, 549, 456, 340, 542, 501, 477', '', 1),
(2082, 'Independent Cinema Filmhouse in Edinburgh (2025)', 'mariam', '674147405', '400', '340', '', 1),
(2083, 'European Film Festival of Puerto Rico -Nov 2025 )', 'mariam', '1339430247', '547, 532, 488, 414, 581, 493, 582, 541, 534', '456, 519', '', 1),
(2084, 'Leeds International Film Festival - November 2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '2041286487', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 513, 586, 502, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 414, 571, 602, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 503, 498, 576, 542', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 514, 468, 549, 456, 502, 434, 522, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477, 544, 576', '', 1),
(2085, 'Hajeer - Cinema Haay ', 'Moshira', '658786100', '537', '504', '', 1),
(2086, 'Arab Film Festival in Korea (July 2025) ', 'mariam', '1299867611', '492, 386, 508, 362, 560, 572, 454, 570, 495, 569, 584, 496, 305, 481, 503', '438, 325, 470, 318, 529, 542, 409, 532, 454, 547, 554, 458, 286, 434, 477', '', 1),
(2087, 'Mostra Mundo Arabe de Cinema -August 2025 (Brazil)', 'mariam', '1061222349', '534, 552, 532, 522, 560, 488, 400, 572, 433, 414, 425, 495, 480, 504, 531, 541', '519, 552, 494, 529, 456, 340, 542, 392, 365, 454, 432, 473, 501', '', 1),
(2088, 'Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival -August 2025 (South Korea)', 'mariam', '728936165', '585, 573, 513, 539, 541, 560, 436, 510, 505, 565', '560, 534, 514, 528, 529, 371, 475, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2089, 'Encuentros del Otro Cine -September 2025 (Ecuador)', 'mariam', '1427628401', '607, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 601, 400, 572, 571, 504, 539, 565', '494, 443, 529, 468, 556, 340, 542, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2090, 'Visioni Dal Mondo International Documentary Festival, -September 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1086245357', '607, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 601, 400, 572, 571, 504, 539, 565', '494, 443, 529, 468, 556, 340, 542, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2091, 'International Izmir Short Film Festival -October 2025 (Turkey)', 'mariam', '1154392975', '578, 606, 573, 564, 513, 605, 544, 602, 577, 584, 574, 565', '533, 564, 534, 538, 514, 579, 522, 563, 554, 535, 531', '', 1),
(2092, 'Show Me Shorts Film Festival -October 2025 (New Zealand)', 'mariam', '1217515179', '578, 529, 463, 606, 564, 605, 544, 602, 482, 539', '533, 500, 415, 564, 538, 579, 522, 563, 435, 528', '', 1),
(2093, 'Festival Film Dokumenter -November 2025 (Indonesia) ', 'mariam', '2042273443', '607, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 601, 400, 572, 571, 504, 539, 565', '494, 443, 529, 468, 556, 340, 542, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2094, 'SCAD Savannah Film Festival -Oct 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1680690957', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 513, 586, 502, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 414, 571, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 503, 498, 576, 541', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 514, 468, 549, 456, 502, 434, 522, 563, 510, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477, 544', '', 1),
(2095, 'MAD Films -SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival -September 2025 (Germany)', 'mariam', '1486478797', '578, 511, 529, 463, 606, 585, 564, 522, 536, 513, 603, 528, 544, 414, 483, 581, 577, 584, 482, 574, 582, 503, 565, 576, 541', '533, 478, 500, 415, 564, 560, 538, 494, 503, 514, 502, 522, 455, 554, 435, 535, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2096, 'Kurzfilmfestival Köln - November 2025 (Germany)', 'mariam', '315296686', '578, 529, 463, 606, 585, 564, 605, 528, 544, 483, 602, 510, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 538, 579, 502, 522, 455, 563, 475, 541, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2097, 'Hakka Release - Tunisia ', 'Moshira', '1046490977', '490, 549', '443', '', 1),
(2098, 'Marrakech IFF 2025 - Morocco', 'moshira', '421614140', '607, 523, 422, 586, 591, 571, 608, 604, 555, 581, 582, 494, 418', '549', '', 1),
(2100, 'Red Sea IFF 2025 - KSA', 'moshira', '244078612', '607, 585, 523, 573, 564, 422, 586, 605, 591, 571, 608, 604, 555, 602, 581, 577, 582, 494, 418', '560, 534, 549, 563, 541, 579', '', 1),
(2101, 'GagaOOlala', 'jeanne', '1879103307', '63, 478, 245, 393, 260, 480', '86, 431, 165, 342, 124, 432', '', 1),
(2102, 'Egyptian Films - Shoman Organization (Jordan) 2025', 'Moshira', '1837883489', '340', '284', '', 1),
(2103, 'Egyptian Films - Brazil Event - 2025', 'seif', '677271863', '463, 606, 513, 528, 481, 544, 525, 433, 570, 507, 425, 510, 574, 504, 457', '415, 564, 514, 502, 434, 522, 498, 392, 532, 474, 365, 475, 535, 473, 411', '', 1),
(2104, 'Arab Films - Brazil Event - 2025', 'seif', '2144081168', '511, 534, 492, 529, 530, 532, 522, 538, 508, 519, 588, 478, 490, 487, 596, 449, 560, 371, 549, 603, 537, 518, 382, 488, 506, 453, 572, 454, 479, 592, 369, 414, 570, 483, 489, 527, 446, 495, 526, 480, 569, 512, 584, 496, 476, 437, 464, 531, 503, 469, 576, 452, 541, 475', '478, 519, 438, 500, 526, 494, 470, 492, 546, 431, 443, 575, 404, 529, 375, 577, 504, 483, 428, 456, 471, 408, 542, 409, 427, 562, 430, 532, 455, 469, 553, 398, 454, 515, 432, 547, 496, 554, 458, 423, 419, 416, 501, 477, 429, 544, 407, 425', '', 1),
(2105, 'Palestenian Films - Brazil Event - 2025', 'seif', '324267372', '578, 536, 502, 601, 400, 470, 587, 493, 517, 539, 505, 565', '533, 503, 468, 556, 340, 422, 578, 510, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2106, 'Muslim International Film Festival -October 2025 (Canada)', 'mariam', '1299687682', '578, 511, 534, 529, 463, 547, 552, 532, 522, 536, 513, 560, 502, 603, 601, 488, 528, 544, 400, 572, 454, 433, 414, 483, 425, 495, 493, 584, 482, 574, 504, 457, 565, 576, 541, 517, 498', '533, 478, 519, 500, 415, 552, 494, 503, 514, 529, 468, 556, 456, 502, 522, 340, 542, 409, 392, 455, 365, 454, 554, 435, 535, 473, 411, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2107, 'DOK Leipzig - October 2025 (Germany)', 'kastawy', '1843391457', '607, 549, 571, 539', '', '', 1),
(2108, 'TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest - October 2025 (Italy)', 'kastawy', '1011240329', '529, 547, 585, 532, 519, 488, 500, 489, 436, 541', '500, 560, 492, 456, 467, 469, 371', '', 1),
(2109, 'Sale International Women Film Festival - 2025', 'seif', '1021108931', '490, 560, 549, 433, 425, 495, 526, 548, 493, 504, 457, 503, 414', '443, 529, 392, 365, 454, 515, 473, 411, 477', '', 1),
(2110, 'Palestine Arts Film Festival -Sep 2025 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '797263965', '578, 536, 384, 465, 601, 400, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565, 314', '533, 503, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 435, 528, 531, 243', '', 1),
(2111, 'Afrique en Vison -Nov 2025 (France) ', 'mariam', '509367335', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 508, 513, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 602, 510, 480, 581, 584, 574, 582', '415, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 563, 475, 432, 554, 535, 558', '', 1),
(2112, 'Afrikaldia Festival -Nov 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '599381233', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 508, 513, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 602, 510, 480, 581, 584, 574, 582, 571', '415, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 563, 475, 432, 554, 535, 558, 580', '', 1),
(2114, 'Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival - September - 2025 ', 'seif', '465578366', '578, 534, 529, 463, 606, 530, 532, 522, 536, 490, 516, 549, 488, 528, 544, 592, 489, 527, 587, 526, 493, 482, 574, 539, 505, 556, 531, 498, 560, 506', '533, 519, 500, 415, 564, 526, 494, 503, 443, 481, 581, 556, 456, 502, 522, 562, 469, 553, 578, 515, 435, 535, 528, 472, 527, 501, 529, 471', '', 1),
(2115, 'Brussels International Women\'s Film Festival -October 2025 (Belgium) ', 'mariam', '1124620564', '578, 607, 529, 585, 522, 513, 586, 605, 560, 549, 591, 528, 414, 483, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 496, 503, 498, 565, 576', '533, 500, 560, 494, 514, 579, 529, 581, 549, 502, 455, 563, 435, 458, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2116, 'Teaneck International Film Festival - November 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '1654668008', '578, 536, 502, 587, 493, 482, 539, 505, 498', '533, 503, 468, 578, 435, 528, 472', '', 1),
(2117, 'Marrakech Short Film Festival - September/October - 2025', 'seif', '1876223979', '511, 529, 463, 606, 530, 573, 508, 519, 513, 588, 603, 575, 461, 500, 506, 481, 544, 525, 479, 470, 570, 489, 521, 507, 587, 510, 517, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 469, 498, 565, 452', '478, 500, 415, 564, 526, 534, 470, 492, 514, 546, 577, 539, 436, 467, 471, 434, 522, 498, 427, 422, 532, 469, 491, 474, 578, 475, 510, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 429, 531, 407', '', 1),
(2119, 'Tripoli Film Festival - September - 2025', 'seif', '1309511549', '578, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 573, 522, 513, 588, 502, 603, 537, 488, 528, 506, 481, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 489, 587, 548, 517, 584, 482, 574, 505, 503, 498, 565, 576, 452', '533, 519, 500, 415, 564, 534, 494, 514, 546, 468, 577, 504, 456, 502, 471, 434, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 469, 578, 510, 554, 435, 535, 472, 477, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(2120, 'São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum - August 2025 (Brazil)', 'kastawy', '542948350', '578, 529, 606, 585, 564, 536, 605, 544, 489, 602, 577, 482', '', '', 0),
(2121, 'Shorts for Refugee Week - June 2025 (UK)', 'kastawy', '951852168', '529, 536, 575, 333, 465, 481, 483, 436, 539, 437', '500, 503, 539, 273, 417, 434, 455, 371, 528, 419', '', 1),
(2122, 'EnergaCAMERIMAGE - November 2025 (Poland)', 'kastawy', '1317793756', '578, 607, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 573, 564, 586, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 571, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 582, 503, 541, 611, 605', '582, 579', '', 1),
(2123, 'Adelaide Film Festival - October 2025 (Australia)', 'kastawy', '1529077880', '607, 523, 564, 586, 591, 571, 581, 577, 582', '', '', 1),
(2124, 'Mostra de Cinemas Africanos -September 2025 (Brazil)', 'mariam', '1397281140', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 508, 513, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 602, 510, 480, 581, 584, 574, 582, 523', '415, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 563, 475, 432, 554, 535, 558', '', 1),
(2125, 'Cinemira International Children\'s and Youth Film Festival -October 2025 (Budapest)', 'mariam', '30855856', '578, 529, 463, 585, 536, 603, 537, 518, 528, 470, 483, 507, 425, 510, 480, 581, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 582, 565, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 503, 577, 504, 483, 502, 422, 455, 474, 365, 475, 432, 554, 435, 535, 531, 407', '', 1),
(2126, 'Seville European Film Festivalv -Nov 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '918585103', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 560, 549, 591, 488, 528, 544, 414, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 539, 582, 498, 541', '415, 564, 560, 529, 581, 549, 456, 502, 522, 563, 554, 528', '', 1),
(2127, 'Oran International Arab Film Festival - October 2025 (Algeria)', 'kastawy', '380850284', '578, 511, 607, 529, 606, 547, 573, 522, 538, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 603, 537, 591, 488, 500, 528, 481, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 489, 587, 548, 581, 493, 517, 482, 496, 574, 504, 539, 505, 582, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 580', '533, 478, 500, 564, 534, 494, 505, 503, 470, 492, 514, 546, 443, 529, 468, 577, 504, 549, 456, 467, 502, 434, 522, 542, 562, 532, 469, 578, 510, 435, 458, 535, 473, 528, 472, 501, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2128, 'Hurghada International Youth Film Festival - September - 2025', 'seif', '948250841', '578, 463, 606, 532, 536, 519, 516, 575, 461, 465, 500, 528, 506, 481, 544, 454, 525, 470, 570, 521, 507, 600, 526, 510, 480, 493, 517, 584, 482, 574, 476, 503, 565, 576, 452', '533, 415, 564, 503, 492, 481, 539, 436, 417, 467, 502, 471, 434, 522, 409, 498, 422, 532, 491, 474, 570, 515, 475, 432, 510, 554, 435, 535, 423, 477, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(2129, 'International Film Festival Mannheim - November 2025 (Germnay)', 'mariam', '453155854', '578, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 586, 591, 488, 544, 414, 570, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 582, 503, 541', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 549, 456, 522, 532, 563, 477', '', 1),
(2130, 'Arab Film Festival in Santiago de Compostela - October 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '1189357631', '534, 532, 586, 490, 560, 549, 601, 488, 400, 572, 414, 495, 581, 493, 582, 541', '519, 443, 529, 581, 556, 456, 340, 542, 454', '', 1),
(2133, 'San Francisco Arab Film Festival -November 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1558803683', '534, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 465, 488, 544, 400, 572, 454, 592, 414, 570, 483, 602, 510, 480, 493, 517, 577, 539, 505, 503, 498, 576, 452, 541, 523, 581, 582', '519, 564, 560, 534, 494, 503, 470, 443, 529, 468, 417, 456, 522, 340, 542, 409, 562, 532, 455, 563, 475, 432, 541, 528, 472, 477, 544, 407', '', 1),
(2134, 'Doha FF 2025 - Qatar', 'moshira', '1579304873', '607, 585, 523, 573, 564, 422, 586, 616, 605, 591, 571, 608, 555, 602, 615, 581, 577, 582, 494, 617, 621', '560, 534, 549, 563, 586, 541, 587', '', 1),
(2135, 'MedFilm Festival - November 2025 (Italy)', 'kastawy', '1640118860', '607, 529, 606, 585, 523, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 513, 586, 605, 560, 502, 549, 591, 488, 528, 481, 544, 592, 483, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 576, 541', '500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 514, 579, 529, 468, 581, 549, 456, 502, 434, 522, 562, 455, 554, 435, 535, 528, 544', '', 1),
(2136, 'Beyond Borders Κastellorizo International Documentary -August 2025 (Greece)', 'mariam', '1120630513', '607, 490, 572, 549', '443, 581, 542', '', 1),
(2137, 'Dar al-Kalima students', 'kastawy', '1306462257', '335, 351, 465, 470, 517, 482', '258, 289, 417, 422, 510, 435', '', 1),
(2138, 'Pramana Asian Film Festival -December 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1466875960', '578, 511, 492, 536, 519, 588, 490, 502, 603, 537, 465, 506, 481, 400, 454, 470, 414, 495, 493, 569, 517, 482, 496, 539, 505, 503, 498, 565, 452, 586, 489', '533, 478, 438, 503, 492, 546, 443, 468, 504, 417, 471, 434, 340, 409, 422, 454, 547, 435, 458, 528, 472, 477, 531, 407, 469', '', 1),
(2139, 'Reykjavík International Film Festival - September 2025 (Iceland)', 'mariam', '1639998601', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 573, 564, 522, 536, 586, 490, 560, 502, 549, 591, 465, 488, 544, 400, 572, 592, 414, 571, 570, 483, 602, 480, 581, 493, 517, 577, 539, 582, 503, 498, 452, 541, 605', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 494, 503, 443, 529, 468, 581, 549, 417, 456, 522, 340, 542, 562, 532, 455, 563, 432, 541, 528, 477, 407, 579', '', 1),
(2140, 'Carthage Film Festival - December 2025 (Tunisia)', 'moshira', '1288296463', '578, 607, 606, 585, 523, 573, 564, 519, 513, 588, 422, 586, 616, 610, 611, 371, 591, 621, 592, 571, 604, 587, 555, 602, 615, 618, 581, 493, 416, 577, 482, 539, 582, 614, 503, 494, 617, 418, 624', '533, 564, 560, 534, 538, 492, 514, 546, 582, 375, 549, 562, 578, 563, 586, 364, 541, 435, 528, 584, 477, 587, 590', '', 1),
(2141, '(First Run Titles)', 'hassan_shams', '1531714174', '456, 516, 542, 537, 433, 604, 555, 425, 526, 406, 493, 418', '', '', 1),
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(2143, 'Kutaisi International Short Film Festival - October 2025 (Georgia)', 'mariam', '188080235', '578, 606, 585, 573, 528, 544, 602, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565', '533, 564, 560, 534, 502, 522, 563, 541, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2144, 'War On Screen Film Festival - October 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '1333053918', '578, 536, 508, 490, 502, 549, 465, 481, 400, 572, 454, 470, 570, 483, 602, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 541, 610', '533, 503, 470, 443, 468, 581, 417, 434, 340, 542, 409, 422, 532, 455, 563, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
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(2214, ' International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao -Nov 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '2080326783', '578, 606, 573, 564, 513, 611, 605, 544, 602, 577, 584, 574, 539, 498, 565', '533, 564, 534, 538, 514, 582, 579, 522, 563, 554, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2215, 'Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival -April 2026 (US) ', 'mariam', '1300047936', '607, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 400, 572, 571, 504, 539, 565', '494, 443, 529, 468, 340, 542, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2216, 'Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights - March 2026 (Switzerland)', 'kastawy', '771145250', '578, 607, 529, 606, 585, 523, 564, 536, 586, 611, 502, 603, 591, 544, 571, 587, 602, 581, 577, 539, 582, 614, 503', '533, 500, 564, 560, 538, 503, 582, 468, 577, 549, 522, 578, 563, 528, 584, 477', '', 1),
(2217, 'San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival -November 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '803454272', '585, 573, 519, 513, 500, 454, 496, 498, 541, 529, 547, 532, 488, 489', '560, 534, 492, 514, 467, 409, 458, 500, 456, 469', '', 1),
(2218, 'Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival -2026 (Japan)', 'mariam', '1686023948', '578, 585, 536, 528, 481, 544, 592, 602, 517, 577, 482, 452', '533, 560, 503, 502, 434, 522, 562, 563, 541, 435, 407', '', 1),
(2219, 'Budapest International Documentary Festival -Jan 2026 (Hungary)', 'mariam', '1949956066', '607, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 400, 572, 571, 504, 539, 565', '494, 443, 529, 468, 340, 542, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2221, 'VIII Festival Cine por Mujeres Madrid -October 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '636291012', '578, 607, 529, 585, 513, 586, 605, 560, 549, 528, 414, 483, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 496, 503, 498, 565, 576', '533, 500, 560, 514, 579, 529, 581, 502, 455, 563, 435, 458, 477, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2222, 'Witness Palestine Film Festival -November 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '561418337', '578, 536, 611, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 582, 468, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 563, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2223, 'Zurich Film festival - September 2025 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '1598186995', '607, 523, 586, 610, 591, 571, 581, 582, 614', '549, 584', '', 1),
(2224, 'Africa Film Festival of Yangambi -October 2025 (Congo)', 'mariam', '972846577', '463, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 508, 513, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 602, 510, 480, 581, 584, 574, 582, 523, 541', '415, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 563, 475, 432, 554, 535, 558', '', 1),
(2226, 'Festival International Du Film De Droits De l\'Homme - December - 2025', 'seif', '1433928627', '490, 502, 516, 371, 549, 603, 382, 506, 544, 572, 454, 570, 587, 526, 460, 548, 569, 416, 517, 584, 482, 574, 539, 556, 540, 531, 503, 498, 529, 522, 508, 481, 483, 489, 510, 496, 565', '443, 468, 481, 375, 581, 577, 428, 471, 522, 542, 409, 532, 578, 515, 433, 547, 364, 510, 554, 435, 535, 528, 527, 523, 501, 477, 500, 494, 470, 434, 455, 469, 475, 458, 531', '', 1),
(2227, 'OOPs! Brunei', 'jeanne', '373717488', '536, 314, 470, 602, 517, 498, 565', '503, 243, 422, 563, 510, 531', '', 1),
(2229, 'International University Festival Cine-Literature of Agadir - October/November - 2025', 'seif', '756287918', '519, 481', '492, 434', '', 1),
(2230, 'DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival -Oct 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '254548209', '578, 536, 611, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 582, 468, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 563, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2231, 'France Palestine Solidarity Association (2025) ', 'mariam', '1908368330', '578, 536, 611, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 582, 468, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 563, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2232, 'Palliative Care Congress -2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '791858618', '362, 489, 436', '318, 469, 371', '', 1),
(2233, 'MiM (Muslims in Media)', 'jeanne', '2047258019', '547, 586, 581, 493, 432, 582, 541', '374', '', 1),
(2234, 'Digital Virgo (shorts)', 'jeanne', '1169784785', '445, 463, 606, 538, 536, 478, 575, 461, 465, 528, 453, 481, 454, 525, 570, 489, 436, 517, 584, 505, 464, 576', '448, 415, 564, 505, 503, 431, 539, 436, 417, 502, 408, 434, 409, 498, 532, 469, 371, 510, 554, 472, 416, 544', '', 1),
(2235, 'MENA Film Festival - January 2026 (Canada)', 'mariam', '1182119082', '578, 534, 529, 547, 532, 522, 536, 508, 560, 465, 488, 570, 483, 565, 493, 517, 584, 498', '533, 519, 500, 494, 503, 470, 529, 417, 456, 532, 455, 531, 554', '', 1),
(2236, 'Montreal International Black Film Festival - September 2025 (Canada)', 'mariam', '402485380', '508, 362, 447, 570, 584', '470, 318, 402, 532, 554', '', 1),
(2237, 'Lisbon\'s International Kids Film Festival - February 2026 (Portugal)', 'mariam', '1233869312', '578, 529, 463, 585, 536, 603, 518, 528, 470, 483, 507, 425, 510, 480, 581, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 565, 452', '533, 500, 415, 560, 503, 577, 483, 502, 422, 455, 474, 365, 475, 432, 554, 435, 535, 531, 407', '', 1),
(2238, 'Französische Filmtage Tübingen-Stuttgart 2025', 'mariam', '1092879923', '547, 532, 488', '456', '', 1),
(2239, 'ISCA. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD 2025 (Japan)', 'mariam', '1433247669', '536, 481, 602', '503, 434, 563', '', 1),
(2240, 'Selly Oak Palestine Solidarity -2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '1306025784', '578, 536, 611, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 582, 468, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 563, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2241, 'Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago -2025 (Chile)', 'mariam', '1874755914', '578, 536, 611, 502, 384, 465, 400, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 503, 582, 468, 332, 417, 556, 340, 542, 422, 563, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2242, 'Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy - September 2025 (Finland)', 'mariam', '1816299914', '578, 606, 573, 564, 513, 611, 605, 544, 602, 577, 584, 574, 565, 517, 498', '533, 564, 534, 538, 514, 582, 579, 522, 563, 554, 535, 531', '', 1),
(2243, 'The Francophone Film Festival -March 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1779131782', '534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 508, 513, 490, 560, 549, 544, 592, 570, 581, 493, 577, 584, 539, 505, 531, 498, 565, 541', '519, 500, 415, 564, 470, 514, 443, 529, 581, 522, 562, 532, 554, 528, 472, 501, 531', '', 1),
(2244, 'Yellowstone International Film Festival -November 2025 (India)', 'mariam', '2070775498', '578, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 490, 560, 502, 549, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 489, 510, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 531, 498, 565, 541', '533, 519, 500, 415, 564, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 443, 529, 468, 581, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 469, 475, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 501, 531', '', 1),
(2245, 'Kurdistan Film Commission - non-commercial screening programs - 2025', 'seif', '247503421', '534, 492, 366, 529, 606, 491, 530, 355, 532, 450, 522, 536, 508, 264, 456, 449, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 603, 575, 461, 518, 382, 488, 500, 528, 506, 453, 481, 544, 400, 454, 525, 479, 470, 433, 592, 349, 570, 489, 507, 527, 446, 587, 425, 495, 526, 460, 510, 548, 480, 493, 569, 416, 517, 584, 482, 477, 574, 476, 504, 539, 505, 437, 471, 485, 457, 556, 540, 464, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 452, 541, 475', '519, 438, 461, 500, 564, 521, 526, 334, 405, 494, 503, 470, 188, 426, 404, 529, 468, 481, 375, 581, 577, 539, 436, 483, 428, 456, 467, 502, 471, 408, 434, 522, 340, 409, 498, 427, 422, 392, 562, 331, 532, 469, 474, 553, 398, 578, 365, 454, 515, 433, 475, 432, 547, 364, 510, 554, 435, 424, 535, 423, 473, 528, 472, 419, 457, 450, 411, 527, 523, 416, 501, 477, 531, 544, 407, 425', '', 1),
(2246, 'Athens Palestine Film Festival - October 2025 (Greece)', 'kastawy', '283376871', '578, 536, 502, 465, 470, 587, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 384', '533, 503, 468, 417, 422, 578, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 332', '', 1),
(2247, 'AfryKamera Film Festival  - November 2025 (Poland)', 'kastawy', '1475284966', '523, 570, 607, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 508, 513, 610, 605, 488, 528, 481, 544, 572, 592, 483, 581, 584, 574, 582, 531, 576', '532, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 579, 456, 502, 434, 522, 542, 562, 455, 554, 535, 501, 544', '', 1),
(2248, 'Warsaw International Film Festival - October 2025 (Poland)', 'kastawy', '1064559894', '607, 523, 586, 611, 605, 591, 582', '582, 579, 549', '', 1),
(2249, 'Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand - January 2026 (France)', 'kastawy', '1480754736', '578, 606, 585, 564, 513, 611, 605, 528, 544, 539', '533, 564, 560, 538, 514, 582, 579, 502, 522, 528', '', 1),
(2250, '7th Art Club in Palestine - Monthly Program - 2025', 'seif', '898839847', '511, 529, 606, 450, 536, 502, 603, 400, 479, 414, 349, 425, 526, 448, 517, 482, 496, 574, 504, 505, 565, 514, 451', '478, 500, 564, 405, 503, 468, 577, 340, 427, 331, 365, 515, 403, 510, 435, 458, 535, 473, 472, 531, 485, 406', '8, 13', 1),
(2251, 'OMDA - Sharjah', 'kastawy', '2029553361', '508, 549, 488, 528, 572, 570, 482, 574, 582, 503', '470, 581, 456, 502, 542, 532, 435, 535, 558, 477', '', 1),
(2252, 'Pune International Film Festival - January 2026 (India)', 'mariam', '1374565024', '607, 547, 523, 532, 586, 502, 542, 549, 591, 488, 414, 571, 581, 493, 582, 503', '468, 576, 581, 549, 456, 477', '', 1),
(2253, 'Festival International du Cinéma et des Migrations d’Agadir - (7-16) December - 2025', 'seif', '1827945364', '534, 530, 522, 516, 371, 549, 488, 453, 481, 570, 526, 416, 476, 541, 475', '519, 526, 494, 481, 375, 581, 456, 408, 434, 532, 515, 364, 423, 425', '', 1),
(2254, 'Baku International Film Festival - November 2025 (Azerbaijan)', 'kastawy', '632063716', '578, 511, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 573, 564, 536, 519, 513, 588, 586, 610, 611, 605, 603, 518, 488, 528, 481, 544, 592, 570, 483, 489, 587, 602, 615, 510, 581, 517, 577, 482, 496, 574, 539, 582, 464, 531, 503, 565, 576, 452, 617', '533, 478, 500, 415, 564, 560, 534, 538, 503, 492, 514, 546, 582, 579, 577, 483, 456, 502, 434, 522, 562, 532, 455, 469, 578, 563, 475, 510, 435, 458, 535, 528, 416, 501, 477, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(2255, 'Jordan Children’s Film Festival - August (15 – 20) - 2025', 'seif', '522919791', '463, 450, 538, 536, 519, 603, 575, 518, 528, 592, 414, 521, 425, 482, 496, 540, 578, 511, 606, 530, 483, 507, 517, 505, 565, 514', '415, 405, 505, 503, 492, 577, 539, 483, 502, 562, 491, 365, 435, 458, 523, 533, 478, 564, 526, 455, 474, 510, 472, 531, 485', '', 1),
(2256, 'Annaba FF (Films not screened in Algeria) - [24-30] September - 2025', 'seif', '1500894637', '425, 504, 457', '365, 473, 411', '', 1),
(2257, 'Omda and Sharjah', 'Moshira', '1149048625', '508, 549, 488, 528, 572, 570, 482, 574, 582, 503', '470, 456, 502, 532, 435, 535, 477', '', 0),
(2258, ' International Experimental Film Festival - October 2025 (Greece)', 'mariam', '465890956', '529, 585, 573, 513, 611, 496, 539, 576', '500, 560, 534, 514, 582, 458, 528, 544', '', 1),
(2260, 'Bath Film Festival - October 2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '803690709', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 611, 605, 549, 591, 488, 414, 570, 602, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 565, 541, 610, 517, 498', '533, 500, 564, 560, 582, 579, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2261, 'MAD Films - Bodrum International Film Festival (BIFF) October 2025 (Turkey)', 'mariam', '2056906667', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 586, 610, 611, 605, 549, 591, 488, 414, 570, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 498, 565, 541', '533, 500, 564, 560, 582, 579, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2262, 'Festival International du Film Amateur de Kelibia -  August [16 – 23] - 2025', 'seif', '692496311', '492, 529, 606, 530, 536, 508, 519, 603, 500, 528, 544, 592, 570, 489, 587, 517, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 498', '438, 500, 564, 526, 503, 470, 492, 577, 467, 502, 522, 562, 532, 469, 578, 510, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472', '', 1),
(2263, 'Algiers International Film Festival - [2-10] December - 2025', 'seif', '1836743516', '529, 606, 530, 522, 536, 508, 519, 588, 490, 560, 549, 603, 488, 500, 544, 572, 414, 570, 587, 526, 548, 517, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 556, 498, 541', '500, 564, 526, 494, 503, 470, 492, 546, 443, 529, 581, 577, 456, 467, 522, 542, 532, 578, 515, 510, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 527', '', 1),
(2264, 'International Film Showcase -2025 (US)', 'mariam', '581176414', '534, 463, 547, 532, 488, 414, 493, 541, 425, 495, 480, 427, 475', '519, 415, 365, 454, 432, 378, 425', '', 1),
(2266, 'Art Forward -February 2026 (UK)', 'mariam', '1469380788', '529, 523, 522, 591, 570, 615, 581, 504, 539', '500, 494, 549, 532, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2267, 'ARAB FILM FESTIVAL Stuttgart/Tübingen - October 2025 (Germany)', 'mariam', '2119471571', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 587, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 607, 586, 581, 582', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 578, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2268, 'Ta\'aluf Program (2025 - 2026)', 'seif', '169442207', '508, 362, 473, 371, 447, 572, 570, 548', '', '', 1),
(2269, 'Rio Cultural Club - Egypt 2025-2026', 'moshira', '1845694817', '534, 366, 491, 355, 532, 450, 522, 264, 456, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 382, 488, 400, 433, 349, 527, 425, 495, 526, 460, 548, 480, 493, 569, 416, 504, 457, 556, 540, 531, 503, 541, 475', '519, 461, 521, 334, 405, 494, 188, 426, 529, 468, 481, 581, 428, 456, 340, 392, 331, 553, 365, 454, 515, 433, 432, 547, 364, 473, 411, 527, 523, 501, 477, 425', '11, 12, 9, 1, 10, 4, 7, 14, 5, 6, 8, 13, 3, 2', 1),
(2270, 'London Migration Film Festival - November 2025 (UK)', 'kastawy', '287395629', '529, 523, 522, 490, 549, 591, 481, 572, 570, 602, 615, 581, 476, 504, 539, 505, 485, 541', '500, 494, 443, 581, 549, 434, 542, 532, 563, 586, 423, 473, 528, 472, 450', '', 1),
(2271, 'The Green House Cinema -August 2025 (Philippines)', 'mariam', '2082730851', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 335', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 258', '', 1),
(2272, 'Timimoun International Short Film Festival - November [13 to 18] - 2025', 'seif', '750309150', '578, 511, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 536, 508, 519, 588, 449, 603, 575, 461, 465, 500, 528, 506, 453, 481, 544, 454, 479, 470, 570, 483, 489, 521, 507, 587, 510, 517, 584, 482, 496, 477, 574, 476, 539, 505, 437, 464, 498, 565, 452, 617', '533, 478, 438, 500, 415, 564, 526, 503, 470, 492, 546, 404, 577, 539, 436, 417, 467, 502, 471, 408, 434, 522, 409, 427, 422, 532, 455, 469, 491, 474, 578, 475, 510, 554, 435, 458, 424, 535, 423, 528, 472, 419, 416, 531, 407, 587', '', 1),
(2273, 'AFI FEST -October 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '462995400', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 610, 611, 605, 549, 591, 488, 414, 570, 602, 615, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 498, 565, 541, 571', '533, 500, 564, 560, 582, 579, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 586, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2274, 'Denver Film Festival -November 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1815307684', '607, 523, 508, 610, 611, 542, 591, 571, 582, 614', '470, 582, 576, 549, 584', '', 1),
(2275, 'Women\'s Rights Film Week - Morocco - [2025-2026]', 'seif', '1908683468', '578, 508, 560, 371, 549, 528, 453, 414, 489, 527, 425, 495, 345, 526, 510, 548, 493, 584, 539, 531, 503', '533, 470, 529, 375, 581, 502, 408, 469, 553, 365, 454, 464, 515, 475, 554, 528, 501, 477', '', 1),
(2276, 'Reema Saleh - Palestinian Program Line-Up', 'seif', '1964171182', '578, 529, 502, 400, 470, 521, 587, 517, 539, 498, 565', '533, 500, 468, 340, 422, 491, 578, 510, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2277, '[Updated] -  Sharjah International Film Festival - 2025', 'seif', '1154753132', '578, 463, 606, 536, 519, 549, 528, 592, 482, 540, 531, 576', '533, 415, 564, 503, 492, 581, 502, 562, 435, 523, 501, 544', '', 1),
(2278, 'Palestinian Film Festival in Venice - October 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '2074223230', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2279, 'FICVALDIVIA -October 2025 (Chile)', 'mariam', '953690271', '534, 536, 603, 333, 465, 500, 433, 507, 446, 493, 496', '519, 503, 577, 273, 417, 467, 392, 474, 398, 458', '', 1),
(2280, 'Pasaje International Film Festival - September 2025 (Romania)', 'kastawy', '1539244424', '578, 511, 529, 463, 536, 508, 449, 465, 528, 506, 481, 592, 570, 483, 489, 587, 436, 615, 510, 517, 584, 482, 574, 505, 464, 565, 576, 452', '533, 478, 500, 415, 503, 470, 404, 417, 502, 471, 434, 562, 532, 455, 469, 578, 371, 586, 475, 510, 554, 435, 535, 472, 416, 531, 544, 407', '', 1),
(2282, 'Stockholm International Film Festival - November 2025 (Sweden)', 'kastawy', '1230711631', '607, 523, 564, 586, 610, 611, 605, 591, 571, 581, 577, 582, 542', '538, 582, 579, 549, 576', '', 1),
(2283, 'Luxembourg City Film Festival - March 2026 (Luxembourg )', 'kastawy', '809015090', '607, 547, 523, 532, 586, 610, 591, 488, 571, 493, 582, 614, 503, 541', '549, 456, 584, 477', '', 1),
(2285, 'مهرجان غزة الدولي لسينما المرأة - [26 – 31] أكتوبر 2025 - فلسطين ن  ', 'seif', '748806946', '491, 538, 508, 264, 490, 371, 549, 382, 453, 544, 592, 425, 495, 526, 548, 584, 539, 531, 503', '521, 505, 470, 188, 443, 375, 581, 428, 408, 522, 562, 365, 454, 515, 554, 528, 501, 477', '', 1),
(2286, '18th Panorama of the European Film - Zawya Cinema [Egypt] - 2025', 'seif', '587726162', '534, 450, 586, 490, 560, 371, 549, 488, 414, 526, 460, 548, 581, 493, 580, 582, 556, 540, 541, 610', '519, 405, 443, 529, 375, 581, 456, 515, 433, 558, 527, 523, 585', '', 1),
(2287, 'CROSSING EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL LINZ -May 2026 (Austria)', 'mariam', '158784051', '607, 523, 610, 581, 582, 614, 541', '584', '', 1),
(2288, 'OUTshine Film Festival - October 2025 (US)', 'mariam', '158200902', '610, 480, 574', '432, 535', '', 1),
(2289, 'MAD Films -National Film Museum of Turtin -Feb 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1976406834', '504, 582, 457', '473, 411', '', 1),
(2290, 'Alternative  - Berlin 2025', 'Moshira', '741810795', '362, 371, 447, 570, 572', '', '', 0),
(2291, 'Regent Park Film Festival - November 2025 (Canada)', 'mariam', '659860755', '578, 607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 573, 564, 508, 513, 586, 611, 605, 549, 591, 488, 414, 571, 570, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 582, 503, 498, 565, 541, 610', '533, 415, 564, 560, 534, 538, 470, 514, 582, 579, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 432, 554, 435, 535, 528, 477, 531', '', 1),
(2292, ' Fugitif Short Film Festival - September 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '1467784876', '578, 606, 585, 573, 528, 544, 602, 517, 584, 482, 574, 539, 498, 565, 564', '533, 564, 560, 534, 502, 522, 563, 554, 435, 535, 528, 531, 538', '', 1),
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(2298, 'European Film Festival in South Africa -October 2025', 'mariam', '1198229296', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 560, 549, 591, 488, 528, 544, 414, 602, 581, 493, 517, 577, 584, 539, 582, 498, 541', '415, 564, 560, 529, 581, 549, 456, 502, 522, 563, 554, 528', '', 1),
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(2300, 'Nadi lekol Nas - Lebanon - Lineup 2026', 'seif', '236186125', '607, 523, 422, 610, 591, 581, 582, 494, 418', '', '', 1),
(2301, 'Nadi lekol Nas - Lebanon - Palestinian Films - 2025', 'seif', '467923676', '578, 366, 355, 536, 262, 502, 465, 400, 470, 521, 493, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 461, 334, 503, 216, 468, 417, 340, 422, 491, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
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(2303, 'Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival - May 2026 (Poland)', 'kastawy', '465194953', '571, 615, 539, 614, 607', '', '', 1),
(2304, 'Here & Elsewhere Film Festival - Lebanon - [1-3] October 2025', 'seif', '383918730', '578, 529, 463, 538, 508, 603, 506, 479, 470, 592, 570, 483, 587, 510, 574, 539, 565', '533, 500, 415, 505, 470, 577, 471, 427, 422, 562, 532, 455, 578, 475, 535, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2305, 'Africa Movie Academy Awards -October 2025 (Nigeria)', 'mariam', '346493789', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 522, 508, 513, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 570, 483, 581, 584, 574, 582, 610, 571', '415, 564, 560, 494, 470, 514, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 455, 554, 535, 558', '', 1),
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(2307, 'DokumentART – European Film Festival - October 2025 (Germany)', 'mariam', '1974043942', '607, 522, 502, 549, 572, 571, 539, 565, 615', '494, 468, 581, 542, 528, 531, 586', '', 1),
(2308, 'International Film Festival for Children and Youth -October 2025 (Iran)', 'mariam', '2033923651', '529, 536, 603, 518, 528, 470, 483, 507, 581, 517, 584, 565, 475, 582, 541', '500, 503, 504, 483, 502, 422, 455, 474, 554, 531, 425', '', 1),
(2309, 'Ceau, Cinema! -October 2025 (Romania)', 'mariam', '591533136', '523', '', '', 1),
(2310, 'Beirut Shorts IFF - Lebanon - 2025', 'seif', '327923226', '578, 606, 585, 564, 513, 616, 611, 481, 602, 615, 617, 577', '533, 564, 560, 538, 514, 589, 582, 434, 563, 586, 541, 587', '', 1),
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(2312, 'Tetouan Mediterranean FF - Morocco - 2025', 'seif', '2108888192', '522, 607, 502, 488, 581', '494, 468, 456', '', 1),
(2313, 'Fameck Arab Film Festival - October 2025 (France)', 'Moshira', '4691586', '615, 452', '586, 407', '', 1),
(2314, 'Cap Kuwait - Kuwait - (Palestinian Line-Up) - 2025', 'seif', '865259625', '578, 536, 502, 465, 400, 470, 521, 493, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 417, 340, 422, 491, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
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(2318, 'Medenine International Film Festival - Tunisia - 2025 - seiff', 'seif', '1341177701', '578, 534, 492, 529, 606, 530, 532, 522, 538, 536, 508, 519, 588, 490, 449, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 488, 500, 528, 544, 400, 572, 592, 414, 570, 483, 489, 521, 527, 587, 526, 493, 569, 517, 584, 482, 496, 574, 504, 539, 505, 556, 540, 531, 503, 498, 617', '533, 519, 438, 500, 564, 526, 494, 505, 503, 470, 492, 546, 443, 404, 529, 468, 481, 375, 581, 456, 467, 502, 522, 340, 542, 562, 532, 455, 469, 491, 553, 578, 515, 547, 510, 554, 435, 458, 535, 473, 528, 472, 527, 523, 501, 477, 587', '', 1),
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(2320, 'Kurdistan Film Commission - non-commercial screening programs (International Films) - 2025', 'seif', '490297453', '138, 516, 367, 293, 137, 238, 173, 541, 172', '35, 481, 319, 217, 36, 212, 59, 39', '', 1),
(2321, 'Arlo Art Space -2025 (Somalia)', 'mariam', '1601235944', '508, 362, 371, 447, 572, 570, 526', '470, 318, 375, 402, 542, 532, 515', '', 1),
(2322, 'Gaza Women International Festival - Gaza - [October] 2025', 'seif', '1970753165', '508, 490, 560, 371, 549, 382, 453, 544, 592, 425, 495, 526, 584, 482, 531, 503, 475', '470, 443, 529, 375, 581, 428, 408, 522, 562, 365, 454, 515, 554, 435, 501, 477, 425', '', 1),
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(2326, 'Jaipur International Film Festival -Jan 2026 (India)', 'mariam', '143740378', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 611, 549, 591, 488, 414, 570, 602, 615, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 614, 610', '533, 500, 564, 560, 582, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 586, 554, 435, 535, 528, 584, 585', '', 1),
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(2329, 'ALCINE - Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares -November 2025 (Spain)', 'mariam', '1987742809', '463, 606, 585, 528, 544, 602, 615, 517, 577, 584, 539, 498', '415, 564, 560, 502, 522, 563, 586, 554, 528', '', 0),
(2330, 'MUMBA International Film Festival -September 2025 (India)', 'mariam', '878289806', '578, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 532, 573, 522, 536, 508, 513, 490, 560, 502, 549, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 489, 510, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 498, 565, 541', '533, 519, 500, 415, 564, 534, 494, 503, 470, 514, 443, 529, 468, 581, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 532, 469, 475, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2331, 'Filmmaker Festival -November 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '99948356', '607, 529, 585, 573, 513, 611, 549, 571, 615, 496, 504, 539, 614, 565, 576, 541', '500, 560, 534, 514, 582, 581, 586, 458, 473, 528, 584, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2332, 'ARAB Experimental Film Festival - September 2025 (Germany) ', 'mariam', '965007292', '529, 585, 573, 513, 611, 549, 615, 496, 504, 539, 457, 565, 576, 541, 607, 571', '500, 560, 534, 514, 582, 581, 586, 458, 473, 528, 411, 531, 544', '', 1),
(2333, 'Festival Villa del Cine -September 2025 (Colombia) ', 'mariam', '1714983134', '578, 529, 463, 606, 585, 573, 564, 544, 602, 615, 517, 577, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 534, 538, 522, 563, 586, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2334, '-Frontera Sur Festival -May 2026 (Chile)', 'mariam', '2086259187', '607, 502, 571, 615, 539, 614, 565', '468, 586, 528, 584, 531', '', 1),
(2335, 'DOC.Coimbra Internacional Documentary Film Festival -March 2026 (Portugal) ', 'mariam', '1367675961', '607, 502, 571, 615, 539, 614, 565', '468, 586, 528, 584, 531', '', 1),
(2336, 'Fayoum Film Festival- Egypt - [25-30] November - 2025', 'seif', '635789515', '578, 492, 547, 588, 587', '533, 438, 546, 578', '', 1),
(2337, 'Black Europe Film Festival of Minneapolis / Saint Paul - February 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1028416193', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 508, 513, 488, 571, 570, 581, 584, 574, 582, 541', '415, 564, 560, 470, 514, 456, 532, 432, 554, 535', '', 1),
(2338, 'Kathmandu Horror Film Fest (KHFF) -October-November 2025 (Nepal)', 'mariam', '35332542', '547, 585, 523, 532, 519, 500, 436, 541', '560, 492, 467, 371', '', 1),
(2339, 'Ecran Libre -November 2025 (Canada)', 'mariam', '496758985', '529, 585, 573, 513, 611, 496, 539, 576', '500, 560, 534, 514, 582, 458, 528, 544', '', 1),
(2340, 'Sudanese Films - UNICEF Sudan 2025', 'moshira', '482086078', '508, 362, 473, 371, 447, 572, 570', '470, 318, 517, 402, 542, 532', '', 1),
(2341, '(MAD Films x Yabous Centre) -   - 2025', 'seif', '358678866', '', '', '', 0),
(2342, 'Beirut International Women Film Festival - Lebanon - [19 – 25] April 2026', 'seif', '1550791906', '538, 508, 490, 449, 549, 528, 592, 414, 489, 526, 548, 584, 539, 531', '505, 470, 443, 404, 581, 502, 562, 469, 515, 554, 528, 501', '', 1),
(2343, 'Ras Al Khaimah Art - UAE - January 2026', 'seif', '388491739', '453, 592, 521, 511, 492, 585, 500, 528, 525, 496, 505', '408, 562, 491, 478, 438, 560, 467, 502, 498, 458, 472', '', 1),
(2344, 'NBO Film Festival - October 2025 (Kinya)', 'kastawy', '606438863', '607, 606, 523, 532, 508, 449, 488, 528, 544, 525, 592, 570, 483, 168, 584, 574, 582, 576, 547, 581', '564, 470, 404, 456, 502, 522, 498, 562, 532, 455, 554, 535, 544', '', 1),
(2345, 'Second-Run Shorts — Arab and Worldwide Rights', 'Aycel', '1507667383', '300, 281, 63, 306, 335, 324, 282, 311, 466, 467, 289, 327, 351, 284, 257, 234, 16, 236, 392, 235, 251, 276, 499, 303, 275, 437, 110, 337, 297, 246, 216', '', '', 1),
(2346, 'Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival - October 2025 (USA)', 'kastawy', '769124761', '529, 547, 585, 532, 519, 507, 615, 510, 480, 584, 541', '500, 560, 492, 474, 586, 475, 432, 554', '', 1),
(2347, 'Mooov', 'jeanne', '921544637', '536, 517', '503, 510', '', 1),
(2348, 'Palestine Film Day -2025 (USA)', 'mariam', '1629629619', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2349, ' Al Este International Film Festival - June 2026', 'mariam', '731981520', '488, 433, 414, 581, 582, 503, 541, 475, 523', '456, 392, 477, 425', '', 1),
(2350, 'Mazra\'a Network for Arts & Culture - Egypt - [2025 - 2026]', 'seif', '1488162222', '534, 492, 366, 529, 606, 491, 530, 355, 532, 450, 522, 536, 508, 264, 456, 449, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 575, 461, 518, 382, 488, 500, 528, 506, 453, 481, 544, 400, 454, 525, 479, 470, 433, 592, 349, 570, 489, 507, 527, 446, 587, 425, 495, 526, 460, 510, 548, 480, 493, 569, 416, 517, 584, 482, 477, 574, 476, 504, 539, 505, 437, 471, 485, 457, 556, 540, 464, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 452, 541, 475', '519, 438, 461, 500, 564, 521, 526, 334, 405, 494, 503, 470, 188, 426, 404, 529, 468, 481, 375, 581, 539, 436, 483, 428, 456, 467, 502, 471, 408, 434, 522, 340, 409, 498, 427, 422, 392, 562, 331, 532, 469, 474, 553, 398, 578, 365, 454, 515, 433, 475, 432, 547, 364, 510, 554, 435, 424, 535, 423, 473, 528, 472, 419, 457, 450, 411, 527, 523, 416, 501, 477, 531, 544, 407, 425', '', 1),
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(2352, 'European short film festival of Nice -October 2025 (France)', 'mariam', '640337994', '578, 529, 463, 606, 585, 573, 564, 605, 544, 602, 615, 517, 577, 482, 539, 498, 565', '533, 500, 415, 564, 560, 534, 538, 579, 522, 563, 586, 435, 528, 531', '', 1),
(2353, 'Gulf Film Days - UAE - December 2025', 'seif', '35405978', '519, 588, 454, 495, 496', '492, 546, 409, 454, 458', '', 1),
(2354, ' Lebanon Cinema Days  - May 2026 (Canada / US / UK)', 'mariam', '521882678', '573, 564, 586, 490, 549, 591, 506, 615, 614', '534, 538, 443, 581, 549, 471, 586, 541, 584', '', 1),
(2356, ' Sulmona International Film Festival -November 2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1465251904', '578, 529, 606, 585, 573, 564, 544, 602, 615, 577, 565', '533, 500, 564, 560, 534, 538, 522, 563, 586, 531', '', 1),
(2357, 'Cinetopia:DOC -2025 (UK)', 'mariam', '134528134', '607, 502, 549, 400, 572, 539, 565, 505', '468, 581, 340, 542, 528, 531, 472', '', 1),
(2358, 'Sara Mugnai -Solidarity group -2025 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1425793692', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2359, 'True/False Film Festival - March 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '2086578154', '607, 611, 502, 571, 615, 539, 614, 628', '582, 468, 586, 528, 584, 592', '', 1),
(2360, 'Waqtuna (First-Run) ', 'Aycel', '1600419958', '589, 518, 400, 479, 425, 526, 448, 405, 372, 141, 142, 505, 475, 451', '', '', 1),
(2361, 'Waqtuna (Second-Run)', 'Aycel', '468472672', '306, 311, 289, 327, 224, 487, 16, 330, 251, 375, 349, 276, 216, 357, 303, 50, 293, 535, 337, 368', '377, 321, 217, 163, 311, 331, 396', '', 1),
(2362, ' FilmFjordFestival -November 2025 (Norway)', 'mariam', '1436499796', '607, 534, 547, 523, 532, 490, 502, 549, 400, 572, 414, 581, 493, 582, 541, 586, 591', '443, 468, 581, 340, 542, 549', '', 1),
(2363, 'Aarhus Arab film festival -October 2025 (Denmark) ', 'mariam', '1782688830', '578, 607, 534, 529, 606, 547, 585, 532, 522, 536, 586, 502, 549, 384, 591, 465, 488, 528, 544, 400, 572, 470, 414, 587, 615, 581, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 582, 498, 565, 588', '533, 519, 500, 564, 560, 494, 503, 468, 581, 332, 549, 417, 456, 502, 522, 340, 542, 422, 578, 586, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 546', '', 1),
(2364, 'University of Wisconsin -2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1305638855', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2365, 'Metropolis Art Cinema - Animation 2025', 'seif', '1941552273', '487, 518, 451', '466, 483, 406', '', 1),
(2366, 'Activist group in Santa Fi -Molly Montgomery -2025 (Mexico)', 'mariam', '1520094567', '578, 536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '533, 503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2367, 'Masahat festival for Arab Arts and Culture -September 2025 (Norway)', 'mariam', '1036476976', '508, 362, 570', '470, 318, 532', '', 1),
(2368, 'José Ignacio International Film Festival - January 2026 (Uruguay)', 'mariam', '484447286', '578, 585, 523, 573, 564, 586, 610, 611, 591, 602, 581, 577, 582', '533, 560, 534, 538, 582, 549, 563', '', 1),
(2369, 'Istanbul Film Festival - 2026 (Turkey)', 'mariam', '985571380', '578, 607, 529, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 586, 610, 611, 549, 591, 488, 414, 570, 602, 615, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 574, 539, 582, 614', '533, 500, 564, 560, 585, 582, 581, 549, 456, 532, 563, 586, 554, 435, 535, 528, 584', '', 1),
(2370, ' INTERNATIONALES FRAUEN FILM FEST DORTMUND+KÖLN -April 2026  (Germany)', 'mariam', '1508817369', '578, 607, 529, 585, 513, 586, 605, 560, 549, 591, 528, 414, 483, 602, 581, 493, 577, 482, 496, 503, 498, 565, 615', '533, 500, 560, 514, 579, 529, 581, 549, 502, 455, 563, 435, 458, 477, 531, 586', '', 1),
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(2372, 'Hong Kong Asian Film Festival -Oct-Nov 2025 (China)', 'mariam', '361307532', '578, 511, 492, 536, 519, 588, 586, 490, 502, 465, 506, 481, 400, 454, 470, 414, 489, 495, 493, 569, 517, 482, 496, 539, 505, 503, 498, 565, 452, 549, 587, 602, 436, 615, 432', '533, 478, 438, 503, 492, 546, 443, 468, 417, 471, 434, 340, 409, 422, 469, 454, 547, 435, 458, 528, 472, 477, 531, 407, 581, 578, 563, 371, 586, 374', '', 1),
(2373, 'Doc Fortnight - February 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '847763774', '607, 502, 571, 615, 539, 614, 565, 572', '468, 586, 528, 584, 531, 542', '', 1),
(2374, 'Sheffield DocFest - June 2026 (UK)', 'mariam', '1843568419', '502, 571, 615, 539, 614, 565, 628, 633', '468, 586, 528, 584, 531, 592', '', 1),
(2375, 'Visions Du Reel - April 2026 ( Switzerland)', 'mariam', '1617160107', '607, 571, 615, 539, 614', '586, 528, 584', '', 1),
(2376, 'Sudanese community in San Francisco -Rook -2025 (US)', 'mariam', '1624330861', '508, 362, 473, 371, 447, 572, 570', '470, 318, 517, 402, 542, 532', '', 1),
(2378, 'المهرجان الدوي للسينما و البحر بميرالفت - المغرب - 2025', 'seif', '1255982495', '463, 449, 521, 517, 464, 565', '415, 404, 491, 510, 416, 531', '', 1),
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(2642, 'Beijing International Film Festival April 2026', 'mariam', '967149842', '578, 585, 564, 628, 611, 591, 571, 602, 622, 630, 577', '533, 560, 538, 592, 582, 549, 563', '', 1),
(2643, 'Festival Film Palestinian Strasbourg 7-11 April 2026', 'mariam', '1979428221', '536, 602, 517, 505, 498, 451', '503, 563, 472, 406', '', 1),
(2644, 'Krakow Film Festival - 31 May - 7 June 2026 (Poland)', 'kastawy', '120428542', '573, 564, 513, 610, 591, 631, 629, 571, 622, 630, 614, 628', '534, 538, 514, 549, 584, 592', '', 1),
(2645, 'Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen -28 April – 3 May 2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '909674343', '585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 577', '', '', 1),
(2647, 'Muslim International Film Festival London - July 2026', 'mariam', '950622649', '578, 607, 534, 529, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 564, 610, 502, 488, 528, 544, 572, 592, 414, 483, 615, 630, 584, 482, 574, 504, 498', '533, 519, 500, 415, 564, 560, 85, 538, 468, 556, 456, 502, 522, 542, 562, 455, 446, 586, 554, 435, 535, 473, 558', '', 1),
(2648, 'Diaspora Film Festival - May 2026', 'mariam', '11666547', '523, 522, 610, 570, 602, 581, 539, 582, 541, 586, 549, 591, 481, 571', '', '', 1),
(2649, 'International Film Festival ART FILM in Košice 19 - 22 June (Slovakia)', 'kastawy', '1580922069', '585, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 591, 631, 602, 622, 630, 581, 577, 582, 632', '560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 541', '', 1),
(2650, 'Arab World Institute Paris - 2026 (France)', 'kastawy', '1264188106', '607, 547, 523, 586, 632, 610, 591, 627, 571, 630, 581, 582, 503', '591', '', 1),
(2651, 'ALPINALE Short Film Festival - August 2026', 'mariam', '1936649689', '585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 602, 577, 631', '', '', 1),
(2652, 'Edinburgh Short Film Festival November 6 – 22, 2026', 'mariam', '454769445', '573, 628, 513, 611, 631, 577', '', '', 1),
(2653, 'Durban International Film Festival - 23 July - 2 August 2026 (South Africa)', 'kastawy', '1949867474', '607, 573, 564, 513, 632, 610, 611, 631, 544, 571, 602, 622, 630, 577, 582, 628', '534, 538, 514, 582, 522, 563, 541, 592', '', 1),
(2654, ' Bref International Short Film Festival -April 22nd to 26th 2026 (Italy) ', 'moshira', '1885967649', '585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2655, 'Malaysia International Film Festival 2026', 'mariam', '1051204368', '523, 610, 591, 622, 630, 582, 581', '', '', 1),
(2656, 'Bishkek International Film Festival - 7 - 12 June 2026 (Kyrgyzstan)', 'kastawy', '480898770', '523, 586, 610, 591, 622, 630, 582, 581, 503', '477', '', 1),
(2657, 'CULMEA FESTIVAL in Romania -October 2026', 'mariam', '1665976136', '436, 476, 437, 485, 451, 578, 479, 602', '371, 423, 419, 450, 533, 427, 563', '', 1),
(2658, 'Red Carpet Colombia', 'jeanne', '1207745541', '607, 547, 523, 532, 536, 586, 610, 611, 549, 528, 627, 572, 602, 615, 510, 581, 517, 577, 505, 582, 485, 498, 565, 541', '', '', 1),
(2659, 'Tribeca Film Festival - June 2026', 'mariam', '2096571364', '628, 611, 631, 629, 633, 571, 622, 630', '', '', 1),
(2661, 'Mazra\'a X MAD Films - 2026 Line-up', 'seif', '884024347', '534, 492, 366, 529, 606, 491, 530, 355, 532, 450, 522, 536, 508, 264, 456, 449, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 603, 575, 461, 518, 382, 488, 500, 528, 506, 453, 481, 544, 400, 454, 525, 479, 470, 433, 592, 349, 570, 489, 507, 527, 446, 587, 425, 495, 526, 460, 510, 548, 480, 493, 569, 416, 517, 584, 482, 477, 574, 476, 504, 539, 505, 437, 471, 485, 457, 556, 540, 464, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 452, 541, 475', '519, 438, 461, 500, 564, 521, 526, 334, 405, 494, 503, 470, 188, 426, 404, 529, 468, 481, 375, 581, 577, 539, 436, 483, 428, 456, 467, 502, 471, 408, 434, 522, 340, 409, 498, 427, 422, 392, 562, 331, 532, 469, 474, 553, 398, 578, 365, 454, 515, 433, 475, 432, 547, 364, 510, 554, 435, 424, 535, 423, 473, 528, 472, 419, 457, 450, 411, 527, 523, 416, 501, 477, 531, 544, 407, 425', '', 1),
(2662, 'Mazra\'a X Horizon Film Festival / MAD Films - Egypt - shorts list', 'seif', '1471106024', '606, 585, 564, 588, 528, 544, 602, 577, 574, 617', '564, 560, 538, 546, 502, 522, 563, 541, 535, 587', '', 1),
(2663, 'MAD  Films - Opera House - Egypt - Egyptian Shorts line-up 2026', 'seif', '1235957116', '458, 528, 544, 525, 510, 574', '421, 502, 522, 498, 475, 535', '', 1),
(2664, 'Africa Film Fest Australia -March 2026 ', 'mariam', '1712800622', '607, 606, 585, 523, 610, 528, 544, 571, 570, 630, 581, 584, 582, 632', '564, 560, 502, 522, 532, 554, 558', '', 1),
(2665, 'Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba Int\'l Film Festival, in Brazil (4 - 13 jun 2026)', 'mariam', '788781966', '591, 571, 614', '549, 584', '', 1),
(2666, ' Amal arab film Festival -October 2026 (Spain, Santiago de Compostela)', 'mariam', '1071317839', '607, 606, 585, 564, 586, 610, 611, 627, 544, 571, 602, 581, 577, 582, 578, 632, 630', '564, 560, 538, 582, 522, 563, 533', '', 1),
(2667, 'Festival Aflam du sud eptember 21 to 24, 2026 (Brussels)', 'mariam', '1326270630', '523, 610, 488, 630, 582, 498', '456', '', 1),
(2668, 'MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival - 20 - 27 August 2026 (North Macedonia)', 'kastawy', '1624923138', '607, 628, 513, 502, 549, 571, 615, 539, 505, 614', '592, 514, 468, 581, 586, 528, 472, 584', '', 1),
(2669, 'Cines del Sur International Film Festival - Spain (23 - 30 May)', 'kastawy', '1257628409', '586, 632, 610, 591, 633, 571, 630, 614', '584', '', 1),
(2670, 'INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ESPINHO - Portugal (20 - 28June 2026)', 'kastawy', '1531253794', '607, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 591, 631, 602, 622, 630, 581, 577, 582, 614', '534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 541, 584', '', 1),
(2671, 'Giffoni Film Festival (GFF) - Italy (17 - 25 July 2026)', 'kastawy', '1120390834', '578, 607, 606, 585, 564, 536, 513, 631, 633, 602, 622, 577, 582, 503, 630', '533, 564, 560, 538, 503, 514, 563, 541, 477', '', 0),
(2672, 'BILBAO FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL - Spain (8 - 16 May 2026)', 'kastawy', '772001983', '578, 585, 564, 586, 610, 611, 602, 615, 577, 496, 498, 541, 630', '533, 560, 538, 582, 563, 586, 541, 458', '', 1),
(2673, 'Al Jazeera (Jackie Murphy)', 'jeanne', '1038313882', '522, 502', '494, 468', '', 1),
(2674, 'Qumra Arab Festival - Australia (April 2026)', 'kastawy', '929876587', '607, 606, 585, 523, 564, 536, 508, 586, 632, 502, 549, 488, 528, 506, 627, 544, 570, 489, 602, 615, 630, 581, 517, 577, 482, 539, 582, 614', '564, 560, 538, 503, 470, 468, 581, 456, 502, 471, 591, 522, 532, 469, 563, 586, 510, 541, 435, 528, 584', '', 1),
(2675, ' Calgary Arab Arts & Culture Society -2026', 'mariam', '147611963', '536, 465, 528, 438, 602, 496, 519', '503, 417, 502, 385, 563, 458, 492', '', 1),
(2676, 'Documentaire sur grand écran -France ', 'mariam', '600932419', '607, 628, 513, 502, 549, 571, 615, 539, 505, 614', '592, 514, 468, 581, 586, 528, 472, 584', '', 1),
(2677, 'Courtisane Film Festival in Ghent -April 2026 (Belgium)', 'mariam', '399604485', '508, 362, 447, 572, 570', '470, 318, 402, 542, 532', '', 1),
(2678, 'Rieti International Film Festival (RIFF) -February 18 to 22, 2026 (Italy) ', 'mariam', '710306989', '585, 564, 628, 611, 602, 577, 498', '560, 538, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2680, 'Figari International Short Film Fest -June 18 – 23, 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1234276985', '578, 606, 585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 564, 560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 541', '', 1),
(2681, 'Montecatini International Short Film Festival -November 2 – 8, 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1853261386', '578, 606, 585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 564, 560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 541', '', 1),
(2682, 'MAD Distribution (2025/2026)', 'Aycel', '628130887', '607, 523, 415, 422, 586, 490, 610, 549, 591, 572, 604, 555, 630, 548, 493, 582, 540, 494, 418', '', '', 1),
(2683, 'Imedghassen Int Film Festival - Algeria - May 2026', 'seif', '756881034', '511, 606, 573, 564, 628, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 611, 605, 621, 488, 500, 544, 507, 602, 615, 577, 482, 539, 505, 582, 503, 617', '478, 564, 534, 538, 592, 503, 470, 492, 514, 546, 582, 579, 456, 467, 522, 474, 563, 586, 541, 435, 528, 472, 558, 477, 587', '', 1),
(2685, 'Voghera Film Festival (VFF) -October 15 – 18, 2026 (Italy) ', 'mariam', '204418839', '578, 529, 606, 564, 628, 519, 513, 611, 602, 615, 577', '533, 500, 564, 538, 592, 492, 514, 582, 563, 586, 541', '', 1),
(2686, 'Bolton International Film Festival -September 30 – October 5, 2026 (UK)', 'mariam', '1652493983', '564, 628, 611, 631, 602, 577', '538, 592, 582, 563, 541', '', 1),
(2687, 'Byron Bay International Film Festival -October 16 – 25, 2026 (Australia)', 'mariam', '509744754', '607, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 591, 631, 602, 630, 581, 577, 582, 614, 571', '534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 541, 584', '', 1),
(2688, 'METE MEDIA (2020-2025)', 'Aycel', '1325402417', '607, 445, 463, 547, 523, 401, 386, 306, 532, 522, 289, 536, 586, 490, 610, 560, 502, 549, 591, 286, 465, 488, 528, 400, 572, 571, 533, 602, 425, 615, 510, 548, 480, 581, 493, 517, 577, 482, 432, 504, 539, 505, 582, 485, 457, 305, 531, 503, 304, 498, 565, 541, 622, 630', '', '', 1),
(2689, 'Manassat Film Festival - Egypt - May 2026', 'seif', '1975894544', '528, 544, 510, 577, 617', '502, 522, 475, 541, 587', '', 1),
(2690, 'Golden Ger International Film Festival (GGIFF) -May 15–17, 2026 (Mongolia)', 'mariam', '1893041395', '578, 606, 585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 615, 577', '533, 564, 560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 563, 586, 541', '', 1),
(2691, 'The Palestinian Independent film festival PIFF -May 2026 (Cyprus)', 'mariam', '486587644', '536, 611, 384, 465, 470, 602, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '503, 582, 332, 417, 422, 563, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2692, ' Fantasia International Film Festival - July 2026 (Canada)', 'mariam', '956192090', '523, 564, 586, 610, 611, 577', '534, 538, 582', '', 1),
(2693, 'Marrakesh Short Film Festival - Morocco - Sep/Oct 2026', 'seif', '172750233', '578, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 564, 536, 508, 519, 513, 588, 611, 621, 500, 544, 483, 489, 587, 602, 615, 510, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 539, 505, 565, 617, 624', '533, 438, 500, 415, 564, 526, 538, 503, 470, 492, 514, 546, 582, 467, 522, 455, 469, 578, 563, 586, 475, 510, 541, 554, 435, 458, 535, 528, 472, 531, 587, 590', '', 1),
(2694, 'Seville European Film Festival -6-14 Nov. 2026 (Spain)', 'mariam', '622384791', '607, 463, 586, 610, 602, 615, 630, 577, 539, 632', '415, 563, 586, 528', '', 1),
(2696, 'Florida State University -2026 (US)', 'mariam', '632662406', '534, 529, 463, 552, 386, 532, 522, 536, 490, 560, 502, 549, 384, 465, 488, 506, 481, 572, 454, 470, 433, 414, 483, 489, 436, 425, 495, 510, 480, 493, 517, 584, 482, 496, 574, 504, 505, 437, 498, 565, 576, 452, 541, 475, 578, 508, 519, 362, 588, 518, 528, 525, 476, 457, 451', '', '', 1),
(2697, 'Festival del Cinema Africano di Verona -  Italy (June 2026) ', 'kastawy', '1210777423', '606, 508, 513, 528, 544, 592, 570, 483, 617', '564, 470, 514, 502, 522, 562, 532, 455, 587', '', 1),
(2698, 'Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam - Netherlands (10 - 14 June 2026)', 'kastawy', '2045348267', '578, 607, 606, 523, 564, 519, 513, 586, 632, 610, 611, 502, 591, 488, 627, 592, 571, 602, 615, 630, 581, 577, 539, 582, 531, 614, 503, 617, 573, 633', '533, 564, 538, 492, 514, 582, 468, 456, 591, 562, 563, 586, 541, 528, 501, 584, 477, 587, 534, 598', '', 1),
(2699, 'Cinema Filmrauschpalast in Berlin -2026 ', 'mariam', '1198977661', '547, 523, 532, 586, 632, 488, 630, 541, 610', '456', '', 1),
(2700, 'Calgary Underground Film Festival -April 16-26, 2026 (Canada)', 'mariam', '1810591568', '519, 496, 565, 529, 536, 465', '492, 458, 531, 500, 503, 417', '', 1),
(2701, ' FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS - November 2026 (France)', 'mariam', '184474934', '632, 591, 633, 622, 630, 614', '584', '', 1),
(2702, 'Casa Árabe -2026 (Spain)', 'mariam', '2042026543', '523, 371, 465, 483, 581, 565', '417, 455, 531', '', 1),
(2703, 'ALAraby TV Network (SHORT FILMS)', 'Aycel', '865296675', '300, 281, 530, 585, 306, 624, 282, 311, 299, 376, 362, 588, 257, 296, 616, 234, 16, 380, 396, 461, 631, 453, 454, 387, 436, 378, 615, 448, 510, 30, 577, 584, 476, 393, 437, 485, 520, 617, 589', '589, 436, 586, 541', '', 1),
(2704, 'Santiago del Estero Film Fest -15-20 JUN 2026 (Argentina)', 'mariam', '826202849', '607, 611, 631, 633, 571, 622, 630, 610, 591, 582', '', '', 1),
(2705, 'Documenta Madrid -26-31 May (Spain)', 'mariam', '1393011958', '607, 633, 571, 614', '584', '', 1),
(2706, 'Encounters Documentary festival -June 4 – 14, 2026 (South Africa) ', 'mariam', '766077654', '607, 628, 633, 614', '592, 584', '', 1),
(2707, 'Docs Valencia -15 -23 May 2026 (Sapin)', 'mariam', '2079136792', '607, 633, 614', '584', '', 1),
(2708, 'Hollywood Arab Film Festival -April 17 – 21, 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1313062952', '578, 606, 523, 586, 610, 611, 502, 627, 592, 602, 615, 630, 581, 582, 503, 607, 544', '533, 564, 538, 582, 468, 591, 562, 563, 586, 477, 522', '', 1),
(2709, 'Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca - Spain (5 - 13 June)', 'kastawy', '1712545556', '573, 564, 513, 611, 631, 544, 602, 577', '', '', 1),
(2710, 'Zawya Shorts Film Festival - Egypt - 2026', 'seif', '1756293859', '544, 577, 617', '522, 541, 587', '', 1),
(2711, 'New Cinema in Kampala, Uganda -2026', 'mariam', '610115922', '547, 532, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 488, 572, 414, 425, 495, 480, 493, 457, 541, 475', '494, 529, 468, 581, 456, 542, 365, 454, 432, 411, 425', '', 1),
(2712, 'Euroshorts Young Filmmakers -October 30 – December 12, 2026 (Poland)', 'mariam', '1258533038', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2713, 'IMN (USA)', 'jeanne', '2011932379', '547, 401, 386, 532, 40, 363, 397, 347, 314, 488, 554, 359, 388, 414, 406, 326, 569, 582, 531, 541, 475', '', '', 1),
(2714, 'TRT 2 (2023-2026)', 'Aycel', '1537943867', '607, 534, 532, 522, 586, 490, 632, 502, 542, 549, 591, 554, 627, 395, 572, 433, 633, 414, 527, 425, 495, 630, 480, 581, 493, 569, 512, 228, 427, 432, 504, 582, 457, 531, 503, 541, 475, 610, 622', '', '', 1),
(2715, 'Cinemana Arab Festival - Oman - April 2026', 'seif', '912298511', '534, 516, 555, 581, 569, 582, 540, 626, 531, 607, 523, 522, 490, 549, 488, 572, 414, 527, 526, 556, 494', '519, 481, 547, 558, 523, 501, 494, 443, 581, 456, 542, 553, 515, 527', '', 1),
(2716, 'Les Rencontres Cinessonne - 14-30 November 2026 (France)', 'mariam', '1381126777', '606, 528, 544, 577, 578, 529, 631, 570, 539', '564, 502, 522, 533, 500, 532, 528', '', 1),
(2717, 'Du grain à démoudre film festival -13>22 November, 2026 (France) ', 'mariam', '1972984862', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2718, 'Minikino Film Week, Bali International Short Film Festival --September 11 – 18, 2026', 'mariam', '354270864', '578, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602', '533, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2719, 'Shorts -Mariam ', 'mariam', '1513515391', '606, 536, 528, 544, 570, 517, 574, 498, 529, 481', '', '', 0),
(2721, 'Karama Beirut 9th Edition - Lebanon - October 2026', 'seif', '1867916191', '578, 529, 606, 628, 508, 422, 610, 611, 502, 516, 549, 544, 400, 572, 570, 604, 623, 602, 526, 548, 569, 517, 584, 574, 504, 539, 582, 556, 540, 626, 531, 418', '533, 500, 564, 592, 470, 582, 468, 481, 581, 522, 340, 542, 532, 563, 515, 547, 510, 229, 554, 535, 473, 528, 527, 523, 501', '', 1),
(2722, 'Cinema Politica -2026 (Canada)', 'mariam', '1117724085', '529, 522, 508, 490, 610, 502, 549, 447, 591, 506, 572, 454, 615, 480, 485, 503, 541, 586', '500, 494, 470, 443, 468, 581, 402, 549, 471, 542, 409, 586, 432, 450, 477', '', 1),
(2723, 'Cinemas d\'Afrique -2027 (France)', 'mariam', '503648143', '607, 534, 547, 523, 532, 632, 610, 488, 572, 570, 630, 581, 582, 463, 606, 544, 592, 483, 584, 574', '519, 456, 542, 532, 558, 415, 564, 522, 562, 455, 554, 535', '', 1),
(2724, 'Alpine International Film Festival -April 15, 2026 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '1510913919', '475', '425', '', 1),
(2725, 'Camden International Film Festival - September 2026', 'mariam', '497229153', '628, 633', '592', '', 1),
(2726, 'MEDFILM FESTIVAL - November 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '855622379', '607, 610, 611, 591, 631, 633, 602, 630, 581, 577, 582, 614, 636', '582, 549, 563, 584, 599', '', 1),
(2727, 'Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies -March 2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '1551985368', '534, 463, 522, 508, 362, 449, 481, 572, 570, 483, 425, 480, 584, 523, 447', '519, 415, 470, 318, 404, 434, 532, 455, 398, 365, 432, 554', '', 1),
(2728, 'Porto Post Doc ', 'mariam', '1936588648', '591', '549', '', 1),
(2729, 'BAFF - Brussels Art Film Festival -November 2026', 'mariam', '1804121114', '607, 628, 513, 502, 549, 615, 614, 627', '592, 514, 468, 581, 586, 584, 591', '', 1),
(2730, 'Cinema World (Toi)', 'jeanne', '1743503088', '534, 547, 401, 386, 532, 264, 586, 610, 431, 591, 323, 488, 433, 388, 414, 425, 326, 480, 581, 493, 512, 582, 305, 531, 304, 541', '', '', 1),
(2731, 'BOUBINA Project Film Line-up - 2026', 'seif', '166569193', '492, 529, 463, 450, 522, 536, 519, 518, 382, 528, 400, 479, 483, 521, 507, 425, 526, 460, 581, 569, 517, 482, 496, 574, 504, 505, 556, 540, 565, 452, 514, 534, 532, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 488, 572, 414, 548, 493, 531, 503', '438, 500, 415, 405, 494, 503, 492, 483, 428, 502, 340, 427, 455, 491, 474, 365, 515, 433, 547, 510, 435, 458, 535, 473, 472, 527, 523, 531, 407, 485, 519, 529, 468, 481, 375, 581, 456, 542, 501, 477', '', 1),
(2732, 'International Independent Film Festival of Casablanca (FICIC) - Morocco - April 3rd to 8th, 2026', 'seif', '633618958', '540, 531, 578, 529, 463, 606, 530, 585, 522, 536, 508, 519, 588, 490, 560, 516, 549, 500, 528, 544, 572, 414, 570, 483, 489, 521, 587, 602, 526, 615, 510, 548, 493, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 504, 539, 556, 498, 617', '501, 533, 500, 415, 564, 526, 560, 494, 503, 470, 492, 546, 443, 529, 481, 581, 467, 502, 522, 542, 532, 455, 469, 491, 578, 563, 515, 586, 475, 510, 541, 554, 435, 458, 535, 473, 528, 527, 587', '', 1),
(2733, 'ANA 2026', 'mariam', '290776305', '607, 523, 632, 610, 549, 591, 627, 630, 581, 582, 614, 586', '581, 549, 591, 584', '', 1),
(2734, 'Amal Arab Film Festival (Spain, Santiago de Compostela)', 'mariam', '428939354', '560, 414, 549, 622', '529, 581', '', 1),
(2735, 'Fantastic Pavillion', 'jeanne', '1437019142', '300, 445, 547, 585, 523, 401, 386, 443, 327, 519, 610, 384, 29, 500, 438, 436, 353, 569, 541', '', '', 1),
(2736, 'Al Jazeera DOCS', 'jeanne', '1236787117', '550, 552, 522, 502, 385, 627, 615, 476, 471, 514', '552, 494, 468, 338, 591, 586, 423, 457, 485', '', 1),
(2738, 'Deutsche Welle (Docs)', 'jeanne', '682330119', '607, 552, 628, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 385, 627, 572, 615, 476, 432, 565, 514', '494, 443, 529, 468, 581, 338, 591, 542, 586, 423, 374, 531, 485, 552', '', 1),
(2739, 'Vienna Shorts -May 26 – 31, 2026 (Austria)', 'mariam', '314915219', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2740, 'Belgrade documentary and short film festival - April 2026 (Serbia)', 'kastawy', '1116025826', '607, 606, 564, 628, 611, 502, 549, 631, 544, 602, 577, 505', '564, 538, 592, 582, 468, 581, 522, 563, 541, 472', '', 1),
(2741, 'Locarno Film Festival -2026', 'mariam', '582571398', '634, 629, 635', '595, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2742, 'Bassel Shihab -Algerian Night @NYC', 'mariam', '841409400', '532, 483', '455', '', 1),
(2743, 'Melbourne International Film Festival - August 2026 (Australia)', 'kastawy', '475833079', '607, 573, 634, 564, 628, 513, 632, 610, 611, 591, 631, 629, 633, 622, 635, 630', '534, 595, 538, 592, 514, 582, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2744, 'INNCONTRO Film Festival - Novemeber 5th-7th, 2026 (Austria)', 'mariam', '1709246920', '529, 523, 591, 481, 572, 570, 602, 615, 581, 476, 504, 539, 541', '500, 549, 434, 542, 532, 563, 586, 423, 473, 528', '', 1),
(2745, ' Bangalore International Centre -2026 (India)', 'mariam', '1315015360', '578, 536, 502, 465, 470, 602, 493, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 611', '533, 503, 468, 417, 422, 563, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 582', '', 1),
(2746, 'CINEMED - October 2026 (France)', 'kastawy', '369872107', '573, 634, 564, 628, 513, 632, 591, 631, 629, 633, 622, 635', '534, 595, 538, 592, 514, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2747, 'MAD Films - سينما البلد - Commercial - 2026', 'seif', '61980770', '343, 532, 422, 264, 371, 382, 349, 604, 398, 425, 526, 460, 581, 493, 540, 418', '288, 188, 375, 428, 331, 351, 365, 515, 433, 523', '', 1),
(2748, 'Annaba Mediterrannean Film Festival - Algeria - April 24 – 30, 2026', 'seif', '1179193800', '607, 606, 573, 624, 564, 628, 513, 586, 611, 502, 549, 591, 621, 544, 572, 604, 623, 555, 602, 526, 615, 618, 548, 581, 577, 582, 556, 540, 626, 531, 617, 632, 610, 627, 630, 494, 418', '564, 534, 590, 538, 592, 514, 582, 468, 581, 549, 522, 542, 563, 515, 586, 541, 558, 527, 523, 501, 587, 591', '', 1),
(2749, 'Les 12 Courts de Minuit -October 13-15 (France)', 'mariam', '1937657138', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2750, 'African Film Festival Augen Blicke Afrika -2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '305146294', '607, 606, 523, 508, 632, 610, 528, 544, 592, 570, 483, 630, 581, 584, 582, 617', '564, 470, 502, 522, 562, 532, 455, 554, 558', '', 1),
(2751, 'Postira Seaside Film Festival - July 2026 (Croatia)', 'mariam', '1811034058', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2752, 'Santarém International Film Festival (FICS) -25 to 31 May 2026 (Portigal)', 'mariam', '1512959576', '502, 384, 517, 482, 498, 565, 611, 602', '468, 332, 563, 510, 435, 531, 406, 582', '', 1),
(2753, 'Wallay, Barcelona, May 2026', 'mariam', '896951909', '607, 606, 523, 632, 610, 544, 592, 570, 630, 617, 513', '564, 522, 562, 532, 558, 514', '', 1),
(2754, ' AFRIKALDIA, Basque Country, November 2026 ', 'mariam', '5581314', '607, 606, 523, 632, 610, 544, 592, 570, 630, 617, 513', '564, 522, 562, 532, 514', '', 1),
(2755, 'Handala Film Club -2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '709894217', '536, 502, 517, 565', '503, 468, 563, 510, 531', '', 1),
(2756, ' Tyre International Short Film Festival - Lebanon - March 28th to 30th of March 2026', 'seif', '404186639', '578, 511, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 585, 564, 536, 508, 519, 588, 611, 575, 461, 518, 500, 528, 506, 544, 470, 592, 570, 483, 489, 521, 507, 587, 602, 615, 510, 517, 584, 482, 496, 574, 476, 539, 505, 485, 498, 565, 617', '533, 478, 438, 500, 415, 564, 526, 560, 538, 503, 470, 492, 546, 582, 539, 436, 483, 467, 502, 471, 522, 422, 562, 532, 455, 469, 491, 474, 578, 563, 586, 475, 510, 554, 435, 458, 535, 423, 528, 472, 450, 531, 587', '', 1),
(2757, 'Home Cinema Plus', 'jeanne', '1897691034', '607, 606, 532, 572, 406, 584, 635', '564, 352, 554, 596, 542', '', 1),
(2758, '-Kino deCentral -2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '546514539', '449, 506, 433, 414, 570, 425, 480, 493, 531, 475', '404, 471, 392, 532, 365, 432, 501, 425', '', 1),
(2759, 'Brooklyn Film Festival - USA (29 May - 7 June)', 'kastawy', '1288895488', '607, 606, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 549, 591, 631, 627, 544, 633, 602, 622, 630, 577, 582, 498', '564, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 581, 591, 522, 563, 541', '', 1),
(2760, 'Tirana International Film Festival - Albania (21 - 27 September 2026)', 'kastawy', '479009352', '634, 628, 632, 610, 611, 591, 631, 629, 633, 630, 635', '595, 592, 582, 549, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2761, 'Casablanca Arab Film Festival - Morocco (5 - 12 June)', 'kastawy', '884475869', '607, 573, 624, 564, 628, 513, 422, 586, 610, 611, 549, 591, 627, 602, 618, 630, 577, 582, 494, 617, 418, 585', '534, 590, 538, 592, 514, 582, 581, 591, 563, 541, 587, 560', '', 1),
(2762, 'MONTREAL FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA (FNC) - Canada (October 2026)', 'kastawy', '1590314199', '634, 628, 611, 631, 629, 622, 635', '', '', 1),
(2763, 'PinkPanorama Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland - November 2026 ', 'mariam', '1402448201', '478, 480', '431, 432', '', 1),
(2764, 'MOSTRA DE VALENCIA MEDITERRANEAN FILM FESTIVAL - Spain (October 2026)', 'kastawy', '275242020', '585, 573, 513, 632, 611, 591, 631, 629, 633, 622, 630, 635, 564', '560, 534, 514, 582, 593, 596, 538', '', 1),
(2765, 'Valladolid International Film Week - Seminci - Spain (October 2026)', 'kastawy', '911418636', '573, 634, 513, 632, 610, 591, 631, 629, 633, 630, 635, 563', '534, 595, 514, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2766, 'Watch It Lineup (2020-2025)', 'Aycel', '1858503563', '607, 458, 222, 260, 355, 38, 586, 490, 348, 39, 439, 347, 560, 502, 516, 371, 549, 591, 382, 631, 528, 395, 433, 349, 604, 425, 345, 448, 460, 510, 630, 493, 269, 334, 293, 432, 504, 582, 457, 503, 559, 304, 498, 418, 547', '', '', 1),
(2767, 'MAD Films - European Union Film Festival (Jordan) - September - 2026', 'seif', '527449434', '532, 586, 516, 488, 604, 623, 555, 618, 581, 168, 582, 556, 540, 626, 522, 422, 490, 548, 494', '481, 456, 523, 494, 443', '', 1),
(2768, 'Aflam Marseille - France (October 2026)', 'kastawy', '72040888', '607, 585, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 632, 610, 611, 591, 631, 627, 544, 592, 602, 630, 539, 582, 617, 578, 519, 581, 577, 531, 614, 503', '560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 591, 522, 562, 563, 528, 587, 533, 492, 541, 501, 584, 477', '', 1),
(2769, 'Kutaisi International Short Film Festival -October 16 – 23, 2026 (Georgia)', 'mariam', '1344427400', '564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 634, 629, 635', '538, 514, 582, 595, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2770, 'Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival -April 24 – May 11, 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1407601231', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2771, 'Home Cinema Plus (Saul)', 'jeanne', '1869166450', '354, 413, 300, 534, 281, 547, 552, 306, 532, 253, 311, 127, 522, 362, 40, 38, 341, 290, 39, 431, 248, 371, 392, 344, 323, 379, 488, 252, 402, 15, 359, 572, 433, 369, 251, 438, 276, 331, 365, 425, 406, 326, 480, 352, 512, 51, 427, 285, 504, 54, 393, 582, 457, 531, 304, 297, 246, 312, 458, 529, 463, 606, 585, 443, 441, 508, 513, 478, 462, 380, 449, 396, 501, 385, 528, 544, 525, 543, 592, 455, 387, 570, 483, 507, 446, 378, 510, 546, 584, 477, 574, 520, 381, 469, 576', '', '', 1),
(2772, 'Nippon Television (Documentaries)', 'jeanne', '1017652809', '550, 607, 399, 524, 552, 628, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 385, 81, 627, 395, 400, 572, 533, 615, 228, 476, 432, 504, 471, 551, 457, 559, 514, 513, 587, 372, 435, 539, 505, 520, 565', '', '', 1),
(2773, 'SBS', 'jeanne', '29907237', '425, 495, 480, 304', '365, 454, 432, 186', '', 1),
(2774, 'BFI London Film Festival - UK (7 - 18 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '598620528', '634, 628, 591, 631, 629, 633, 635, 563', '595, 592, 593, 596', '', 1),
(2775, 'I Film Festival - Abu Dhabi - (10 - 12) April 2026', 'seif', '1703487824', '578, 492, 529, 463, 606, 564, 628, 536, 519, 611, 621, 518, 506, 544, 525, 483, 489, 587, 602, 517, 482, 496, 574, 539, 498, 565, 576, 617, 451', '533, 438, 500, 415, 564, 538, 592, 503, 492, 582, 483, 471, 522, 498, 455, 469, 578, 563, 510, 435, 458, 535, 528, 531, 544, 587, 406', '', 1),
(2776, 'Les Nuits Méditerranéennes - France (June 2026)', 'kastawy', '581350833', '578, 585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 544, 602', '533, 560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 522, 563', '', 1),
(2777, 'MAD Films X Fanny Selections (GCAM) - 2026', 'seif', '1801566516', '366, 264, 382, 526, 368', '461, 188, 428, 515, 328', '', 1),
(2778, 'La Toile des Palmistes festival - October 2026', 'mariam', '1811133717', '578, 585, 523, 573, 564, 628, 513, 586, 632, 610, 611, 591, 631, 544, 602, 630, 581, 577, 582, 607', '533, 560, 534, 538, 592, 514, 582, 549, 522, 563', '', 1),
(2779, 'Uppsala Short Film Festival - Oct 19, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026 (Sweden)', 'mariam', '1046002386', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2780, 'UN Women\'s Women\'s Film Week - Jordan - (29 March – 4 April 2026)', 'seif', '48403365', '534, 526, 493, 531, 475, 532, 414, 425, 618, 503', '519, 515, 501, 425, 365, 597, 477', '', 1),
(2781, 'Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival -October 23 – November 1 (Czech Republic)', 'mariam', '1087210749', '633, 614', '584, 598', '', 1),
(2782, 'MAD Films x Al Balad Theater (Jordan) 2026', 'seif', '1841497432', '578, 511, 534, 366, 529, 463, 606, 530, 585, 355, 564, 628, 450, 522, 536, 508, 519, 588, 490, 611, 502, 516, 371, 549, 575, 621, 461, 382, 528, 544, 400, 572, 525, 592, 414, 349, 570, 489, 521, 587, 602, 425, 526, 615, 618, 460, 510, 548, 493, 569, 416, 517, 584, 482, 574, 504, 539, 505, 485, 556, 540, 626, 531, 503, 565, 576, 617, 453', '533, 478, 519, 461, 500, 415, 564, 526, 560, 334, 538, 592, 405, 494, 503, 470, 492, 546, 443, 582, 468, 481, 375, 581, 539, 436, 428, 502, 522, 340, 542, 498, 562, 331, 532, 469, 491, 578, 563, 365, 515, 586, 433, 475, 547, 364, 510, 554, 435, 535, 473, 528, 472, 450, 527, 523, 501, 477, 531, 544, 587, 408', '', 1),
(2783, 'AMAA 2026  -October 31, 2026 (Nigeria)', 'mariam', '939623770', '607, 632, 610, 630, 585', '560', '', 1),
(2784, 'Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck  - France (October 2026)', 'kastawy', '885805233', '578, 607, 585, 523, 573, 564, 508, 513, 586, 632, 610, 611, 591, 631, 488, 627, 544, 572, 592, 414, 570, 602, 615, 630, 581, 493, 569, 531, 614, 503, 628, 502', '533, 560, 534, 538, 470, 514, 582, 456, 591, 522, 542, 562, 532, 563, 586, 547, 501, 584, 477, 592, 468', '', 1),
(2785, 'International Documentary & Short Film Festival of Kerala -22-27 August 2025 (India)', 'mariam', '1952159872', '578, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577, 607, 585, 633, 614', '533, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563, 560, 598, 584', '', 1),
(2786, 'Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival -October 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1666597036', '578, 611, 384, 465, 602', '533, 582, 332, 417, 563', '', 1),
(2787, ' Mirror Mountain Film Festival -August 27 – 29, 2027 (Canada)', 'mariam', '776914213', '578, 607, 585, 523, 564, 628, 513, 586, 602, 581, 577', '533, 560, 538, 592, 514, 563', '', 1),
(2788, 'Construir Cine  -May 5 – 9, 2026 (Argentina)', 'mariam', '1014721733', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2789, 'International Labour Film Festival -May 1 – 10, 2026 (Turkey)', 'mariam', '1793100403', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2790, ' DC LABOR FILMFEST - May 1–31 (US)', 'mariam', '2033295832', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2791, 'San Francisco LaborFest & International Working Class Film and Video Festival', 'mariam', '1650468114', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2792, 'The Workers Unite Film Festival -October 23 – November 5, 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1508779878', '582', '', '', 1),
(2793, 'The Canadian Labour International Film Festival -November 1 – 30, 2026 ', 'mariam', '130117296', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2794, 'Radical Film Network -2026 (UK)', 'mariam', '1387439914', '610, 582', '', '', 1),
(2795, 'TOI (The Wound)', 'jeanne', '1130382291', '531', '501', '', 0),
(2796, 'Pary El-Qalqili -Grassroot Initiative  of Palestinians in Berlin', 'mariam', '664732442', '536, 384, 465, 470, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565', '503, 332, 417, 422, 563, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531', '', 1),
(2797, 'Biarritz Film Festival – NOUVELLES VAGUES -June 23-28, 2026 (France)', 'mariam', '631727554', '573, 513, 633, 614', '534, 514, 598, 584', '', 1),
(2798, 'Docs Ireland -June 16 – 21, 2026', 'mariam', '1367812965', '607, 633, 614, 628, 513, 502, 627', '584, 592, 514, 468, 591', '', 1),
(2799, 'MAD Films X Cinema Everywhere - Egypt - 2026', 'seif', '1684728136', '578, 511, 607, 534, 492, 366, 529, 463, 606, 491, 532, 564, 628, 450, 522, 538, 536, 519, 588, 264, 586, 490, 462, 439, 611, 449, 560, 473, 502, 516, 371, 549, 575, 447, 385, 621, 364, 461, 518, 382, 488, 528, 544, 400, 572, 525, 470, 592, 414, 349, 570, 489, 521, 507, 527, 587, 555, 425, 495, 526, 618, 510, 548, 480, 581, 493, 569, 416, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 432, 504, 539, 582, 485, 457, 556, 540, 626, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 494, 475, 617, 418, 451', '', '', 1),
(2800, 'MAD Films X Al Balad Theater - Jordan - 2026 List', 'seif', '475105894', '578, 511, 534, 492, 366, 529, 463, 606, 491, 530, 532, 628, 450, 522, 538, 536, 519, 588, 422, 264, 490, 462, 439, 611, 449, 560, 473, 502, 516, 371, 549, 575, 447, 385, 621, 364, 461, 518, 382, 527, 488, 528, 544, 400, 572, 454, 525, 470, 592, 414, 349, 570, 483, 489, 623, 521, 507, 587, 555, 425, 495, 526, 618, 510, 548, 480, 581, 493, 569, 416, 517, 577, 584, 482, 496, 574, 432, 504, 539, 582, 485, 457, 556, 540, 531, 503, 498, 565, 576, 494, 475, 617, 418, 451', '533, 478, 519, 438, 461, 500, 415, 564, 521, 526, 592, 405, 505, 503, 492, 546, 188, 443, 418, 389, 582, 404, 529, 517, 216, 481, 375, 581, 539, 402, 338, 297, 436, 483, 428, 553, 456, 502, 522, 340, 542, 409, 498, 422, 562, 331, 532, 455, 469, 491, 474, 578, 365, 454, 515, 597, 475, 432, 547, 364, 510, 541, 554, 435, 458, 535, 374, 473, 528, 450, 411, 527, 501, 477, 531, 544, 425, 587, 406', '', 1),
(2801, 'Bringing the Shām (شام) to BAM -April 2026 (US)', 'mariam', '892651031', '578, 536, 611, 465, 470, 602, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 481, 489, 437, 464', '533, 503, 582, 417, 422, 563, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 434, 469, 419, 416', '', 1),
(2802, 'Icomera Arabic fiction ', 'Aycel', '168384865', '401, 386, 355, 415, 373, 422, 610, 262, 558, 542, 382, 604, 48, 555, 493, 468, 582, 494, 418, 356, 22', '', '', 1),
(2803, 'MAD Films X Cinema Ain - Jordan - 2026', 'seif', '517894741', '607, 534, 366, 532, 450, 522, 264, 586, 490, 439, 560, 473, 502, 516, 371, 549, 447, 364, 488, 400, 572, 414, 349, 527, 555, 425, 495, 526, 618, 548, 480, 581, 493, 569, 416, 432, 504, 582, 457, 556, 540, 626, 531, 503, 494, 475, 418', '519, 461, 405, 494, 188, 443, 389, 529, 517, 468, 481, 375, 581, 402, 297, 456, 340, 542, 331, 553, 365, 454, 515, 432, 547, 364, 374, 473, 411, 527, 523, 477, 425', '', 1),
(2804, 'Nippon TV (Strange Place)', 'jeanne', '1367934442', '550, 607, 524, 552, 628, 522, 490, 560, 502, 549, 81, 627, 395, 400, 572, 533, 228, 432, 551, 559, 385, 615, 372, 476, 471, 520, 565, 514', '', '', 1),
(2805, 'Icomera (Shorts)', 'Aycel', '1541294441', '511, 445, 306, 624, 311, 466, 536, 351, 16, 308, 518, 528, 303, 496, 437, 337, 451', '', '', 1),
(2806, 'Icomera International fiction', 'Aycel', '1443962295', '366, 403, 516, 398, 307, 526, 405, 265, 141, 293, 540', '', '', 1),
(2807, 'African Film Festival Munich -6 to 18 October 2026 (Germany)', 'mariam', '901953821', '607, 534, 547, 523, 532, 522, 610, 447, 488, 572, 414, 425, 630, 480, 581, 504, 582, 541', '519, 494, 402, 456, 542, 365, 432, 473', '', 1),
(2808, ' NaNo Film Festival -September 29 – October 3, 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '2139738635', '564, 628, 611, 602, 577', '538, 582, 563', '', 1),
(2809, 'Palestine Arts Film Festival Zurich - September 2026 (Switzerland)', 'mariam', '2041023462', '628, 611, 502, 631', '592, 582, 468, 510', '', 1),
(2810, ' Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 15–21 June 2026', 'mariam', '1016461723', '607, 564, 628, 611, 631, 602, 577, 614, 578, 573, 513', '538, 582, 563, 533, 534, 514', '', 1),
(2812, 'Junction North International Documentary Festival -April 9 – 12, 2026 (Canada)', 'mariam', '275003321', '502', '468', '', 1),
(2814, 'AFI FEST - USA (21 - 25 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '1808143538', '634, 628, 591, 631, 629, 635', '', '', 1),
(2815, 'DanzaTTack, International Dance Film Festival -May 2026 (Spain)', 'mariam', '296831480', '441', '386', '', 1),
(2816, 'QI TV- 2026 Lineup ', 'Aycel', '592829303', '550, 511, 607, 63, 624, 415, 536, 422, 586, 490, 610, 560, 549, 591, 81, 500, 528, 590, 572, 592, 235, 455, 483, 604, 555, 630, 548, 493, 569, 416, 476, 582, 540, 305, 273, 494, 418, 589', '', '', 1),
(2817, 'MAD Films -MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF) -June 15 – 21, 2026 (India)', 'mariam', '1456299925', '578, 607, 606, 585, 564, 628, 611, 502, 549, 591, 544, 633, 602, 615, 577, 539, 523, 610, 627, 582', '533, 564, 560, 538, 592, 582, 579, 468, 581, 549, 522, 598, 563, 586, 535, 528, 591', '', 1),
(2818, ' PriMed Festival 2026 (France) ', 'mariam', '74703160', '628, 513', '592, 514', '', 1),
(2819, 'The Klipist', 'Aycel', '1572233256', '354, 458, 445, 463, 606, 585, 306, 573, 335, 324, 332, 256, 282, 311, 564, 536, 609, 611, 597, 595, 596, 384, 385, 286, 465, 528, 599, 592, 455, 570, 483, 600, 615, 510, 598, 517, 577, 584, 593, 574, 539, 505, 437, 337, 485, 498, 565, 576, 452, 617, 631', '', '', 1),
(2820, 'Locarno Filom Festival (Open Doors Section) -August 2026 ', 'mariam', '149849193', '606, 585, 523, 632, 610, 528, 544, 570, 630, 581, 584, 582, 592, 617', '564, 560, 502, 522, 532, 554, 558, 562', '', 1),
(2821, 'REGARDS SUR LA PALESTINE -2026 (France)', 'mariam', '680583423', '536, 502, 384, 465, 470, 517, 482, 539, 505, 498, 565, 611, 602, 493', '503, 468, 332, 417, 422, 563, 510, 435, 528, 472, 531, 582', '', 1),
(2822, 'MAD Films - Cinema ain (Yazan Al Ghazzawi)  - Jordan - 2026', 'seif', '563777634', '607, 534, 366, 491, 523, 355, 532, 450, 264, 586, 490, 610, 403, 560, 262, 516, 371, 549, 261, 382, 488, 572, 369, 414, 349, 604, 398, 623, 527, 555, 425, 495, 526, 460, 405, 548, 480, 581, 493, 416, 504, 556, 540, 531, 503, 368, 475, 418', '519, 461, 521, 334, 405, 188, 443, 367, 529, 216, 481, 375, 581, 278, 428, 456, 542, 430, 331, 351, 553, 365, 454, 515, 433, 361, 432, 364, 473, 527, 523, 501, 477, 328, 425', '', 1),
(2823, 'MAD Films - Dakhla Film Festival (Morocco) - 2026', 'seif', '173709112', '578, 607, 606, 585, 523, 624, 628, 422, 586, 610, 611, 549, 621, 627, 572, 592, 604, 623, 555, 602, 618, 630, 581, 577, 584, 582, 556, 626, 494, 617, 418, 564, 536, 588, 528, 544, 489, 574, 539, 498', '533, 564, 560, 590, 592, 582, 581, 591, 562, 563, 597, 541, 554, 527, 587, 538, 503, 546, 502, 522, 469, 535, 528', '', 1),
(2825, 'Belgrade International Film Festival - FEST - October 2026 (Serbia)', 'mariam', '668596016', '523, 586, 632, 610, 591, 630, 581, 582, 503, 622', '549, 477', '', 1),
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(2910, 'LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers - Germany (24 September - 1 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '172337384', '578, 606, 585, 513, 631, 633, 630, 577', '533, 564, 560, 514, 598, 541', '', 1),
(2911, 'Breckenridge Film Festival - USA (17 - 20 September 2026)', 'kastawy', '891259827', '578, 607, 585, 523, 573, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 591, 627, 544, 633, 602, 630, 581, 577, 582, 614, 564', '533, 560, 534, 592, 514, 582, 549, 591, 522, 598, 563, 541, 584, 538', '', 1),
(2912, 'Tacoma Film Festival - USA (22 - 25 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '508485567', '578, 607, 585, 523, 573, 628, 513, 586, 610, 611, 591, 627, 544, 633, 602, 630, 577, 582, 614', '533, 560, 534, 592, 514, 582, 591, 522, 598, 563, 541, 584', '', 1),
(2914, 'Picentia Short Film Festival - Italy (20 - 26 September 2026)', 'kastawy', '784383097', '578, 529, 585, 573, 564, 628, 536, 513, 611, 528, 544, 592, 602, 615, 577, 584, 539, 505, 617', '533, 500, 560, 534, 538, 592, 503, 514, 582, 502, 522, 562, 563, 586, 541, 554, 528, 472, 587', '', 1),
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(2916, 'Copy Of Hay Cinema Program - Saudi Arabia - TBD 2026', 'seif', '528791716', '578, 511, 492, 529, 463, 606, 530, 585, 624, 564, 538, 536, 519, 588, 611, 575, 621, 518, 465, 528, 506, 453, 544, 525, 479, 470, 592, 570, 489, 521, 507, 587, 602, 615, 448, 510, 584, 482, 496, 574, 476, 539, 505, 471, 485, 498, 565, 617, 451', '533, 478, 438, 500, 415, 564, 526, 560, 590, 538, 505, 503, 492, 546, 582, 539, 483, 417, 502, 471, 408, 522, 498, 427, 422, 562, 532, 469, 491, 474, 578, 563, 586, 403, 475, 554, 435, 458, 535, 423, 528, 472, 457, 450, 531, 587, 406', '', 1),
(2917, 'Aegean Film Festival - Greece (16 - 24 July 2026)', 'kastawy', '755445165', '607, 632, 630', '', '', 1),
(2918, 'Middle East Now -summer program July 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '1120324219', '578, 607, 606, 585, 564, 536, 610, 611, 549, 591, 627, 592, 602, 615, 581, 493, 582, 531, 503, 498, 617, 586, 577', '533, 564, 560, 538, 503, 582, 581, 549, 591, 562, 563, 586, 501, 477, 587', '', 1),
(2919, 'Shorts Movie Theater -2026 (US)', 'mariam', '1813859997', '578, 529, 585, 564, 536, 611, 528, 544, 592, 602, 615, 577, 584, 539, 505, 617, 606, 631', '533, 500, 560, 538, 503, 582, 502, 522, 562, 563, 586, 541, 554, 528, 472, 587, 564', '', 1),
(2920, 'German association Allerweltskino -2026 ', 'mariam', '1687292419', '607, 523, 522, 586, 610, 502, 549, 591, 488, 480, 582, 503, 630', '494, 468, 581, 549, 456, 432, 477', '', 1),
(2921, 'The Black Film Festival Zurich - December 2026', 'mariam', '1806912975', '607, 463, 606, 547, 585, 523, 532, 508, 610, 488, 570, 581, 584, 574, 582, 632, 544, 630', '415, 564, 560, 470, 456, 532, 554, 535, 522', '', 1),
(2922, 'MAD Films - Yazan El Ghazzawi X Ithra Children’s Film Festival - 2026', 'seif', '1096195217', '578, 463, 564, 536, 461, 518, 528, 479, 521, 507, 526, 448, 460, 581, 569, 496, 565, 451, 14, 28', '533, 415, 538, 503, 436, 483, 502, 427, 491, 474, 515, 309, 310, 403, 433, 547, 458, 531, 406, 85, 90', '8, 13', 1),
(2923, 'Vilnius Short Film Festival -January 2027 (Lithuania)', 'mariam', '1836248460', '578, 585, 573, 564, 628, 513, 611, 631, 602, 577', '533, 560, 534, 538, 514, 582, 563', '', 1),
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(2930, 'Palestine Film Days in Copenhagen -October 2026 (Denmark)', 'mariam', '248170688', '628, 611, 502, 631, 587, 602, 505, 578, 539', '592, 582, 468, 578, 563, 472, 533, 528', '', 1),
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(2934, 'Batikh Batikh -2027 (US)', 'mariam', '1391263844', '607, 529, 585, 586, 560, 549, 528, 592, 414, 483, 489, 581, 493, 577, 584, 482, 496, 531, 503', '500, 560, 529, 581, 502, 562, 455, 469, 554, 435, 458, 501, 477', '', 1),
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(2940, 'Ars Independent festival - Poland (2 - 11 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '1261736143', '586, 632, 610, 591, 630, 582, 607', '', '', 1),
(2941, 'São Paulo International Film Festival - Brazil (15 - 29 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '911153317', '607, 632, 591, 636, 630, 614', '584, 599', '', 1),
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(2946, 'Reggio Film Festival - November 2026 (Italy)', 'mariam', '138371892', '578, 585, 564, 536, 611, 631, 528, 544, 592, 602, 615, 577, 539, 617, 573, 628, 513', '533, 560, 538, 503, 582, 502, 522, 562, 563, 586, 541, 528, 587, 534, 592, 514', '', 1),
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(2948, ' My Father Doesn’t Smile Project in Amsterdam -2026', 'mariam', '1685642934', '602, 476, 437, 582, 541, 610', '563, 423, 419, 558', '', 1),
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(2957, 'Kazan International Film Festival -  Tatarstan (4 - 8 September 2026)', 'kastawy', '908074766', '578, 607, 529, 606, 564, 628, 586, 632, 611, 502, 549, 591, 627, 633, 483, 489, 602, 615, 636, 630, 581, 582, 614, 503, 617', '533, 500, 564, 538, 592, 582, 468, 581, 591, 598, 455, 469, 563, 586, 599, 584, 477, 587', '', 1),
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(2960, 'Arab Film Festival Zurich, February 2027', 'mariam', '1540341973', '578, 607, 606, 523, 586, 632, 610, 611, 502, 591, 631, 627, 544, 592, 602, 615, 630, 581, 577, 582, 503, 636', '533, 564, 538, 582, 468, 549, 591, 522, 562, 563, 586, 477, 599', '', 1),
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(2965, 'Netherlands Flemish Institute (Echoes) - Egypt - June 2026', 'seif', '1307041565', '578, 529, 498', '533, 500', '', 1),
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(2967, 'SHORT OF THE YEAR -2026 ', 'mariam', '567823082', '578, 585, 564, 513, 611', '533, 560, 538, 514, 582', '', 1),
(2968, 'Film Africa -October 23 -November 1st (UK)', 'mariam', '506263520', '585, 513, 632, 610, 592, 630', '560, 514, 522, 562, 585', '', 1),
(2969, 'Sofia Documental -September 24-October 4 2026 (Bulgaria) ', 'mariam', '38832551', '607, 628, 513, 502, 549, 627, 633, 615, 614', '592, 514, 468, 581, 591, 598, 586, 584', '', 1),
(2970, 'CINPIX LIMITED -July 2026 (Hong Kong)', 'mariam', '954969875', '578, 502, 465, 587, 493, 517, 539, 505, 498', '533, 468, 417, 578, 528, 472, 510', '', 1),
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(2980, 'Festival do Rio - Brazil (1 - 11 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '1293235929', '632, 591, 636, 630', '599', '', 1),
(2981, 'BINGE (Sherif)', 'jeanne', '1103642199', '607, 458, 534, 445, 547, 523, 401, 386, 532, 415, 522, 264, 586, 490, 610, 39, 403, 431, 516, 371, 549, 323, 488, 572, 525, 433, 388, 414, 398, 555, 425, 526, 326, 548, 480, 581, 493, 569, 427, 476, 437, 582, 556, 540, 305, 531, 304, 498, 635, 494, 541, 475, 530, 552, 440, 456, 439, 560, 340, 416, 367, 423', '', '', 1),
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(2995, ' Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival - Czech Republic (23 October - 1 November 2026)', 'kastawy', '24979661', '628, 513, 633, 614, 627', '592, 514, 598, 584, 591', '', 1),
(2996, 'Bora Tasci', 'jeanne', '673938651', '490, 549, 326, 468, 477, 531, 304', '443, 581, 223, 583, 424, 501, 186', '', 1),
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(3006, 'Pimpri Chinchwad International Film Festival -Feb 26-28 2026 (India)', 'mariam', '997419452', '628, 513, 631, 629, 635', '528, 592, 593, 596', '', 1),
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(3017, 'Flickerfest International Short Film Festival -Jan 2027  (Australia)', 'mariam', '2096724618', '634, 628, 513, 631, 629, 635', '', '', 1),
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(3060, 'GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Spain (13 - 21 November 2026)', 'kastawy', '653379380', '634, 564, 563, 631, 629, 635, 591', '595, 538, 593, 596, 549', '', 1),
(3061, 'International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg - Germany (5 - 15 November 2026)', 'kastawy', '2012043363', '634, 564, 513, 591, 563, 631, 629, 633, 635', '595, 538, 514, 549, 593, 598, 596', '', 1),
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(3068, 'Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival - Italy (13 - 18 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '1094676844', '585, 523, 564, 610, 611, 563, 602', '', '', 1),
(3069, 'Humans Of Film Festival - Netherlands (20 - 29 November 2026)', 'kastawy', '1806591226', '585, 523, 564, 610, 611, 631, 636', '', '', 1),
(3070, 'Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival - Philippenes (24 - 28 October 2026)', 'kastawy', '865246915', '611, 631', '582', '', 1),
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(2, 'Competing in the International Competition', 'Gaza Mon Amour Makes Its Arab World Premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-10-06', 'Gaza-Mon-Amour-Poster.jpg', 'Palestinian feature film Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will make its Arab world premiere in the International Competition of the 42 nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) (December 2-10). Gaza Mon Amour is remarkably one of the most important Arab films of 2020 as it recently won the NETPAC award at the 45 th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour received wide critical acclaim after its screening at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy and the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. It is the only Arab film that got selected at both festivals this year. The international media, including The Hollywood Reporter, Cineuropa, Screen Daily, and others, described it using words like “gem”, and “great” and “exceptional work”. Besides, TIFF’s jury committee described the film as “a heartwarming, thought-provoking and poetic tale of unspoken emotions portraying daily life.” The film got a five-minute standing ovation at its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>You can watch a clip from the film on the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MADSolutionsOfficial/videos/364268847955373\">https://www.facebook.com/MADSolutionsOfficial/videos/364268847955373</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. The film was officially selected at the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a France-Germany-Portugal-Palestine-Qatar co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine\r<br/>Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received the support of Eurimages, Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'Image Animée (CNCI), Filmförderungsanstalt, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, L\'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée – Institut Français, and co-production grants for Franco-Portuguese Films from the Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual, RTP - Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, and the Doha Film Institute, in association with Versatile, Dulac Distribution, and Alamode Film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al- Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature-film.\r<br/>', '13139'),
(3, 'Within Its Post-production Platform', 'Iraqi Film Another Day in Baghdad Wins a Prize at the MAFF Market Forum', '2020-10-12', 'press1.jpg', 'Director Maysoon Pachachi’s Iraqi film Another Day in Baghdad won a prize worth $5,000 presented by The Cell Group at the Malmo Post Production Market, held as part of the MAFF Market Forum of the Malmo Arab Film Festival that will close on October 13, 2020.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, Another Day in Baghdad received the IWC Schaffhausen Script Prize from the Dubai International Film Festival ($100,000), and a number of grants from different Arab film institutes, including SANAD, AFAC, and Doha Film Institute. The film also received grants from European film institutes, such as CNC and the Institut Français in France, and the British Film Institute.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a typically mixed Baghdadi neighborhood in 2006, a community of ordinary people try to live their everyday lives amidst the threat of unpredictable violence. At the heart of these intersecting stories we find Sara, a single mother and novelist, who regains her will to write after witnessing the forced exile of her Christian neighbor and best friend Sabiha. With the news of Saddam Hussein\'s sudden execution shortly before the New Year, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future. Yet, like a miracle, each is able to sustain a fragile sense of hope.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Maysoon Pachachi and written by Irada Al Jabbouri, Another Day in Baghadad stars Darina Al Joundi, Zainab Al Ghanami, and Amed Hashimi. The film is produced by Oxymoron Films (UK), Linked Productions (Kuwait), Les Contes Modernes (France), Neue Medlopolis Filmproduction (Germany), and MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin. She studied Philosophy at the University College London (BA Hons) and subsequently graduated from the London Film School. She worked for many years as a documentary and drama film editor in the UK. Since 1994, she has worked as an independent documentary film director. Most of her films are tappint into Middle Eastern themes. She has directed several films including, Iranian Journey (2000), Return to the Land of Wonders (2004), and Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq (2008), which received a Special Jury Mention at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam.\r<br/>\r<br/>In 2004, with her colleague, Kasim Abid, she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, where 17 student short documentaries have been selected in regional and international film festivals worldwide.\r<br/>', '9418'),
(4, 'Winner of 15 International Awards', 'Song Without a Name Screens at Tahrir Cultural Center on Wednesday, October 14', '2020-10-12', 'song.jpg', 'Peruvian feature film Song Without a Name by director Melina León, which won 15 international awards, will screen on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 07:00 PM at the Tahrir Cultural Center at the American University in Cairo (AUC). This screening event is part of El Gouna in Tahrir, a collaboration between the AUC\'s Tahrir Cultural Center and El Gouna Film Festival, which screens successful films selected from previous editions of the festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is based on a true story in Peru at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. \r<br/>\r<br/>Song Without a Name screened at many international film festivals, winning 15 awards, including the CineVision Award at the Munich International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and a Jury Special Mention for Best Innovative Film at the Nouveau Cinema Montreal Film Festival, !nspired Award for Best Film at the !F Istanbul International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Mention for Best Film at the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival. The film landed its world premiere at the Directors Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>Directed by Melina León who co-wrote it with Michael J. White, Song Without a Name stars Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Pàrraga and Lucio Rojas. The film is produced by La Vida Misma Films and co-produced by MGC, La Mula Producciones and Bord Cadre Films. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. She studied film and video at the University of Lima and studied film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili (Lili\'s Paradise), was officially premiered at the New York Film Festival and has been selected at more than 20 international festivals, winning 11 awards, including the Best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Her debut feature Canción Sin Nombre (Song Without a Name) won the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and the support program for co-production by Ibermedia.', '1117'),
(5, 'Winner of Three International Awards', 'The Band Documentary Screens on Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s Website', '2020-10-11', '146197779the-band.jpg', 'Albaqer Jafeer’s film, The Band, will screen online through the official website of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation in the light of the Coronavirus pandemic. Coming as part the long-term collaboration between the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation and MAD Solutions, the film\'s screening\r<br/>is slated to be held on Tuesday, October 13, at 5:30 PM (GMT+2) and will be made available only for audiences across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 1978, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation is a non-profit initiative launched by the Arab Bank through allocating a percentage of its yearly profits to fund it. It serves as the bank’s arm to raise the social and cultural awareness through three main elements; Thought Leadership, Literature\r<br/>and Arts, and Innovation.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Band won three international awards, including the Arab World Institute\'s Best Feature Documentary Film Award at the Festival des Cinémas Arabes in Paris, France, the Karama Feather for Best Documentary Film Award at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, and a Special Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival in Algeria. The film also screened at the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival.\r<br/>Written and directed by Albaqer Jafeer, The Band is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. The film tells the story of Hulm Band that is made up of six musicians who are sparing no efforts to fulfill their dream of playing Sufi music in their hometown, Sadr city in Iraq. They only face one\r<br/>dilemma which lies in the fact that they can get murdered for playing music in a city where music is forbidden. In 67 minutes, the film follows the band members as they open up to the film\'s director, Albaqer Jafeer, on their dreams, aspirations and the reality in which they find themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Albaqar Jafeer is an Iraqi director who studied filmmaking at the Iraqi Independent Film Center in 2009. Later on, Jafeer participated in filmmaking workshops inside and outside Baghdad where he studied screenwriting, directing, editing and production management. Albaqar Jafeer\'s filmography includes the short documentary film Rafa\'t Alam (Rising the Flag) and Ghorbat Ghajar (Strangeness of the Gypsies) and the experimental film 50mm Lens. The Band is Jafeer\'s debut feature documentary film.\r<br/>', '20543'),
(7, 'Haifa Street | Between Two Seas | The Golden Harvest | Heaven Sent | Zay Ood El Kabreet', 'Five Films by MAD Solutions at the Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in Canada', '2020-10-18', 'Calgary-Arab-Film-Nights.jpg', 'MAD Solutions is participating in the 8th Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in Canada (October 23-25) with five films from its distribution list. These films are: Haifa Street by director Mohanad Hayal, Between Two Seas by director Anas Tolba, The Golden Harvest by director Aliaa Yunis, Heaven Sent by director Wissam Charaf and Zay Ood El Kabreet by director Hussein Al Imam.\r<br/>\r<br/>In the light of the current circumstances of Coronavirus, the festival’s screenings are set to be held online with few in-venues screenings, including Zay Ood El Kabreet, which will be held online and screened at Globe Cinema venue.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Haifa Street:\r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Reaping 8 international awards, Haifa Street is directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Between Two Seas:\r<br/>While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, Zahra\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter\'s rights and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Anas Tolba and written by Mariam Naoum, based on a script by Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil, Between Two Seas stars Fatma Adel, Yara Goubran, Tharaa Goubail, Mahmoud Fares, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, and Lobna Wanas. The film is produced by Axeer and executive produced by Abdelrahman Al Garwani. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and promotion in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About The Golden Harvest:\r<br/>Written and directed by Alia Yunis, The Golden Harvest follows a 6,000-year-old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive oil and the people of the Mediterranean, including her own father. Her journey of food, love and heartache takes her to unexpected places as diverse characters get involved in unraveling this tale. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Heaven Sent:\r<br/>Heaven Sent had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, within the Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion (ACID) and screened at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). After 20 years apart, Samir a former militiaman who was presumed dead reappears in the life of Omar, his little brother who has become a bodyguard in Beirut. Between drama and comedy, Samir has to come to terms with a country he no longer recognizes.\r<br/>\r<br/>Scripted by Mariette Désert and the film\'s director Wissam Charaf, Heaven Sent stars Raed Yassin, Said Serhan, Yumna Marwan, Rodrigue Sleiman and George Melki. The film is a Lebanese-French co-production through Aurora Films and Né à Beyrouth and is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Zay Ood El Kabreet:\r<br/>Zay Ood El Kabreet is a comedic tale invented by the late filmmaker to pay tribute to the superstars of the Egyptian cinema\'s Golden Era. The plot combines scenes starring 21 actors from the age of black and white films with other scenes written by and starring Al Imam. The end product leads to the rediscovery of golden age actors in a new context.\r<br/>\r<br/>Along with Hussein Al Imam, the film stars Sahar Ramy, Khaled Mahrous, Zakaria Amer, and singer Randa El-Sobky. MAD Solutions is handling the film\'s distribution services.', '750388814'),
(8, 'Within The Feature Narrative Competition at El Gouna Film Festival', 'MAD Solutions Releases Official Arab World Poster for The Furnace', '2020-10-20', 'the-furnace-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions has released the official Arab world poster The Furnace’s for The Furnace, by director and writer Roderick MacKay. Featuring Egyptian star Ahmed Malek among renowned Australian actors, the film will land its Arab world premiere at the 4th El Gouna Film Festival, within The Feature Narrative Competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it immediately gained international critical acclaim, and was described as “An enjoyably absorbing experience” by Variety and “Brutish western is tough as old leather and good as gold” via The Guardian. Malek also received positive reviews on his performance in the film: “Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018) is immediately engaging as Hanif…” as it was stated by the Screen Daily.\r<br/>\r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. The film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received a production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and marketing in the Arab World.', '1158828202'),
(9, 'A Film about Lockdown during COVID-19 in Tunisia', 'Communion Film Project Wins MAD Solutions Award at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden', '2020-10-12', 'Nejib.jpg', 'Tunisian film project Communion by director Nejib Belkadhi and producer Imed Marzouk won the MAD Solutions award, which it presents to one of the winning film projects at the MAFF Market Forum (MMF), held on the margins of the 10th Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden. The award offers the winning film project distribution services with a cash advance of $6,000 and marketing services worth $17,000. This is the sixth year in a row for MAD Solutions to present its Award to one of the winning film projects at the MMF.\r<br/>\r<br/>At the MAFF Market Forum, Communion also won color grading services presented by Mosaic-TV worth $10,000 and sound mixing services presented by Leyth Production worth $13,000.\r<br/>\r<br/>During the lockdown, Sarra works from home in the humanitarian sector, helping people in distress during the Covid-19 crisis. Her husband Kais, psychotic, finds himself without medication, out of stock. Then begins a long and painful descent into hell while nature regains its rights, and the air becomes more pure and breathable.\r<br/>\r<br/>Nejib Belkadhi is a Tunisian director and actor. After studying Business and Marketing at the IHEC Carthage, he started his first steps as a director on the TV program Chams Alik at Canal + Horizons in 1999. In 2002, he founded Propaganda Productions with his friend Imed Marzouk who later became his producer. Aside from directing, Belkadhi is one of the most important actors in Tunisia. He took part in many popular works, including the film Habiba Msika: The Dance of Fire in 1995, the play Madrasat Nisaa in 1995, El Khottab Al Bab TV series in 1997, and the film The Season of Men in 2000.\r<br/>', '72639674'),
(10, 'Between Heaven and Earth | The Orphanage | Haifa Street | Give Up the Ghost | Bethlehem', 'Five Films by MAD Solutions at Palestine Cinema Days', '2020-10-06', 'Palestine-Cinema-Days.jpg', 'MAD Solutions takes part in the 7th Palestine Cinema Days (October 20 -26) with five films of its distribution list. These films are: the Palestinian Between Heaven and Earth by director Najwa Najjar, the Afghan film The Orphanage by director Shahrbanoo Sadat, Iraqi film Haifa Street by director Mohanad Hayal, the Jordanian short film Give Up the Ghost by director Zain Duraie and the Palestinian short film Bethlehem by director Ibrahim Handal. \r<br/>\r<br/>Palestine Cinema Days is an annual film event, organized by FilmLab Palestine that aims to take the Palestinian filmmaking industry to the international level and promote local and international films to revive cinema culture in Palestine.\r<br/>\r<br/>Landing its world premiere at this year’s Palestine Cinema Days, Afghan film The Orphanage has previously competed in a number of international festivals, including Munich International Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Between Heaven and Earth:\r<br/>Based on a true story, the film follows a thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, who have been married for the past five years, and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery, a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on a road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film has won the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), where it landed its world premiere and screened in the Official Competition, earning wide audience and critical acclaim due to its high artistic quality. It was also screened within the European Film Market at Berlin Film Festival. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Haifa Street:\r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Reaping 8 international awards, Haifa Street is directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Give up the Ghost:\r<br/>Give up the Ghost tells the story of Salam whose dreams of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film has won the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Palm Springs International ShortFest, El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film and the Jury Award at the Indian World Film Festival. Written and directed by Zain Duraie and produced by Tabi360 (Alaa Alasad), the film brings together Maria Zurek and Zaid Bakri in the leading roles and is shot by DOP Benoit Chamaillard. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Bethlehem:\r<br/>A young Palestinian wander between his current reflections and his childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. He tries to understand how his parents could lead him through those difficult times, hoping that would help him cope with the present time.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Ibrahim Handal, the film stars Muhammad Mughrabi, Yousef AbuShkhaidem, Hind AbuShkhaidem, Tarek Abusalameh and Karam Al-Salaymeh. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '840213735'),
(11, '', 'Afghan Film The Orphanage at Palestine Cinema Days', '2020-10-06', 'The-Orphanage_5-2-1280x720.jpg', 'Afghan Film The Orphanage by director Shahrbanoo Sadat will screen at the 7th Palestine Cinema Days (October 20 – 26). Palestine Cinema Days is an annual film event, organized by FilmLab Palestine that aims to take the Palestinian filmmaking industry to the international level and promote local and international films to revive cinema culture in Palestine.\r<br/>\r<br/>In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police brings him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.\r<br/>\r<br/>Taking part in a number of international film festivals, including Munich International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival and Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the film also received the Golden Puffin: Best Film from Reykjavík International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat, The Orphanage is inspired by the diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who stars in it alongside Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji and Hasibullah Rasooli. The film is produced by Katja Adomeit and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. \r<br/>\r<br/>Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, Shahr - 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected. The film also won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film The Orphanage is also after Wolf and Sheep the second part of a planned pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. The film was presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.\r<br/>', '1190908935'),
(12, 'An Award-winning Documentary', 'The Borrowed Dress to Screen at Warehouse421 October 24', '2020-10-25', 'Poster-The-Borrowoed-Dress.jpg', 'Director Leen Alfaisal&#39;s documentary film, The Borrowed Dress will screen on Warehouse421, as of Sunday, October 25, through Wednesday, October 28. The screening will be available only for the audience in the UAE, through the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.warehouse421.ae/en/\" >https://www.warehouse421.ae/en/</a>.\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 2015, Warehouse421 is a cultural space that encourages artistic expression, and supports the perceptive processes, in order to reinforce the UAE&#39;s creative community.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Borrowed Dress world premiered at the London International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, where it competed for the Best Foreign Language Documentary, Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary and the Best Editing of a Short Documentary. The film won the Best Documentary award at the Silk Road International Film Festival (SRIFF)\r<br/>in Ireland and received a Special Mention at the Beirut Women International Film Festival (BWFF). The film made its Arab world premiere at the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival in Lebanon, and screened at the Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) in Egypt, Arab Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and the Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival in Tunisia.\r<br/>\r<br/>Grandmother Susu (80 years old), her daughter Doaa (50 years old), and her grandchild Saad (16 years old) are forced to flee Syria after the beginning of the revolution to live in different scattered places, with the one thing left to share being their desire to reunite. The details of their personal stories and human experiences are microcosms of two stories: one of a population that has spread all over the world, and the other of a homeland that might have\r<br/>changed forever.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Leen Alfaisal, The Borrowed Dress is produced by Sarah Hassan and Alaa Alassad(Creative Media Solutions). The film stars Siham Abu Nabbout, Doaa Al Zoabi and Saad Alkuwatly. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Leen Alfaisal is a Dubai-based video producer and camerawoman working at CNN International. Alfaisal graduated with honors from the American University in Dubai, with a major in journalism and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies and documentary film.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Borrowed Dress is her first venture into feature documentary directing. She directed her first short documentary film, Without a Frame, during university, which made it into the final selection of the Original Narrative Student Short Film Festival in Dubai and the Arab Short Film Festival in Beirut.\r<br/>', '1413002465'),
(13, 'The Emirati short film, \" Athel \"', 'Received an award from the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival And was officially selected at festivals in Italy, the Netherlands and Mexico', '2020-11-15', 'athel-poster.jpg', 'Announced in September this fall season at a private screening at Vox Cinema Nation Towers, the short film Athel is an Award Winner at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival in India, qualifying to compete for the prestigious Golden Fox Awards at the annual live screening gala of CICFF in the City of Joy, which will be held in January 2021.\r<br/>\r<br/>Furthermore, continuing its journey at other film festivals around the world, the film was Officially Selected at Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Tijuana, Mexico, Rome Independent Prisma Awards in Italy, and at Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival in Netherlands, a popular festival set in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, showcasing filmmakers’ talents with a week- long celebration on an extensive audience choice awards platform.\r<br/>\r<br/>Worth noting are the previously won awards like Outstanding Achievement certificate at the Berlin Flash Film Festival in Germany and the Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in USA, as well as Officially Selected at the Madrid International Film Festival in Spain, the VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival - Austria, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival in Canada,  as Finalist at the ARFF Amsterdam 2020 International Awards, Netherlands and Finalist &amp; nominated for the Viewers’ Choice Award at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada.\r<br/>\r<br/>A fantasy film distributed by Mad Solutions, the idea began with reminiscing the Arabic poetry and the mysterious desert, and with that in mind, an old story was taken to newer places.\r<br/>\r<br/>Produced by Toaster Productions &amp; Anasy Media and directed by Alyazia Bint Nahyan. The film is starring the well-known Egyptian actress Hala Shiha and Emirati artist Mansour Alfeeli. Taking part also are the upcoming actors Ahmed Al Hoseni and Haydar Al Lami, produced by Afra Almarar and Hayfa Al Haidary and filmed by Alessando Martella.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film deals with a new style and subtraction in a light witty drama template, about the story of the famous pre-Islamic poet Tarfa Bin Al-Abd or the “murdered boy” as it became known throughout history, a poet killed at the height of his glory and bewildered many thinkers and intellectuals in relation to his fate.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film revolves around Salma, a widely known presenter, who is filming a poetry show about Tarfa, the pre-Islamic poet. With a sand storm disrupting the episode shoot and Salma’s son being lost for days, the presenter remains calm. Perhaps too calm, her mind distantly quiet, the loud crew then drives off forgetting her at the location. On her phone, busy talking, Salma is walking and something far from reality is about to occur.\r<br/>\r<br/>Will it concern the subject of the show? Will the strange encounter amend the misapprehension?\r<br/>\r<br/>History &amp; Background:\r<br/>\r<br/>Tarafah Ibn Al Abd\r<br/>\r<br/>A pre-Islamic poet, author of the longest of the seven odes in the much celebrated collection of pre-Islamic poetry Al Muallaqat (the suspended poems). Despite his young age, he was able to excel over great poets. Life hasn’t granted him but twenty six years that were eventful and troublesome. His life was full of pleasures, adventures and revels, but on the other hand, he suffered from poverty and deprivation in his early life. Moreover, he suffered injustice from his family and closest relatives and friends. He was solitary and an outcast and deep inside he felt extreme desolation, spatially, temporarily, psychologically and socially. He secluded himself and created an inner world reflected in writing great poems that were so eloquent and well-structured that masters of language and style recognized and hanged them up inside the Kaaba. His poetry was rich in wisdom, pride, flirt and satire.\r<br/>\r<br/>Tarafah was rebellious, audacious, strong, benevolent, honest, brave and adventurous, one of the Arab stars of poetry in the pre-Islamic era of the first class of poets. Born in the historic territory of Bahrain, one of the most important poets of the famous pendants in the history of ancient Arabic literature.\r<br/> \r<br/>Emirati actor Mansoor Alfeeli started his career in the theatre in 1978. He later turned to television, radio and cinema, working on various projects, latest one is the hit film Shabab Sheyab.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hala Shiha is an Egyptian actress best known for portraying the main roles in The Ladder and Snake and Lost in America. The much admired and widely known actress return to cinema was well received by audiences and industry figures alike.\r<br/>', '202199198'),
(14, 'To Stream Online on November 22', 'Haifa Street to Take Part in The Arab World Festival of Montreal', '2020-11-12', 'haifa-street-poster.jpg', 'Haifa Street film by director Mohanad Hayal will take part in the 20th edition of The Arab World Festival of Montreal in Canada (October 25-November 17), which will stream exclusively to residents in Canada on Sunday, November 22.\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 2001, the Arab World Festival of Montreal is a multidisciplinary event dedicated to the meeting of Arab and Western cultures. With a different theme each year, the festival curates a stunning programme featuring a wide variety of cultural activities.\r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, Haifa Street took part in Darb 1718 and the first Amman International Film Festival. Furthermore, it has been released across Tunisian cinemas, as part of the film&#39;s Pan- Arab tour that was scheduled to take place in Jordan, Palestine among other Arab countries, however it was put into a halt due to the COVID-19 crisis.\r<br/>\r<br/>Before the cinematic pause, Haifa Street landed its European premiere at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden, It received 8 international awards, including the Best Film award at the Busan International Film Festival, Laser Film award and HAKKA Distribution award at the Takmil Workshop of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Lab Award from the Asia Pacific Academy, Market Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival, and the Cinescape Award, presented by Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival. Furthermore, the film won a post-production grant from the Doha Film Institute. Haifa Street had its Arab world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), where it received wide audience and critical acclaim.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad&#39;s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam,\r<br/>an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film&#39;s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohanad Hayal was born in southern Iraq in the city of Nasiriyah in 1985. He graduated from the Cinema Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 2010. He participated in many advanced cinema workshops in a number of European and Arab countries. His latest short film Happy Birthday (2013) was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Rising Star Award at the 2014 Rhode International Film Festival in the US.\r<br/>\r<br/>His feature film debut Haifa Street won the Top Award in the official competition of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, and the Best Arabic Film and Best Acting Performance awards in the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Aside from his work as a director, he worked as a co-producer in several films. He also organized a number of screenwriting and co-production workshops. Mohanad currently heads the Film Production department at Iraq&#39;s Ministry of Culture.\r<br/>', '1973336219'),
(15, '', 'Documentary Film Egyptian Jeanne d\'Arc Screens at The Royal Film Commissions-Jordan on November 13', '2020-11-11', 'JeaneDrc.jpg', 'The documentary film Egyptian Jeanne d\'Arc by director Iman Kamel is slated to screen online on The Royal Film Commission-Jordan’s official Facebook page on Friday, November 13  at 7:00 PM GMT +2 (Jordan Time). Screening free of charge, this comes as part of a screenings series that has been virtually hosted by The Royal Film Commission-Jordan recently. \r<br/>\r<br/>The documentary film Egyptian Jeanne d\'Arc tells the true stories of resistance by Egyptian women since the outbreak of the revolution in 2011 through mythic story elements, poetic narration and dance. The film is directed by Iman Kamel, and co-produced by Nomad\'s Home Production (Iman Kamel) and Linked Productions (Talal Al-Muhanna). The film marks Iman\'s second collaboration with Kuwaiti producer Talal Al-Muhanna.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere within the Muhr Feature competition at the Dubai International Film Festival. The Culturist has selected the film as one of the 30 Must Watch films at the 2016 edition of DIFF. Egyptian Jeanne D\'Arc also competed within the 6 Plaza screenings, which features films from the developing countries, at the Eurasia International Film Festival in Astana, Kazakhstan.\r<br/>', '713911066'),
(16, 'Within Midnight Screenings Section', 'Egyptian Horror Film Ammar Lands World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-11-16', 'ammar-taser.jpg', 'Egyptian horror film Ammar has been selected for its world premiere within The Midnight Screenings section at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIFF has changed its due date (November) to take place from 2nd to 10th of December this year, which will be held under strict WHO-approved precautionary measures taken by the Egyptian government.\r<br/>\r<br/>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) is one of the oldest cultural events in Africa and the Middle East, and is one of the 15 festivals in Africa and the Middle East to be accorded category “A” status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) in Paris.\r<br/>\r<br/>A misfortunate family, a couple with three children, moves to the Gharibs\' Castle as their new house. Their excitement soon wears off when the house swallows them one after the other, taking them to a horrifying world of past crimes that took place between its walls…or maybe these cursed walls are behind these crimes.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Mahmoud Kamel, and co-written by Ahmed Al-Dahan and Haitham Al-Dahan, Ammar stars Sherif Salama and Eman El Assi. The film is produced by Nilewood and Shofha and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>', '7023295'),
(17, 'To Compete in Cinema of Tomorrow', 'Somali Film Life on the Horn Lands World Premiere at 42nd Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-11-17', 'loth_poster-w-logo.jpg', 'The Somali short film Life on the Horn by director Mo Harawe has been selected for world premiere at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) where it competes in the Cinema of Tomorrow competition.  The film will be screened with English and Arabic subtitles in the attendance of the film’s director Mo Harawe. \r<br/>\r<br/>Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, the 42nd edition of Cairo International Film Festival has decreased the number of the participating films by half, making the final total of the films around 84 from across 43 countries. The screenings will take place at Cairo Opera House and Zamalek Cinema.\r<br/> \r<br/> Life on the Horn sheds light on the issue of the hazardous nuclear waste being released on Somalia’s shores through the story of a young Somali who follows his daily routine in the face of an existential threat coming from the shores.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Mo Harawe who also co-produced it with Alexander von Piechowski and Deko Adano Ali, Life on the Horn stars Xuseen Abdirisaaq, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed and Faadumo Abshir. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/> \r<br/>Mo Harawe is a Somali director, based in Austria. He kicked off his journey as a director in Austria in 2009. Harawe has joined a number of filmmaking workshops and made five short films that were selected and awarded at several international film festivals. Aside from directing, Mo Harawe is a scriptwriter who wrote several feature-length films including To Mogadishu that won the Dor Film award at the Diagonale in 2016. His new feature film The Village Next to Paradise is now in development. \r<br/>', '1048196373'),
(18, 'Within Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition', 'Under The Concrete Lands Arab World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival ', '2020-11-17', 'english-digital.jpg', 'Lebanese film Under The Concrete will have its Arab world premiere at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) (December 2 -12), within the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition. The film screening will be held with the presence of its director Roy Arida and its star Alain Najm with English and Arabic subtitles. Under the Concrete is slated to be released in Arab theaters soon. \r<br/>\r<br/>In the light of Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Cairo International Film Festival has whittled down its selection of films to 84 films from across 43 countries, which makes it only half the number it regularly features every year. The screenings will take place at Cairo Opera House and Zmalek Cinema. \r<br/>\r<br/>Set in Beirut, Lebanon, the film follows a series of car bombs that explode across the country, where Alain, a 32-year-old man, decides to turn his back on this deleterious situation to attempt to break the world record of deep diving.\r<br/>\r<br/>Under The Concrete participated in a number of international festivals, including Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon in France and Warsaw International Film Festival. It is also slated to participate in the next edition of Hainan International Film Festival in December. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Roy Arida and produced by Stank, the film stars Alain Najm, Nathalie Japiot, Toufic Khreich, Ralph Choueiri, Elie Lteif, Rony Khoueiry and Roland Najm. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions, while Indie Sales handles its distribution outside the Arab region. \r<br/>', '2020661091'),
(19, 'Within the International Competition', 'Islam El Azzazi’s About Her Lands World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-11-17', 'About-Her.jpg', 'The feature film About Her by director and writer Islam El Azzazi will have its world premiere at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) (December 2-12) within the International Competition, becoming one of three Egyptian films selected to compete within the festival\'s prestigious competition. The film is slated to release across the Arab world soon. \r<br/>\r<br/>In the light of Covid-19 pandemic, this year\'s Cairo International Film Festival has whittled down its selection of films to include 84 films from across 43 countries, which is only half the number it regularly features. The screenings are set to take place at Cairo Opera House and Zamalek Cinema. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Her is the story of a woman who experiences the different mental stages of pain caused by the loss of her beloved husband. The film follows how she expresses and endures this pain, how she becomes a free woman in a society that has the ability to destroy unconventional people.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Islam El Azzazi, About Her is produced and edited by Dina Farouk and Wika for Films and Production. The film stars singer and producer Nadah El Shazly, Fadwa Abed (Sabe’e Gar), Sulafa Ghanem (Fatat Al Masna\'/ El Gezira 2), Salah Fahmy (Gannet El Shayateen) and Nesrine Talaat (Sabe’e Gar) along with young actor Ahmed Malek (Sheikh Jackson). The film also features an A-list crew that brings together DOP Abdelsalam Moussa (Harag w\' Marag / Moga Harra/ Wahet El Ghourob), Art Director and Production Designer Onsi Abou Seif (El Kenz/ Messages of the Sea), and Costume Designer Mona El Tonsi (El Kwaissen/ Qabeel/ Al-zaybaq). MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Islam El Azzizi is an actor, writer and director who started his career working on a number of documentary, feature and short films to establish and co-found Semat and Wika Production and Distribution after that. Azzazi has also won Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Scenario by an Established Writer for his film About Her in 2017. He has directed a number of projects, including Day and Night.\r<br/>\r<br/>WIKA for Films and Production includes in its repertoire a number of successful projects, including Harag w\' Marag by Nadine Khan (2012) that won more than 8 international awards and Moga Hara (2013) that received a wide acclaim from the audience, screening in Ramadan. WIKA has also co-produced Mohamed Khan’s recent films Factory Girl (2013), which has previously won 13 international awards and has been selected as Egypt\'s submission to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, and Before the Summer Crowd (2016) along with Kiss Me Not by director Ahmed Amer.\r<br/>', '2013830734'),
(20, 'Within Cinema of Tomorrow', 'Tunisian Short Film Noor Lands Arab World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-11-18', 'affiche-NOUR-2.jpg', 'In the presence of its director, the Tunisian short film Noor by director Rim Nakhli will have its Arab world premiere at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), within Cinema of Tomorrow competition. The film has previously landed its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.\r<br/>\r<br/>In the light of Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Cairo International Film Festival has whittled down its selection of films to 84 films from across 43 countries, which makes it only half the number it regularly features every year. The screenings will take place at Cairo Opera House and Zamalek Cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film follows Nour and Adem who set off in search of their father that they have not seen in a long time. With a hope of meeting him, the children cross the city to arrive at the meeting place, but the father doesn’t show.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Rim Nakhli, and produced by Inside Productions (Moncef Taleb), Noor stars Nour El Houda Habbessi and Ayoub Behi. The film has received a fund from Tunisien Ministry of Cultural Affairs. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab region.\r<br/>\r<br/>Rim Nakhli graduated from ISAMM (Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba) and earned a degree in Art, music and Performing Arts from the University of Bologna. She worked as an assistant director in numerous Tunisian fiction films, before she directed her debut short fiction film Ranim (Evasion) in 2017.\r<br/>', '5705281');
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(21, 'To Compete within Horizons of Arab Cinema', 'The Morphine Melody Lands World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-11-18', 'Melodia-Al-Morphine-11.jpg', 'The Moroccan film The Morphine Melody by director Hicham Amal has been selected for world premiere at the 42 nd Cairo International Film Festival (December 2-12) where it competes in Horizons of Arab Cinema competition. The film will be screened with English and Arabic subtitles in the attendance of the film’s director Hicham Amal.  \r<br/>\r<br/>Due to Covid-19 safety precautions, the 42 nd edition of Cairo International Film Festival has decreased the number of the participating films by half, making the final total of the films around 84 from across 43 countries. The screenings will take place at Cairo Opera House and Zamalek Cinema. \r<br/>\r<br/>The Morphine Melody follows Saïd Ettayer, a talented and a well- known violinist who lost his memory in a car accident. He gradually starts to remember all his memories and he gets back to his normal life after a few days. However, months later, he realizes that he cannot remember how he used to create music.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written, directed and edited by Hicham Amal, the film is produced by Caravan Chergui Productions and features an all-Moroccan cast including, Hicham Bahloul, Yasmina Bennani, Hassan Badida and Abdellan BenSaid. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hicham Amal is a Moroccan director and scriptwriter. He kick started his career as a scriptwriter\r<br/>in Morocco&#39;s first and second national television channels where he worked on several TV scripts. In 2016, He finished his award-winning feature degbut The Morphine Melody, which received Best Editing and Best First Feature Film awards at the Moroccan National Film Festival in Tangier, Morocco, and was selected to compete within Muhr Awards Programme at the Dubai International Film Festival. A remake of The Morphine Melody has been released in 2020.', '538419382'),
(22, 'In the Company of the Film’s Director Ahmed Magdy', 'Cairo Film Society to Screen The Giraffe at El Hanager Cinema on November 28', '2020-11-23', 'The-Giraffe-Poster.jpg', 'Cairo Film Society will host a screening for The Giraffe by director Ahmed Magdy at El Hanager Cinema, Cairo Opera House on November 28 at 6:00 PM. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by the director Ahmed Magdy and film critic Essam Zakaria. Free seats will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Giraffe landed its world premiere at the 40 th Cairo International Film Festival. The film made its international premiere at the 17 th Marrakech International Film Festival and it also screened at the Trans-Saharan International Film Festival in Zagora.\r<br/>\r<br/>Through the streets of the city that are void of all but its ghosts, Ahmed is lost and depleted of faith. Tonight, he must save a girl he doesn&#39;t know who is in a lot of trouble. He finds himself involved with an eccentric group of young people lead by an enigmatic girl who is trying to uncover the mystery behind the Giraffe hidden at the zoo.\r<br/> \r<br/>Written and directed by Ahmed Magdy, The Giraffe stars Amr Hosny, Shaza Moharam, Haydi Koussa, Salma Hassan, Rasha Magdy, Mohammed El Badawy, and Osama Gawish. The film is co-produced by Garage Art Production, Utaco Digital Film, and Fig Leaf Studio. It was awarded the AFAC Production Grant and the SANAD Development Grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The film is distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.', '94491004'),
(23, 'With the Attendance of Director Najwa Najjar', 'Between Heaven and Earth Releases at Zawya Cinema on December 2', '2020-11-25', 'BHAE-poster-ENGLISH.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth will be released in Zawya Cinema, Downtown, on December 2, 2020. In her capacity as a jury member at the 42nd edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Najwa Najjar will attend several screenings at Zawya Cinema, including her film Between Heaven and Earth that won the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the festival\'s edition last year.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film\'s Facebook page released the official trailer. To watch it, head to the following link:\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709\" > https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709 </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals- London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmö Arab Film Festival, to name a few.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian director Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in cooperation with Paul Thiltges Ditributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer and director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine\'s official submission for the Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Film category and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her third and latest feature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several directors’ masterclasses and is a jury member of several International film festivals, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>', '1118710348'),
(24, 'For the First Time in Saudi Arabia ', 'The Short Film Barakat to Screen within the MISK Art Week in Riyadh', '2020-11-30', 'barakat-final-poster.jpg', 'In collaboration with the Red Sea International Film Festival, the short film Barakat by Manon Nammour will be screened within the Misk Art Week in Riyadh ( December 3-7). The first screening for the film will be held on Saturday, December 5 in Prince Faisal bin Fahad Arts Hall, followed by an online discussion with the director. \r<br/>          \r<br/>The upcoming MISK Art Week, which will be running for five days, explores the notion of re-cultivating our culture as we live it through talks, panels, workshops, exhibitions and live performances. Aiming to foster creativity and engage the community, this year’s edition will be taking place online and offline. \r<br/>        \r<br/>Recently, Barakat screened at Malmo Arab Film Festival. It took part in a number of prestigious international film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere, Tampere International Short Film Festival (Finland), International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Films Femmes Méditerranée Festival (Marseille) and Glasgow Short Film Festival (Scotland). \r<br/>            \r<br/>People hold the memory of their cities and vice versa. After-war, modern Beirut and its people have lost their anchors towards a memoryless relationship. Vacant luxury stores and overpriced unoccupied apartments have made the rebuilt city a costly monument of vanity, commodified heritage, and social-delusion.\r<br/>            \r<br/>Written and directed by Manon Nammour , Barakat stars Mounir Maasri, Rudy Ghafari and Camile Salame. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>           \r<br/>Manon Nammour is a Lebanese director/ production designer who studied filmmaking at the Notre Dame University in Lebanon. Her film On the Ropes was selected at the Pardi di Domani section at Locarno Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, along with several other film festivals. \r<br/>             \r<br/>In December 2018, Nammour was chosen as one of the five “Arab Stars of Tomorrow” by Screen International UK and Dubai International Film Festival. Arab Stars of Tomorrow is an initiative aiming to highlight the rising talents in the region. Nammour’s latest work is the short film Barakat.  \r<br/>', '2032010138'),
(25, 'Commercially Released at Zawya Cinema', 'A Massive Presence of Public Figures and Media at the Premiere of Between Heaven and Earth ', '2020-12-03', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth had a full house premiere with the attendance of a massive number of public figures and superstars at Zawya Cinema, Downtown. The premiere was attended by the film\'s director Najwa Najjar, who will join the jury member of this year’s edition of Cairo International Film Festival. The film screening was followed by a panel discussion that was moderated by film critic Tarek El-Shennawi. The film will as of today for two weeks through the day at Zawya Cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received a wide acclaim by its attendees, who were touched by the film’s high artistic quality, bringing together simplicity and sophistication as an unprecedented style in addressing the Palestinian issue. The screening was highlighted by the presence of a number of superstars; Ahmed Magdy, Rakeen Saad, Fatma Nasser, Alaa Arafa, DOP Ahmad Al Morsy, Costume Designer Reem El Adl, Singer Abu, Music Composer Tamer Karawan, the composer of the film’s soundtracks.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals- London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmo Arab Film Festival, to name a few\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine\'s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors’ Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>\r<br/>', '998899578'),
(26, 'With the Cast and Crew Gracing the Red Carpet', 'A Sold-out Screening for Ammar at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-12-06', 'ammar-screening.jpg', 'Ammar film by Mahmoud Kamel had a sold-out screening at its world premiere at the 42nd edition of the Cairo International Film Festival on Saturday December 5 at 9:30 PM, WE Theatre, Cairo Opera House.\r<br/> \r<br/>A misfortunate family, a couple with three children, moves to the Gharibs\' castle as their new house. Their excitement soon wears off when the house swallows them one after the other, taking them to a horrifying world of past crimes that took place between its walls…or maybe these cursed walls are behind these crimes.\r<br/> \r<br/>Directed by Mahmoud Kamel, and co-written by Ahmed Al-Dahan and Haitham Al-Dahan, Ammar stars Sherif Salama and Eman El Assi. The film is produced by Nilewood and marketed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.', '1627441123'),
(27, 'The Film\'s Ninth International Award ', 'Haifa Street Wins The Golden Olive Branch Award at Jerusalem International Film Festival', '2020-12-08', 'haifa-street-poster.jpg', 'Iraqi film Haifa Street by director Mohanad Hayal won The Golden Olive branch award for best feature film at the fifth edition of the Jerusalem International Film Festival. This marks the film’s ninth international award. \r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, the film screened at Darb 1718 Art and Culture Center and took part in The Arab World Festival of Montreal and the first Amman International Film Festival. Also, it had full house screenings at Zawya Cinema and has been released across Tunisian cinemas. This comes as part of the film\'s postponed Pan-Arab tour that was scheduled to take place in Jordan, Palestine among other Arab countries, which was put into a halt due to the COVID-19 crisis.\r<br/>\r<br/>Before the cinematic pause, Haifa Street landed its European premiere at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden, It received 8 other awards, including the Best Film award at the Busan International Film Festival, Laser Film award and HAKKA Distribution award at the Takmil Workshop of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Lab Award from the Asia Pacific Academy, Market Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival, and the Cinescape Award, presented by Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival. Furthermore, the film won a post-production grant from the Doha Film Institute. Haifa Street had its Arab world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), where it received wide audience and critical acclaim.\r<br/> \r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohanad Hayal was born in southern Iraq in the city of Nasiriyah in 1985. He graduated from the Cinema Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 2010. He participated in many advanced cinema workshops in a number of European and Arab countries. His latest short film Happy Birthday (2013) was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Rising Star Award at the 2014 Rhode International Film Festival in the US.\r<br/>\r<br/>His feature film debut Haifa Street won the Top Award in the Official Competition of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, and the Best Arabic Film and Best Acting Performance awards in the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition at the Cairo International Film Festival. Aside from his work as a director, he worked as a co-producer in several films. He also organized a number of screenwriting and co-production workshops. Mohanad currently heads the Film Production department at the Iraqi Ministry of Culture.\r<br/>', '625226479'),
(28, 'Landing its US Premiere', 'Short Film Manara at New Filmmakers Los Angeles', '2020-12-08', 'manara-poster-web.jpg', 'Lebanese short film Manara by Zayn Alexander will land its US premiere at this year’s virtual NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. The film will be screened through the festival’s official website on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The screening is co-organized and\r<br/>co-hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Dutch Culture USA (Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York) and the Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI). A panel discussion with the directors will follow the screening.\r<br/>\r<br/>Tickets are available through the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.seedandspark.com/festivals/nfmla-dec-2020/watch/infocus-arab-cinema\">https://www.seedandspark.com/festivals/nfmla-dec-2020/watch/infocus-arab-cinema</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Director Zayn Alexander commented on the film saying: “This film stemmed from a heartfelt critique of Lebanese culture’s obsession with appearances.&quot; “We felt compelled to examine how that takes a toll on families and how each member responds to loss, and grief that comes with it, under the public eye.” he added. In a coastal town in Southern Lebanon, the Zayyad family seemed to have it all: a hotel by the sea, a lasting marriage, and strong family ties. But this seemingly perfect portrait takes a hit when the father dies under mysterious circumstances. Alia, the bereaved wife, is intent on lying about her husband’s cause of death in order to maintain appearances, despite the vehement objections of her adult children, Rami and Noura. One hour before the mourners’ arrival, and still struggling to agree on a course of action, Alia, Noura and Rami are forced to reevaluate the long dysfunctional family dynamic that brought them here in the first place.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere during the 76 th Venice Film Festival (Venice Days) and participated in the Carthage Film Festival (JCC) and won 4 awards; The Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival,\r<br/>Laguna Sud Award for Best Short Film at Laguna Sud, Silver Hypatia Award for Best Narrative Short Film - Alexandria Short Film Festival and Best Actor Award at Elba Film Festival in Toscana, Italy.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Zayn Alexander and written by Lebanese-American writer and actress Pascale Seigneurie, who co-stars in it along with Hala Basma Safieddine and director Zayn Alexander, the film is produced by ZMA Entertainment. The film’s distribution in the Arab world\r<br/>is handled by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Zayn Alexander is a New York-based actor and director of Lebanese origin. Alexander began his career when he moved to New York City in 2010. He made his foray into acting in the 2012 drama The Defector. In 2018, Alexander’s directorial debut, Abroad, made its world\r<br/>premiere at the 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Alexander’s second directorial effort Manara screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section (Venice Days) in 2019.', '713873844'),
(29, 'When an Intimate Night Turns into a Life-threatening Siege', 'Moroccan Film Khamis 1984 by Mohamed Bouzaggou Releases in Egyptian Theaters this  December', '2020-12-08', 'Khamis-1984-web-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions revealed that Mohamed Bouzaggou’s Moroccan film Khamis 1984 will release in Egyptian theaters in December, this year. This comes upon the film’s participation in the International Festival of Cinema and Collective Memory (FICMEC) in Nador Festival National du Film de Tanger in Morocco.\r<br/>\r<br/>Thursday 19 January 1984, the day of riots that resulted in many casualties. Tonight, Khamis is finally ready to share a long-awaited intimate moment with his wife. Suddenly, they’re interrupted by gunshots that ring out in the street, followed by the appearance of unexpected guests at their doorstep; Abbas and Naima. They&#39;re a couple of injured students who&#39;re seeking refuge to survive a police siege, which leads to a series of unforeseen events.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed, written and produced by Mohamed Bouzaggou, the film is a production of Taziri Production Company and stars Mimoun Zanoun, Samira El Maslouhi, Chaimae Allaoui, and Rafik Barrajjal. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab World.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohamed Bouzaggou is a producer, writer and director who has published a plethora of award-winning novels and plays. He also directed a number of films, including two feature films, Iperita (2016) and Khamis 1984 (2019), and two short films, Fakansi (2012) and 2 Faces For One Life (2015), as well as other dramas. Bouzaggou also produced and co-produced many feature and short films, comedy series, dramas, and successful TV Shows, besides writing scripts for more than 15 projects.\r<br/>', '991167304'),
(30, 'After a Successful First Week', 'Between Heaven and Earth to Continue Screening for the Second Week at Zawya Cinema', '2020-12-13', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'After a successful first week in cinemas with multiple full house screenings since its release on December 2, Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth will continue screening for the second week in a row at Zawya cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s premiere was attended by the film\'s director Najwa Najjar, who was a jury member of this year’s edition of Cairo International Film Festival, along with a number of superstars, including Ahmed Magdy, Music Composer Tamer Karawan and DOP Ahmad Al Morsy. Najjar revealed she will attend further screenings of the film during its second week in cinemas to engage with the audience and be part of their interaction with this watching experience.\r<br/>\r<br/>To watch the film’s trailer, head to the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals: London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmo Arab Film Festival, to name a few.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer\r<br/>spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland).\r<br/>MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine\'s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors\' Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>', '1559997949'),
(31, 'Within its Arab World Premiere', 'Under The Concrete Wins Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film at Cairo International Film  Festival', '2020-12-11', 'english-digital.jpg', 'Landing its Arab World Premiere at the 42 nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Lebanese film Under The Concrete by director Roy Arida has won Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film within the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition. The award was handed to the film’s director, Roy Arida, at the Cairo Opera House.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in Beirut, Lebanon, the film follows a series of car bombs that explode across the country, where Alain, a 32-year-old man, decides to turn his back on this deleterious situation to attempt to break the world record of deep diving.\r<br/>\r<br/>Under The Concrete participated in a number of international festivals, including Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon in France and Warsaw International Film Festival. It is also slated to participate in the next edition of Hainan International Film Festival in December.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Roy Arida and produced by Stank, the film stars Alain Najm, Nathalie Japiot, Toufic Khreich, Ralph Choueiri, Elie Lteif, Rony Khoueiry and Roland Najm. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions, while Indie Sales handles its distribution outside the Arab region.\r<br/>\r<br/>Born in Beirut, Roy Arida studied cinema at La Fémis, Paris, in the directing department. In 2009, he made his directorial debut, La Chaleur des Autres ne Rechauffe Pas. Ever since his graduation in 2011 he has been working between Paris and Beirut with an equal interest for both fiction and documentary films. In 2012, he co-founded STANK as a film production company based in France.', '1060250662'),
(32, 'Winner of the Shared Best Arab Film Award and a Special Mention', 'Gaza Mon Amour Reaps Two Awards at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-12-11', 'poster-GAZA-MON-AMOUR+L1-(1).jpg', 'Palestinian film Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser has won a Special Mention and Best Arab Film Award, shared with We Are from There film, at the 42 nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) within the International Competition, where it landed its Arab World Premiere. The film had 3 full-house screenings during the festival, witnessing the attendance of a massive number of public figures and superstars.\r<br/>\r<br/>Landing its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, within Horizons Competition, Gaza Mon Amour has landed its premiere in North America at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it reaped the NETPAC award and was described by the festival’s jury committee as “a heartwarming, thought-provoking and poetic tale of unspoken emotions portraying daily life.”\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour has also previously received the Silver Spike and the Miguel Delibes Award for Best Screenplay at Seminci – Valladolid International Film Festival. The film has also won its star Salim Daw the Best Actor Prize at Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today. Sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities find out about this mysterious treasure, troubles begin for Issa.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. The film was officially selected at the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a France- Germany-Portugal- Palestine-Qatar co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al- Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature-film.\r<br/>', '389409293'),
(33, 'Landing its Arab World Premiere', 'The Short Somali Life on the Horn Wins a Special Mention at Cairo International Film Festival', '2020-12-11', 'loth_poster-w-logo.jpg', 'Landing its Arab world premiere at the 42 nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), the short Somali film Life on The Horn by director Mo Harawe has won a Special Mention, competing within the Cinema of Tomorrow Competition. The award was handed to the film’s director, Mo Harawe at the festival’s closing ceremony that was held Thursday night at the Cairo Opera House.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is a co-production of Somalia, Austria and Germany, and has landed its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival, where it won a Special Mention. Life on the Horn sheds light on the issue of the hazardous nuclear waste being released on Somalia’s shores through the story of a young Somali who follows his daily routine in the face of an existential threat coming from the shores.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Mo Harawe who also co-produced it with Alexander von Piechowski and Deko Adano Ali, Life on the Horn stars Xuseen Abdirisaaq, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed and Faadumo Abshir. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mo Harawe is a Somali director, based in Austria. He kicked off his journey as a director in Austria in 2009. Harawe has joined a number of filmmaking workshops and made five short films that were selected and awarded at several international film festivals. Aside from directing, Mo Harawe is a scriptwriter who wrote several feature-length films including To Mogadishu that won the Dor Film award at the Diagonale in 2016. His new feature film The Village Next to Paradise is now in development.', '1109516572'),
(34, 'One of the World\'s Most Prominent Short Film Festivals', 'Bethlehem 2001 to Compete in Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival', '2020-12-16', 'FB_IMG_1608151065919.jpg', 'The short Palestinian film Bethlehem 2001 by director Ibrahim Handal will compete within the international competition at the 43 rd edition of Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France (January 29- February 6). The festival is recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious short film festivals.\r<br/>\r<br/>Bethlehem 2001 world premiered at Locarno Film Festival and embarked on a tour in the Arab world where it has recently screened at Ajyal Film Festival, Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival and Palestine Cinema Days. \r<br/>\r<br/>A young Palestinian wanders between his current reflections and his childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. He tries to understand how\r<br/>his parents could lead him through those difficult times, hoping that would help him cope with the present time.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Ibrahim Handal, the film stars Muhammad Mughrabi, Yousef AbuShkhaidem, Hind AbuShkhaidem, Tarek Abusalameh and Karam Al-Salaymeh. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.', '457081327'),
(35, 'Winner of 10+ International Awards', 'Argentinian Film Rojo Screens at Zawya Cinema', '2020-12-30', 'Poster-Rojo.jpg', 'Argentinian film Rojo by director Benjamin Naishtat will screen at Zawya Cinema following its extensive tour across international festivals, where it reaped several awards. The film is slated to have three screenings; on Wednesday, December 30 at 7:00 pm, Saturday, January 2 at 7:00 pm and Tuesday, January 7 at 7:00 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in the mid-70s, the film opens with a strange man arriving to a quiet city. Setting in a restaurant, abruptly and out of the blue, he starts shouting insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. Everyone around stands with the lawyer and the man is thrown out of the restaurant. Holding a grudge, later that night the man intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The incident that takes Claudio in a danger-filled journey involving death, secrets and silences.\r<br/>\r<br/>Rojo has previously won 7 awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina; Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Sound and Best Screenplay (Original).  It has also previously landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and participated in a number of international festivals, including Marrakech International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Göteborg Film Festival, Miami Film Festival in USA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, the film stars Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio, and Claudio Martínez Bel. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '685689800'),
(36, 'For a Week at Porto Cairo Cinema', 'Moroccan Film Khamis 1984 Releases in Egyptian Theaters', '2020-12-29', 'Khamis-1984-web-poster.jpg', 'Mohamed Bouzaggou’s Moroccan film Khamis 1984 will release in Egyptian theaters at Porto Cairo Cinema on Wednesday, December 30 at 10:00 AM where it will\r<br/>run for one week. This comes upon the film’s participation in the International Festival of Cinema and Collective Memory (FICMEC) in Nador and Festival National du Film de Tanger in Morocco.\r<br/>\r<br/>Thursday 19 January 1984, the day of riots that resulted in many casualties. Tonight, Khamis is finally ready to share a long-awaited intimate moment with his wife. Suddenly, they’re interrupted by gunshots that ring out in the street, followed by the appearance of unexpected guests at their doorstep; Abbas and Naima. They&#39;re a couple of injured students who&#39;re seeking refuge to survive a police siege, which leads to a series of unforeseen events.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed, written and produced by Mohamed Bouzaggou, the film is a production of Taziri Production Company and stars Mimoun Zanoun, Samira El Maslouhi, Chaimae Allaoui, and Rafik Barrajjal. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab World.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohamed Bouzaggou is a producer, writer and director who has published a plethora of award-winning novels and plays. He also directed a number of films, including two feature films, Iperita (2016) and Khamis 1984 (2019), and two short films, Fakansi (2012) and 2 Faces For One Life (2015), as well as other dramas. Bouzaggou also produced and co-produced many feature and short films, comedy series, dramas, and successful TV Shows, besides writing scripts for more than 15 projects.', '660257431'),
(37, 'For Being Widely Acclaimed by Audience and Critics', 'Between Heaven and Earth to Continue Screening for the Fourth Week at Zawya Cinema', '2020-12-23', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'For being widely acclaimed by audience and critics since its release in the beginning of December, Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will continue screening for the fourth week in a row at Zawya cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>Director Najwa Najjar commented on the film’s commercial success saying: “I am delighted that the film had a successful commercial release, especially that Egyptian audience and Zawya cinema are the ones collaborating to such success. I aspire that the film continues to run in theatres for as long as possible and reach more Arab countries where safety measures are taken amidst Covid 19 spread”.\r<br/>\r<br/>Many critics have praised the film upon its release, including Ken Loach who commented on the film saying: “Intriguing, central performances are touching… a really strong film.”, as well as Hollywood reporter: “Contemporary, fresh eye to the visuals.” and Screen Daily: “Crowd-pleaser”.\r<br/>\r<br/>To watch the film’s trailer, head to the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709\">https://www.facebook.com/betweenheavenandearthfilmbynajwanajjar/posts/3993262407354709</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals: London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmo Arab Film Festival, to name a few.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine&#39;s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors’ Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times\r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, December 23: 12:30 PM-6:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>Thursday, December 24: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, December 25: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday, December 26: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM\r<br/>Sunday, December 27: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>Monday, December 28: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, December 29: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-9:30 PM\r<br/>', '840447780'),
(38, 'After Receiving Massive Audience and Critical Acclaim', 'Between Heaven and Earth to Release on Shahid VIP', '2021-01-03', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar is now available on Shahid VIP. This comes after the massive success of the film following its release in Zawya Cinema in Egypt, where it screened for months. The film is slated to release in further Arab countries soon.\r<br/>\r<br/>Upon its release, the film was praised by several critics, including Ken Loach who commented on the film saying: “Intriguing, central performances are touching… a really strong film.” It was also described by Hollywood Reporter as: “Contemporary, fresh eye to the visuals.”, while Screen Daily’s referred to as: “Crowd-pleaser”.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals: London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmo Arab Film Festival, to name a few.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine&#39;s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors’ Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>', '175205185'),
(39, 'Upon its Commercial Release', 'A Special Screening for Mafkoud at VOX Cinema in Lebanon', '2021-01-03', 'khaled-ayyad--(24)-01.jpg', '-The film Mafkoud by director Bachir Abou Zeid had a special screening on Tuesday night, December 29 at VOX Cinema, Lebanon before it was commercially released in VOX Cinemas as of 31 st of December. The screening witnessed a massive attendance of public and media figures.\r<br/>\r<br/>Upon the film’s release in its production country Lebanon, the film was set to be released in Tunisia, but its release got postponed due to the situation of COVID-19 in Tunisia and the Tunisian Ministry of Culture’s decision to close all cinemas after they were reopened last June.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is slated to release across the other Arab countries in the upcoming period. Recently, Mafkoud won the Best Directorial Debut Film award at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Years after his abduction, missing Sari still remembers small details from the moment he last saw his mother, specifically, her eyes and her words asking him to never look back. Now, jailed for the murder of his friend, Sari pleads his innocence to set off and continue the search for his mother. However, he lacks the evidence that proves he did not commit the crime. Behind these walls, Sari’s encounter will put him on a journey to his past, delving into his deepest memories, and revealing his true identity.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Bachir Abou Zeid, the film stars Ayman Ghali, Natacha Choufani, Julian Farhat and Layal Badaro. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the\r<br/>Arab world. Director/writer Bachir Abou Zeid finished his undergraduate studies at the Lebanese International University and received a Bachelor&#39;s Degree in Communication Arts, with emphasis on Translation and Interpretation. He also graduated from the University of West London with an MA Degree in Filmmaking with an emphasis on Directing. Recently, Bachir Founded Beirut Film Institute, a production company that aims to produce shorts and feature-length films.\r<br/>\r<br/>His short films toured a number of film festivals and were internationally acclaimed. His film, Kalash, which was done as a Master’s Thesis, is a one-shot 30-minute war drama. To date, the film has participated and won awards in more than 15 International film festivals.\r<br/>\r<br/>Throughout the past few years, Bachir worked on short films, his experience in film production includes film production, production designing, writing and directing. Bachir has recently finished working on his upcoming short film Idris, which is directed, written and produced by him. Mafkoud marks his debut feature film.\r<br/>', '905499692');
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(40, 'Starring Hala Shiha', 'The Fantasy Short Film Athel at Al Ain Film Festival in UAE', '2021-01-04', 'athel.JPG', 'The Fantasy Short film Athel by director Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan will participate in the 3 rd Al Ain Film Festival (January 23 – 27). Headlined by Egyptian star Hala Shiha, the film will be screened within the Falcon Emirati Short Film competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al Ain Film Festival is an annual non-profit event that brings together professional filmmakers, promising talents, students and the public from across the UAE. The Festival gives them a chance to watch the latest artistic films and the opportunity to exchange knowledge, share visions, develop cinematic approaches and celebrate the local film industry.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously won three awards, including the Outstanding Achievement Certificate at the Berlin Flash Film Festival in Germany, where it progressed to participate in Berlin International Film Festival as a semifinalist, Gold Remy Award at the WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival in USA and an award from Calcutta International Cult Film Festival in India.\r<br/>\r<br/>Furthermore, Athel was officially selected at many international festivals, namely; the Madrid International Film Festival in Spain, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TNIFF), where the film received an award nomination, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival in Canada, Around International Film Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vienna Independent Film Festival (VIFF), Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Mexico, Rome Independent Prisma Awards\r<br/>in Italy and Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival in Netherlands.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film revolves around Salma, a widely known presenter, who is filming a poetry show about Tarfa, the pre-Islamic poet. With a sand storm disrupting the episode shoot, Salma suddenly finds ahead of something far from reality. The film deals with a new style and subtraction in a light witty drama template, about the story of the famous pre-Islamic poet Tarfa Bin Al-Abd or the “murdered boy” as it became known throughout history, a poet killed at the\r<br/>height of his glory and bewildered many thinkers and intellectuals in relation to his fate.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan, produced by Toaster Productions & Anasy Media, Athel is headlined by renowned Egyptian actress Hala Shiha and Emirati artist Mansour Alfeeli, produced by Afra Almarar and Hayfa Al Haidary and filmed by Alessando Martella. The\r<br/>films is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>In 2007, Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan has founded Anasy Media Productions that has produced a number of cinematic projects that are now available on platforms like iTunes and Virgin Megastore along with other TV series projects. Alyazia also participated in the production of a number of documentaries by Anasy, including “Home of History, Future’s Nation”, “Serat Al Ehsan”, “Common Ground”, “DesertSuperstars”, “The Tainted Veil” and “Nanny Culture”.\r<br/>\r<br/>Anasy also organizes a number of cultural activities, presenting out two award ceremonies with international awards, as well as a documentary club in Abu Dhabi. Besides the media, Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan is an artist who showcases her paintings locally and internationally.\r<br/>', '1325978410'),
(41, 'After a Successful First Week', 'Argentinian Film Rojo to Continue Screening at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-04', 'rojo.jpg', 'After a successful first week in Zawya Cinema since December 30, Argentinian film Rojo by director Benjamin Naishtat continues screening for the second week in a row at Zawya Cinema. The film is slated to have three screening times; on Wednesday, January 6 at 6:30 pm, Saturday, January 9 at 6:30 pm, and Tuesday, January 12 at 6:30 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously had an extensive tour across international festivals, where it won a number of awards, including seven awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina; Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Sound and Best Screenplay (Original). It has also previously landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and participated in a number of international festivals, including Marrakech International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Göteborg Film Festival, Miami Film Festival in USA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in the mid-70s, the film opens with a strange man arriving to a quiet city. Setting in a restaurant, abruptly and out of the blue, he starts shouting insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. Everyone around stands with the lawyer and the man is thrown out of the restaurant. Holding a grudge, later that night the man intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The incident that takes Claudio in a danger-filled journey involving death, secrets and silences.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, the film stars Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio, and Claudio Martínez Bel. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world. ', '1027461319'),
(42, 'For the Fifth Consecutive Week', 'Between Heaven and Earth to Continue Screening at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-05', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will continue screening for the fifth week in a row at Zawya cinema. This comes after the massive success upon the film’s release in Egypt, at the beginning of December.\r<br/>\r<br/> Upon its release, the film was praised by several critics, including Ken Loach who commented on the film saying: “Intriguing, central performances are touching… a really strong film.” It was also described by Hollywood Reporter as: “Contemporary, fresh eye to the visuals.”, while Screen Daily’s referred to as: “Crowd-pleaser”. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence. Also, Between Heaven and Earth took part in a number of prestigious festivals: London Palestine Film Festival, Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Malmo Arab Film Festival, to name a few.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine&#39;s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors’ Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times \r<br/>Wednesday, January 6: 12:30 PM \r<br/>Thursday, January 7: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM \r<br/>Friday, January 8: 3:30 PM-9:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, January 9: 12:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, January 10: 12:30 PM-3:30 PM-6:30 PM \r<br/>Monday, January 11: 6:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, January 12: 3:30 PM', '77890605'),
(43, 'Within the Asian Film Competition', 'Haifa Street and Between Heaven and Earth Take Part in Dhaka International Film Festival', '2021-01-10', 'haifa-street-poster.jpg', 'Haifa Street by Mohanad Hayal and Between Heaven and Earth by Najwa Najjar will compete within the Asian film competition at the Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh (January 16-24). The two films are distributed by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 1992, Dhaka International Film Festival is an annual film festival and one of the most prominent cultural events in Bangladesh, where this year 200 films from across the world will compete.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Haifa Street: \r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad&#39;s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street won eight international award and stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan. The film is produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film&#39;s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times\r<br/>\r<br/>Saturday, January 23, at 7:00 PM-Bangladesh National Museum \r<br/>Sunday, January 24, at 3:00 PM-Shilpakala Academy\r<br/>\r<br/>About Between Heaven and Earth:\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Najwa Najjar, Between Heaven and Earth is now screening for the fifth week in a row at Zawya cinema. The film won Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival where it landed its world premiere; also, it screened within the European Film Market at Berlin International Film Festival. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times\r<br/>\r<br/>Saturday, January 16, at 3:00 PM - Central Public Library Auditorium', '845058763'),
(44, 'To Compete in Tiger Competition', 'Black Medusa World Premieres at International Film Festival Rotterdam', '2021-01-06', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_PICTURE-01.jpg', 'Black Medusa by director Ismaël will world premiere at the 50 th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (February 1-7) where the film will compete at the festival’s prestigious Tiger Competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>Due to the COVID-19 spread, the 50 th edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam will be held in an extended format in 2021 on two parts. The first part will be held in February with minimal attendance, while the second will be launched during June. International Film Festival Rotterdam is the oldest and most prominent film festival in Europe.\r<br/>\r<br/>In today’s Tunis, Nada is hard of hearing and communicates through a smartphone app. The 25 years old young woman leads a double life: lonely and boring during the day, violent and extreme during the night. This highly ritualized life is going to shatter the day she falls in love with an old knife, and a colleague of hers - Noura - falls in love with her. The film is a Medusa myth-inspired film noir in the #MeToo era.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and edited by Ismaël who co-wrote the film Youssef Chebbi, Black Medusa stars Nour Hajri, Rym Hayouni, Aymen Ben Hmida and Aymen Mejri and is produced by Utopia films. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Ismaël is a multitalented filmmaker, visual artist and writer. He directed the feature documentary Babylon that won Grand Prix at the International Film Festival Marseille and the short narrative Leila’s Blues that premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, 2018. Also, he produced the feature narrative The last of us, which nabbed Lion of the Future at the Venice International Film Festival.', '1403396706'),
(45, '', 'Argentinian Film Rojo to Continue Screening for Third Week at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-11', 'rojo.jpg', 'Argentinian film Rojo by director Benjamin Naishtat continues screening for the third week in a row at Zawya Cinema. . The film is slated to have two screening times; on Thursday, January 14 at 6:30 pm, and Sunday, January 17 at 6:30 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously had an extensive tour across international festivals, where it won a number of awards, including seven awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina; Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Sound and Best Screenplay (Original). It has also previously landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in the mid-70s, the film opens with a strange man arriving to a quiet city. Setting in a restaurant, abruptly and out of the blue, he starts shouting insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. Everyone around stands with the lawyer and the man is thrown out of the restaurant. Holding a grudge, later that night the man intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The incident that takes Claudio in a danger-filled journey involving death, secrets and silences.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, the film stars Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio, and Claudio Martínez Bel. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.', '284699630'),
(46, 'Screening at Cinema Akil', 'Between Heaven and Earth and Give Up the Ghost Participates in Reel Palestine in UAE', '2021-01-10', 'bhae-giveup.jpg', 'Feature film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will open the 7 th Reel Palestine Film Festival (January 22-30) in the UAE, while short film Give Up the Ghost by director Zain Duraie takes part in the same edition this year. The two films are distributed by MAD Solutions and slated to screen at Cinema Akil.\r<br/>\r<br/>Reel Palestine is an annual film festival showing a selection of alternative Palestinian films in the UAE at Warehouse 421 in Abu Dhabi and Cinema Akil. The independent cinema platform brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Between Heaven and Earth:\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, Between Heaven and Earth is currently at Zawya Cinema for the fifth week in a row. The film has previously won Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, where it landed its world premiere and screened in the Official Competition. It has also been screened as part of the European Film Market (EFM) that is held within the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times:\r<br/>\r<br/>Friday, January 22 at 7:00 pm (Festival Opener)\r<br/>Sunday, January 24 at 9:30pm\r<br/>Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 pm\r<br/>Friday, January 29 at 9:30 pm\r<br/>Saturday, January 30 at 9:30 pm\r<br/>\r<br/>About Give Up the Ghost:\r<br/>\r<br/>Give up the Ghost tells the story of Salam whose dreams of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously won the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Palm Springs International ShortFest, El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short Film and the Jury Award at the Indian World Film Festival. Written and directed by Zain Duraie and produced by Tabi360 (Alaa Alasad), the\r<br/>\r<br/>film brings together Maria Zurek and Zaid Bakri in the leading roles and is shot by DOP Benoit Chamaillard. MAD Solutions handles the film&#39;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times:\r<br/>\r<br/>Monday, January 25 at 7:00 pm\r<br/>Wednesday, January 27 at 9:30 pm', '1893687338'),
(47, '', 'Between Heaven and Earth Continues Screening at Zawya Cinema for the Sixth Consecutive  Week', '2021-01-12', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will continue screening for the sixth week in a row at Zawya Cinema. This comes after the massive success upon the film’s release in Egypt, at the beginning of December, 2020.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of Between Heaven and Earth at Zawya Cinema\r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, January 13, 3:30 PM\r<br/>Thursday, January 14, 12:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, January 15, 9:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday, January 16, 12:30 PM\r<br/>Monday, January 18, 12:30 PM ', '947499479'),
(48, 'Winner of International Awards', 'Mexican Film The Good Girls to Release at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-12', 'the-good-girls.jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella, will release at Zawya cinema where it will have three screenings during the following week. This comes after the film has taken part in several international festivals garnering prestigious awards. The first screening at Zawya cinema will take place on Wednesday, January 14, at 7:00 PM, while the second screening will be on Saturday, January 16, at 7:00 PM and the third will take place on Tuesday, January 19, at 7:00 PM.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at Malaga Film Festival. Additionally it took part in a number of international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival and Hong-Kong Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán.\r<br/>\r<br/>Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature. ', '592627261'),
(49, 'For the Second Week in a Row', 'Mexican Film The Good Girls to Continue Screening at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-17', 'the-good-girls.jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella, will continue screening for the second week in a row at Zawya cinema where it will have five screenings during the following week. This comes after the film’s great success during the first week. It’s worth mentioning that The Good Girls has taken part in several international festivals garnering prestigious awards. \r<br/>        \r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at Malaga Film Festival. Additionally it took part in a number of international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival and Hong-Kong Film Festival. \r<br/>           \r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/> Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of The Good Girls at Zawya Cinema\r<br/>Wednesday, January 20, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Thursday, January 21, 3:30 PM \r<br/>Friday, January 22, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, January 23, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 PM \r<br/>', '1128133217'),
(50, 'For the Fourth Week in a Raw', 'Argentinian Film Rojo to Continue Screening at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-01-17', 'Rojo-poster.jpg', 'After a successful three-week long screening, Argentinian film Rojo by director Benjamin Naishtat continues screening for the fourth week in a raw at Zawya Cinema. The film is slated to have five screening times following its in-demand status among audiences. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously had an extensive tour across international festivals, where it won a number of awards, including seven awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina; Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Sound and Best Screenplay (Original).  It has also previously landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and participated in a number of international festivals, including Marrakech International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Göteborg Film Festival, Miami Film Festival in USA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in the mid-70s, the film opens with a strange man arriving to a quiet city. Setting in a restaurant, abruptly and out of the blue, he starts shouting insulting Claudio, a renowned lawyer. Everyone around stands with the lawyer and the man is thrown out of the restaurant. Holding a grudge, later that night the man intercepts Claudio and his wife Susana. The incident that takes Claudio in a danger-filled journey involving death, secrets and silences.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, the film stars Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio, and Claudio Martínez Bel. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Rojo’s Screening Times at Zawya:\r<br/>Thursday, January 21 at 6:30 pm \r<br/>Saturday, January 23 at 9:30 pm\r<br/>Sunday, January 24 at 6:30 pm\r<br/>Monday, January 25 at 9:30 pm\r<br/>Tuesday, January 26 at 3:30 pm\r<br/>', '2026203502'),
(51, 'Marking the Film\'s First Commercial Release in the Arab World', 'Afghan Film The Orphanage Releases at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-25', 'the-orphanage.jpg', 'Afghan film The Orphanage by director Shahrbanoo Sadat will release at Zawya Cinema in Cairo as of Wednesday, January 27, where it will have five screenings during the upcoming week, marking its first official release in the Arab world. This comes after the film had a screening at the Palestine Cinema Days. \r<br/>          \r<br/>The film will screen on Wednesday, January 27, at 6:30 PM; Friday, January 29, at 9:30 PM; Saturday, January 30, at 6:30 PM; Monday, February 1, at 3:30 PM and Tuesday, February 2, at 6:30 PM. \r<br/>\r<br/>In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police brings him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival within the Directors\' Fortnight section, and nabbed the Golden Puffin: Best Film at Reykjavík International Film Festival. Also, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including: Munich International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Film Festival Cologne, Palm Springs International Film, London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Melbourne International Film Festival and Brussels International Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat, The Orphanage is inspired by the diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who stars in it alongside Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji, Hasibullah Rasooli and Anwar Hashimi. The film is produced by Katja Adomeit and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. \r<br/>\r<br/>Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, marking Shahr - 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected. After six years, the film won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight in 2016. \r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage marks Shahrbanoo\'s second feature film after Wolf and Sheep, which both come as part of a planned pentalogy; five films based on the unpublished autobiography of Anwar Hashimi. The film was presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.\r<br/>', '1814096892'),
(52, '', 'Give Up the Ghost Screens within Women and Youth Film Festival in Palestine, on January 27', '2021-01-25', 'give-up.jpg', 'Give Up the Ghost by director Zain Duraie will screen on Wednesday, January 27, within the 9th edition of Women and Youth Film Festival in Palestine, which is organized by Community Media Center. \r<br/>      \r<br/>Give up the Ghost tells the story of Salam whose dreams of becoming a mother shatters when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband.  The film won Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the Palm Springs International Short Festival, El Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short at the El Gouna Film Festival and Jury award at the Indian World Film Festival.\r<br/>     \r<br/>Written and directed by Zain Duraie and produced by Tabi360 (Alaa Alasad), the film is headlined by Maria Zurek and Zaid Bakri, and is shot by DOP Benoit Chamaillard. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '2196544'),
(53, 'Continuing its Tour across the Arab World', 'Between Heaven and Earth Releases at Cinema Akil, UAE', '2021-01-24', 'BHAE-poster.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will release at Cinema Akil, UAE, where it will screen for three consecutive weeks, starting from the closing ceremony of ReelPalestine festival on January 30 to February 18. The UAE marks the second Arab country, following Egypt, where the film will be released. Furthermore, the film’s release in Egypt, at Zawya cinema, was a great success that lasted for over a month.\r<br/>          \r<br/>Cinema Akil is an independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE. Showcasing various masterpieces across the decades, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and cinematic arts.\r<br/>            \r<br/>Between Heaven and Earth has been selected to compete for the Golden Globe Awards and the European Film Awards. The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival and Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence.\r<br/>\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian writer/director. She received her BA in Political Science and Economy, and her MA in Film and Video Production (USA). Since 2000, she has worked on both documentary and feature films. In 2009, she directed her award-winning critically acclaimed debut feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), followed by her second award winning film: Eyes of a Thief (2014), which earned the award for Best Actor at the Cairo International Film Festival and was Palestine\'s official submission for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film category in 2015 and the Golden Globe Awards. Between Heaven and Earth is her latest project.\r<br/>\r<br/>Najwa has also given several Directors’ Masterclasses and was on several international film festival Juries, as well as a reader for the Rawi Sundance Lab for Arab scriptwriters and an advisor for the Rawi Sundance Scriptwriters’ Lab. In 2020, she received an invitation to join the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. \r<br/>\r<br/>Between Heaven and Earth’s Screening Times at Cinema Akil \r<br/>\r<br/> Saturday, January 30, 9:30 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, February 2, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>February, February 3, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Thursday, February 4, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/> Friday, February 5, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, February 9, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Wednesday, February 10, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Thursday, February 11, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Friday, February 12, 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, February 16, 7:00 pm, 9:30 PM\r<br/>Wednesday, February 17, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Thursday, February 18, 7:00 PM, 9:30 PM \r<br/>', '842696362'),
(54, 'For the Third Week in a Row ', 'Mexican Film The Good Girls Continues Screening at Zawya Cinema', '2021-01-24', 'the-good-girls.jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella will continue screening for the third week in a row at Zawya cinema where it will have six screenings through the week. This comes after the film’s great success and following its participation at international festivals where it won several awards. \r<br/>        \r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at the Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at the Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Malaga Film Festival. Additionally, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, and Hong-Kong Film Festival. \r<br/>           \r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>         \r<br/>Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of The Good Girls at Zawya Cinema\r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, January 27, 9:30 PM\r<br/>Thursday, January 28, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Friday, January 29, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, January 30, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, January 31, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Monday, February 2, 9:30 PM \r<br/>', '1059902978'),
(55, '', 'Italian Film A Ciabmra Screens at Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema on Saturday, January 23', '2021-01-20', 'A-Ciambra-poster.jpg', 'Director Jonas Carpignano’s Italian film A Ciabmra will screen at the Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema on Saturday, January 23 at 6:30 pm. In the light of Coronavirus pandemic, the film’s screening will be held with 50% attendance capacity, taking all precautions needed to ensure safety. The screening will take place at the festival’s headquarters in Sherif St., Downtown, Cairo, and entrance will be made for free.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra is a co-production of Italy, France, USA and Sweden and landed its world premiere at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, as part of its Directors\' Fortnight section. Moreover, it was Italy\'s Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2018 Academy Awards.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in a small Romani community in Calabria, A Ciambra follows Pio, a 14-year-old brat who is desperate to grow up fast. He follows his older brother, Cosimo, everywhere. When he disappears, Pio sets out to prove he\'s ready to step into his big brother\'s shoes. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab World.\r<br/>', '1475185561'),
(56, 'Marking its World Premiere in Germany ', 'Jordanian Short Film Tala\'vision Nabs Jury and Audience Awards at Max Ophuls Film Festival', '2021-01-27', 'tala-vision-tv.jpg', 'Marking the first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at Max Ophuls Film Festival in Germany, Tala\'vision by Jordanian director Murad Abu Eisheh nabbed jury and audience awards during the 42nd Max Ophuls Film Festival that concluded its events on January 24, 2021. The film landed its world premiere at the same festival. \r<br/>           \r<br/>The jury panel commented on the film, saying: “With Tala\'vision, the director Murad Abu Eisheh has created a film of the greatest poetry...Through Philip Henze\'s sensitive camera work, the audience is always at eye level with the impressive young actress Aesha Balasem and we immediately sense the childlike, innocent desire for her television. In only 28 minutes, the director creates a convincing drama in which the irrepressible longing for freedom and, above all, normality continues for a long time.” \r<br/>\r<br/>Tala\'vision won First Steps Award and the Michael Ballhaus Prize, for Best Camera Work. The film was granted by The Jordan Film Fund in its fourth cycle (2019). Also, it was selected by the jury of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to take part within Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. \r<br/>         \r<br/>The eight-year-old Tala lives within a war-torn reality. She finds her solace and salvation in a banned television, which turns later to a matter of life and death. Directed by Murad Abu Eisheh, Tala\'vision stars Aesha Balasem, Ziad Bakri and Khalid Al Tarifi, is shot by Philip Henze and produced by Philipp Raube, Esther Busch, Gabriel Waldvogel and Jude Kawwa. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>Born in Amman, Jordan 1992.  Murad earned his bachelor degree in communication design with a focus on filmmaking from the German Jordanian University - Jordan in 2014. Following his graduation, he immersed himself deeper in his filmmaking journey and directed several short films. Later on he directed some PSA\'s and commercials for the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan. In 2016, Murad moved to Germany and enrolled in Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg to complete his directing studies, since then his films have been selected and screened at several respected German and international film festivals for upcoming talents.\r<br/>\r<br/>Besides his life in the academia and filmmaking, Murad is the founder and coordinator for \"Follow The Nile\" of the Robert Bosch Stiftung.\r<br/>', '1926058371'),
(57, '', 'The fantasy short film Athel wins Best Film Award  at Al Ain Film Festival 2021', '2021-01-31', 'athel-award-alain.jpg', 'Concluding its five days screening activities, Bassam Al Zawoudi, head of the Gulf Falcon Competition Committee at Al Ain Film Festival 2021, announced on Wednesday evening during the awards ceremony that the Emirati fantasy short film Athel won the Best Film Award in the “Falcon Emirati Short Film” competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>Distributed by Mad Solutions, Athel was produced by Toaster Productions and Anasy Media, directed by Alyazia Bint Nahyan, starring the Egyptian actress Hala Shiha, the veteran Emirati artist Mansour Alfeeli, the British actor Keith Dallison, the young actors Ahmed Al Hosani and Haydar Al Lami, producers Afra Al-Marar and Haifa Al-Haidari, and filmed by Alex Martella.\r<br/>\r<br/>Based on the long-forgotten story and rumours of the short-lived life of the pre-Islamic Arabian poet, Tarfa Ibn Al-Abd or historically known in the world of literature as “the murdered boy”, Sheikha Alyazia Bint Nahyan steps into the shoes of directing, driven by the wish to gain insights on the untimely death of the poet and finding the truth behind the rumours. \r<br/>\r<br/>With a new style and subtraction in a light witty drama template, the events of the film revolve around Tarfa the poet and a present-day presenter Salma, preoccupied with filming an episode of her poetry show. Soon enough, she discovers that fate hides something far from reality, changing the course of the story.\r<br/>\r<br/>Currently touring numerous international film festivals, Athel won various awards and trophies like the Platinum Award for Best Fantasy Short @ the Independent Short Awards in Los Angeles – USA, the Gold Remi Awards @ the WorldFest-Huston International Film Festival in USA, Finalist @ ARFF Amsterdam 2020 International Awards in Netherlands, Finalist & Nominated for the Viewer’s Choice Award @ Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival in Canada,  Award Winner @ Calcutta International Cult Film Festival in India, Outstanding Achievement Certificate @ Berlin Flash Film Festival in Germany, as well as being Officially Selected at Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Mexico, Rome Independent Prisma Awards in Italy, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival in Canada, Madrid Film Festival in Spain, the 38th season of Cult Critic Movie Awards 2021 in India, VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival in Austria, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival in Netherlands and at the Bridges International Film Festival in Loutraki-Corinthia, Greece.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film seeks to highlight the need to follow the truth behind every rumour, with the conclusion at the end: “Not everything you hear, must be believed, seek for the truth”\r<br/>His story portrayed by the characters is somehow relevant to our current times, when rumours can simply destroy someone’s life, just like it did to Tarfa. Searching for answers will eventually enlighten us and bring us to the truth of the matter. \r<br/>\r<br/>History & Background:\r<br/>Tarafah Ibn Al Abd\r<br/>A pre-Islamic poet, author of the longest of the seven odes in the much-celebrated collection of pre-Islamic poetry Al Muallaqat (the suspended poems). Despite his young age, he was able to excel over great poets. Life hasn’t granted him but twenty-six years that were eventful and troublesome. His life was full of pleasures, adventures and revels, but on the other hand, he suffered from poverty and deprivation in his early life. Moreover, he suffered injustice from his family and closest relatives and friends. He was solitary and an outcast and deep inside he felt extreme desolation, spatially, temporarily, psychologically and socially. He secluded himself and created an inner world reflected in writing great poems that were so eloquent and well-structured that masters of language and style recognized and hanged them up inside the Kaaba. His poetry was rich in wisdom, pride, flirt and satire.\r<br/>\r<br/>Tarafah was rebellious, audacious, strong, benevolent, honest, brave and adventurous, one of the Arab stars of poetry in the pre-Islamic era of the first class of poets. Born in the historic territory of Bahrain, one of the most important poets of the famous pendants in the history of ancient Arabic literature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mansour Alfeeli\r<br/>Emirati actor Mansoor Alfeeli started his career in the theatre in 1978. He later turned to television, radio and cinema, working on various projects, latest one is the hit film Shabab Sheyab.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hala Shiha \r<br/>Hala Shiha is an Egyptian actress best known for portraying the main roles in The Ladder and Snake and Lost in America. The much admired and widely known actress return to cinema was well received by audiences and industry figures alike.\r<br/>', '607234880'),
(58, 'After the Massive Turnout during its Release in Cinemas ', 'The Good Girls Continues Screening for the Fourth Consecutive Week at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-01-31', 'the-good-girls-(1).jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella will continue screening for the fourth week in a row at Zawya cinema, starting from February 3 to February 9. This comes after the film’s massive turnout during its screening in the cinema, following its participation at international festivals where it won several awards. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at the Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at the Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Malaga Film Festival. Additionally, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, and Hong-Kong Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of The Good Girls at Zawya Cinema\r<br/>Wednesday, February 3, 6:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, February 5, 3:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, February 6, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, February 7, 3:30 PM \r<br/>Monday, February 8, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, February 9, 9:30 PM \r<br/>', '1844010720');
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(59, '', 'Afghan Film The Orphanage Continues Screening at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-02-01', 'The-Orphanage-poster.jpg', 'Afghan film The Orphanage by director Shahrbanoo Sadat will continue screening at Zawya Cinema after the massive turnout during its first week. The film will have four screenings during the upcoming week, starting from Wednesday, February 3, to Tuesday, February 9. \r<br/>         \r<br/> The film will screen on Wednesday, February 3, at 9:30 PM; Thursday, February 4, at 3:30 PM; Sunday, February 7, at 9:30 PM, and Monday, February 8, at 3:30 PM.\r<br/>  \r<br/>In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police brings him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival within the Directors\' Fortnight section, and nabbed the Golden Puffin: Best Film at Reykjavík International Film Festival. Also, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including: Munich International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Film Festival Cologne, Palm Springs International Film, London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Melbourne International Film Festival and Brussels International Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat, The Orphanage is inspired by the diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who stars in it alongside Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji, Hasibullah Rasooli and Anwar Hashimi. The film is produced by Katja Adomeit and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. \r<br/>\r<br/>Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, marking Shahr - 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected. After six years, the film won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight in 2016. \r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage marks Shahrbanoo\'s second feature film after Wolf and Sheep, which both come as part of a planned pentalogy; five films based on the unpublished autobiography of Anwar Hashimi. The film was presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.\r<br/>', '41982990'),
(60, '', 'Sudanese Film Al-Sit Lands its International Premiere at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France', '2021-02-03', 'Al-Sit_Poster_Logos.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani has landed its international premiere at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France (January 29 – February 6)  on Monday, February 2.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '73450474'),
(61, '', 'Saudi Short Silah Lands International Premiere at Tampere Film Festival in Finland', '2021-02-03', 'silah-poster.jpg', 'Short Saudi film Silah by director Hussam Alhulwah is slated to land its international premiere at Tampere Film Festival in Finland (March 10-15). The film has previously landed its world premiere at Saudi Film Festival, where it won Golden Palm for Best Director Award.\r<br/>\r<br/>Held every year in March at the city of Tempere in Finland, Tampere Film Festival is one of Europe’s most prominent short film festivals. This year’s edition boasts around 250 films, where most of the screenings will be available on the Festhome TV platform from 10th to 21st of March.\r<br/>\r<br/>Khaled and his father represent two very different generations of contemporary Saudi society. When Khaled’s mother is hospitalized, the two start to find themselves physically closer than usual, but at the same time never further apart emotionally. With so little in common, Khaled’s father becomes fixated on his son’s religious obligations which only deepens their disconnection.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Hussam Alhulwah, the film stars Nasser Alrubiaan and Mohammed Alyaya, and is produced by Mohammed Alhamoud and Hussam Alhulwah. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hussam Alhulwah is a writer, director and producer whose early work contributed to a Saudi film movement formed around film festivals of neighbouring countries a decade before cinemas were opened locally. Through the Talashi Film collective, he made three shorts including Return (2010) which won Best Script in the Gulf Film Festival. Hussam wrote, produced and directed TV movies for MBC and Saudi TV. His recent short Silah won Best Director in the 5th Saudi Film Festival. He served as a juror at the 3rd Saudi Film Festival & the 2017 Colors of Saudi Film Competition.\r<br/>', '1045447344'),
(62, '', 'Sudanese Film Al-Sit at the International Competition within Tampere Film Festival in Finland', '2021-02-03', 'al-sit-poster.png', 'Sudanese film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani competes within the international competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland (March 10-15). This comes a few days following the film’s international premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France.\r<br/>\r<br/>Held every year in March at the city of Tempere in Finland, Tampere Film Festival is one of Europe’s most prominent short film festivals. This year’s edition boasts around 250 films, where most of the screenings will be available on the Festhome TV platform from 10th to 21st of March.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '418245709'),
(63, 'Winner of 15 International Awards', 'Song Without a Name Screens at Zawya Cinema as of Wednesday, February 10', '2021-02-08', 'song-without-a-name.jpg', 'Peruvian feature film Song Without a Name by director Melina León, which previously won 15 international awards, will screen at Zawya Cinema, Downtown, as of Wednesday, February 10, where it is slated to have six screenings.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times:\r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, February 10 at 6:30 pm\r<br/>Friday, February 12 at 3:30 pm\r<br/>Saturday, February 13 at 6:30 pm\r<br/>Sunday, February 14 at 9:30 pm\r<br/>Monday, February 15 at 3:30 pm\r<br/>Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30 pm\r<br/>\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is based on a true story in Peru at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Song Without a Name screened at many international film festivals, winning 15 awards, including the CineVision Award at the Munich International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and a Jury Special Mention for Best Innovative Film at the Nouveau Cinema Montreal Film Festival, !nspired Award for Best Film at the !F Istanbul International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Mention for Best Film at the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival. The film landed its world premiere at the Directors Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Melina León who co-wrote it with Michael J. White, Song Without a Name stars Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Pàrraga and Lucio Rojas. The film is produced by La Vida Misma Films and co-produced by MGC, La Mula Producciones and Bord Cadre Films. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. She studied film and video at the University of Lima and studied film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili (Lili\'s Paradise), was officially premiered at the New York Film Festival and has been selected at more than 20 international festivals, winning 11 awards, including the Best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Her debut feature Canción Sin Nombre (Song Without a Name) won the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and the support program for co-production by Ibermedia.\r<br/>', '235145659'),
(64, 'After the Massive Turnout during its Release in Cinemas', 'The Good Girls Continues Screening for the Second Consecutive Month at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-02-09', 'the-good-girls.jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella will continue screening for the second month in a row at Zawya cinema, starting from February 10 to February 16. This comes after the film’s massive turnout during its screening in the cinema, following its participation at international festivals where it won several awards. \r<br/>        \r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at the Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at the Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Malaga Film Festival. Additionally, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, and Hong-Kong Film Festival. \r<br/>           \r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>        \r<br/>Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of The Good Girls at Zawya Cinema\r<br/>Thursday, February 10, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, February 13, 9:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, February 14, 3:30 PM \r<br/>Monday, February 15, 6:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, February 16, 9:30 PM \r<br/>', '1656752702'),
(65, 'Marking Its First International Award ', 'Al-Sit Film Receives Canal+/Ciné+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival', '2021-02-08', 'al-sit-poster.jpg', 'Sudanese film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani received the Canal+/Cine+ Award, presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema, within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where it landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '616969525'),
(66, 'For the Third Week in a Raw', 'Peruvian feature film Song Without a Name Continues Screening at Zawya Cinema', '2021-02-15', 'song-without-name-poster.jpg', 'Peruvian feature film Song Without a Name by director Melina León will continue screening for the third week in a row at Zawya cinema, where it started its schedule for  screenings last week, on February 10. The film is slated to have three screenings through the week; on Wednesday, February 17 at 6:30 pm, Thursday, February 18 at 9:30 pm, and Sunday, February 21 at 9:30 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is based on a true story in Peru at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation.\r<br/>\r<br/>Song Without a Name screened at many international film festivals, winning 15 awards, including the CineVision Award at the Munich International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and a Jury Special Mention for Best Innovative Film at the Nouveau Cinema Montreal Film Festival, !nspired Award for Best Film at the !F Istanbul International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Mention for Best Film at the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival. The film landed its world premiere at the Directors Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Melina León who co-wrote it with Michael J. White, Song Without a Name stars Pamela Mendoza, Tommy Pàrraga and Lucio Rojas. The film is produced by La Vida Misma Films and co-produced by MGC, La Mula Producciones and Bord Cadre Films. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York. She studied film and video at the University of Lima and studied film directing at Columbia University. Her short film El Paraíso de Lili (Lili\'s Paradise), was officially premiered at the New York Film Festival and has been selected at more than 20 international festivals, winning 11 awards, including the Best Latin American short film at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Her debut feature Canción Sin Nombre (Song Without a Name) won the national feature film competition by the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the fund for production by the Jerome Foundation and the support program for co-production by Ibermedia.\r<br/>\r<br/>', '1150809084'),
(67, '', 'The Good Girls Continues Screening for the Six Consecutive Week at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-02-15', 'the-good-girls.jpg', 'Mexican film The Good Girls by director Alejandra Márquez Abella will continue screening for the six week in a row at Zawya cinema, starting from February 17 to February 23. This comes after the film’s massive turnout during its screening in the cinema, following its participation at international festivals where it won several awards. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film will have three screenings during this week, which will be on Wednesday, February 17, at 12:30 PM; Saturday, February 20, at 12:30 PM and Tuesday, February 23, at 9:30 PM. \r<br/>        \r<br/>The film has garnered a number of prestigious awards, including Grand Prix for Best Film at the Fribourg Film Festival, Audience Award at the Macao International Film Festival and Best Latin American Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the Malaga Film Festival. Additionally, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Roma International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Morelia International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, and Hong-Kong Film Festival. \r<br/>           \r<br/>The always charming, perfect and spoiled Sofia, the queen bee of her group of friends, faces the unimaginable, her social decay. It’s 1982 and a big economic crisis is hitting Mexico. Sofia will have to maintain the appearances but her fall not only will be inevitable, it will also acknowledge what is lost when the money is gone. Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, who co-wrote it with Monika Revilla, The Good Girls stars Ilse Salas, Cassandra Cinagherotti and Paulina Gaitán. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>         \r<br/>Alejandra Márquez Abella was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and raised in Mexico City. She studied filmmaking at Centre d’Estudis Cinematographics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her short 5 Memories was exhibited in over 140 festivals around the world. Semana santa (2015), her first feature, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and visited festivals such as South by Southwest and Karlovy Vary. The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien) is her second feature.\r<br/>', '1361096025'),
(68, '', 'Afghan Film The Orphanage Continues Screening For the Fourth Week at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-02-15', 'The-Orphanage-poster-(3).jpg', 'Afghan film The Orphanage by director Shahrbanoo Sadat will continue screening at Zawya Cinema for the fourth consecutive week after the massive turnout during previous weeks. The film will have two screenings during this week: Wednesday, February 17, at 9:30 PM and Friday, February 19, at 9:30 PM. \r<br/>\r<br/>In the late 1980s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself into some of his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police brings him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival within the Directors\' Fortnight section, and nabbed the Golden Puffin: Best Film at Reykjavík International Film Festival. Also, it took part in a number of international film festivals, including: Munich International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Film Festival Cologne, Palm Springs International Film, London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Melbourne International Film Festival and Brussels International Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Shahrbanoo Sadat, The Orphanage is inspired by the diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who stars in it alongside Qodratollah Qadiri, Sediqa Rasuli, Masihullah Feraji, Hasibullah Rasooli and Anwar Hashimi. The film is produced by Katja Adomeit and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. \r<br/>\r<br/>Shahrbanoo Sadat is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010, marking Shahr - 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected. After six years, the film won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight in 2016. \r<br/>\r<br/>The Orphanage marks Shahrbanoo\'s second feature film after Wolf and Sheep, which both come as part of a planned pentalogy; five films based on the unpublished autobiography of Anwar Hashimi. The film was presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.\r<br/>', '1052561351'),
(69, 'Winner of 5 International Awards', 'A Special Screening for Asian Film Nina Wu at Zawya Cinema on Saturday, February 20', '2021-02-18', 'NinaWu.jpg', 'Asian film Nina Wu by director Midi Z will have a special screening with Arabic and English subtitles at Zawya Cinema on Saturday, February 20 at 7:00 pm. This comes after the film’s great success and following its participation at dozens of international festivals, where it won five awards. The film was also praised by a number of international newspapers and news sites, where it was described as a \"fascinating\" and \"stylish\" film by Variety, and \"an unflinching portrait\" by The Hollywood Reporter.\r<br/> \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival within the Uncertain Regard section, and has previously won several awards, including the Best Sound Effects at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan, Audience Choice Award at the Malaysia Golden Global Awards, Special Mention at the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Best Sound Effects at the Taipei International Film Festival, and Best Screenplay at the To Ten Chinese Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>After eight years toiling in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. On the brink of triumph, though, Nina’s psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes back to her family home to deal with two crises: her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her mother has suffered a heart attack.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s director Midi Z says, “We have heard numerous inspiring tales in the world. In an encouraging story like those, the protagonist always manages to overcome all the ordeals in the end and enjoys the fruit of his hard work. However, in reality, some people suffer endless hardships all their lives. The gender, sexuality and family backgrounds they were born with leave them much fewer choices than others. The restriction on the choices they can make brings them countless obstacles, which they spend all their lifetime fighting against and they might be defeated in the end. For me, Nina Wu, is more than a story about the #Me Too movement.  It depicts all the women who have been fighting bravely against the deeply rooted unfairness and restrains put on them in the workplace.”\r<br/>\r<br/>Nina Wu is directed by Midi Z, who has co-written it with the film’s writer and star WU Ke-xi, and stars SUNG Yu-hua, Kimi Hsia, and Shih Ming-Shuai. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>Midi Z studied Design and Art before obtaining a master’s degree from the National Taiwan University of Technology and Science. In 2011, he directed his debut feature Return to Burma that was nominated for the Busan New Currents and Rotterdam Tiger Competitions. In 2014, his film Ice Poison won Best International Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival and represented Taiwan at Foreign Language Oscars. In 2016, The Road to Mandalay won Best Feature Film FEDEORA Award at the Venice Film Festival. Nina Wu marks Midi’s latest film. \r<br/>', '1144953015'),
(70, '', 'Love, Theft, and Other Entanglements Screens at the Tunisian Film Library on Feb 20 & 26 ', '2021-02-18', 'Love,-Theft.jpg', 'Palestinian film Love, Theft, and Other Entanglements, by director Muayad Alayan, will screen at the Tunisian Film Library on Saturday, February 20, and Friday, February 26. \r<br/>        \r<br/>Shot in black and white, Love, Theft and Other Entanglements follows a Palestinian car thief who gets into the trouble of his life when he steals the wrong car. What he thought was an Israeli car and an easy way to make money turns out to be a load of misfortune when he discovers a kidnapped Israeli soldier in the trunk.\r<br/>\r<br/>Love, Theft and Other Entanglements is director Muayad Alayan\'s debut feature film. He is also the Director of Photography of the film, which was co-written and co-produced with Rami Alayan through PalCine Productions. The film stars Sami Metwasi, Maya Abu Alhayyat, Ramzi Maqdisi, Riyad Sliman, Kamel Elbasha and Hussein Nakhleh with MAD Solutions handling the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '1335016310'),
(71, '', 'Moroccan Film The Morphine Melody Screens at Cinema Al Kindi in Syria', '2021-02-25', 'The-Morphine-Melody-poster.jpg', 'Moroccan film The Morphine Melody by director Hicham Amal will screen at Cinema Al Kindi in Syria on Friday, February 26. The screening comes as part of the film’s tour across the Arab region, where it has previously landed its world premiere at the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival, within Horizons of Arab Cinema competition.\r<br/>     \r<br/>The Morphine Melody follows Saïd Ettayer, a talented and a well- known violinist who lost his memory in a car accident. He gradually starts to remember all his memories and he gets back to his normal life after a few days. However, months later, he realizes that he cannot remember how he used to create music.\r<br/>              \r<br/>Written, directed and edited by Hicham Amal, the film is produced by Caravan Chergui Productions and features an all-Moroccan cast including, Hicham Bahloul, Yasmina Bennani, Hassan Badida and Abdellan BenSaid. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>             \r<br/>Hicham Amal is a Moroccan director and scriptwriter. He kick started his career as a scriptwriter in Morocco\'s first and second national television channels where he worked on several TV scripts. In 2016, He finished his award-winning feature debut The Morphine Melody, which received Best Editing and Best First Feature Film awards at the Moroccan National Film Festival in Tangier, Morocco, and was selected to compete within Muhr Awards Programme at the Dubai International Film Festival. A remake of The Morphine Melody has been released in 2020. \r<br/>', '114301695'),
(72, '', 'The Giraffe Screens at the Tunisian Film Library on Tuesday, March 2', '2021-03-01', 'the-giraffe-poster.jpg', 'The Giraffe by Director Ahmed Magdy is slated to screen at the Tunisian Film Library on Tuesday, March 2, at 4:00 pm (GMT +1).\r<br/>The Giraffe has landed its world premiere at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. Through the streets of the city that are void of all but its ghosts, Ahmed is lost and depleted of faith. Tonight, he must save a girl he doesn\'t know who is in a lot of trouble. He finds himself involved with an eccentric group of young people lead by an enigmatic girl who is trying to uncover the mystery behind the Giraffe hidden at the zoo.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Ahmed Magdy, The Giraffe stars Amr Hosny, Shaza Moharam, Haydi Koussa, Salma Hassan, Rasha Magdy, Mohammed El Badawy, and Osama Gawish. The film is co-produced by Garage Art Production, Utaco Digital Film, and Fig Leaf Studio. It was awarded the AFAC Production Grant and the SANAD Development Grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The film is distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>', '1962849924'),
(73, '', 'Documentary Film I Have A Picture Screens at The Royal Film Commission-Jordan on Friday, March 5', '2021-03-03', 'I-have-a-picture.jpg', 'Director Mohamed Zedan\'s documentary film I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World will screen at the Royal Film Commission-Jordan (RFC) at 7:00 PM (Jordan time). The screening will be held on the RFC’s official Facebook page and will be limited to audiences inside Jordan. \r<br/>          \r<br/>I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World won four international awards, including the Gold Star for Best Arabic Documentary Film at its world premiere at the 1st El Gouna Film Festival in 2017, Best Documentary Film award at the Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon, Jury Award for Best Documentary Film more than 15 minutes at the Egyptian National Film Festival, and the Best Documentary Film award at the Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) in the UAE, organized by Sharjah Art Foundation.\r<br/>          \r<br/>With the help of Kamal El Homossany, one of the oldest assistant directors in Egypt, Zedan, a young indie filmmaker, is making a documentary about Motawe Eweis, who has worked as an extra in about 1000 Egyptian films since the forties.\r<br/>        \r<br/>Directed and written by Mohamed Zedan, I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World stars Kamal EL-Homossany, Motawe Eweis. The film crew includes DOP Mohamad EL-Hadidi and Music Composer Micheal Fawzy. MAD Solutions distributes the film in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '778451113'),
(74, 'Winner of Four International Awards', 'The Band Screens at Basita.live as of March 3', '2021-03-01', 'The-Band-Poster.jpg', 'Director Albaqer Jafeer’s documentary film The Band will screen at Basita.live platform as of Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 pm (GMT +1) and for four months, to end on July 2. The film comes with English subtitles and tickets will be available for audiences through the platform’s website.\r<br/>\r<br/>A virtual venue, Basita.live is an income-generating platform that connects creators, institutions, and theatres, with their audiences virtually and globally.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Band won four international awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Best First Time Director at the Cine4all Fest, the Arab World Institute\'s Best Feature Documentary Film Award at the Festival des Cinémas Arabes in Paris, France, the Karama Feather for Best Documentary Film Award at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, and a Special Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival in Algeria. The film also screened at the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival and the Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF).\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Albaqer Jafeer, The Band is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. The film tells the story of Hulm Band that is made up of six musicians who are sparing no efforts to fulfill their dream of playing Sufi music in their hometown, Sadr city in Iraq. They only face one dilemma which lies in the fact that they can get murdered for playing music in a city where music is forbidden. In 67 minutes, the film follows the band members as they open up to the film\'s director, Albaqer Jafeer, on their dreams, aspirations and the reality in which they find themselves.\r<br/>\r<br/>Albaqar Jafeer is an Iraqi director who studied filmmaking at the Iraqi Independent Film Center in 2009. Later on, Jafeer participated in filmmaking workshops inside and outside Baghdad where he studied screenwriting, directing, editing and production management. Albaqar Jafeer\'s filmography includes the short documentary film Rafa\'t Alam (Rising the Flag) and Ghorbat Ghajar (Strangeness of the Gypsies) and the experimental film 50mm Lens. The Band is Jafeer\'s debut feature documentary film.\r<br/>', '1634885592'),
(75, '', 'Dhafer L\'Abidine Marks His Directoral Debut with Ghodwa', '2021-03-06', 'dhafer-d-ghodwa.jpg', 'During a press conference held at 32 BIS Gallery, Tunisia, on Friday March 5, Dhafer LAbidine announced his directorial debut, the feature-length film Ghodwa. He also added that he will star in the film as well as producing it, through his company DOUBLE A, in collaboration with Nomadis Images and MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Dhafer LAbidine commented: \"I always wanted to direct, but I wanted to find the right story. Ghodwa is a story that is very close to my heart, and that I feel strongly about. It`s a Tunisian story, but it`s social and human aspects have universal appeal\". The Tunisian actor acknowledged his enthusiasm for producing this film and performing a role in it, in addition to writing the script with the Egyptian filmmaker Ahmed Amer. LAbidine thanked the sponsors of his film project, expressing his pride in cooperating with the producer, Dora Bouchoucha, as well as MAD Solutions, with both of whom he has a long working relationship and friendship.\r<br/>\r<br/>While Producer Dora Bouchoucha, Founder of Nomadis Images said: \"The script of the film \"Ghodwa\" attracted me, although I usually choose my projects based on the idea behind them before starting to write the script and implement the film. The Tunisian producer spoke of her admiration for Dhafer Labidine`s script-writing style.\r<br/>\r<br/>In the same context, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, Co-founders and Managing Partners of MAD Solutions commented: \"We believe that the film will be a very unique experience. From the moment it was born as a project, we could see Dhafer\'s passion about it, especially that it marks his first time in the director\'s seat.\"\r<br/>\r<br/>Ghodwa follows Ahmed and his estranged sick father, Habib, who are brought together by Habib`s worsening state of health. With a deadline to catch and mounting pressure from unpredictable events, their roles are reversed, a situation neither is prepared for.\r<br/>\r<br/>Dhafer LAbidine co-stars in the film along with: Najla Ben Abdallah, Bahri Rahali, Ghanem Zrelli, Rabeb Srairi and Ahmed Berrhouma. The film is sponsored by Sabrine for mineral water, Fatales Stores for cosmetic, and Gac Motor.\r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, Dhafer starred in Netflix`s French-speaking serial drama The Eddy. The series is produced and directed by the Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La la Land, Whiplash), written by Jack Throne, and coproduced by Alain Poul. Furthermore, his latest film Bloodline, the first Arabic-speaking vampire horror, is now available on Shahid VIP, and his drama hit, Aroos Beirut, released a second season on MBC4, which received great reviews across the Arab world.\r<br/>Dhafer is a UN Women`s champion and he works closely with the United Nation on the matters of gender equality and violence against women. In March 2018, Dhafer attended an event titled \'Understanding Masculinities in the Middle East and North Africa Region\' at the Japan Society in New York as a guest of honor. The event was organized by the UN Women, Brazilian organization Promundo, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).', '1670158264'),
(76, '', 'Asian Film Nina Wu Screens at the Tunisian Film Library on Tuesday, March 9', '2021-03-08', 'NinaWu.jpg', ' Asian film Nina Wu by director Midi Z will have a screening at the Tunisian Film Library, at Tahar Chériaa hall on Tuesday, March 9, at 4:00 PM (Tunisia time). This comes after the film’s great success and following its participation at dozens of international festivals, where it won five awards. The film will be screened with English and Arabic subtitles.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival within the Uncertain Regard section, and has previously won several awards, including the Best Sound Effects at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan, Audience Choice Award at the Malaysia Golden Global Awards, Special Mention at the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Best Sound Effects at the Taipei International Film Festival, and Best Screenplay at the To Ten Chinese Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>After eight years toiling in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. On the brink of triumph, though, Nina’s psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes back to her family home to deal with two crises: her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her mother has suffered a heart attack.\r<br/>\r<br/>Nina Wu is directed by Midi Z, who has co-written it with the film’s writer and star WU Ke-xi, and stars SUNG Yu-hua, Kimi Hsia, and Shih Ming-Shuai. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world. \r<br/>', '2030108676'),
(77, 'The Only Arab Official Selection at the Festival', 'Trapped to World Premiere at South By Southwest Festival, USA, on March 18', '2021-03-14', 'trapped-poster.jpg', 'Manal Khaled\'s feature debut Trapped will land its world premiere within the Global section at the South By Southwest Festival, USA (March 16-20), becoming the only Arab film at the American festival and the first Egyptian one in ten years.\r<br/> \r<br/>Due to the Covid-19 situation, the festival will be held virtually and will be streaming exclusively to 2000 viewers inside the USA. The participating features are vying for the prestigious Film Independent Spirit awards. Trapped will screen on Thursday, March 18, at 5:00 PM (GMT-6).\r<br/>Founded in 1987, South by Southwest Festival is one of the most prominent annual film festivals held in Texas, USA. The 2021 online edition of the festival will feature a program of musical shows, film screenings, conferences as well as networking events for all those working in the entertainment industry.\r<br/> \r<br/>Trapped evolves around a group of different women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of getting trapped sometimes by one\'s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but sometimes it is imposed by the inner conflicts and thoughts.\r<br/>\r<br/>The women share similar dreams of breaking-free from the social constraints, however their different social backgrounds create contrasts when it comes to the levels of awareness, openness and methods to rebel against their realities.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film was screened for 13 minutes within the events of El Gouna Film Festival as part of efforts to raise funds for the film. Furthermore, the creators of the film had launched a fundraising campaign for Trapped on Indiegogo website. At the beginning of the shooting in 2011, the film’s creators encountered obstacles, in regards of production, which resulted in pausing the shooting more than once where no production company was available to go for the film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and produced by Manal Khaled, from a screenplay co-written by Manal Khaled and Rasha Azab, Trapped stars Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne’ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour‎, Habiba Effat and Fadel El Garhy. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Manal Khaled is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has a vast experience working with award winning directors, including: Saad Hendawi, Kamla Abou Zekri, Hani Khalifa and Mohamed Ali. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist long documentary film An Hour or so with the American director Adolfo Martinez. ', '1955666228'),
(79, 'Winner of Best Artistic Contribution at the Cairo International Film Festival', 'A Special Screening for Vietnamese Film The Third Wife at Zawya Cinema on Friday, March 19', '2021-03-15', 'the-third-wife-poster.jpg', 'Vietnamese Film The Third Wife by director Ash Mayfair will have a special screening at Zawya Cinema on Friday, March 19 at 7:00 pm. The film has previously won several international awards, including Best Artistic Contribution at the Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Third Wife has gained a wide international acclaim where it was described as “The almost entirely female cast is captivating” by Screen Daily, and “A gorgeously intimate, evocative, and melancholy story of female subjugation in 19th-century Vietnam” via Variety.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s director Ash Mayfair said “The film’s events are based on my family history, where I grew up to find my grandmothers living through the same situation just like May. That’s why when I was asked to write about a personal experience in the film school, the film’s idea was the first to pop into my mind. At first, it was difficult and scary, however, I thought of turning this surrounding reality into an artistic work will result in a sincere project. \r<br/>In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy land-owner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a male child. May\'s hope to change her status turns into a real and tantalizing possibility when she gets pregnant. Faced with forbidden love and its devastating consequences, May finally comes to an understanding of the brutal truth: the options available to her are few and far between.\r<br/> \r<br/>The Third Wife screened at many international film festivals and won several awards, including the Youth Jury Award COMUNDO at the Fribourg International Film Festival, NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Best Film at the Kolkata International Film Festival, a Special Mention at the Milan International Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the Minsk International Film Festival \"Listapad\", Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, and the TVE - Another Look Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film also screened at the São Paulo International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, Warsaw International Film Festival, Frauen Film Tage - Vienna International Women\'s Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Third Wife received a grant from the Spike Lee Film Production Fund in 2014. The film was listed on the NYU Purple List 2015 for the best screenplays submitted by NYU graduate film students. The film also won the Grand Prix at the Autumn Meeting Lab 2015 in Vietnam and the Best Film Award for a non-Hong Kong project at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum 2016.\r<br/>\r<br/>Vietnamese filmmaker Ash Mayfair holds an MFA in Filmmaking from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her directing credits include the short films, The Silver Man, Sam, and Walking the Dead that got selected at multiple international film festivals. The Third Wife is her feature film directorial debut.\r<br/>', '1576146120'),
(80, 'Marking its Second International Award in a Raw', 'Short Film Al-Sit Wins the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival', '2021-03-15', 'al-sit-poster.jpg', 'Al-Sit short film by director Suzannah Mirghani has won the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival (March 10 -14). This marks the film’s second international award after the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '503669020');
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(81, 'Competed within El Gouna and Venice Festivals ', 'The Furnace to Commercially Release at The Theater between March 22-26', '2021-03-10', 'the-furnace-poster.jpg', 'Australian film The Furnace, starring Ahmed Malek’s and directed by Roderick MacKay, is slated to commercially release in the UAE between March 22-26, at The Theater- Mall of the Emirates. This comes only a few days ahead of the film\'s release across Egyptian cinemas with English and Arabic subtitles. In addition, it will be distributed across further Arab countries soon.\r<br/>      \r<br/>The Furnace will be screened at The Theater-Mall of the Emirates at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM (+4 GMT) on March 22, 23 & 24 and at 09:00 PM on Friday, March 26. \r<br/>\r<br/>The screenings will be held at The Theater-Mall of the Emirates, in collaboration with its managing company, the Art for All cultural venue.\r<br/>The Theatre is a cultural venue with two magnificent stages with a capacity to host theatrical performances, film screenings, workshops, dance shows, performing arts classes and more.\r<br/>\r<br/>The main theatre guarantees a magnificent performance experience, and also accommodates an audience of more than 500 persons, and VIP spaces. Furthermore, it provides workshops and activities for students that help broaden their social awareness beyond school boundaries.\r<br/>Location: The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai. The entrance is on the second level of the mall’s parking, between rows A5 and A6 (on the Ski Dubai side of the mall).\r<br/>\r<br/>To reserve your seat, check the following link: \r<br/><a href=\"https://ae.bookmyshow.com/specials/the-furnace/ET00007320\" target=\"_blanc\"> https://ae.bookmyshow.com/specials/the-furnace/ET00007320 </a> \r<br/>           \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it immediately gained international critical acclaim and was described as “An enjoyably absorbing experience” by Variety and “Brutish western is tough as old leather and good as gold” via The Guardian. Malek also received positive reviews on his performance in the film: “Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018) is immediately engaging as Hanif” as it was stated by the Screen Daily.\r<br/>          \r<br/>Furthermore, The Furnace landed its Arab premiere at El Gouna Film Festival where it garnered a wide audience and critical acclaim. Tarek El Shennawy praised Ahmed Malek’s performance in the film saying:” Malek is truly talented in acting and deserves to be a global actor.” Moreover, The Furnace’s premiere has fueled a frenzy between audiences on social media, topping the most researched and reacted upon on Google.\r<br/>            \r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.  Written and directed by Roderick MacKay, The film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received a production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and marketing in the Arab World.\r<br/>', '1624409625'),
(82, 'Raising the Tally to 21 International Awards ', 'Between Two Seas Reaps Six Awards at Egyptian National Film Festival ', '2021-03-23', 'BeinBahreenPosterArWEB.png', 'During the closing ceremony of the Egyptian National Film Festival, on Tuesday, at  El-Gomhoreya Theatre, Between Two Seas by director Anas Tolba received six awards, raising the film\'s tally to 21 international awards in total. Held with the attendance of Egypt\'s Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem, the ceremony was held without audience and was only limited to the jury members in the light of the COVID-19\'s precautionary measurements of social distancing.\r<br/>     \r<br/>Between Two seas received Best Director Award (Anas Tolba), Best Script(Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil), Best Supporting Actor (Mahmoud Fares), Best Supporting Actress (Arfa Abdel Rassoul), Best pre-production and Best Editing (Yamen Zakaria). \r<br/>\r<br/>Between Two Seas has received 15 awards in total, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films in 2019. Previously, the film won the Best Poster award at the annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, two Best Director awards for Anas Tolba and Best Script at Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza in Morocco. It also won Best Narrative Feature and a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement (Screenplay), at the Brooklyn Film Festival and two other awards during its world premiere at the 3rd Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF); the Nut Award for Best Film that addresses women\'s issues, and the Best Director award, presented by the Cinema Professions Syndicate.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film was screened at several regional and international film festivals, including the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival in Palestine, Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, Aarhus Arab Film Festival in Denmark, Arab Film Festival Tübingen in Germany, and the Mostra de Valencia in Spain.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film was released in Egyptian theaters, and landed two screenings at Zamalek Cinema, and one screening at El Hangar Theatre at the Cairo Opera House and the Cairo International Book Fair. Celebrating its success at international film festivals, the film screened at an event organized by the National Council for Women, in collaboration with UN Women, at Karim screening hall at Zawya Cinema.  The film is a joint collaboration between the National Council for Women, UN Women, Axeer, along with a number of development partners as part of their belief in the important role that cinema plays in changing negative perceptions towards women in different societies.\r<br/>\r<br/>While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, Zahra\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter\'s right and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.\r<br/>          \r<br/> Directed by Anas Tolba and written by Mariam Naoum, based on a script by Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil, Between Two Seas stars Fatma Adel, Yara Goubran, Tharaa Goubail, Mahmoud Fares, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, and Lobna Wanas. The film is produced by Axeer and executive produced by Abdelrahman Al Garwani. MAD Solutions handles the film’s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>          \r<br/>Anas Tolba is an Egyptian filmmaker who started his career in 2010 by co-founding the media production company, Axeer. He directed many music videos for a large number of singers and artists from across the Arab world, including: Zap Tharwat, Hamza Namira, and Cairokee. In 2013, he directed and produced his first 30-minute documentary, Extracurricular that features a mother who believes in the power of traveling to educate her children. In 2017, he directed his first 15-minute short film, Mariam and The Sun. The film was recognized with Jury Selection Awards in the Accolade Film Competition and the Hollywood Film Festival. \r<br/>', '975053033'),
(83, '', 'The Furnace to Continue Screening at The Theater-Mall of the Emirates on March 30 &31 ', '2021-03-25', 'FB_IMG_1616683582988.jpg', 'Australian film The Furnace, starring Ahmed Malek and directed by Roderick MacKay will continue screening at The Theater-Mall of the Emirates on March 30 & 31. Two screenings will be held on Tuesday, March 30, at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM, while one screening will take place at 9:00 PM on Wednesday, March 31. In the mourning of the demise of H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Governor of Dubai, the film screenings have been put on hold since March 24, only two days after The Furnace’s release at The Theatre on March 22. \r<br/>         \r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.  Written and directed by Roderick MacKay, the film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>         \r<br/>The film received a production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and marketing in the Arab World.\r<br/>', '44168616'),
(84, 'Winner of Four International Awards', 'Feature Film Abou Leila Commercially Releases in Tunisian Theaters  ', '2021-03-25', 'abou-leila-Poster.jpg', 'Algerian film Abou Leila by director Amni Sidi-Boumedine has commercially released in Tunisian theaters on Wednesday, March 24. The film is set to have screenings at ten different venues; Cinéma Amilcar, CinéMadart in Carthage, Le Métropole in Menzel Bourguiba, Le Majestic – Le Centre Culturel Nord in Bizerte, Cinéma ABC, Cinéma Le Parnasse, Ciné 350, L\'Institut français de Tunisie, Pathé Mall Of Sousse, and Pathé Tunis City.\r<br/>\r<br/>Abou Leila world premiered at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, within La Semaine de la Critique, and has previously won several awards, including Best European Fantastic Feature Film at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Best Film Award at the Seville European Film Festival, Best Actor Award at the Carthage Film Festival, and Critics Prize at the D\'A Film Festival Barcelona.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has also participated in a number of international festivals, including the Cairo International Film Festival, Entrevues Belfort Festival international du film, Shanghai International Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Amman International Film Festival, and Le Festival du film franco-arabe de Noisy-Le-Sec.\r<br/>\r<br/>Algeria, 1994, S. and Lotfi, two friends from childhood, travel through the desert looking for the dangerous terrorist Abou Leila. Their quest seems absurd, given that the Sahara has not been affected by the several attacks. Knowing his friend is too fragile to face more bloodshed, Lofti’s only priority is to keep S. as far from the capital as possible. But the deepest they go into the desert, the more they get confronted with their own violence. \r<br/>Written and directed by Amin Sidi-Boumedine, Abou Leila stars Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, and Azouz Abdelkader. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amin Sidi-Boumédiène obtained a degree in Film Directing from CLCF (Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français) in Paris in 2005.  His first short film Tomorrow, Algiers? Was screened in several film festivals worldwide. His second short, Al Djazira, won the Best Arab Film award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. In 2014, He directed his third short film, Serial K. that screened at the film days of Bejaia. Amin Sidi-Boumédiène has recently completed his first feature film, Abou Leila. Shot in Algeria, the film got selected for the Critics\' Week at the 58th Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>', '1166672965'),
(85, 'In Conjunction with Its Screening in UAE ', 'The Furnace to Commercially Release in KSA on Thursday, April 1', '2021-03-25', 'the-furnace-poster.jpg', 'After the film\'s a massive success in Emirati cinemas, MAD Solutions, in collaboration with Rowad Media, release Australian film The Furnace, starring Ahmed Malek and directed by Roderick MacKay, in Saudi Arabia as of Thursday, April 1. This comes as part of the film’s tour across the Arab world, where it is slated to release across further Arab countries, soon.  The Furnace will be screened with English and Arabic subtitles.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mamdouh Salem, CEO of Rowad Media for Media Production & Entertainment says “Saudi theaters are currently expanding their venues to include more screens, as a result of the high demand on them. The venues are expected to reach 2500 screens, in accordance with Saudi Arabia’s vision for 2030, to become the biggest market in the region. We are proud of our collaboration with MAD Solutions in introducing highly acclaimed Arab films that have been to prestigious film festivals worldwide, seeking to develop the Arab cinema to the greatest extent possible. We also seek to correct many misperceptions, creating a space that features a variety of Arab projects. \r<br/>\r<br/>Moshira Farouk Bahar, Cultural and Theatrical Distribution Manager at MAD Solutions says “We’re glade with such partnership with Rowad Media, which is first presented through screening the international film, The Furnace. We seek to offer a variety of films for the Saudi audiences, especially under the cinematic development that comes in accordance with the country’s new vision, which will surely affect the entire cinema industry in Saudi Arabia. We’re also glade to be part of this development, where we’ve previously worked on the distribution of key Saudi films, including Barakah Meets Barakah and Rollem.”\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it immediately gained international critical acclaim and was described as “An enjoyably absorbing experience” by Variety and “Brutish western is tough as old leather and good as gold” via The Guardian. Malek also received positive reviews on his performance in the film: “Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018) is immediately engaging as Hanif” as it was stated by the Screen Daily.\r<br/>\r<br/>Also, The Furnace landed its Arab premiere at El Gouna Film Festival where it garnered a wide audience and critical acclaim. Tarek El Shennawy praised Ahmed Malek’s performance in the film saying:” Malek is truly talented in acting and deserves to be a global actor.” Moreover, The Furnace’s premiere has fueled a frenzy between audiences on social media, topping the most researched and reacted upon on Google.\r<br/>\r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. Written and directed by Roderick MacKay, The film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received a production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and marketing in the Arab World.\r<br/>\r<br/>Rowad Media is one of the earliest Saudi media production and cinematic distribution in Saudi Arabia since 2005. It has organized several commercial releases and film festivals across the Kingdom, including Saudi’s first film festival, Jeddah Film Festival that was founded in 2006. Rowad Media owns Cinema 70, the first cinematic brand that is officially registered in Saudi Arabia. The company also undertakes partnerships with local and international entities, targeting several key cinematic films to be distributed in Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>', '68750814'),
(86, 'Barakat l Silah l The Ghosts We Left At Home l Goin South', 'MAD Solutions Sends Four Films to Alexandria Short Film Festival ', '2021-03-31', 'four-films-for-mad.jpg', 'MAD Solutions sends four short films from its distribution list to take part in the upcoming edition of the Alexandria Short Film Festival that is taking place from 5 to 10 April. The selected MAD films are Going South (Ertidad) by director Mohammed Alhamoud, Bond (Silah) by Hussam Alhulwah, Barakat by Manon Nammour and The Ghosts We Left at Home (Ahinu Elayk wa Ahinu Elai) by Faris Alrjoob. \r<br/>\r<br/>Alexandria Short Film Festival is an annual festival held in April in Alexandria. It was founded and organized by the Da\'rat Al Fann Association. Its aim is to spread the culture of the short film and establish an exchange between Arab cultures. The festival also organizes free workshops and seminars throughout the year.\r<br/>\r<br/>The upcoming edition showcases 36 films from across 18 countries, including world, Arab and North African premieres. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Goin South (Ertidad): \r<br/>\r<br/>A newlywed couple pays their first visit to the groom’s hometown in a small Southern Saudi village where they will celebrate their marriage. Nervous and desperate for her in-laws’ approval, the bride, Aya, makes a daring choice, while her husband Nader tries to cope with the consequences. The new relationship is put under its first test.\r<br/>\r<br/>Starring Fatima Albanawi and Ayman Mutahar, the film received a funding grant from the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) after winning the Saudi Film Days in 2017. It was entirely shot in Al Hasamah, a village in Jizan Province, in south-western Saudi Arabia. Additionally, MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/> \r<br/>About Silah (Bond): \r<br/>\r<br/>Khaled and his father represent two very different generations of contemporary Saudi society. When Khaled’s mother is hospitalized, the two start to find themselves physically closer than usual, but at the same time never further apart emotionally. With so little in common, Khaled’s father becomes fixated on his son’s religious obligations which only deepens their disconnection.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Hussam Alhulwah, the film stars Mohammed Alyaya and Nasser Alrubiaan and is produced by Mohammed Alhamoud and Hussam Alhulwah. The film landed its world premiere at Saudi Film Festival where it won Golden Palm for Best Director Award and took part in Tampere Film Festival. Furthermore, MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Barakat:\r<br/>\r<br/>People hold the memory of their cities, and vice versa. After-war, modern Beirut and its people have lost their anchors towards a memoryless relationship. Vacant luxury stores and overpriced unoccupied apartments have made the rebuilt city a costly monument of vanity, commodified heritage, and social-delusion.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Manon Nammour, Barakat stars Mounir Maasri, Rudy Ghafari and Camile Salame. The film also took part in many international festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and International Short Film Festival of Cyprus. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About The Ghosts We Left at Home (Ahinu Elayk wa Ahinu Elai): \r<br/>\r<br/>The Ghosts We Left at Home is a raw and intimate portrayal of a man, and a city, doomed and in exile, and sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays in the margin of reality, where forces of the masculine and the feminine alternate, merge, attract and repel.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Faris Alrjoob, the film stars Nadeem Rimawi, Mohamed Nizar and Maisa Abdelhadi. The Ghosts We Left at Home took part in several international festivals, including Malmö Arab Film Festival, Amman International Film Festival/Amman, Jordan, Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>', '161121906'),
(87, '', 'The Furnace\'s Show times', '2021-04-01', 'the-furnace-poster.jpg', 'Australian film The Furnace, directed by Roderick MacKay and starring Ahmed Malek, will commercially release in Saudi theaters as of Thursday, April 1, where it will be screened with English and Arabic subtitles. The film landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, and its Arab premiere at El Gouna Film Festival. The Furnace is currently screening in UAE and Egypt as well.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Film’s Show Times (KSA)\r<br/>\r<br/>Empire Cinemas Alrashid Mall (Jazan), every day at 4 pm, 8:30 pm, and 1:00 am\r<br/>Empire Cinemas Alrashid Mall (Abha), every day at 3:00 pm, 7:20 pm, 11:00 pm. 11:40 pm, 1:20 am\r<br/>Empire Cinemas AlAndalus Mall (Jeddah), every day at 3:00 pm, 7:20 pm, 8:00 pm, 11:40 pm, 12:20 am\r<br/>Muvi Al hassa Mall (Hafuf), every day at 12:00 pm\r<br/>Muvi Aziz Mall (Jeddah), every day at 2:00 pm, 4:40 pm\r<br/>Muvi Haifa Mall (Jeddah), every day at 1:45 pm, 4:20 pm\r<br/>Muvi Mall of Arabia (Jeddah), every day at 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm\r<br/>Muvi Mall of Dhahran (Dhahran), every day at 2:30 am, 11:30 am, 4:30 pm, 9:30 pm\r<br/>Muvi U Walk (Riyadh), every day at 4:50 pm\r<br/>\r<br/>AMC Al khair (Riyadh), every day at 6:00 pm\r<br/>AMC Hafr Al batin (Riyadh), Thursday at 8:00 pm\r<br/>AMC Panorama (Riyadh), Thursday and Friday at 4:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 2:30 pm\r<br/>AMC Riyadh Gallery (Riyadh), every day at 5:50 pm\r<br/>\r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.\r<br/> \r<br/>Written and directed by Roderick MacKay, The film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>', '2091252037'),
(88, '', 'I\'ll Go To Hell Film Project Wins MAD Solutions Award at Malmo Arab Film Festival', '2021-04-11', 'i-ll-go-to-hell.jpg', 'Franco-Tunisian director and screenwriter, and newly producer, Ismahane Lahmar was born in Paris, trained at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) from Paris, and obtained her master\'s degree in audiovisual production in New York. Ismahane has made short films, which have been seen at several international film festivals. In 2017, she directed a Tunisian comedy for ICFLIX, \"WOH\". In 2019, Ismahane opened her production company, Madame Prod in which she develops and supports women\'s projects. She founded \"Le cinema Au Feminin\", a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development. It is a program that trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on the preparation, shooting and post-production of a film.\r<br/>\r<br/>The project has also won a Color grading service equal to USD 10,000 presented by The Cell Post Production.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film tells the story of Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon, so she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn’t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms, however, her family opposes her wishes. \r<br/>\r<br/>Franco-Tunisian director and screenwriter, and newly producer, Ismahane Lahmar was born in Paris, trained at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) from Paris, and obtained her master\'s degree in audiovisual production in New York. Ismahane has made short films, which have been seen at several international film festivals. In 2017, she directed a Tunisian comedy for ICFLIX, \"WOH\". In 2019, Ismahane opened her production company, Madame Prod in which she develops and supports women\'s projects. She founded \"Le cinema Au Feminin\", a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development. It is a program that trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on the preparation, shooting and post-production of a film.\r<br/>', '220247748'),
(89, 'Bringing the Film’s Total Awards to Four', 'Short Film Al-Sit Reaps Two Awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden ', '2021-04-12', 'Al Sit.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani has received two awards at the 11th edition of Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden.  Bringing the total awards of the film to four awards, the awards received at the festival are: Special Mention Award and Certificate of Appreciation to the film’s director. \r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, the film won the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival and the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '1604943544'),
(90, '', 'Emirati Film The Waiting List to take part in The Lift-Off Sessions Online Festival ', '2021-04-22', 'the-waiting-list.jpg', 'Emirati Film The Waiting List, by director Hani Al Shaibani, will take part in the 10th edition of the online festival, Lift-Off Sessions (April 19-26). The films will be screened via Vimeo platform.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Waiting List will have only one screening during the festival’s week. If the film successfully passed the first round of competition, it will move on to the second round where it will be a judged by a jury panel.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film follows Khalid, Fatima, Ahmad, Shareefa and Bilal who experience life-changing moments that shift their lives over different routes. They live in a state of permanent waiting - for dreams and a sense of purpose. Some of them wait out of hope and optimism, while the others wait out of hopelessness.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Waiting List world premiered at Dubai International Film Festival and is directed and written by Hani Al Shaibani who co-produced it with Ali Mohamed Al Marzouqi. The film stars Khalid Ali, Fatma Trabulsi, Ahmed Ragab and Shareefa Mohammed. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hani Al Shaibani is an Emirati filmmaker who holds an MA in Visual Media Arts, TV and Cinema major, from Griffith University, Australia. He has directed and produced numerous films and received several awards. His most recent film Khalek Shanab (2019) screened at all major box offices and currently streaming on Netflix. Also, his film Rahma\'s Heaven (2012) screened at DIFF.', '1725553298'),
(91, '', 'Istrupya Film Screens at Al-Kasaba Theater and Cinematheque Tonight at 8:30 PM ', '2021-05-06', 'istrubya_poster.jpg', 'Palestinian feature film Istrupya by director Ahmed Hassouna will screen at th Al-Kasaba Theater and Cinematheque, Ramallah, tonight at 8:30 PM. The film has previously won The Special Jury Prize at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>For Further information, check the following link: \r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/537817533886850\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/events/537817533886850</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 1970 in Jerusalem, Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque is a non-governmental Palestinian cultural institution. The theatre was inaugurated in 2000 in Ramallah. Al-Kasaba is a central hub that aims to encourage cultural exchange in the Palestinian context, providing an ideal space for art performances by Palestinian and international performing art troupes, from theatre to dance, from film screenings to musical events, conferences and film festivals.\r<br/>\r<br/>Istrupya portrays the hard challenges faced by the Palestinian youth in Gaza strip, under extreme circumstances in the heart of the Palestinian provision, which forces them to flee away to the unknown that is far more tragic. \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Ahmed Hassouna and written by Sameh El Qataa and Ahmed Al-Ashi, Istrupya is produced by Noor Media Plus and stars Firas Al-Masry, Ghassan Salem, Fady Al-Sheikh Yousef and Mohammed Odeh. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>Born in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Hassouna is a Palestinian director. After receiving a degree in Journalism at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, Hassouna started a career in filmmaking. His repertoire includes several award-winning documentaries that received notable awards including the Al-Jazeera Award in 2013. Istrupya marks the director\'s debut feature film. ', '1838132476'),
(92, 'As Part of its Tour Across the Arab World ', 'The Furnace Screens in Empire Cinema KSA Starting from Eid al-Fitr', '2021-05-12', 'poster_the_furnace.jpg', 'Australian film The Furnace, directed by Roderick MacKay and starring Ahmed Malek, will screen in Empire cinema in Khobar, KSA.This comes within Empire Cinema’s expansion across the kingdom that includes opening new cinemas in Khobar where The Furnace will be among the films that will screen during Eid al-Fitr.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film will have three screenings at the following times: 4:30 PM, 9:00 Pm and 11:30 PM ( GMT +3)\r<br/>\r<br/>Earlier in April this year, The Furnace was released, in collaboration with Rowad Media, in Empire Cinema, Muvi Cinema and AMC cinema across different cities in Saudi Arabia, as well as in the UAE and Egypt. The Furnace is slated to release across further Arab countries, soon.\r<br/>The Furnace landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it immediately gained international critical acclaim and was described as “An enjoyably absorbing experience” by Variety and “Brutish western is tough as old leather and good as gold” via The Guardian. Malek also received positive reviews on his performance in the film: “Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018) is immediately engaging as Hanif” as it was stated by the Screen Daily.\r<br/>Also, The Furnace had its Arab premiere at El Gouna Film Festival where it garnered a wide audience and critical acclaim. Tarek El Shennawy praised Ahmed Malek’s performance in the film saying:” Malek is truly talented in acting and deserves to be a global actor.” Moreover, The Furnace’s premiere has fueled a frenzy between audiences on social media, topping the most researched and reacted upon on Google.\r<br/>\r<br/>1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. Written and directed by Roderick MacKay, The film stars Ahmed Malek, David Wenham and Jay Ryan.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film received a production support from a number of institutes, including Screen Australia, in association with Screenwest, Lotterywest and the Western Australian Regional Film Fund. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution and marketing in the Arab World.', '507334853'),
(93, '', 'Gaza Surf Club Screens at the Royal Film Commission-Jordan', '2021-05-25', 'gazaa-poster.jpg', 'Coinciding with the Palestinian Intifada or uprising on May 26, Documentary Film Gaza Surf Club, by directors Mickey Yamine and Philip Gnadt will have an online screening at The Royal Film Commission-Jordan on the same day at 3:00 PM (GMT+2). The screening will be limited to audiences inside the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. \r<br/>\r<br/>For further information, check the following link: \r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/2995402674029152/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/events/2995402674029152/</a>\r<br/>    \r<br/>Trapped in the world’s largest open-air prison and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their own personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean. They are the surfers of Gaza.\r<br/>    \r<br/>Directed by Mickey Yamine and Philip Gnadt and co-produced by Stephanie Yamine, Gaza Surf Club stars Sabah Abu Ghanem, Mohammed Abu Jayab and Ibrahim Arafat. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>', '1348187171'),
(94, 'Following the Stories of Three Different Generations Living in a Tower ', 'The Tower Screens at House of Culture Ibn Khaldun in Tunisia  ', '2021-06-02', 'the-tower-Posterr.jpg', 'Directed by Mats Grorud, the 3d-animated film The Tower screens at House of Culture Ibn Khaldun in Tunisia on Saturday, June 5, at 3:00 PM. The film highlights the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the stories of three different Palestinian generations living in The Tower (Burj el-Barajneh) refugee camp. \r<br/>       \r<br/>The Tower received seven awards from prestigious international film festivals, including; the Liv Ullmann Peace Prize and the Professional Jury: 2nd Prize for Best Animated Feature Film at the Chicago International Children\'s Film Festival; the Jury Special Award and the Best Soundtrack Award at the Lisbonne Monstra Lisboa Animation Festival; the Jury Award at the Festival International du Film d\'Histoire de Pessac; the Secondary School Students Prize at the Festival International des Arts Jeune Public; and Best Editing at the Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival in Trondheim in Norway. The film was nominated for two AMANDA awards in Norway presented by the Norwegian International Film Festival and the Norwegian Film Institute.\r<br/>       \r<br/>The film follows Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, who lives with her family in the refugee camp where she was born. She learns about her family\'s history through stories recounted to her by three earlier generations of refugees.\r<br/>             \r<br/>Written and directed by Mats Grorud, The Tower features the voices of Laila Najjar, Makram J. Khoury, Mohamed Bakri, Mouna Hawwa, Morad Hassan, Hanan Hilow, Saleh Bakri, and Shaden Kanboura. The crew also includes Ahlam Canaan; the Director of Arabic Dubbing, Sound Engineer and Adaptation. The film is a French- Swedish-Norwegian co-production that is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>', '900115702'),
(95, 'Raising the Tally to Six International Awards in Total', 'Short Film Al-Sit Reaps Two Awards at Toronto Arab Film Festival', '2021-06-02', 'Al-Sit-poster.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani received two awards at the 2nd edition of Toronto Arab Film Festival, which went virtual this year. Bringing the total number of the international awards to six, the awards received at the festival are: the Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director. \r<br/>Toronto Arab Film Festival aims to fill a void that exists in film programming in Toronto, specifically a lack of films from the Arab regions, through screening works that shed the light on the Arab talents locally and internationally.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, the film won the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival, two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden and the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '343261401'),
(96, 'Before We Heal| Lilacs| Sunday Market: Tripoli| Nightshift| BonBone’| Nocturne in Black', 'Lebanese Shorts Programme Screens at Cinémathèque Tunisienne', '2021-06-07', 'lebanon-web.jpg', 'Lebanese Shorts Programme will screen within the events of the Cinémathèque Tunisienne-Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image on Tuesday, June 8. The programme will include six short films, including Before We Heal, by director Nadim Hobeika; Bonbone’, by director Rakan Mayasi; Lilacs, by director Mira Shaib; Nightshift, by director Marc Salameh; Nocturne in Black, by director Jimmy Keyrouz and Sunday Market: Tripoli, by director Yahya Mourad. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Before We Heal: \r<br/>Saleem and Raya meet at Raya\'s place. Saleem enters the toilet and somehow gets stuck. Between the inside and the outside, trials and disappointments, laughter and hope, memories and screams, are all being shared at the doorstep.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Nadim Hobeika, Before We Heal stars Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Bsat and Elie Njeim. The film\'s crew includes Cinematographer Céline Layous, Editor Nathalie Rbeiz, and Composer Jean Nassif. Before We Heal is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Lilacs:\r<br/>Directed by Mira Shaib, the short film Lilacs follows the story of Hanna, a melancholic woman who comes to Lebanon after 12 years of absence. She wants to find her twin brother Firas who has been kidnapped during the Lebanese Civil War. The film stars Wafaa Halawi, Faek Hmaisy, and Aliya Khalidi. \r<br/>\r<br/>Lilacs is produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and 4th Wall Productions (Jordan) of producer Aya Naboulsi, and supported by Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany). MAD Solutions is handling the film\'s distribution through the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Nocturne in Black:\r<br/>The film is inspired by an article about a Syrian young man who continues to play his piano under threat of persecution in the midst of his country\'s civil war and struggles to rebuild his piano after it is destroyed by terrorists.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written, edited and directed by Jimmy Keyrouz, Nocturne in Black stars Julian Farhat, Tarek Yaacoub, Karim Zein and Rachid Salloum. The film is produced by Marc Fadel, Ellie Foumbi, Felecia Hunter and Jimmy Keyrouz.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Sunday Market: Tripoli \r<br/>Between the Lebanese civil war and the Syrian occupation, some ex-fighters find themselves trapped right in the middle! Searching for their freedom, they decide to head to the city of Tripoli for a new life. There, they settle in the flea market, the Sunday Market, which soon becomes more than just a market to them....it becomes the place where they find their freedom! \r<br/>Directed by Yahya Mourad, Sunday Market: Tripoli is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Nightshift: \r<br/>The events of Nightshift revolve around a factory guard who suffers from permanent short memory, which makes him record what is required of him immediately to remember. However, his life is disturbed when he hears of the kidnapping of the factory owner’s daughter. His Nightshift is turned upside down after this news.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Marc Salameh, Nightshift stars Issam Bou Khaled, Sobhiya Al Najjar, Marc Asmar, Nay Azar and Georges Matar. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Bonbone’: \r<br/>In less than 16 minutes, BONBONÉ follows a Palestinian inmate serving time in an Israeli jail receives a visit from his wife who devises a bold and crafty operation to fulfill their secret desires.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Rakan Mayasi, BONBONÉ stars Saleh Bakri, Rana Alamuddin and features Nadira Omran. BONBONÉ is produced by Groundglass235 in co-production with The Postoffice and Mad4Films, and in association with DB Studios. MAD Solutions is responsible for the film\'s distribution across the Arab world and Salaud Morisset is responsible for the international sales.\r<br/>', '908515291'),
(97, 'Marking Palm d\'Or Award-Winning Director Ely Dagher’s Feature Debut ', 'The Sea Ahead To World Premiere at The Cannes Film Festival ', '2021-06-07', 'TSA_Annonce_1_nologo[13].jpg', 'The Lebanese Film The Sea Ahead, by director Ely Dagher, will land its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival within The Directors\' Fortnight section (7-17 July).  The film is the feature debut of Ely Dagher who previously won the Palm d’Or award for best short film, which was the first Lebanese film to ever receive this award. \r<br/>        \r<br/>The Sea Ahead received numerous awards during its development, including Best Film in Post-production at the Final Cut In Venice workshop; CineGouna platform’s award for best project in development phase; financial award from Drosos Foundation, in addition to grants from AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund among others.\r<br/>\r<br/>After a long time gone, Jana, a young woman, suddenly returns to Beirut. She finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left.\r<br/>        \r<br/>Directed and written by Ely Dagher in his feature debut, The Sea Ahead stars, Manal Issa,\r<br/>Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher and Roger Azar. The film is produced by Andolfi (Arnaud Dommerc) in association with Beachside and co-produced by Abbout Productions; Wrong Men and Beaver and Beaver. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Born in 1985, Beirut- based Ely Dagher graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. Ely Dagher is an artist/filmmaker working with different mediums and producing work that intertwines on different levels. His work focuses on the layering and constructing of multiple narratives across film, painting and installation. Drawing from his upbringing in Lebanon and his current situation, his work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction. Ely’s artworks function as an extension to his interrogations, joggling between different points of identification and visual structures, from surrealism, science fiction and the occult. His latest short film Waves’98 (2015) was awarded the short film Palme D’Or at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. His films have been awarded at numerous international film festivals.\r<br/>', '1596255031'),
(98, 'In Collaboration with Filmlap: Palestine', 'Northern Lights Lands its Arab Premiere at Al Kasaba Theater and Cinemathque', '2021-06-14', 'norrsken-df.jpg', 'Feature film Northern Lights is slated to land its Arab premiere at Al Kasaba Theater and Cinemathque on Tuesday, June 15, at 5:00 pm (GMT +3). The film has previously received its world premiere at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, and screened at Årsta Cultural House in Stockholm. The screening comes in collaboration with Filmlap: Palestine.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque is a specialized Palestinian non-governmental institution, founded in 1970 in Jerusalem and in 2000 in Ramallah. Al Kasaba Theatre and Cinematheque stands as the only professional fully equipped multipurpose venue in Palestine that provides an ideal space of performance for Palestinian and international performing art troupes, from theatre to dance, from film screening to musical events, and conferences.\r<br/>\r<br/>During the rehearsals of a play that reflects on the life of refugees living abroad, the actors who are refugees themselves will reveal another hidden side of themselves.\r<br/>Directed by Ibrahim Mouhanna, Northern Lights is written by Mudar Alhaggi, and stars Anji Al Youssef,  Helen Al-Janabi, and Ibrahim Manaem. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Ibrahim Mouhanna is a film director who studied Media at Damascus University and went to Alma Löv Script Writing Collage in Sweden. As a refugee, he moved to Sweden in 2014. He has spent years working as a documentary filmmaker and TV program producer in a number of Arab countries. During the first three years of the Syrian conflict, he risked his life to film the living conditions and the daily life of the Syrians. Aside from Northern Lights film that was honored at the opening of Malmo Arab Film Festival, Mouhanna made several short films and two long films based on theater plays.\r<br/>', '2126958306');
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(99, 'Distributed by MAD Solutions', 'Al-Sit & Bint Werdan Films Selected for Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts', '2021-06-14', 'JLC-Poster-.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send two short films to screen at the 22nd Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts (June 16-22). The two shorts are; Sudanese film Al-Sit by Suzannah Mirghani, and Kuwaiti film Bint Werdan by Maysaa Almumin.\r<br/>Launched in 1991, the Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts was created with the belief that documentaries and shorts cultivate intercultural dialogue between nations and promotes for deeper understanding of others’ different social visions, values, and thoughts.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Al-Sit:\r<br/>Al-Sit is a Sudanese short film that has previously won 6 international awards, including Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker at Toronto Arab Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival, two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden and the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Bint Werdan:\r<br/>Bint Werdan is a short Kuwaiti film that has landed its world premiere at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. It has also participated in a number of festivals, including Tampere Film Festival in Finland, Cinefantasy International Film Festival, where it won a Special Mention, Monsters Taranto Horror Film Festival in Italy, and Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>A woman in a downhearted mood struggles to keep up appearances in front of her chirpy and driven office colleagues. An encounter with a dying cockroach in the office toilet develops into an absurd friendship, becoming the comforting companionship she needs until she realizes its destructive effects on her life.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Maysaa Almumin, the film stars Enas El Fallal, Sedky Sakhr, and Sandy Sawiri. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution.\r<br/>', '1015916338'),
(100, '', 'When the Sea was Blue World Premieres at Aswan International Women Film Festival', '2021-06-14', 'Final-poster-+-laurel.jpg', 'The short film When the Sea was Blue by director Amr Elseyoufi will land its world premiere at the 5th Aswan International Women Film Festival (June 24 -29), which goes under the title “The Nile Edition”\r<br/>\r<br/>The Aswan International Women Film Festival is held under the auspices of the National Council for Women, with the support of the ministries of Culture and Tourism, the governorate of Aswan, the European Union (EU), the Drosos Foundation, the Filmmakers\' Syndicate, and ACT Foundation. The festival will bring together 14 films coproduced by 15 countries to its multicolored sections and programmes.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mariam is a woman in her forties who feels burdened by the daily routine and boredom. The over-use of technology by people surrounding her puts a barrier in-between her and everyone else. One day she decides to break the dullness taking the boldest decision in her life.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Amr Elseyoufi, the film features screenwriter Mohamed Zayed, and costume designer Reem El Adl. It stars Heba Abdelghany, Mahmoud Hamdi, Nicole Iskander, and Adam Zayed. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amr Elseyoufi is an Egyptian filmmaker who holds a BA in Mass Communication from Cairo University. He also studied Filmmaking at Rafat El-Mihy Academy. He has under his belt a number of short, feature and documentary films, including One Direction that was selected for international film festivals. When the Sea was Blue is the director’s latest film.\r<br/>', '1418909359'),
(101, 'The Day I Lost My Shadow| Besieged Bread| Aziza', 'Three Films by Syrian Director Soudade Kaadan Screen on Netflix', '2021-06-10', 'Three-Films-by-Syrian-Director-Soudade-Kaadan.jpg', 'The feature film The Day I Lost My Shadow and the two short films Aziza and Besieged Bread, by Syrian director Soudade Kaadan will screen on Netflix becoming available for audiences worldwide. Soudade’s films highlight the situation in Syria, starting from the year of 2011. Furthermore, the three films have received dozens of awards, including Lion of the Future at Venice Film Festival that went to The Day I Lost My Shadow. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution worldwide. \r<br/>      \r<br/>Starting this month, Soudade Kaadan’s films have received rave reviews and have been praised regionally and internationally, including Variety that described one of the films as “A powerful story of a Syrian mother separated from her son” as well as Film Critic Tarek El Shennawi who commented on the film saying “Unique and human-centered”. Another was described by Shorouknews as “Tales of the stolen dreams”; by Cineuropa as “Soudade’s first experience is original and magnificent” and by Backseat Mafia as “A Strong dramatic narration that sheds light on post-war trauma”. In addition, Actress Kinda Alloush thanked Soudade for her work, saying “Thank you for making our voices heard”.  \r<br/>\r<br/>About The Day I Lost My Shadow: \r<br/>     \r<br/>Set against the backdrop of the events in Syria in 2012, the film follows a young mother who lives alone with her son since her husband works outside Syria. In one chilly winter, her gas cylinder goes empty, so she goes out searching for one in Damascus where she meets with some activists in a car. \r<br/>      \r<br/>The film nabbed a number of awards, including Lion of the Future at Venice Film Festival; Special Jury Prize at Los Angeles Film Festival; Best Director at Mostra de València-Cinema del Mediterrani and two awards at Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. Additionally, it competed in many international film festivals worldwide, including Dallas International Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival, London Film Festival, Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, Singapore International Film Festival, and Skip City International D-Cinema Festival. \r<br/>    \r<br/>Directed and written by Soudade Kaadan, The Day I Lost My Shadow stars Sawsan Arshid, Samer Ismail, Reham Alkassar, and Hanan Haj. The film is distributed by MAD Solutions across the Arab world.\r<br/> \r<br/>About Aziza: \r<br/>     \r<br/>Directed and written by Soudade Kaadan, the short film Aziza stars Caresse Bashar and Abdel Mounaem Amayri. The film follows Ayman, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, who teaches his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left from home. However, the driving lessons spiral into madness and nostalgia. \r<br/>     \r<br/>Aziza landed its world premiere at The Sundance Film Festival, where it won Short Film Grand Jury Prize. Also, it received a number of awards, including Best Narrative Short Film at Chicago International Film Festival; Special Mention at Motovun Film Festival; Best Short Film at Curitiba International Film Festival. The film was selected at several prestigious festivals, including Stockholm International Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, San Francisco Arab Film Festival, Pragueshorts Film Festival and Dallas International Film Festival. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Besieged Bread: \r<br/>    \r<br/>Directed and written by Soudade Kaadan, Besieged Bread stars Lama Hakeim, Gabriel Malki, and Ehab Shaaban. Set against the backdrop of Syria, the film follows a young woman smuggling bread that crosses the path of a young man. Brought together by fate, they soon realize that they’re in the middle of a no-win situation. \r<br/>   \r<br/>Besieged Bread film landed its world premiere at Fribourg International Film Festival. The film’s director received a Certificate of Appreciation from Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden. Also, the film took part in a number of film festivals, including Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival and Calgary International Film Festival. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>   \r<br/>Born in France, Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism and graduated from the Institut des Etudes Scénique, Audiovisuelles et cinématographiques (IESAV), Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. She directed and produced several documentary films for Aljazeera Documentary Channel, UNDP, UNHCR, and UNICEF. Her films have been screened at several venues nationally and internationally. Kaadan received several international awards. Her film The Day I Lost My Shadow marks her feature debut. It won the Lion of the Future award at Venice Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>', '1647663104'),
(102, '', 'Screening Times of When the Sea was Blue at Aswan International Women Film Festival', '2021-06-21', 'when-the-sea-was-blue.jpg', 'Marking its world premiere, short film When the Sea was Blue by director Amr Elseyoufi will screen at Aswan International Women Film Festival, within its Short Program 1, on June 26 at 11:00 AM at the Cinema Hall. The film will rerun on June 27 at 4:30 PM at Ikhnaton Hall, Helnan Cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mariam is a woman in her forties who feels burdened by the daily routine and boredom. The over-use of technology by people surrounding her puts a barrier in-between her and everyone else. One day she decides to break the dullness taking the boldest decision in her life.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Amr Elseyoufi, the film features screenwriter Mohamed Zayed, and costume designer Reem El Adl. It stars Heba Abdelghany, Mahmoud Hamdi, Nicole Iskander, and Adam Zayed. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution.\r<br/>', '1536062682'),
(104, 'Marking the Film’s 10th award after a Unanimous Vote by the Judge Panel ', 'Short Film Al-Sit Nabs Best Short at Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and shorts', '2021-06-29', '204358901_4423228974367795_2903896935087018556_n.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani continues its dazzling success and nabs Best Film award at Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and shorts that concluded its events last Tuesday night. Marking the film’s tenth award in only four months, the judge panel voted unanimously to award Al Sit film the Best short film award to be one of the greatest short films for this year.\r<br/> \r<br/>        Previously, the film won the Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director at Toronto Arab Film Festival; the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival; two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden; Best Script award and Special Mention at Huesca International Film Festival, Spain; Special Jury award at Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea, and Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at The European Independent Film Festival, France.\r<br/>\r<br/>       Furthermore, it nabbed the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on the society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '1341451899'),
(105, 'Bassel Ghandour\'s \"The Alleys\" World Premiere at the Piazza Grande of the Locarno Festival', 'The First Jordanian Feature Film to Ever Compete at the Festival  ', '2021-06-29', 'Announcement-Post---Still-2.jpg', 'Jordanian film The Alleys, by Bassel Ghandour, will compete in the Piazza Grande section of the 74th Locarno Festival (4-14 August). The film will be screened at the iconic Piazza Grande, an enormous outdoor screen in the middle of a Renaissance square that can accommodate up to 8,000 viewers. The Alleys will be the first Jordanian feature film to ever compete at the festival, and will be the first Arab film to participate in the Piazza Grande since Youssef Chahine’s film Destiny in 2008, which was screened in his honor.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Alleys will compete for the Variety Piazza Grande Award, which is presented by Variety Magazine to assist the international career of a film in the selection, the Audience Award, and the Swatch First Feature Award. Bassel Ghandour is known for co-writing and producing “Theeb”, which won Outstanding British Debut at the 2016 BAFTAs, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs.\r<br/>Founded in 1946, the Locarno Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, for eleven days the Swiss-Italian town of Locarno, right in the heart of Europe, becomes the world capital of auteur cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Alleys is directed and written by Bassel Ghandour and stars Emad Azmi, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Baraka Rahmani, Nadira Omran and Nadim Rimawi. The film is produced by Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) and co-produced by Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions handles the film’s sales and distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) will handle international sales. \r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, the film received the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Further, it won two awards for films in post-production at the 7th Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and received support from The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and the Red Sea Film Festival (KSA). During development, the film was aided by EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection, and The Sorfond Pitching Forum. \r<br/>Film Synopsis:\r<br/>	 \r<br/>In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won’t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don’t go as planned.\r<br/>Bio:\r<br/>      \r<br/>Director Bassel Ghandour co-wrote and produced Theeb, winner of the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Debut and the 2016 nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. The Alleys is his directorial debut. \r<br/>', '1098469570'),
(106, 'To Compete in the Filmmakers of the Present Competition', 'Streams by Mehdi Hmili to World Premiere in the Locarno Film Festival ', '2021-07-04', 'STREAMS_Film-Photo_1.jpg', 'Tunisian film Streams, by Mehdi Hmili, will land its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (4-14 August) where it will compete for six awards within the Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente) competition. \r<br/>\r<br/>The Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente) competition is one of the festival’s most remarkable competitions that is dedicated to emerging directors from all over the world and showcases their first and second films. It presents 15 world premieres of feature films and documentaries that compete for the following awards: Golden Leopard for Best Film, Special Jury prize, Best Emerging Director, Swatch First Feature Award, Leopard for the Best Actor and Leopard for the Best Actress. \r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 1946, the Locarno Festival has occupied a unique position in the landscape of the major film festivals. Every August, the town of Locarno, located in the heart of Europe, becomes the world capital of auteur cinema for the course of eleven days.\r<br/>Amel is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, She is seeking for her missing son Moumen. During her journey, Amel faces a tunisian society in full collapse.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Mehdi Hmili, Streams stars Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi and Slim Baccar and features music composed by Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>Streams is a joint-production between Yol Film House (Tunisia), Tarantula (Luxembourg), MPM Film (France), Clandestino Production (Tunisia) and Allam Film (USA). It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop (Grand Nord) and received the screenplay Prize of the Institut Français and the CineGouna post-production prize and grants from The Tunisian National Center of Cinema, The Film Fund Luxembourg and The French National Center of Cinema.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. He studied cinema in Tunisia before graduating from the Paris Film School. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: “X-Moment” (2009), “Li-La” (2011) and “The Night of Badr” (2012). His first feature-length film, “Thala Mon Amour” (2016), was selected in worldwide film festivals like Torino Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival and won several prizes. His last production “Fouledh” was selected in La Fabrique Cinema at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. \r<br/>', '68975214'),
(107, '', 'Space Woman World Premieres at LA Shorts International Film Festival ', '2021-06-28', 'Space-Woman_poster.jpg', 'Short film Space Woman, by Hadi Moussally, will land its world premiere within the events of the LA Shorts International Film Festival (1-31 July), which is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. \r<br/>        \r<br/>LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest short film festivals in the world. The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.  Its current edition showcases over 500 short films. \r<br/>         \r<br/>Tripoli, North Lebanon. At 64, Maha has just retired from teaching. This new life puts her in the face of her loneliness as a divorced woman and leads her to wonder: had she not always dreamed of being an astronaut? and what if she lets herself drift to this promise of escape?\r<br/>      \r<br/> Directed by Hadi Moussally, Space Woman stars Maha Abas, Sana Bakri, and May Moussally and is distributed across the Arab world by MAD Solutions. \r<br/>     \r<br/>Hadi Moussally is a Lebanese film director who received his master’s degree from Paris-Est Marne la Vallée University. He decided to shift towards the world of fashion and directed several experimental films, some of which received various distinctions in international festivals. In 2014, he made his first documentary inspired by the life of his grandmother. In 2018, Moussally completed an experimental project on Albinism \"Positive\" and the film’s photos have been exhibited at the UNESCO, the City Hall of Paris, and Beirut Art Fair as well.\r<br/>      \r<br/>Moussally founded the production unit h7o7 with the aim to enable the making and promotion of films and photos where he privileged the mixture of genres between experimental, documentary, fashion and fiction. His films have been awarded worldwide and have received more than 25 awards and 200 selections in international festivals. In 2020, he founded the collective “Hybrid Wave” with around 30 hybrid artists from around the world.\r<br/>', '175034764'),
(108, '', 'Short Film Bomb Participates in the Beirut Women International Film Festival', '2021-07-15', 'The-Bomb-poster12.jpg', 'Short film Bomb, by director Dima Hamdan, will take part in the 4th Beirut Women International Film Festival (July 19- 23). The film will screen at 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM, Lebanon time (GMT+3), on Tuesday, July 20. \r<br/>\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) is an annual event held in Beirut that brings together filmmakers and cinema lovers from all over the world. BWFF tackles issues such as gender equality, sexual identity, and domestic violence, through the power of the lens and cinema, which is the window on society and particularly women in this case.\r<br/>          \r<br/>Wasim and his mother haven\'t been getting along for a while. When the police ask them to evacuate their home in Berlin for one night to excavate a World War II bomb that\'s been discovered in the area, more feelings of anger and hurt come to the surface.\r<br/>          \r<br/>Bomb was selected at a number of festivals, including the Nova Frontier Film Festival & Lab, USA. Additionally, it nabbed the Best Female Director award at the Ayodhya Film Festival, India and Special Mention at Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli, Italy. Directed and written by Dima Hamdan, the film stars Tarik Al Saies, Rawa Darweisch, Friederike Frerichs and Celine Meral. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>       \r<br/>Dima Hamdan is a Palestinian journalist and filmmaker. She spent over ten years working with the BBC Arabic & World Service. The stories she covered during that time inspired many ideas for her short films and feature projects. She has directed five shorts since 2007 in London, Amman and Berlin.\r<br/>', '1382644960'),
(109, 'Winner of Seven International Awards', 'Fiela\'s Child Participates in the Women International Film Festival', '2021-07-15', 'Poster-with-Laurels.jpg', 'Feature film Fiela\'s Child, by director Brett Michael Innes, will participate in the 4th Beirut Women International Film Festival (July 19- 23). The film has previously won seven awards within its tour across the world’s international festivals. Fiela\'s Child will screen on Tuesday, July 20 at 10:00 PM Beirut time (GMT +3).\r<br/>\r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) is an annual event held in Beirut that brings together filmmakers and cinema lovers from all over the world. BWFF tackles issues such as gender equality, sexual identity, and domestic violence, through the power of the lens and cinema, which is the window on society and particularly women in this case.\r<br/>\r<br/>Fiela\'s Child has previously won seven awards, including Best Actress at South African Independent Film Festival, Best Achievement in Sound at African Movie Academy Awards, and Best Film and Best Screenplay at the South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA).\r<br/>\r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at the Silwerskerm Film Festival in South Africa in 2019, where it won the Audience Favorite and Best Score awards, whereas its international premiere was at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in Estonia, where it won the Audience Choice Award. The film has also participated in a number of international festivals, including the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), where it landed its Arab world Premiere, the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in India, and the Sedona Film Festival in the USA.\r<br/>\r<br/>Southern Africa, 1865. A mixed-race woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Brett Michael Innes, Fiela\'s Child stars Zenobia Kloppers, Luca Bornman, Wayne Smith, and Wayne van Rooyen. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Brett graduated from AFDA, on a scholarship from the National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF) of South Africa. He spent three years working as a documentary filmmaker with various NGOs. In 2012 he decided to focus his attention on film and literature and his debut novel, \"The Story of Racheltjie de Beer\", became a South African bestseller.\r<br/>\r<br/>His writing and directing debut, Sink, has been heralded by local critics as a \'breakout film that sets a new standard for South African cinema\' and saw him win the SAFTA for Best Film and Best Screenplay.\r<br/>', '7042768'),
(110, 'Fiela\'s Child| Between Two Seas| Al-Sit| Bomb ', 'MAD Solutions Sends Four Films to Beirut Women International Film Festival ', '2021-07-15', 'Al-Sit-poster12.jpg', 'Short film Al Sit, by Suzannah Mirghani, Anas Tolba’s feature film Between Two Seas will take part in the 4th Beirut Women International Film Festival (July 19- 23). Al Sit will screen between the hours of 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM on Thursday, July 22, while Between Two Seas will screen between the hours of 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM, Lebanon time (GMT+3), on Wednesday, July 21. \r<br/>  \r<br/>In addition to the two previous films, MAD Solutions is sending two other films to the Beirut Women International Film Festival, which are Fiela\'s Child, by director Brett Michael Innes, and the short film Bomb, by Dima Hamdan. \r<br/>   \r<br/>Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) is an annual event held in Beirut that brings together filmmakers and cinema lovers from all over the world. BWFF tackles issues such as gender equality, sexual identity, and domestic violence, through the power of the lens and cinema, which is the window on society and particularly women in this case.\r<br/>About Between Two Seas: \r<br/>  \r<br/>Between Two Seas has received 21 awards in total. Most recently, the film won six awards at the Egyptian National Film Festival and two Best Director awards for Anas Tolba and Best Script at Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza in Morocco. It also won Best Narrative Feature and a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement (Screenplay), at the Brooklyn Film Festival and two other awards during its world premiere at the 3rd Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF)\r<br/>\r<br/>The film was screened at several regional and international film festivals, including the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival in Palestine, Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, Aarhus Arab Film Festival in Denmark, Arab Film Festival Tübingen in Germany, and the Mostra de Valencia in Spain.\r<br/>    \r<br/>While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, Zahra\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter\'s right and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.\r<br/>   \r<br/>Directed by Anas Tolba and written by Mariam Naoum, based on a script by Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil, Between Two Seas stars Fatma Adel, Yara Goubran, Tharaa Goubail, Mahmoud Fares, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, and Lobna Wanas. The film is produced by Axeer and executive produced by Abdelrahman Al Garwani. MAD Solutions handles the film’s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Al Sit: \r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on society.\r<br/>\r<br/> Previously, the film won over 10 international awards. Previously, it nabbed  Best Short at Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and shorts; the Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director at Toronto Arab Film Festival; the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival; two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden; Best Script award and Special Mention at Huesca International Film Festival, Spain; Special Jury award at Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea, and Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at The European Independent Film Festival, France.\r<br/>      \r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>', '101934667'),
(111, '', 'Amira Lands its World Premiere at Venice International Film Festival', '2021-07-26', 'amira-cover.jpg', 'The 78th Venice International Film Festival , which will run from Sept.1 till Sept.11.; announced the selection of Palestinian film Amira, by director Mohamed Diab to compete within the Orizzonti competition.  \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira is Mohamed Diab’s third film as a director after 678 (2010) and his hit film Clash (Eshtebak) (2016), which nabbed over 30 international awards. The film is set in Palestine and marks the first Palestinian film by an Egyptian director. \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar.  Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.  But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s infertility, Amira’s world turns upside down. \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, and Tara Abboud, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira.  They will be joined by Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash film.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), in Co- production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Goher are the film’s producers. The film’s marketing is handled by MAD Solutions, which also handles the film’s distribution along with Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world. \r<br/> \r<br/>Held annually in Venice, Italy, Venice International Film Festival is one of the world’s most prominent film festivals that showcases the year’s most significant films. The festival’s current edition is presided by Bong Joon Ho, the Oscar-winning director of the South Korean film (Parasite).\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohamed Diab is an award-winning writer and director whose work usually addresses issues related to the Egyptian society. Diab started his career as a writer with the blockbuster Egyptian franchise El Gezira (The Island) films that are considered to be the highest-grossing Egyptian and Arabic films of all times. He followed that by writing a number of hit films, including Badal Faqed (Replacement) and 1000 Mabrouk (Congratulations). As a director, Diab kick started his career by directing the film 678 (2010), which was described by the New York Times as an “unmistakably harbinger of the revolution”. In 2016, he directed Clash (Eshtebak) that opened the Un Certain Regard section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival and was highly acclaimed by critics and many international A-list stars, including Tom Hanks. \r<br/>', '713776451'),
(112, 'Winner of 22 International Awards', 'Between Two Seas Receives Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2021-07-28', 'BeinBahreenPosterArWEB.jpg', 'Feature film Between Two Seas, by director Anas Tolba, has received Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women Film Festival that concluded its events last week, raising the film\'s tally to 22 international awards in total. \r<br/>        \r<br/> Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) is an annual event held in Beirut that brings together filmmakers and cinema lovers from all over the world. BWFF tackles issues such as gender equality, sexual identity, and domestic violence, through the power of the lens and cinema.\r<br/>             \r<br/>Between Two Seas has received 21 awards in total, becoming one of the most critically acclaimed films in 2019. Previously, the film won six awards at the Egyptian National Film Festival, the Best Poster award at the annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, two Best Director awards for Anas Tolba and Best Script at Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza in Morocco. It also won Best Narrative Feature and a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement (Screenplay), at the Brooklyn Film Festival and two other awards during its world premiere at the 3rd Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF). \r<br/>           \r<br/>The film was screened at several regional and international film festivals, including the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival in Palestine, Karama Human Rights Film Festival in Jordan, Religion Today Film Festival in Italy, Aarhus Arab Film Festival in Denmark, Arab Film Festival Tübingen in Germany, and the Mostra de Valencia in Spain.\r<br/>        \r<br/>While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, Zahra\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter\'s right and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.\r<br/>        \r<br/>Directed by Anas Tolba and written by Mariam Naoum, based on a script by Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil, Between Two Seas stars Fatma Adel, Yara Goubran, Tharaa Goubail, Mahmoud Fares, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, and Lobna Wanas. The film is produced by Axeer and executive produced by Abdelrahman Al Garwani. MAD Solutions handles the film’s marketing and distribution in the Arab world. Also, it is a joint collaboration between the National Council for Women, UN Women, Axeer, along with a number of development partners as part of their belief in the important role that cinema plays in changing negative perceptions towards women in different societies.\r<br/>', '515593529'),
(113, '', 'Sudanese Film Al Sit Reaps Three Awards at the Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2021-07-28', '199664112_4403547479669278_3455998030607191541_n.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit by director Suzannah Mirghani continues its dazzling success and nabs three new awards making the total number of its awards this year 13. The new three awards are: Best Director at the Beirut International Women Film Festival and Best Short Film and Chairman’s award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. Also, the film was highly acclaimed by festivals’ audience and judging panels, becoming the Arab short film with the highest number of awards in 2021.\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?\r<br/>\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women; women who are in power and women who are vulnerable, shedding the light on both ends of the social chain and the changes imposed by the modernized world on society.\r<br/>    \r<br/>Previously, the judging panel of Ismailia international film festival for documentaries and shorts voted unanimously to award Al Sit film the Best short film award. Also, it won the Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director at Toronto Arab Film Festival; the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival; two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden; Best Script award and Special Mention at Huesca International Film Festival, Spain; Special Jury award at Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea, and Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at The European Independent Film Festival, France.\r<br/>\r<br/>    \r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere. Most recently, the film had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).', '726650870'),
(114, '', 'RFF - Revart Film Festival Opens Call for Film Submissions until Sept. 18', '2021-07-28', 'Submission.jpg', ' The RFF - Revart Film Festival invites Arab filmmakers to submit their projects to participate in the events of its second edition (Nov. 3 to Nov. 6). The submission is open from July 18 until September 18. It is worth mentioning that the RFF - Revart Film Festival is the first online vertical film festival in Egypt and in the Middle East.\r<br/>\r<br/>Find out more about the festival’s rules and regulations, and register for films here: \r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.revartfilmfestival.com/submission.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.revartfilmfestival.com/submission.html</a>\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/339964839797951/posts/1235084073619352/?sfnsn=scwspmo\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/339964839797951/posts/1235084073619352/?sfnsn=scwspmo</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>The festival’s first edition (May 2020) was held online due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Marking the first online vertical film festival in Egypt, the RFF - Revart Film Festival celebrates vertical films and music videos presented by aspiring filmmakers and content creators whether they prefer using their cameras or even their cellphones to shoot their vertical work.  MAD Solutions handles the festival’s marketing and distribution as per its partnership with RFF.\r<br/>', '597383927'),
(115, 'Continuing its Tour across the Arab World', 'Between Heaven and Earth Releases at Jordanian Theatres', '2021-08-01', 'BHAE-poster-ARABIC.jpg', 'Palestinian film Between Heaven and Earth by Director Najwa Najjar will release at Jordanian theatres, as of August 4. This comes as part of a collaboration between MAD Solutions and Arab Media Network (Abu-Lughod Studios) \r<br/>	\r<br/>Tareq Abu- Lughod, the film’s distributor in Jordan commented on that saying: “ It’s an honor to screen Palestinian films and support their producers. This helps to keep the Palestinian issue present in culture and art activities.” \r<br/>	\r<br/>While Moshira Farouk, Culture and Theatrical Distribution Manager of MAD Solutions, said: “We are glad to collaborate with Arab Media Network and to be responsible for distributing Between Heaven and Earth across Arab countries, especially that the film has achieved tremendous commercial success despite the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.” \r<br/>	\r<br/>The film’s release in Jordan comes as part of its tour across the Arab world. It started in Egypt where it received successful screenings at Zawya cinema that lasted for over six weeks. Also, it has been released for three weeks at Cinema Akil, UAE.\r<br/>	\r<br/>Upon its release, the film was praised by several critics, including Ken Loach who commented on the film saying: “Intriguing, central performances are touching… a really strong film.” It was also described by Hollywood Reporter as: “Contemporary, fresh eye to the visuals.”, while Screen Daily’s referred to as: “Crowd-pleaser”. \r<br/>	\r<br/>A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory.  The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer’s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves. \r<br/>	\r<br/>Between Heaven and Earth has been selected to compete for the Golden Globe Awards and the European Film Awards. The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay, during the last edition of Cairo International Film Festival, Best Feature Audience Award at Boston Palestine Film Festival, and Best Male Performance at Mostra di Valencia Film Festival, Audience Award at Middle East Now Film Festival Florence, Special Mention at Mediterranean Women\'s Film Festival in Lisbon and Audience Award for Best Film from Arab Film Fest Collab feat\r<br/>	\r<br/>Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker Najwa Najjar, the film is produced by Ustura Films, in co-production with Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg) and Oktober Films (Iceland). MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution. In Jordan, it’s distributed as part of a collaboration between MAD Solutions and Arab Media Network (Abu-Lughod Studios). \r<br/>	\r<br/>Writer/Director Najwa Najjar has explored several new artistic grounds having written, directed and produced over a dozen critically acclaimed award-winning films premiering in Cairo, Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, and Sundance. In 2020 she received an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\r<br/>\r<br/>With an MA in Film (US), she has worked on both documentary and feature films since 2000. Her critically acclaimed debut was the feature film Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), while her second award-winning film Eyes of a Thief (2014) was the Palestinian nomination for the 2015 Oscars Best Foreign Film. Her third feature film Between Heaven and Earth (2019) won the 41st Cairo IFF Naguib Mahfouz Best Screenplay award (now reaping more awards) and was selected at the European Film Academy Awards, Golden Globes Awards and the Asian Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) as well as being nominated to the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards. Currently, Najjar is working on her 4th feature film Kiss of a Stranger, a musical film.', '1356027865'),
(116, 'Winner of 10 International Awards ', 'Gaza Mon Amour Commercially Releases at Zawya Cinema', '2021-08-01', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions is releasing Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser in a number of Arab countries, starting with Egypt where it will have screenings at Zawya cinema as of Wednesday, August 4. Recently, the film nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award within the International Competition for Feature Films at the 35th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland, raising the film\'s tally to 10 international awards in total. \r<br/>          \r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>          \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>         \r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>', '2034479441');
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(117, '', 'Iraqi film Our River...Our Sky lands world premiere at Sarajevo Film Festival', '2021-08-10', 'OROS-Portrait_logos.jpg', 'Our River...Our Sky by director Maysoon Pachachi will have its world premiere at Sarajevo Film Festival (August 13-20).  The Baghdad-set stories highlighted in the film will be screened on August 19 as part of a special program supported by Robert Bosch Foundation (Germany) entitled “Dealing with the Past”.  Founded in 1995, during a wartime siege of the city, Sarajevo Film Festival has since aimed to contribute to the reconstruction of civil society in the country and is now the leading film festival of South-Eastern Europe.  The program “Dealing with the Past” aims to initiate dialogue across political divides. \r<br/>\r<br/>The narrative in Our River…Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic) is set against a backdrop of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Muslim Eid.  It tells the stories of ordinary Baghdadis trying to live their everyday lives despite unpredictable events, which put them in peril.  At the heart of the multi-character narrative is SARA, a single mother and novelist, who has lost her will to write in the face of unspeakable violence.  Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope. \r<br/>\r<br/>Our River...Our Sky won the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at Dubai International Film Festival and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer Irada Al-Jubori.  The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Abu Dhabi Music & Art Foundation and Doha Film Institute.  The film was supported in Europe by Eurimages, CNC, Visions Sud Est and British Film Institute, amongst others, and was awarded The Cell Post Production award at Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020.  \r<br/>\r<br/>The cast includes Darina Al Joundi (as Sara), Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Meriam Abbas, Zainab Joda, Badia Obaid and renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas.  The production was initially developed by Oxymoron Films (UK) and Linked Productions (Kuwait) and made in coproduction with its other main producers Les Contes Modernes (France) and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany).  MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales. \r<br/>\r<br/>Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at University College London and attended London Film School as a student of British director Mike Leigh.  She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.  Her films – some of which were broadcast on Channel 4 in the U.K. and ZDF in Germany - include Iranian Journey (2000), Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) and Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq (2008).  Open Shutters received a Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Festival Rotterdam and also led to the publication of a book and photographic exhibition of the same name.  \r<br/> \r<br/>In 2004, with her colleague Kasim Abid, she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals. \r<br/>', '154654404'),
(118, 'The First Saudi Film to Be Commercially Released in Saudi Theaters', 'Roll\'em Screens at the Liverpool Arab Arts Film Festival', '2021-08-10', 'Rollem-poster-print.jpg', 'Roll’em by director Abdulelah Alqurashi will screen within the events of the upcoming edition of the Liverpool Arab Arts Film Festival (July 16-November 14), which will be held online due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The film will screen on the Eventive platform from Aug.12 to Aug.15 and will be limited to audiences inside the UK. \r<br/>\r<br/>To get the tickets, check the following link: \r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.arabartsfestival.com/events/roll-em/\" alt=\"Roll\'em\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.arabartsfestival.com/events/roll-em/</a>\r<br/>     \r<br/>Founded in 1998, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is the UK’s longest running and most successful annual Arab arts and cultural festival, showcasing works by the best UK and international Arab artists. The festival creates a dynamic between traditional and contemporary Arab artforms, encouraging informed debate that explores, and increases, appreciation of Arab people and their rich cultures.\r<br/>     \r<br/>Roll’em is an independent film with a Saudi cast and crew. The film has recently won the Best Film Award at the 1st Al Ain Film Festival. Roll’em marked the first Saudi film to be released in Saudi theaters. The film was released in 2019 in VOX Cinemas in Jeddah and Riyadh and was officially selected at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah in March 2020. Also, it was screened at the Aarhus Arab Film Festival and was released on Shahid.net, becoming the first Saudi film to be screened on the platform for Arab audiences.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film tells the story of Omar Nizar, a filmmaker in his early thirties. He is trying to make a film about Jeddah, but Omar is unaware of what Jeddah means to him and the difficulties of filmmaking in the Kingdom. One day, he gets to know the 70-year-old DOP, Farid Lotfy who gave up his passion for cinematography and has become devoted to his antiques shop.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Abdulelah Alqurashi, and co-written by Yaser Hammad, Roll’em stars Khaled Yeslam, Shaher Al Qurashi and Sarah Taibah. MAD Solutions distributes the film across the Arab world.\r<br/>     \r<br/>Born in Jeddah, Abdulelah Alqurashi is a director and producer who moved to Los Angeles to obtain a master\'s degree in filmmaking. In addition to writing, producing, and directing, he worked as an actor in several films, including Zaina’s Cake by director Nada Almojadedi. Since his return from the US at the beginning of 2017, Alqurashi dedicated all his effort, time, and money to turn Roll’em from script to screen. He believes in his ability to make Saudi films for the local market and present them to the world.\r<br/>\r<br/>', '939990149'),
(119, 'After the Massive Turnout ', 'Gaza Mon Amour Continues Screening at Zawya for the Second Consecutive Week ', '2021-08-10', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will continue screening for the second week in a row at Zawya Cinema. This comes after the massive success upon the film’s release in Egypt on August 4. \r<br/>     \r<br/>Recently, Gaza Mon Amour nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>   \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>   \r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>\r<br/> Screening Times of Gaza Mon Amour at Zawya Cinema \r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, 11/8: 1:00 PM- 4:00PM- 7:00PM\r<br/>Thursday, 12/8: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>Friday, 13/8: 1:00 PM- 7:00 PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>Saturday, 14/8: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, 15/8: 1:00 PM- 4:00 PM- 7:00 PM\r<br/>Monday, 16/8: 1:00 PM - 4:00PM -7:00PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>Tuesday, 17/8: 1:00 PM-7:00 PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>', '1396616608'),
(120, 'Following its World Premiere at the Venice International Film Festival ', 'Amira Lands its Arab World Premiere at El Gouna Film Festival', '2021-08-15', 'amira-poster.jpg', 'Ahead of its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, the 5th edition of El Gouna Film Festival (Oct 14 to Oct 22) has announced the selection of Amira film, by director Mohamed Diab, to participate in the Feature Narrative Competition, marking its Arab world premiere. The film is slated to release soon in a number of Arab countries. <br /><br />Over the past years, El Gouna Film Festival has become one of the most prominent film festivals in the Arab world. The festival&rsquo;s upcoming edition will showcase seven films, including Amira. <br /><br />Amira will compete within the Orizzonti competition at the upcoming edition of the Venice International Film Festival, which will run from Sept.1 till Sept.11. The film is Mohamed Diab&rsquo;s third film as a director after 678 (2010) and his hit film Clash (Eshtebak) (2016), which nabbed over 30 international awards. The film is set in Palestine and marks the first Palestinian film by an Egyptian director. <br /><br />Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar&rsquo;s infertility, Amira&rsquo;s world turns upside down. <br /><br />Amira features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, and Tara Abboud, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash film. <br /><br />The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), in co-production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Goher are the film&rsquo;s producers. The film&rsquo;s marketing is handled by MAD Solutions, which also handles the film&rsquo;s distribution along with Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world. <br /><br />Mohamed Diab is an award-winning writer and director whose work usually addresses issues related to the Egyptian society. Diab started his career as a writer with the blockbuster Egyptian franchise El Gezira (The Island) films that are considered to be the highest-grossing Egyptian and Arabic films of all times. He followed that by writing a number of hit films, including Badal Faqed (Replacement) and 1000 Mabrouk (Congratulations). As a director, Diab kick-started his career by directing the film 678 (2010), which was described by the New York Times as an &ldquo;unmistakably harbinger of the revolution&rdquo;. In 2016, he directed Clash (Eshtebak) that opened the Un Certain Regard section of the 69th Cannes Film Festival and was highly acclaimed by critics and many international A-list stars, including Tom Hanks.', '1916341105'),
(121, '', 'A Massive Turnout for The Alleys’ World Premiere at the Locarno Festival', '2021-08-15', 'the-alleys-at-locarno.jpg', 'Written and directed by Bassel Ghandour, The Alleys’ world premiere witnessed a massive turnout at the iconic Piazza Grande, the biggest outdoor screen in Europe, on Sunday evening, held as part of the activities of the Locarno Festival. The premiere was attended by the film’s writer and director Bassel Ghandour and stars; Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, and Maisa Abd Elhadi, as well as producer Yousef Abed Al-Nabi.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s team had a great time feeling happy and excited during the pre-screening photoshoot and on the festival’s red carpet. Furthermore, the film received a warm applause by 5000 attendees.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Alleys is the first Jordanian feature film to ever compete at the festival, and the first Arab film to participate in the Piazza Grande since 2008. The film is competing for three awards; the Variety Piazza Grande Award, which is presented by Variety Magazine to assist the international career of a film in the selection, the Audience Award, and the Swatch First Feature Award for the best debut film as this is Bassel Ghandour’s directorial debut.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, the film received the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Further, it won two awards for films in post-production at the 7th Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and received support from The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and the Red Sea Film Festival (KSA). During development, the film was aided by EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection, and The Sorfond Pitching Forum.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Alleys is directed and written by Bassel Ghandour and stars Emad Azmi, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Baraka Rahmani, Nadira Omran, and Nadim Rimawi. The film is produced by Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) and co-produced by Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions handles the film’s sales and distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) will handle international sales. \r<br/>\r<br/>Film Synopsis:\r<br/>\r<br/>In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won’t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don’t go as planned.\r<br/>\r<br/>Bio:\r<br/>\r<br/>Director Bassel Ghandour co-wrote and produced Theeb, winner of the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Debut and the 2016 nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. The Alleys is his directorial debut, and he is also the film’s writer. The Alleys premiered at the Locarno Festival.\r<br/>', '560267246'),
(122, '', 'Huda’s Salon Lands Its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival ', '2021-08-11', 'huda-salon.jpg', 'The 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada, has announced the selection of the Palestinian film Huda’s Salon, by director Hany Abu-Assad to participate in its Platform lineup, a director-driven section that aims to showcase original names in international cinema, at the festival’s upcoming edition (Sept.9-Sept 18).\r<br/>	\r<br/>Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem, for a haircut and an attentive ear. But this ordinary visit turns sour when Huda, after having put Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to have her work for the secret service of the occupiers, and thus betray her people.\r<br/>	\r<br/>“Seldom do I find a story inspired by real events that also contains contradictions. Huda’s Salon is full of contradictions that work together in a precise way and begin to fit together like the main wheels inside a clock, eventually strengthening one another through their fight. Despite having different jobs and agendas, they’re all working for the same ticking clock: suspense.” - quoting Director Hany Abu-Assad \r<br/>	\r<br/>Held annually in Canada, Toronto International Film Festival is one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals that showcases the year’s most remarkable films. The festival’s current edition features over 120 films, attracting over 400,000 people from all over the world. \r<br/>	\r<br/>Huda’s Salon stars Ali Suliman, Manal Awad and Maisa Abd Elhadi. The film  is produced by H&A Production (Hany Abu-Assad and Amira Diab), Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy) and co- produced by MAD Solutions (Maher Diab and Alaa Karkouti), Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad) Key Films, Cocoon and Philistine Films. Also, Daniel Ziskind of Film Clinic is the film’s co-producer. MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL  handles worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions and Lagoonie handle the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Palestinian screenwriter and director Hany Abu-Assad is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His repertoire includes several exceptional Arab films that gained international recognition, such as Paradise Now (2005), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and the film Omar (2013) that also received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.  In 2017, Abu-Assad directed The Mountain Between Us, starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba, which opened the 39th edition of Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Huda’s Salon is his latest feature fil', '1827149644'),
(123, '', 'MAD Solutions Acquires Arab World Distribution Rights to Neighbors & A Tale Of Love And Desire', '2021-08-18', 'a-tale-of-love-desire.jpg', 'MAD Solutions has acquired the Arab distribution rights to two new films that have been to the 2021’s most prestigious film festivals. These films are A Tale Of Love And Desire by director Laila Bouzaid, and Neighbors by Mano Khalil. This comes as a new addition to the list of 50 films that MAD Solutions has announced the acquisition of at the beginning of this year.\r<br/>\r<br/>A Tale Of Love And Desire has landed its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival, within the International Critics\' Week, receiving a wide audience acclaim, while Neighbors world premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and screened at the Locarno’s Panorama Suisse section.\r<br/>\r<br/>It’s worth mentioning that MAD Solutions has also participated in the Locarno Festival, with two films from its distribution list: The Alleys by writer and director Bassel Ghandour, which landed its world premiere at the iconic Piazza Grande, and Streams by Mehdi Hmili, which screened within the Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del Presente).\r<br/>\r<br/>About Neighbors:\r<br/>\r<br/>A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s, during the rule of Hafez al-Assad: a six-year-old Kurdish boy, Sero, experiences his first year in an Arabic school and must deal with how his small world is radically changing through absurd nationalism. \r<br/>Written and directed by Mano Khalil, Neighbors stars Serhed Khalil, Jalal Altawil, Jay Abdo, and Samer al-Masry. \r<br/>\r<br/>About A Tale Of Love And Desire:\r<br/>\r<br/>Ahmed, French teenager of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah. Written and directed by Laila Bouzaid, the film stars Zbeida Belhajamor and Sami Outalbali. \r<br/>\r<br/>MAD Solutions handles the two films’ sales and distribution across the Arab World.\r<br/>', '130036821'),
(124, 'Gaza Mon Amour| Zanka Contact| Trapped| Roadblock ', 'MAD Solutions Sends Four Films to the Amman International Film Festival', '2021-08-19', 'mad-films-at-amman-film-festival.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send four films from its distribution list to the Amman International Film Festival (August 23-August 31). The participating films are: Gaza Mon Amour, by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, which will open the festival; Trapped by Manal Khaled; Moroccan Film Zanka Contact by Ismael El Iraki, and the short film Roadblock by Dahlia Nemlich. \r<br/>   \r<br/>Organized under the umbrella of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan, the Amman International Film Festival is Jordan’s first international film festival that showcases Arab and international films. With a main focus on emerging filmmakers, AIFF seeks works that manifest artistic boldness, strength of form, and originality in the use of the medium of film.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Trapped: \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and produced by Manal Khaled, from a screenplay co-written by Manal Khaled and Rasha Azab, Trapped world premiered at the South By Southwest Festival, USA. It stars Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne’ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour‎, Habiba Effat and Fadel El Garhy. \r<br/>\r<br/>Trapped revolves around a group of different women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of getting trapped sometimes by one\'s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but sometimes it is imposed by inner conflicts and thoughts.\r<br/>The women share similar dreams of breaking free from the social constraints, however, their different social backgrounds create contrasts when it comes to the levels of awareness, openness, and methods to rebel against their realities.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Roadblock: \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Dahlia Nemlich and written by Pascale Seigneurie, Roadblock landed its world premiere at the latest edition of El Gouna Film  Festival. The film stars Julian Farhat, Ahmed Hammadi Chassin, Pascale Seigneurie and Mohamad Yassine. \r<br/>\r<br/>Beirut- 2019, during the revolution. On her way back from a protest, Farah, a Lebanese activist, and her French-Lebanese boyfriend Anthony, are stopped at a roadblock held by two armed militiamen who have a bone to pick with Farah.\r<br/>', '318850303'),
(125, 'Competing Within the Feature-length Narrative Competition ', 'Moroccan Film Zanka Contact Takes Part in the Amman International Film Festival', '2021-08-18', 'Zanka-festival.jpg', 'Moroccan film Zanka Contact, by director Ismael El Iraki, will take part in the Feature-length Narrative competition of the second edition of the Amman International Film Festival ( Aug.23-Aug.31). The film is slated to release soon in the Moroccan theatres. \r<br/>\r<br/>Zanka Contact landed its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival where its leading actress Khansa Batma won the Venice Horizons Award for Best Actress. Also, it was selected at the London Film Festival, the Luxor African Film Festival, the Tromsø International Film Festival and the Gabes Cinema Fen. \r<br/>\r<br/>Organized under the umbrella of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan, the Amman International Film Festival is Jordan’s first international film festival that showcases Arab and international films. With a main focus on emerging filmmakers, AIFF seeks works that manifest artistic boldness, strength of form, and originality in the use of the medium of film.\r<br/>\r<br/>On the mad streets of Casablanca, new love happens between ex-rocker Larsen and streetwise amazon Rajae, which ignites street wars. Showing a shocking-dark side of Morocco, Zanka Contact is a story of love, street wars and rock n’roll. \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Ismael El Iraki, the film stars Khansa Batma, Ahmed Hammoud, \r<br/>Said Bey and Mourad Zaoui. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>Ismael El Iraki is a Moroccan director who works and lives between Casablanca and Paris. He joined the directing department of the prestigious French cinema school La Femis. In 2008, El Iraki\'s two first short films landed great success: Carcasse (2008) won the Short Film Corner Prize at the Festival de Cannes, and \'H’rash\' (2009) won a Special Mention of the Jury and the Attention Talent directing award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Zanka Contact marks El Iraki\'s debut feature. \r<br/>', '1742128316'),
(126, 'Kilkis...The Town of Owls | Between Two Seas| Haifa Street ', 'MAD Solutions Sends Three Films to the Festival De L\'aube ', '2021-08-17', 'mad-films-at.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send three feature films to the Festival De L\'aube, in Switzerland (23-30 August). These films are: Haifa Street, by Mohanad Hayal, Kilkis...The Town of Owls by Azlarabe Alaoui, and Between Two Seas by Anas Tolba.\r<br/>\r<br/>Kilkis...The Town of Owls will screen on Tuesday, August 24, at 8:45 PM (GMT+2), while Between Two Seas will screen on Thursday, August 26, at 9:00 PM and Haifa Street will play on Sunday, August 29, at 5:30 PM. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Haifa Street: \r<br/>\r<br/>Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>\r<br/>It received 9 international awards, including The Golden Olive branch award for best feature film at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, Best Film award at the Busan International Film Festival, Laser Film award and HAKKA Distribution award at the Takmil Workshop of the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Lab Award from the Asia Pacific Academy, Market Award at the Tribeca International Film Festival, and the Cinescape Award, presented by Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival. Furthermore, the film won a post-production grant from the Doha Film Institute. Haifa Street had its Arab world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), where it received wide audience and critical acclaim.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Kilkis...The Town of Owls:\r<br/>      \r<br/>The film\'s events take place at the Town of Owls, an isolated residential community situated in the High Atlas Mountains. It is inhabited by families and guards of a secret political prison camp, which remained out of history for a long time until the early 1990s. The Town of Owls is in fact a titanic prison in which everyone, including guards and residents, are held detainees.\r<br/>      \r<br/>Kilkis...The Town of Owls was released in Moroccan theaters on September 4 and recently screened at the Verona International Film Festival in Italy and the Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival in Tunisia. The film won the Al-Quds Grand Prize for Best Artistic Production, along with a Special Mention for Best Production Design at the 34th Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival. The film world premiered at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, where it won the Best Director award. It also got selected at a number of film festivals, including the Austrian Independent Film Festival, Festival CinéAlma in France, where it won the Second Best Feature Film in the festival’s Official Competition, and the Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) in Italy.\r<br/>     \r<br/>Written and directed by Azalarabe Alaoui, Kilkis...The Town of Owls stars Med Rzin, Amin Ennaji, Hassan Badida, Kamal Elkademi and Asmae Srioui. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Between Two Seas: \r<br/>      \r<br/>While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, Zahra\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, Zahra persists on getting her daughter\'s right and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas.\r<br/>  \r<br/>Between Two Seas has received 22 awards in total. Most recently, the film won Special Mention at the Beirut Women International Film Festival, six awards at the Egyptian National Film Festival and two Best Director awards for Anas Tolba and Best Script at Festival International du Cinéma de la Diversité Taza in Morocco. It also won Best Narrative Feature and a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement (Screenplay), at the Brooklyn Film Festival and two other awards during its world premiere at the 3rd Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWFF)\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Anas Tolba and written by Mariam Naoum, based on a script by Amany El Tounsy and Karim El Dalil, Between Two Seas stars Fatma Adel, Yara Goubran, Tharaa Goubail, Mahmoud Fares, Arfa Abdel Rassoul, and Lobna Wanas.The film is produced by Axeer and executive produced by Abdelrahman Al Garwani. world. It’s a joint collaboration between the National Council for Women, UN Women, Axeer, along with a number of development partners as part of their belief in the important role that cinema plays in changing negative perceptions towards women in different societies. MAD Solutions handles the film’s promotion and distribution in the Arab world. \r<br/>', '481447415'),
(127, 'Ahead of its Theatrical Release in Jordan', 'Gaza Mon Amour Opens the Amman International Film Festival', '2021-08-22', 'Gaza-post-for-MAD-4.jpg', 'Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will open the second edition of the Amman International Film Festival (Aug.23-Aug.31). The film will have two screenings during the festival in a special section called “Franco-Arab Rendez-Vous”; one during the opening night and another on Tuesday, August 24 at Taj cinemas. Furthermore, Gaza Mon Amour is slated to release at Jordan’s theatres soon.  \r<br/>\r<br/>Commenting on that, Nada Domani, the Festival’s Director, said: “ We have chosen Gaza Mon Amour to open the second edition of the Amman International Film Festival for the message it sends as well as its great cinematic value. The audience in Jordan is interested in what happens in Palestine and is very sympathetic towards the people in Gaza. The film is light-hearted and shows that love and life are stronger than war and plights. We are glad that many scenes in the film were shot in Jordan with a local cast and crew. Additionally, a number of french parties were involved in the film’s production. This year, the Amman International Film festival hosts the Franco-Arab Film Festival.”\r<br/>\r<br/>While Moshira Farouk Bahar, the Culture and Theatrical Distribution Manager of MAD Solutions, said: “ We are glad to continue working with the Amman International Film Festival as well as the Franco-Arab Film Festival. Also, we are delighted that Gaza Mon Amour will be opening the Amman festival. It’s one of the most remarkable Palestinian films that we have worked on recently. It enjoyed great success in Arab and global festivals and has been commercially released recently in Egypt.  Since the film will be released soon in Jordan, we have chosen the Amman International Film Festival to witness the film’s launch in Jordan.” \r<br/>\r<br/>Organized under the umbrella of the Royal Film Commission – Jordan, the Amman International Film Festival is Jordan’s first international film festival that showcases Arab and international films. With a main focus on emerging filmmakers, AIFF seeks works that manifest artistic boldness, strength of form, and originality in the use of the medium of film.\r<br/>         \r<br/>Recently, Gaza Mon Amour nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>   \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival, and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>   \r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>     \r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>', '1866876654'),
(128, 'As Part of Its Tour in the Arab World', 'Gaza Mon Amour to Continue Screening for the Fourth Week at Zawya Cinema', '2021-08-24', 'Gaza-post-for-MAD-4.jpg', 'After a successful three-week screening, Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will continue screening for the fourth week in a row at Zawya Cinema as of Wednesday, August 25, 2021. This comes in coincidence with the film’s participation in the Amman International Film Festival, in which it opened the festival. The film has commercially released in Egypt on August 4, and is slated to release in Jordanian theatres soon.\r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, Gaza Mon Amour nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>   \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of Gaza Mon Amour at Zawya Cinema \r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, 25/8: 1:00 PM- 7:00PM\r<br/>Thursday, 26/8: 4:00 PM- 9:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, 27/8: 7:00 PM\r<br/>Saturday, 28/8: 4:00 PM- 9:30 PM \r<br/>Sunday, 29/8: 1:00 PM- 7:00 PM\r<br/>Monday, 30/8:  4:00PM \r<br/>Tuesday, 31/8: 1:00 PM-7:00 PM\r<br/>', '2065433481'),
(129, 'Highly Acclaimed by Audiences and Critics ', 'A Full House Screening for the World Premiere Screening of Our River...Our Sky at Sarajevo Film Festival', '2021-08-25', 'FB_IMG_1629908912045.jpg', 'Our River...Our Sky, by director Maysoon Pachachi, had a full house screening for its world premiere screening at the 27th edition of  Sarajevo Film Festival within a special program supported by Robert Bosch Foundation (Germany) entitled “Dealing with the Past”. Furthermore, the film won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. \r<br/>\r<br/>The famous Film Critic E. Nina Rothe wrote about the film on MIME website, saying: “An ensemble piece, terrifically acted and perfectly written”. Also, she praised Maysoon Pachachi’s works, saying: “There is a prevailing sense of poetry that runs as a thread through Maysoon Pachachi\'s work.” and described the collaboration between producer Talal Al-Muhanna and Maysoon as “An inspiring alliance”. \r<br/>\r<br/>The narrative in Our River…Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic) is set against a backdrop of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Muslim Eid.  It tells the stories of ordinary Baghdadis trying to live their everyday lives despite unpredictable events, which put them in peril.  At the heart of the multi-character narrative is SARA, a single mother and novelist, who has lost her will to write in the face of unspeakable violence.  Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.\r<br/>\r<br/>Our River...Our Sky won the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at Dubai International Film Festival and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer Irada Al-Jubori.  The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Abu Dhabi Music & Art Foundation and Doha Film Institute.  The film was supported in Europe by Eurimages, CNC, Visions Sud Est and British Film Institute, amongst others, and was awarded The Cell Post Production award at Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020.  \r<br/>\r<br/>The cast includes Darina Al Joundi (as Sara), Basim Hajar, Labwa Arab, Meriam Abbas and renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas.  The production was initially developed by Oxymoron Films (UK) and Linked Productions (Kuwait) and made in coproduction with its other main producers Les Contes Modernes (France) and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany).  MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales. \r<br/>\r<br/>Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at University College London and attended London Film School as a student of British director Mike Leigh.  She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.  Her films – some of which were broadcast on Channel 4 in the U.K. and ZDF in Germany - include Iranian Journey (2000), Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) and Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq (2008).  Open Shutters received a Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Festival Rotterdam and also led to the publication of a book and photographic exhibition of the same name.  \r<br/> \r<br/>Maysoon taught editing and directing in a number of countries and cities, including the UK, Palestine, Gaza, Al Quds,and Birzeit. In 2004, with her colleague Kasim Abid, she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals. \r<br/>\r<br/>', '1457291023'),
(130, '', 'Screening Times of Mohamed Diab’s Amira at Venice International Film Festival', '2021-08-30', 'amira-notification.png', 'With the attendance of the film’s cast and creators, Amira, by director Mohamed Diab, will land its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, within the Orizzonti competition. The film is slated to have eight screenings, two of which are public screenings, and other six exclusively for the festival’s pass holders.\r<br/>\r<br/>For the tickets, please check the following link:\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2021/orizzonti/amira\" target=\"_blank\" >https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2021/orizzonti/amira </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of Amira at Venice International Film Festival, Venice Time (GMT +1)\r<br/>\r<br/>Saturday, September 4, 2:00 PM, at PalaBiennale\r<br/>Saturday, September 4, 2:15 PM, at Sala Darsena\r<br/>The Pass Holders Screenings:\r<br/>Friday, September 3, 7:15 PM, at Sala Casinò\r<br/>Friday, September 3, 10:00 PM, at Sala Volpi\r<br/>Sunday, September 5, 9:15 AM, at Sala Casinò\r<br/>Sunday, September 5, 11:15 AM, at Sala Volpi\r<br/>Sunday, September 5, 2:15 PM, at Sala Casinò\r<br/>Sunday, September 5, 5:00 PM, at Sala Volpi\r<br/>\r<br/>Amira features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, and Tara Abboud, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash film.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures, in co- production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Goher are the film’s producers. Pyramide handles the film’s international sales while the film’s marketing is handled by MAD Solutions, which also handles the film’s distribution along with Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world. \r<br/>', '1376203180'),
(131, '', 'Yed Meriem Film Project Receives MAD Solutions Award at the Amman International Film Festival', '2021-09-01', 'Yed-Meriame.jpg', 'Yed Meriem film project, by director Mouzahem Yahia, won a post-production award, which is presented by MAD Solutions within the pitching platform of the Amman Film Industry Days (AFID) at the second edition of the Amman International Film Festival. The award is a minimum guarantee in exchange for the distribution and sales rights in the Arab world worth US$ 10,000.  \r<br/>\r<br/>Commenting on that, the head of industry Bassam Alasad said:” This year we selected 13 projects to be part of Amman Industry days (AFID) pitching platforms to pitch Infront of the jury. The projects had a new and modern way of storytelling that made the jury work very hard to award the winners, and we are glad that the industry days will be part of their journey developing and finishing their projects.”\r<br/>     \r<br/>The Amman Film Industry Days (AFID) provides a variety of workshops, masterclasses and a series of talks with Jordanian and Arab film professionals who share their expertise and discuss the challenges they face in the industry. \r<br/>     \r<br/>In the heart-lighted Yed Meriem film project, Meriem, an ordinary girl, and a group of students, from Bab Al Zawaar University, will embark on a trip to the Algerian south where they will encounter a series of surprising events. To protect the heritage of the Tuareg’s Queen from destruction by a corrupt businessman called Youssef, Meriem will be exclusively chosen to take over this extraordinary mission. \r<br/>     \r<br/>Directed by Mouzahem Yahia and witten by Youcef Baaloudj, Yed Meriem is produced by the Algerian Center for Cinema Development, with the support of the National Fund of Art, Technology and Cinematography Development and The Promotion of Literature and Arts of the Algerian Ministry of Culture. The film’s executive production is supervised by Maysan Brood Institution. \r<br/>       \r<br/>The film features a wide array of stars who many of them are social media influencers, including Farouk Boudjemline, Mohamed Abrkan, Nahla, Lydia Chebout, Abdelkrim Derradji, Amin Qaroja. \r<br/>      \r<br/>The award offered by MAD Solutions comes as part of the company\'s strategy to support the Arab film industry through its different production stages internationally and regionally and to promote them in the long run. The company previously offered similar awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, where the award was dedicated to films from the Maghreb region, the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the Palestine Cinema Days, the Festival National du Film Professional Meetings in Tangier, Morocco, and the Final Cut in Venice Workshop at the Venice International Film Festival. \r<br/>', '11328664');
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(132, '', 'Under the Fig Trees, grabs the MAD Solutions and El Gouna Film Festival award, at the final Cut Venice Workshop ', '2021-09-08', 'mad-and-elgouna-award.jpg', 'MAD Solutions and El Gouna Film Festival, partners of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC), grant their award to Under the Fig Trees, directed by Ergie Sehiri, at the Final Cut in Venice workshop. MAD Solutions’ award comprises promotional and distribution services in the Arab world while El Gouna’s award is a financial support of $ 5,000. \r<br/>\r<br/>In the shade of trees, a strong bond flourishes between the young summer harvest workers. Between flirting, feelings of attraction and denial, a deep connection develops between the young men and women as they try to understand one other.\r<br/>\r<br/>Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French film director, producer and journalist who was born in France in 1982 and travelled to Canada at the age of 19 to study Business Administration, soon afterwards she dipped her toes into filmmaking. She committed herself to document and film the Tunisian life. In 2012, she directed the feature-length documentary Family Album and in 2013, she directed her short documentary My Father’s Facebook. Since then, she dedicated herself to filming the Tunisian railways and made her first feature film, Railway Men. Moreover, she co-directed the feature-length documentary Unspeakable Crime.\r<br/>\r<br/>For the seventh year, MAD Solutions offers its award that is represented in promotion and distribution services in the Arab world to one winner project. This is also the fifth year for El Gouna Film Festival to present its monetary award of 5000 USD within the workshop, in addition to an invitation for the winning project to participate in CineGouna Platform. \r<br/>\r<br/>The award offered by MAD Solutions comes as part of the company\'s strategy to support the Arab film industry through its different production stages internationally and regionally and to promote them on the long run. The company previously offered similar awards at Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, where the award was dedicated to films from the Maghreb region, the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the Palestine Cinema Days, and the Festival National du Film Professional Meetings in Tangier, Morocco.\r<br/>\r<br/>As for El Gouna Film Festival, it offers monetary prizes for Arab film projects in international platforms, such as the MAFF Market Forum (MMF) of the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Latin Arab Co-Production Forum, Beirut Cinema Platform, CineGouna Platform, in addition to Final Cut in Venice.\r<br/>\r<br/>The 9th Final Cut in Venice workshop supports films in the post-production stage from Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. The film selections are screened to an audience of producers, distributors and programmers of international film festivals. The workshop concludes with an award ceremony to honor the winning films that will be supported through the post-production phase.\r<br/>The Final Cut in Venice aims to develop the role of the Venice International Film Festival to become a bridge that supports independent filmmaking in these countries by providing effective production support and promoting the films on the international market level.\r<br/>', '503088172'),
(133, 'Starring Saba Mubarak & Ziad Bakri', 'Arnoos Lands its World Premiere at El Gouna Film Festival (October 14 -22)', '2021-09-08', 'Arnoos-Poster-2021-Final.jpg', 'Directed by Samer Battikhi, Short film Arnoos  will  world premiere at the 5th edition of El Gouna Film Festival (October 14 -22), competing at the festival’s Short Film Competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>Founded in 2017, El Gouna Film Festival’s mission is to showcase a diverse range of films while catering for a creative and well-versed audience. Designed for artists and filmmakers; GFF aspires to foster communication between cultures and filmmakers to benefit the industry and our region through the art of filmmaking, by connecting filmmakers from the region with their international counterparts in the spirit of cooperation and cultural exchange. The festival is dedicated to the discovery of new voices through its industry segment, CineGouna Platform.\r<br/>\r<br/>During a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, Sami, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, and the  15 year -old street-smart hustler Mahmoud,  the corn seller are ready to execute their plan to steal an unexpected gift that will impress Sami’s girlfriend; not knowing of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Samer Battikhi, starring Saba Mubarak, Ahmed Al Omari, Ziad Bakri, Fadi Haddadin, and Mohammed Idris, the film is produced by Pan East Media, and Sierra Bravo Productions. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Samer Battikhi is a Jordanian film director & writer who has been working in the film industry in Jordan since 2015. He began his career as an assistant director, working with several veteran local and international filmmakers He has directed, written, and produced four short films, the last of which is “Arnoos” starring Saba Mubarak and Ziad Bakri. \r<br/>\r<br/>Currently, Battikhi is working on his first feature film titled\" Men Mal Allah\" which won the developing grant from Jordanian Film Fund, as well as two series, titled “Beginner’s Luck\", and “Propaganda”. \r<br/>', '27813227'),
(134, 'The Sea Ahead| Soula| Communion| Life Suits Me Well| Inshallah Boy|The Arabic Interpreter  ', '6 MAD Films Receive Funding from the Red Sea Fund ', '2021-09-09', 'Insallah Boy.jpg', 'The Red Sea International Film Festival grants post- production funding to 6 films, distributed by MAD Solutions.  The 6 MAD films that received the (2020-2021) Red Sea Fund, are among a list of 14 films, to be screened at the 1st edition of the festival, Jeddah (Dec.6-15,2021). \r<br/>\r<br/>And the 6 MAD Films granted the Post-Production Funding are:  \r<br/>The Sea Ahead, directed by Ely Dagher (France, Lebanon, USA, Belgium, Qatar)\r<br/>Soula, directed by Salah Issaad (Algeria)\r<br/>Communion, directed by Nejib Belkadhi (Tunisia)\r<br/>Life Suits Me Well, directed by Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand (Morocco, France)\r<br/>Inshallah A Boy, directed by Amjad Alrasheed (Jordan)\r<br/>The Arabic Interpreter, directed by Ali Kareem (Iraq, Germany, Qatar)\r<br/>\r<br/>The Red Sea Fund aims to support projects that require immediate and crucial financing to help bring films to life and shine a light on important narratives from exciting and emerging filmmakers from the Arab world. This round of funding is an accelerator to the official Red Sea Fund initiative which launched in June and received an encouraging 650 projects, which are currently being reviewed and will be announced in December.\r<br/>', '1767455279'),
(135, 'Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars', 'Gaza Mon Amour Screening for the 6th Week at Zawya Cinema', '2021-09-13', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'After a successful 5th week screening, Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will continue screening for the 6th week in a row at Zawya Cinema as of Wednesday, September 8, 2021. The film was commercially released in Egypt on August 4, and is slated to release in Jordanian theatres soon.\r<br/>\r<br/>“We are pleased that Gaza Mon Amour has been commercially released in Egypt where it world premiered and received Best Arab Film award at Cairo International Film Festival,” commented the Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser on the film’s commercial success. \r<br/>\r<br/>“Gaza Mon Amour is a tribute to the Egyptian cinema that we grew up watching. We would like to thank the Egyptian audience for their love, support and trust,” they added. \r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, Gaza Mon Amour opened the Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/> The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of Gaza Mon Amour at Zawya Cinema \r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, 8/9 at 1:00 PM\r<br/>Thursday, 9/9 at 4:00 PM-10:00 PM\r<br/>Friday, 10/0 at 1:00PM-7:00PM-9:30PM \r<br/>Saturday, 11/9 at 4:00 PM\r<br/>Sunday, 12/9 at 1:00 PM- 7:00 PM \r<br/>Monday, 13/9 at 4:00 PM- 9:30 \r<br/>Tuesday, 14/9 at 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM\r<br/>', '1385037506'),
(136, '', 'Gaza Mon Amour Screens for the 7th Week at Zawya Cinema', '2021-09-13', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'After a successful 6th week screening, Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will continue screening for the 7th week in a row at Zawya Cinema as of Wednesday, September 15, 2021. The film was commercially released in Egypt on August 4, and is slated to release in Jordan theatres soon.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of Gaza Mon Amour at Zawya Cinema during Next Week:\r<br/>\r<br/>Wednesday, 15/9 at 7:00 PM \r<br/>Thursday, 16/9 at 4:00 PM \r<br/>Friday, 17/9 at 9:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday, 18/9 at 4:00 PM \r<br/>Sunday, 19/9 at 9:30 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, 21/9 at 7:00 PM \r<br/>\r<br/>Recently, Gaza Mon Amour opened the Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/> The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>', '2098913729'),
(137, 'Caspian Films and Corniche Media announce partnership on My Driver & I directed by Ahd Kamel', 'MAD Solutions acquires rights for Arab world', '2021-09-15', 'ahd-kamel-headshot.jpeg', 'British production company Caspian Films and Corniche Media today announce a partnership on My Driver & I, the debut feature from writer/director Ahd Kamel. Ahd\'s short film La Sainteté (Sanctity) was the first Saudi film to be in Berlinale. The film was in Berlinale Shorts competition 2013.\r<br/>\r<br/>MAD Solutions has acquired full sales and distribution rights for the film in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film, written by director Ahd Kamel, is set in 80s and 90s Jeddah and centers on the unlikely friendship between a privileged Saudi girl and her Sudanese driver whose shared love of such things as pop music and ice cream helps them forge an unlikely friendship across the divide of culture, generation and gender.\r<br/>\r<br/>My Driver & I follows Salma, a young privileged and rebellious Saudi girl born to a strict grief-stricken mother and a loving but absent workaholic father; and Gamar, a young Sudanese man who has left his family and moved to Jeddah to earn a living as Salma\'s driver. Through her teenage years, Salma comes to realise that Gamar isn\'t just her driver - in many ways he is her best friend. This is a story about independence and finding family in the most unusual places. Gamar drives Salma in a car, but ultimately enables her to take the wheel of her own life\'s journey.\r<br/>\r<br/>Ahd Kamel, writer and director, comments: \"This is a personal story inspired by my own driver in Saudi Arabia where I grew up. It aims to open a window on a certain strand of late twentieth century Saudi society, looking deep into the core of a privileged household where servants come to be part of the family, and watching as a girl’s universal journey through adolescence comes into contact with the reality of societal expectations.”\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by Thembisa Cochrane and Georgie Paget for Caspian Films in partnership with Corniche Media.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hani Farsi, CEO of Corniche Media, comments: \"For the last fifteen years it has been a dream of mine to make a film in my hometown of Jeddah. Finding the right story and filmmaker has taken time, but I’m so glad to have finally found both in Ahd and My Driver & I. I’m honoured to be working with such a hugely talented woman director from my part of the world, and I can’t wait for audiences to experience her deeply personal yet universal Saudi coming-of-age tale.\"\r<br/>Thembisa Cochrane and Georgie Paget, producers at Caspian Films, add: \"We have loved developing this project with Ahd and always felt it would be very important to have the right partners in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. We could not think of better people to work with than Corniche and Mad Solutions, and we are very excited to be shooting the film next year.”\r<br/>\r<br/>Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, co-founders of MAD Solutions, comment: \"We believed in Ahd as a unique filmmaker since we watched and worked on her short film Sanctity. My Driver & I has a passionate soul and a fresh eye on Saudi society. We are happy to join forces with Caspian Films to make this project in 2022. Working with Ahd Kamel is a continuity of an ongoing search of high-quality projects from Saudi Arabia\'s growing cinema market.\"', '65221911'),
(138, 'Mohamed Diab’s “Amira” grabs 3 Awards at Venice International Film Festival', 'The Jury Praises Film’s Script, Cast, Editing & Direction', '2021-09-16', 'amira.jpg', 'Mohamed Diab\'s film Amira won three awards at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it landed its world premiere at the Orizzonti competition. The awards are Lanterna Magica Award, presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Enrico Fulchignoni Award, presented by Conseil International du Cinéma, de la Télévision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO), and 10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.\r<br/>\r<br/>\"It is a very intense well-made film, starting with solid script, an effective editing with gripping momentum, and not to mention the superb acting from the opening scene until the end scene. For building a tense and quite complex story that reflected the meaning of family, fatherhood, and motherhood within the context of racism and deep divisions. The film\'s cinematic language was symbolic, creating an interesting connection between the two generations. The director created a deeply touching movie, where, once again, the victims are the youngest, who grew up amidst hatred as if this was a hereditary trait, without denying the possibility of making a different choice.\", C.G.S\'s jury, commented.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian teenager, who was IVF conceived by the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar.  Despite the fact that their relationship has always been restricted to prison visits, Nawar remains Amira’s hero. Surrounded by the love of those close to her, Amira finds compensation for her father’s absence.  However, her world turns upside down when the second attempt to conceive fails, revealing the fact that her father is sterile. \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira\'s cast beholds a handful of Arab stars such as Saba Mubarak, Tara Abboud, who lands her first international role as Amira, and Ali Suliman, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on his film Clash.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures. Co-production by Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). More-over, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Goher are the film’s producers. Pyramide Films is in-charge of the international sales. MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in-charge of the film\'s distribution across the Arab world. While MAD Solutions is in-charge of Marketing.\r<br/>\r<br/>Mohamed Diab is an Egyptian director who started off his career as a writer. His works were accredited in the Middle East as well as on an international level. In 2010, he directed Cairo 678 (2010) that featured three women in their fight against sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo.\r<br/>\r<br/>Prominent writer Paulo Coehlo tweeted about the film, saying \"it should be mandatory for all men to watch it\". In 2016, he made his second feature film Clash that competed in the Cannes Film Festival. The film was entirely shot inside a police riot truck, crammed with detainees. It was highly acclaimed by critics and many international A-list stars, including Tom Hanks who encouraged people to watch the film, saying: \"If there\'s any way you can see Clash by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, you must. You simply must. The film will break your heart, but enlighten you.\"\r<br/>\r<br/>Amira is Mohamed Diab\'s latest work that views the Israel-Palestine conflict from an alternative perspective. Meanwhile, he is shooting his new TV series Moon Knight. A  Disney+ & Marvel production. \r<br/>\r<br/>', '1587602430'),
(139, 'Trapped| Roll\'em | Gaza Mon Amour ', 'MAD Solutions Sends Three Films to Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival ', '2021-09-19', 'karama-films.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send three films on its distribution list to Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, which is set to start on Thursday, Sep.23. The  films are: Egyptian film Trapped, by Manal Khaled, which will open the festival, Palestinian film Gaza Mon Amour, by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser and Saudi film Roll’em, by Abdulelah Alqurashi. \r<br/>\r<br/>Trapped will screen at the opening ceremony of the festival on Thursday, Sep.23, while Gaza Mon Amour will be shown on Saturday, Sep.25 at 5:15 PM (GMT+3) and Rollem on Friday, Sep.24 at 9:30 PM. \r<br/>\r<br/> Founded in 2010, in Beirut, Karama Human Rights Film Festival is part of Jordan’s Karama festival. With a programme that includes film screenings and year-round human rights events, the festival strives to spread a human rights cinema that denounces racism, hate speech, discrimination and injustice. Aiming to mobilize solidarity and support for minorities, the festival screens a selection of films from around the world, and holds open discussions to shed light on human rights violations worldwide and the prospects of social change and progress.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour: \r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. Recently, it opened the Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. \r<br/>\r<br/>Roll\'em:  \r<br/>The film tells the story of Omar Nizar, a filmmaker in his early thirties. He is trying to make a film about Jeddah, but Omar is unaware of what Jeddah means to him and the difficulties of filmmaking in the Kingdom until he gets to know the 70-year-old DOP, Farid Lotfy who gave up his passion for cinematography is devoted to his antiques shop.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Abdulelah Alqurashi, and co-written by Yaser Hammad, Roll’em features a Saudi cast and crew, including Khaled Yeslam, Shaher Al Qurashi, Sarah Taibah and Fatima AlBanawi. It has recently won the Best Film Award at the 1st Al Ain Film Festival. Furthermore, Roll’em marked both: the first Saudi film to be released in Saudi theaters and the first independent Saudi film to be released on Shahid platform. \r<br/>', '419463861'),
(140, 'Simultaneously with Its Screening in UAE', 'Gaza Mon Amour Screens for the 8th Week at Zawya Cinema ', '2021-09-20', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'After a successful 7th week in cinemas with multiple full house screenings since its release last August, Palestinian film Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will continue screening for the 8th week in a row at Zawya Cinema as of Wednesday, September 22nd. The film is slated to screen on Thursday, September 23rd, at 10:00 PM, and Tuesday, September 28th, at 9:30 PM. This comes in conjunction with the film\'s screening in UAE, and it is slated to release in Jordanian theatres soon, as well. \r<br/>\r<br/> Recently, Gaza Mon Amour opened the Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/> The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>', '234047294'),
(141, '', 'Experimental Summer Screens in Minya Saturday, September 25th At the premises of Megraya Culture Center', '2021-09-20', 'final-poster-w-logo.jpg', 'In the presence of its director Mahmoud Lotfy, Experimental Summer will screen at Megraya Culture Center in Minya on Saturday, September 25th, at 7:00 PM. The screening is held in collaboration with Contemporary Image Collective and MAD Solutions, which is in-charge of the film\'s distribution in the Arab World, and will be followed by a Q&A session with the film\'s director.\r<br/> \r<br/>For more info about the screening, please check the following link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/442799690453032/?ref=newsfeed\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/events/442799690453032/?ref=newsfeed </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Both Mahmoud and Zeinab join hands to search for the original version of the first Egyptian independent film that was made back in the 1980s, all copies of which were either destroyed or confiscated for unknown reasons by the government film agency, an entity that governed film production and distribution at the time. ’Experimental Summer’ is a fantasy journey into the world of filmmaking. \r<br/>\r<br/>Mahmoud Lotfy is an Egyptian filmmaker, who has worked as a screenwriter, director, producer, and cinematographer in a variety of independent films. Experimental Summer marks his feature debut. The film has previously screened at Berlin International Film Festival.\r<br/>', '1009310061'),
(142, 'As part of its Commercial Tour across Arab World', 'Gaza Mon Amour Releases in UAE', '2021-09-21', 'Gaza-Updated-Poster.jpg', 'Feature film Gaza Mon Amour by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will screen in UAE at Cinema Akil, for three consecutive weeks, starting Friday, September 24th, to October 16th. This comes as part of the film\'s commercial tour across the Arab World, where it started at Zawya Cinema, Egypt, and continues for 8 consecutive weeks with full house screenings.\r<br/>\r<br/>Cinema Akil is an independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE. Showcasing various masterpieces for decades, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and cinematic arts.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour is slated to screen at Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival in a few days. Moreover, the film recently opened the Amman International Film Festival and nabbed the Critics’ Choice Award at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland. It also was Palestine\'s official submission to the Oscars, and it received the Best Actress award and the Best Feature film at the Critics Awards for Arab Films, an initiative organized by the Arab Cinema Center. The film also won multiple international awards, including the Best Actor Prize for Salim Daw at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award and Special Mention at the Cairo International Film Festival, the Best Actor award at the Antalya Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/> The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and Berlinale Co-Production Market, 2019.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company Les Films du Tambour (delegate producer), in a co-production with Riva Filmproduktion (Germany), ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel and in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Ukbar Filmes (Portugal), Made in Palestine Project (Palestine), and Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed Condom Lead (15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2013. Their first feature film, Dégradé (85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique 2015, and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Gaza Mon Amour is their second feature film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour’s Screening Times at Cinema Akil\r<br/>Friday, September 24th, at 7:30 PM / 9:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday, September 25th, at 7:30 PM / 9:30 PM\r<br/>Monday, September 27th, at 7:00 PM t/ 9:00 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, September 28th, at 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Wednesday, September 29th, at 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Thursday, September 30th, at 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Friday, October 1st, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Saturday, October 2nd, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Monday, October 4th, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, October 5th, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Wednesday, October 6th, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Thursday, October 7th, at 5:00 PM / 7:00 PM / 9:00 PM\r<br/>Friday, October 8th, at 5:00 PM \r<br/>Saturday, October 9th, at 5:00 PM \r<br/>', '100987121'),
(143, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires the rights of Angeliena in the Arab world', '2021-09-19', 'Angelina.jpg', 'A modern day, post-apartheid South African movie, Angeliena, is set to premiere on Netflix globally on 8 October 2021. The star-studded cast follows the journey of formerly homeless parking attendant, Angeliena, who is diagnosed with a fatal disease and dares to put her lifelong dream of traveling the world into motion.\r<br/>\r<br/>Angeliena’s story is about self-love, making money, terminal illness, divorce, nature, friendships, hardships, poverty, travel, beauty, hot doctors, loving Nelson Mandela, loving plants, dreams and being GOOD ENOUGH.\r<br/>\r<br/>Netflix’s latest ‘Made in South Africa’ title features actors from across the board from the local South African TV and film sector in leads, supporting roles and cameos by the likes of Euodia Samson, Tshamano Sebe, Colin Moss, Kuli Roberts, Thapelo Mokoena, Nicole Madell, Marciel Hopkins, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Sandra Prinsloo and Toya Delazy just to highlight a few. \r<br/>\r<br/>Written, produced and directed by the acclaimed, multi award-winning South African filmmaker, Uga Carlini, following her award-winning, hybrid feature, Alison, returns with her debut fiction film, and shares: “Angeliena is an authentic, South African story that narrates its way through Nelson Mandela’s present day rainbow nation, to show us a side to the country and her people we haven\'t seen before. A homage to the footprints that this country and her good people are leaving behind for all of us, to try on for size.”\r<br/>\r<br/>Taglines:\r<br/>Africa’s Amelie. Our Ubuntu. \r<br/>If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough. \r<br/>Friendship is more important than revenge.\r<br/>Never judge a bum by her cover. \r<br/>Self-love is the greatest middle finger. \r<br/>Love yourself so fiercely, that when others see you, they know how it should be done. \r<br/>\r<br/>A Towerkop Creations production in association with the NFVF, DTIC and Mad Solutions with SAFTA winning producer, Dumi Gumbi, consulting producers Vlokkie Gordon and Himesh Kar, and executive producers Erik Toft, Rudolf Buitendach, Anton Nel, Faizal Cader and Khulekani Dlamini; tells the story of Angeliena through humor, heartbreak, and dashes of whimsical visual magic. This dramedy makes full use of the power of assumption while navigating its way through the socioeconomic heart and soul of the new South Africa. A movie that promises to capture the hearts of many globally, save the date to be the first to watch Angeliena on its premiere date, Friday, 8 October 2021. \r<br/>', '1363722591'),
(144, 'Streams | Tlamess | A Tale Of Love and Desire | Railway Men | Hedi | Noor', 'MAD Solutions Sends Six Films to Zurich Film Festival', '2021-09-21', 'Zurich-Film-Festival.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send six films on its distribution list to the 17th Zurich Film Festival (September 23rd – October 3rd), to participate in the festival’s New World View: Tunisia section, where each film is set to have three screenings. The Tunisian films are: Streams, by Mehdi Hmili, Tlamess by Ala Eddine Slim, A Tale Of Love And Desire by Laila Bouzaid, Railway Men by Erige Sehiri, Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia, and Noor by Rim Nakhli.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Zurich Film Festival provides a platform for the most promising filmmakers from around the globe. It aims to promote exchange between emerging directors, successful film workers, the film industry and the general public. Every autumn, the ZFF presents the year’s greatest discoveries and most anticipated films. \r<br/> \r<br/>About Streams:\r<br/>Amel works in a factory in Tunis. She lives with her alcoholic husband Tahar, a former local football player, and their only son Moumen, a talented teenage football goalkeeper. The mother meets Imed, who claims to help Moumen with his career. But the wealthy businessman takes advantage of the situation and abuses her. The police catch them. Amel is imprisoned and accused of adultery and prostitution. Moumen finds himself destroyed by the scandal. Furthermore, he falls into the abyss of the Tunisian nightlife. After her release, Amel searches for Moumen on  the slums and violent streets of Tunis. In this long quest for missing son, Amel has to face the fallen Tunisian society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Mehdi Hmili, Streams stars Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi and Slim Baccar and features music composed by Amine Bouhafa. The film is a joint production between Yol Film House (Tunisia), Tarantula (Luxembourg), MPM Film (France), Clandestino Production (Tunisia) and in association with Allam Film (USA). MAD Solutions is in charge of the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Tlamess:\r<br/>Tlamess revolves around S, a young soldier in the Tunisian desert. When his mother dies, he gets a week’s leave and goes back home. However, he never returns to the barracks and becomes the target of a manhunt through the backstreets of his working-class neighborhood, before vanishing into the mountains. Several years later, F, a young woman married to a rich businessman finds out that she’s pregnant. One morning, she leaves her luxurious villa and disappears into the forest.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written, edited and directed by Ala Eddine Slim, Tlamess stars Souhir Ben Amara, Abdullah Miniawy and Khaled Ben Aissa. The crew also includes Sound Engineer Moncef Taleb and DOP Amine Messadi. It is a Tunisian/French production through Exit Productions and Still Moving, with support from the Franco-Tunisian Fund, the Tunisian Ministry of Culture Fund, as well as the Aide aux Cinémas du Monde; a fund managed by the Centre National du Cinéma et de l\'Image Animée in France, and the World Cinema Fund Europe. MAD Solutions is in charge of the film\'s distribution in the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>About A Tale Of Love And Desire:\r<br/>Ahmed, French teenager of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.\r<br/>Written and directed by Laila Bouzaid, the film stars Zbeida Belhajamor and Sami Outalbali. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab World.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Railway Men:\r<br/>Railway Men is a road movie that draws a portrait of Tunisian railway men and women. Driving the old locomotive, the protagonists of the Railway Men defend their own choices despite the risks. By denouncing incompetence and corruption, this film celebrates dignity, hope and resilience.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Erige Sehiri, Railway Men features Afef Abdelli, Ahmed Mourad, Issameddine Fitati, and Khaled Gharbi. The film is produced by Nomadis Images and Les Films de Zayna, in coproduction with Akka Films and Al Jazeera Documentary. Railway Men is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions. The film received grants from the Arab Fund for Art and Culture (AFAC), Fonds Francophone de Production Audiovisuelle du Sud, and the Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Hedi:\r<br/>The film follows Hedi a young man who doesn\'t expect much from the future. While his mother tries to decide his life for him, making arrangements to marry him off to Khadija, Hedi meets Rym only two days before his wedding. Captivated by Rym\'s free-spirit, Hedi finds himself obsessed with his new-born passion and suddenly discovers that his world goes above and beyond conventions. The film stars Majd Mastoura, Rym Ben Messaoud, and Sabah Bouzouita.\r<br/>\r<br/>Hedi is written and directed by Mohamed Ben Attia, and co-produced by Dora Bouchoucha, Nadim Cheikhrouha, along with Belgian producers and directors, the brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night), while the distribution of the film is handled by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Noor:\r<br/>Noor and Adam set off in search for their father, whom they have not seen for a long time. Eager to meet him, they cross the city to reach the meeting place, but he doesn’t show up. The film landed its world premiere at the last edition of Locarno Festival, Switzerland.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Rim Nakhli, the film is produced by Inside Production (Moncef Taleb), and stars Nour El Houda Habbessi and Ayoub Behi. The film received a fund from the Tunisien Ministry of Cultural Affairs. MAD Solutions is in charge of the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Screening Times of MAD Films at Zurich Film Festival\r<br/>\r<br/>Streams\r<br/>Tuesday, September 28th, at 6:30 PM\r<br/>Wednesday, September 29th, at 8:30 PM\r<br/>Sunday, October 3rd, at 2:45 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Tlamess \r<br/>Thursday, September 23rd, at 6:00 PM\r<br/>Sunday, September 26th, at 4:15 PM\r<br/>Sunday, October 3rd, at 9:00 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>A Tale Of Love and Desire\r<br/>Monday, September 27th, at 6:00 PM\r<br/>Tuesday, September 28th, at 9:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday, October 2nd, at 9:30 PM\r<br/> \r<br/>Railway Men\r<br/>Thursday, September 23rd, at 9:15 PM\r<br/>Sunday, September 26th, at 3:00 PM\r<br/>Friday, October 1st, at 3:15 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Hedi \r<br/>Saturday, September 25th, at 9:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, October 1st, at 9:00 PM\r<br/>Saturday, October 2nd, at 3:45 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Noor\r<br/>Saturday, September 25th, at 6:45 PM\r<br/>Monday, September 27th, at 9:30 PM\r<br/>Friday, October 1st, at 7:30 PM \r<br/>', '372265');
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(145, 'As part of its Arab World Tour ', 'Beyond the Raging Sea, released commercially in UAE and Egypt Cinemas', '2021-09-30', 'Poster-BTRS-Online.jpg', 'Marco Orsini’s Beyond the Raging sea, kicks off its wide release in Egypt and UAE theatres as of September 30th. The commercial screening is part of the film’s Arab World Tour after the film screened in several international film festivals. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film opens for public screening starting September 30th in UAE at The VOX Cinemas at MOE Mall, YAS Mall in the UAE, Mirdif City Center and The Galleria Al Marya Island. In Egypt at The VOX cinemas of The Cairo Mall of Egypt, Alex City Center, and City Center ALMaza in Egypt.\r<br/>\r<br/>“After such an extensive lockdown worldwide, I am excited that VOX theatres and Mad Solutions have chosen BEYOND THE RAGING SEA to commercial release in the MENA region,” stated director Marco Orsini \r<br/>“Beyond the Raging Sea is a unique experience that we are happy to share with the vast majority of audience as means to raise awareness of the Refugee crises. Collaborating with VOX have made it all possible, and soon we shall be able to screen the film in the rest of the Arab Countries,” explained Moshira Farouk Bahar, the Cultural and Theatrical Distribution Manager at MAD Solutions\r<br/>\r<br/>For UAE screening Timings: \r<br/><a href=\"https://uae.voxcinemas.com/movies/beyond-the-raging-sea#showtimes\" target=\"_blank\"> https://uae.voxcinemas.com/movies/beyond-the-raging-sea#showtimes </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>For Egypt Screening Timings:  \r<br/><a href=\"https://egy.voxcinemas.com/movies/beyond-the-raging-sea\" target=\"_blank\"> https://egy.voxcinemas.com/movies/beyond-the-raging-sea </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>“Team O2s experience visually illustrates just how dangerous and unpredictable a sea journey is even when the team was fully prepared for the journey and had the necessary equipment with them. UNHCR’s TRS has partnered with IEFTA to produce testimonies from survivors who have made the journey to Europe by sea. In these testimonies, they share the difficulties experienced, the unspeakable violence and abuse both on land and at sea. So far in 2021 at least 500 persons are known to have lost their life trying to make the dangerous sea crossing along the Central Mediterranean route, compared to 150 in the same period in 2020, an increase of more than 200 per cent this is a demonstration of inaction by leaders and underscores the need to enhance search and rescue and increased provision of alternative pathways [give refugees a chance to reunify with their families or access scholarships or job opportunities] so that refugees do not resort to such dangerous journeys.” Say Christa Awuor Odinga, UNHCR TRS Project Manager.\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea follows the harrowing tale of the two Egyptian adventurers, as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, the world’s toughest row, an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua. \r<br/>\r<br/>Sponsored by DHL, and in collaboration with UNHCR and UNDP, Team O2 dedicated their row to raising awareness of the global refugee crises.\r<br/> \r<br/>Eight days, and 500 miles into their journey across the Atlantic, Team O2 were hit by 45 knot winds and towering waves that caused their boat to capsize.\r<br/>13 Hours of horror followed, before their epic rescue by a Cargo Ship.\r<br/>\r<br/>In an ironic twist of events, Nour and Samra faced the same dangers, terrors and decisions of those they were meant to recognize and relieve. Featuring jaw-dropping, footage of a remarkable ordeal and rescue at sea, Beyond the Raging Sea is the gripping account of that experience narrated by those who lived it, capturing what they endured, felt and what it all meant. In this film, an elite adventure introduces us to extraordinary people in exceptional circumstance, navigating existential threats, grueling ordeals, while fighting for their own survival and beyond.  Beyond the Raging Sea is a story that both echoes and illuminates the most pressing humanitarian crisis in the world today.\r<br/> \r<br/>Omar Nour is an entrepreneur and retired professional triathlete. He represented Egypt on the Olympic triathlon circuit from 2010 - 2017. He is the co-founder of VENTUM - a performance bike company - and Founder & Chairman of Enduro Supply - a leading distributor of sports brands across the Middle East. \r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Samra is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and future astronaut. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest and the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole (The Explorer\'s Grand Slam).\r<br/>  \r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea, was Written and Directed by Marco Orsini, who Produced in collaboration with DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, and UNDP, with Executive Producers Omar Nour, Omar Samra, and RagnhildEk. The film’s original music is composed by George Acogny.\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea had a sold-out Premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival and was praised by all who attended its screening. It was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the Marché du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. MAD Solutions will distribute Beyond The Raging Sea throughout the Arab World starting on September 30, 2021, while VIEWPARK has acquired the film for the US and rest of the world.\r<br/> \r<br/>Marco Orsini is the founder and president of the International Emerging Talent Film Association of Monaco.  He is the writer, director and producer of seven acclaimed documentaries among which is Dinner in the No Gos*\r<br/> He creates and produces visual content and media campaigns for the UNHCR. Starting his career in television in the ‘90’s, Marco produced 60+ hours of primetime programming for US & South American markets before turning his talents to writing and directing. His award-winning films and scripts have been translated into French, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish, screened at major festivals and played on TV/VOD while earning plaudits from industry journals, including the Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and Variety. His most recent feature documentary, Beyond the Raging Sea, a collaboration with UNDP and UNHCR, is set for Fall 2021 release. He is currently in post-production on Latin 4+, a story of Vietnam you haven’t heard before.\r<br/> \r<br/>The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is a Monaco based non-governmental organization founded with the purpose of discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions, globally. We connect filmmakers to established industry professionals, engage cultural diversity and foster relationships that are; mentoring, inspiring and educational. <a href=\"https://www.iefta.org\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.iefta.org </a>\r<br/>', '119986824'),
(146, 'In the Presence of the Film’s Creators among Other Public Figures', 'Beyond the Raging Sea Premiered at Dubai Mall in UAE', '2021-09-30', 'PSI03215_JF_003817.jpg', 'Organized by MAD Solutions, Marco Orsini’s film Beyond the Raging Sea premiered yesterday night at The Dubai Mall in UAE, in the presence of the film’s director and cast. This came a few days ahead of its commercial release across the Arab world, where it is slated to open for public screening starting September 30th at VOX Cinemas in Dubai at MOE Mall, Mirdif City Center and in Abu Dhabi at YAS Mall and the Galleria Al Marya Island and in Egypt at VOX cinemas at Mall of Egypt, City Center Almaza and Alex City Center.\r<br/>The screening witnessed the attendance of several journalists, critics and public figures who praised the breath-taking adventure presented in the film and the message behind it, which shed the light on the difficulties faced by refugees.\r<br/>\r<br/>For photo coverage of the event please visit AFP Platform: <a href=\"https://www.afpforum.com/AFPForum/Search/Results.aspx?pn=1&smd=8&mui=3&q=12230989010427447742_0&fst=Beyond+the+Raging+Sea&fto=3&t=2&cck=a1aff2#pn=1&smd=8&mui=3&q=12230989010427447742_0&fst=Beyond+the+Raging+Sea&fto=3&t=2&cck=a1aff2\" target=\"_blank\"> Click here </a>\r<br/>\r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea follows the harrowing tale of the two Egyptian adventurers, Omar Samra and Omar Nour as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, the world’s toughest row, an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua. \r<br/>\r<br/>Sponsored by DHL, and in collaboration with UNHCR and UNDP, Team O2 dedicated their row to raising awareness of the global refugee crises.\r<br/> \r<br/>Eight days, and 500 miles into their journey across the Atlantic, Team O2 were hit by 45 knot winds and towering waves that caused their boat to capsize.\r<br/>13 Hours of horror followed, before their epic rescue by a Cargo Ship.\r<br/>\r<br/>In an ironic twist of events, Nour and Samra faced the same dangers, terrors and decisions of those they were meant to recognize and relieve. Featuring jaw-dropping, footage of a remarkable ordeal and rescue at sea, Beyond the Raging Sea is the gripping account of that experience narrated by those who lived it, capturing what they endured, felt and what it all meant. In this film, an elite adventure introduces us to extraordinary people in exceptional circumstance, navigating existential threats, grueling ordeals, while fighting for their own survival and beyond.  Beyond the Raging Sea is a story that both echoes and illuminates the most pressing humanitarian crisis in the world today.\r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Nour is an entrepreneur and retired professional triathlete. He represented Egypt on the Olympic triathlon circuit from 2010 - 2017. He is the co-founder of VENTUM - a performance bike company - and Founder & Chairman of Enduro Supply - a leading distributor of sports brands across the Middle East. \r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Samra is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and future astronaut. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest and the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole (The Explorer\'s Grand Slam).\r<br/>  \r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea, is Written and Directed by Marco Orsini, who Produced it in collaboration with DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, and UNDP, with Executive Producers Omar Nour, Omar Samra, and RagnhildEk. The film’s original music is composed by George Acogny.\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea had a sold-out Premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival and was praised by all who attended its screening. It was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the Marché du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. MAD Solutions will distribute Beyond The Raging Sea throughout the Arab World starting on September 30, 2021, while VIEWPARK has acquired the film for the US and rest of the world.\r<br/> \r<br/>Marco Orsini is the founder and president of the International Emerging Talent Film Association of Monaco.  He is the writer, director and producer of seven acclaimed documentaries among which is Dinner At The No Gos* \r<br/>\r<br/> He creates and produces visual content and media campaigns for the UNHCR. Starting his career in television in the ‘90’s, Marco produced 60+ hours of primetime programming for US & South American markets before turning his talents to writing and directing. His award-winning films and scripts have been translated into French, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish, screened at major festivals and played on TV/VOD while earning plaudits from industry journals, including the Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and Variety. His most recent feature documentary, Beyond the Raging Sea, a collaboration with UNDP and UNHCR, is set for Fall 2021 release. He is currently in post-production on Latin 4+, a story of Vietnam you haven’t heard before.\r<br/> \r<br/>The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is a Monaco based non-governmental organization founded with the purpose of discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions, globally. We connect filmmakers to established industry professionals, engage cultural diversity and foster relationships that are; mentoring, inspiring and educational. <a href=\"https://www.iefta.org\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.iefta.org </a>\r<br/>', '2024807422'),
(147, 'Love Sick in the West Bank screens in NewYork ', 'Lovesick in the West Bank by Director Said Zagha, World Premieres at The Urbanworld Film Festival (Sept 29- Oct 3)', '2021-10-03', 'LSWB_UW_03.jpg', 'Palestinian short film Lovesick in the West Bank, directed by Said Zagha and starring Ali Suliman, will land its world premiere at The Urbanworld Film Festival (September 29th – October 3rd) in New York.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film features a Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Said Zagha, the film is produced by Mais Salman (Nomadic Film House), and features a stellar Arab cast, including Ali Suliman, Nisreen Faour, Laith Zuaiter, and Nabil Koni. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Palestinian writer-director Said Zagha finished his undergraduate studies at Ohio\'s Kenyon College in 2011. His 2016 short dramedy \"Five Boys and a Wheel\" went on to play at 40+ fests worldwide, winning three awards in Mexico, Oman, and Algeria. It is distributed by MAD Solutions and is currently streaming on OSN. Currently he is working on his first feature film, \"Weedestine\" a heist thriller set in the West Bank, which has received a production grant from the Royal Film Commission of Jordan. \r<br/>', '1352066817'),
(148, 'Raising the Tally to 23 International Awards', 'Al-Sit Wins SUDU Prize for Best Short Film at The Quibdó Africa Film Festival', '2021-10-04', 'al-sit-laurel-01.jpg', 'Sudanese short film Al-Sit, directed by Suzannah Mirghani, has raised its tally of international awards to 23, to top the 2021 list of best short Arab films. Previously receiving 3 awards from Oscar-qualifying festivals, Al-Sit is now one of the most notable nominees for the Academy Awards. The film received its latest award only two days ago, at The Quibdó Africa Film Festival where it was announced the Best Short film of the SUDU Prize. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s director Suzannah Mirghani expressed her sincere thanks to The Quibdó Africa Film Festival, through a video posted via the festival’s official Facebook page, saying, “We made this film with a 99% Sudanese cast and crew (and 1% Lebanese). In fact, filmmaking in Sudan is finally beginning to flourish after decades of prohibition and neglect. Sudan is overflowing with talent, but there is little opportunity to show it. We hope the film will continue its successful tour across the international festivals.”\r<br/>\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However, Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. Will Nafisa be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women, the powerful and the vulnerable while shedding the light on both ends of the social chain as well as the changes imposed by modernity on Sudanese Society.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously, the film and its director Suzannah Mirghani received numerous significant awards, including Best Director at Beirut International Women Film Festival, Best Short Film and Chairman\'s award at Zanzibar International Film Festival, Best short film at Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts where the judge panel voted unanimously to give the award, as well as Audience Choice Award, and the Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker for the film’s director at Toronto Arab Film Festival.  Moreover, the film snatched the Grand Prix at the 51st edition of the Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film Festival; two awards at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden; Best Script award and Special Mention at Huesca International Film Festival, Spain; Special Jury award at Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea, and the Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking at The European Independent Film Festival, France.\r<br/>\r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the Canal+/Cine+ Award, which was presented by the French channel Canal Plus Cinema within the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where the film landed its international premiere, and it had its world premiere at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Al-Sit is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from Doha Film Institute, as well as a design grant from VCUarts Qatar.\r<br/>\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural (Sudanese and Russian) backgrounds, Suzannah is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020).\r<br/>', '1898714259'),
(149, '', 'Beyond the Raging Sea Screens for the second consecutive week in UAE and Egypt Cinemas', '2021-10-07', 'Poster-BTRS-Online.jpg', 'Marco Orsini’s Beyond the Raging Sea will continue its commercial screening for the second week in a row in UAE and Egypt cinemas. The commercial screening is part of the film’s Arab World Tour after the film screened in several international film festivals. The film will continue screening in UAE, Dubai (VOX Cinemas at MOE Mall, Mirdif City Center), Abu Dhabi (YAS Mall), and in Egypt (VOX cinemas of Mall of Egypt, and City Center Almaza).\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea follows the harrowing tale of the two Egyptian adventurers, as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, the world’s toughest row, an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua. \r<br/>\r<br/>Sponsored by DHL, and in collaboration with UNHCR and UNDP, Team O2 dedicated their row to raising awareness of the global refugee crises.\r<br/> \r<br/>Eight days, and 500 miles into their journey across the Atlantic, Team O2 were hit by 45 knot winds and towering waves that caused their boat to capsize.\r<br/>13 Hours of horror followed, before their epic rescue by a Cargo Ship.\r<br/>\r<br/>In an ironic twist of events, Nour and Samra faced the same dangers, terrors and decisions of those they were meant to recognize and relieve. Featuring jaw-dropping, footage of a remarkable ordeal and rescue at sea, Beyond the Raging Sea is the gripping account of that experience narrated by those who lived it, capturing what they endured, felt and what it all meant. In this film, an elite adventure introduces us to extraordinary people in exceptional circumstance, navigating existential threats, grueling ordeals, while fighting for their own survival and beyond.  Beyond the Raging Sea is a story that both echoes and illuminates the most pressing humanitarian crisis in the world today.\r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Nour is an entrepreneur and retired professional triathlete. He represented Egypt on the Olympic triathlon circuit from 2010 - 2017. He is the co-founder of VENTUM - a performance bike company - and Founder & Chairman of Enduro Supply - a leading distributor of sports brands across the Middle East. \r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Samra is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and future astronaut. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest and the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole (The Explorer\'s Grand Slam).\r<br/>  \r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea, was Written and Directed by Marco Orsini, who Produced in collaboration with DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, and UNDP, with Executive Producers Omar Nour, Omar Samra, and RagnhildEk. The film’s original music is composed by George Acogny.\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea had a sold-out Premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival and was praised by all who attended its screening. It was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the Marché du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. MAD Solutions will distribute Beyond The Raging Sea throughout the Arab World starting on September 30, 2021, while VIEWPARK has acquired the film for the US and rest of the world.\r<br/> \r<br/>Marco Orsini is the founder and president of the International Emerging Talent Film Association of Monaco.  He is the writer, director and producer of seven acclaimed documentaries among which is Dinner At The No Gos*\r<br/>He creates and produces visual content and media campaigns for the UNHCR. Starting his career in television in the ‘90’s, Marco produced 60+ hours of primetime programming for US & South American markets before turning his talents to writing and directing. His award-winning films and scripts have been translated into French, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish, screened at major festivals and played on TV/VOD while earning plaudits from industry journals, including the Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and Variety. His most recent feature documentary, Beyond the Raging Sea, a collaboration with UNDP and UNHCR, is set for Fall 2021 release. He is currently in post-production on Latin 4+, a story of Vietnam you haven’t heard before.\r<br/> \r<br/>The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is a Monaco based non-governmental organization founded with the purpose of discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions, globally. We connect filmmakers to established industry professionals, engage cultural diversity and foster relationships that are; mentoring, inspiring and educational. https://www.iefta.org\r<br/>\r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea’s Screening Times in UAE Cinemas (GMT +4)\r<br/>\r<br/>From Friday to Wednesday (October 8th to 13th)\r<br/>\r<br/>Dubai “VOX Cinemas at Mirdif City Center”\r<br/>\r<br/>Friday & Saturday at 8:40 PM / 10:25 PM\r<br/>From Sunday to Wednesday at 6:50 PM / 11:00 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Dubai “VOX Cinemas at MOE Mall”\r<br/>\r<br/>Friday at 6:30 PM\r<br/>Saturday at 6:50 PM / 8:15 PM\r<br/>From Sunday to Wednesday at 6:15 PM / 8:00 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Abu Dhabi “YAS Mall”\r<br/>\r<br/>Saturday, Monday & Tuesday at 7:45 PM / 9:30 PM\r<br/>Sunday & Wednesday at 7:45 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea’s Screening Times in Egypt Cinemas (GMT +2)\r<br/>\r<br/>From Friday to Tuesday (October 8th to 12th)\r<br/>\r<br/>VOX Cinemas City Center Almaza\r<br/>At 4:30 PM\r<br/>\r<br/>VOX Cinemas Mall of Egypt\r<br/>At 5:15 PM\r<br/>', '1511301462'),
(150, 'Simultaneously with the Film’s Tenth-Week Screening ', 'Salim Daw, Gaza Mon Amour’s Leading Actor, extends his Thanks to Audiences in Cairo', '2021-10-08', 'gaza-mon-amour-Poster-online.jpg', 'Palestinian superstar Salim Daw, Gaza Mon Amour’s leading actor and winner of Best Actor award at Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden, and Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey, extends his thanks to Egyptian audiences who celebrated his film. This comes after the film screened for 10 consecutive weeks at Zawya cinema since its release last August. \r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza Mon Amour was awarded several international awards as well as represented Palestine’s official nomination to the Oscars. \r<br/>\r<br/>\"I am proud that the film screened in Cairo for over two and a half months. I find this encouraging. I would like to thank Cairo audience for the love they showed towards the film and me personally. I was very pleased when twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser contacted me. Sharing a common language and feelings made me even happier.  I consider Gaza Mon Amour a major milestone in my artistic career. I’ve always thought that the directors are geniuses. When I read the script, I expected that the film would be a success. It won, in fact, many international awards,” said Salim Daw. \r<br/>\r<br/>\"I’ve received tons of messages from people praising the film, and I think the film has more miles to cross with such huge success. I hope that the film will be a landmark of Palestinian cinema as well as the Arab one.  I will always carry Gaza Mon Amour in my heart, wherever I go,” he added.\r<br/>Screening Times of Gaza Mon Amour at Zawya Cinema, during next week, will be as follows: Wednesday, 6 October, at 9:30 PM; Thursday, at 7:00PM; Friday, at 9:30 PM; Sunday, at 4:00 PM & 9:30 PM; Monday, at 7:00 PM and Tuesday, at 10:00 PM. \r<br/>\r<br/>It has recently been released at UAE’s theatres and is slated to release soon at Jordan’s cinemas.\r<br/> \r<br/>The film landed its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival and scooped several international awards, including the NETPAC award at Toronto International Film Festival, the Best Film award at Cairo International Film Festival and the Best Film and Best Script awards at the Valladolid International Film Festival. \r<br/>\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman Issa is secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa…Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser brothers, Gaza Mon Amour features an all-star cast, including Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari, and Manal Awad. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world. \r<br/>', '1739486711'),
(151, 'Marking its European Premiere ', 'Manal Khaled’s Trapped Competes in 36th Mostra de Valencia film Festival', '2021-10-07', 'trapped-poster.jpg', 'Egyptian film Trapped, by Manal Khaled, competes in the Informative section of the 36th Mostra de Valencia, Spain (Oct.15-24). This marks the film’s European premiere. \r<br/>\r<br/>Mostra de València–Cinema del Mediterrani is a gathering of cinema lovers both experts and cinephiles to enjoy a special programme featuring films of great artistic value, that are seldom screened commercially. \r<br/>\r<br/>Trapped revolves around a group of women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped within their own quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of entrapment, how sometimes it is self-imposed, and how we can be prisoners of our own thoughts other than concrete walls and chains.\r<br/>\r<br/>The women share the same dream of change, of breaking-free from the social norm, however their personal differences affects their level of awareness, openness, how they express themselves and how they rebel.\r<br/> \r<br/>Recently, Trapped was screened at Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Beirut, and at the opening of Amman International Film Festival. It world premiered in the Global section of the South By Southwest Festival, USA, to become the only Arab film screened at the American festival and the first Egyptian one in ten years. Prior to that, it was screened for 13 minutes at El Gouna Film Festival as part of efforts to raise funds for the film.\r<br/>\r<br/>Trapped is directed and produced by Manal Khaled. Screen Play by Manal Khaled and Rasha Azab.  Trapped stars Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne’ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour‎, Habiba Effat and Fadel El Garhy. MAD Solutions is in charge of  the film’s distribution across the Arab world. \r<br/>\r<br/>Manal Khaled is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has vast experience working with award winning directors, including: Saad Hendawi, Kamla Abou Zekri, Hani Khalifa and Mohamed Ali. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist long documentary film An Hour or so with the American director Adolfo Martinez. \r<br/>', '1391199190'),
(152, 'Before Competing  at El Gouna Film Festival', 'MAD Solutions Releases Official Arab World Poster for The Sea Ahead ', '2021-10-12', 'the-sea-ahead-final-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions released the official Arab world poster for the Lebanese film The Sea Ahead, by Ely Dagher, a few weeks before the  film’s Arab world premiere at the Feature Narrative Competition of the 5th El Gouna Film Festival (October 14th– 22nd). The poster draws on  the feelings of the heroine, played by Manal Issa, highlighting the state of dispersion and anxious limbo that the Lebanese society suffers from.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Sea Ahead is scheduled to have two screenings at El Gouna Film Festival;  Wednesday, October 20th at Festival Plaza at 9:45 PM and Thursday, October 21st at Sea Cinema 1 at 8:30 PM. The film’s second screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director and a number of the film’s cast.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously landing its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival’s Directors\' Fortnight, The Sea Ahead marks the feature debut of Ely Dagher who has won the Palme d’Or award for his short film Waves 98, making him the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award. The film widley acclaimed  by Arab and foreign Critics. Cineuropa described Dagher to be “taking us on a cinematic journey that echoes work by Michelangelo Antonioni and his view of depression.” “With its marvelous scriptwriting, visuals and sounds, Ely Dagher’s work managed to capture us”, added Chafic Tabbara through Al-Akhbar.\r<br/>\r<br/>  The Sea Ahead received numerous awards during its development, including a cash award of € 5,000 to support Best Film in Post-production at the Final Cut In Venice workshop; CineGouna platform’s award for best project in development phase and a financial award from Drosos Foundation. Additionally, it received grants from Doha Film Institute, and AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture. \r<br/>\r<br/>After being away for a long time, young  Jana returns to Beirut. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Ely Dagher in his feature debut, The Sea Ahead stars Manal Issa,\r<br/>Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher and Roger Azar. The film is co-produced by Andolfi (Arnaud Dommerc), Abbout Productions (Myriam Sassine), Wrong Men and Beaver and Beaver. It is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Beirut- based Ely Dagher graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction. His latest short film Waves’98 (2015) was awarded the short film Palme D’Or at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>', '1952874363'),
(154, 'How The World applauds Mohamed Diab\'s Amira after its World Premiere at Venice Festival', 'Amira\'s Screening Times at El Gouna Film Festival', '2021-10-12', 'amira-film.jpg', 'Mohamed Diab’s Amira lands its Arab world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival, within the Feature Narrative Competition, where it is slated to have two screenings; on Tuesday, October 19th, at Festival plaza at 6:30 PM, and Wednesday October 20th at Sea cinema at 12:30 PM. The film’s screening is held in the presence of most of the film’s cast and creators, who will also take part in a Q&A session, following the screening, with the media, critics and audience.\r<br/>\r<br/>Aside from winning three awards at Venice International Film Festival, Amira received wide international acclaim from critics. The audience applauded its director, cast, and creators at the film\'s world premiere, where it had a 7-minute standing ovation. All of this makes it the most anticipated Arab film this year. \r<br/>\r<br/>Receiving countless positive reviews, the film was praised by C.G.S’s jury at Venice International Film Festival that described the film as “a very intense well-made film, starting with solid script, an effective editing with gripping momentum, and not to mention the superb acting from the opening scene until the end scene.” The renowned film critic Nina E. Roth said “Amira should be high on everyone’s must-watch list\" in MIME- Moving Image Middle East.\r<br/>\r<br/>Moreover, the film was described to be offering “a profound and seismic reflection on the meaning of life”  by film critic Firouz Pillet in  J:MAG, and as “a tightly written twisty drama in the vein of some of Asghar Farhadi’s better works”, by Marc van de Klashors in the International Cinephile Society, as well as “a Shakespearean drama in Palestine” by  Italy24 News that also praised Tara Abboud’s performance, saying “Venezia78 was enchanted by the charm of Tara Abboud in Amira”. Filmuforia expressed the same opinion.\r<br/>\r<br/>“You simply must see it.“, The film’s director Mohamed Diab told ScoopEmpire that this is what international actor Ethan Hawke said when he watched the film. Diab is currently working with Hawke on a new TV series for Marvel.. “This is America…we should remake the film here.” Hawke, added. Furthermore, Egyptian director Amr Salama posted via his official Facebook page that Amira is one of the best Arab films he has ever watched. NonSoloCinema also stated that Amira leaves its mark on the heart of the viewer and that Egyptian director Mohamed Diab brings an incisive heartbreaking drama to Venice Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar.  Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.  But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s infertility, Amira’s world turns upside down. \r<br/>\r<br/> Amira features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, and Tara Abboud, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab),  Acamedia (Moez Masoud), in Co- production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad,  Amira Diab and Sarah Goher are the film’s producers. Alongside executive producer Hisham El Araby and associate producer Daniel Ziskind. The international sales is handled by Pyramide Films while MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production handle the film’s marketing and distribution across the Arab world.', '106310241'),
(155, 'Distributed by MAD Solutions', 'Benzine & Istrupya Compete at International Festival of Cinema and Immigration Oujda in Morocco ', '2021-10-20', 'mad-films-20-10.jpg', 'MAD Solutions will send two films on its distribution list to the 9th International Festival of Cinema and Immigration Oujda (October 20th to 23rd). Slated to participate in the festival’s Official Film Competition, the two films are: Tunisian film Benzine by director Sarra Abidi, and Palestinian film Istrupya by director Ahmed Hassouna.\r<br/>\r<br/>The International Festival of Cinema and Immigration Oujda aims at offering the passionate film audience out there a colorful program full of cinematic films tackling the immigration-related topics. The festival is a platform that serves as a bridge between different cultures. \r<br/>\r<br/>About Benzine:\r<br/>The film follows the heart-rending story of parents who have been left behind by their only son. For nine months, they haven’t heard anything from or about him since he moved to Italy.\r<br/>\r<br/>Benzine previously won a number of awards, including the Ima - TV5 Monde prize for the 1st feature film at the Arab Cinema Festival in Paris, the Ensemble Prize at Festival du Cinéma Tunisien, the Best Female Performance Prize for Sondos Belhassen at Festival Maghrébin du Film Oujda, as well as Radwan El Kashef Award for the Best African Film and Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt. The film also participated in Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), within the Muhr Feature competition.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Sarra Abidi, the film stars Sondos Belhassen, Fatma Ben Saidane, Ali Yahyaoui, and Jamel Chandoul. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>About Istrupya:\r<br/>The film follows the challenges faced by Palestinian youth in the heart of Gaza Strip. Under extreme circumstances in the heart of Gaza Strip, young Palestinians are deviating from the governing norms and traditions of their society, and are left with the choice of running away to the unknown. However, the unknown voyage across the Mediterranean proves no less tragic.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film previously received the Special Jury Prize at the Alexandria Film Festival for the Mediterranean Countries. Directed by Ahmed Hassouna and co-written by Ahmed Al – Ashi, and Sameh Al – qata, the film stars Firas Al-Masry. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.', '107759217'),
(156, 'As part of the Arab Animation Event', 'Palestinian Animation Film The Tower Screens at Manarat Al Saadiyat in UAE', '2021-10-20', 'the-tower.jpg', 'Directed by Mats Grorud, Palestinian animation film The Tower will screen at Manarat Al Saadiyat in UAE, on Wednesday, October 20th, at 5:00 PM. The film’s screening will be held at the Arab Animation, an event organized by MAS MASH to celebrate the Arab animation. The Tower previously won a number of international awards in its world tour festivals.\r<br/>\r<br/>MAS MASH brings together animators, performers, studios and illustrators to showcase and celebrate Arab animation. The event will include unique talks, award winning animation screenings, workshops, merchandise and showcases, providing a holistic look into the field as both a practice and form of cultural expression.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Tower received seven awards from prestigious international film festivals, including; the Liv Ullmann Peace Prize and the Professional Jury: 2nd Prize for Best Animated Feature Film at the Chicago International Children\'s Film Festival; the Jury Special Award and the Best Soundtrack Award at the Lisbonne Monstra Lisboa Animation Festival; the Jury Award at the Festival International du Film d\'Histoire de Pessac; the Secondary School Students Prize at the Festival International des Arts Jeune Public; and Best Editing at the Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival in Trondheim in Norway. The film was nominated for two AMANDA awards in Norway presented by the Norwegian International Film Festival and the Norwegian Film Institute.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film follows Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, who lives with her family in the refugee camp where she was born. She learns about her family\'s history through stories recounted to her by three earlier generations of refugees.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Mats Grorud, The Tower features the voices of Laila Najjar, Makram J. Khoury, Mohamed Bakri, Mouna Hawwa, Morad Hassan, Hanan Hilow, Saleh Bakri, and Shaden Kanboura. The crew also includes Ahlam Canaan; the Director of Arabic Dubbing, Sound Engineer and Adaptation. The film is a French- Swedish-Norwegian co-production that is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>', '785701134'),
(157, 'Best Feature Film, Best Documentary and Jury Special Award', 'MAD Solutions Nabs 3 Awards at Tripoli Film Festival', '2021-10-13', 'tripoli-film-festival-awards.jpg', '3 films on MAD Solutions’ distribution list received 3 awards at Tripoli Film Festival, which concluded its events yesterday, October 12. The films are: Polish film Corpus Christi, by Jan Komasa, which reaped Best feature film; Railway Men, by Erige Sehiri, which won Best Documentary and Under the Concrete by Roy Arida, which scooped Jury Special award. \r<br/>\r<br/>Corpus Christi: \r<br/>Polish film CORPUS CHRISTI was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature. It won over 50 awards at international film festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, Polish International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, and the Polish Film Festival in America. Furthermore, the film was one of the three films nominated for the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films.\r<br/>\r<br/>CORPUS CHRISTI follows 20-year-old Daniel who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. Though his crime denies him the opportunity to officially learn to serve as clergy, he pursues his dream by dressing as a priest and ministering a small-town parish.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed by Jan Komasa and written by Mateusz Pacewicz, CORPUS CHRISTI stars Tomasz Zietek, Leszek Lichota, Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, and Barbara Kurzaj. The film is produced by Aurum Film, WFS Walter Film Studio, Canal+ Poland, Podkapracki Region Fund and Les Contes Modernes. It was co-financed by Polish Film Institute and CNC Cinemas Du Monde – Institut Francais. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>Railway Men: \r<br/>Railway Men is a road movie that draws a portrait of Tunisian railway men and women. Driving the old locomotive, the protagonists of the Railway Men defend their own choices despite the risks. By denouncing incompetence and corruption, this film celebrates dignity, hope and resilience.\r<br/>\r<br/>It won a Special Mention of the Jury at the Festival CINEMED, Montpellier and Audience Award at the Festival Filmer le Travail, France. Directed and written by Erige Sehiri, Railway Men features Afef Abdelli, Ahmed Mourad,Issameddine Fitati, and Khaled Gharbi. The film is produced by Nomadis Images and Les Films de Zayna in co-production with Akka Films and Al Jazeera Documentary. Railway Men is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Under the Concrete: \r<br/>Set in Beirut, Lebanon, the film follows a series of car bombs that explode across the country, where Alain, a 32-year-old man, decides to turn his back on this deleteriorating situation and attempt to break the world record of deep diving. Under The Concrete participated in a number of international festivals, including Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon in France and Warsaw International Film Festival  and Hainan Island International Film Festival, China.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Roy Arida and produced by Stank, the film stars Alain Najm, Nathalie Japiot, Toufic Khreich, Ralph Choueiri, Elie Lteif, Rony Khoueiry and Roland Najm. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions, while Indie Sales handles its distribution outside the Arab region.\r<br/>', '904197276'),
(158, 'In the presence of the Film’s Creators, Media, Public Figures and Wide Audience', 'Arab World Premiere for The Sea Ahead at El Gouna Film Festival', '2021-10-24', 'the-sea-a-head.jpg', 'Ely Dagher’s film The Sea Ahead had a screening at El Gouna Film Festival, where it competes at the Feature Narrative Competition. The film’s screening witnessed a great attendance of public figures and members of the press, in the presence of the film’s director as well as Manal Issa and Yara Abou Haidar from the cast, and producer Myriam Sassine.\r<br/>\r<br/>In addition, media and  public figures  attended the screening.  The film received positive feedback from the audience in the hall after the show.\r<br/>\r<br/>Previously landing its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival’s Directors\' Fortnight, The Sea Ahead marks the feature debut of Ely Dagher who has won the Palme d’Or award for his short film Waves 98 only to become the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award.\r<br/>\r<br/> The Sea Ahead received numerous prizes during its development, including Best Film in Post-production at the Final Cut In Venice workshop; CineGouna platform’s award for best project in development phase; and a financial award from Drosos Foundation, in addition to grants from AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund, among others.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film follows Jana, who  returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Ely Dagher  The Sea Ahead, his feature debut, stars Manal Issa,\r<br/>Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher and Roger Azar. The film is produced by Andolfi (Arnaud Dommerc), in association with Beachside, and co-produced by Abbout Productions (Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men and Beaver and Beaver. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>Beirut based Ely Dagher graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction. \r<br/>', '542607700');
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(159, 'As Part of its Commercial Release in Egypt and UAE ', 'Beyond the Raging Sea Screens at Zamalek Cinema', '2021-10-25', 'Poster-BTRS-Online.jpg', 'Marco Orsini’s Beyond the Raging Sea featuring the two adventurers Omar Samra and Omar Nour screens at Zamalek Cinema on Tuesday, October 26th, at 7:00 PM. This comes as part of the film’s commercial release in Egypt and UAE’s cinemas that started in September this year. The screening will be held in the presence of the film’s cast Omar Samra, Omar Nour, representatives of UNHCR, and a number of refugees who crossed the ocean, fleeing hell in their countries and seeking a better future.\r<br/>\r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea follows the harrowing tale of the two Egyptian adventurers, as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, the world’s toughest row, an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua. \r<br/>\r<br/>Sponsored by DHL, and in collaboration with UNHCR and UNDP, Team O2 dedicated their row to raising awareness of the global refugee crises.\r<br/> \r<br/>Eight days, and 500 miles into their journey across the Atlantic, Team O2 were hit by 45 knot winds and towering waves that caused their boat to capsize.\r<br/>13 Hours of horror followed, before their epic rescue by a Cargo Ship.\r<br/>\r<br/>In an ironic twist of events, Nour and Samra faced the same dangers, terrors and decisions of those they were meant to recognize and relieve. Featuring jaw-dropping, footage of a remarkable ordeal and rescue at sea, Beyond the Raging Sea is the gripping account of that experience narrated by those who lived it, capturing what they endured, felt and what it all meant. In this film, an elite adventure introduces us to extraordinary people in exceptional circumstance, navigating existential threats, grueling ordeals, while fighting for their own survival and beyond.  Beyond the Raging Sea is a story that both echoes and illuminates the most pressing humanitarian crisis in the world today.\r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Nour is an entrepreneur and retired professional triathlete. He represented Egypt on the Olympic triathlon circuit from 2010 - 2017. He is the co-founder of VENTUM - a performance bike company - and Founder & Chairman of Enduro Supply - a leading distributor of sports brands across the Middle East. \r<br/>\r<br/>Omar Samra is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and future astronaut. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest and the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole (The Explorer\'s Grand Slam).\r<br/>  \r<br/>Beyond the Raging Sea, was Written and Directed by Marco Orsini, who Produced in collaboration with DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, and UNDP, with Executive Producers Omar Nour, Omar Samra, and RagnhildEk. The film’s original music is composed by George Acogny.\r<br/> \r<br/>Beyond The Raging Sea had a sold-out Premiere at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival and was praised by all who attended its screening. It was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the Marché du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. MAD Solutions will distribute Beyond The Raging Sea throughout the Arab World starting on September 30, 2021, while VIEWPARK has acquired the film for the US and rest of the world.\r<br/> \r<br/>Marco Orsini is the founder and president of the International Emerging Talent Film Association of Monaco.  He is the writer, director and producer of seven acclaimed documentaries among which is Dinner At The No Gos*\r<br/>\r<br/>He creates and produces visual content and media campaigns for the UNHCR. Starting his career in television in the ‘90’s, Marco produced 60+ hours of primetime programming for US & South American markets before turning his talents to writing and directing. His award-winning films and scripts have been translated into French, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish, screened at major festivals and played on TV/VOD while earning plaudits from industry journals, including the Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and Variety. His most recent feature documentary, Beyond the Raging Sea, a collaboration with UNDP and UNHCR, is set for Fall 2021 release. He is currently in post-production on Latin 4+, a story of Vietnam you haven’t heard before.\r<br/> \r<br/>The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) is a Monaco based non-governmental organization founded with the purpose of discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions, globally. We connect filmmakers to established industry professionals, engage cultural diversity and foster relationships that are; mentoring, inspiring and educational. <a href=\"https://www.iefta.org\" target=\"_blanck\">https://www.iefta.org</a>\r<br/>\r<br/>', '2062735179'),
(160, 'In the Presence of the Film\'s Creators, Media, Public Figures and Wide Audience', 'Mohamed Diab\'s Amira Lands Arab World Premiere at El Gouna Film Festival', '2021-10-25', 'amira-press-release.jpg', 'Amira, by director Mohamed Diab, landed its Arab world premiere at the Feature Narrative Competition of the 5th El Gouna Film Festival. The film’s screening witnessed a massive attendance of audience that included public figures and members of the press, in the presence of the film’s director Mohamed Diab, cast Saba Mubarak,, Tara Abboud, producers Mohamed Hefzy and Sarah Goher, as well as writers Khaled, and Sherine Diab.\r<br/>\r<br/>In addition, media as well as public figures attended the screening, The film received numerous positive feedback from the audience in the hall after the show. \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira has previously won three awards at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it landed its world premiere at the Orizzonti competition. The awards are Lanterna Magica Award, presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Enrico Fulchignoni Award, presented by Conseil International du Cinéma, de la Télévision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO), and 10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.\r<br/>\r<br/>Aside from winning three awards at Venice International Film Festival, Amira received a 7-minute standing ovation upon its premiere at the festival, and gained international acclaim from critics and audience alike, who applauded the film’s director, cast, and creators. All this makes the film the most anticipated Arab film of this year.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.  But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s infertility, Amira’s world turns upside down. \r<br/>\r<br/>Amira features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, and Tara Abboud, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash film.\r<br/>\r<br/> The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), in co- production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Gohar are the film’s producers, Hisham El Araby is the executive producer, and Daniel Ziskind is the associate producer. The film has previously received funding from The Royal Film Commission Jordan – RFC. Pyramide Films is in charge of the international sales, and its marketing is handled by MAD Solutions, which also handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world along with Lagoonie Film Production.\r<br/>\r<br/>“Mohamed Diab is a prominent Egyptian filmmaker who began his career as a screenwriter.  His work has achieved commercial success in the Middle East and gained an international acclaim. In 2010, he made his directorial debut 678, about a trio of female vigilantes who fight sexual harassment on the streets of Cairo. Paulo Coelho tweeted about the film, saying, \" It should be mandatory for men, regardless their religion/culture, to watch it”. In 2016, he worked on the Cannes Un Certain Regard opener, Clash (2016), an action-packed political thriller shot entirely from within the confines of a police truck. The film was praised by Tom Hanks who urged people to see it, for “it will break your heart, but enlighten all.\" His latest film Amira (2021) offers an alternative perspective into the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Mohamed is currently directing the upcoming Disney+ and Marvel Studios series Moon Knight. \r<br/>', '408027132'),
(161, 'Winner of Several International Awards ', 'Argentinian Film Rojo to Screen at Cinémathèque Tunisienne', '2021-10-25', 'rojo-poster.jpg', 'Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, Argentinian Film Rojo will screen during the month of October at  Cinémathèque Tunisienne on Tuesday, October 26 at 6:30 PM (GMT+1), Taher Cheriaa hall \r<br/>\r<br/>The film previously won a number of awards, including seven awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina; Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Sound and Best Screenplay (Original). It has also previously landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival and participated in a number of international festivals, including Marrakech International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Cinematography, Istanbul International Film Festival, Göteborg Film Festival, Miami Film Festival in USA, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Haifa International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Set in the mid-70s, Claudio, a renowned lawyer, lives with his family in Argentina. Claudio, who has everyone’s respect, will be threatened by an old dark secret that will turn his life upside down. \r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Benjamin Naishtat, the film stars Darío Grandinetti, Alfredo Castro, Andrea Frigerio, and Claudio Martínez Bel. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>', '1781930128'),
(162, '', 'The Train of Salt and Sugar Screens at Cinémathèque Tunisienne', '2021-10-25', 'Poster-The-Train-of-Salt-and-Sugar.jpg', 'Fiction film The Train of Salt and Sugar by director Licínio Azevedo will screen in December at Cinémathèque Tunisienne, to take place on Tuesday, December 7th, at 6:30 PM (GMT +1), at Tahar Chériaa hall.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film previously won a number of international awards; the Nile Grand Prize for Best Film (Golden Mask of Tutankhamun) at the Luxor African Film Festival, Silver Pyramid Award for Best Director at the Cairo International Film Festival, Best Film at the Joburg Film Festival, and Golden Tanit and Best Cinematography at Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/>\r<br/>Amidst the war-torn Mozambique, a perilous train journey through the country encompasses civilian passengers, who are both protected and harassed by a troop of ill-disciplined soldiers on board to fight off a rebel army in the bush.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film took part in more than 20 film festivals, including Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, Afrika Film Festival Köln in Germany, Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal, Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Festival du cinéma Africain de Khouribga in Morocco, International Film Festival of India, and Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Licinio Azevedo and co-written by Teresa Pereira, The Train of Salt and Sugar stars Melanie de Vales Rafael, Thiago Justino, Matamba Joaquim. MAD Solutions handles the film’s Arab world distribution. \r<br/>\r<br/>Licínio Azevedo is a Mozambican filmmaker and writer. Brazilian born, he started as a journalist in Latin America, arriving in Mozambique in search of good postcolonial stories, later compiled in a book. He worked closely with Ruy Guerra, Godard and Jean Rouch at the National Institute of Mozambique in the years that followed the Mozambican Independence.\r<br/>\r<br/>He has directed over twenty films, distributed worldwide, since 1980, and is the co-founder of one of Mozambique’s most renowned film production companies – Ébano Multimédia. Licínio’s films are hand in hand with the reality of Mozambique and its troubled political evolution. Between action and documentary, Licinio mixes both genres, always inspired by storytelling events and compelling characters.\r<br/>', '1569961159'),
(163, 'Now Eligible to Compete in the Oscars!', 'Jordanian Short Film Tala\'vision Nabs Best Narrative Film at Student Academy Awards', '2021-10-25', 'talavision.jpg', 'The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars) announced that Jordanian short film Tala’vision, by Murad Abu Eisheh, of the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, won Best Narrative Film at Student Academy Awards, after competing with six other films. Now being the first Arab film to win such an award, Tala’vision is eligible to compete in the 94th Academy Awards, which will be held during next March.\r<br/>\r<br/>“We are proud of such a significant milestone.  The director’s unique perspective is quite obvious in his films, especially Tala’vision where he highlighted extremism and the impact of war through the eyes of a little girl who just wants to watch TV. Moreover, addressing such idea within a short time duration, made the film even more appealing. Our company is working on enabling the film to reach the largest audiences and we hope it will continue to be quite a success over the coming period, ” stated Alaa Karkouti & Maher Diab, Co-Founders & Managing Partners of MAD Solutions, which handles the film’s distribution. \r<br/>\r<br/>Tala’vision is screening at Portland Film Festival till November, 8. Marking the first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at Max Ophuls Film Festival in Germany, Tala\'vision nabbed jury and audience awards during the 42nd Max Ophuls Film Festival. The film landed its world premiere at the same festival. Moreover, it received 1st Prize for a Live Action Short Film at Flicker\'s Rhode Island International Film Festival and First Steps Award and the Michael Ballhaus Prize for Best Camera Work. The film was granted by The Jordan Film Fund in its fourth cycle (2019). Also, it was selected by the jury of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to take part within Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market. \r<br/> \r<br/>Murad Abu Eisheh was born in 1992 in Amman – Jordan. In 2014, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Communication Design with a focus on Film Making from the German Jordanian University, Amman. He directed several shorts and commercials for the Royal High Curt Jordan, before beginning his studies in directing at the well-known Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. During his studies, he approached politics in the Arab World from a wider perspective, using his cinematic approach to point out political and humanitarian grievances in the Arab world. His films have so far been represented at the most prestigious youth film festivals in Germany. Besides his studies, he is the coordinator of Pan African Audiovisual Development Program “Follow The Nile” of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, where he has the opportunity to give young African filmmakers the support they need to create their vision and to expand his own horizons as a world citizen and filmmaker.', '757569788'),
(164, '', 'The Anger by Maria Ivanova Z. World Premieres at Carthage Film Festival (JCC) (October 30th to November 6th)', '2021-10-25', 'The-Anger.jpg', 'The Anger by Russian director <a href=\'http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2871129214898.php\'>Maria Ivanova Z.</a>  to land its world premiere at the Official Section Out Of Competition of the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, which will take place from October 30th to November 6th, 2021. A co-production between Lebanon and Germany, the film will be presented to the audiences by its director.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is slated to have three screenings; on Sunday, October 31st, at Cinéma Le Colisée, at 8:00 PM Tunisia time (-1 GMT), on Monday, November 1st, at Alhambra Zephyr La Marsa, at 5:00 PM, and on Tuesday, November 2nd, at L\'A.B.C, at 9:30 PM.\r<br/>\r<br/>First launched in 1961, the Carthage Film Festival is the oldest event of its kind in the African continent and the Arab World. This year, the festival will screen a roster of 750 Arab and African films in its Official Competition (200 feature films of documentaries and fictions, and 550 short films of documentaries and fictions).\r<br/>\r<br/>“It is a great honour for me to participate in such an important event – the 32nd Carthage Film Festival. It is the oldest film festival in the region and one of the most prestigious. I hope that the audience will like the film and for it to have a great future. We’ve gone through a lot to make this film: the explosion at the port of Beirut, the destroyed filming locations, the global lockdown, and COVID-19 crisis that took place during the film’s editing, as well as many others. I think that the premiere in Tunisia is a great reward’. Commented Maria Ivanova Z., the film’s director.\r<br/>\r<br/>In post-war Lebanon, Ida, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\'http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115334.php\'>The Anger</a> is directed by Maria Ivanova Z., who co-wrote it with Olga Artemyeva, and stars Manal Issa, Aurélien Chaussade, Houssam Sabbah, and Julia Kassar. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution world-wide.\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\'http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2871129214898.php\'>Maria Ivanova Z.</a>  is a director, screenwriter and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. She is the CEO of the Scoop Production film company. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international festivals reaping awards. This includes “The Last One” or “Sonuncu”, “Muhamad”, “Fleeing the War” and “Village”. In 2021, Maria finished her debut feature “The Anger”. Currently, she is working on her film “I’m not Lakit”.\r<br/>', '1762685198'),
(165, 'Screening at Parallel Sections, Views of Tunisian Cinema', ' Ismahane Lahmar\'s I\'ll go to Hell World Premieres at Carthage Film Festival ', '2021-10-25', 'i will-go-to-hell-poster.jpg', 'I’ll go to Hell, directed by Ismahane Lahmar, lands its world premiere within the Parallel Section (Views of Tunisian Cinema) of the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, which will take place from October 30th to November 6th, 2021.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is slated to have two screenings; on Tuesday, November 2nd, at Le Palace, at 9:15 PM Tunisia time (-1 GMT), and on Wednesday, November 3rd, at L\'Agora at 8:30 PM.\r<br/>\r<br/>Created in 1961, the Carthage Film Festival is one of the oldest and prominent Arab film festivals. This year, the festival will screen a roster of 750 Arab and African films in its Official Competition (200 feature films of documentaries and fictions, and 550 short films of documentaries and fictions).\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115323.php\">I’ll go to Hell</a> film project has previously won a Color grading service equal to USD 10,000 presented by The Cell Post Production as well MAD Solutions award for distribution services in the Arab world at the 11th Malmo Arab Film Festival’s Market Forum. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film tells the story of Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn’t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms. However, her family opposes her wishes.\r<br/>\r<br/>Born in 1982 Paris, Franco-Tunisian director and screenwriter, and newly producer, <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/279974192471.php\" >Ismahane Lahmar </a> trained at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) from Paris, and obtained her master\'s degree in audiovisual production in New York. Ismahane has made short films, which have been seen at several international film festivals.\r<br/>\r<br/>In 2017, she directed a Tunisian comedy for ICFLIX, \"WOH\". In 2019, Ismahane opened her production company, Madame Prod in which she develops and supports women\'s projects. She founded \"Le cinema Au Feminin\", a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development. It is a program that trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on the preparation, shooting and post-production of a film.\r<br/>', '1062430481'),
(166, 'Competing at the Festival’s Official Competition', 'A Tale Of Love And Desire Lands Arab World Premiere at Carthage Film Festival (JCC)', '2021-10-25', 'A-Tale-of-Love-and-Desire.jpg', 'A Tale Of Love And Desire by director Laila Bouzaid will land its Arab world premiere at the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, which will take place from October 30th to November 6th, 2021. Previously landing its world premiere at Cannes’s International Critics\' Week, the film is slated to have three screenings.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film’s screening times are; on Thursday, November 4th, at the Opera Theater at 6:00 PM Tunisia time (-1 GMT), on Friday, November 5th, at L\'A.B.C at 3:00 PM, and on Saturday, November 6th, at Le Pathé at 6:00 PM.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film has previously screened at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and Angoulême Film Festival, where it won two awards; Valois de diamant du meilleur film, and Prix d’interprétation masculine.\r<br/>\r<br/>Ahmed, French teenager of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.\r<br/> \r<br/>Written and directed by Laila Bouzaid, <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115342.php\">A Tale Of Love And Desire</a> stars Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-Kéba Tacu, and Aurélia Petit, and is produced by Blue Monday Productions, and Pyramide International. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world, while Pyramide International handles the film’s international distribution. \r<br/>\r<br/>Born and raised in Tunisia, director <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2921466270124.php\">Leyla Bouzid</a> went to Paris to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined La Fémis’ Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, Leyla directed her debut feature, As I Open my Eyes (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux) in 2015. The film was presented at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. A Tale Of Love And Desire is her second feature film. \r<br/>', '1052658109'),
(167, 'Life on the Horn | Arnoos | Al-Sit | Noor', 'MAD Solutions Joins Carthage Film Festival with Four Shorts', '2021-10-25', 'mad-films-25-10.jpg', 'MAD Solutions sends off four short films on its distribution list to the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia (October 30th to November 6th). These films are; Somali film Life on the Horn by Mo Harawe and Jordanian film Arnoos by Samer Battikhi, both competing at the festival’s Official Competition, as well as Sudanese film Al-Sit by Suzannah Mirghani, which will take part in the festival’s Official Section Out Of Competition, and Tunisian film Noor by director Rim Nakhli, within the Parallel sections (Views of Tunisian Cinema: Short Films). \r<br/>\r<br/>First launched in 1961, the Carthage Film Festival is the oldest event of its kind in the African continent and the Arab World. This year, the festival will screen a roster of 750 Arab and African films in its Official Competition (200 feature films of documentaries and fictions, and 550 short films of documentaries and fictions).\r<br/>\r<br/>About <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2KwutQKTU\" target=\"_blanck\">Life on the Horn</a>:\r<br/>Previously participating in various international festivals, the film won a number of awards, including a Special Mention from Locarno Festival, and Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Life on the Horn sheds light on the issue of the hazardous nuclear waste being released on Somalia’s shores through the story of a young Somali who follows his daily routine in the face of an existential threat coming from the shores.\r<br/>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2KwutQKTU\" target=\"_blanck\">Life on the Horn</a> features <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2401074501748.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Mo Harawe</a> as the film’s writer, director and Dop, who also co-produced it with Alexander von Piechowski and Deko Adano Ali. It stars Xuseen Abdirisaaq, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed and Faadumo Abshir. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Film’s Screening Times, Tunisia Time (-1 GMT)\r<br/>Wednesday, November 3rd, 6:00 PM, at the Opera Theatre\r<br/>Friday, November 5th, 5:30 PM, at Africa Hall\r<br/>Saturday, November 6th, 8:00 PM, at Ciné Jamil \r<br/>\r<br/>About <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115332.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Arnoos</a>:\r<br/>Previously landing its world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival, <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115332.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Arnoos</a> is written and directed by <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/285656107940.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Samer Battikhi</a>, and stars Saba Mubarak, Ahmed Al Omari, Ziad Bakri, Fadi Haddadin, and Mohammed Idris. It’s produced by Pan East Media and Sierra Bravo Productions and is distributed across the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>On a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, Sami, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, along with Mahmoud the 15-year-old street-smart hustler and corn seller are ready to execute their plan and steal a surprise gift in order to impress Sami’s girlfriend; unaware of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Film’s Screening Times, Tunisia Time (-1 GMT)\r<br/>Monday, November 1st, 2:00 PM, at the Opera Theatre\r<br/>Monday, November 1st, 2:00 PM, at Africa Hall\r<br/>Tuesday, November 2nd, 8:00 PM, at Ciné Jamil\r<br/>\r<br/>About <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\" target=\"_blanck\"> Al-Sit</a>:\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However, Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. Will Nafisa be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>The film has won 23 international awards, including 3 awards from Oscar-qualifying festivals. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\" target=\"_blanck\"> Al-Sit</a> is written and directed by <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2621349970894.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Suzannah Mirghani</a>, who co-produced it along with Eiman Mirghani, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi and Haram Basher. The film is distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Film’s Screening Times, Tunisia Time (-1 GMT)\r<br/>Sunday, October 31st, 6:15 PM, at L\'A.B.C \r<br/>Monday, November 1st, 5:30 PM, at Amilcar Cinema\r<br/>Tuesday, November 2nd, 5:00 PM, at Centre Culturel\r<br/>\r<br/>About <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvEKVf3dnFs\" target=\"_blanck\"> Noor</a>:\r<br/>The film follows Nour and Adem who set off in search of their father that they have not seen in a long time. With a hope of meeting him, the children cross the city to arrive at the meeting place, but the father doesn’t show. Previously landing its world premiere at Locarno Festival, Noor also participated in a number of festivals, including Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and Zurich Film Festival, among others.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by <a href=\"http://mad-distribution.film/directors/2321310863345.php\" target=\"_blanck\"> Rim Nakhli</a>, and produced by Inside Productions (Moncef Taleb), <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvEKVf3dnFs\" target=\"_blanck\"> Noor</a> stars Nour El Houda Habbessi and Ayoub Behi. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab region.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Film’s Screening Times, Tunisia Time (-1 GMT)\r<br/>Thursday, November 4th, 3:00 PM, at Le Palace\r<br/>Friday, November 5th, 5:30 PM, at Amilcar Cinema\r<br/>Saturday, November 6th, 6:00 PM, at Ciné Jamil \r<br/>', '498555662'),
(168, 'Joining the Festival’s International Competition', 'Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman World Premieres at Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-11-04', 'daughters-of-abdulrahman-im.jpg', 'Headlined by director&nbsp;Zaid Abu Hamdan&nbsp;and superstar&nbsp;Saba Mubarak, Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman&nbsp;will land its Arab world premiere at the International Competition for feature fiction films of the 43<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;(November 26<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;to December 5<sup>th</sup>). <br />&nbsp; <br />Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more question marks are raised. <br />&nbsp; <br />Written and directed by&nbsp;Zaid Abu Hamdan,&nbsp;<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\" rel=\"noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010cUwbV7SX2zfVDwwWB70lmZu1X_NDidRkRjLh785s9XUt_sVGIl3dR6_PtuuYv3etqILt9xQh92m2E7b1pKA-I7m_a8RV0AKRKLHcKX4bVJTZO9iNxH1Lkc95lbS-kTw-1uIh813ZFCrREAVwGjOktGmFvmBPWC-0hQxdT3dfPdaN1OikqTMYA%3D%3D%26c%3DZ2w6AdDjOX-6kTWBne9nGiXqzHIHpAWAG50MreNH-XbAc3pXmNoQgw%3D%3D%26ch%3DxKVnKxFt_HZ3j5l8MrtF0Y2geuWCwQuT9WMR87P7-BrLVdOHMb16gQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636361357721000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFN8zpthh3lJi3xTTWf7tf2abW4VA\">Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</a>&nbsp;stars&nbsp;Saba Mubarak,&nbsp;Farah Bsaiso,&nbsp;Hanan Al Hilo,&nbsp;Mariam Al Basha, and&nbsp;Mohamed Bakri. It is produced by&nbsp;Pan East Media&nbsp;(Saba Mubarak&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Aya Wuhoush),&nbsp;Lagoonie Film Production, and&nbsp;Arab Media Network.&nbsp;MAD Solutions&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world. <br />&nbsp; <br />Previously, the film received multiple funds, including&nbsp;Doha Film Institute&nbsp;development fund, the&nbsp;Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission&nbsp;development and production funds, as well as a fund from&nbsp;CineGouna Platform&nbsp;(post-production) at&nbsp;El Gouna Film Festival. The film was also selected among the finalists projects at the&nbsp;Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program, and&nbsp;RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab. <br />&nbsp; <br />The Cairo International Film Festival&nbsp;is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF). <br />&nbsp; <br />Born and raised in Amman, Jordan,&nbsp;<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\" rel=\"noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0010cUwbV7SX2zfVDwwWB70lmZu1X_NDidRkRjLh785s9XUt_sVGIl3dR6_PtuuYv3eMi_P9iGp70hXhFckvGeYrarZ9xOXmIp8QphQuAvwOwVy_bZqSA-jUOuDAM7R8792zafxnIeulEiEniKzFbrGMxn0b972tTRgyinVuETcNfuFlvdNewP-37QP5CMJDFD3%26c%3DZ2w6AdDjOX-6kTWBne9nGiXqzHIHpAWAG50MreNH-XbAc3pXmNoQgw%3D%3D%26ch%3DxKVnKxFt_HZ3j5l8MrtF0Y2geuWCwQuT9WMR87P7-BrLVdOHMb16gQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636361357721000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHx1IhOgV8E_2nXvB3nACtVvj4BdA\">Zaid Abu Hamdan</a>&nbsp;holds an MFA from the&nbsp;New York Film Academy&nbsp;in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including&nbsp;E! Entertainment&rsquo;s&nbsp;coverage of the&nbsp;Golden Globe&nbsp;and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (MBC Group)&nbsp;in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as&nbsp;Sesame Street, a competition that shows and mentors the&nbsp;Arab Film Studio&nbsp;program at&nbsp;Image Nation, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009,&nbsp;Zaid&nbsp;has wrote and directed five award winning and audience acclaimed short films, including&nbsp;Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud, which was the official Jordanian submission to the&nbsp;Academy Awards&nbsp;in 2012.', '1497657521'),
(169, 'Distributed by MAD Solutions', 'Amira and Trapped Screen at Palestine Cinema Days', '2021-11-03', 'mad-films-at-Palestine-Cinema-Days.jpg', 'Distributed by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYfzn6qGmg\">Amira</a>, by <a href=\"../directors/191978971148.php\">Mohamed Diab</a>, and <strong>Trapped,</strong> by <a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><strong>Manal Khaled</strong></a><strong>, </strong>shall join the 8<sup>th</sup> <strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong> (November 3<sup>rd</sup> &ndash; 8<sup>th</sup>). Slated to screen at the Fiction Films category, <strong>Amira</strong> is scheduled to have 5 screenings, while <strong>Trapped</strong> will have two screenings. <br /><br /><strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong> is an annual film event, organized by <strong>FilmLab Palestine</strong> that aims to take the Palestinian filmmaking industry to the international level and promote local and international films to revive cinema culture in Palestine. <br /><br />About <strong>Amira</strong>: <br /><strong>Amira</strong>, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, <strong>Nawar</strong>. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals <strong>Nawar&rsquo;s</strong> infertility, <strong>Amira&rsquo;s</strong> world turns upside down. <br /><br />Recently landing its Arab world premiere at <strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong>, <strong>Amira</strong> gained a wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike upon its world premiere at <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong>. It also won 3 awards at the festival; <strong>Lanterna Magica Award</strong>, presented by <strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS),</strong> <strong>Enrico Fulchignoni Award</strong>, presented by <strong>Conseil International du Cin&eacute;ma</strong>, <strong>de la T&eacute;l&eacute;vision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO),</strong> and <strong>10th INTERFILM Award</strong> for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue. <br /><br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115322.php\"><strong>Amira</strong></a> features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including <strong>Saba Mubarak, Ali Suliman, </strong>and<strong> Tara Abboud</strong>, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as<strong> Kais Nashif</strong> and <strong>Waleed Zuaiter.</strong> The film is written by the trio <strong>Mohamed, Khaled,</strong> and <strong>Sherine Diab </strong>and edited by <strong>Ahmed Hafez </strong>who previously worked with <strong>Mohamed Diab</strong> on<strong> Clash </strong>film. <br />&nbsp;The film is produced by <strong>Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), </strong>in co- production with <strong>Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) </strong>and <strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). </strong>Also, Palestinian director <strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong>, <strong>Amira Diab</strong> and <strong>Sarah Gohar</strong> are the film&rsquo;s producers, <strong>Hisham El Araby</strong> is the executive producer, and <strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong> is the associate producer<strong>. </strong>The film has previously received fund from <strong>The Royal Film Commission Jordan &ndash; RFC</strong>. <strong>Pyramide Films</strong> is in charge of the international sales, and its marketing is handled by <strong>MAD Solutions,</strong> which also handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world along with <strong>Lagoonie Film Production.</strong> <br /><br />The Film&rsquo;s Screening Times <br /><br />Thursday, November 4<sup>th</sup>, 8:00 PM, at Palestinian National Theatre / Al Hakawati, Jerusalem <br />Saturday, November 6<sup>th</sup>, 8:00 PM, The Arab Culture Association, Haifa <br />Sunday, November 7<sup>th</sup>, 7:00 PM, Baladna Youth Hub, Nazareth <br />Sunday, November 7<sup>th</sup>, 8:00 PM, Municipal Theater - Ramallah City Hall, <br />Sunday, November 7<sup>th</sup>, 8:00 PM, President Putin Palestinian Organization, Bethlehem <br /><br />&nbsp;About <strong>Trapped</strong>: <br /><strong>Trapped</strong> revolves around a group of women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped within their own quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of entrapment, how sometimes it is self-imposed, and how we can be prisoners of our own thoughts other than concrete walls and chains. <br /><br />The women share the same dream of change, of breaking-free from the social norm, however their personal differences affect their level of awareness, openness, how they express themselves and how they rebel. <br /><br />Recently, <strong>Trapped </strong>was screened at <strong>Karama&nbsp;Human Rights Film Festival</strong>, Beirut, and at the opening of <strong>Amman International Film Festival. </strong>It world premiered in the Global section of the <strong>South By Southwest Festival, </strong>USA<strong>, </strong>to become the only Arab film screened at the American festival and the first Egyptian one in ten years. Prior to that, it was screened for 13 minutes at <strong>El</strong> <strong>Gouna Film Festival</strong> as part of efforts to raise funds for the film. After that the creators of the film launched a fundraising campaign for Trapped on i<strong>ndiegogo</strong> website. At the beginning of the shooting in 2011, the film&rsquo;s creators encountered obstacles, in regards of production, which resulted in pausing the shooting more than once where no production company was available to go for the film. <br /><br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a> is directed and produced by <strong>Manal Khaled</strong>. Screen Play by <strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong> and <strong>Rasha Azab</strong>.&nbsp; <strong>Trapped</strong> stars <strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong>, <strong>Habiba Effat</strong> and <strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. <br /><br />The Film&rsquo;s Screening Times <br /><br />Friday, November 5<sup>th</sup>, 8:00 PM, Palestinian National Theatre / Al Hakawati, Jerusalem <br />Saturday, November 6<sup>th</sup>, 7:00 PM, Baladna Youth Hub, Nazareth', '124720889'),
(170, 'Best Short Film at the Festival’s Official Competition', 'Life on the Horn Snatches the Golden Tanit at Carthage Film Festival', '2021-11-07', 'loth_poster-w-logo.jpg', 'Short Somali film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2KwutQKTU\">Life on the Horn</a> by Mo Harawe won the Golden Tanit for Best Short Film at the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, which concluded its events Saturday night. Having 3 screenings during the festival, the award was received by the film&rsquo;s director at the closing ceremony. <br /><br />The film previously won a Special Jury Mention at the Cinema of Tomorrow Competition of the 42nd Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), where the film landed its Arab world premiere, and a Special Mention at Locarno Festival, where it landed its world premiere. <br /><br />A co-production of Somalia, Austria and Germany, Life on the Horn sheds light on the issue of the hazardous nuclear waste being released on Somalia&rsquo;s shores through the story of a young Somali who follows his daily routine in the face of an existential threat coming from the shores. <br /><br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115279.php\">Life on the Horn</a> features Mo Harawe as the film&rsquo;s writer, director and Dop, who also co-produced it with Alexander von Piechowski and Deko Adano Ali. It stars Xuseen Abdirisaaq, Maxamed Axmed Maxamed and Faadumo Abshir. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. <br /><br />&nbsp;<a href=\"../directors/2401074501748.php\">Mo Harawe</a> is a Somali director, based in Austria. He kicked off his journey as a director in Austria in 2009. Harawe has joined a number of filmmaking workshops and made five short films that were selected and awarded at several international film festivals. Aside from directing, Mo Harawe is a scriptwriter who wrote several feature-length films including To Mogadishu that won the Dor Film award at the Diagonale in 2016. His new feature film The Village Next to Paradise is now in development.', '1121723530'),
(171, 'Winner of Three Awards at Venice International Film Festival', 'Mohamed Diab’s Amira Receives a Special Mention at Carthage Film Festival (JCC)', '2021-11-07', 'amira-award-at-jcc.jpg', 'Amira by director <a href=\"../directors/191978971148.php\">Mohamed Diab</a> won a Special Mention of the Jury at the Official Competition Narrative Feature Films of the 32nd Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, which concluded its events Saturday night. This is the second time that director Mohamed Diab&rsquo;s nails an award from JCC. 5 years ago, his Clash grabbed 3 awards at Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/><br />Moshira Farouk Bahar, Cultural and Theatrical Distribution Manager at MAD Solutions, which handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, received the award.\r<br/><br />Landing 3 screenings during the festival, Amira witnessed a wide attendance by audience, critics, and members of media, gaining a great critical acclaim.\r<br/><br />It is worth mentioning that the film landed its Arab world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival a few weeks ago, where it witnessed a massive attendance by the audience and had two sold-out screenings. Previously winning three awards at Venice International Film Festival, Amira gained international acclaim from critics and audience alike, who applauded the film&rsquo;s director, cast, and creators, and received a 7-minute standing ovation upon its world premiere at the festival.\r<br/><br />The three awards are Lanterna Magica Award, presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Enrico Fulchignoni Award, presented by Conseil International du Cin&eacute;ma, de la T&eacute;l&eacute;vision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO), and 10th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.\r<br/><br />Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.&nbsp; But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar&rsquo;s infertility, Amira&rsquo;s world turns upside down.\r<br/><br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115322.php\">Amira</a> features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\">Saba Mubarak</a>, Ali Suliman, and <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/madrising/tara-abboud.php\">Tara Abboud</a>, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as Kais Nashif and Waleed Zuaiter. The film is written by the trio Mohamed, Khaled, and Sherine Diab and edited by Ahmed Hafez who previously worked with Mohamed Diab on Clash film.\r<br/><br />&nbsp;The film is produced by Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), in co- production with Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) and The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). Also, Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, Amira Diab and Sarah Gohar are the film&rsquo;s producers, Hisham El Araby is the executive producer, and Daniel Ziskind is the associate producer. The film has previously received fund from The Royal Film Commission Jordan &ndash; RFC. Pyramide Films is in charge of the international sales, and its marketing is handled by MAD Solutions, which also handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world along with Lagoonie Film Production.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '658325088');
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(172, '', 'Actor Ahmed Malek and his Film The Furnace Nominate to Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards', '2021-11-08', 'the-furnace-poster.jpg', 'Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts <strong>(AACTA)</strong> announced that young Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek was nominated for the best lead actor award for his film&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOs0iUlkQe3NHUg00t259fZlbKA7D7O5F-f5tDnHw-Z9W1VEAnF9Rcl8plxiy24-49HRsadPTVwSGrimnOc2haFFfClHvC1XAOaBJYdIX4E1QYTIeMLsu0EQ==&amp;c=hJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w==&amp;ch=G_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOs0iUlkQe3NHUg00t259fZlbKA7D7O5F-f5tDnHw-Z9W1VEAnF9Rcl8plxiy24-49HRsadPTVwSGrimnOc2haFFfClHvC1XAOaBJYdIX4E1QYTIeMLsu0EQ%3D%3D%26c%3DhJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w%3D%3D%26ch%3DG_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636620172989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFWWxpD4QvAKRbraZgesbGkeMNyg\">The Furnace</a></strong>, while the film itself was nominated for the&nbsp;Best&nbsp;&nbsp;AACTA Awards&nbsp;which is&nbsp;the counterpart to the United States&rsquo;&nbsp;Academy Awards&nbsp;and the United Kingdom&rsquo;s&nbsp;British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). <br />&nbsp; <br />Marking&nbsp;a mile stone in his acting career,&nbsp;Ahmed Malek&nbsp;competes for this award with a slew of international actors, including&nbsp;Eric Bana,&nbsp;Simon Baker, and&nbsp;Caleb Landry Jones. <br />On the other hand, the Best Lead Actress in Film award witnessed the competition of some prolific names, such as&nbsp;Naomi Watts&nbsp;and&nbsp;Rose Byrne. This nomination comes in addition to the critical praise and acclaim that&nbsp;Ahmed Malek&nbsp;received for his performance in the film upon its world premiere at&nbsp;Venice International Film Festival: &ldquo;Egyptian actor Ahmed Malek (a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018) is immediately engaging as Hanif&rdquo; as it was stated by the&nbsp;Screen Daily.&nbsp;Malek&nbsp;also garnered a wide acclaim after the film landed its Arab world premiere at&nbsp;El Gouna Film Festival, where he was described as &rdquo;truly talented in acting and deserves to be a global actor.&rdquo; by&nbsp;Tarek El Shennawy. <br />&nbsp; <br />The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the&nbsp;AACTA Awards, are presented annually to recognize excellence in the film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the U.S. and the BAFTA Awards for the U.K. <br />&nbsp; <br />1897 Western Australia. To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young Afghan cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with two 400oz Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace - the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown. Written and directed by&nbsp;<a href=\"https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOpsNC_imG0xrRv9wL0kTR_QCB32LzCr4R3FIvwWpQWqnyEFfyPHpC1IOu_5AxbJD9gq3H4eLqd6lEirDQnGECvOAq13LgEcBzFY6kDofUipyY7BJh3JPKqHneKuL4VGEm&amp;c=hJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w==&amp;ch=G_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOpsNC_imG0xrRv9wL0kTR_QCB32LzCr4R3FIvwWpQWqnyEFfyPHpC1IOu_5AxbJD9gq3H4eLqd6lEirDQnGECvOAq13LgEcBzFY6kDofUipyY7BJh3JPKqHneKuL4VGEm%26c%3DhJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w%3D%3D%26ch%3DG_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636620172989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH51cM68i0rqGuS2LwTCThgXGrkwQ\">Roderick MacKay</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOOBimoCtGu9jcf_xqiTI_sF6R5yNSgq-HO1Rx3I14_DDwIM2sjls2T56Ybsht1RQbu_UTGIjkzV8G5TRV4gX4cBDR5opCzZnqfRxfT8_lY6l-FBvZ6bbzBA==&amp;c=hJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w==&amp;ch=G_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOOBimoCtGu9jcf_xqiTI_sF6R5yNSgq-HO1Rx3I14_DDwIM2sjls2T56Ybsht1RQbu_UTGIjkzV8G5TRV4gX4cBDR5opCzZnqfRxfT8_lY6l-FBvZ6bbzBA%3D%3D%26c%3DhJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w%3D%3D%26ch%3DG_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636620172989000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqh8ZsCNUKaWsDzv-Vjvmf_mSjJA\">The Furnace</a>&nbsp;stars&nbsp;Ahmed Malek,&nbsp;David Wenham&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jay Ryan. <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOtsg3ioJDZB6IZ3mP-2fkHk8JP1oaEiAVHcgiEea18gE1ab0PfnFNO4PFcjo4efBoJoOCaEjjaXNfpwXK6oaBLmlk1G70st1Ri_roiz4Zvlc=&amp;c=hJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w==&amp;ch=G_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001ZDjsyXQleudCtZqg0IrUW83r1Gbcr51w9LAqyAdExKzxEmFPl7eAFMcp5ckw_GrOtsg3ioJDZB6IZ3mP-2fkHk8JP1oaEiAVHcgiEea18gE1ab0PfnFNO4PFcjo4efBoJoOCaEjjaXNfpwXK6oaBLmlk1G70st1Ri_roiz4Zvlc%3D%26c%3DhJKDxKqD7jHooI1BY85PvuG6KaVIa6g7Nnpwz_e9Zoo9oqvqM4Lz3w%3D%3D%26ch%3DG_HQoBFXqzVPsBVPSxLGVrcecVEXpfCfj4oYteTrxPDhewvqLYhN0Q%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636620172990000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfYOoOsgTHJQLPuTV8wJYWFBPbqA\">Ahmed Malek</a>&nbsp;landed a number of works in 2021. He took part in the Ramadan TV drama&nbsp;Nasl Al Aghrab&nbsp;alongside superstars&nbsp;Ahmed Sakka&nbsp;and&nbsp;Amir Karara. He is also starring in the upcoming TV drama&nbsp;Tahqeeq (Investigation)&nbsp;that is slated to premiere on&nbsp;WATCH iT, and&nbsp;Bimbo&nbsp;that shall premiere on&nbsp;Shahid.net. Directed by&nbsp;Amr Salama,&nbsp;Bimbo&nbsp;also stars&nbsp;Huda El Mufti&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wegz.&nbsp;Ahmed Malek&nbsp;also headlines&nbsp;Hadi El Bagoury&rsquo;s&nbsp;Amar 14&nbsp;film that landed its world premiere at 2021&nbsp;El Gouna Film Festival, and&nbsp;Kira&nbsp;&amp; El Gin&nbsp;by&nbsp;Marwan Hamed. Based on&nbsp;Ahmed Mourad\'s&nbsp;best-selling novel, 1919, the film stars&nbsp;Ahmed Ezz, and&nbsp;Karim Abdel Aziz, and&nbsp;is produced by&nbsp;Synergy Films&nbsp;as one of the most expensive Egyptian films.', '193601016'),
(173, 'Resuming its Commercial Screenings', 'Beyond the Raging Sea’s special  Screening at Zamalek Cinema', '2021-11-09', 'Poster-BTRS-Online.jpg', '<strong>Marco Orsini</strong>&rsquo;s <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7mxlw1n6U\"><strong>Beyond the Raging Sea</strong></a>, featuring the two adventurers <strong>Omar Samra</strong> and <strong>Omar Nour, </strong>screens at <strong>Zamalek Cinema</strong> on Tuesday, November 9<sup>th</sup>, at 7:00 PM. Two weeks ago, the film witnessed another screening at the cinema in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast; <strong>Omar Samra</strong> and <strong>Omar Nour, </strong>and representatives of <strong>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)</strong>, as well as a number of refugees who have crossed the ocean. This comes as part of the film&rsquo;s commercial screenings in Egypt and UAE&rsquo;s cinemas that started by the end of September this year.\r<br/><em>Beyond The Raging Sea</em>&nbsp;follows the harrowing tale of the two Egyptian adventurers, as they take on the Talisker Atlantic Challenge, <strong>the world&rsquo;s toughest row, </strong>an unsupported, perilous 3,000 nautical mile journey from the Canary Islands to Antigua.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Sponsored by <strong>DHL</strong>, and in collaboration with <strong>UNHCR</strong> and <strong>UNDP</strong>, Team O2 <strong>dedicated their row to raising awareness of the global refugee crises.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Eight days, and 500 miles</strong> into their journey across the Atlantic, Team O2 were hit by 45 knot winds and towering waves that caused their boat to capsize.\r<br/><strong>13 Hours of horror</strong> followed, before their<strong> epic rescue</strong> by a Cargo Ship.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In an ironic twist of events, Nour and Samra faced the same dangers, terrors and decisions of those they were meant to recognize and relieve.&nbsp;<strong>Featuring jaw-dropping</strong>, footage of a remarkable ordeal and rescue at sea,&nbsp;<strong><em>Beyond the Raging Sea</em></strong>&nbsp;is the gripping account of that experience narrated by those who lived it, capturing what they endured, felt and what it all meant.&nbsp;In this film, an elite adventure introduces us to <strong>extraordinary </strong>people in <strong>exceptional</strong> circumstances, navigating existential threats, grueling ordeals, while fighting for their own survival and beyond.&nbsp; Beyond the Raging Sea is a story that both echoes and <strong>illuminates the most pressing humanitarian crisis in the world today.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Omar Nour</strong> is an entrepreneur and retired professional triathlete. He represented&nbsp;Egypt&nbsp;on the Olympic triathlon circuit from 2010 - 2016. He is the co-founder of VENTUM - a&nbsp;performance bike company - and Founder &amp; Chairman of Enduro Supply - a leading distributor of sports brands across the Middle East.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Omar Samra</strong>&nbsp;is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, <strong>Motivational </strong>speaker and future astronaut. He is the <strong>first&nbsp;Egyptian</strong> to climb <strong>Mount Everest</strong> and the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole (The Explorer\'s Grand Slam).\r<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115227.php\"><strong><em>Beyond the Raging Sea</em></strong></a><strong>, is Written and Directed by Marco Orsini,</strong> who Produced in collaboration with DHL, IEFTA, UNHCR, and UNDP, with Executive Producers Omar Nour, Omar Samra, and RagnhildEk. The film&rsquo;s original music is composed by George Acogny.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><em>Beyond The Raging Sea</em>&nbsp;had a sold-out Premiere at Egypt&rsquo;s El Gouna Film Festival and was praised by all who attended its screening. It was presented as a work in progress in the Doc Corner of the March&eacute; du Film at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. MAD Solutions will distribute&nbsp;<em>Beyond The Raging Sea</em>&nbsp;throughout the Arab World starting on September 30, 2021, while VIEWPARK has acquired the film for the US and rest of the world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/1801060194634.php\"><strong>Marco&nbsp;Orsini</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/1801060194634.php\">&nbsp;</a>is the founder and president of <strong>the International Emerging Talent Film Association of Monaco.</strong>&nbsp; He is the <strong>writer, director and producer</strong> of seven <strong>acclaimed documentaries among which is Dinner At The No Gos*</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He creates and produces visual content and media campaigns for the <strong>UNHCR</strong>. Starting his career in television in the &lsquo;90&rsquo;s, Marco produced&nbsp;60+ hours of&nbsp;primetime programming&nbsp;for <strong>US &amp; South American</strong> markets&nbsp;before turning his talents to&nbsp;writing and directing. His <strong>award-winning films</strong> and scripts have been translated into French, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish, screened at major festivals and played on TV/VOD while earning plaudits from industry journals, including <strong>the&nbsp;Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and&nbsp;Variety</strong>.&nbsp;His most recent feature documentary,&nbsp;<strong><em>Beyond the Raging Sea</em></strong>, a collaboration with <strong>UNDP</strong> and <strong>UNHCR</strong>, is set for <strong>Fall 2021</strong> release. He is currently in post-production on<em>&nbsp;Latin 4+</em>, <strong>a story of Vietnam you haven&rsquo;t heard before.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA)</strong> is a Monaco based non-governmental organization founded with the purpose of discovering and developing film talent from emerging regions, globally. We connect filmmakers to established industry professionals, engage cultural diversity and foster relationships that are; mentoring, inspiring and educational.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.iefta.org/\">https://www.iefta.org</a>', '674007498'),
(174, 'Distributed by MAD Solutions ', 'I Have a Picture and Like a Matchstick to Screen at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi ', '2021-11-10', 'like-a-metch.jpg', 'Two documentaries distributed by MAD Solutions:&nbsp; I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World, by Mohamed Zedan &nbsp;and Like a Matchstick, by Hussein Al Imam, will screen on Nov.25 and Nov.27 at Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi. The screenings are held in celebration of an artwork from the Guggenheim AD collection: Love by Ayman Yossri Daydban.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amid COVID-19 precautions, the screening will be held in the outdoor terrace area of Manarat Al Saadiyat for around 70 people.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in the heart of Abu Dhabi&rsquo;s cultural hub of Saadiyat Island, Manarat Al Saadiyat is a multi-function cultural non-profit platform. Introducing visitors, tourists and artists to works by global artists from every corner of the world, it&nbsp; hosts a vast number of cultural events including; exhibitions, panel discussions, and film screenings.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&nbsp; won four international awards, including the Gold Star for Best Arabic Documentary Film at its world premiere at the 1st El Gouna Film Festival in 2017, Best Documentary Film award at the Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon, Jury Award for Best Documentary Film more than 15 minutes at the Egyptian National Film Festival, and the Best Documentary Film award at the Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) in the UAE, organized by Sharjah Art Foundation.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>For over two months, the film had full house screenings at Zawya cinema where it was well received and highly praised.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With the help of Kamal El Homossany, one of the oldest assistant directors in Egypt, Zedan, a young indie filmmaker, is making a documentary about Motawe Eweis, who has worked as an extra in about 1000 Egyptian films since the forties.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by Mohamed Zedan, I Have A Picture: Film No. 1001 in the Life of the Oldest Extra in the World stars Kamal EL-Homossany, Motawe Eweis. The film crew includes DOP Mohamad EL-Hadidi and Music Composer Micheal Fawzy. MAD Solutions distributes the film in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About Like a Matchstick ( Zay Ood El Kabreet):\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&nbsp;is a comic tale, brain child of\r<br/>&nbsp;Actor Hussein&nbsp;Al Imam&nbsp;to pay tribute to the super stars of the Egyptian cinema\'s Golden Era who starred in the films directed by renowned director Hassan Al Imam.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;Zay Ood El Kabreet features scenes for those golden stars from five of black and white films directed by the late Hassan Al Imam, such as:&nbsp;El Malak El Zalem (The Unjust Angel) (1954), starring Faten Hamama, Kamal Al Shennawi, Hussein Riad and Mahmoud El-Meliguy; Ana Bint Min (Whose Daughter Am I?) (1950), starring Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Mohsen Sarhan and Hussein Riad;&nbsp;El Gassad (The Body) (1955), starring Hend Rostom, Kamal Al Shennawi, Hussein Riad and Fatma Rouchdi; Bent Mn El Banat&nbsp;(One of the Girls) (1968), starring Ahmed Mazhar, Samir Sabry, Magda&nbsp;El Khatib and Nour El Sherif; and Hob Fel Zalam (Love in the Darkness) (1953), starring Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi and Farid Shawqi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The plot combines scenes starring 21 actors from the age of black and white films with other scenes written by and starring&nbsp;Hussein Al&nbsp;Imam. The end product leads to the rediscovery of golden age actors in a new context along with Hussein Al Imam.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside Hussein Al Imam, &nbsp;the film stars Sahar Ramy, Khaled Mahrous, Zakaria Amer, and singer Randa El-Sobky. MAD Solutions handles the film\'s distribution services.', '460222547'),
(175, 'Winner of 22 International Awards ', 'Between Two Seas to Screen at Arab World Festival of Montreal ', '2021-11-11', 'BeinBahreenPosterArWEB.jpg', 'Directed by Anas Tolba, feature film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sroF_8Gur28\">Between Two Seas</a>, screens at the 22nd edition of Arab World Festival of Montreal (Oct. 29-Nov.13). It will screen on Friday, October 25, at 5:00PM. <br />&nbsp; <br />Book your tickets from here: <br /><a href=\"https://festivalarabe.com/en\">https://festivalarabe.com/en</a> <br />&nbsp; <br />Founded in 2001, the Arab World Festival of Montreal is a multidisciplinary event dedicated to the meeting of Arab and Western cultures.&nbsp; With a different theme each year, the festival curates a stunning programme featuring a wide variety of cultural activities. <br />&nbsp; <br />Between Two Seas &nbsp;received 21 awards in total, the last of which was the Special Jury Mention at the Beirut International Women Film Festival. &nbsp;Previously, the film won six awards at the Egyptian National Film Festival, the Best Poster award at the annual<strong> Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema,</strong> two <strong>Best Director</strong> awards for <strong>Anas Tolba</strong> and <strong>Best Script</strong> at <strong>Festival International du Cin&eacute;ma de la Diversit&eacute; Taza</strong> in Morocco. It also won <strong>Best Narrative Feature</strong> and a <strong>Certificate of Outstanding Achievement</strong> (Screenplay), at the <strong>Brooklyn Film Festival</strong> and two other awards during its world premiere at the 3<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival </strong>(<strong>AIWFF</strong>). <br />&nbsp; <br />The film was screened at several regional and international film festivals, including the <strong>Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival</strong> in Palestine, <strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival </strong>in Jordan, <strong>Religion Today Film Festival </strong>in Italy, <strong>Aarhus Arab Film Festival</strong> in Denmark, <strong>Arab Film Festival T&uuml;bingen</strong> in Germany, and the <strong>Mostra de Valencia</strong> in Spain. <br />&nbsp; <br />While on a short visit to her home village, a small rural island near Cairo, <strong>Zahra</strong>\'s daughter is exposed to a tragic accident. Following this incident, <strong>Zahra</strong> persists on getting her daughter\'s rights and insists on not only continuing her education but also benefiting her community. The film sheds light on different societal issues faced by women, especially in rural areas. <br />&nbsp; <br />Directed by <strong>Anas Tolba</strong> and written by<strong> Mariam Naoum</strong>, based on a script by <strong>Amany El Tounsy</strong> and <strong>Karim El Dalil</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115151.php\"><strong>Between Two Seas</strong></a> stars <strong>Fatma Adel</strong>,<strong> Yara Goubran</strong>, <strong>Tharaa Goubail</strong>, <strong>Mahmoud Fares</strong>,<strong> Arfa Abdel Rassoul</strong>, and <strong>Lobna Wanas</strong>. The film is produced by <strong>Axeer</strong> and executive produced by <strong>Abdelrahman Al Garwani</strong>.<strong> MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world. Also, it is a joint collaboration between the <strong>National Council for Women</strong>, <strong>UN Women</strong>, <strong>Axeer</strong>, along with a number of development partners as part of their belief in the important role that cinema plays in changing negative perceptions towards women in different societies. <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"../directors/161586593319.php\"><strong>Anas Tolba </strong>is an Egyptian filmmaker</a> who started his career in 2010 by co-founding the media production company,<strong> Axeer</strong>. He directed many music videos for a large number of singers and artists from across the Arab world, including:<strong> Zap Tharwat</strong>, <strong>Hamza Namira</strong>, and<strong> Cairokee</strong>. In 2013, he directed and produced his first 30-minute documentary,<strong> Extracurricular</strong> that features a mother who believes in the power of traveling to educate her children. In 2017, he directed his first 15-minute short film, <strong>Mariam and The Sun</strong>. The film was recognized with <strong>Jury Selection Awards </strong>in the<strong> Accolade Film Competition </strong>and the<strong> Hollywood Film Festival</strong>.', '611324224'),
(176, '', 'Film Ritsa’s Teaser Poster is Released', '2021-11-11', 'ritsa.jpg', 'El Gozour Film Production&nbsp;just released the teaser poster of romantic film&nbsp;Ritsa,&nbsp;which features a wide array of veteran and young stars. The film is slated to release soon at Egyptian theatres.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ritsa&nbsp;follows the story line of three different characters in different time lines, each within their own separate path. Driven by love, they make decisions that disturb their lives. Will love put their lives right back on track?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by&nbsp;Ahmed Yousri&nbsp;and written by&nbsp;Moatz Fteha,&nbsp;the film stars&nbsp;Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmad AlFishawy, Aicha Ben Ahmed, Amir EL Masry, Mariam El Khosht, Youssef Othman, May Elghety&nbsp;and&nbsp;Caroline Azmi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ritsa&nbsp;is produced by&nbsp;El Gozour Film Production&nbsp;and distributed by&nbsp;MAD Solutions.', '649236728'),
(177, '', 'Lebanese Film An Attempt World Premieres at Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women\'s Film Festival', '2021-11-11', 'an-attempt.official-poster.jpg', 'Lebanese short film <strong>An Attempt</strong>, by Lebanese director <strong>Pamela Nassour,</strong> to land its world premiere at the 8th <strong>Olhares do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women\'s Film Festival, </strong>Lisbon, Portugal. The film will screen on Thursday, November 11 at 4:00 PM, SALA 3.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Olhares do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women&rsquo;s Film Festival</strong> is the first International Film Festival in Portugal dedicated to women film makers of the Mediterranean region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film revolves around the world of<strong> Alfred</strong>, a high-school teacher, who tries to adapt to the new socio-political situation amidst the Lebanese October Revolution. Living this turmoil first hand gave him a fresh perspective and ends up joining the protests with his students.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, produced and directed by <strong>Pamela Nassour</strong>, <strong>An Attempt</strong> stars <strong>Josef Chemaly</strong> along with <strong>Dima Merheb</strong>, <strong>Diana Noujaim</strong>, <strong>Antonio Chedid</strong>, <strong>Ribal Merhiand Maya Fadel and</strong> features DOP and Editor <strong>Moris Zoghby</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pamela Nassour</strong> is an award-winning Lebanese filmmaker, film critic and University Instructor. Her short experimental film <strong>Ila Haythou &ndash; To Nowhere</strong> received accolades and awards at its festival run. She started her filmmaking journey as an assistant director and editor on numerous television commercials and music videos before she delved into film directing. Pamela graduated from the <strong>Holy Spirit University of Kaslik USEK</strong> with a master degree in Visual Arts - Cinema and television and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D in contemporary Latin American cinema at the <strong>Saint Joseph University Beirut</strong>. <strong>Pamela</strong> is also an educator and instructor at the <strong>Lebanese International University</strong>.&nbsp; She recently accepted the invitation to join <strong>FFTG</strong> 2021 official Selection Committee. Her credits include three short films and currently she is working on her latest film, which will be announced soon.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '113616153'),
(178, '', 'The Anger\'s  Song by Luciana Zogbi Releases on YouTube ', '2021-11-11', 'TheAnger-poster-JCC-web.jpg', '<strong>Kai o Bergi </strong>song which was featured in <a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><strong>Maria Ivanova Z</strong></a>.&rsquo;s <a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger&rsquo;</strong></a>s, is released on YouTube. This comes in parallel with the film&rsquo;s screening at <strong>Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia. </strong>The song, which is performed by rising Lebanese-Brazilian star <strong>Luciana Zogbi,</strong> was screened for the first time to Tunisian audiences during one of the film&rsquo;s screenings and was well-received. Furthermore, the film&rsquo;s screenings in Carthage witnessed a massive turnout.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>To watch or listen to the song, click here:\r<br/><a href=\"https://youtu.be/b1p5x7GG4aE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https://youtu.be/b1p5x7GG4aE</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Luciana Zogbi</strong> is a Lebanese-Brazilian singer, composer and YouTuber. She came into the limelight for the first time in 2014 after releasing her cover song &ldquo;All of Me&rdquo; on YouTube. With a passion for music since childhood, she started her career with performing at bars and public events. Now Luciana&rsquo;s voice attracts over 2 million subscribers from all around the globe.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In post-war Lebanon, <strong>Ida</strong>, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger</strong></a> is directed by <strong>Maria Ivanova Z.,</strong> who co-wrote it with <strong>Olga Artemyeva</strong>, and stars <strong>Manal Issa</strong>, <strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong>, <strong>Houssam Sabbah</strong>, and <strong>Julia Kassar</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region and world-wide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maria Ivanova Z.</strong> is a director, screenwriter and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry. She graduated from the <strong>Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University</strong>. She is the CEO of the <strong>Scoop Production</strong> film company. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international festivals reaping awards. This includes &ldquo;<strong>The Last One</strong>&rdquo; or &ldquo;<strong>Sonuncu</strong>&rdquo;, &ldquo;<strong>Muhamad</strong>&rdquo;, &ldquo;<strong>Fleeing the War</strong>&rdquo; and &ldquo;<strong>Village</strong>&rdquo;. In 2021, Maria finished her debut feature &ldquo;<strong>The Anger</strong>&rdquo;. Currently, she is working on her film &ldquo;<strong>I&rsquo;m not Lakit</strong>&rdquo;.', '930786056'),
(179, 'After Participating in Cannes, Toronto and Carthage Film Festivals', 'A Tale Of Love And Desire joins the International Panorama of Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-11-10', 'MAD-Films-Ciff-copy-(3).jpg', '<strong>A Tale Of Love And Desire</strong> by director <strong>Laila Bouzaid</strong> will take part in the <strong>International Panorama</strong> of the 43<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> (November 26<sup>th</sup> to December 5<sup>th</sup>)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Cairo International Film Festival</strong> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously landing its world premiere at <strong>Cannes</strong>&rsquo;s <strong>International Critics\' Week</strong>, <strong>A Tale Of Love And Desire</strong> has recently joined the Official Competition of <strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong> in Tunisia, and screened at <strong>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)</strong>, and <strong>Angoul&ecirc;me Film Festival</strong>, where it won two awards; <strong>Valois de diamant du meilleur film</strong>, and <strong>Prix d&rsquo;interpr&eacute;tation masculine.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ahmed, French teenager of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Laila Bouzaid</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"><strong>A Tale Of Love And Desire</strong></a> stars <strong>Sami Outalbali</strong>, <strong>Zbeida Belhajamor</strong>, <strong>Samir Elhakim</strong>, <strong>Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu</strong>, and <strong>Aur&eacute;lia Petit</strong>, and is produced by <strong>Blue Monday Productions</strong>, and <strong>Pyramide International. MAD Solutions </strong>handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while <strong>Pyramide International </strong>handles the film&rsquo;s international distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born and raised in Tunisia, director <a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong></a> went to Paris to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined <strong>La F&eacute;mis&rsquo;</strong> Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, Leyla directed her debut feature, <strong>As I Open my Eyes</strong> (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux) in 2015. The film was presented at the 72nd <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong>, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. <strong>A Tale Of Love And Desire </strong>is her second feature film.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '670735488'),
(180, 'As Part of its Commercial Tour across Arab World', 'Gaza Mon Amour screens in 8 Moroccan cities', '2021-11-10', 'gaza-mon-amour-Poster-online.jpg', 'In collaboration with Institut Fran&ccedil;ais Maroc, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong></a> by twin brothers <strong>Tarzan</strong> and <strong>Arab Nasser </strong>was released in Moroccan theaters on November 4<sup>th</sup> , and shall continue till November 23<sup>rd</sup>. The film was scheduled to have 13 screenings across 8 different Moroccan cities, where it was screened on November 4<sup>th</sup> and 6<sup>th</sup> in Tangier, and November 5<sup>th</sup> in Tetouan, and shall continue screening as following: on November 9<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> in Casablanca, November 12<sup>th</sup> in Kenitra, November 13<sup>th</sup> in Meknes and Agadir , November 14<sup>th</sup>, 15<sup>th</sup> and 16<sup>th</sup> in Rabat, and on November 17<sup>th</sup> and 23<sup>rd</sup> in Marrakech. This comes as part of the film&rsquo;s tour across the Arab world, where it previously had a&nbsp; 2-month screening at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, and a 3-week screening at Cinema Akil in UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, <strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong>opened the <strong>Amman International Film Festival </strong>and nabbed the <strong>Critics&rsquo; Choice Award </strong>at the <strong>Fribourg International Film Festival </strong>in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the <strong>Oscars</strong>, and it received the <strong>Best Actress</strong> award and the <strong>Best Feature film</strong> at the <strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong> an initiative organized by the <strong>Arab Cinema Center. </strong>The film also won multiple international awards, including the <strong>Best Actor Prize</strong> for <strong>Salim Daw </strong>at the <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong> in Sweden, the <strong>NETPAC award</strong> at the <strong>Toronto International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Film award</strong> and <strong>Special Mention </strong>at the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Actor award </strong>at the <strong>Antalya Film Festival </strong>and the <strong>Best Film </strong>and <strong>Best Script awards </strong>at the <strong>Valladolid International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The film landed its world premiere at<strong> Venice International Film Festival </strong>and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, <strong>The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival </strong>and<strong> Berlinale Co-Production Market,</strong> 2019.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman&nbsp;<strong>Issa</strong>&nbsp;is secretly in love with&nbsp;<strong>Siham</strong>, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose,&nbsp;Issa&nbsp;discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for&nbsp;Issa&hellip;Will he succeed to declare his love to&nbsp;Siham?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the <strong>Nasser</strong>&nbsp;brothers,&nbsp;<a href=\"../movies/movie1115262.php\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour&nbsp;</strong></a>features an all-star cast, including&nbsp;<strong>Salim Daw,&nbsp;Hiam Abbass,&nbsp;Maisa Abdelhadi,&nbsp;Georges Iskandar,&nbsp;Hitham Al Omari,</strong> and&nbsp;<strong>Manal Awad.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company&nbsp;<strong>Les Films du Tambour</strong>&nbsp;(delegate producer), in a co-production with&nbsp;<strong>Riva Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel&nbsp;</strong>and in collaboration with&nbsp;<strong>ARTE</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>Ukbar Filmes</strong>&nbsp;(Portugal),&nbsp;<strong>Made in Palestine Project&nbsp;(</strong>Palestine), and&nbsp;<strong>Jordan Pioneers.&nbsp;MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twins <a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Tarzan</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"> and </a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Arab Nasser</strong></a> were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied <strong>Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University </strong>and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed <strong>Condom Lead </strong>(15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the <strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong>2013. Their first feature film, <strong>D&eacute;grad&eacute; </strong>(85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the <strong>Cannes&rsquo; Semaine de la Critique</strong> 2015, and also screened at the 2015 <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong>. <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> is their second feature film.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '420705701'),
(181, 'Winner of over 20 International Awards', 'Al-Sit Screens at Warehouse421 in UAE', '2021-11-14', 'Al-Sit_Poster_Logos.jpg', 'Held as part of the monthly contemporary Arab cinema program, short film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a>, by director <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, shall screen at <strong>Warehouse421</strong>, within the events of <strong>As We Gaze Upon Her</strong> exhibition (October 16<sup>th</sup> - November 20<sup>th</sup>). This marks a comeback for the real life, actual screenings of the program after a 2-season pause. The film is slated to screen on November 17<sup>th</sup>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>As We Gaze Upon Her</strong> comes at the end of the pilot version of Warehouse421&rsquo;s Curatorial Development Exhibition program, in partnership with the Bombay Institute of Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR). The exhibition attempts to expand the notion of &lsquo;woman&rsquo;, often constrained by social, cultural, and existential insecurities.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old <strong>Nafisa</strong> has a crush on <strong>Babiker</strong>, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However,<strong> Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for <strong>Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> future. Will <strong>Nafisa</strong> be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film was screened at <strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC),</strong> and <strong>Sharjah International Film Festival for Children</strong> <strong>&amp; Youth (SIFF).</strong> The film has also received over 20 significant awards, including <strong>Best Director</strong> at <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festiva</strong>l, <strong>Best Short Film</strong> and <strong>Chairman\'s award</strong> at <strong>Zanzibar International Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, <strong>Best short film</strong> at <strong>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts </strong>where the judge panel voted unanimously to award it <strong>Best Short Film</strong>, as well as <strong>Audience Choice Award</strong>, and the <strong>Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker </strong>for the film&rsquo;s director at <strong>Toronto Arab Film Festival.&nbsp; </strong>Moreover, the film snatched the<strong> Grand Prix </strong>at the 51<sup>st</sup> edition of the <strong>Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film</strong> <strong>Festival; </strong>two awards at <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong>Sweden<strong>; Best Script award </strong>and<strong> Special Mention </strong>at<strong> Huesca International Film Festival, </strong>Spain<strong>; Special Jury award </strong>at<strong> Busan International Short Film Festival, </strong>Korea, and the <strong>Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking </strong>at<strong> The European Independent Film Festival, </strong>France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the <strong>Canal+/Cine+ Award</strong>, which was presented by the French channel <strong>Canal Plus Cinema</strong> within the <strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong>, where the film landed its international premiere, and it had its world premiere at the latest edition of the <strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong> in Qatar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a> is written and directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, who co-produced it along with <strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong>, and stars <strong>Mihad Murtada</strong>, <strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong>, <strong>Mohammed Magdi</strong> and <strong>Haram Basher</strong>. The film is distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>, as well as a design grant from <strong>VCUarts Qatar</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong></a> is a writer, researcher, and a passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a Media Studies and Museum Studies graduate, and the author and editor of several academic books and articles. Being of multicultural (Sudanese and Russian) backgrounds, <strong>Suzannah</strong> is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has under her belt a number of short films that she wrote, directed and produced, including <strong>Hind&rsquo;s Dream</strong> (2014), <strong>Caravan</strong> (2016), and <strong>Al-Sit</strong> (2020).', '1213383942'),
(182, '', 'Mohamed Diab\'s Amira Represents Jordan at the Oscars', '2021-11-12', '255521072_875505723142615_8375632070089655070_n.jpg', 'Jordan selected <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYfzn6qGmg\"><strong>Amira</strong></a> by director <strong>Mohamed Diab</strong> as its official entry for the<strong> International Feature Film category </strong>of the 94<sup>th</sup>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (<strong>Oscars). </strong>The award ceremony shall take place in Hollywood in March, next year, while the Academy shall unveil the shortlists in the beginning of 2022.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A few days ago, Amira received a <strong>Special Jury Mention </strong>at the Official Competition of <strong>Carthage Film Festival </strong>(JCC). The film is also slated to join the International Spectacular of <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong>in the next few days.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most recently, the film screened at <strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong>. It also landed its Arab world premiere at<strong> El Gouna Film Festival</strong>, where the film&rsquo;s screenings have witnessed a massive attendance by the audience, public figures, and members of the press, in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, followed by a Q&amp;A session with the media, critics and audience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously winning three awards at <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong>, <strong>Amira</strong> gained international acclaim from critics and audience alike, who applauded the film&rsquo;s director, cast, and creators, and received a 7-minute standing ovation upon its world premiere at the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The three awards are <strong>Lanterna Magica</strong> <strong>Award</strong>, presented by <strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Enrico Fulchignoni Award, </strong>presented by <strong>Conseil International du Cin&eacute;ma, de la T&eacute;l&eacute;vision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO)</strong>, and 10th <strong>INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amira</strong>, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.&nbsp; But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar&rsquo;s infertility, Amira&rsquo;s world turns upside down.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115322.php\"><strong>Amira</strong></a> features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><strong>, Ali Suliman, </strong>and <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/madrising/tara-abboud.php\"><strong>Tara Abboud</strong></a>, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as<strong> Kais Nashif</strong> and <strong>Waleed Zuaiter.</strong> The film is written by the trio <strong>Mohamed, Khaled,</strong> and <strong>Sherine Diab </strong>and edited by <strong>Ahmed Hafez </strong>who previously worked with <strong>Mohamed Diab</strong> on<strong> Clash </strong>film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The film is produced by <strong>Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), </strong>in co- production with <strong>Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) </strong>and <strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). </strong>Also, Palestinian director <strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong>, <strong>Amira Diab</strong> and <strong>Sarah Gohar</strong> are the film&rsquo;s producers, <strong>Hisham El Araby</strong> is the executive producer, and <strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong> is the associate producer<strong>. </strong>The film has previously received fund from <strong>The Royal Film Commission Jordan &ndash; RFC</strong>. <strong>Pyramide Films</strong> is in charge of the international sales, and its marketing is handled by <strong>MAD Solutions,</strong> which also handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world along with <strong>Lagoonie Film Production.</strong>', '1635531957'),
(183, 'Landing its Arab World Premiere', 'Streams Competes at Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition of Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-11-10', 'streams-poster.jpg', 'Tunisian film<strong> Streams</strong>, by <strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong>, will land its Arab world premiere at the <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong> of the 43<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong>(November 26<sup>th</sup> to December 5<sup>th</sup>).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently landed its world premiere at the <strong>Locarno Festival</strong> in the Netherlands, where it competed at the <strong>Filmmakers of the Present</strong> (<strong>Concorso Cineasti del presente</strong>) competition. It then screened at <strong>Zurich Film Festival,</strong><strong> Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, </strong>and the <strong>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED)</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, <strong>Amel</strong> is searching for her missing son <strong>Moumen</strong>. During her journey, <strong>Amel</strong> faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>Streams</strong></a> stars <strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong>and <strong>Slim Baccar </strong>and features music composer <strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Streams</strong> is a joint production between <strong>Yol Film House </strong>(Tunisia), <strong>Tarantula </strong>(Luxembourg), <strong>MPM Film </strong>(France), <strong>Clandestino Production</strong> (Tunisia), in association with <strong>Allam Film </strong>(USA). It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop<strong> (Grand Nord) </strong>and received the <strong>screenplay Prize</strong> of the <strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais,</strong> the <strong>CineGouna post-production prize, </strong>as well as grants from The <strong>Tunisian National Center of Cinema</strong>, <strong>The Film Fund Luxembourg,</strong> and <strong>The French National Center of Cinema.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>The Cairo International Film Festival</strong> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong></a> is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. He studied cinema in Tunisia before graduating from the <strong>Paris Film School</strong>. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: <strong>&ldquo;X-Moment&rdquo;</strong> (2009), &ldquo;<strong>Li-La&rdquo;</strong> (2011) and &ldquo;<strong>The Night of Badr</strong>&rdquo; (2012). His first feature-length film, &ldquo;<strong>Thala Mon Amour</strong>&rdquo; (2016), was selected in worldwide film festivals like <strong>Torino Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival</strong> and won several prizes. His last production &ldquo;<strong>Fouledh</strong>&rdquo; was selected in <strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong> at the 72nd <strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '2109745520');
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(184, 'Our River.. Our Sky joins Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition ', 'Iraqi Film Our River...Our Sky Lands its Arab World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival ', '2021-11-09', 'our-revier-our-sky.jpg', 'Feature film <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a><strong>,</strong> by <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a> &nbsp;will land its Arab world premiere at the <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong> of the 43<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong>(November 26<sup>th</sup> to December 5<sup>th</sup>).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a>, had a full house screening for its world premiere screening at the 27th edition of &nbsp;<strong>Sarajevo Film Festival </strong>and won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;&ldquo;An ensemble piece, terrifically acted and perfectly written&rdquo; wrote the famous Film Critic <strong>E. Nina Rothe</strong> on <strong>MIME</strong> website. Also, she praised <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;</strong></a><strong>s </strong>works, saying: &ldquo;There is a cross cutting poetic theme that runs throughout Maysoon Pachachi\'s work.&rdquo; and described the collaboration between producer <strong>Talal Al-Muhanna</strong> and <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"> a</a>s &ldquo;An inspiring collaboration&rdquo;.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The narrative in <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong></a>(aka&nbsp;<strong>Kulshi Makoo&nbsp;</strong>in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp;&nbsp;It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;&nbsp; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril.&nbsp;Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer&rsquo;s block, triggered by such non verbale violence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a> won the $100,000&nbsp;<strong>IWC Filmmaker Award&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong>&nbsp;and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer<strong>&nbsp;Irada Al-Jubori</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including&nbsp;<strong>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Abu Dhabi Music &amp; Art Foundation&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The film was supported in Europe by&nbsp;<strong>Eurimages,</strong>&nbsp;<strong>CNC, Visions Sud Est&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>British Film Institute</strong>, amongst others,&nbsp;and was awarded&nbsp;<strong>The Cell Post Production&nbsp;</strong>award&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020. &nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written by <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a> who co-wrote it with <strong>&nbsp;Irada Al Jabbouri</strong><strong>. </strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;cast includes&nbsp;<strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong>&nbsp;(as Sara),<strong>&nbsp;Basim Hajar,&nbsp; Meriam Abbas&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The production was initially developed by&nbsp;<strong>Oxymoron Films&nbsp;</strong>(UK) and&nbsp;<strong>Linked Productions</strong>&nbsp;(Kuwait) and made in co production with its other main producers&nbsp;<strong>Les Contes Modernes</strong>&nbsp;(France) and&nbsp;<strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\">&nbsp;</a>is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied&nbsp;philosophy&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>University College London&nbsp;</strong>and attended&nbsp;<strong>London Film School&nbsp;</strong>as a student of British director Mike Leigh.&nbsp;&nbsp;She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her films&nbsp;include&nbsp;<strong>Iranian Journey</strong>&nbsp;(2000),&nbsp;<strong>Return to the Land of Wonders</strong>&nbsp;(2004) and&nbsp;<strong>Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq</strong>&nbsp;(2008).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Open Shutters&nbsp;</strong>received a&nbsp;<strong>Jury Special Mention&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<strong>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam</strong>. &nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon</strong></a> taught editing and directing in a number of countries and cities, including the UK, Palestine, Gaza, Al Quds,and Birzeit. In 2004, with her colleague&nbsp;<strong>Kasim Abid</strong>, she co-founded the&nbsp;<strong>Independent Film and Television College</strong>, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals.&nbsp;', '1617233761'),
(185, 'In Parallel with its Screenings in Morocco ', 'Gaza Mon Amour arrives at Nouakchott, Mauritania', '2021-11-14', 'gaza-mon-amour-poster.jpg', 'Feature film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong></a> by twin brothers <strong>Tarzan</strong> and <strong>Arab Nasser </strong>shall screen in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, on November 16<sup>th</sup>, and 19<sup>th</sup>, 2021. In collaboration with Institut Fran&ccedil;ais Maroc, and parallel with the release of the film in Moroccan theaters that took place in the beginning of November this year; This is part of the film&rsquo;s tour across the Arab world, where it previously had a 2-month screening at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, and a 3-week screening at Cinema Akil in UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, <strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong>opened the <strong>Amman International Film Festival </strong>and nabbed the <strong>Critics&rsquo; Choice Award </strong>at the <strong>Fribourg International Film Festival </strong>in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the <strong>Oscars</strong>, and it received the <strong>Best Actress</strong> award and the <strong>Best Feature film</strong> at the <strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong> an initiative organized by the <strong>Arab Cinema Center. </strong>The film also won multiple international awards, including the <strong>Best Actor Prize</strong> for <strong>Salim Daw </strong>at the <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong> in Sweden, the <strong>NETPAC award</strong> at the <strong>Toronto International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Film award</strong> and <strong>Special Mention </strong>at the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Actor award </strong>at the <strong>Antalya Film Festival </strong>and the <strong>Best Film </strong>and <strong>Best Script awards </strong>at the <strong>Valladolid International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The film landed its world premiere at<strong> Venice International Film Festival </strong>and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, <strong>The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival </strong>and<strong> Berlinale Co-Production Market,</strong> 2019.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman&nbsp;<strong>Issa</strong>&nbsp;is secretly in love with&nbsp;<strong>Siham</strong>, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose,&nbsp;Issa&nbsp;discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for&nbsp;Issa&hellip;Will he succeed to declare his love to&nbsp;Siham?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the <strong>Nasser</strong>&nbsp;brothers,&nbsp;<a href=\"../movies/movie1115262.php\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour&nbsp;</strong></a>features an all-star cast, including&nbsp;<strong>Salim Daw,&nbsp;Hiam Abbass,&nbsp;Maisa Abdelhadi,&nbsp;Georges Iskandar,&nbsp;Hitham Al Omari,</strong> and&nbsp;<strong>Manal Awad. </strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company&nbsp;<strong>Les Films du Tambour</strong>&nbsp;(delegate producer), in a co-production with&nbsp;<strong>Riva Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel&nbsp;</strong>and in collaboration with&nbsp;<strong>ARTE</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>Ukbar Filmes</strong>&nbsp;(Portugal),&nbsp;<strong>Made in Palestine Project&nbsp;(</strong>Palestine), and&nbsp;<strong>Jordan Pioneers.&nbsp;MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\">Twins</a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong> Tarzan</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"> and </a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Arab Nasser</strong></a> were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied <strong>Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University </strong>and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed <strong>Condom Lead </strong>(15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the <strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong>2013. Their first feature film, <strong>D&eacute;grad&eacute; </strong>(85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the <strong>Cannes&rsquo; Semaine de la Critique</strong> 2015, and also screened at the 2015 <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong>. <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> is their second feature film.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '274907705'),
(186, 'The Sea Ahead | The Orphanage | Haifa Street | Unspoken', 'MAD Solutions Sends 4 Films to Duhok International Film Festival (November 15th - 22nd)', '2021-11-15', 'mad-films-at-Duhok-International-Film-Festival.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong> shall send 4 films on its distribution list to the <strong>Duhok International Film Festival</strong> (November 15th - 22nd). These films are; Lebanese film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxay8fXY2cM\"><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong></a> by director <strong>Ely Dagher</strong> (World Feature Competition), Afghan film <strong>The Orphanage</strong> by <strong>Shahrbanoo Sadat</strong> (Focus Country), Iraqi film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A242ABfoUZA\"><strong>Haifa Street</strong></a> by <strong>Mohanad Hayal</strong> (World Feature Vision), and short film <strong>Unspoken</strong> by <strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong> (World Short Competition).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Held in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region in Iraq, Duhok International Film Festival brings together a plethora of films from inside and outside the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About <a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong></a>:\r<br/>Previously landing its world premiere at the 74th <strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors</strong>&rsquo; <strong>Fortnight</strong>, and screening at El Gouna Film Festival, <strong>The Sea Ahead</strong> follows <strong>Jana</strong>, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by <a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <strong>The Sea Ahead, </strong>his feature debut<strong>, </strong>stars <strong>Manal Issa,<br />Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher </strong>and <strong>Roger Azar</strong>. The film is produced by <strong>Andolfi (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong>in association with <strong>Beachside,</strong> and co-produced by <strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men</strong> and <strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong>. The film is distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About <a href=\"../movies/movie1115238.php\"><strong>The Orphanage</strong></a>:\r<br/>In the late 1980s, 15-year-old <strong>Qodrat</strong> lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams about his favorite movie scenes. One day the Police brings him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul the political situation is changing. <strong>Qodrat</strong> and all the children want to defend their home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <a href=\"../directors/1911641449052.php\"><strong>Shahrbanoo Sadat</strong></a>, <strong>The Orphanage</strong> is inspired by the diaries of <strong>Anwar Hashimi</strong>, who stars in it alongside <strong>Qodratollah Qadiri</strong>, <strong>Sediqa Rasuli</strong>, <strong>Masihullah Feraji</strong>, <strong>Hasibullah Rasooli </strong>and<strong> Anwar Hashimi</strong>. The film is produced by <strong>Katja Adomeit</strong> and distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About <strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115153.php\">Haifa Street</a>:</strong>\r<br/>The film previously won numerous international awards. Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by <strong>Mohanad Hayal</strong>, who co-wrote it with <strong>Hala Alsalman</strong>, <strong>Haifa Street</strong> stars <strong>Ali Thamer</strong>, <strong>Asad Abdulmajeed</strong>, <strong>Yumna Marwan</strong>, and <strong>Iman Abdulhassan</strong>, and produced by <strong>Sumerian Dream Productions </strong>(<strong>Ali Raheem</strong>). <strong>Wide Management</strong> handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.', '610609377'),
(187, 'Competing at the Festival’s World Short Competition', 'Unspoken Joins Duhok International Film Festival (November 15th - 22nd)', '2021-11-15', 'Unspoken.jpg', '<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0laROe6md_M\"><strong>Unspoken</strong></a><strong>,</strong> by director <strong>Mohammed Alghadhban,</strong> shall land its world premiere at the World Short Competition of <strong>Duhok International Film Festival</strong> (November 15<sup>th</sup> - 22<sup>nd</sup>).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hadhima</strong> is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she&rsquo;s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Held in Duhok governorate, Kurdistan region in Iraq, <strong>Duhok International Film Festival</strong> brings together a plethora of films from inside and outside the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Mohammed Alghadhban, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115273.php\"><strong>Unspoken</strong></a> stars<strong> Asaad Abdulmajeed</strong>, <strong>Nayan Altalabani, Noor Alhuda, </strong>and<strong> Om Ali, </strong>and is produced by <strong>Rola Films</strong> and <strong>Enki Film Academy. MAD Solutions </strong>handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong> is an independent filmmaker and founder of <strong>Rola Films &amp; Creative Arts</strong> 2020. Born and raised in Iraq &ndash; Babylon, he studied Cinema at the <strong>University of Baghdad College of Fine Arts</strong>. He worked as an Art Director for 3 Minutes 3 Days Film Festival in its second and third editions. He was also an administration manager of the Baghdad office at<strong> Master Lam Advertising Company</strong> in 2017 - 2018, and general coordinator of the <strong>Baghdad University International Film and Television Festival</strong> in 2019. <strong>Alghadhaban</strong> was the art director for <strong>Dissolve</strong> advertising and artistic production company and the administration manager of <strong>Turkwaz Travel and Tourism co</strong>.', '197135274'),
(188, 'Grabbing its 4th Award from an Oscar-Qualifying Festival', 'Al-Sit Wins Best Narrative Short at New Orleans Film Festival in USA', '2021-11-16', 'Al-Sit_Poster_FYC.jpg', 'Sudanese short film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a>, directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, won the <strong>Best Narrative Short </strong>at the 32<sup>nd</sup> <strong>New Orleans Film Festival</strong> that concluded its events on Sunday. This marks the film&rsquo;s 4<sup>th</sup> award from an Oscar-qualifying festival, increasing its chance to make it to the Academy Awards&rsquo; shortlist. The new award raised the film&rsquo;s tally of international awards to 26. In addition, the winner films shall rerun on the festival&rsquo;s official website till November 21<sup>st</sup> through the following link:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://watch.eventive.org/noff2021\">https://watch.eventive.org/noff2021</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old <strong>Nafisa</strong> has a crush on <strong>Babiker</strong>, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However,<strong> Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for <strong>Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> future. Will <strong>Nafisa</strong> be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women, the powerful and the vulnerable while shedding the light on both ends of the social chain as well as the changes imposed by modernity on Sudanese Society.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film was screened at <strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC),</strong> and <strong>Sharjah International Film Festival for Children</strong> <strong>&amp; Youth (SIFF).</strong> The film has also received over 20 significant awards, including <strong>Best Director</strong> at <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festiva</strong>l, <strong>Best Short Film</strong> and <strong>Chairman\'s award</strong> at <strong>Zanzibar International Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, <strong>Best short film</strong> at <strong>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts </strong>where the judge panel voted unanimously to award it <strong>Best Short Film</strong>, as well as <strong>Audience Choice Award</strong>, and the <strong>Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker </strong>for the film&rsquo;s director at <strong>Toronto Arab Film Festival.&nbsp; </strong>Moreover, the film snatched the<strong> Grand Prix </strong>at the 51<sup>st</sup> edition of the <strong>Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film</strong> <strong>Festival; </strong>two awards at <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong>Sweden<strong>; Best Script award </strong>and<strong> Special Mention </strong>at<strong> Huesca International Film Festival, </strong>Spain<strong>; Special Jury award </strong>at<strong> Busan International Short Film Festival, </strong>Korea, the <strong>Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking </strong>at<strong> The European Independent Film Festival, </strong>France, and <strong>SUDU Prize for Best Short Film</strong> at <strong>The Quibd&oacute; Africa Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the <strong>Canal+/Cine+ Award</strong>, which was presented by the French channel <strong>Canal Plus Cinema</strong> within the <strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong>, where the film landed its international premiere, and it had its world premiere at the latest edition of the <strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong> in Qatar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a> is written and directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, who co-produced it along with <strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong>, and stars <strong>Mihad Murtada</strong>, <strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong>, <strong>Mohammed Magdi, Alsir Mahjoub</strong> and <strong>Haram Basher</strong>. The film is distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>, as well as a design grant from <strong>VCUarts Qatar</strong>. It was also supported by Highlight Productions, On Set Team for Media Productions, and Sudan Film Factory\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong></a> is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate. Being mixed-race (Sudanese and Russian), she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of <strong>Al-Sit </strong>(2020, Sudan/Qatar), which won 26 international awards, including four Academy Award qualifying prizes. Her latest short is the experimental documentary/social media satire <strong>Virtual Voice </strong>(2021), which premiered at <strong>Tribeca Film Festival</strong>. Suzannah is currently working on her first feature <strong>Cotton Queen</strong>, a magical realism tale set in the cotton fields of Sudan.', '1682260785'),
(189, 'In Parallel with its Screenings in Morocco and Mauritania', 'Gaza Mon Amour Releases in Jordanian Theatres', '2021-11-18', 'gaza-mon-amour-poster.jpg', 'In a collaboration between the Arab Media Network and<strong> MAD Solutions</strong>, Palestinian film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong></a> by twin brothers <strong>Tarzan</strong> and <strong>Arab Nasser </strong>released in Jordanian theatres as of today, Thursday, November 18<sup>th</sup>. The film is slated to screen at<strong> Prime Cinemas</strong>, <strong>Taj Cinemas</strong> and <strong>Grand Cinemas</strong>. This comes in parallel with the film&rsquo;s screenings in Morocco and Mauritania, which kicked off the theatres in the beginning of this month.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s worth mentioning that <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> started its successful commercial tour across the Arab world at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, where it had a 2-month screening. The film also had a 3-week screening at Cinema Akil in UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, <strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong>opened the <strong>Amman International Film Festival </strong>and nabbed the <strong>Critics&rsquo; Choice Award </strong>at the <strong>Fribourg International Film Festival </strong>in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the <strong>Oscars</strong>, and it received the <strong>Best Actress</strong> award and the <strong>Best Feature film</strong> at the <strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong> an initiative organized by the <strong>Arab Cinema Center. </strong>The film also won multiple international awards, including the <strong>Best Actor Prize</strong> for <strong>Salim Daw </strong>at the <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong> in Sweden, the <strong>NETPAC award</strong> at the <strong>Toronto International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Film award</strong> and <strong>Special Mention </strong>at the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Actor award </strong>at the <strong>Antalya Film Festival </strong>and the <strong>Best Film </strong>and <strong>Best Script awards </strong>at the <strong>Valladolid International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The film landed its world premiere at<strong> Venice International Film Festival </strong>and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, <strong>The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival </strong>and<strong> Berlinale Co-Production Market,</strong> 2019.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman&nbsp;<strong>Issa</strong>&nbsp;is secretly in love with&nbsp;<strong>Siham</strong>, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose,&nbsp;Issa&nbsp;discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for&nbsp;Issa&hellip;Will he succeed to declare his love to&nbsp;Siham?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the <strong>Nasser</strong>&nbsp;brothers,&nbsp;<a href=\"../movies/movie1115262.php\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour&nbsp;</strong></a>features an all-star cast, including&nbsp;<strong>Salim Daw,&nbsp;Hiam Abbass,&nbsp;Maisa Abdelhadi,&nbsp;Georges Iskandar,&nbsp;Hitham Al Omari,</strong> and&nbsp;<strong>Manal Awad.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company&nbsp;<strong>Les Films du Tambour</strong>&nbsp;(delegate producer), in a co-production with&nbsp;<strong>Riva Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel&nbsp;</strong>and in collaboration with&nbsp;<strong>ARTE</strong>&nbsp;(Germany),&nbsp;<strong>Ukbar Filmes</strong>&nbsp;(Portugal),&nbsp;<strong>Made in Palestine Project&nbsp;(</strong>Palestine), and&nbsp;<strong>Jordan Pioneers.&nbsp;MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twins <a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Tarzan</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"> and </a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Arab Nasser</strong></a> were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied <strong>Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University </strong>and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed <strong>Condom Lead </strong>(15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the <strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong>2013. Their first feature film, <strong>D&eacute;grad&eacute; </strong>(85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the <strong>Cannes&rsquo; Semaine de la Critique</strong> 2015, and also screened at the 2015 <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong>. <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> is their second feature film.', '723417181'),
(190, '', 'Short Film 18/11 Lands World Premiere at African Film Festival Atlanta', '2021-11-18', '18-11-poster.jpg', 'Short Film <strong>18/11</strong> by director <strong>Medhat Maged</strong> shall land its world premiere at the Short Program of the <strong>African Film Festival Atlanta</strong> in its 2<sup>nd</sup> edition (November 19<sup>th</sup> &ndash; 22<sup>nd</sup>), which will go virtual this year. The film is scheduled to be screened on Friday, November 19<sup>th</sup> at 10:00 AM, and shall rerun on Monday, November 22<sup>nd</sup>, at 12:00 PM.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Check the following link for tickets:\r<br/><a href=\"https://africanfilmfestatl.eventive.org/schedule/shorts-program-1-women-lead-61772ab635227e0092804390\">https://africanfilmfestatl.eventive.org/schedule/shorts-program-1-women-lead-61772ab635227e0092804390</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows a story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by <strong>Medhat Maged</strong> and written by <strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong>, <strong>18/11</strong> stars <strong>Gehan Anwar</strong>, <strong>Lama Kutkut</strong>, <strong>Ali Shawki</strong>, and <strong>Kareem Sorour</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Medhat Maged</strong> is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Faculty of Engineering then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He has worked as an assistant director in several commercial projects.', '1858697463'),
(191, 'Marking its 5th Award from an Oscar-Qualifying Festival', 'Al-Sit Wins Grand Jury Prize at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles', '2021-11-18', 'Al-Sit_Poster_FYC_Small.jpg', 'Sudanese short film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a>, directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, continues to reap more awards, raising its tally to 27 awards now, including 5 awards from Oscar-qualifying festivals. The new award is the <strong>Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short</strong> from the <strong>AFI- American Film Institute</strong> in Los Angeles. &ldquo;a densely layered and truly cinematic experience&rdquo; the jury stated.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old <strong>Nafisa</strong> has a crush on <strong>Babiker</strong>, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However,<strong> Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for <strong>Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> future. Will <strong>Nafisa</strong> be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women, the powerful and the vulnerable while shedding the light on both ends of the social chain as well as the changes imposed by modernity on Sudanese Society.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film won the <strong>Best Narrative Short </strong>at the <strong>New Orleans Film Festival</strong> in the USA, and was screened at <strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC),</strong> and <strong>Sharjah International Film Festival for Children</strong> <strong>&amp; Youth (SIFF).</strong> The film has also received over 20 significant awards, including <strong>Best Director</strong> at <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festiva</strong>l, <strong>Best Short Film</strong> and <strong>Chairman\'s award</strong> at <strong>Zanzibar International Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, <strong>Best short film</strong> at <strong>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts </strong>where the judge panel voted unanimously to award it <strong>Best Short Film</strong>, as well as <strong>Audience Choice Award</strong>, and the <strong>Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker </strong>for the film&rsquo;s director at <strong>Toronto Arab Film Festival.&nbsp; </strong>Moreover, the film snatched the<strong> Grand Prix </strong>at the 51<sup>st</sup> edition of the <strong>Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film</strong> <strong>Festival; </strong>two awards at <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong>Sweden<strong>; Best Script award </strong>and<strong> Special Mention </strong>at<strong> Huesca International Film Festival, </strong>Spain<strong>; Special Jury award </strong>at<strong> Busan International Short Film Festival, </strong>Korea, the <strong>Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking </strong>at<strong> The European Independent Film Festival, </strong>France, and <strong>SUDU Prize for Best Short Film</strong> at <strong>The Quibd&oacute; Africa Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Furthermore, it nabbed the <strong>Canal+/Cine+ Award</strong>, which was presented by the French channel <strong>Canal Plus Cinema</strong> within the <strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong>, where the film landed its international premiere, and it had its world premiere at the latest edition of the <strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong> in Qatar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a> is written and directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, who co-produced it along with <strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong>, and stars <strong>Mihad Murtada</strong>, <strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong>, <strong>Mohammed Magdi, Alsir Mahjoub</strong> and <strong>Haram Basher</strong>. The film is distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>, as well as a design grant from <strong>VCUarts Qatar</strong>. It was also supported by Highlight Productions, On Set Team for Media Productions, and Sudan Film Factory\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong></a> is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate. Being mixed-race (Sudanese and Russian), she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of <strong>Al-Sit </strong>(2020, Sudan/Qatar), which won 26 international awards, including four Academy Award qualifying prizes. Her latest short is the experimental documentary/social media satire <strong>Virtual Voice </strong>(2021), which premiered at <strong>Tribeca Film Festival</strong>. Suzannah is currently working on her first feature <strong>Cotton Queen</strong>, a magical realism tale set in the cotton fields of Sudan.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1591429429'),
(192, 'In the Presence of the Film’s Director and Co-Writer', 'Our River...Our Sky Lands its Arab World Premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-11-28', 'Final-PRL-Kulshi.jpg', 'Iraqi film <strong>Our River...Our Sky,</strong> by <strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong> &nbsp;landed its Arab world premiere at the <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong> of the 43<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong>(November 26<sup>th</sup> to December 5<sup>th</sup>).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the presence of the film&rsquo;s director Maysoon Pachachi, and writer Irada Al-Jubori, the film&rsquo;s screening witnessed a massive turnout, and was followed by a panel discussion where the audience interacted with the film&rsquo;s creator. The film is slated to have its second screening on Sunday, November 28<sup>th</sup>, at 9:30 PM, Ewart Hall &ndash; AUC.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In parallel with its screening at the festival, the film&rsquo;s official teaser trailer was released across the various social media platforms. Watch the trailer below:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm382hzC3dg\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm382hzC3dg</a>\r<br/><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong>, had a full house screening for its world premiere screening at the 27th edition of <strong>Sarajevo Film Festival </strong>and won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;&ldquo;An ensemble piece, terrifically acted and perfectly written&rdquo; wrote the famous Film Critic <strong>E. Nina Rothe</strong> on <strong>MIME</strong> website. She also praised <strong>Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;s </strong>works, saying: &ldquo;There is a cross cutting poetic theme that runs throughout Maysoon Pachachi\'s work.&rdquo; and described the collaboration between producer <strong>Talal Al-Muhanna</strong> and <strong>Maysoon</strong><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"> a</a>s &ldquo;An inspiring collaboration&rdquo;.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The narrative in <strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong>(aka&nbsp;<strong>Kulshi Makoo&nbsp;</strong>in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp;&nbsp;It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, shocked into silence by the surrounding violence, has been unable to write one word of fiction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a> won the $100,000&nbsp;<strong>IWC Filmmaker Award&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong>&nbsp;and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer<strong>&nbsp;Irada Al-Jubori</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including&nbsp;<strong>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Abu Dhabi Music &amp; Art Foundation&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The film was supported in Europe by&nbsp;<strong>Eurimages,</strong>&nbsp;<strong>CNC, Visions Sud Est&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>British Film Institute</strong>, amongst others,&nbsp;and was awarded&nbsp;<strong>The Cell Post Production&nbsp;</strong>award&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020. &nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written by <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a> who co-wrote it with<strong> Irada Al-Jubori</strong><strong>. </strong>The&nbsp;cast includes&nbsp;<strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong>&nbsp;(as Sara),<strong>&nbsp;Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The production was initially developed by&nbsp;<strong>Oxymoron Films&nbsp;</strong>(UK) and&nbsp;<strong>Linked Productions</strong>&nbsp;(Kuwait) and made in co-production with its other main producers&nbsp;<strong>Les Contes Modernes</strong>&nbsp;(France) and&nbsp;<strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong>&nbsp;is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied&nbsp;philosophy&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>University College London&nbsp;</strong>and attended&nbsp;<strong>London Film School&nbsp;</strong>as a student of British director Mike Leigh.&nbsp;&nbsp;She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her films&nbsp;include&nbsp;<strong>Iranian Journey</strong>&nbsp;(2000),&nbsp;<strong>Return to the Land of Wonders</strong>&nbsp;(2004) and&nbsp;<strong>Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq</strong>&nbsp;(2008).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Open Shutters&nbsp;</strong>received a&nbsp;<strong>Jury Special Mention&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<strong>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam</strong>. &nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maysoon</strong> taught editing and directing in a number of countries and cities, including the UK, Palestine, Gaza, Al Quds,and Birzeit. In 2004, with her colleague&nbsp;<strong>Kasim Abid</strong>, she co-founded the&nbsp;<strong>Independent Film and Television College</strong>, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong> is an Iraqi writer, researcher and women\'s rights activist who has received a master\'s degrees from the Faculty of Fine Arts, and obtained a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Information, at the University of Baghdad. Her doctoral thesis was on the image of women in Iraqi cinema from 1946 to 1994. Before she co-wrote Our River...Our Sky, Al Jabbouri collaborated with Maysoon Pachachi on a project called Open Shutters Iraq. This project was exemplified by a photo gallery and a bilingual book, and it became the focus of a documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi later on.', '1527823440'),
(193, 'Landing its Arab Premier ', '\'Streams,\' competes in Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition in CIFF', '2021-11-28', 'STREAMS_Film-Photo_2.jpg', 'The Tunisian film \'Streams,\' directed by Mehdi Hmili, will have its Arab premiere at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, which will take place from November 26 to December 5, 2021, as part of the festival\'s Horizons of Arab Cinema competition. It will be screened on Wednesday, December 1 at 12:30 p.m. at the Cairo Opera House small hall.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, \'Streams,\' received critical acclaim following its international debut at the Locarno Festival in the Netherlands, where it participated in the Filmmakers of the Present (Concorso Cineasti del presente) competition. Moreover, the film received generally good reviews from several critics, among which is the Film book website, which described it as, &ldquo;a cinematic masterpiece with an exceptional acting performance, there is no time in the film where you feel unoriginal due to the director, it is a unique and honest film.&rdquo; While the film was praised by Al-Arab newspaper, which described it as \"an exhilarating voyage, in which the filmmaker managed to develop an attractive plot, generating a strong empathetic bond with viewers.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film was screened at <strong>Zurich Film Festival,</strong><strong> Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, </strong>and the <strong>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED)</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the story of Amel who is just released from jail after being accused of an adulterous affair and embarks on a new journey to find her lost son Moumen in the lower depths of Tunis. Throughout her journey, Amel encounters a Tunisian culture in complete disarray.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>Streams</strong></a> stars <strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong>and <strong>Slim Baccar </strong>and features music composer <strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. The film is a joint production between <strong>Yol Film House </strong>(Tunisia), <strong>Tarantula </strong>(Luxembourg), <strong>MPM Film </strong>(France), <strong>Clandestino Production</strong> (Tunisia), in association with <strong>Allam Film </strong>(USA).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop<strong> (Grand Nord) </strong>and received the <strong>screenplay Prize</strong> of the <strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais,</strong> the <strong>CineGouna post-production prize, </strong>as well as grants from The <strong>Tunisian National Center of Cinema</strong>, <strong>The Film Fund Luxembourg,</strong> and <strong>The French National Center of Cinema.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong></a> is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. He studied cinema in Tunisia before graduating from the <strong>Paris Film School</strong>. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: <strong>&ldquo;X-Moment&rdquo;</strong> (2009), &ldquo;<strong>Li-La&rdquo;</strong> (2011), and &ldquo;<strong>The Night of Badr</strong>&rdquo; (2012). His first feature-length film, &ldquo;<strong>Thala Mon Amour</strong>&rdquo; (2016), was selected in worldwide film festivals like <strong>Torino Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival</strong> and won several prizes. His last production &ldquo;<strong>Fouledh</strong>&rdquo; was selected in <strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong> at the 72nd <strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong>.\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>', '314111528');
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(194, 'Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman| Streams|  Our River...Our Sky ', 'MAD Solutions Sends off 3 Films to Cairo International Film Festival  ( Nov 26-Dec 5, 2021) ', '2021-11-30', 'mad-films-at-ciff.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong> joins the 43rd <strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> ( Nov.26-Dec.5) with 3 films:&nbsp; <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a>, directed by <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong> and starring <strong>Saba Mubarak, </strong>which will land its world premiere at the <strong>International Competition for feature fiction films; Streams</strong>, by <strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong>, that will land its Arab world premiere at the <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition </strong>and <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\">&nbsp;</a><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a><strong>,</strong> by <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a> &nbsp;which will land its Arab world premiere at the <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong>. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF). <br />&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><strong>: </strong> <br />Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more question marks are raised. <br />&nbsp; <br />Written and directed by <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a> stars <strong>Saba Mubarak</strong>, <strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong>, <strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong>, <strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong>, and <strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong>. It is produced by <strong>Pan East Media</strong> (<strong>Saba Mubarak</strong> &amp; <strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong>), <strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong>, and <strong>Arab Media Network</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world. <br />&nbsp; <br />Previously, the film received multiple funds, including <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong> development fund, the <strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong> development and production funds, as well as a fund from <strong>CineGouna Platform</strong> (post production) at <strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong>. The film was also selected among the finalists projects at the <strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong>, and <strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong>. <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Streams</strong></a><strong>: </strong> <br />The film recently landed its world premiere at the <strong>Locarno Festival</strong> in the Netherlands, where it competed at the <strong>Filmmakers of the Present</strong> (<strong>Concorso Cineasti del presente</strong>) competition, and screened at <strong>Zurich Film Festival</strong>. <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Amel</strong> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, <strong>Amel</strong> is searching for her missing son <strong>Moumen</strong>. During her journey, <strong>Amel</strong> faces a Tunisian society in full collapse. <br />&nbsp; <br />Written and directed by <strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Streams</strong></a> stars <strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong>and <strong>Slim Baccar </strong>and features music composer <strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. <strong>Streams</strong> is a joint production between <strong>Yol Film House </strong>(Tunisia), <strong>Tarantula </strong>(Luxembourg), <strong>MPM Film </strong>(France), <strong>Clandestino Production</strong> (Tunisia), in association with <strong>Allam Film </strong>(USA). <br />&nbsp; <br />It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop<strong> (Grand Nord) </strong>and received the <strong>screenplay Prize</strong> of the <strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais,</strong> the <strong>CineGouna post-production prize, </strong>as well as grants from The <strong>Tunisian National Center of Cinema</strong>, <strong>The Film Fund Luxembourg,</strong> and <strong>The French National Center of Cinema.</strong> <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a> <br />The narrative in <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong></a>(aka&nbsp;<strong>Kulshi Makoo&nbsp;</strong>in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp;&nbsp;It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;&nbsp; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril.&nbsp;Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer&rsquo;s block, triggered by such non verbale violence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope. <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a>, had a full house screening for its world premiere screening at the 27th edition of &nbsp;<strong>Sarajevo Film Festival.</strong> <br />&nbsp; <br /><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a> won the $100,000&nbsp;<strong>IWC Filmmaker Award&nbsp;</strong>at&nbsp;<strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>The film was supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including&nbsp;<strong>SANAD, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC). </strong>In Europe, it was supported by&nbsp;<strong>Institut Francais </strong>and<strong> CNC, </strong>in France and&nbsp;<strong>British Film Institute</strong>, amongst others,&nbsp;and was awarded&nbsp;<strong>The Cell Post Production&nbsp;</strong>award&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020.</strong> <br /><strong> &nbsp;</strong> <br />The film is written by <a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a> who co-wrote it with <strong>&nbsp;Irada Al Jabbouri</strong><strong>. </strong>&nbsp;The&nbsp;cast includes&nbsp;<strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong>&nbsp;(as Sara),<strong>&nbsp;Basim Hajar,&nbsp; Meriam Abbas&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong>.<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The production was initially developed by&nbsp;<strong>Oxymoron Films&nbsp;</strong>(UK) and&nbsp;<strong>Linked Productions</strong>&nbsp;(Kuwait) and made in co production with its other main producers&nbsp;<strong>Les Contes Modernes</strong>&nbsp;(France) and&nbsp;<strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong>&nbsp;(Germany).&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>MAD Solutions</strong>&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;', '1506154293'),
(195, '', 'Screening Times of Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman at Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-12-01', 'Daughters-Of-Abdul-Rahman-poster.jpg', 'Headline by director <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan </strong>and superstar <strong>Saba Mubarak, Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman </strong>shall land its world premiere at the International Competition for Feature Fiction Films of the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival. </strong>Find the following the screening times of the film:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Saturday, November 27th, 6.30 PM, Main Hall\r<br/>Sunday, November 28th, 9.30 PM, Zamalek Cinema 1\r<br/>Tuesday, November 30th, 6.30 PM, Fountain Theater\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Zainab wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.', '110860818'),
(196, 'Part of the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition', 'Streams Wins Best Actress Award at Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-12-06', 'streams-images.jpg', 'Tunisian actress <strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud </strong>just won <strong>Best Actress Award</strong> for her role in <strong>Streams</strong>, by director <strong>Mehdi Hmili.</strong> <strong>Ben Mahmoud</strong> received the award during the closing ceremony of the 43<sup>rd</sup> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong> that took place at the Cairo Opera House, where the film competed at the festival&rsquo;s <strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Landing its Arab world premiere at the Small Theater - Cairo Opera House on Wednesday, the film&rsquo;s screening witnessed a massive attendance by members of the press and the media, followed by a panel discussion in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director. The Horizons of Arab Cinema&rsquo;s jury featured Saudi actress <strong>Fatima Albanawi</strong>, Lebanese director <strong>Hady Zaccak</strong>, and director <strong>Tamer Mohsen</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also landed its world premiere at the <strong>Locarno Festival</strong> in the Netherlands in August, this year, where it competed at the <strong>Filmmakers of the Present</strong> (<strong>Concorso Cineasti del presente</strong>) competition. It then screened at <strong>Zurich Film Festival,</strong><strong> Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani, </strong>and the <strong>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED)</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, <strong>she</strong> is searching for her missing son <strong>Moumen</strong>. During her journey, <strong>Amel</strong> faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>Streams</strong></a> stars <strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong>and <strong>Slim Baccar </strong>and features music composer <strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Streams</strong> is a joint production between <strong>Yol Film House </strong>(Tunisia), <strong>Tarantula </strong>(Luxembourg), <strong>MPM Film </strong>(France), <strong>Clandestino Production</strong> (Tunisia), in association with <strong>Allam Film </strong>(USA). It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop<strong> (Grand Nord) </strong>and received the <strong>screenplay Prize</strong> of the <strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais,</strong> the <strong>CineGouna post-production prize, </strong>as well as grants from The <strong>Tunisian National Center of Cinema</strong>, <strong>The Film Fund Luxembourg,</strong> and <strong>The French National Center of Cinema.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong></a> is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. He studied cinema in Tunisia before graduating from the <strong>Paris Film School</strong>. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: <strong>&ldquo;X-Moment&rdquo;</strong> (2009), &ldquo;<strong>Li-La&rdquo;</strong> (2011) and &ldquo;<strong>The Night of Badr</strong>&rdquo; (2012). His first feature-length film, &ldquo;<strong>Thala Mon Amour</strong>&rdquo; (2016), was selected in worldwide film festivals like <strong>Torino Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival</strong> and won several prizes. His last production &ldquo;<strong>Fouledh</strong>&rdquo; was selected in <strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong> at the 72nd <strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong>.&nbsp;', '226094708'),
(197, 'After Competing in the International Competition ', 'Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman Wins Audience Award at Cairo International Film Festival', '2021-12-07', 'banatabdelrhman-ciff.jpg', 'After its world premiere at <strong>Cairo International Film Festival,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a> won the <strong>Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award).</strong> The award was handed out to the film&rsquo;s director <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan </strong>and its star <strong>Saba Mubarak </strong>during the closing ceremony that was held on Sunday at <strong>Cairo Opera House.</strong> <strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong> competed in the International Competition. <br />&nbsp; <br />I would like to extend my thanks to my home country, Jordan, which has supported us to present the film as well as possible. Also, I thank the producer and my sister and I grant this award to the whole cast and to my companion on this journey <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong>. I am truly glad at the film&rsquo;s success. Through this film, we send a message that women shouldn&rsquo;t be marginalized and should be free regardless of their appearance and social status, said <strong>Saba Mubarak </strong>during her acceptance speech. <br />&nbsp; <br />The film saw a massive turnout while screening at the festival. All the tickets were sold out despite the fact the screenings were held in some of the festival&rsquo;s biggest venues ( <strong>Grand Hall, Fountain Theatre, Zamalek Cinema). </strong>Moreover, <strong>Saba Mubarak</strong> slayed the red carpet with her look and surprised Cairo audiences with her role as <strong>Amal.</strong> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Zainab</strong> wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile Khitam tries to focus on her own mission. <br />&nbsp; <br />Written and directed by <strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a> stars <strong>Saba Mubarak</strong>, <strong>Farah Bsieso</strong>, <strong>Hanan Hillo</strong>, <strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong>, and <strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong>, and features <strong>Dina Farouk</strong> as the film editor. It is produced by <strong>Pan East Media</strong> (<strong>Saba Mubarak</strong> &amp; <strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong>), <strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong>, <strong>Arab Media Network </strong>and<strong> Wika For Film Production and Distribution</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions </strong>and<strong> Lagoonie Film Production</strong> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world. <br />&nbsp; <br />Previously, the film received multiple funds, including <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong> development fund, the <strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong> development and production funds, as well as a fund from <strong>CineGouna Platform</strong> (post production) at <strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong>. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the <strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong>, and for <strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong>. <br />&nbsp; <br />Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, <a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a> holds an MFA from the <strong>New York Film Academy</strong> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including <strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong> coverage of the <strong>Golden Globe</strong> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (<strong>MBC Group)</strong> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as <strong>Sesame Street</strong>, a competition that shows and mentors the <strong>Arab Film Studio</strong> program at <strong>Image Nation</strong>, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, <strong>Zaid</strong> has written and directed five award winning and audience acclaimed short films, including <strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong>, which was the official Jordanian submission to the <strong>Academy Awards</strong> in 2012.', '1477717787'),
(198, '', 'Screening Times of The Sea Ahead at Red Sea International Film Festival', '2021-12-09', 'Screening-Dates.jpg', 'Feature film <a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\">The Sea Ahead</a>, by director <a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\">Ely Dagher</a> shall screen at the International Spectacular of the Red Sea International Film Festival (December 6th &ndash; 15th). The film is scheduled for two screenings in the presence of its cast and crew, as follows: <br />&nbsp; <br />On Friday, December 10<sup>th</sup>, 6:00 PM, Vox Cinemas Red Sea Mall 4 <br />On Sunday, December 12<sup>th</sup>, 1:45 PM, VOX Cinemas Al Balad 4 <br />&nbsp; <br />Book tickets through the following link: <br /><a href=\"https://redseafilmfest.com/en/our-films/?film_id=380&amp;film_name=THE%20SEA%20AHEAD\">https://redseafilmfest.com/en/our-films/?film_id=380&amp;film_name=THE%20SEA%20AHEAD</a> <br />&nbsp; <br />Previously landing its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, The Sea Ahead follows Jana, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.', '138272334'),
(199, 'The Official Poster for the Film Releases', 'Life Suits Me Well Screens at Red Sea International Festival Today', '2021-12-09', 'Lsmw-poster.jpg', 'Competing at the festival&rsquo;s Official Competition, Moroccan film <a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>Life Suits Me</strong> </a>Well by director <a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong> </a>shall kick off its first screening at <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong> today, Thursday, December 9th, at 9:45 PM, Vox Cinemas Red Sea Mall 5. The film will also rerun on Friday, December 10th, at 5:45 PM, VOX Cinemas Al Balad 3.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In addition, the film&rsquo;s official poster has been released recently, featuring a man sleeping in a bed inside an isolated cage, with a desert and sea waves in the background. The film project has previously received several awards at <strong>CineGouna Platform</strong>, including the <strong>Grand Prize</strong>, and <strong>Best Film in post-production.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A few days ago, the film landed its world premiere at the <strong>First Feature Competition </strong>of<strong> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival </strong>in Estonia. The festival is accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF) alongside other 14 festivals in the world, including Cannes, Berlin, and Venice,&nbsp; among other film festivals. It screens around 250 features and more than 300 shorts and animations annually.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, <strong>Fouad</strong> is the only employee at the local post office. When he suffers from a neurological disease, his life changes and a new story begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow and memories. While Fouad is dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong></a> stars <strong>Samir Guesmi</strong>, <strong>Lubna Azabal</strong>, <strong>Sayed El Alami</strong>, and <strong>Jalal Quarrioua</strong>, and produced by <strong>Kasbah Films</strong> (<strong>Karim Debbagh</strong>). <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong></a> is a Moroccan filmmaker. He studied Directing at the <strong>Ateliers Varan</strong> in Paris and graduated from the <strong>International Film &amp; Television School</strong> in Paris. After graduation, he took part in several Moroccan and foreign productions as an assistant director including several short films. His short film <strong>Le Caf&eacute; des P&ecirc;cheurs</strong> (2007) was selected for numerous festivals, among them the <strong>Locarno Festival</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '257739090'),
(200, 'Winner of Best Narrative Film at Student Academy Awards (the Oscars) ', 'Jordanian Film Tala\'vision Reaps Best Short Film at Red Sea International Film Festival', '2021-12-15', 'Mourad-pic.jpg', 'Jordanian short film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBlVze5cyA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tala&rsquo;vision</strong></a>, by director <strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong> just won the Golden Yusr Award at the Short Film Competition of the inaugural edition of <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival.</strong> <strong>Tala\'vision</strong> previously won<strong> Best Narrative Film </strong>at <strong>Student Academy Awards</strong>. Marking the first Arab film to win such an award, the film is now eligible to compete at the 94th <strong>Academy Awards, the Oscars </strong>that shall take place in March, 2022.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently landing another screening at <strong>Portland Film Festival</strong>, <strong>Tala&rsquo;vision</strong> marks the first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at <strong>Max Ophuls Film Festival </strong>in Germany, nabbing jury and audience awards during its world premiere at the 42nd edition of the festival. Moreover, it received <strong>1<sup>st</sup> Prize for a Live Action Short Film</strong> at <strong>Flicker\'s Rhode Island International Film Festival </strong>and <strong>First Steps Award</strong> and the <strong>Michael Ballhaus Prize for Best Camera Work</strong>. The film was granted by <strong>The Jordan Film Fund</strong> in its fourth cycle (2019). Also, it was selected by the jury of <strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong> to join <strong>Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The eight-year-old <strong>Tala</strong> lives within a war-torn reality. She finds her solace and salvation in a banned television, which turns later to a matter of life and death. Written and directed by <strong>Murad Abu Eisheh,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115303.php\"><strong>Tala\'vision</strong></a> is a co-production between Jordan and Germany. It stars<strong> Ziad Bakri, Aesha Balasem, and Khalid Al Tarifi, </strong>is shot by<strong> Philip Henze </strong>and produced by <strong>Jude Kawwa. MAD Solutions </strong>handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/25982324117.php\"><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong></a> was born in 1992 in Amman &ndash; Jordan. In 2014, he earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Communication Design with a focus on Film Making from the <strong>German Jordanian University</strong>, Amman. He directed several shorts and commercials for <strong>the Royal High Curt Jordan,</strong> before beginning his studies in directing at the well-known <strong>Filmakademie Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg</strong>. During his studies, he approached politics in the Arab World from a wider perspective, using his cinematic approach to point out political and humanitarian grievances in the Arab world. His films have so far been represented at the most prestigious youth film festivals in Germany. Besides his studies, he is the coordinator of <strong>Pan African Audiovisual Development Program</strong> &ldquo;<strong>Follow The Nile&rdquo; </strong>of the<strong> Robert Bosch Stiftung</strong>, where he has the opportunity to give young African filmmakers the support they need to create their vision and to expand his own horizons as a world citizen and filmmaker.', '923440828'),
(201, 'After Arab World premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', 'Our River...Our Sky screens at Slemani International Film Festival in Iraq', '2021-12-20', 'Our-River-poster-web.jpg', 'Iraqi feature film <strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong> directed by Maysoon Pachachi screens in the Feature Film Competition at the <strong>5th Slemani International Film Festival</strong> in Iraq on Monday, December 20th, at 3:00 PM Iraq time (GMT +3). This marks the film&rsquo;s first screening in its production country - a project filmed locally in cooperation with Fuad Jalal Rasheed of <strong>Masti Film Production Company</strong> in Sulaymaniyah and Huda Al-Kadhimi of <strong>Ishtar Iraq Film Production</strong> in Baghdad.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film gained critical acclaim following its recent Arab world premiere at <strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong>, where it was described by <strong>Kais Kassem</strong> for <strong>Aljazeera.net</strong> as &ldquo;one of the best films featured in the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition, and one of a few that tackles the Iraqi scene within the years of the factional fighting using a convincing cinematic style that poses questions about what is happening and happened before.&rdquo;&nbsp; <strong>Saad Elkersh</strong> for <strong>Raseef.net</strong> wrote of it being &ldquo;A film that bets on life, and lovers of life do not shout [to make their point] but, rather, sing&rdquo;.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The narrative in Our River&hellip;Our Sky (&ldquo;Kulshi Makoo&rdquo; in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Muslim Eid.&nbsp; It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad despite unpredictable violence. At the heart of the story is Sara, a single mother and novelist, shocked into silence by the surrounding violence and unable to write any more.&nbsp; Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Landing its world premiere at the <strong>Sarajevo Film Festival</strong>, Our River...Our Sky previously won the $100,000 <strong>IWC Filmmaker Award</strong> at Dubai International Film Festival and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer Irada Al-Jubori, both of whom attended the Arab world premiere in Cairo in November.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including <strong>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture</strong> (AFAC), <strong>Abu Dhabi Music &amp; Art Foundation</strong> and <strong>Doha Film Institute</strong>.&nbsp; The film was supported in Europe by Eurimages, CNC, Visions Sud Est and British Film Institute, amongst others, and was awarded The Cell Post Production award at Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s large cast from Sulaymaniyah, Baghdad and from outside Iraq includes <strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong> (as Sara), <strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas, Amed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, Badia Obaid, Zaydun Khalaf, Siham Mustafa, Sami El Ali, Ali El Kareem</strong> and renowned Iraqi actor <strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong>.&nbsp; Production &amp; Costume Designer Rayah Aasee also had a minor acting role in the film too.&nbsp; Iraqi film crew involved in the production as First Assistant Directors were Haider Hakim and Ahmed Yaseen Aldaradji, while <strong>soundtrack compositions</strong> were provided by Iraqi artists <strong>Khyam Allami and Ehsan Emam</strong>. Executive in Charge of Production was Ghassan Abdallah.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The production was initially developed by <strong>Oxymoron Films (UK)</strong> and <strong>Linked Productions (Kuwait)</strong> and made in co-production with its other main producers <strong>Les Contes Modernes (France)</strong> and <strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany)</strong>.&nbsp; <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at <strong>University College London</strong> and attended <strong>London Film School</strong> as a student of British director Mike Leigh.&nbsp; She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.&nbsp; Her films include Iranian Journey (2000), Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) and Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq (2008).&nbsp; Open Shutters received a Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Festival Rotterdam.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Maysoon has taught editing and directing in the UK and Palestine. In 2004, with her colleague Kasim Abid, she co-founded the <strong>Independent Film and Television College</strong>, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Dr. </strong><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong> is an Iraqi writer, researcher and women\'s rights activist who has received a master\'s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, and obtained a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Information, at the <strong>University of Baghdad</strong>. Her doctoral thesis was on the image of women in Iraqi cinema from 1946 to 1994. Before she co-wrote Our River...Our Sky, Al-Jubori collaborated with Maysoon Pachachi on a community art project called <strong>Open Shutters Iraq</strong>. This project was augmented by a photo exhibition and a bilingual book, and it became the focus of a documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi later on.', '1393077967'),
(202, 'Al-Sit| One Month Old Devil| When the Sea was Blue| 18/11| Noor| Life on the Horn', 'MAD Solutions Joins Cairo Shorts Film Festival with 6 Films', '2021-12-18', 'mad-films-18-12.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong> joins the 3rd edition of <strong>Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong> (Dec.25-21) with 6 films. The screenings will be held at the Artistic Creativity Center and El Hangar Theatre. The selected films are: Sudanese film <strong>Al Sit</strong> by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani; </strong>Lebanese film<strong> One Month Old Devil </strong>by <strong>Ghassan ElKhouja; </strong>Egyptian film <strong>When the Sea was Blue</strong> by <strong>Amr Elseyoufi</strong>; Egyptian film <strong>18/11</strong> by <strong>Medhat Maged</strong>; Lebanese film Noor by <a href=\"../directors/2321310863345.php\"><strong>Rim Nakhli</strong></a> and Somali film<strong> Life on the Horn </strong>by <a href=\"../directors/2401074501748.php\"><strong>Mo Harawe</strong></a>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al Sit:</strong>\r<br/>In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old <strong>Nafisa</strong> has a crush on <strong>Babiker</strong>, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However,<strong> Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for <strong>Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong> future. Will <strong>Nafisa</strong> be able to choose for herself?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al Sit</strong> won 25 international awards, including 5 from Oscar-qualifying film festivals. <a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a> is written and directed by <strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong>, who co-produced it along with <strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong>, and stars <strong>Mihad Murtada</strong>, <strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong>, <strong>Mohammed Magdi </strong>and <strong>Haram Basher</strong>. The film is distributed in the Arab world by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Thursday, December 23, at 8:30 PM\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;One Month Old Devil:</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;Inspired by the late Dutch player, <strong>Johan</strong> <strong>Cruyff</strong>&rsquo;s saying: &ldquo;Football is like life! You are required to see, think, contemplate and move.&rdquo;, the former international player in the World Cup qualifiers 1994, <strong>Fawzi Yammime</strong>, tells the story of his football life through a series of flashbacks highlighting old world cup memories. <strong>Fawzi</strong> <strong>Yammime</strong> is also a writer, a university professor and a researcher in football philosophy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film world premiered at the 36th edition of <strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by <strong>Ghassan ElKhouja, </strong>the<strong> One Month Old Devil</strong> short documentary&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world is handled by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Wednesday, December 22, at 3:00 PM\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>When the Sea was Blue: </strong>\r<br/><strong>Mariam</strong> is a woman in her forties who feels burdened by the daily routine and boredom. The over-use of technology by people surrounding her puts a barrier in-between her and everyone else. One day she decides to break the dullness by taking the boldest decision in her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>When the Sea was Blue</strong> world premiered at <strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival. </strong>Directed by <strong>Amr Elseyoufi</strong>, the film features screenwriter <strong>Mohamed Zayed</strong>, and costume designer <strong>Reem El Adl</strong>. It stars <strong>Heba Abdelghany</strong>, <strong>Mahmoud Hamdi</strong>, <strong>Nicole Iskander</strong>, and <strong>Adam Zayed</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Thursday, December 23, at 4:10 PM\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>18/11:</strong>\r<br/>The film follows a story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>18/11 world premiered at <strong>African Film Festival Atlanta. </strong>Directed by <strong>Medhat Maged</strong> and written by <strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong>, the film stars <strong>Gehan Anwar</strong>, <strong>Lama Kutkut</strong>, <strong>Ali Shawki</strong>, and <strong>Kareem Sorour</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Wednesday, December 22, 4:10 PM\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Noor: </strong>\r<br/>The film follows <strong>Nour</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Adem</strong>&nbsp;who set off in search of their father that they have not seen in a long time. With a hope of meeting him, the children cross the city to arrive at the meeting place, but the father doesn&rsquo;t show up. Previously landing its world premiere at <strong>Locarno Festival, Noor </strong>also was selected at a number of festivals, including <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) </strong>and <strong>Zurich Film Festival, </strong>among others.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <a href=\"../directors/2321310863345.php\"><strong>Rim Nakhli</strong></a>, and produced by <strong>Inside Productions</strong> (<strong>Moncef Taleb</strong>), <a href=\"../movies/movie1115276.php\"><strong>Noor</strong></a> stars <strong>Nour El Houda Habbessi</strong> and <strong>Ayoub Behi</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Friday, December 24, at 3:00 PM\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Life on The Horn: </strong>\r<br/>The film won a number of awards, including a <strong>Special Mention</strong> from <strong>Locarno Festival</strong>, and <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>Life on the Horn</strong> sheds light on the issue of the hazardous nuclear waste being released on Somalia&rsquo;s shores through the story of a young Somali who follows his daily routine in the face of an existential threat coming from the shores.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115279.php\"><strong>Life on the Horn</strong></a> features <a href=\"../directors/2401074501748.php\"><strong>Mo Harawe</strong></a> as the film&rsquo;s writer, director and Dop, who also co-produced it with <strong>Alexander von Piechowski</strong> and <strong>Deko Adano Ali</strong>. It stars <strong>Xuseen Abdirisaaq</strong>, <strong>Maxamed Axmed Maxamed</strong> and <strong>Faadumo Abshir</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screening Time: Friday, December 24, at 3:00 PM', '1470399603'),
(203, 'Keeping Up its International Success', '3 Award Nominations for Gaza Mon Amour at The Académie des César', '2022-01-12', 'gaza-mon-amour-poster-online.jpg', 'Palestinian film <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong></a> by twin brothers <strong>Tarzan</strong> and <strong>Arab Nasser </strong>is nominated for 3 awards from The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (The Acad&eacute;mie des C&eacute;sar). The three award nominations are Best Foreign Film, Best Directing, and Best Actress for Hiam Abbass. This comes as part of the film&rsquo;s international success, where it was previously selected as Palestine\'s official submission for the Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars 2021.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, <strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong>opened the <strong>Amman International Film Festival </strong>and nabbed the <strong>Critics&rsquo; Choice Award </strong>at the <strong>Fribourg International Film Festival </strong>in Switzerland. The film was Palestine\'s official submission to the <strong>Oscars</strong>, and it received the <strong>Best Actress</strong> award and the <strong>Best Feature film</strong> at the <strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong> an initiative organized by the <strong>Arab Cinema Center. </strong>The film also won multiple international awards, including the <strong>Best Actor Prize</strong> for <strong>Salim Daw </strong>at the <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong> in Sweden, the <strong>NETPAC award</strong> at the <strong>Toronto International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Film award</strong> and <strong>Special Mention </strong>at the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong>the<strong> Best Actor award </strong>at the <strong>Antalya Film Festival </strong>and the <strong>Best Film </strong>and <strong>Best Script awards </strong>at the <strong>Valladolid International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> started its successful commercial tour across the Arab world at Zawya Cinema in Egypt, where it had a 2-month screening, and had a 3-week screening at Cinema Akil in UAE, in addition to various screenings in Morocco and Mauritania, which kicked off the theatres in November last year.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;The film landed its world premiere at<strong> Venice International Film Festival </strong>and took part in several prestigious international film festivals including, <strong>The Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival </strong>and<strong> Berlinale Co-Production Market,</strong> 2019.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Gaza, today, sixty-year-old fisherman <strong>Issa</strong> is secretly in love with <strong>Siham</strong>, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa&hellip;Will he succeed to declare his love to Siham?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the <strong>Nasser</strong> brothers, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115262.php\"><strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong></a>features an all-star cast, including <strong>Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari,</strong> and <strong>Manal Awad.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by the French company <strong>Les Films du Tambour</strong> (delegate producer), in a co-production with <strong>Riva Filmproduktion</strong> (Germany), <strong>ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel </strong>and in collaboration with <strong>ARTE</strong> (Germany), <strong>Ukbar Filmes</strong> (Portugal), <strong>Made in Palestine Project (</strong>Palestine), and <strong>Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twins <a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Tarzan</strong></a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"> and </a><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><strong>Arab Nasser</strong></a> were born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1988. They studied <strong>Fine Arts at Al-Aqsa University </strong>and became passionate about cinema and paintings. They directed <strong>Condom Lead </strong>(15 min, 2013), which got selected in the Official Competition at the <strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong>2013. Their first feature film, <strong>D&eacute;grad&eacute; </strong>(85 min, 2014), made its world premiere at the <strong>Cannes&rsquo; Semaine de la Critique</strong> 2015, and also screened at the 2015 <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong>. <strong>Gaza Mon Amour</strong> is their second feature film.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1391545515'),
(204, 'In the presence of the cast', 'Hany Abu-Assad\'s \'Huda\'s Salon,’ Nab Arab premiere in Red Sea International Film Festival', '2021-12-05', 'huda-salon-poster.jpg', '&lsquo;<a href=\"http://mad.film/press/Huda%E2%80%99s-Salon-Lands-Its-World-Premiere-at-the-Toronto-International-Film-Festival-.php\">Huda\'s Salon</a>,&rsquo; directed by <strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong>, will have its Arab premiere at the inaugural edition of the <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong>, where it will compete in the festival&rsquo;s official competition, which is scheduled to take place from December 6 to December 15, 2021, with the attendance of the crew including, the renowned director Hany Abu-Assad, the producer Amira Diab, and the stars <strong>Ali Suliman</strong>, <strong>Manal Awad,</strong> and <strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film shall be screened at Fox Cinema\'s Al-Gala Theater on Tuesday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m. (GMT +3), and at Fox Cinema\'s Al-Balad Theater 3 on Sunday, December 12 at 2 p.m. It&rsquo;s worth noting that the official teaser poster for the movie was released recently.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Red Sea International Film Festival</strong> is a film event that is held in celebration of modern and classic cinema to learn from the masters and get inspired by the best. The festival highlights the blockbusters of the future before they hit the big screen, re-discovers old favorites in retrospect, and delves into deep audio-visual worlds with experimental and short film strands.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&lsquo;Huda\'s Salon,&rsquo;</strong> had its world premiere during the opening of the <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong> and gained widespread positive critical praise from several film critics following its screening. The well-known website The Film Stage praised the film as &ldquo;reviving Hollywood\'s spooky thrillers of the 1940s, it reminds us of Hitchcock films with its fast pace and basic aesthetic.&rdquo; Moreover, Alisha Mughal described the film in Exclaim! as, &ldquo;an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable&hellip; This film is a masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it,&rdquo; while Wendy Ide wrote via Screen Daily that, &ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo; and &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on real events, &lsquo;<strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rsquo;</strong> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmailing her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring are Ali Suliman, Maisa Abd Elhadi, and Manal Awad, &lsquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rsquo; is produced by <strong>H&amp;A Production</strong> (<strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong> and <strong>Amira Diab</strong>) alongside <strong>Film Clinic</strong> (<strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong>) and co-produced by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> (<strong>Maher Diab</strong> and <strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong>), and <strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong> (<strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong>),\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Palestinian screenwriter and director <a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong></a> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained international recognition, such as <strong>Paradise Now </strong>(2005), which was nominated for an <strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong> and won a <strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong>, and the film <strong>Omar</strong> (2013) that also received a nomination for an <strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong>.&nbsp; In 2017, <strong>Abu-Assad</strong> directed <strong>The Mountain Between Us</strong>, starring <strong>Kate Winslet</strong> and <strong>Idris Elba</strong>, which opened the 39th edition of <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong> is his latest feature film.', '1599377901');
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(205, 'As Part of its Tour Across the Arab World', 'Bethlehem 2001 to Screen at Arab Short Film Festival', '2021-12-10', 'bethlehem-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/247267353311.php\"><strong>Ibrahim Handal</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115289.php\"><strong>Bethlehem 2001</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screens at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 15th edition of</span><strong> Arab Short Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Dec.6-10)</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Thursday, Dec.9, at 9:00PM, Cinema Montaigne.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadi Lekol Nas ( Club for All People), </span><strong>Arab Short Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an event that aims to create a space to display cinematic achievements of young filmmakers from Lebanon and the Arab World.During the festival, film audiences meet with young talents from different backgrounds during film screenings and discussions. This offers the young participants the opportunity to express their skills and showcase their experiences in the short film industry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7WScmmEc0\"><strong>Bethlehem 2001</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and embarked on a tour in the Arab world where it screened at </span><strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Palestine Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young Palestinian wander between his current reflections and his childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. He tries to understand how his parents could lead him through those difficult times, hoping that would help him cope with the present time.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Ibrahim Handal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Muhammad Mughrabi, Yousef</strong> <strong>AbuShkhaidem, Hind AbuShkhaidem, Tarek Abusalameh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Karam Al-Salaymeh.</strong> <strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ibrahim Handal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Palestinian filmmaker and cinematographer from Bethlehem. In 2019, he obtained his BFA in Cinematography at Dar Al-Kalima University. Ibrahim directed several narrative and experimental short films and worked as Director of Photography on various short films including the Cannes\' Cinefondation 2019 winner &ldquo;Ambience&rdquo; by Wissam Al Jafari. He also</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked on several feature film productions in Palestine in the camera and lighting departments and is currently in production on his first feature film.&nbsp;</span>', '1428444834'),
(206, '', 'Customary Session World Premieres at Arab Short Film Festival', '2021-12-09', 'galsa-3orfia-poster-cs.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Elhamy Fyroz, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short film </span><strong>Customary Session </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lands its world premiere at the 15th edition of</span><strong> Arab Short Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Dec.6-10)</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Thursday, Dec.9, at 7:30PM, Cinema Montaigne.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A housewife who lives in a popular district discovers that she has AIDS, transmitted to her by her husband, a drug addict. Fearing infection, everyone in the neighborhood will agree on expelling them.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Elhamy Fyroz, Customary Session</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Mahmod Fares , Yara Mahdy </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and&nbsp; </span><strong>Manal Yousry. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s lensed by</span><strong> Crolos talat </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and edited by</span><strong> Nada Elsbaay. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized by </span><strong>Nadi Lekol Nas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ( Club for All People), </span><strong>Arab Short Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an event that aims to create a space to display cinematic achievements of young filmmakers from Lebanon and the Arab World.During the festival, film audiences meet with young talents from different backgrounds during film screenings and discussions. This offers the young participants the opportunity to express their skills and showcase their experiences in the short film industry.</span>', '2085611353'),
(207, 'The Most Awarded Arab Film in 2021', 'Al-Sit Joins Al Ain Film Festival in UAE', '2022-01-17', 'Al-Sit_Poster_FYC.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudanese short film </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwnqVGpKrHI\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall join the 4</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of Al Ain Film Festival in UAE (January 23</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - 27</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which will be held under the slogan &ldquo;Future Cinema&rdquo;. The film previously won 27 international awards, marking the most winning Arab film for 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year&rsquo;s edition shall feature 47 films, including 15 films in the Falcon Emirati Short Film Competition, 15 films in the Falcon GCC Short and Feature Film Competitions, 8 films in the Falcon School Film Competition, and 9 films in the Falcon UAE Resident Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its tour in 2021, </span><strong>Al-Sit</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has won 27 international awards, including the </span><strong>Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the </span><strong>AFI- American Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Los Angeles, where the jury described it as &ldquo;a densely layered and truly cinematic experience&rdquo;.&nbsp; Furthermore, it nabbed</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Canal+/Cine+ Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was presented by the French channel </span><strong>Canal Plus Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the film landed its international premiere, and it had its world premiere at the the </span><strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Qatar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously won the </span><strong>Best Narrative Short </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>New Orleans Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the USA, and was screened at </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sharjah International Film Festival for Children</strong> <strong>&amp; Youth (SIFF).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film has also received other significant awards, including </span><strong>Best Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, </span><strong>Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Chairman\'s award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Zanzibar International Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best short film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judge panel voted unanimously to award it </span><strong>Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as </span><strong>Audience Choice Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the film&rsquo;s director at </span><strong>Toronto Arab Film Festival.&nbsp; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the film snatched the</span><strong> Grand Prix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 51</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of the </span><strong>Oscar-qualifying Tampere Film</strong> <strong>Festival; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two awards at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden</span><strong>; Best Script award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Huesca International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spain</span><strong>; Special Jury award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Busan International Short Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korea, the </span><strong>Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> The European Independent Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France, and </span><strong>SUDU Prize for Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>The Quibd&oacute; Africa Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old </span><strong>Nafisa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a crush on </span><strong>Babiker</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However,</span><strong> Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for </span><strong>Nafisa&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> future. Will </span><strong>Nafisa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be able to choose for herself?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film presents a sentimental story that revolves around Sudanese women, the powerful and the vulnerable while shedding the light on both ends of the social chain as well as the changes imposed by modernity on Sudanese Society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"><strong>Al-Sit</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-produced it along with </span><strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Mihad Murtada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Magdi, Alsir Mahjoub</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Haram Basher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has previously received a development workshop and a production grant from </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as a design grant from </span><strong>VCUarts Qatar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also supported by Highlight Productions, On Set Team for Media Productions, and Sudan Film Factory</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate. Being mixed-race (Sudanese and Russian), she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of </span><strong>Al-Sit </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2020, Sudan/Qatar), which won 26 international awards, including four Academy Award qualifying prizes. Her latest short is the experimental documentary/social media satire </span><strong>Virtual Voice </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2021), which premiered at </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Suzannah is currently working on her first feature </span><strong>Cotton Queen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a magical realism tale set in the cotton fields of Sudan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '41937706'),
(208, 'After a Successful Screening in Red Sea International Film Festival', 'Lovesick in the West Bank Joins Reel Palestine Film Festival UAE', '2022-01-23', 'LSWB_POSTER.jpg', 'Palestinian short film <strong>Lovesick in the West Bank</strong>, directed by <strong>Said Zagha, </strong>shall join the 8<sup>th</sup> edition of <strong>Reel Palestine Film Festival</strong> (January 28<sup>th</sup> &ndash; February 6<sup>th</sup>), where it is scheduled for three screenings. Most recently, the film landed its Arab world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Reel Palestine</strong> is an annual film festival showing a selection of alternative Palestinian films in the UAE at Warehouse 421 in Abu Dhabi and Cinema Akil. The independent cinema platform brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Lovesick in the West Bank recently landed its world premiere at the <strong>Urbanworld Film Festival</strong> in New York.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Said Zagha</strong>, <a href=\"../movies/movie1115336.php\"><strong>Lovesick in the West Bank</strong></a> is produced by <strong>Mais Salman</strong> (<strong>Nomadic Film House</strong>), and features a stellar Arab cast, including <strong>Ali Suliman</strong>, <strong>Nisreen Faour</strong>, <strong>Laith Zuaiter</strong>, and <strong>Nabil Koni</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Palestinian writer-director <a href=\"../directors/154264665539.php\"><strong>Said Zagha</strong></a> finished his undergraduate studies at <strong>Ohio\'s Kenyon College</strong> in 2011. His 2016 short dramedy <strong>\"Five Boys and a Wheel\"</strong> went on to play at 40+ fests worldwide, winning three awards in Mexico, Oman, and Algeria. It is distributed by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> and is currently streaming on <strong>OSN</strong>. He is currently developing his first feature film, <strong>\"Weedestine\"</strong> a heist thriller set in the West Bank, which has received a production grant from the <strong>Royal Film Commission of Jordan</strong>.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Film\'s Screening Times (GMT +4):\r<br/>Tuesday, February 1<sup>st</sup> , at 7:00 PM<br />Saturday, February 5<sup>th</sup> , at 5:00 PM<br />Sunday, February 6<sup>th</sup> , at 2:30 PM', '312918841'),
(209, 'Headlined by Director Hany Abu-Assad', 'Huda\'s Salon Opens Reel Palestine Film Festival UAE', '2022-01-23', 'huda-salon-Poster.jpg', 'Feature film <a href=\"http://mad.film/press/Huda%E2%80%99s-Salon-Lands-Its-World-Premiere-at-the-Toronto-International-Film-Festival-.php\">Huda\'s Salon</a> by the award-winning director <strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong>, opens the 8<sup>th</sup> edition of <strong>Reel Palestine Film Festival</strong> (January 28<sup>th</sup> &ndash; February 6<sup>th</sup>), where it is scheduled for three screenings. Most recently, the film landed its Arab world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Reel Palestine</strong> is an annual film festival showing a selection of alternative Palestinian films in the UAE at Warehouse 421 in Abu Dhabi and Cinema Akil. The independent cinema platform brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on real events, <strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong>received wide critical acclaim upon its premiere at <strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong>. &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon recalls Hollywood mysteries from the 1940s in both its brisk pace and disarmingly simple style, resulting in a sparse, intelligent thriller&hellip;Long live the socially minded political thriller! Thanks to filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this long-underserved sub-genre - once perfected by directors like Hitchcock, Pakula, and Weir - feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rdquo; wrote Dan Mecca in The Film Stage. It was also described as &ldquo;an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable&hellip; This film is a masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it&rdquo; by <strong>Alisha Mughal</strong>, via <strong>Exclaim!, </strong>&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo; by <strong>Wendy Ide</strong>, via <strong>Screen Daily</strong>, and &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama&rdquo; by <strong>Kate Erbland</strong>, via <strong>Indie Wire</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\">&nbsp;</a><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong></a> stars <strong>Ali Suliman</strong>, <strong>Manal Awad</strong> and <strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong>. The film&nbsp; is produced by <strong>H&amp;A Production</strong> (<strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong> and <strong>Amira Diab</strong>), <strong>Film Clinic</strong> (<strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong>) and co- produced by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> (<strong>Maher Diab</strong> and <strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong>),and <strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong> (<strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong>), while <strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong> of <strong>Film Clinic</strong> is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by <strong>Key Films</strong>, <strong>Cocoon </strong>and<strong> Philistine Films</strong>. <strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong>handles worldwide distribution, while <strong>MAD Solutions</strong> and <strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;Palestinian screenwriter and director <a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong></a> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained international recognition, such as <strong>Paradise Now </strong>(2005), which was nominated for an <strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong> and won a <strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong>, and the film <strong>Omar</strong> (2013) that also received a nomination for an <strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong>.&nbsp; In 2017, <strong>Abu-Assad</strong> directed <strong>The Mountain Between Us</strong>, starring <strong>Kate Winslet</strong> and <strong>Idris Elba</strong>, which opened the 39th edition of <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong> is his latest feature film.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Film&rsquo;s Screening Times (GMT +4):\r<br/>Friday, January 28<sup>th</sup>, at 7:00 PM<br />Tuesday, February 1<sup>st</sup> , at 9:30 PM<br />Friday, February 4<sup>th</sup>, at 7:00 PM', '1473895763'),
(210, '', 'A Gloomy Basement  in Huda’s Salon Teaser Poster', '2022-01-21', 'huda-salon-Poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few weeks before the film&rsquo;s Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director </span><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released the teaser poster for his latest film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon.</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teaser poster features a gloomy wide room that looks like a torture chamber or an underground interrogation room. A beam of light enters the room through a hole in the high ceiling</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There is a table for two with a lamp and a bottle of water, set next to a chimney. At the back of the room,&nbsp; </span><strong>Huda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stands alone and looks stunning in a blue dress. She looks up while breathing out the smoke of her cigarette in a blue dress. Her look reflects her yearning for freedom. Does she long to be free from the room or the whole of a patriarchal society that limits women&rsquo;s freedoms?&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After its screening at </span><strong>TIFF, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won rave reviews from critics. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recalls Hollywood mysteries from the 1940s in both its brisk pace and disarmingly simple style, resulting in a sparse, intelligent thriller&hellip;Long live the socially minded political thriller!</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this long-underserved sub-genre - once perfected by directors like Hitchcock, Pakula, and Weir - feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Dan Mecca</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in</span><strong> The Film Stage</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This movie is an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable...</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it,&rdquo; stated </span><strong>Alisha Mughal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span><strong> Exclaim. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Wendy Ide </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span><strong> Screendaily.&nbsp; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second in its crackling first 10 minutes, zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama without missing a trick,&rdquo; described </span><strong>Kate Erbland </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span><strong> Indie Wire&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. </span><strong>Reem, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to </span><strong>Huda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after </span><strong>Huda </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">puts </span><strong>Reem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars</span><strong> Ali Suliman, Manal Awad and Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film&nbsp; is </span><strong>produced by</strong> <strong>H&amp;A Production (Hany Abu-Assad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Amira Diab), Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> co- produced by MAD Solutions (Maher Diab </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Alaa Karkouti), Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad) Key Films, Cocoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also,</span><strong> Daniel Ziskind of Film Clinic </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained international recognition, such as</span><strong> Paradise Now </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the film </span><strong>Omar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) that also received a nomination for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed his first hollywood film </span><strong>The Mountain Between Us</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Idris Elba,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which opened the </span><strong>39</strong><strong>th</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is his latest feature film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1573052146'),
(211, 'Multi-award-film', 'Good Morning film  will be screened at Kino Cameo Cinema in Switzerland', '2022-01-24', 'Poster-Good-Morning.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film Good Morning, directed by Bahij Hojeij, will have two screenings at Switzerland\'s Kino Cameo theatre, the first on Saturday 29 January at 6:15 p.m. (GMT +1), and the second on Sunday 30 January at 11 a.m.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kino Cameo is a non-profit movie theatre in Winterthur, Switzerland, that focuses on screening Art House films as well as organizing monthly events and shows.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a modern coffee shop overlooking a lively Beirut street, featuring a screen hung on the wall broadcasting news, a general, aged 78, and an army doctor, aged 81, come to play crosswords for 16 consecutive days in order to preserve their memory. Once in a while, the two old men take a break and start observing the street through a large bay window.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the film progresses, we enter the thoughts of our two characters, confronted with a chaotic world and disappearance: theirs, Lebanon&rsquo;s and a region filled with violence, terrorism and wars.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Morning was featured in several international film festivals, including the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival in Sweden, where it won the best director award and Rabat International Festival of Film, in which he won two awards, Best Screenplay and Best Actor. It was also&nbsp; screened at Cairo International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada, and Karama Human Rights Film Festival (HRFF). Written and directed by Bahij Hojeij, and co-written by Rachid El Daif, Good Morning stars Gabriel Yammine, Adel Chahine, Maya Dagher, and Rodrigue Sleiman. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution and marketing across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahij Hojeij is a Lebanese director, screenwriter and producer. He earned a BA in theatre and philosophy in Beirut before going on to study film in Paris. His notable credits include </span><strong>The Green Line, Beirut, The Dialogue of the Rubble, The Girdle of Fire, and The Kidnapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which won Best Mediterranean documentary at the Mediterranean Festival in 1998.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides, Hojeij received Best Narrative Film from Abu Dhabi Festival and Best Director at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival for \"Chatti Ya Dini\" (Here Comes the Rain).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1486826382'),
(212, 'As part of its tour around the Arab world', 'A Tale of Love and Desire will be released in Morocco in February', '2022-02-02', 'A-tale-of-love-online-.jpg', 'Through a collaboration between MAD Solutions and the Institut Fran&ccedil;ais in Morocco, the feature film <a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Tale of Love and Desire</a>, directed by <a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\">Leyla Bouzid</a>, will be distributed in Morocco during the month of February. The film will be exhibited in eight Moroccan cities at the Institute\'s headquarters. It will be shown in Kenitra on February 4 and in Marrakech on February 9 and 15, whilst on the 10th and 12th of February in Tangier, the 11th of February in Tetouan, the 13th, 14th, and 15th of February in Rabat, the 15th and 24th of February in Casablanca, and the 19th of February in Agadir.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film\'s tour begins in Morocco, as part of a larger tour of the Arab world that would soon include the rest of the Arab countries. The poster of &lsquo;A Tale of Love and Desire,&rsquo; which premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and the Red Sea International Film Festival, has just been released.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film received considerable critical acclaim on both the Arab and international levels,with Harvard Crimson writer Sofia Andrade saying, &ldquo;The film is aesthetically and emotionally spectacular.&rdquo; While Lee Marshal described it as, &ldquo;warm, emotional, and lovely in every imaginable way, leaving the audience delighted and wanting more&rdquo; Moreover, Latita Ratan wrote for the News in 24 website saying that, &ldquo;Leyla Bouzid\'s masterwork, full of beauty and poetry and represented by talented actors.&rdquo; And according to Mohsen Amin in Al-Ain newspaper, who described the film as, \"a Tunisian film that deals with the identity question and the conflict with oneself.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&lsquo;A Tale of Love and Desire,&rsquo; landed its world premiere at Cannes&rsquo; International Critics\' Week. Moreover, it won the Best Actor award and the Diamond Valois award at Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival. Besides, it received the Jury Prize for Best First and Second Film at the Medfilm Film Festival in Rome. The film also was featured in the official competition of Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia and was screened at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Prior to this, it was screened at several prestigious festivals including, Zurich Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, CINEMANIA Film Festival, and Miami International Film Festival (GEMS).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the story of Ahmed, a French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Leyla Bouzid, A Tale of Love and Desire stars Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu, and Aur&eacute;lia Petit, and is produced by Blue Monday Productions. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while Pyramide International handles the film&rsquo;s international distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born and raised in Tunisia, director Leyla Bouzid went to Paris in 2003 to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined La F&eacute;mis&rsquo; Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, Leyla directed her debut feature, As I Open my Eyes (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux), which was screened at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. A Tale of Love and Desire is her second feature film.', '1690152746'),
(213, '', 'Short Film Zeina Screens at Lift-off Sessions Film Festival', '2022-02-13', 'short-film-zeina.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Film</span><strong> Zeina,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Ayman Abdelhameed,</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screens at </span><strong>Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be held online from Feb. 14 to 28.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an online platform for screening films on a monthly basis. It showcases an array of feature and short films from different cultures and countries all over the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Egyptian farmer who faces a lot of pressure from her husband and his family due to her infertility. To save her own skin, she resorts to superstitions along with other means to get pregnant.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Ayman Abdelhameed, Zeina </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <strong>Hager Elsharnouby, Mohammed Ali, Islam Said</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Amal Eid. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is distributed in the Arab world by</span><strong> MAD Solutions.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;Ayman Abdelhameed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Egyptian filmmaker who directed a number of short movies such as </span><strong>Downfall</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Red Card</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that won an award at </span><strong>AFAC&rsquo;s Why Culture?</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Video competition in 2013. Furthermore, he worked as an assistant director in a number of Ads and TV shows such as</span><strong> El Khanka</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016) and </span><strong>Surface-to-Air </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2017).</span>', '1708939021'),
(214, '', 'The Alleys Wins Grand Prix du Jury at Festival du Premier Film d’Annonay in France', '2022-02-16', 'the-alleys-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"> <strong>Bassel Ghandour,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jordanian film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"> <strong>The Alleys</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; won the Grand Prix du Jury at the 39</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that concluded its events last Sunday, where it made its debut in France. This is considered to be a continuation of the film\'s fascinating global tour in 2022, which began mid 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alleys gained wide audience acclaim during its screenings at 10+ international festivals across Europe&rsquo;s most significant cities. The last of which is the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Harbour Section), one of the world&rsquo;s oldest film festivals to date. The film marked the first Jordanian feature to be selected in the festival&rsquo;s history. Back in December, the film also landed its Arab world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also worth mentioning that the film received a fair share of acclaim, where it was described as &ldquo;Fascinating&rdquo;, &ldquo;Impressive&rdquo;, &rdquo;Epic&rdquo; &ldquo;Exciting&rdquo; and &ldquo; Quite memorable&rdquo;, by international critics and websites, including Screen Daily, Backseat Mafia, as well as the well-known American magazine PopMatters, the British website The Upcoming, the Swiss newspaper Corriere Del Ticino, among others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>The Alleys</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Locarno Festival&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> iconic </span><strong>Piazza Grande, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the biggest outdoor screen in Europe, marking</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first Jordanian feature film to join the festival and the first Arab film to participate in the </span><strong>Piazza Grande</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section since 2008.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Alleys </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had sold-out tickets via the festival&rsquo;s ticket-booking link at BFI London Film Festival where it competed for </span><strong>Sutherland Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated for the most creative feature directorial debut. This is the first presence for Jordan at the festival in the past 7 years; since Theeb (2014), winner of </span><strong>BAFTA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for </span><strong>Outstanding Debut </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the 2016 </span><strong>Oscar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> nominee.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won&rsquo;t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don&rsquo;t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received the </span><strong>Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Eastern Promises program </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the</span><strong> Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Czechia</span><strong>.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the 7th </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the co-financing platform of the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received support from </span><strong>The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>the Red Sea Film Festival (KSA). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During development, the film was aided by </span><strong>EAVE Producers Workshop</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The Sorfond Pitching Forum</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is organized by </span><strong>The Norwegian South Film Fund.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi,, Nadira Omran, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-produced by </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (France) handles the international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> winner of the </span><strong>BAFTA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award for </span><strong>Outstanding British Debut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in 2016, and the nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs.</strong> <strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is his directorial debut, and he is also the film&rsquo;s writer. </span><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at </span><strong>the Locarno Festival.</strong>', '1165911908'),
(215, 'Starting Thursday, 24 February', 'Jrada Malha (Lost): First Moroccan Film to be Commercially Released in Saudi Cinemas', '2022-02-26', 'IMG-20220223-WA0051.jpg', 'Moroccan film Jrada Malha (Lost), by Driss Roukhe, kicked off its wide release in Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s cinemas, Thursday, Feb. 25. This is the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi cinemas. MAD Solutions is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while Rowad Media owns the commercial rights to the film in Saudi Arabia. The film is set to be released soon in further Arab countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jrada Malha (Lost) received two awards: Jury award for Best Narrative Feature at Toronto Film Channel and Best Director at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival. The film was selected at prestigious global film festivals, including Buffalo International Film Festival in USA, The Netherlands Film Film Festival, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival and several arab and international film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Rania, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment implemented by people she knows nothing about for ambiguous reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories, and replaced it with another life full of chaos, despair and loss. Rania decides to set off in search of her true life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. It gained wide international acclaim and was described as &ldquo; A breathtaking enjoyable experience&rdquo; in Canadian press. Directed by <strong>Driss Roukhe </strong>who also co-wrote the script with <strong>Adnane Mouhejja, the film stars</strong> Mouna R\'miki, <strong>Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe,</strong> <strong>Abderrahim El Meniar</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Fatima Zahra Bennacer </strong>and <strong>Khansa Batma. </strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong> is the first Pan-Arab independent studio and fully integrative marketing and creative consultancy for the Arab film and Entertainment Industry. It participates in at least 50 film festivals ( Arab and International), summits and workshops annually, including Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Cairo, Carthage and many more.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Established in 2005, <strong>Rowad Media</strong> is a pioneering Saudi Film institution. Since 2005, it has organized commercial screenings and film festivals in various cities and areas in Saudi Arabia, most notably the first film festival in Saudi Arabia, <strong>Jeddah Film Festival, </strong>which was founded in 2006. <strong>Rowad Media</strong> establishes partnerships and enters into contracts with regional and international entities to market some of the most remarkable films in Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1979874307');
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(216, 'Zeina | 18/11 | Customary Session | Samia | Truce | Mosul 980 | An Attempt | Idris | Unspoken | Arnoos', 'MAD Solutions Sends 10 Films to International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka in Bangladesh', '2022-02-24', 'social-media-2-01.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shall take part in the 16</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Bangladesh (February 25th - March 4</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 10 short films that shall join the festival are ; </span><strong>Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director </span><strong>Ayman Abdelhameed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Customary Session</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Elhamy Fyroz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Hamza Al Khatib</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Attempt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Pamela Nassour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mosul 980</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Ali Mohammed Saeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Truce</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Saleh Khataybeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Bachir Abou Zeid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Unspoken</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115300.php\"> <strong>18/11</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/149449920657.php\"> <strong>Medhat Maged</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115312.php\"> <strong>Zeina</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Egyptian farmer who faces a lot of pressure coming from her husband and his family due to her infertility. To save herself, she resorts to superstitions along with other means to get pregnant.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/268661029411.php\"> <strong>Ayman Abdelhameed</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hager Elsharnouby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Islam Said</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Amal Eid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Customary Session</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A housewife who lives in a popular district discovers that she has AIDS, transmitted to her by her husband, a drug addict. Fearing infection, everyone in the neighborhood will agree on expelling them.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Elhamy Fyroz, Customary Session</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Mahmod Fares, Yara Mahdy </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Manal Yousry. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s lensed by</span><strong> Crolos talat </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and edited by</span><strong> Nada Elsbaay. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115301.php\"> <strong>Samia</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young aspiring dancer, is diagnosed with cancer and after undergoing treatment, her mental and physical state detortiarates. In the meanwhile, her husband tries to support her and lift up her spirit.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/25712565864.php\"> <strong>Hamza Al Khatib</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hayat Abu Samra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Is&rsquo;haq</strong>\r<br/><strong>Elias</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">husband. Previously, </span><strong>Is&rsquo;haq</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appeared in several remarkable works, including </span><strong>Netflix original series: (Messiah)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and (</span><strong>Mosul</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The film is produced by </span><strong>Abu Lughod Studios, a member of the Arab</strong>\r<br/><strong>Media Network &ndash; AMN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a leading</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">media and entertainment company based in Jordan, in support of the </span><strong>Royal Film Commission-Jordan. MAD Solution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115324.php\"> <strong>An Attempt</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like all the Lebanese people, Alfred, a high-school teacher, tries to adapt to the new socio-political situation caused by the Lebanese October Revolution. Bombarded by the media, he ends up joining his students on the field to protest, in an attempt to change.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed and produced by</span><a href=\"../directors/280996132095.php\"> <strong>Pamela Nassour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Attempt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Josef Chemaly</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Antonio Chedid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and features Editor and DOP </span><strong>Moris Zoghby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115235.php\"> <strong>Mosul 980</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 17-year-old kidnapped Yazidi girl disguised in ISIS uniform tries to escape form ISIS. She finds no way to break free, but a military vehicle set on explosives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/1881458473920.php\"> <strong>Ali Mohammed Saeed</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and written by </span><strong>Mustafa Sattar Jabbar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mosul 980</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Redhab Ahmad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Mohanad Hayal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115318.php\"> <strong>Truce</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The power of destiny put together two strangers, a car, and a donkey in the middle of the Jordanian desert. The two men are totally from different worlds. Over a silly misunderstanding, they start a fight which turns to be a life-or-death situation, during a journey where they struggle to stay human.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Truce</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund&rsquo;s (JFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> support. It is written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/2751241918894.php\"> <strong>Saleh Khataybeh</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stars </span><strong>Hasan Alhwetat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Ishaq Elias</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and features DOP </span><strong>Ahmad Saif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115286.php\"> <strong>Idris</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon his return home, a young shepherd discovers that one of his sheep is missing. Fearful of punishment, he sets off with his friend in an attempt to find it. Danger escalates when they find themselves trapped in a forest full of landmines.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/1751284466504.php\"> <strong>Bachir Abou Zeid</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fouade Salame</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Karim Maanaki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is produced by </span><strong>Al Manar High Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beirut Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115273.php\"> <strong>Unspoken</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hadhima is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she&rsquo;s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/2261719748860.php\"> <strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Unspoken</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Asaad Abdulmajeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nayan Altalabani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Noor Alhuda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Om Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Rola Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Enki Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115332.php\"> <strong>Arnoos</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, </span><strong>Sami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, along with </span><strong>Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the 15 year -old street-smart hustler and corn seller are ready to execute their plan and steal a surprise gift in order to impress </span><strong>Sami&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> girlfriend; unaware of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/285656107940.php\"> <strong>Samer Battikhi</strong></a><strong>, Arnoos </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Al Omari, Ziad Bakri,</strong> <strong>Fadi Haddadin, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohammed Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sierra Bravo Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is distributed across the Arab world by</span><strong> MAD Solutions.</strong>', '135683414'),
(217, '', 'Soula Joins Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2022-03-01', 'POSTER_SOULA_V2_RS.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><strong>&rsquo;s </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be featured during the fifth edition of Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) (6-11 March), marking the film\'s second stop following its global debut at Red Sea International Film Festival at the end of last year.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its premiere, the film earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic Tarek El Shinnawi calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the leading actress\'s performance was striking.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soula is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired&nbsp; the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships.&nbsp; Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut International Women Film Festival is an annual event hosted in Beirut that brings together filmmakers and moviegoers from all over the world. The festival focuses on problems of gender equality and women\'s individual identities. Through the lens of cinema, it also explores many types of domestic abuse of women.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1932334798'),
(218, 'Daughters of Abdul-Rahman | Farah | Huda’s Salon | I\'ll Go To Hell | Soula | I\'m Not Lakit | The Anger | Bint Werdan', 'MAD Solutions Joins Beirut International Women Film Festival with 8 Films', '2022-03-01', 'SOULA_SCREEN00032294.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joins the 5</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span> <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(March 6</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; 11</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), with 8 films off its distribution list. The films are 6 features: </span><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the two directors </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; </span><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>I\'ll Go To Hell </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Ismahane Lahmar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Soula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Salah Issaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Anger </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Maria Ivanova Z., </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one documentary film </span><strong>I\'m Not Lakit</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Marie Surae</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the short film </span><strong>Bint Werdan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Maysaa Almumin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"> <strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsieso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and features Dina Farouk as the film editor. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Arab Media Network </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Wika For Film Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When pre-med student, </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares, her life begins to fall apart. She is then sent home to Beirut, Lebanon where they prescribed her the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo; - also known in its illegal form as &lsquo;Joy&rsquo; - to help her recover. However, as Lina&rsquo;s alarming nightmares continue to worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets which will lead her to a shattering ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by</span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"> <strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also directed it along with</span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"> <strong>Kenton Oxley</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is shot by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Most recently, the film also witnessed its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and screened at </span><strong>Reel Palestine Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Huda&rsquo;s Salon</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and co- produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Maher Diab </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of </span><strong>Film Clinic </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> I\'ll Go To Hell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Tunisian film by director </span><strong>Ismahane Lahmar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that landed its world premiere at the Parallel Section (Views of Tunisian Cinema) of the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Tunisia. The film project previously won a Color grading service presented by </span><strong>The Cell Post Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award for distribution services in the Arab world at the 11th </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s Market Forum </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of </span><strong>Najet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whom the doctors say that she will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn&rsquo;t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms. However, her family opposes her wishes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by </span><strong>Ismahane Lahmar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who also stars in the film alongside </span><strong>Rashid Abdelhamid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fatma Ben Saidane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Slym Achour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Soula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is about a single mother who has nowhere to go after her father threw her out of the family home. Trying to make it through the night with her baby, Soula ends up hopping from one car to another with a number of people. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny. Does fate have another saying?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the film landed its world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival. Written, directed and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"> <strong>Soula</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong> Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong> Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>The Anger</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In post-war Lebanon, </span><strong>Ida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously landed its world premiere at Carthage Film Festival (JCC). It is directed by </span><strong>Maria Ivanova Z.,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Olga Artemyeva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Manal Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Houssam Sabbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Julia Kassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region and world-wide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>I\'m Not Lakit</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Saleh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a man who lives in an old house in the mountains near the Lebanese city of Byblos. Saleh does not belong to a family or a religious sect, in a society where such criteria define a human being. Worse, he lacks nationality and a passport, he even lacks the right to live his life as an ordinary citizen since he is labeled as a \'lakit\' of unknown ancestry.. &lsquo;I\'m Not Lakit,&rsquo; written and directed by Maria Ivanova Z, is distributed throughout the Arab World by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Bint Werdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Bint Werdan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a short Kuwaiti film that has landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden. It also participated in a number of festivals, including </span><strong>Tampere Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Finland, </span><strong>Cinefantasy International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it won a </span><strong>Special Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Monsters Taranto Horror Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, and </span><strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Qatar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman with chronic depression struggles to keep up appearances in front of her colleagues at work. A sudden horrific encounter with a dying cockroach in the office toilet&nbsp; soon develops into an absurd friendship, until she realizes its destructive effects on her life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Maysaa Almumin, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film stars </span><strong>Enas El Fallal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sedky Sakhr</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sandy Sawiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>', '56420657'),
(219, '', 'Farah World Premieres at Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2022-03-02', 'farah-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115347.php\"><strong>Farah</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba Freiha </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premieres at the 5th</span><strong> Beirut International Women Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which takes place from March 6 to 11.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When pre-med student, Lina, starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares, her life begins to fall apart. She is then sent home to Beirut, Lebanon where they prescribed her the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo; - also known in its illegal form as &lsquo;Joy&rsquo; - to help her recover.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as Lina&rsquo;s alarming nightmares continue to worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets which will lead her to a shattering ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba Freiha </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also directed it along with </span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is shot by </span><strong>&nbsp;Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is incharge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassiba is a writer and producer, who worked on several projects including Temperance, which follows three characters from various religions in the Middle East. The film was screened at the Middle East International Film Festival as well as the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. Hassiba has also worked on several other projects including the feature film, City Island, with Andy Garcia and Alan Arkin. Hassiba co-produced, assistant-directed and starred in the short film Wahdon (Alone) which went on to be part of film festivals around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassiba heads the post production team at the twofour54 Abu Dhabi, media company.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having carved a successful career in the television and film industry, Kenton is globally respected for his work. As a Producer and CEO of his own production services company, Knockout Production Services, Kenton has worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects. Kenton succeeded to be the youngest ever Director for ITV at the age of 20, working for media related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For 6 years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade department at Twofour 54. Kenton has gained international experience for projects such as Left Bank Pictures, Top Gear, and Bang Bang.</span>', '881469281'),
(220, '', '\' I\'M NOT LAKIT \' LANDS ITS WORLD PREMIERE BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL', '2022-03-02', 'i-am-not-lakit.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Ivanova Z</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary &lsquo;</span><strong>I&rsquo;m Not Lakit</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; will land its world premiere at the fifth edition of Beirut International Women Film Festival, which runs from March 6 to March 11, 2022.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Saleh, a man who lives in an old house in the mountains near the Lebanese city of Byblos. Saleh does not belong to a family or a religious sect, in a society where such criteria define a human being. Worse, he lacks nationality and a passport, he even lacks the right to live his life as an ordinary citizen since he is labeled as a \'lakit\' of unknown ancestry.. &lsquo;I\'m Not Lakit,&rsquo; written and directed by Maria Ivanova Z, is distributed throughout the Arab World by MAD Solutions.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Ivanova Z is a director, screenwriter and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry. She graduated from the </span><strong>Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She is the CEO of the </span><strong>Scoop Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film company. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international film festivals reaping awards. This includes &lsquo;</span><strong>The Last One,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;&lsquo;</span><strong>Sonuncu</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; &lsquo;</span><strong>Muhamad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; &lsquo;</span><strong>Fleeing the War,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; and &lsquo;</span><strong>Village</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rsquo; In 2021, Maria finished her debut feature &ldquo; </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo;</span> <br />&nbsp;', '1178692148'),
(221, 'Part of its Tour across the Arab World', 'Communion Joins Luxor African Film Festival', '2022-03-06', 'communion-poster.jpg', '<strong>Communion </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall join the 11</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of the </span><strong>Luxor African Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(March 4</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-10</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), to screen within its Long Narrative section on Monday, March 7</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 1:30 PM (GMT +2) at the Culture Palace.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) is one of ISF&rsquo;s projects. The festival was the idea of writer Sayed Fouad and director Azza Elhosseiny, as African films were rarely screened in Egypt. Furthermore, Luxor hardly has any cultural or artistic events, and was therefore selected to decentralize cultural or artistic events that were always being organized in Cairo and Alexandria.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its Arab and world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film project has previously received the </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award for distribution and marketing services, </span><strong>Color grading </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services presented by </span><strong>Mosaic-TV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sound mixing </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services presented by </span><strong>Leyth Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>MAFF Market Forum (MMF). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received a grant from the </span><strong>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture &ndash; AFAC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the lockdown, </span><strong>Sarra </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">works from home in the humanitarian sector, helping people in distress during the Covid-19 crisis. Her husband Kais, psychotic, finds himself without medication, out of stock. Then begins the downfall to hell.&nbsp; Meanwhile nature regains its rights, and the air becomes purer and more breathable...</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115325.php\"><strong>Communion</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who also co-stars in the film alongside </span><strong>Souhir Ben Amara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Imed Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2811954499705.php\"><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian director and actor who was born in 1972 in Tunisia. After studying Business and Marketing at the </span><strong>IHEC Carthage</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he started his first steps as a director on the TV program </span><strong>Chams Alik</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Canal + Horizons</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1999. In 2002, he founded </span><strong>Propaganda Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with his friend </span><strong>Imed Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who later became his producer. In 2005 he directed his first short film called </span><strong>\"Tsawer&rdquo;,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was selected in more than 30 festivals of 11 countries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, his feature-length documentary </span><strong>VHS-Kahloucha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in more than 50 festivals, including the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it landed its world premiere. The film won 7 awards in various festivals, including </span><strong>Best Documentary Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2013, his first feature film </span><strong>\"Bastardo\"</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected in competition at </span><strong>CINEMED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also screened at 30 festivals later, winning 11 international awards. Moreover, his second feature film </span><strong>&ldquo;Look at me&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released in 2018, participating in </span><strong>TIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and more than twenty other international festivals.</span>', '1534032915');
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(222, 'As Part of its Tour across the Arab World', 'Trapped Screens at Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival', '2022-03-07', 'trapped-final-poster.jpg', '<strong>Trapped,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall join the 7th edition of Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival (March 8th - 12th). The film screening will be held on Friday, March 11th, at 2:00 PM (GMT +1), at Salle de l&rsquo;Institut fran&ccedil;ais de Tunisie.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of women coming from different social backgrounds, find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of getting trapped sometimes in one\'s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but sometimes it is imposed by the inner conflicts and ideas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women share similar dreams of breaking-free from the social constraints, however their different social backgrounds create a contrast when it comes to the levels of awareness, openness and methods to rebel against their realities.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received lots of positive reviews internationally, where it was described as &ldquo;a powerful, inspiring and radical work that makes one excited to see what Khaled will come up with next.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Trapped is effective in making you, the audience, share the feeling of entrapment, experienced by these women&rdquo;, by South By Southwest Festival Newsletter.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also described as &ldquo;Touching and hopeful&rdquo; and &ldquo;A powerful story of women trying to fight for their freedom and finding hope in the person next to them&rdquo;, by CINE Addiction.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously toured a number of international festivals, including </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Beirut, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, and </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapped</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered in the Global section of the </span><strong>South By Southwest Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to become the only Arab film screened at the American festival and the first Egyptian one in ten years. Prior to that, it was screened for 13 minutes at </span><strong>El</strong> <strong>Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of efforts to raise funds for the film</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Screenplay by </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; </span><strong>Trapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Manal Khaled </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has vast experience working with award winning directors, including: </span><strong>Saad Hendawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Kamla Abou Zekri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hani Khalifa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mohamed Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist long documentary film </span><strong>An Hour or so </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the American director </span><strong>Adolfo Martinez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '560909119'),
(223, 'Part of the Human Screen Festival', 'Samia Screens at l’Institut français de Tunisie on Friday, March 11th', '2022-03-08', 'Samia-Poster-En.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian short film Samia, by Hamza Al Khatib, screens at l&rsquo;Institut fran&ccedil;ais de Tunisie on Friday, March 11</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 2:00 PM (GMT +1), as part of the 7</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival (March 8</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; 12</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Samia joined International short &amp; independent film festival (ISIFF), Dhaka in Bangladesh. The film follows Samia, a young aspiring dancer, is diagnosed with cancer and after undergoing treatment, she begins the tough journey of mental and physical changes that cause her to withdraw from life and isolate herself. In the meanwhile, her husband tries to bring her out of her isolation by supporting her and lifting up her spirit using the music, which is part of her artistic and psychological character.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hamza Al Khatib,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115301.php\"><strong>Samia</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hayat Abu Samra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Is&rsquo;haq Elias</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s husband. Previously, </span><strong>Is&rsquo;haq</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appeared in several remarkable works, including </span><strong>Netflix original series: (Messiah),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and (</span><strong>Mosul</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) film. The film is produced </span><strong>Abu Lughod Studios, a member of the Arab Media Network &ndash; AMN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in support of the </span><strong>Royal Film Commission-Jordan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features producer</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dima Tucan</span><strong>. MAD Solution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A writer and director, </span><a href=\"../directors/25712565864.php\"><strong>Hamza Al Khatib</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has more than 17 years of experience working with several TV channels and production companies as Producer, Production Manager, and First Assistant Director. He has a strong academic career, teaching film in universities. Additionally, he joined several film festivals as an organizer. </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Al Khatib</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s first short film.</span>', '1614463892'),
(224, '', 'Film 18/11 Screens at Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival on Saturday in Ewart Memorial Hall ', '2022-03-10', '18-11-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><strong>18/11,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Medhat Maged,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> screens at the 5th edition of </span><strong>&nbsp;Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ( March 10-19) on Saturday, March 12 at 4:00 PM, in</span><strong> Ewart Memorial Hall, American University in Cairo (AUC).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>', '864071329'),
(225, 'The multi-award-winning film..', '\'The Tower\' Screens at the Franco-Arab Film Festival in Baghdad', '2022-03-13', 'the-tower.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animation film, &lsquo;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115158.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tower</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; directed by Mats Grorud, will be screened at the Franco-Arab Film Festival, which will be held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The screening will take place on Saturday 12 March at 2 pm (GMT +3) in Dream City Mall Cinema in Baghdad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has garnered several accolades in international film festivals, including two awards from </span><strong>Chicago International Children\'s Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which are the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liv Ullmann Peace Prize and the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professional Jury: 2nd Prize for Best Animated Feature Film. Moreover,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it won two awards at </span><strong>Lisbonne Monstra Lisboa Animation Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which are </span><strong>Best Soundtrack Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Jury Special Award. The film received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Festival International du Film d\'Histoire de Pessac</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the </span><strong>Secondary School Students Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival International des Arts Jeune Public</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and </span><strong>Best Editing</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trondheim in Norway</span><strong>.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Furthermore, it was nominated for two</span><strong> AMANDA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards in Norway presented by the</span><strong> Norwegian International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> Norwegian Film Institute.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows&nbsp;</span><strong>Wardi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, who lives with her family in the refugee camp where she was born. She learns about her family\'s history through stories recounted to her by three earlier generations of refugees.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by&nbsp;</span><strong>Mats Grorud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&nbsp;</span><strong>The Tower</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;features the voices of&nbsp;</span><strong>Laila Najjar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Makram J. Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&nbsp;</span><strong>Mouna Hawwa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Morad Hassan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Hilow</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Saleh Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Shaden Kanboura</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The crew also includes </span><strong>Ahlam Canaan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the Director of Arabic Dubbing, Sound Engineer, and Adaptation. The film is a French- Swedish-Norwegian co-production that is distributed in the Arab world by&nbsp;</span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mats Grorud </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Norwegian director and animator who studied animation at Volda University Colleg, then he pursued his studies in Denmark, Beirut, and Beijing. His credits include several shorts such as &lsquo;Santa Clause,&rsquo; &lsquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Grandmother Beijing,&rsquo; as well as other animation films including &lsquo;Kaja Polmar,&rsquo; and &lsquo;Piotr Sapegin\'s Grandpa is a raisin,&rsquo; in 2006.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mats now runs his own production firm, \'Nubbsjangs Productions,\' where he works on his own projects and teaches animation. Besides, he worked on several documentaries. In 2007, Grorud started working on &lsquo;The Tower,&rsquo; as his first animated feature film alongside the producer Frode S&oslash;bstad and Tenk.tv&nbsp;</span>', '2135782115'),
(226, 'In the Presence of its Director and Crew', 'Our River...Our Sky Screens at Franco Arab Film Festival in Baghdad', '2022-03-13', 'Our-River...Our-Sky-poster-web.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the presence of its director and crew, Iraqi film </span><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall screen at the </span><strong>Franco Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Baghdad on Saturday, March 12th, at Iraq Cinema in Dream City Mall, Baghdad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot between Sulaymaniyah (Fuad Jalal Rasheed - Masti Film Production Company), and Baghdad (Huda Al-Kadhimi -Ishtar Iraq Film Productions). The narrative in Our River&hellip;Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, shocked into silence by the surrounding violence, has been unable to write one word of fiction. Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that the film had a successful tour across Iraqi festivals, the last of which was the Slemani International Film Festival. Landing its world premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously won the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at Dubai International Film Festival and was written by Pachachi in collaboration with her Baghdad-based co-writer Irada Al-Jubori. The film was initially presented at the Producers Network in Carthage and later supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Abu Dhabi Music &amp; Art Foundation and Doha Film Institute. The film was supported in Europe by Eurimages, CNC, Visions Sud Est and British Film Institute, amongst others, and was awarded The Cell Post Production award at Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum in 2020.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by Maysoon Pachachi who co-wrote it with Irada Al-Jubori. The cast includes Darina Al Joundi (as Sara), Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas and renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas. The production was initially developed by Oxymoron Films (UK) and Linked Productions (Kuwait) and made in co-production with its other main producers Les Contes Modernes (France) and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany). MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at University College London and attended London Film School as a student of British director Mike Leigh. She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world. Her films include Iranian Journey (2000), Return to the Land of Wonders (2004) and Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq (2008). Open Shutters received a Jury Special Mention at Arab Film Festival Rotterdam.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maysoon taught editing and directing in a number of countries and cities, including the UK, Palestine, Gaza, Al Quds,and Birzeit. In 2004, with her colleague Kasim Abd, she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Irada Al-Jubori is an Iraqi writer, researcher and women\'s rights activist who has received a master\'s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts, and obtained a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Information, at the University of Baghdad. Her doctoral thesis was on the image of women in Iraqi cinema from 1946 to 1994. Before she co-wrote Our River...Our Sky, Al-Jubori collaborated with Maysoon Pachachi on a project called Open Shutters Iraq. This project was exemplified by a photo gallery and a bilingual book, and it became the focus of a documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi later on.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1613595412'),
(227, 'The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun…', '‘Communion’ Wins the Grand Prize for a Feature Film at Luxor African Film Festival', '2022-03-13', 'FB_IMG_1646957986393.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tunisian film, &lsquo;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115325.php\"><strong>Communion</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2811954499705.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nejib Belkadhi</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has successfully won the grand prize at the 11 edition of</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luxor African Film Festival, which is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Golden Mask of Tutankhamun that is awarded to the best feature film. The closing ceremony of the festival was on Thursday, March 10 and the film was screened at Luxor Cultural Palace and witnessed a huge turn out from the audiences who applauded the film after its end.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &lsquo;Communion,&rsquo; landed its Arab and World premiere at the inaugural edition of Red Sea International Film Festival, whereas the film project received the </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award for distribution and marketing services at Malmo Arab Film Festival, </span><strong>Color grading </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services presented by </span><strong>Mosaic-TV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sound mixing </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">services presented by </span><strong>Leyth Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>MAFF Market Forum (MMF). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received a grant from the </span><strong>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture &ndash; AFAC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot of the film follows Sara who works from home, during the lockdown, in the humanitarian sector, helping people in distress during the Covid-19 crisis. Her husband Kais, psychotic, finds himself without medication, out of stock. Then begins the downfall to hell.&nbsp; Meanwhile, nature regains its rights, and the air becomes purer and more breathable&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;</span><strong>Communion,&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who also co-stars in the film alongside </span><strong>Souhir Ben Amara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Imed Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian director and actor who was born in 1972 in Tunisia. After studying Business and Marketing at the </span><strong>IHEC Carthage</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he started his first steps as a director on the TV program </span><strong>Chams Alik</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Canal + Horizons</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1999. In 2002, he founded </span><strong>Propaganda Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with his friend </span><strong>Imed Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who later became his producer. In 2005 he directed his first short film called </span><strong>\"Tsawer&rdquo;,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was selected in more than 30 festivals of 11 countries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, his feature-length documentary </span><strong>VHS-Kahloucha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in more than 50 festivals, including the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it landed its world premiere. The film won 7 awards in various festivals, including </span><strong>Best Documentary Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2013, his first feature film </span><strong>\"Bastardo\"</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected in competition at </span><strong>CINEMED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also screened at 30 festivals later, winning 11 international awards. Moreover, his second feature film </span><strong>&ldquo;Look at me&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released in 2018, participating in </span><strong>TIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and more than twenty other international festivals.</span>', '740329334'),
(228, 'In the Presence of the director and the Cast ', 'Our River...Our Sky Screens in Baghdad and Mosul on March 14 ', '2022-03-14', 'Our-River...Our-Sky-poster-web.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraqi film </span><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screens at </span><strong>The Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad, on Monday, March 14. Simultaneously, it has another screening in Mosul. The screenings are part of a series of workshops and screenings held by </span><strong>Habibi Collective </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in collaboration with</span> <strong>The Station Foundation, and funded by the British Council in Ira</strong><strong>q</strong> <strong>between March 10 and April 3.&nbsp; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between March 10 and April 3.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening in Baghdad will be held with the attendance of the film&rsquo;s director </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the cast while the Mosul&rsquo;s screening will be attended by the film&rsquo;s director. A Q&amp; A will be held after both screenings.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, The film has had various screenings in Iraq, the country of production. These screenings were held at </span><strong>Franco Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Baghdad and </span><strong>Slemani International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot between Sulaymaniyah (Fuad Jalal Rasheed - Masti Film Production Company), and Baghdad (Huda Al-Kadhimi -Ishtar Iraq Film Productions). The narrative in </span><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka </span><strong>Kulshi Makoo </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, shocked into silence by the surrounding violence, has been unable to write one word of fiction. Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that the film had a successful tour across Iraqi festivals, the last of which was the</span><strong> Slemani International Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its world premiere at the</span><strong> Sarajevo Film Festival,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously won the $100,000 </span><strong>IWC Filmmaker Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was supported by prominent institutions in the Middle East, including </span><strong>SANAD Fund, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Doha Film Institute.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film was supported in Europe by</span><strong> CNC &amp; Institut Francais ( France), British Film Institute,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amongst others, and was awarded </span><strong>The $ 5,000 Cell Post Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award at</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast includes </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as Sara), </span><strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Al Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The crew includes </span><strong>Production &amp; Custom Designer</strong> <strong>Rayah Aasee, Assistant Director Haidar Hakim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Slemani), </span><strong>Assistant Director Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad</span><strong>). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by </span><strong>Ehsan Al Imam </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khayam Al Lami.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production was initially developed by </span><strong>Oxymoron Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(UK) and </span><strong>Linked Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Kuwait) and made in co-production with its other main producers </span><strong>Les Contes Modernes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (France) and </span><strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany). </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at </span><strong>University College London</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and attended </span><strong>London Film School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world. Her films include </span><strong>Iranian Journey</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2000),</span><strong> Return to the Land of Wonders</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2004) and </span><strong>Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2008). </span><strong>Open Shutters</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received a </span><strong>Jury Special Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maysoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">taught editing and directing in a number of countries and cities, including the UK, Palestine, Gaza, Al Quds,and Birzeit. In 2004, with her colleague </span><strong>Kasim Abd,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Iraqi writer, researcher and women\'s rights activist who has received a master\'s degree from the</span><strong> Faculty of Fine Arts,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and obtained a doctoral degree from the </span><strong>Faculty of Information, at the University of Baghdad. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her doctoral thesis was on the image of women in Iraqi cinema from 1946 to 1994. Before she co-wrote </span><strong>Our River...Our Sky, Al-Jubori </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collaborated with </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on a project called </span><strong>Open Shutters Iraq. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project was exemplified by a photo gallery and a bilingual book, and it became the focus of a documentary film by Maysoon Pachachi later on.</span>', '507118623'),
(229, 'Just Awarded for Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival ', 'Film Soula Commercially Releases in Algeria, the Country of Production', '2022-03-14', 'POSTER_SOULA_V2_RS.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commercially releases in Algeria, the country of production, right after being awarded for </span><strong>Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film screens</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the closing ceremony for an event held by </span><strong>No Means No </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">initiative in Algeria on Thursday, March 17. This comes in the presence of the director and the leading actress of the film, </span><strong>Soula Bahria. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both will sit for a Q&amp;A discussion after the screening, which is the first in the film&rsquo;s country of production.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In collaboration with the</span> <strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais d\'Alg&eacute;rie, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the f</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ilm is slated to have further screenings. In the presence of the director, it will screen twice in the Algerian capital (Saturday, March 19 at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM ( GMT+1)) and will screen in Oran on Monday, May 9 at 6:00 PM.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was previously screened at Arab film festivals, including </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(World premiere). Additionally, it earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic </span><strong>Tarek El Shinnawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the performance of the leading actress,</span><strong> Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was striking.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three b</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Salah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships.&nbsp; Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>', '1191871660'),
(230, '', 'Arnoos Screens at Zamalek Cinema on Wednesday, March 16 ', '2022-03-15', 'Arnoos-Poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of a program held by </span><strong>EL Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with</span><strong> O West,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> short film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115332.php\"><strong> Arnoos</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/285656107940.php\"><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screens at</span><strong> Zamalek Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Wednesday, March 16.&nbsp; The program showcases the most significant films at the 5th edition of</span><strong> El Gouna Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Al Omari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ziad Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fadi Haddadin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammed Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sierra Bravo Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is distributed across the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Previously,</span><strong> Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at</span><strong> Carthage Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a normal day at a shopping square in Amman,</span><strong> Sami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, along with </span><strong>Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the 15-year-old street-smart hustler and corn seller are ready to execute their plan and steal a surprise gift in order to impress </span><strong>Sami&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> girlfriend; unaware of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1231410014'),
(231, 'In the Presence of its Star Saba Mubarak & Director Zaid Abu Hamdan', 'Massive Turnout for Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman at Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2022-03-15', 'WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-14-at-3.34.12-PM.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the presence of the film&rsquo;s star </span><strong>Saba Mubarak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the screening of </span><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, held on Wednesday, at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">witnessed a massive turnout.&nbsp; The film recently won the </span><strong>Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the last edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in December, the film screened at the the Arab Spectacular section of the 1st edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receiving wide critical acclaim: &ldquo; The script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote on </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &ldquo;It is rare in Arab Cinema to find all these laughs come from an audience of a non-Egyptian film in theaters.&rdquo;, </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">via </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &ldquo;Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities&rdquo; </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsletter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award winning and audience acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '70496285');
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(232, '', 'Soula Reaps Best Feature Fiction at Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2022-03-15', 'SOULA_SCREEN00024634-(1).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><strong>Salah Issaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just won Best</span><strong> Feature Fiction </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 5th </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which concluded its events on Saturday, March 11th. This marks the film&rsquo;s first award in its tour across the world&rsquo;s festivals that started not long ago.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the film landed its world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival, and is expected to launch in the rest of the Arab world soon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Soula&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is about a&nbsp; single mother who has nowhere to go after her father threw her out of the family home. Trying to make it through the night with her baby, Soula ends up hopping from one car to another with a number of people. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny. Does fate have another saying?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired&nbsp; the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After receiving a bachelor\'s degree </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterwards,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne where he obtained his Cinema director diploma</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Salah has under his belt </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a feature film and several short films, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where he deployed his passion for telling stories that appreciates human relationships.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; He likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>', '472398917'),
(233, 'Praised by The New York Times, Variety, Los Angeles Times and The New Yorker ', 'Huda’s Salon Receives Special Jury Mention at Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2022-03-15', 'beirut-win-copy-(1).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film</span><strong> Huda&rsquo;s Salon, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by award-winning director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receives </span><strong>Special Jury Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which concluded its events last Thursday. The film was among the Arab films that garnered international acclaim last year, especially that it was praised by top news websites like </span><strong>The&nbsp; New York Times, Boston Herald, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Variety,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to name a few.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many good reviews were written lately about the film.</span><strong> &ldquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interrogation scene between Huda and Hasan lasts for the entirety of the film, and it\'s masterfully done (both written and performed),&rdquo; mentioned </span><strong>Roger Ebert. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; It offers a satisfying dramatic snap while bequeathing a more lasting anxiety,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Anthony Lane </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>The New Yorker.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;Thanks to filmmaker </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this long-underserved sub-genre - once perfected by directors like Hitchcock, Pakula, and Weir - feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Dan Mecca i</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n </span><strong>The Film Stage.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo; Nearly every scene takes the form of a single unbroken shot, a technique that sometimes pulls you in and sometimes merely calls attention to its own virtuosity,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Justin Chang</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via </span><strong>Los Angeles Times.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Huda&rsquo;s Salon opened </span><strong>Reel Palestine Film Festival UAE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and landed its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received wide critical acclaim upon its premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &ldquo;</span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recalls Hollywood mysteries from the 1940s in both its brisk pace and disarmingly simple style,&rdquo; mentioned </span><strong>The Film Stage</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was also described as &ldquo;an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable&hellip; This film is a masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it&rdquo; by </span><strong>Alisha Mughal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Exclaim!, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo; by </span><strong>Wendy Ide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama&rdquo; by </span><strong>Kate Erbland</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Indie Wire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film&nbsp; is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and co- produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained exceptional international recognition, such as </span><strong>Paradise Now </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the film </span><strong>Omar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) that also received a nomination for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed </span><strong>The Mountain Between Us</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Idris Elba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opened the 39th edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is his latest feature film.&nbsp;</span>', '809415370'),
(234, '', 'Trapped scoops Best Feature Film at Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival', '2022-03-14', 'poster-final-trapped.jpg', '<strong>Trapped</strong><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director</span><a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"> <strong>Manal Khaled</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just won </span><strong>Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 7th edition of </span><strong>Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which concluded its events on 12 th of March.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Trapped </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previously received lots of positive reviews internationally, where it was described as &ldquo;a powerful, inspiring and radical work that makes one excited to see what Khaled will come up with next.&rdquo;, and &ldquo;Trapped is effective in making you, the audience, share the feeling of entrapment, experienced by these women&rdquo;, by South By Southwest Festival Newsletter. Another review by CINE Addiction read: &ldquo;Touching and hopeful&rdquo; and &ldquo;A powerful story of women trying to fight for their freedom and finding hope in the person next to them.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of women coming from different social backgrounds, find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of being trapped sometimes in one\'s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but sometimes it is imposed by the inner conflicts and ideas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The women share similar dreams of breaking-free from the social constraints, however their different social backgrounds create a contrast when it comes to the levels of awareness, openness and methods to rebel against their realities.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also toured a number of international festivals, including </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Beirut, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, and </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Trapped </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered in the Global section of the </span><strong>South By Southwest Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to become the only Arab film screened at the American festival and the first Egyptian one in ten years. Prior to that, it was screened for 13 minutes at </span><strong>El</strong> <strong>Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of efforts to raise funds for the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Screenplay by </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; </span><strong>Trapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Manal Khaled </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has vast experience working with award -winning directors, including: </span><strong>Saad Hendawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Kamla Abou Zekri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hani Khalifa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mohamed Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist feature documentary film </span><strong>An Hour or so </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with American director </span><strong>Adolfo Martinez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '222396800'),
(235, 'Followed by a panel discussion, with the crew and Alaa Karkouti, the film’s distributor ', '\'Athel\' Screens at Expo 2020 in Dubai', '2022-03-16', 'athel-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film, &lsquo;Athel,&rsquo; directed by </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115256.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and starring Hala Shiha, will be screened on Friday, March 18th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Expo 2020 at Dubai\'s women\'s pavilion.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event, titled \"ATHEL: Between Intuition and Empowerment,\" will include a panel discussion moderated by Dhekra Ouali. The panel includes Alaa Karkouti, CEO and Co-Founder of MAD Solutions, which manages the film\'s distribution, and from the film&rsquo;s crew each of: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alessandro Martella, cinematographer, Afra Almarar, producer, assistant producer Khadijah Kudsi, and life coach Ayat Mekki.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussion will address the challenges that women working in the Arab film industry face today, as well as the efforts and initiatives aimed towards women filmmakers.Karkouti will address the recent triumphs of women in the Arab film industry, based on MAD Solutions\' experience in distributing and promoting over 350 films, a third of which were directed by women. The discussion will highlight the leading role of the company in commercially distributing&nbsp; short films.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has garnered several awards including Best Film at Al Ain Film Festival in the UAE, Outstanding Achievement at Berlin Flash Film Festival in Germany, Gold Remi Award at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in the United States, and an award at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;Athel,&rsquo; was officially chosen to participate in several international film festivals, such as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Madrid International Film Festival, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF), where it was nominated for an award, Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival, Around International Film Festival (ARFF) in Amsterdam, VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, Prisma Awards for Independent Films in Italy, and Corto Creativo Short Film Festival in Mexico, to name but a few.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film revolves around Salma, a well known television presenter, who is hosting a show about renowned Arab Poet, Tarfa ibn Al Abd. To her surprise, this show will turn her life as well as her career upside down, as fate presents some unrealistic events, in her way.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of the famous pre-Islamic poet Tarfa Bin Al-Abd or the &ldquo;murdered boy&rdquo; as he became known throughout history, in an unique light comedy dramatic manner. Tarfa Bin Al-Abd was a poet who was assassinated at the height of his fame, and many philosophers and intellectuals were perplexed by his demise.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan, and produced by Anasy Media Productions and Toaster Productions, &lsquo;Athel,&rsquo; stars Hala Shiha, Mansoor Al feeli, with executive producers Afra Almarar and Hayfa Al Haidary, and was shot by Alessando Martella. The film\'s distribution is handled by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anasy Media was founded in 2007 by Alyazia Bint Nahyan Al Nahyan and has produced several films that are available on iTunes, Virgin Megastores and numerous TV channels. Alyazia has contributed mainly to Anasy documentaries such as: Home of History, Future\'s Nation, Serat Al Ehsan, Common Ground, The Tainted Veil and Nanny Culture. Also, the company organizes cultural events and held two successful international documentary awards and a documentary club in Abu Dhabi. In addition to filmmaking, Alyazia is also an artist whose paintings have been successfully exhibited nationally and internationally.</span>', '538311472'),
(236, 'Farah | Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman | Trapped | The Anger', 'MAD Solutions Sends off 4 Films to San Diego Arab Film Festival', '2022-03-17', 'San-Diego-Arab-Film-Festival-films.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joins </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(March 11th - April 4th) with 4 films: Lebanese film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115347.php\"><strong>Farah</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the presence of its directors </span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Jordonian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Lebanese-German film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><strong>Maria Ivanova Z.</strong></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2012 by the non-profit organization</span><strong> KARAMA, San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims at introducing a new focused perspective on the Arab culture and community through films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When pre-med student, </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares, her life begins to fall apart. She is then sent home to Beirut, Lebanon where they prescribed her the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo; - also known in its illegal form as &lsquo;Joy&rsquo; - to help her recover. However, as Lina&rsquo;s alarming nightmares continue to worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets which will lead her to a shattering ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landed its world premier at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film is written by</span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"> <strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also directed it along with</span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"> <strong>Kenton Oxley</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is shot by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Friday, March 18th, at 7:30 PM (GMT -7)</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"> <strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsieso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and features Dina Farouk as the film editor. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Arab Media Network </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Wika For Film Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, and screened at Red Sea International Film Festival back in December 2021. The film project also received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, March 19th, at 8:15 PM</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Trapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In </span><strong>Trapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a group of women coming from different social backgrounds, find themselves trapped by their quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of being trapped sometimes in one\'s own thoughts. The entrapment here is not necessarily limited to the concrete walls and shackles, but sometimes it is imposed by the inner conflicts and ideas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also toured a number of international festivals, including </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Beirut, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA,&nbsp; </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Spain, </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Jordan, and </span><strong>Festival de Cine por Mujeres, Madrid.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Screenplay by </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; </span><strong>Trapped</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, March 19th, at 6:15 PM</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>The Anger</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In post-war Lebanon, </span><strong>Ida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>The Anger</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously landed its world premiere at Carthage Film Festival (JCC). It is directed by </span><strong>Maria Ivanova Z.,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Olga Artemyeva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Manal Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Houssam Sabbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Julia Kassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region and world-wide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, March 25th, at 7:30 PM</span>', '2108125198'),
(237, 'As Part of Dubai Art Season', 'Saudi Film Roll\'em Screens at Sikka Art and Design Festival', '2022-03-21', 'Rollem-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115186.php\"><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/741433006490.php\"><strong>Abdulelah Alqurashi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall screen at the 10th edition of </span><strong>Sikka Art and Design Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(March 15th - 24th), which is held under the umbrella of </span><strong>Dubai Art Season</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film&rsquo;s screening will take place on Thursday, March 24th, at 7:00 PM (GMT +4) at the Al Fahidi Historical District, presented by </span><strong>Locomotion Community Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Sikka Art and Design Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a unique celebration of visual and performing arts and films, that is held annually in Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood in March under the umbrella of Dubai Art Season. The Festival&rsquo;s 10th edition is being held under the theme &lsquo;Celebrating Art, Celebrating Growth&rsquo; and under its new umbrella, the Sikka Art and Design Platform, which seeks to support the professional growth journey of emerging creative talent.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an independent film with a Saudi cast and crew. The film has previously won the </span><strong>Best Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 1</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st</span> <strong>Al Ain Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marked the first Saudi film to be released in Saudi theaters. The film was released in 2019 in </span><strong>VOX Cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Jeddah and Riyadh, and was also released on Shahid.net, becoming the first Saudi film to be screened on the platform for Arab audiences. In addition, it was screened at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Aarhus Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of </span><strong>Omar Nizar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a filmmaker in his early thirties. He is trying to make a film about Jeddah, but </span><strong>Omar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unaware of what Jeddah means to him and the difficulties of filmmaking in the Kingdom until he gets to know the 70-year-old DOP, </span><strong>Farid Lotfy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who gave up his passion for cinematography is devoted to his antiques shop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Abdulelah Alqurashi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and co-written by </span><strong>Yaser Hammad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features a Saudi cast and crew, including </span><strong>Khaled Yeslam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Shaher Al Qurashi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sarah Taibah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Fatima AlBanawi. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Jeddah, </span><strong>Abdulelah Alqurashi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a director and producer who moved to Los Angeles to obtain a master\'s degree in filmmaking. In addition to writing, producing, and directing, he worked as an actor in several films, including </span><strong>Zaina&rsquo;s Cake</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director </span><strong>Nada Almojadedi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Since his return from the US at the beginning of 2017, </span><strong>Alqurashi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated all his effort, time, and money to turn </span><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from script to screen. He believes he is capable of establishing a local film making industry in Saudi Arabia and presenting it to the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '2012580206'),
(238, 'Part of Palestinian Film Week organized by the Embassy', 'Gaza Mon Amour Screens at Cairo Opera House on Wednesday, March 16th', '2022-03-21', 'gaza-mon-amour-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWlV0hGdjOc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaza Mon Amour</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed by twin brothers </span><a href=\"../directors/219704876913.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tarzan and Arab Nasser</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will be screened at the Egyptian Opera House on Wednesday, March 16th, as part of the Palestinian Film Week in Cairo, organized by the Palestinian Embassy with an aim to share with the general audience, critics and Egyptian Filmakers, the latest Palestinian documentary and feature films. The screening will be free and on a first-come, first-served basis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s plot revolves around Gaza today, with sixty-year-old fisherman Issa secretly in love with Siham, a woman who works as a dressmaker at the market. Finally determined to propose, Issa discovers an ancient statue of Apollo in his fishing net, which he decides to hide at home. When local authorities discover the existence of this mysterious treasure, troubles start for Issa.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by the </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brothers, </span><strong>Gaza Mon Amour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features an all-star cast, including </span><strong>Salim Daw, Hiam Abbass, Maisa Abdelhadi, Georges Iskandar, Hitham Al Omari,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Manal Awad.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is produced by the French company </span><strong>Les Films du Tambour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (delegate producer), and in co-production with </span><strong>Riva Filmproduktion</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany), </span><strong>ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and in collaboration with </span><strong>ARTE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany), </span><strong>Ukbar Filmes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Portugal), </span><strong>Made in Palestine Project (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine), and </span><strong>Jordan Pioneers. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '208960699'),
(239, 'With the attendance of the film’s crew', 'Haifa Street Screens at Babylon Festival For International Cultures and Arts in Iraq', '2022-03-23', 'haifa-street-23-3.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film, &lsquo;Haifa Street,&rsquo; directed by </span><strong>Mohanad Hayal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Tuesday, March 22 at the 9th edition of the Babylon Festival For International Cultures and Arts, which runs from March 17 to March 26, with the film\'s crew in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has garnered several international awards including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>Golden Olive branch award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for best feature film at the fifth edition of the</span><strong> Jerusalem International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Best Film award at the </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Laser Film award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>HAKKA Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the Takmil Workshop of the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lab Award from the </span><strong>Asia Pacific Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Market Award at </span><strong>the Tribeca International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Cinescape Award, presented by </span><strong>Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, the film won a post-production grant from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&lsquo;Haifa&nbsp;Street,&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had its Arab world premiere at the&nbsp;</span><strong>Carthage&nbsp;Film Festival&nbsp;(JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received wide audience and critical acclaim, and landed its world </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its European premiere at </span><strong>G&ouml;teborg Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, </span><strong>&lsquo;Haifa&nbsp;Street,&rsquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> featured at </span><strong>Darb 1718 Art and Culture Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The Arab World Festival of Montreal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, it had a full house screenings at </span><strong>Zawya Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has been released across Tunisian cinemas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohanad Hayal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born in southern Iraq in the city of Nasiriyah in 1985. He graduated from </span><strong>the Cinema Department</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Academy of Fine Arts</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Baghdad in 2010. He participated in many advanced cinema workshops in a number of European and Arab countries. His latest short film </span><strong>Happy Birthday</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) was selected at </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received the </span><strong>Rising Star Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2014 </span><strong>Rhode International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His feature film debut </span><strong>Haifa Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Top Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Official Competition of the </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in South Korea, and the </span><strong>Best Arabic Film</strong> <strong>and Best Acting Performance awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Aside from his work as a director, he worked as a co-producer in several films. He also organized a number of screenwriting and co-production workshops. </span><strong>Mohanad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> currently heads the Film Production department at the Iraqi Ministry of Culture</span><strong>.</strong>', '1446814725');
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(240, 'In the presence of the director and Farah Bsaiso…', 'Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman had a full house Screening at San Diego Arab Film Festival in USA', '2022-03-23', 'DOAR-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zaid Abu Hamdan&rsquo;s feature film &lsquo;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; had a full house screening at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego Arab Film Festival in the US, in the presence of director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zaid Abu Hamdan and leading actress Farah Bsaiso, after a long absence from the media.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The audience interacted with the film admirably throughout the screening, from start to finish.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received wide critical acclaim on both the Arab and international levels</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As </span><strong>The Film Verdict </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writer</span> <strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">puts it,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film is really enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces.&rdquo; While film critic </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film in </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, &ldquo;In Arab Cinema, it is rare to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.&rdquo; Furthermore, the CIFF newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film was featured at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and at the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within the Red Sea: Arab Spectacular section. Also, it landed its world premiere at the 43rd edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it won an award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award winning and audience acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1925266950'),
(241, 'Celebrating a successful journey  since 2021 mid-year ', 'The official page of the Alleys Shares a video of its journey at international festivals', '2022-03-22', 'The-Alleys-PRL.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the title \"From the Heart of Jordan to Europe, Saudi Arabia, and the Rest of the World,\" the official page of the </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alleys </span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bassel Ghandour</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> posted a video on Facebook and Instagram highlighting the film\'s successful journey at foreign festivals. The film began its tour at Locarno Film Festival, where it became the festival\'s first participation for a Jordanian feature film, as well as the first Arab film to be featured in Piazza Grande section since 2008. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s most recent stop was at Festival du Premier Film d\'Annonay, where it received the Grand Prix du Jury.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit these links to watch the videos:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://fb.watch/bU8zCVl3iV\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://fb.watch/bU8zCVl3iV</span></a>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbP_99DlWWq/?utm_medium=copy_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbP_99DlWWq/?utm_medium=copy_link</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alleys has gained wide acclaim during its screening in more than ten international festivals across Europe&rsquo;s most significant cities. The last of which was the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Harbour Section), one of the world&rsquo;s oldest film festivals, making it the first Jordanian feature film to be selected in the history of the prestigious festival. Moreover, the film had its Arab world premiere in December at the Red Sea International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In BFI London Film Festival, the film had a full house screening through the festival&rsquo;s ticket-booking link. Furthermore, it competed </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Sutherland Award, for the most creative feature directorial debut. Additionally, t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his is the first presence for Jordan at the festival in the past 7 years; since Theeb (2014), the winner of BAFTA award and the 2016 Oscar nominee.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also worth mentioning that the film received a fair share of acclaim by critics and international websites including, &lsquo;Screen Daily,&rsquo; &lsquo;Backseat Mafia,&rsquo; and the well-known American magazine &lsquo;PopMatters,&rsquo; as well as the British website &lsquo;The Upcoming,&rsquo; and the Swiss newspaper &lsquo;Corriere Del Ticino,&rsquo; among others, where all of them described it as &ldquo;Fascinating,&rdquo; &ldquo;Impressive,&rdquo; &rdquo;Epic,&rdquo; &ldquo;Exciting,&rdquo; and &ldquo; Quite memorable.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s plot takes place in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, where a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won&rsquo;t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don&rsquo;t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project of the Alleys received the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czechia. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and received support from The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and the Red Sea Film Festival (KSA). During the development phase, the film was aided by EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection, and The Sorfond Pitching Forum, which is organized by The Norwegian South Film Fund.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Alleys is written and directed by Bassel Ghandour and stars Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, and Nadim Rimawi. The film is produced by Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) and co-produced by Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) handles the international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Bassel Ghandour co-wrote and produced &lsquo;Theeb,&rsquo; the was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. It also won the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Debut in 2016. The Alleys is his directorial debut, as well as his first screenplay and had its world premiered at the Locarno Film Festival.</span>', '411686685'),
(242, 'Trapped| Haifa Street| Mafkoud ', 'MAD Solutions Competes with Three Films at Arabsik Filmfest in Norway', '2022-03-23', 'madfilms-32022.jpg', '<strong>Three of MAD Solutions films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will compete in the official competition at Arabsik Filmfest in Norway, which runs from March 31 to April 1, with three films: the Egyptian film &lsquo;Trapped,&rsquo; directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manal Khaled</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Iraqi film &lsquo;Haifa Street,&rsquo; directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/25108640769.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohanad Hayal</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Lebanese film &lsquo;Mafkoud,&rsquo; directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/1751284466504.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bachir Abou Zeid</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About Trapped:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The storyline of the film follows a group of women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped by their own quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of being trapped sometimes in one\'s thoughts, inner conflict and ideas. For entrapment is by all means not limited to concrete walls and shackles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film toured a number of international festivals, including </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Beirut, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Cinema Days, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Jordan, and Festival de Cine por Mujeres, Madrid.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>Trapped</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screenplay by </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a star-studded cast including,</span> <strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening date: Saturday, April 2nd at 7:30 p.m. (GMT+1)</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About Haifa Street:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s storyline takes place in Baghdad in 2006, particularly on Haifa Street, which is one of the most dangerous places affected by the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on the rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has garnered several international awards including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>Golden Olive branch award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for best feature film at the fifth edition of the</span><strong> Jerusalem International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Best Film award at the </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Laser Film award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>HAKKA Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the Takmil Workshop of the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lab Award from the </span><strong>Asia Pacific Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Market Award at </span><strong>the Tribeca International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Cinescape Award, presented by </span><strong>Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, the film won a post-production grant from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>&lsquo;Haifa&nbsp;Street,&rsquo;&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had its Arab world premiere at the&nbsp;</span><strong>Carthage&nbsp;Film Festival&nbsp;(JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received wide audience and critical acclaim, and landed its world </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its European premiere at </span><strong>G&ouml;teborg Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, Haifa Street stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management handles the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions handles its distribution and marketing across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening date: Friday, April 1st at 8:30 p.m. (GMT+1)</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About Mafkoud:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s plot follows the storyline of Sari, the young man who despite years since his abduction, still remembers small details from the moment he last saw his mother, specifically, her eyes and her words asking him to never look back. Now, jailed for the murder of his friend, Sari pleads innocence to be set free and continue the search for his mother. However, he lacks the evidence that proves he did not commit the crime. Behind bars, Sari embarks on a journey to his past, where he delves into his deepest memories and reveals his true identity.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its world premiere at the Alexandria International Film Festival before being released in Egyptian and Lebanese theatres. Written and directed by Bachir Abou Zeid, the film\'s cast includes Ayman Ghali, Natacha Choufani, Layal Badaro, and Julian Farhat, and It stars Ayman El Ghaly, Natasha El Chowafi. MAD Solutions is handling the distribution of the film in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Screening date: Sunday, April 3rd at 6:15 pm (GMT+1)</span>', '1765681918'),
(243, 'Ahead of its Commercial Release at Emirati Theaters ', 'Film A Tale of Love and Desire Opens Franco Film Festival in the UAE', '2022-03-23', 'A-Tale-of-Love-and-Desire.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by L</span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><strong>eyla Bouzid</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opens </span><strong>Franco Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the UAE on Friday, March 25th. The film will have another screening on the day following the opening night. </span><strong>T</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his comes ahead of the film&rsquo;s commercial release at</span><strong> Cinema Aki, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as of May 5th. Furthermore, the film will screen at the</span><strong> French Cultural Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mauritania on April 12th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received considerable critical acclaim on Arab and international levels</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,with </span><strong>Harvard Crimson</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writer </span><strong>Sofia Andrade </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &ldquo;The film is aesthetically and emotionally spectacular&hellip;leaves its audience rapt and aching for more.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Lee Marshal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described it as, &ldquo;warm, emotional, and lovely in every imaginable way.&rdquo; Moreover, </span><strong>Latita Ratan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote for the </span><strong>News in 24</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website saying that, </span><strong>&ldquo;Leyla Bouzid\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s masterwork, full of beauty and poetry and represented by talented actors.&rdquo; And according to </span><strong>Mohsen Amin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al-Ain newspaper, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who described the film as, \"a Tunisian film that deals with the question of identity and the conflict within oneself.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;</span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Cannes&rsquo; International Critics\' Week.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moreover, it won the </span><strong>Best Actor award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Diamond Valois award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Besides, it received the </span><strong>Jury Prize for Best First and Second Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Medfilm Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Rome. The film also was featured in the official competition of </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia and was screened at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong> <strong>(TIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to this, it was screened at several prestigious festivals including,</span><strong> Zurich Film Festival,</strong> <strong>BFI London Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Busan International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival,</strong> <strong>CINEMANIA Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Miami International Film Festival (GEMS)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Ahmed, an 18-year-old French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lia Petit,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is produced by </span><strong>Blue Monday Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Pyramide International. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while</span><strong> Pyramide International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Tunisia, director </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to Paris in 2003 to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined </span><strong>La F&eacute;mis&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, </span><strong>Leyla </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed her debut feature, </span><strong>As I Open my Eyes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux), which was screened at the</span><strong> 72nd</strong> <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. </span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is her second feature film. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was selected at prestigious film festivals.&nbsp;</span>', '1978975579'),
(244, 'As part of the film’s tour in the Arab world…', 'The Sea Ahead Screens in UAE’s Cinema Akil ', '2022-03-27', 'the-sea-ahmead-final-poster-70x100-copy.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film &lsquo;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; is scheduled to be screened for a week starting April 1st, at Cinema Akil in Dubai, with the director in attendance; as part of the film&rsquo;s screenings around the Arab world. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; was recently&nbsp; premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has gained critical acclaim on both the Arab and international levels, with Middle East Eye\'s Joseph Fahim describing it as, &ldquo;The Sea Ahead remains one of the most striking Arab debuts of the year.&rdquo; while </span><strong>Cineuropa writer Kaleem Aftab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing the film as saying, &ldquo;It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us on a cinematic journey that echoes work by Michelangelo Antonioni and his view of depression.&rdquo; Moreover, </span><strong>Chafic Tabbara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al-Akhbar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as, &ldquo;With its marvelous scriptwriting, visuals and sounds, Ely Dagher&rsquo;s work managed to capture us.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Akil is an independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to the audiences in the UAE. Through showcasing timeless film and outstanding examples of cinematic history, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and the cinematic arts.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; landed its world premiere at the 74th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, </span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Ely Dagher&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first feature film who previously won the </span><strong>Palme d&rsquo;Or</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for a short film, making him the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting that the project of &lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; has garnered multiple awards throughout its development including </span><strong>Best Film in Post-production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Final Cut In Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop; </span><strong>CineGouna</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform&rsquo;s award for best project in development phase; and a financial award from </span><strong>Drosos Foundation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to grants from </span><strong>AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely Dagher,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lsquo;</span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; is his first feature debut</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Manal Issa, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Andolfi (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Beachside,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut based </span><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>', '696095864'),
(245, 'The Premiere of the film in Europe…', ' Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman Opens Malmö Arab Film Festival in Sweden', '2022-03-28', 'DOAR-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opens the 12th edition of the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, which runs from 4 to 9 May, marking the film\'s debut screening in Europe following several successful premieres at Arab festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aims to screen films from various Arab nationalities for the various communities in Sweden, a total of 175 films from diverse nationalities. The festival attracts thousands of filmmakers from across the world, including directors, actors, producers, and moviegoers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this month, the screening of </span><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman witnessed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a huge turnout</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the film&rsquo;s heroine</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in attendance.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently won the </span><strong>Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 43rd edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it landed its premiere in the United States a few days ago at the San Diego Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in December, the film screened at the the Arab Spectacular section of the 1st edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receiving wide critical acclaim: &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote on </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While film critic </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film in </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, &ldquo;In Arab Cinema, it is rare to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.&rdquo; Furthermore, the CIFF newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Daughters Of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '648628448'),
(246, 'Winner of Several International Awards ', 'Film Jrada Malha (Lost) Screens at The Mediterranean Film Club, Cairo Opera House', '2022-03-29', 'POSTER-LOST-01-.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan film </span><strong>Jrada Malha (Lost),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Driss Roukhe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screens within </span><strong>The Mediterranean Film Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s programme on Monday, March 28, at 7:00 PM, at </span><strong>Cinema El Hanager, Cairo Opera House.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by </span><strong>Fayza Hendawi.</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film has been released at Saudi theaters, marking the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi cinemas. Furthermore, it won wide international acclaim and was described as &ldquo; A breathtaking enjoyable experience&rdquo; in Canadian press.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Jrada Malha (Lost) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received two awards: </span><strong>Jury award for Best Narrative Feature </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Toronto Film Channel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was screened at prestigious global film festivals, including</span><strong> Buffalo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>The Netherlands Film Festival, </strong><strong>Rabat International Author Film Festival, </strong><strong>Durban International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and several arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Rania, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment implemented by people she knows nothing about for ambiguous reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories, and replaced it with another life full of chaos, despair and loss. Rania decides to set off in search of her true life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. Directed by </span><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Adnane Mouhejja,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Mouna R\'miki, Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe, </strong><strong>Abderrahim El Maniari, </strong><strong>Fatima Zahra Bennacer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khansa Batma.&nbsp;</strong>', '1771114178'),
(247, 'MAD Solutions Acquires Arab World Distribution Rights to the Film Salma’s Home', 'Salma’s Home World Premieres at Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, USA, in April ', '2022-03-30', 'Salma-Home.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> acquired the Arab world distribution rights to </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>Salma&rsquo;s Home</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, written and directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film will have its world premiere at </span><strong>Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival 2022, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA, in April.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>Salma&rsquo;s Home</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set in Jordan, revolves around three women with distinct personalities. </span><strong>SALMA (Juliet Awad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running an un profitable home-based bakery, her daughter </span><strong>FARAH (Sameera Asir)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a young working mother with marital problems. Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma&rsquo;s ex-husband. The funeral takes place at his current wife&rsquo;s house, </span><strong>LAMIA (Rania Kurdi), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with building her brand online. After the funeral, shocking facts come to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I feel incredibly honored to have had the chance to collaborate with amazing actors who have inspired me for such a long time. This film is the sum of the hard work and passion of creative Arab women telling their stories for themselves, it\'s organic and genuine, I\'m grateful for it,\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stated </span><strong>Hanadi Eleyan</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hanadi Elyan,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars Jordanian actresses; </span><strong>Juliet Awad (Salma) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a veteran actor who is recognized as one of the most established actors in the country</span><strong>, Rania Kurdi</strong> <strong>(Lamia)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known for her role in </span><strong>El Hasa El Sabaa (The Seventh Sense), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returns to cinema </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after many successful years working in TV and music industry,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with </span><strong>Sameera Asir (Farah) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who made her acting debut in the film </span><strong>Degrade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was selected for Cannes Film Festival, round off the main cast</span><strong>. Suad Bushnaq </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">composed the music for the film while</span><strong> Nathan Bennett </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Reel LA Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) produced the film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer/ director</span><strong> Hanadi Elyan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective. </span><strong>Hanadi\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s films competed in film festivals around the world. She started her film career in Jordan, then she moved to Dubai and established </span><strong>Reel Arab Productions.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full ride scholarship, where she earned her </span><strong>MFA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Film Production / Directing</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from</span><strong> UCLA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Based in Boston, Massachusetts,</span><strong> Hanadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> currently serves as</span><strong> Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Emerson College</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She has previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including</span><strong> Jordan Film Fund, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial award, Special Jury award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Tangiers Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Mariam\'s Chance, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The UCLA Directors Spotlight Award.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is represented by </span><strong>Lee Goldberg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>APA</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Nathan Bennett</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a film and TV producer. He started his production company </span><strong>Reel Arab Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and began working on projects for the Middle East&rsquo;s largest broadcaster </span><strong>MBC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Dubai. His company worked on over 150 TV episodes and segments for MBC. Nathan moved to Los Angeles and rebranded his company to </span><strong>Reel LA Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and has been focusing on narrative film production.</span>', '610375361');
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(248, '', 'Najwa Najjar’s Between Heaven and Earth Screens at Cinemana in Nazareth on Friday, April 1st ', '2022-03-30', 'BHAE-poster-ARABIC.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award-winning feature film </span><strong>Between Heaven and Earth</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2011726360297.php\"><strong>Najwa Najjar</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will screen at&nbsp; </span><strong>Cinemana cultural center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Nazareth city on Friday, April 1st, at 7:30 PM, as part of a ceremony in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets will be available through link below:</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://tzkrti.com/ar/events/574\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://tzkrti.com/ar/events/574</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A thirty-something couple, Salma and Tamer, have been married for the past five years and living in the Palestinian Territory. The first time Tamer is ever given a three-day permit to cross the Israeli checkpoint, is to file for divorce in the courts in Nazareth. At the courthouse, they are confronted with a staggering discovery about the past of Tamer&rsquo;s father; a secret which sends Salma and Tamer spinning on an emotional road trip exploring the loss and betrayal of the past, and of themselves.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115244.php\"><strong>Between Heaven and Earth</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been selected to compete for the </span><strong>Golden Globe Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>European Film Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film has garnered several awards at international festivals, including the </span><strong>Naguib Mahfouz Award for Best Screenplay</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, during the last edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and&nbsp; </span><strong>Best Feature Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Boston Palestine Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Written and directed by Palestinian filmmaker </span><strong>Najwa Najjar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film is produced by </span><strong>Ustura Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in co-production with </span><strong>Paul Thiltges Distributions (Luxembourg)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Oktober Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Iceland). </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s Arab world distribution. In Jordan, it&rsquo;s distributed as part of a collaboration between MAD Solutions and Arab Media Network (Abu-</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lughod Studios).</span>', '145128072'),
(249, '', 'Ely Dagher’s The Sea Ahead Releases at Cinema Akil, UAE ', '2022-04-05', 'cinema-akil-sea-a-head.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film &lsquo;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo;&nbsp; has just been commercially released at </span><strong>Cinema Akil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Dubai; as part of the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film&rsquo;s screenings around the Arab world. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The premiere was held on Sunday night, April 3, at </span><strong>Cinema Akil,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director and a slew of members of the press and media personas of different nationalities. Following the screening, the audience interacted with director </span><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during a Q&amp;A discussion.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To book the tickets, head to: </span><a href=\"https://www.cinemaakil.com/now-showing-booking/34/The-Sea-Ahead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.cinemaakil.com/now-showing-booking/34/The-Sea-Ahead</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has gained critical acclaim on both the Arab and international levels, with Middle East Eye\'s Joseph Fahim describing it as, &ldquo;The Sea Ahead remains one of the most striking Arab debuts of the year.&rdquo; while </span><strong>Cineuropa writer Kaleem Aftab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing the film as saying, &ldquo;It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us on a cinematic journey that echoes work by Michelangelo Antonioni and his view of depression.&rdquo; Moreover, </span><strong>Chafic Tabbara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al-Akhbar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described the film as, &ldquo;With its marvelous scriptwriting, visuals and sounds, Ely Dagher&rsquo;s work managed to capture us.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Akil is an independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to the audiences in the UAE. Through showcasing timeless film and outstanding examples of cinematic history, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and the cinematic arts.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; landed its world premiere at the 74th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, </span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Ely Dagher&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first feature film who previously won the </span><strong>Palme d&rsquo;Or</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for a short film, making him the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; has garnered multiple awards throughout its development including </span><strong>Best Film in Post-production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Final Cut In Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop; </span><strong>CineGouna</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform&rsquo;s award for best project in development phase; and a financial award from </span><strong>Drosos Foundation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to grants from </span><strong>AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely Dagher,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lsquo;</span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; is his first feature debut</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Manal Issa, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Andolfi Production (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Beachside,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut based </span><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction.</span>', '1171408072'),
(250, 'Reaping the Gold and Silver Awards', 'Short Film 18/11 Wins 2 Prizes at One Earth Awards', '2022-04-11', '18-11-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of 3000 films submitted to the festival, Short Film </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the </span><strong>Gold Award for Best Student Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Silver Award for Best Short Film- Fiction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at the 6th edition of </span><strong>One Earth Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its world premiere at the </span><strong>African Film Festival Atlanta</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previously joined </span><strong>Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>International Short and Independent Film Festival, Dhaka </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Bangladesh, and </span><strong>Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a story of a woman with a sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115300.php\"><strong>18/11</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/149449920657.php\"><strong>Medhat Maged</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Faculty of Engineering then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He has worked as an assistant director in several commercial projects.</span>', '1719453348'),
(251, '8 Features and 3 Shorts from across 5 Arab Countries', 'MAD Solutions Sends 11 Films to Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden', '2022-04-13', 'Films-to-Malmo-Arab-Film-Festival-in-Sweden.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will join the 12th edition of </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden (May 4th -9th) with 11 films off its distribution list, divided into 8 feature films and 3 short films. Among these films is </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and starring </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is selected as the opening film for the festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing as a unique platform for the Nordic and Arab film industries, </span><strong>MAFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to screen films from different Arab countries for the foreign communities residing in Sweden that include almost 175 nationalities. The festival attracts thousands of filmmakers annually, including directors, actors, producers, and film enthusiasts from around the world. This year&rsquo;s edition features 56 films (31 features &amp; 25 shorts), produced by 14 Arab countries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Feature Film Competition shall witness the screening of Jordanian film </span><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, written and directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"> <strong>Bassel Ghandour,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tunisian film </span><strong>Streams </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Moroccan films </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as Algerian film </span><strong>Soula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><strong>Salah Issaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, the Short Film Competition will feature Jordanian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115332.php\"><strong>Arnoos</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/285656107940.php\"><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the two Palestinian films </span><strong>By the Sea </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><strong>Wisam Al Jafari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Lovesick in the West Bank </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two Tunisian films </span><strong>I&rsquo;ll go to Hell </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Ismahane Lahmar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Communion </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall also join the </span><strong>Arabian Nights </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won&rsquo;t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don&rsquo;t go as planned.</span>\r<br/><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi,, Nadira Omran, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-produced by </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (France) handles international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><br /><br />\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three b</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Streams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, </span><strong>she</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is searching for her missing son </span><strong>Moumen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During her journey, </span><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>Streams</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and features music composer </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;The film is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia), in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative in </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka&nbsp;</span><strong>Kulshi Makoo&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp;&nbsp;It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;&nbsp; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril.&nbsp;Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer&rsquo;s block, triggered by such </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non verbale v</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iolence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast includes </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as Sara), </span><strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Al Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The crew includes </span><strong>Production &amp; Custom Designer</strong> <strong>Rayah Aasee, Assistant Director Haidar Hakim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Slemani), </span><strong>Assistant Director Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad</span><strong>). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by </span><strong>Ehsan Al Imam </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khayam Al Lami.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production was initially developed by&nbsp;</span><strong>Oxymoron Films&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(UK) and&nbsp;</span><strong>Linked Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(Kuwait) and made in co production with its other main producers&nbsp;</span><strong>Les Contes Modernes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(France) and&nbsp;</span><strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(Germany).&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, </span><strong>Fouad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the only employee at the local post office. When he suffers from a neurological disease, his life changes and a new story begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow and memories. While Fouad is dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sayed El Alami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jalal Quarrioua</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><br /><br />\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Communion:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the lockdown, </span><strong>Sarra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> works from home in the humanitarian sector, helping people in distress during the Covid-19 crisis. Her husband Kais, psychotic, finds himself without medication, out of stock. Then begins the downfall to hell.&nbsp; Meanwhile nature regains its rights, and the air becomes purer and more breathable...</span>\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115325.php\"><strong>Communion</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who also co-stars in the film alongside </span><strong>Souhir Ben Amara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Imed Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nejib Belkadhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world</span>\r<br/><br /><br />\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>I&rsquo;ll Go to Hell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn&rsquo;t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms. However, her family opposes her wishes.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by Ismahane Lahmar, who also stars in it along with Rashid Abdelhamid, Fatma Ben Saidane, and Slym Achour. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Lovesick in the West Bank</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115336.php\"><strong>Lovesick in the West Bank</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is produced by </span><strong>Mais Salman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Nomadic Film House</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and features a stellar Arab cast, including </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nisreen Faour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Laith Zuaiter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nabil Koni</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a normal day at a shopping square in Amman,</span><strong> Sami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, along with </span><strong>Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the 15-year-old street-smart hustler and corn seller are ready to execute their plan and steal a surprise gift in order to impress </span><strong>Sami&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> girlfriend; unaware of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.</span>\r<br/><strong>Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Al Omari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ziad Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fadi Haddadin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammed Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sierra Bravo Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is distributed across the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>By the Sea</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tries to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday while he is being chased by Israeli soldiers. Due to Covid-19 containment, it is really difficult for </span><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake. Will </span><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be able to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday with him in their secret place?</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Wisam Al Jafari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>By the Sea </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Yasmin Shalaldeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ward Al Kurdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Emile Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution.</span>', '1712398631'),
(252, '', 'The Sea Ahead Screens at Gabes Cinema Fen, Tunisia, on Wednesday ', '2022-05-08', 'the-sea-ahmead-final-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screens at the 4th edition of</span><strong> Gabes Cinema Fen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia on Wednesday, May 11 at 2:00 PM, Tunisia time (GMT+1), at </span><strong>L&rsquo;agora Salle de Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It competes within the official feature films competition.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><strong>Gabes Cinema Fen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an emerging and independent film festival for author&rsquo;s cinema. It strives to re-communicate with the world and end the state of cultural isolation. It celebrates art beyond restrictions.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia marks the fourth Arab country that the film screens in. It first screened in Egypt at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in Saudi Arabia at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it was commercially released at </span><strong>Cinema Akil </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the UAE on April 3rd and for or a month.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><strong>The Sea Ahead,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at the 74th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, </span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Ely Dagher&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first feature film who previously won the </span><strong>Palme d&rsquo;Or</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for a short film, making him the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;The Sea Ahead,&rsquo; has garnered multiple awards throughout its development including </span><strong>Best Film in Post-production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Final Cut In Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop; </span><strong>CineGouna</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform&rsquo;s award for best project in development phase; and a financial award from </span><strong>Drosos Foundation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to grants from </span><strong>AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among others.</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely Dagher,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lsquo;</span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; is his first feature debut</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Manal Issa, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Andolfi Production (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Beachside,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut based </span><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction.</span>', '1371153215'),
(253, 'As part of Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan in Morocco…', 'The Screening of A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE, RAILSWAY MEN, and AYA at the Cultural Center in Tetouan', '2022-05-12', 'mad-films2352.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions will screen three Tunisian films as part of Tunisian Film Days program </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Les Journ&eacute;es Du Cin&eacute;ma Tunisien)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is held in collaboration between the association \"Friends of Tetouan Cinema\" (FTC), Tunisian Embassy in Morocco, and MAD Solutions, which will take place on May 12, 13, and 14.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three films are</span> <a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leyla Bouzid</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE, Erige Sehiri\'s documentary film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115161.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAILWAY MEN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../directors/2671573084246.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moufida Fedhila</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s short film AYA, among a diverse selection of Tunisian films scheduled to be shown to create an environment conducive to the interchange of ideas and different cinematic approaches. The screenings will be held at the Cultural Center in Tetouan (Maison de la culture).</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film RAILWAY MEN will be shown on Friday, May 13th at 3:00 pm Tunisian time (+1 GMT), followed by the screening of</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115311.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AYA</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at 4:30 pm the same day, and</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at 7 pm on Saturday, May 14th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>A Tale Of Love And Desire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leyla Bouzid</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and follows the storyline of Ahmed, a French teenager of Algerian origin, meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire for Farah.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Railway Men:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Railway Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a road movie that draws a portrait of Tunisian railway men and women. Driving the old locomotive, the protagonists of the Railway Men defend their own choices despite the risks. By denouncing incompetence and corruption, this film celebrates dignity, hope, and resilience.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>AYA:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s plot follows a seven-year-old Aya, a young smart girl who lives in Tunis with her Salafist parents. One day, an unforeseen event disrupts the rhythm of the life of this family.</span>', '1904179921'),
(254, 'Competing at Directors’ Fortnight', 'Under The Fig Trees Lands World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival', '2022-05-16', 'Under The Fig Tress.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian feature film Under The Fig Trees, directed by Erige Sehiri, shall land its world premiere at the 75th Cannes Film Festival (May 17th - May 28th). The film is expected to screen as part of the Directors\' Fortnight section, which brings together 23 films from around the world, 3 of which are Arab films.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under The Fig Trees marks the feature debut of director Erige Sehiri, whose works also include the award-winning film Railway Men. The film project previously won the MAD Solutions and El Gouna Film Festival awards at the Final Cut in Venice workshop, as well as post-production prize at the Marrakech International Film Festival&rsquo;s Atlas Workshops.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the shade of trees, a strong bond flourishes between the young summer harvest workers. Between flirting, feelings of attraction and denial, a deep connection develops between the young men and women as they try to understand one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under The Fig Trees is a co-production between Tunisia (Henia Production), Switzerland (Akka Films), and France (Maneki Films). Luxbox handles the film&rsquo;s distribution globally, while MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution and marketing in the Arab region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French film director, producer and journalist who was born in France in 1982, and travelled to Canada at the age of 19 to study Business Administration, soon afterwards she dipped her toes into filmmaking. She committed herself to document and film the Tunisian life. In 2012, she directed the feature-length documentary Family Album and in 2013, she directed her short documentary My Father&rsquo;s Facebook. Since then, she dedicated herself to filming the Tunisian railways and made her first feature film, Railway Men. Moreover, she co-directed the feature-length documentary Unspeakable Crime.</span>', '403860891'),
(255, 'At Directors\' Fortnight Competition…', '5 Screenings for UNDER THE FIG TREES at Cannes Film Festival', '2022-05-18', 'Under The Fig Tress.jpg', '<strong>Ergie Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has landed its world premiere at the 75th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which kicked off May 17 and will conclude on May 28, where it will compete in </span><strong>Directors\' Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have five screenings; the first screening will be on Wednesday, May 18 at 4:30 p.m., French time (GMT +2), followed by a second screening on Saturday, May 21 at 3 p.m., and a third screening on Sunday, May 22 at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and finally 1:45 p.m.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official worldwide trailer for the film is available at the following link:</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/news/first-trailer-for-directors-fortnight-title-under-the-fig-trees-exclusive/5170587.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.screendaily.com/news/first-trailer-for-directors-fortnight-title-under-the-fig-trees-exclusive/5170587.article</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks the feature debut of director Erige Sehiri, whose works also include the award-winning film </span><strong>Railway Men.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film project previously earned the </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awards at the </span><strong>Final Cut in Venice workshop</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the post-production prize at the </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival\'s Atlas Workshops</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film revolves around</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a strong bond that flourishes between the young summer harvest workers </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the shade of trees. Between flirting, feelings of attraction and denial, a deep connection develops between the young men and women as they try to understand one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a co-production between Tunisia (Henia Production), Switzerland (Akka Films), and France (Maneki Films). Luxbox handles the film&rsquo;s distribution globally, while MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution and marketing in the Arab region.</span>', '2040691818');
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(256, 'MAD Solutions Handles the Film’s Distribution Across the Arab World', 'Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH, Starring Kinda Alloush and Samer Al Masri, Moves on to Post-Production', '2022-05-21', 'NEZOUH-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian Director </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrapped up the shooting of her most recent film </span><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is now in post-production.</span><strong> NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush, </strong></a><strong>Samer Al Masri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and young actress </span><strong>Hala Zein </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is </span><strong>Soudade&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second feature film after </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Lion of the Future. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received numerous awards at </span><strong>Cannes, Berlinale</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to name a few.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions acquired the Arab world distribution rights to the film while </strong><strong>mk2 films</strong><strong> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales. Recently, the Paris-based company co-produced the Academy Award-Nominated film </strong><strong><em>The Worst Person in the World</em></strong> <strong>by Joachim Trier</strong><strong>. </strong><strong><em>Nezouh</em></strong><strong> is distributed in France by Pyramide and is financed through BFI </strong><strong>(awarding National Lottery funding)</strong><strong>, FILM4 and Stars Collective</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>\"</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have believed in Soudade Kaadan\'s talent since we first watched her short films. Previously, we contributed to screening 3 of her films on Netflix; </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we worked on distributing her documentary film Obscure; the thing that drives</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">us to be extremely excited for her latest film </span><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially with its cast starring high-profile names, like Kinda Alloush and Samer Al Masri.\" Said Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, Co-founders of MAD Solutions, about the film and the director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of the 14-year-old </span><strong>Zeina </strong><strong>(Hala Zein).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with </span><strong>Amer</strong> <strong>(Nizar Alani)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the boy next door. When the violence escalates,</span><strong> Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s mother, </span><strong>Hala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to leave. She puts up a fight with her husband</span><strong> Motaz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Samer Al Masri) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his house.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Zajal Productions (</strong><strong>Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure). NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>, Samer Al Masri, </strong><strong>Hala Zein, Nizar Alani</strong><strong> and Darina Al Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lensed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received </span><strong>Baumi Award for script development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span><strong> Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was awarded </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfond </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award as part of </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s workshop. Also, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it received support from </span><strong>Torino Film Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Doha Film Institute.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Born in France,&nbsp;</span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;is a Syrian director who studied theatre criticism at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the&nbsp;</span><strong>Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et cin&eacute;matographiques</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(</span><strong>IESAV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon. Her film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks her feature debut. It won the </span><strong>Lion of the</strong> <strong>Future award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>jury prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>LA Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few months ago, 3 films by</span> <strong>Soudade </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were screened on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Feature film </span><strong>The Day </strong><strong>I Lost My Shadow </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the two short films;</span><strong> AZIZA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films, which nabbed dozens of international awards, shed light on the situation in Syria during the previous decade. From now, they are available for subscribers worldwide.&nbsp;</span>', '88767287'),
(257, 'Ahead of Its Release in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait ', 'A Missing Dad, Car Chases and Saba Mubarak Bursting into Tears in The Official Trailer of DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN', '2022-05-22', 'doar-main-trailer-prl.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official trailer of </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span><strong>, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has just been posted on the official Facebook page of the film ahead of its release in Saudi Arabia theatres in collaboration with Rowad Media, a production and distribution company. The film is set to release in Kuwaiti theaters as of May 26 and will release in further&nbsp; Arab countries soon.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The official trailer shows the big differences between the characters of </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their fights while searching for their missing father and finally </span><strong>Saba Mubarak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bursting into tears. The trailer also revealed car chases.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the trailer here:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film opened the Malmo</span><strong> Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. Additionally, it world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While film critic </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film in </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, &ldquo;In Arab Cinema, it is rare to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.&rdquo; Furthermore, the </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Peoduction and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pan East Media is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by Saba Mubarak and Aya Wuhoush with a main objective to create a authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1794658550'),
(258, 'Winner of Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women’s Work at Aswan International Women Film Festival', 'FROM MEIR, TO MEIR Screens at Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) in Morocco ', '2022-05-25', 'from-meir-to-meir.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115340.php\"><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1971635326696.php\"><strong>Maggie Morgan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall screen at the 22nd </span><strong>Festival du Cin&eacute;ma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco (May 28th - June 4th). The film recently landed its world premiere at Aswan International Women Film Festival, where it also won the NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women&rsquo;s Work.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director visits Meir, the village where her grandparents were born and the place they left but never forgot. When she visits Meir, now, she finds it a place where most of the inhabitants want to leave.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan, the film stars Nasser Loza, Shahira Loza, Romany Abdeltawab, and Samir El Qommos. It is produced by The Pianola, and features Zaki Aref, and Shady Fikry as DoPs, with music by Muller Hany. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan is a filmmaker, a scriptwriter, and an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She began her career with films, documentaries and shorts, including </span><strong>THE PICTURE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2002), which was shown on several Arab TV channels, </span><strong>RAYHEEN ALA FEEN (WHERE ARE WE GOING) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2007), ASHAN FARIDA (FOR FARIDA) (2012). In addition to that, she created a video on &ldquo;</span><strong>Regala Sanad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; (Supportive Men) campaign, which pulled in 2m viewers on Facebook in 2018.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan made her feature-length directorial debut </span><strong>ASHAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2013. Starred by Amina Khalil and Aly Kassem, the film received awards for Best Director and Best Editor at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden, the Special Jury Mention at </span><strong>the Festival International des Films D&rsquo;Orient in Geneva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her most recent documentary </span><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2021) world premiered at </span><strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and gained awards and wide acclaim when screened. Currently, she is working on her latest film </span><strong>LEILA AND I</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which received two awards for development at </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2019.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp;', '1684571754'),
(259, 'As Part of Its Tour across The World Festivals ', 'I’LL GO TO HELL Screens at Festival du Cinéma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) in Morocco', '2022-05-25', 'au-diable.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115323.php\"><strong>I&rsquo;LL GO TO HELL,</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;by director</span><a href=\"../directors/279974192471.php\"><strong> Ismahane Lahmar,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shall screen at the 22nd Festival du Cin&eacute;ma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK) in Morocco (May 28th - June 4th). This comes as part of the film&rsquo;s tour across the world&rsquo;s festivals that kicked off recently at </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously screened at Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, where it landed world premiere, followed by Beirut International Women Film Festival later on.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>I&rsquo;LL GO TO HELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film project has previously won a Color grading service presented by The Cell Post Production as well MAD Solutions award for distribution services in the Arab world at the 11th Malmo Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s Market Forum.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of Najet, whom the doctors say that she will die soon. Thus, she decides to take the rest of her life head-on, instead of giving in to self-pity. Najet begins to organize for her big departure, as she doesn&rsquo;t like to be buried in a white shroud and end up eaten by worms. However, her family opposes her wishes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1982 Paris, Franco-Tunisian director and screenwriter, and newly producer, </span><strong>Ismahane Lahmar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studied at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) from Paris, and obtained her master\'s degree in audiovisual production in New York. Ismahane has made short films, which have been seen at several international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, she directed a Tunisian comedy for ICFLIX, \"WOH\". In 2019, Ismahane opened her production company, Madame Prod in which she develops and supports women\'s projects. She founded \"Le cinema Au Feminin\", a unique training program that combines cinema and personal development. It is a program that trains women from disadvantaged backgrounds in the film industry on the preparation, shooting and post-production of a film.</span>', '1823870982'),
(260, 'And soon in the rest of the Arab Countries …', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Screens in Saudi and Kuwaiti Theatres ', '2022-05-27', 'Final-Poster-DOAR---K.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span><strong>,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span> <a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is commercially released in Saudi theatres, in collaboration with </span><strong>Rowad Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a production and distribution company, and in Kuwaiti theatres. It is set to release in further Arab countries soon.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will run in 23 theatres across the KSA. The theatres are </span><strong>Empire Jeddah, Empire Abha, Empire Khobar, Empire Jizan, Empire Arar, Empire Hail, Cinepolis Jeddah, Cinepolis Jizan, AMC Riyadh Gallery, AMC Hafr Albatin, VOX Al Qasr Mall, VOX Hail Square, VOX Riyadh Front, VOX Riyadh Park, Muvi Nakheel Riyadh, Muvi Salam Mall Riyadh, Muvi Riyadh Boulevard, Muvi Unaizah Boulevard, Muvi Aziz Mall, Muvi Mall of Arabia, Muvi Yasmin Mall Jeddah,Muvi City Walk Taif </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Muvi Mujan Park Abha.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, it will run </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 5 Kuwaiti theatres, which are</span> <strong>Cinescape 360, Cinescape Avenues, Cinescape Assima, Cinescape Al- Fanar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> 1954 Film House.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In parallel with the film&rsquo;s screening, the official character posters, which reveal the unique features of each of the film&rsquo;s leading actresses, are released.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s official trailer was uploaded on Facebook and Instagram. To watch it, click the following link</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/</span></a>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cdq8SYgldS1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cdq8SYgldS1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the opening film at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. Additionally, it world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While film critic </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film in </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, &ldquo;In Arab Cinema, it is rare to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.&rdquo; Furthermore, the </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span></a><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with an aim to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management, and entertainment production. Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '543246297'),
(261, 'Along with its commercial debut in Jordan and Saudi Arabia', 'Mystery and crime dominate the teaser trailer of THE ALLEYS', '2022-05-30', 'The-alleys-poster.jpg', 'Ahead of its commercial release in 2 Arab countries on June 9, the official Facebook page of THE ALLEYS, directed by <a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\">Bassel Ghandour</a> has posted the teaser trailer of the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is scheduled to be released in Jordan through Arab Media Network, and in Saudi Arabia through Rowad Media, a production and distribution company.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The mood of crime and mystery dominated the teaser, which included the majority of the film\'s heroes, as the teaser featured the usage of knives, firearms, manhunts, and romantic relationships.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Watch the trailer here:\r<br/>Facebook: <a href=\"https://fb.watch/dkFYT9GLT9/\">https://fb.watch/dkFYT9GLT9/</a>\r<br/>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/CeMCk8NFPww/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\">https://www.instagram.com/tv/CeMCk8NFPww/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</a>\r<br/>YouTube: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/79UzoaSKblY\">https://youtu.be/79UzoaSKblY</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film garnered the <strong>Audience award and Special Mention at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden </strong>and the <strong>Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay. </strong>The <strong>ALLEYS</strong> was nominated for four awards at the Critics Awards for Arab Films presented by Arab Cinema Center on the sidelines of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> gained wide acclaim during its screenings at dozens of international festivals across Europe&rsquo;s most significant cities including, the <strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam </strong>and <strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong>. Moreover, the film had its Arab world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, while it had its world premiere at <strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong>&rsquo;s <strong>Piazza Grande competition</strong>, making it the first Jordanian feature film to be selected in the history of the prestigious festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is also worth mentioning that the film received a fair share of acclaim by critics and international websites including, &lsquo;<strong>Screen Daily,</strong>&rsquo; &lsquo;Backseat Mafia,&rsquo; and the well-known American magazine &lsquo;PopMatters,&rsquo; as well as the British website &lsquo;The Upcoming,&rsquo; and the Swiss newspaper &lsquo;Corriere Del Ticino,&rsquo; among others, where all of them described it as &ldquo;Fascinating,&rdquo; &ldquo;Impressive,&rdquo; &rdquo;Epic,&rdquo; &ldquo;Exciting,&rdquo; and &ldquo; Quite memorable.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s plot takes place in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, where a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her merciless mother won&rsquo;t have it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all... things don&rsquo;t go as planned.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film project of <strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> received the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czechia. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and received support from The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and the Red Sea Film Festival (KSA). During the development phase, the film was aided by EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection, and The Sorfond Pitching Forum, which is organized by The Norwegian South Film Fund.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> is written and directed by Bassel Ghandour and stars Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, and Nadim Rimawi. The film is produced by Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), and co-produced by Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad). MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) handles the international sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director Bassel Ghandour co-wrote and produced Theeb, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at both the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs. It also won the BAFTA award for Outstanding British Debut in 2016. The ALLEYS is his directorial debut, as well as his first screenplay.', '177776744'),
(262, 'THE ANGER | CORPUS CHRISTI | NOOR', 'MAD Solutions Joins Yasmine Hammamet  International Film Festival in Tunisia With 3 Films', '2022-05-31', 'mad-films-on-tunes.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is set to join the inaugural edition of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasmine Hammamet International Film Festival in Tunisia, which will take place from&nbsp; 4 to 11 June, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three films</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; The films are</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ANGER</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><strong>Maria Ivanova Z</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be screened in the presence of the director, CORPUS CHRISTI by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2341553873197.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan Komasa</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and NOOR by </span><a href=\"../directors/2321310863345.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rim Nakhli</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About THE ANGER:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot of the film follows Ida, a young Lebanese girl, who flees her small village and her alcoholic mother in post-war Lebanon and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ANGER</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has previously landed its world premiere at Carthage Film Festival (JCC) and was featured at Beirut International Women Film Festival (BWFF) and San Diego Arab Film Festival. It is directed by Maria Ivanova Z., who co-wrote it with Olga Artemyeva, and stars Manal Issa, Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade, Houssam Sabbah, and Julia Kassar. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region and world-wide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About </strong><strong>&nbsp;CORPUS CHRISTI:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Polish film CORPUS CHRISTI was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature. It won over 50 awards at international film festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, Polish International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, and the Polish Film Festival in America. Furthermore, the film was one of the three films nominated for the Arab Critics&rsquo; Awards for European Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s plot follows&nbsp; 20-year-old Daniel </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who experiences a spiritual transformation while living in a Youth Detention Center. Though his crime denies him the opportunity to officially learn to serve as clergy, he pursues his dream by dressing as a priest and ministering a small-town parish.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Jan Komasa and written by Mateusz Pacewicz, CORPUS CHRISTI stars Tomasz Zietek, Leszek Lichota, Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, and Barbara Kurzaj. The film is produced by Aurum Film, WFS Walter Film Studio, Canal+ Poland, Podkapracki Region Fund and Les Contes Modernes. It was co-financed by Polish Film Institute and CNC Cinemas Du Monde &ndash; Institut Francais. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About NOOR:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nour and Adem set off in search of their father, who they have not seen for a long time. Eager to meet their father, they cross the city to reach the meeting place, but he doesn&rsquo;t show up.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously landing its world premiere at Locarno Festival, Noor also was selected at a number of festivals, including Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and Zurich Film Festival, and Carthage Film Festival. Written and directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2321310863345.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rim Nakhli</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by Inside Productions (Moncef Taleb), </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115276.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noor</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars Nour El Houda Habbessi and Ayoub Behi. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region.</span>', '500741949');
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(263, 'Wahed Tany | Barra El Manhag | A Tale Of Love And Desire | The Allyes | Life Suits Me Well| Daughters Of Abdul-rahman | Our River...our Sky | Neighbors | Al-sit', 'MAD Solutions Joins Arab Film Festival Rotterdam with 9 Films', '2022-06-07', 'mad-films-at-rotterdam.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions shall join the next edition of Arab Film Festival Rotterdam (June 15</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) with 9 Films, including 7 films off its distribution list;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"> <strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leyla Bouzid</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"> <strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by writer-director</span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bassel Ghandour</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"> <strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zaid Abu Hamdan</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&nbsp; </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>OUR RIVER...OUR SKY</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maysoon Pachachi,</span></a><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"> <strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>NEIGHBORS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mano Khalil, and the short film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"> <strong>AL-SIT</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzannah Mirghani</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes in addition to two other films MAD Solutions sends off its list of marketing ond promotion films. These films are WAHED TANY, directed by Mohammed Shaker Khudair and starring superstar Ahmed Helmy, and BARRA EL MANHAG, directed by Amr Salama and starring the great actor Maged El Kedwany.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>WAHED TANY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Mostafa, a social worker in one of the prisons, who resorts to a bizarre invention to get back his passion in life, after meeting his colleagues and feeling the least successful among them.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Alongside Ahmed Helmy, the film stars Ruby, Ahmed Malek, Mahmoud Hafez, Amr Abdelgeleil, Nisrine Amin, and Nour Ehab among others. Directed by Mohammed Shaker Khudair, WAHED TANY is written by Haitham Dabbour and produced by Synergy Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Screening Times: Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 8:15 PM Rotterdam time (GMT +2).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>BARRA EL MANHAG</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barra El Manhag is a light-hearted drama about Nour, a 13-year-old orphan boy. As all the boys are afraid of the haunted house right in front of the school, he\'s encouraged to go into the house to gain their respect, only to find an old man living there, hiding from the world. A friendship and apprenticeship evolve between the boy and the old man, leading to a journey of self-discovery for both of them.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The film stars </span><strong>Maged El Kedwany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the child </span><strong>Omar Sharif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and features </span><strong>Ruby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Asma Abulyazeid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Khaled Saleh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Donia Maher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as guest stars. Featuring DOP </span><strong>Ahmed Beshary (Chico),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film is directed by </span><strong>Amr Salama</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who wrote the story of the film and co-wrote the script alongside </span><strong>Khaled Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El-akkad), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and distributed locally by </span><strong>Dollar Film, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and across the Arabian Gulf region by</span><strong> Orient Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and promotion.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Screening Times: Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 11:15 AM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Ahmed, an 18-year-old French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lia Petit. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while</span><strong> Pyramide International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Thursday, June 16</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 9:45 PM / Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 4:45 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>THE ALLEYS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi),</strong> <strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by</span><strong> Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France) handles the international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 4:45 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"> <strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Saturday, June 18</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 8:45 PM / Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 1:15 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative in</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"> <strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka </span><strong>Kulshi Makoo </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp; It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;&nbsp; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer&rsquo;s block, triggered by such non verbale violence.&nbsp; Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast includes </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as Sara), </span><strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Al Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Friday, June 17</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 2:15 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, </span><strong>Fouad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the only employee at the local post office. When he suffers from a neurological disease, his life changes and a new story begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow and memories. While Fouad is dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"> <strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sayed El Alami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jalal Quarrioua</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Saturday, June 18</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 6:45 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>NEIGHBORS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s, during the rule of Hafez al-Assad: a six-year-old Kurdish boy, Sero, experiences his first year in an Arabic school and must deal with how his small world is radically changing through absurd nationalism. Written and directed by Mano Khalil, NEIGHBORS stars Serhed Khalil, Jalal Altawil, Jay Abdo, and Samer al-Masry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Sunday, June 19</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at 2:00 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>AL-SIT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a cotton-plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However, Nafisa&rsquo;s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa&rsquo;s future. Will Nafisa be able to choose for herself?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Sit is written and directed by </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-produced it along with </span><strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Mihad Murtada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi, Alsir Mahjoub </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Haram Basher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening Times: Saturday, June 18th, at 12:15 PM.</span>', '337109478'),
(264, 'The film that grabbed the Jury award of The National Egyptian Film Festival', 'FROM MEIR, TO MEIR sets the Mood at Cairo Cinema Days', '2022-06-12', 'IMG-20220531-WA0021.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115340.php\"><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director</span> <a href=\"../directors/1971635326696.php\"><strong>Maggie Morgan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a two full house screenings at </span><strong>Cairo Cinema Days\' fifth edition. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received a lot of engagement from the audience throughout its runtime, until the majority of the crowd burst into tears at the finale, creating quite an emotional atmosphere during Cairo Cinema Days.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth mentioning that </span><strong>Maggie Morgan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s film was awarded the Jury Prize in the Long Documentary Competition at the National Egyptian Film Festival on Monday 30, 2022.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was praised by critic Mahmoud Abdel Shakour, describing it as \"A magnificent film; if I were in charge of a satellite channel, I would acquire the right to display this influential picture instantly to be watched by all Egyptians.\" While Azza Sultan described the film through her article in Elfan website saying, &ldquo;Through her research for her family\'s heritage, Maggie Morgan created a film that audiences can relate to even if they don\'t belong to Meir.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it also won the </span><strong>NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women&rsquo;s Work</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, the film will be featured at</span><strong> the 22nd Festival du Cin&eacute;ma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in Morocco</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director visits Meir, the village where her grandparents were born and the place they left but never forgot. When she visits Meir, now, she finds it a place where most of the inhabitants want to leave.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan, the film stars </span><strong>Nasser Loza, Shahira Loza, Romany Abdeltawab, and Samir El Qommos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by</span><strong> The Pianola</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and features </span><strong>Zaki Aref</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Shady Fikry as DoPs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with music by Muller Hany. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan is a filmmaker, a scriptwriter, and an adjunct professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She began her career with films, documentaries, and shorts, including THE PICTURE (2002), which was shown on several Arab TV channels, RAYHEEN ALA FEEN (WHERE ARE WE GOING) (2007), ASHAN FARIDA (FOR FARIDA) (2012). In addition to that, she created a video for &ldquo;Regala Sanad&rdquo; (Supportive Men) campaign, which pulled in 2m viewers on Facebook in 2018.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan made her feature-length directorial debut ASHAM in 2013. Starred by Amina Khalil and Aly Kassem, the film received awards for Best Director and Best Editor at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, the Special Jury Mention at the Festival International des Films D&rsquo;Orient in Geneva, among others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her most recent documentary FROM MEIR, TO MEIR (2021) world premiered at Aswan International Women Film Festival and gained awards and wide acclaim when screened. Currently, she is working on her latest film LEILA AND I, which received two awards for development at Cairo Film Connection in 2019.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1328605539'),
(265, 'In 25 movie Theaters ', 'THE ALLEYS Commercially Releases in Saudi and Jordanian Cinemas ', '2022-06-12', 'The-alleys-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php#:~:text=In%20a%20gossip%2Dridden%2C%20violent,don\'t%20go%20as%20planned.\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php#:~:text=In%20a%20gossip%2Dridden%2C%20violent,don\'t%20go%20as%20planned.\">,</a> directed by <a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour,</strong></a> commercially releases in Jordan by <strong>Arab Media Network</strong> and in Saudi Arabia by <strong>Rowad Media,</strong> a production and distribution firm, as of June 9.\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;The film will run in the following 21 theatres across the KSA:&nbsp; <strong>Cinepolis Jameah Mall Jeddah, Cinepolis Al Hokair Time Mall Jazan, Empire Abha, Empire Al Khobar Cinema, Empire Andalus Mall Jeddah, Empire Grand Hail Cinema, Empire Jazan, Empire Arar, MUVI Al Ahsa Cinema, MUVI Al Haifa Cinema Jeddah, MUVI Aziz Mall Cinema Jeddah, Muvi Boulevard Cinema Riyadh, MUVI Cinema Mall of Arabia Jeddah, MUVI Mall Of Dhahran, Muvi Mujan Cinema Khamis Mushait, MUVI Nakheel Mall Riyadh, Muvi Taif City Walk Taif, MUVI The View Mall Riyadh,&nbsp; MUVI U Walk Cinema Riyadh,&nbsp; Muvi Yasmin Mall Jeddah </strong>and <strong>VOX Al Qasr Mall Riyadh. </strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On a parallel note, <strong>THE ALLEYS </strong>&nbsp;will also screen in Jordan, in the following theatres: <strong>Grand Cinemas (City Mall) </strong>at 6:15pm, 8:30pm, 10:45pm, <strong>Prime Cinemas (Abdalli Mall)</strong> at 7pm, <strong>Prime Cinemas (Baraka Mall)</strong> at 6:15pm and <strong>Taj Cinemas (Taj Mall)</strong> at 3:15pm, 5:30pm, 7:45pm, 10:15pm (GMT +3).\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>The film just received the <strong>Audience Award</strong> and <strong>Special Mention</strong> at Sweden\'s <strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong>, as well as the <strong>Grand Prix du Jury </strong>at the <strong>Annonay Film Festival, </strong>France. <strong>The ALLEYS </strong>was nominated for four <strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films</strong>, which were presented by <strong>Arab Cinema Center</strong> on the fringes of the 75th <strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> was a critical success at dozens of international film festivals across Europe, including the <strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam </strong>and the<strong> BFI London Film Festival.</strong> The film also had its Arab global debut at the <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong> as well as its world premiere at the<strong> Locarno Film Festival\'s Piazza Grande </strong>competition, when it became the festival\'s first Jordanian feature film to be selected.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is also worth noting that the film was widely praised by critics and international websites such as \'<strong>Screen Daily</strong>,\' \'<strong>Backseat Mafia</strong>,\' and the well-known American magazine \'<strong>PopMatters</strong>,\' as well as the British website \'The <strong>Upcoming</strong>,\' and the Swiss newspaper \'<strong>Corriere Del Ticino,</strong>\' among others.&nbsp; &ldquo; In his latest film <strong>THE ALLEYS, Bassel Ghandour</strong> emphasizes his high abilty to apply what he learnt from watching interational and arab films. It looks like he studied well to get the highest score,&rdquo; wrote <strong>Ola Al Sheikh</strong> in <strong>Raseef 22.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film project of <strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> received the Works in <strong>Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises</strong> program at th<strong>e Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong>, Czechia. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the <strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong>, the co-financing platform of the <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong> and received support from <strong>The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute</strong> (Qatar), and the <strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong> (KSA). During the development phase, the film was aided by<strong> EAVE</strong> Producers Workshop, <strong>Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection,</strong> and <strong>The Sorfond Pitching Forum, </strong>which is organized by The <strong>Norwegian South Film Fund.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> is written and directed by<strong> Bassel Ghandour</strong> and stars E<strong>mad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran</strong>, and <strong>Nadim Rimawi</strong>. The film is produced by <strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi)</strong>, T<strong>he Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser)</strong>, and co-produced by <strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad)</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions handles </strong>the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while <strong>Elle Driver</strong> (France) handles the international sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director <strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong>co-wrote and produced <strong>Theeb,</strong> which was nominated for <strong>Best Foreign Language Film</strong> at both the <strong>Academy Awards</strong> and the <strong>BAFTAs</strong>. It also won the <strong>BAFTA award </strong>for <strong>Outstanding British Debut </strong>in 2016. The ALLEYS is his directorial debut, as well as his first screenplay.', '760043659'),
(266, 'As Part of its Global Tour ', 'Space Woman Screens at Abu Dhabi’s Alternative Film Festival (CINEMAS)', '2022-06-12', 'Space-Woman_poster_MAD.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film</span><strong> Space Woman,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Hadi Moussally, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screens at the 4th edition of</span><strong> The Alternative Film Festival (CINEMAS) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Thursday, June 9, at 9:00 PM Abu Dhabi Time (GMT+4).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 4th edition of</span><strong> The Alternative Film Festival (CINEMAS) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features a wide range of films and themes spanning over 8 days including post screening discussions with directors and speakers from the film community.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Space Woman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at </span><strong>LA Shorts International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is accredited by </span><strong>the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &amp; Sciences, and landed its Arab world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it screened at</span><strong> San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hadi Moussally, Space Woman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Maha Abas, Sana Bakri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> May Moussally</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is distributed across the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Tripoli, North Lebanon. At 64, Maha has just retired from teaching. This new life puts her in the face of her loneliness as a divorced woman and leads her to wonder: had she not always dreamed of being an astronaut? and what if she lets herself drift to this promise of escape?</span>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Hadi Moussally</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Lebanese film director who received his master&rsquo;s degree from Paris-Est Marne la Vall&eacute;e University. He directed several experimental films, some of which received various distinctions in international festivals. In 2014, he made his first documentary inspired by the life of his grandmother. In 2018, </span><strong>Moussally </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completed an experimental project on Albinism </span><strong>\"Positive\"</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the film&rsquo;s photos have been exhibited at the </span><strong>UNESCO, the City Hall of Paris,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beirut Art Fair</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Moussally</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> founded the production unit </span><strong>h7o7</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the aim to enable the making and promotion of films and photos where he privileged the mixture of genres between experimental, documentary, fashion and fiction. His films have been awarded worldwide and have received more than 25 awards and 200 selections in international festivals. In 2020, he founded the collective &ldquo;</span><strong>Hybrid Wave</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; with around 30 hybrid artists from around the world.</span>', '1284149033'),
(267, 'The First Jordanian Film in the Festival’s History ', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Competes at FEST – New Directors /New Films Festival, Portugal ', '2022-06-13', 'Final-Poster-DOAR---K.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span><strong>, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will compete for </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Golden Lynx Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Best Fiction feature film as well as the </span><strong>CinEuropa Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Best Feature Film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 18th edition of </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival, Portugal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( June 20-27). </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAIN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first Jordanian film to join the festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film has been commercially released into Saudi, and Kuwaiti theaters. Additionally, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While</span><strong> Ali Al Kashouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al Youm 7 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film this way, \" A film that combines the freshness of director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s early works with the mature acting performance of </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s and her sisters&hellip; every story can be turned into a feature film.&rdquo; Furthermore,</span><strong> Milad Hana Zaki </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>Al Masry Al Youm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying&nbsp; \"The leading actress&rsquo;s cry came to reflect Arab women&rsquo;s situation regarding equal rights &rdquo; .</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Peoduction and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '388780300'),
(268, 'As Part of its Global Tour', 'BLACK MEDUSA  Joins Cairo Cinema Days ', '2022-06-14', 'BLACK_MEDUSA_PICTURE-01.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115302.php\"><strong>BLACK MEDUSA</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by</span><a href=\"../directors/258814377988.php\"> <strong>Isma&euml;l Chebbi, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;will screen at the 5th edition of </span><strong>Cairo Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Monday, June 13 at 10:00 PM.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had a successful screening last Friday, June 10, at</span><strong> Cairo Cinema Days.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BLACK MEDUSA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">landed its world premiere at </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival; </strong><strong>Arab Film Days, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Norway; </span><strong>International Fantastic Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porto Allegre and</span><strong> Moscow International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Russia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today&rsquo;s Tunis, 25 year old </span><strong>Nada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is hearing impaired young woman who leads a double life:&nbsp; lonely and boring during the day, violent and extreme during the night. This highly ritualized life is going to shatter the day she falls in love with an old knife, while Nora, her colleague, falls in love with her. The film is inspired by the Medusa myth at the age of #MeToo movement.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and edited by </span><strong>Ismael Chebbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote the film with his brother </span><strong>Youssef Chebbi, </strong><strong>BLACK MEDUSA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Nour Hajri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Rym Hayouni</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Aymen Ben Hmida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aymen Mejri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by </span><strong>Utopia films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/258814377988.php\"><strong>Isma&euml;l Chebbi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a multitalented filmmaker, visual artist and writer. He directed the feature documentary </span><strong>Babylon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that won </span><strong>Grand Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>International Film Festival Marseille</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the short narrative </span><strong>Leila&rsquo;s Blues</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that premiered at the </span><strong>Cannes Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2018. Also, he produced the feature narrative </span><strong>The last of us</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which nabbed </span><strong>Lion of the Future</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>', '1142410535');
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(269, 'In parallel with its commercial release in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Features at The Lebanese Film Festival in Canada', '2022-06-14', 'Final-Poster-DOAR---K.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Jordanian feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has screened in the sixth round of the</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival in Canada (LFFC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which takes place from June 11 to 17, in Montreal, Canada. The film will be screened at Concordia University on Thursday at 7 p.m., followed by a panel discussion.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This coincides with the film\'s commercial release in Saudi theaters, in collaboration with </span><strong>Rowad Media, a production and distribution company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in Kuwaiti theaters as well. It is set to be released in further Arab countries soon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s official trailer was recently released on Facebook and Instagram. To watch it, click the following links</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://fb.watch/d491rd5js0/</span></a>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cdq8SYgldS1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cdq8SYgldS1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the opening film at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. Additionally, it landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. In The Film Verdict, </span><strong>Jay Weissberg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stated, &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces.&rdquo;&nbsp; While film critic </span><strong>Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film in </span><strong>ElWatan News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, &ldquo;In Arab Cinema, it is rare to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.&rdquo; Furthermore, the </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span></a><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with an aim to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management, and entertainment production. Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '310179871'),
(270, 'A Private Screening at Taj Mall in the Presence of Critics and members of the Press', 'THE ALLEYS Continues Screening in Jordan & Saudi Arabia for the 2nd Consecutive Week ', '2022-06-17', 'the-alleys.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following last week&rsquo;s successful release and the massive turnout, feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by writer-director </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;continues screening in Jordan and Saudi Arabia for the second week in a row. In collaboration with </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Royal Film Comission-Jordan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held a private screening at </span><strong>Taj Mall,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the presence of the cast and crew of the film along with figures of media and the press.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In partnership with </span><strong>Arab Media Network,</strong> <strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">releases in Jordan at </span><strong>Grand Cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (City Mall), </span><strong>Prime Cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Abdali Mall and Baraka Mall) and </span><strong>Taj Cinemas </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Taj Mall). In addition, the film hit 21 theatres in its first-week screening in Saudi Arabia, held in partnership with Rowad Media, a production and distribution firm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Jordanian film </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a bold portrayal of social issues in an atmoshpere of brutal realism,&rdquo; wrote film critic </span><strong>Khaled Sameh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Jordanian news website </span><strong>Addustour.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo; In </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we see the narrow alleys that is full of twists and turns, and the different lines of conspiracy in a film that is based on a stong script featuring complex but intertwined web of individual stories,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Israa Alrdaida </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the Jordanian news website </span><strong>Alghad.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the official Facebook page of </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unveiled the film\'s teaser trailer, which amassed around 1 million views. Watch the trailer here:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheAlleysFilm/videos/551228806706548\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/TheAlleysFilm/videos/551228806706548</span></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film just received the</span><strong> Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Special Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Sweden\'s </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Annonay Film Festival. The ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was nominated for four </span><strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which were presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the fringes of the 75th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a big success at dozens of international film festivals across Europe, including the </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film also had its Arab debut at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Piazza Grande competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, only to become the festival\'s first Jordanian feature film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also worth noting that the film was widely praised by critics and international websites such as \'</span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\' \'</span><strong>Backseat Mafia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\' and the well-known American magazine \'</span><strong>PopMatters</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\' as well as the British website \'</span><strong>The Upcoming</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\' and the Swiss newspaper \'</span><strong>Corriere Del Ticino</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\' among others, who described it as \"Fascinating,\" \"Impressive,\" \"Epic,\" \"Exciting,\" and \"Quite memorable\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project of </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the </span><strong>Eastern Promises program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Czechia. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the co-financing platform of the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(CIFF) and received support from </span><strong>The Jordan Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Royal Film Commission,</strong> <strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Qatar), and the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l (KSA). During the development phase, the film was aided by </span><strong>EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The Sorfond Pitching Forum,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is organized by </span><strong>The Norwegian South Film Fund.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi),</strong> <strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by</span><strong> Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France) handles the international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced</span><strong> Theeb,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was nominated for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>BAFTAs.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also won the </span><strong>BAFTA award for Outstanding British Debut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2016. </span><strong>The ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is his directorial debut, as well as his first screenplay.</span>', '1780776976'),
(271, 'Special Jury Prize (Mohammed Al-Rakab Award)', 'HUDA’S SALON Wins An Award at Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco', '2022-06-19', 'huda-s-salon-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by award-winning Palestinian director </span><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receives </span><strong>Special Jury Prize (Mohammed Al-Rakab Award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 27th edition of </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which concluded its events last Friday.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the film&rsquo;s second award, which comes after the </span><strong>Special Jury Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Beirut International Women Film Festival.</strong> <strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was among the Arab films that garnered international acclaim last year, especially that it was praised by top news websites like </span><strong>The&nbsp; New York Times, Boston Herald, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Variety,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to name a few.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many good reviews were written lately about the film.</span><strong> &ldquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interrogation scene between Huda and Hasan lasts for the entirety of the film, and it\'s masterfully done (both written and performed),&rdquo; mentioned </span><strong>Sheila O&rsquo; Malley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Roger Ebert. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; It offers a satisfying dramatic snap while bequeathing a more lasting anxiety,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Anthony Lane </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>The New Yorker.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;Thanks to filmmaker </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this long-underserved sub-genre - once perfected by directors like Hitchcock, Pakula, and Weir - feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda&rsquo;s Salon,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Dan Mecca i</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n </span><strong>The Film Stage.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo; Nearly every scene takes the form of a single unbroken shot, a technique that sometimes pulls you in and sometimes merely calls attention to its own virtuosity,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Justin Chang</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via </span><strong>Los Angeles Times.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Huda&rsquo;s Salon opened </span><strong>Reel Palestine Film Festival UAE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and landed its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received wide critical acclaim upon its premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &ldquo;</span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recalls Hollywood mysteries from the 1940s in both its brisk pace and disarmingly simple style,&rdquo; mentioned </span><strong>The Film Stage</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was also described as &ldquo;an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable&hellip; This film is a masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it&rdquo; by </span><strong>Alisha Mughal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Exclaim!, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo; by </span><strong>Wendy Ide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama&rdquo; by </span><strong>Kate Erbland</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Indie Wire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda\'s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, hence betraying her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>Huda&rsquo;s Salon</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film&nbsp; is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and co- produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained exceptional international recognition, such as </span><strong>Paradise Now </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the film </span><strong>Omar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) that also received a nomination for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed </span><strong>The Mountain Between Us</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Idris Elba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opened the 39th edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is his latest feature film.&nbsp;</span>', '985190253'),
(272, 'After Several Sucessful Screenings', ' THE SEA AHEAD Continues Screening at Zawya Cinema for the 2nd Consecutive Week', '2022-06-20', 'the-sea-ahmead-final-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the 5th edition of </span><strong>Cairo Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May 25-June 21),</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"> <strong>T</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HE SEA AHEAD</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, continues screening for the 2nd week in a row at </span><strong>Zawya cinema. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings will be on: Tuesday, June 21 at 4:00 PM; Thursday, June 23, at 4:00 PM and Sunday at 1:00 PM. The film was well-recieved in previous screenings at </span><strong>Zawya Cinema. </strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>THE SEA AHEAD, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a successful commercial release at several countries, including UAE, France and Belgium and was widely praised by Arab and Internatational press. &ldquo; </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.. is a black artistic diamond,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Josephine Habashy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in</span><strong> Nidaalwatan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news outlet. &ldquo;</span><strong>Ely Dagher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">narrates with his camera the story of a generation having an existential crisis,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Hovic Habishian </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Independent Arabia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &ldquo; &ldquo;</span><strong>Ely Daghe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r&rsquo;s striking first feature is a poetic look at a woman who returns home, finding a city she no longer recognises,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Wendy Ide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via </span><strong>Screen Daily.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE SEA AHEAD,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at the 74th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Ely Dagher&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first feature film who previously won the </span><strong>Palme d&rsquo;Or</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for a short film, making him the first Lebanese film to ever receive such an award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened at several international film festivals, including </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival, Sao Paulo Film Festival (SPFF),&nbsp; El Gouna Film Festival, Duhok International Film Festival, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, International Festival of Mediterranean Cinema in Montpellier (CINEMED)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lsquo;</span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; has garnered multiple awards throughout its development including </span><strong>Best Film in Post-production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Final Cut In Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop; </span><strong>CineGouna</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform&rsquo;s award for best project in development phase; and a financial award from </span><strong>Drosos Foundation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to grants from </span><strong>AFAC-Arab Funds For Arts and Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely Dagher,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lsquo;</span><strong>The Sea Ahead</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rsquo; is his first feature debut</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Manal Issa, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Andolfi Production (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Beachside,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beirut based </span><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated with an MA in Contemporary Art Studies and New media from Goldsmiths College in London. His work explores the correlation and possibilities created through the play between cultures, histories and fiction.</span>', '1420559029'),
(273, 'The Film that Nabbed over 20 Awards From Prestigious International Film Festivals ', 'Mano Khalil Wins Best Director for Neighbors at Arab Film Festival Rotterdam', '2022-06-20', 'Roterdam Arab Film Festival.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurdish film </span><strong>Neighbors,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Mano Khalil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won </span><strong>Best Director award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Arab Film Festival Rotterdam,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> raising the tally to over 20 international awards in total. The festival concluded its events last Sunday.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film nabbed several awards from prestigious international film festivals, most notably</span><strong> Best Screenplay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival; Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Jury of Teachers award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>African Asian Latin Amercian Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan;</span> <strong>San Francisco Film Critics Jury Priz;</strong> <strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Boston Film Festival;</strong> <strong>Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at </span><strong>Hollywood Arab Film Festival;</strong> <strong>Grand Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Mons International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Picture Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Gangneung International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in South Korea. Additionally, it landed its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Switzerland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, on both the Arab and international stages, </span><strong>NEIGHBORS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has received significant critical acclaim, with </span><strong>Ibrahim Hajj</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing in </span><strong>Eremnews,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;Every scene in </span><strong>Mano Khalil&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film narrates a story that its parts integrate, creating a poetic and heartbreaking celluloid&rdquo;. Moreover,</span><strong> Khaled Mahmoud </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">via </span><strong>Shorouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> news wrote that, &ldquo; With a blend of sarcasm and laughter, </span><strong>NEIGHBORS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> portrays the absurdity of war through the eyes of a child who eventually finds light in a dark doubtful dictatorial world.&rdquo; while </span><strong>Elhayat Alarabiya </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the script as &ldquo; A rich script that crosses boundaries between documentary and narration&rdquo;. &ldquo;</span><strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is both a touching, warm human tale laced with humor and childhood appeal, and a pointed satiric look at the roots of hate, not just in Syria,&rdquo; wrote Cate Marquis in We are Movie Geeks.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set during Hafez al-Assad&rsquo;s regime in the 1980s, in a small village on the Turkish-Syrian border,</span><strong> Sero</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Kurdish child, must deal with how his small world is radically changing through absurd nationalism.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mano Khalil,</strong> <strong>NEIGHBORS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Serhed Khalil,</strong> <strong>Jalal Altawil,</strong> <strong>Jay Abdo. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s produced by</span><strong> Frame Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and worldwide by</span><strong> Frenetic Films.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Syria, </span><strong>Mano Khali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l is Kurdish director/scriptwriter. He studied directing in Czechoslovakia and earned his MBA in Film &amp; TV Directing. He moved to Switzerland, in 1996, and started his filmmaking journey as a director on several short films. He made numerous award-winning documentaries, including </span><strong>Triumph of Iron</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The place Where God Sleeps</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2003, he directed his feature debut </span><strong>Colorful dreams,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> followed by many significant films, including </span><strong>The Bee Keeper,</strong><strong> Die Schwalbe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hafis &amp; Mara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His most recent film is </span><strong>NEIGHBORS.&nbsp;</strong>', '1346056553'),
(274, 'As Part of its Tour across Arab World', 'A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE Commercially Releases at Zawya Cinema', '2022-06-21', 'A-tale-of-love--copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall commercially release at Zawya Cinema, as of Wednesday, June 22nd, at 1:00 p.m. The film is also slated to have 3 other screenings on&nbsp; Friday, June 24th, at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 25th, at 9:30 p.m., and on Monday, June 27th, at 4:00 p.m. Most recently, </span><strong>&nbsp;A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joined the 5th Cairo Cinema Days, which is held at Zawya Cinema, as well.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Cinema marks the film&rsquo;s fifth host, wher</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e it previously had a commercial tour, screening in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, and, most recently, at Cinema Akil in UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On both the Arab and international stages, </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has received significant critical acclaim, with </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing in </span><strong>the Eye For Film website</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, \"A Tale of Love and Desire is a film that celebrates the joy and fears associated with youthful lust, while exploring the internal cultural conflict, without making it feel tacky or like a diatribe.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the film critic </span><strong>Enas Haqqi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film in an article on </span><strong>Raseef22</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying, \"</span><strong>Leyla Bouzid </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles her picture with compassion and grace, particularly in the scenes where the hero and heroine interact.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Cannes&rsquo; International Critics\' Week.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moreover, it won the </span><strong>Best Actor award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Diamond Valois award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Besides, it received the </span><strong>Jury Prize for Best First and Second Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Medfilm Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Rome, and the </span><strong>Bronze award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also was featured in the official competition of </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia and was screened at more than 20 international festivals, including</span> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF),</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Toronto International Film Festival</strong> <strong>(TIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Zurich Film Festival,</strong> <strong>BFI London Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Busan International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Tuebingen French Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Filmfest Hamburg, Schlingel Youth Film Festival, Colcoa French Film Festival, Festival Varilux de Cinema Fran&ccedil;ais, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Festival Film Franco Arab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Ahmed, an 18-year-old French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lia Petit,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is produced by </span><strong>Blue Monday Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Pyramide International. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while</span><strong> Pyramide International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Tunisia, director </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to Paris in 2003 to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined </span><strong>La F&eacute;mis&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, </span><strong>Leyla </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed her debut feature, </span><strong>As I Open my Eyes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux), which was screened at the</span><strong> 72nd</strong> <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. </span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is her second feature film. It world premiered at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was selected at prestigious film festivals. </span>', '1595604116');
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(275, 'Simultaneously with Its Screenings at Zawya Cinema', 'A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE Receives A Special Mention at Geneva International Festival of Oriental Film (FIFOG)', '2022-06-21', 'A-tale-of-love--copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115342.php\"><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has just received a Special Mention from The Jury of Geneva International Festival of Oriental Film (FIFOG) for the originality of its script and the authenticity of the dialogue. The Jury particularly appreciated the link established between classical Arabic poetry which is bold and largely forgotten today, and the young Arab generation in search of its identity.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is currently commercially released at Zawya Cinema, following its successful screenings at the 5th Cairo Cinema Days, which is held at Zawya Cinema, as well. Zawya marks the film&rsquo;s fifth host, where it previously had a commercial tour, screening in Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, and, most recently, at Cinema Akil in UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On both the Arab and international stages, </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has received significant critical acclaim, with </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing in </span><strong>the Eye For Film website</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying, \"A Tale of Love and Desire is a film that celebrates the joy and fears associated with youthful lust, while exploring the internal cultural conflict, without making it feel tacky or like a diatribe.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the film critic </span><strong>Enas Haqqi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film in an article on </span><strong>Raseef22</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying, \"</span><strong>Leyla Bouzid </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles her picture with compassion and grace, particularly in the scenes where the hero and heroine interact.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Cannes&rsquo; International Critics\' Week.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moreover, it won the </span><strong>Best Actor award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Diamond Valois award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Besides, it received the </span><strong>Jury Prize for Best First and Second Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Medfilm Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Rome, and the </span><strong>Bronze award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also was featured in the official competition of </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia and was screened at more than 20 international festivals, including</span> <strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF),</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Toronto International Film Festival</strong> <strong>(TIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Zurich Film Festival,</strong> <strong>BFI London Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Busan International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Tuebingen French Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Filmfest Hamburg, Schlingel Youth Film Festival, Colcoa French Film Festival, Festival Varilux de Cinema Fran&ccedil;ais, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Festival Film Franco Arab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Ahmed, an 18-year-old French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah, a young Tunisian girl, and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire towards Farah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Sami Outalbali, Zbeida Belhajamor, Samir Elhakim, Diong-K&eacute;ba Tacu,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lia Petit,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is produced by </span><strong>Blue Monday Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Pyramide International. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world, while</span><strong> Pyramide International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Tunisia, director </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to Paris in 2003 to study French literature at the Sorbonne, where she joined </span><strong>La F&eacute;mis&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Directing department. After working on several award-winning short films, </span><strong>Leyla </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed her debut feature, </span><strong>As I Open my Eyes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a.k.a. a Peine J\'ouvre les Yeux), which was screened at the</span><strong> 72nd</strong> <strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before winning more than forty international awards and achieving success during its simultaneous theatrical release in France and Tunisia. </span><strong>A Tale of Love and Desire </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is her second feature film. It world premiered at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was selected at prestigious film festivals.&nbsp;</span>', '514715495'),
(276, 'And Leading Actress Soula Bahri Wins Special Mention', 'Soula Wins Golden Award for Best Feature Film at International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva', '2022-06-21', 'POSTER_SOULA_V2_RS.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algerian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, continues to make its mark on the international festival circuit and wins </span><strong>Golden award</strong> <strong>for Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the fifth award in the film&rsquo;s festival tour that started at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (world premiere).</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, at </span><strong>International Film Festival of Geneva, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the leading actress </span><strong>Soula Bahri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a </span><strong>Special Mention.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury unanimously decided to award </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the structure of its screenplay, the development of the characters, the authenticity of the dialogue, the coherence between the elements and the director&rsquo;s ability to shoot a whole life in one night. All this contributed to conveying a strong and credible human message.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During last month, Soula was commercially released in 7 Moroccan cities. Previously, it was released in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Algeria and was awarded Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Soula Bahri) at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden. Furthermore, film </span><strong>Soula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nabbed</span><strong> Best Film</strong> <strong>at Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Best Film at </span><strong>African Asian Latin Amercian Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was previously screened at several Arab film festivals, including </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(World premiere). Additionally, it earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic </span><strong>Tarek El Shinnawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the performance of the leading actress,</span><strong> Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was striking.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soula is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships. Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>', '1555940214'),
(277, '', 'AMIRA by Mohamed Diab Wins Silver Award at International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva', '2022-06-21', 'Amira-Final-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115322.php\"><strong>AMIRA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/191978971148.php\"><strong>Mohamed Diab</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won Silver Award at </span><strong>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury chose to award </span><strong>AMIRA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for having dealt with a sensitive subject as well as the question of individual identity and whether this is determined by genetics or by cultural and social belonging. Furthermore, the jury praised the acting, the filming locations and the dramatic rhythm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this award, the film received a Special Mention at </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Palestine Cinema Days.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>AMIRA&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">landed its Arab world premiere at</span><strong> El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the film&rsquo;s screenings have witnessed a massive attendance by the audience, public figures, and members of the press, in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, followed by a Q&amp;A session with the media, critics and audience.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously winning three awards at </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amira</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gained international acclaim from critics and audience alike, who applauded the film&rsquo;s director, cast, and creators, and received a 7-minute standing ovation upon its world premiere at the festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three awards are </span><strong>Lanterna Magica</strong> <strong>Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, presented by </span><strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), Enrico Fulchignoni Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented by </span><strong>Conseil International du Cin&eacute;ma, de la T&eacute;l&eacute;vision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT-UNESCO)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and 10th </span><strong>INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>AMIRA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her.&nbsp; But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar&rsquo;s infertility, Amira&rsquo;s world turns upside down.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>AMIRA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features a stellar Pan-Arab cast, including </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><strong>, Ali Suliman, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/madrising/tara-abboud.php\"><strong>Tara Abboud</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lands her first cinematic leading role as Amira, as well as</span><strong> Kais Nashif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Waleed Zuaiter.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is written by the trio </span><strong>Mohamed, Khaled,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sherine Diab </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and edited by </span><strong>Ahmed Hafez </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who previously worked with </span><strong>Mohamed Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on</span><strong> Clash </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">film.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is produced by </span><strong>Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), Agora Audiovisuals (Mona Abdelwahab), Acamedia Pictures (Moez Masoud), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in co- production with </span><strong>Taher Media Production (Youssef El Taher) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, Palestinian director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarah Gohar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are the film&rsquo;s producers, </span><strong>Hisham El Araby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the executive producer, and </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the associate producer</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has previously received fund from </span><strong>The Royal Film Commission Jordan &ndash; RFC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>Pyramide Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the international sales, and its marketing is handled by </span><strong>MAD Solutions,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which also handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world along with </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production.</strong>', '1847080658'),
(278, 'In the presence of the film’s crew and prominent figures', 'SALMA’s HOME Has a Special Screening in Jordan', '2022-06-25', 'salma-s-home.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong></a>&rsquo;s feature film <a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>SALMA&rsquo;s HOME</strong></a> had a special screening at <strong>TAJ</strong> Cinema in its homeland Jordan on June 19th, in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director <strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong>, crew, and protagonists including, <strong>Juliet Awad</strong>, <strong>Sameera Asir</strong>, and <strong>Rania Kurdi</strong>, also supporting role actors Waleed Jizawi and Firas Taybeh as well as a number of film critics and prominent media figures.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film received wide critical acclaim regionally,&nbsp; and internationally. <strong>Emilie Black </strong>described the film on the <strong>Cinema Crazed</strong> website, stating, \"This is a carefully crafted drama that feels like home.\" While <strong>Randy Myers</strong>, in <strong>The Mercury News</strong>, praised the film saying, \"A delightful debut feature from Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan that offers a refreshing, humorous and heartfelt take on the bonds and relationships between three generations of Arab women.\"&nbsp; <strong>Cinccentric</strong> &ldquo;Salma&rsquo;s Home is director <a href=\"https://cineccentric.com/tag/hanadi-elyan\">Hanadi Elyan</a>&rsquo;s debut feature film, though you wouldn&rsquo;t be able to tell by watching. Her film is a story of family, grief, and solidarity set in Jordan&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;s HOME </strong>film<strong> is </strong>set in Jordan and revolves around three women with distinct personalities. <strong>SALMA (Juliet Awad)</strong> is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running a nonprofitable home-based bakery, her daughter <strong>FARAH (Sameera Asir)</strong> is a young working mother with marital problems with husband Malek (Firas Taybeh) . Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma&rsquo;s ex-husband. The funeral takes place at his current wife&rsquo;s house, <strong>LAMIA (Rania Kurdi), </strong>an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with building her brand online. After the funeral, Uncle Emad (Waleed Jizawi) brings shocking facts to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;s HOME</strong> had its world premiere at <strong>Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival 2022 in the United States of America. </strong>Written and directed by <strong>Hanadi Elyan,</strong> the film stars <strong>Juliet Awad, Rania Kurdi</strong> along with <strong>Sameera Asir </strong>and is produced by <strong>Nathan Bennett&rsquo;s Reel LA Productions. MAD Solutions</strong> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Driven by her love of filmmaking from a very young age, Hanadi&rsquo;s work focuses on telling stories about social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective. She is a transnational writer and director that believes in breaking stereotypes through telling stories of the shared human experience. Born in Dubai and raised in an artistic Jordanian / Palestinian family, Hanadi spent her childhood between the UAE and Jordan. She established Reel Arab Productions in Dubai, a company that created commercials for international brands but then expanded into TV too. She moved to Los Angeles after being selected for the MSFF full ride scholarship, where she earned her MFA in Film Production / Directing from UCLA. Today, based in Boston, MA, Hanadi is putting the final touches on her feature film Salma&rsquo;s Home 2022, and also is serving as Asst. Professor of Narrative Film Directing at Emerson College.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;She has previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including<strong> Jordan Film Fund, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial award, Special Jury award </strong>at <strong>Tangiers Film Festival </strong>for <strong>Mariam\'s Chance, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy</strong> and <strong>The UCLA Directors Spotlight Award.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1212442788'),
(279, 'The Film’s First Award ', 'FARAH Wins Best Feature Film (Audience Poll) at Lebanese Independent Film Festival', '2022-06-23', 'farah-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking its first award, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115347.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FARAH</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassiba Freiha</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kenton Oxley</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won Best Feature Film, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based on audiences&rsquo; votes, at the </span><strong>Lebanese Independent Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide critical acclaim where </span><strong>Mohamed Hegazy, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reviews it in</span><strong> Al Mayadeen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying that &ldquo;</span><strong> FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is 119 minutes, Lebanese drama, in which the scenes flowed smoothly and spontaneously and the characters were showing their traits through a bright picture and a clear sound&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, </span><strong>FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at </span><strong>Beirut International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at</span><strong> San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot of the film follows Lina, a pre-med student, who starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares, her life begins to crumble and she is then sent home to Beirut, Lebanon. They prescribed her the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo; - also known in its illegal form as &lsquo;Joy&rsquo; - to help her recover. However, as Lina&rsquo;s alarming nightmares continue to worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will lead her to a shattering ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba Freiha </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also directed it along with </span><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is shot by </span><strong>&nbsp;Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba </strong><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Freiha</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and producer, who worked on several projects including </span><strong>Temperance,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the </span><strong>Short Film Corner</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Later, an independent online platform acquired the distribution rights of the film. </span><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on several other projects including the feature film, </span><strong>City Island,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s project &ldquo;</span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;, which featured Vice President </span><strong>Al Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer, and Philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these projects,</span><strong> Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, assistant-directed, and starred in the short film </span><strong>Wahdon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Alone) which went on to be part of film festivals around the world</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In addition to acting in a handful of other short films, </span><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hired by </span><strong>twofour54 Abu Dhabi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a government-backed media services company, to join their post-production team as a bookings manager before moving up the ranks to manage their department. During this time </span><strong>Hassiba </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to develop her skills as a filmmaker and also post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carved a successful career in the television and film industry, </span><strong>Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is globally respected for his work. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company, </span><strong>Knockout Production Services,</strong> <strong>Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects. </span><strong>Kenton </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">succeeded to be the youngest ever Director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the age of 20, working for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For 6 years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade department at </span><strong>Twofour 54. Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has gained international experience for projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures, Top Gear, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Bang Bang.</strong>', '1743723347'),
(280, 'The First Jordanian Film in the Festival’s History', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Wins Audience Award at FEST – New Directors /New Films Festival, Portugal ', '2022-06-27', '290012014_10162666458549896_5022340139190924776_n.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span><strong>, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> continues to reap international acclaim and awards in film festivals and wins </span><strong>CinEuropa Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Best Feature Film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 18th edition of </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival, Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which ended Monday, July 27. </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAIN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first Jordanian film to join the festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film has been commercially released into Saudi, and Kuwaiti theaters. Additionally, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While</span><strong> Ali Al Kashouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al Youm 7 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film this way, \" A film that combines the freshness of director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s early works with the mature acting performance of </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s and her sisters&hellip; every story can be turned into a feature film.&rdquo; Furthermore,</span><strong> Milad Hana Zaki </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>Al Masry Al Youm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying&nbsp; \"The leading actress&rsquo;s cry came to reflect Arab women&rsquo;s situation regarding equal rights &rdquo;.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received multiple funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '167625017'),
(281, 'Winner of Best Narrative Film at the Oscars’ Student Academy Awards', 'Jordanian Short Film TALA\'VISION at The Palm Springs International ShortFest', '2022-06-30', 'talavision.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian short film</span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBlVze5cyA8\"> <strong>TALA&rsquo;VISIO</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened at the 28th </span><strong>Palm Springs International ShortFest</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (June 21st - 27th). Most recently, director Murad Abu Eisheh was invited to join The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (The Oscars).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously won</span><strong> Best Narrative Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Student Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition of </span><strong>The Oscars, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marking the first Arab film to win such an award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also won the Golden Yusr Award at the Short Film Competition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and landed another screening at </span><strong>Portland Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks the first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at </span><strong>Max Ophuls Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Germany, nabbing jury and audience awards during its world premiere at the 42nd</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition of the festival. Moreover, it received </span><strong>1</strong><strong>st</strong><strong> Prize for a Live Action Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Flicker\'s Rhode Island International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>First Steps Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Michael Ballhaus Prize for Best Camera Work</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was granted by </span><strong>The Jordan Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its fourth cycle (2019). Also, it was selected by the jury of </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to join </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The eight-year-old </span><strong>Tala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lives within a war-torn reality. She finds her solace and salvation in a banned television, which turns later to a matter of life and death. Written and directed by </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh,</strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115303.php\"> <strong>TALA\'VISION</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a co-production between Jordan and Germany. It stars</span><strong> Ziad Bakri, Aesha Balasem, and Khalid Al Tarifi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is shot by</span><strong> Philip Henze </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Jude Kawwa. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/25982324117.php\"><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born in 1992 in Amman &ndash; Jordan. In 2014, he earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Communication Design with a focus on Film Making from the </span><strong>German Jordanian University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Amman. He directed several shorts and commercials for </span><strong>the Royal High Curt Jordan,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before beginning his studies in directing at the well-known </span><strong>Filmakademie Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During his studies, he approached politics in the Arab World from a wider perspective, using his cinematic approach to point out political and humanitarian grievances in the Arab world. His films have so far been represented at the most prestigious youth film festivals in Germany. Besides his studies, he is the coordinator of </span><strong>Pan African Audiovisual Development Program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;</span><strong>Follow The Nile&rdquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the</span><strong> Robert Bosch Stiftung</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where he has the opportunity to give young African filmmakers the support they need to create their vision and to expand his own horizons as a world citizen and filmmaker.</span>', '914771547');
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(282, 'OUR RIVER...OUR SKY | SOULA | STREAMS | LIFE SUITS ME WELL | DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN | WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE | 18/11| UNSPOKEN', 'MAD Solutions Joins Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film in Jordan', '2022-07-03', 'mad-films-3-7-2022.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 MAD Solutions films</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will join the third edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film ( from 20 to 27 July)&nbsp; The films&nbsp; are </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OUR RIVER...OUR SKY</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Maysoon Pachachi, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOULA </span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Salah Issaad, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STREAMS</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Mehdi Hmili,</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> LIFE SUITS ME WELL</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Zaid Abu Hamdan</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, MAD Solutions will screen short films: </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115297.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Amr Elseyoufi, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115300.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18/11</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Medhat Maged, and </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115273.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNSPOKEN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/2261719748860.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Alghadhban</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film focuses on the groundbreaking achievements in filmmaking throughout the world, particularly from the Arab region . In addition, it emphasizes on the screenings that highlight the originality and power of using the film as an artistic tool.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative in </span><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka </span><strong>Kulshi Makoo </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.&nbsp; It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;&nbsp; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer&rsquo;s block, triggered by such non verbale violence.&nbsp; Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast includes </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as Sara), </span><strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Al Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The crew includes </span><strong>Production &amp; Custom Designer</strong> <strong>Rayah Aasee, Assistant Director Haidar Hakim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Slemani), </span><strong>Assistant Director Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baghdad</span><strong>). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by </span><strong>Ehsan Al Imam </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khayam Al Lami.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Our River&hellip;Our Sky </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is produced by Oxymoron Films (UK) and Linked Productions (Kuwait) and made in co production with its other main producers Les Contes Modernes (France) and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany). MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. </span><strong>Soula</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>Soula</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong> Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong> Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Streams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, </span><strong>she</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is searching for her missing son </span><strong>Moumen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During her journey, </span><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>Streams</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and features music composer </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. The film is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia), in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, </span><strong>Fouad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the only employee at the local post office. When he suffers from a neurological disease, his life changes and a new story begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow and memories. While Fouad is dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>Life Suits Me Well</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sayed El Alami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jalal Quarrioua</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>Daughters of Abdul-Rahman</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamed Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>When the Sea was Blue:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Mariam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a woman in her forties who feels burdened by the daily routine and boredom. The over-use of technology by people surrounding her puts a barrier in-between her and everyone else. One day she decides to break the dullness by taking the boldest decision in her life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>When the Sea was Blue</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at </span><strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amr Elseyoufi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film features screenwriter </span><strong>Mohamed Zayed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and costume designer </span><strong>Reem El Adl</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It stars </span><strong>Heba Abdelghany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mahmoud Hamdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nicole Iskander</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Adam Zayed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>18/11:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a story of a woman with a sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18/11 world premiered at </span><strong>African Film Festival Atlanta</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>Unspoken:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Hadhima </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she&rsquo;s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Unspoken </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Asaad Abdulmajeed, Nayan Altalabani, Noor Alhuda, and Om Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Rola Films &amp; Enki Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '2032363864'),
(283, '', 'An Attempt Screens at Jbeil Short Film Encounters Next Wednesday', '2022-07-05', 'an-attempt.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115324.php\"><strong>An Attempt</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Lebanese director </span><a href=\"../directors/280996132095.php\"><strong>Pamela Nassour,</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screens at </span><strong>Jbeil Short Film Encounters,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tomorrow, Wednesday, July 6, at 8:00PM, at Beit Faris Wa Lucia (guest house) in the ancient city of Jebeil.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, the film world premiered at </span><strong>Olhares do Mediterr&acirc;neo &ndash; Women\'s Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Portugal</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at</span><strong> Lebanese Independent Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Attempt revolves around the world of</span><strong> Alfred</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a high-school teacher, who tries to adapt to the new socio-political situation </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amidst th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e Lebanese October Revolution. Living this turmoil first hand gave him a fresh perspective and ends up joining the protests with his students.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, produced and directed by </span><strong>Pamela Nassour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Attempt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars</span> <strong>Josef Chemaly</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with </span><strong>Dima Merheb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Diana Noujaim</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <strong>Antonio Chedid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rebel Mer&rsquo;y and Maya Fadel </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and features DOP and Editor </span><strong>Moris Zoghby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pamela Nassour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an award-winning Lebanese filmmaker, film critic and a College Professor. Her short experimental film </span><strong>Ila Haythou &ndash; To Nowhere</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received accolades and awards at its festival run. She started her filmmaking journey as an assistant director and editor on numerous television commercials and music videos before she delved into film directing. Pamela graduated from the </span><strong>Holy Spirit University of Kaslik USEK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a master degree in Visual Arts - Cinema and television and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D in contemporary Latin American cinema at the </span><strong>Saint Joseph University Beirut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>Pamela</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also an educator and instructor at the </span><strong>Lebanese International University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; She recently accepted the invitation to join </span><strong>FFTG</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2021 official Selection Committee</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her credits include three short films and currently she is working on her latest film, which will be announced soon.</span>', '889718103'),
(284, '', 'THE GOLDEN HARVEST Screens at University of Cologne Wednesday, July 13th ', '2022-07-10', 'Harvest.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentary Film </span><strong>THE GOLDEN HARVEST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><strong>Alia Yunis,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have a screening at the </span><strong>Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the </span><strong>Univesity of Cologne</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Wednesday, July 13th, at 12:00 PM, Germany time (GMT+2). The screening will be held as part of a symposium on conflicts in the mediterranean region and the middle east.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was an official selection at </span><strong>Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>&nbsp;Food Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy and received </span><strong>Best of Fest at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> USA, where it had three full-house screenings. Moreover, it world premiered at the </span><strong>Thessaloniki Documentary Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Greece in 2019, and screened at </span><strong>the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Calgary Arab Film Festival in Canada, Royal Film Comission-Jordan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> The Theater-Mall of the Emirates, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Alia Yunis</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, The Golden Harvest follows 6,000-year old love story in which the filmmaker tries to understand the profound, often troubled, relationship between olive oil and the people of Mediterranean, including her own father. Her journey of food, love and heartache takes her to unexpected places as diverse characters get involved in unraveling this tale. The film is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmmaker and writer </span><strong>Alia Yunis</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has worked on projects on five continents involving film, writing and photography. She spent many years in Los Angeles as a screenwriter and script analyst for companies such as </span><strong>Village Roadshow Pictures</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Miramax</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Alia is a </span><strong>PEN Emerging Voices Fellow</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has been a top ten finalist </span><strong>Zoetrope Screenwriting Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the recipient of a comedy-writing award from </span><strong>Warner Bros</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her novel, </span><strong>The Night Counter (Random House 2010),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was critically-acclaimed by the </span><strong>Washington Post</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Entertainment Weekly,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and several other publications. Her writings have appeared in numerous books, magazines and anthologies.</span>', '2035731975'),
(285, 'Winner of 5 International Awards', 'Soula Screens at the French Institute of Oran in Algeria', '2022-07-11', 'POSTER_SOULA_2022.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall screen at the French Institute of Oran in Algeria on Wednesday, July 13th. This comes as part of the film&rsquo;s screenings in its own country of production, where it previously concluded the events of No Means No initiative in Algeria. The film also had a tour across 3 other Arab countries; Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Morocco.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the film won the Golden award for Best Feature Film at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, marking its fifth award, and a Special Mention for its leading actress Soula Bahri. It was also awarded Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Soula Bahri) at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival and Best Film at African Asian Latin Amercian Film Festival in Milan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic </span><strong>Tarek El Shinnawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the performance of the leading actress,</span><strong> Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was striking.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOULA is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships. Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>', '300139121'),
(286, '', 'STREAMS Screens at Amman International Film Festival on June 22 & 26', '2022-07-20', 'Streams-poster-web.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"> <strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will screen at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (July 20-27). The screenings will be on Friday, July 22 at 8:00 PM (GMT+3), at </span><strong>Taj cinema</strong> <strong>5 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and on Tuesday July 26, at 10:00 PM at </span><strong>Taj cinema 3.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To book the tickets, head to the following links:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Streams1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Streams1</span></a>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Streams2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Streams2</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Amel who is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, Amel is searching for her missing son Moumen. During her journey, Amel faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili,</strong> <strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia Zaza,</strong> <strong>Sarah Hannachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Selim Bakar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and features music composed by</span><strong> Amine Bouhafa.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. </span><strong>Streams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint-production between Tunisia (</span><strong>Yol Film House</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Luxemburg </span><strong>(Tarantula) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and France (</span><strong>MBM Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Tunisia (</span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and USA (</span><strong>Allam Film).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '547240291'),
(287, '', 'SOULA Screens at Amman International Film Festival on June 21 & 26', '2022-07-20', 'POSTER_SOULA_2022_V7-updated.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will screen at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (July 20-27). The screenings will be on Thursday, July 21 at 10:00 PM (GMT +3) at </span><strong>Taj Cinema 6 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and on Tuesday, July 26, at 10:00 PM at </span><strong>Royal Film Commission-Jordan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To book the tickets, check the following links:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Soula1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Soula1</span></a>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Soula2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Soula2</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1594360395'),
(288, '', 'LIFE SUTS ME WELL Screens at Amman International Film Festival on June 23 & 27', '2022-07-20', 'LSMW-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIFE SUITS ME WELL</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will screen at the 3rd edition of</span><strong> Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (July 20-27). The screening will be on Saturday, July 23 at 10:00 PM (GMT+3) at the </span><strong>Royal Film Commission-Jordan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and on Wednesday, July 27, at 5:30 PM at </span><strong>Taj cinema 4.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To book the tickets, head to the following links:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=LifeSuitsMeWell1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=LifeSuitsMeWell1</span></a>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=LifeSuitsMeWell2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=LifeSuitsMeWell2</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only employee at the local post office. When he suffers from a neurological disease, his life changes and a new story begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. While Fouad is dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Al Hadi Ulad Mohand,</span><strong> LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi, Lubna Azabal, Sayed El Alami,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Jalal Quarrioua</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films (Karim Debbagh).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '163383000'),
(289, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN Screens at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on July 24th & 25th', '2022-07-20', 'doar-poster-jordan.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall screen at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(July 20th - 27th). The film is scheduled for two screenings; on Sunday, July 24th, at 8:00 p.m. (GMT +3) at TAJ Cinema 6, and on Monday, July 25th, at 10:00 p.m. TAJ Cinema 5.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Tickets, please visit the following links:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=DaughtersOfAbd1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=DaughtersOfAbd1</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=DaughtersOfAbd2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=DaughtersOfAbd2</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years after escaping a dictated life, four estranged and offbeat sisters are forced to come together to find their suddenly-missing father. In their secret searching journey, secrets are revealed and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammed Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1089526153'),
(290, '', 'UNSPOKEN Screens at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on July 22nd & 23rd', '2022-07-20', 'Unspoken-POSTER-online.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115273.php\"><strong>UNSPOKEN</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director </span><a href=\"../directors/2261719748860.php\"><strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shall join the 3rd </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(July 20th - 27th). It is scheduled to screen on Friday, July 22nd, at 6:00 p.m. (GMT +3) at TAJ Cinema 6, and on Saturday, July 23rd, at 10&rdquo;00 p.m. at TAJ Cinema 3.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For tickets, please visit the links below:\\</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog11</span></a>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog12\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog12</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hadhima</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she&rsquo;s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mohammed Alghadhban, </span><strong>UNSPOKEN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span><strong> Asaad Abdulmajeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nayan Altalabani, Noor Alhuda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Om Ali, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by </span><strong>Rola Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Enki Film Academy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '371969626'),
(291, '', '18/11 Screens at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on July 24th & 25th', '2022-07-20', '18-11-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115300.php\"><strong>18/11</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director</span> <a href=\"../directors/149449920657.php\"><strong>Medhat Maged</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall join the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(July 20th - 27th). The film is slated to screen on Sunday, July 24th, at 6:00 p.m. (GMT +3) at TAJ Cinema 3, and on Monday, July 25th, at 8:00 p.m. at Drive-in Cinema 2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For tickets, please visit the links below:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog11</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog12\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=Prog12</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? Only the young servant can help in this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution.</span>', '529642542'),
(292, '', 'OUR RIVER…OUR SKY Screen at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film on July 22nd & 23rd', '2022-07-20', 'Our-River...jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Iraqi feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall join the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(July 20th - 27th). The film is slated to screen on Friday, July 22nd, at 6:00 p.m. (GMT +3) at TAJ Cinema 6, and on Saturday, July 23rd, at 10:00 p.m. at TAJ Cinema 3.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For tickets, please visit the following links:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=OurRiverOurSky1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=OurRiverOurSky1</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Screening: </span><a href=\"https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=OurRiverOurSky2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://etathkara.com/etickets/event?e=OurRiverOurSky2</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The narrative in </span><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(aka </span><strong>KULSHI MAKOO </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital; despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, shocked into silence by the surrounding violence, has been unable to write one word of fiction. Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast includes </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (as Sara), </span><strong>Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Al Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1773613442');
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(293, 'As of July 21st', 'MICA feature film by Ismael Ferroukhi Releases on Shahid.net', '2022-07-21', 'Mica-Shahed--2-copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115361.php\"><strong>MICA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/308972714618.php\"><strong>Ismael Ferroukhi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall release on </span><strong>Shahid.net </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as of July 21st. The film previously toured several festivals across the world, including </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival in Seoul</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that the film project was selected at the </span><strong>Final Cut in Venice Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows 10-year-old </span><strong>Mica</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives with his mother and sick father in a slum near Meknes. He starts apprenticing for his father&rsquo;s friend, a handyman in a tennis club in Casablanca. After going through humiliation and even being physically abused, Mica starts to understand his situation, and does everything in his power to change it.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MICA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is directed by </span><strong>Ismael Ferroukhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Fadette Drouard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Sabrina Ouazani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Azelarab Kaghat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Zakaria Inan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>La Prod </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Lamia Chraibi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and </span><strong>Elz&eacute;vir Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Ulysse Payet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ismael Ferroukhi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter. Born in Kenitra in 1962, Ferroukhi migrated to France in his youth and grew up in a small city in the south. He gained exposure in 1992 with his short film </span><strong>L&rsquo;Expos&eacute;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won two prizes (</span><strong>Kodak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Short Film prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His directorial debut, &ldquo;</span><strong>Le Grand Voyage</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;, won the </span><strong>Lion of the Future </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Best Debut Feature award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at </span><strong>Venice Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2004. His last film </span><strong>Free Men </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2011.</span>', '52995205'),
(294, 'Winner of Best Director Award at Malmo Arab Film Festival ', 'STREAMS by Mehdi Hmili Screens at International Film Festivals', '2022-07-25', 'Streams.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lately, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>STREAMS,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been making waves on the international film festival circuit. It was screened at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it received the </span><strong>Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award. Furthermore, it was screened at </span><strong>Durban International Film Festival, FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival, Portugal, Amman International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sguardi Altrove Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Italy.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It world premiered at </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Switzerland where it competed at </span><strong>Filmmakers of the Present Competition. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterwards, it screened at </span><strong>Zurich Film Festival, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, Amel is searching for her missing son Moumen. During her journey, Amel faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, Streams </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and features music composed by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Streams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia) and in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed in the prestigious Canadian workshop</span><strong> (Grand Nord) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and received the </span><strong>screenplay Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>CineGouna post-production prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and grants from</span><strong> The Tunisian National Center of Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Film Fund Luxembourg,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The French National Center of Cinema.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: </span><strong>&ldquo;X-Moment&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009), &ldquo;</span><strong>Li-La&rdquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2011) and &ldquo;</span><strong>The Night of Badr</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; (2012). His first feature-length film, &ldquo;</span><strong>Thala Mon Amour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; (2016), was selected in worldwide film festivals like </span><strong>Torino Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won several prizes. </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a popular poet in Tunisia. His last production &ldquo;</span><strong>Fouledh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; was selected in </span><strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 72nd </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>', '1045652450'),
(295, '', 'Short Film AZIZA Releases on KVIFF.TV', '2022-07-27', 'Aziza.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><strong>AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shall stream on </span><strong>KVIFF.TV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for two months, exclusively for Slovakia and Czech Republic viewers. This comes as part of the collaboration between </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, and </span><strong>Pragueshorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Ayman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, who teaches his wife how to drive his car, the only thing left from home. However, the driving lessons spiral into madness and nostalgia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the short film </span><strong>AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Caresse Bashar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdel Mounaem Amayri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is produced by </span><strong>KAF Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with </span><strong>Acrobat Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1926802946'),
(296, 'Marking The Film’s 7th International Award', 'Algerian Film SOULA LA Reaps Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative at Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film', '2022-07-30', 'prl-award-amman.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algerian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just won the Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative at the 3rd edition of Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film, which concluded its events last wednesday. A jury panel composed of the director-writer Nadine Khan the journalist, film critic Luciano Barisone and Jordanian novelist and playwright Samiha Khrais handed the prize to the film creators, in the presence of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Rym Ali.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s also worth mentioning that the film is scheduled to join the 26th edition of AVANCA Film Festival in Portugal, which will kick off tomorrow, July 29th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This marks the film&rsquo;s 7th award since the beginning of its tour that started at the end of last year. It previously won the Golden award for Best Feature Film at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, and a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention; Best Actress </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for its leading actress Soula Bahri. It was also awarded Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Soula Bahri) at Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival and Best Film at African Asian Latin Amercian Film Festival in Milan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordan marks the film&rsquo;s 5th Arab host, where it was commercially released in 7 Moroccan cities, as well as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Algeria before that. Landing its world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOULA earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic </span><strong>Tarek El Shinnawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the performance of the leading actress,</span><strong> Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was striking.&rdquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously joined Golden Apricot International Film Festival, as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOULA is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (High school degree) in Letters and Foreign languages in 2008, he joined the Law school of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his Cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships. Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events, as well as comedies.</span>', '27488197'),
(297, ' In Orizzonti Extra Competition.. ', 'Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH Screens at Venice International Film Festival ', '2022-08-02', 'Soudade-Kaadans-NEZOUH.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was selected to screen in the </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition of the 79th edition of </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(August 31-Sep.10) where it lands its world premiere. </span><strong>Kaadan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returns to</span><strong> Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her second film four years later, when her first film, </span><strong>The Day I Lost My Shadow,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the </span><strong>Orizzonti</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;After winning the </span><strong>Lion of the Future</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at </span><strong>Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> returns to Venice one more time with her second feature film, which is about a symbolic story for two women left Damascus under bombardment and became refugees. It&rsquo;s a black comedy legend.&rdquo; commented </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice artistic director </span><strong>Alberto Barbera</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the selection.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of the 14-year-old </span><strong>Zeina (Hala Zein).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with </span><strong>Amer</strong> <strong>(Nizar Alani)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the boy next door. When the violence escalates,</span><strong> Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s mother, </span><strong>Hala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to leave. She puts up a fight with her husband</span><strong> Motaz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Samer Al Masri) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his house.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received </span><strong>Baumi Award for script development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span><strong> Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was awarded </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfond </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award as part of </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s workshop. Also, it received support from </span><strong>Torino Film Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> British Film Institute (National Lottery funds).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>KAF Productions (</strong><strong>Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure). NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>, Samer Al Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani and Darina Al Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while</span><strong> mk2 films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales. Moreover,it is distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is financed through </span><strong>FILM4 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teamed up with </span><strong>Soudade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to distribute her documentary film </span><strong>Obscure</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, </span><strong>MAD</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contributed to screening 3 of her films on Netflix; </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the two short films; </span><strong>AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, </span><strong>MAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution of the three films.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Born in France,&nbsp;</span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the&nbsp;</span><strong>Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et cin&eacute;matographiques</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(</span><strong>IESAV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon. Her film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks her feature debut. It won the </span><strong>Lion of the</strong> <strong>Future award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>jury prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>LA Festival. Soudade&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">films nabbed dozens of international awards and shed light on the situation in Syria during the previous decade.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '614354627'),
(298, 'In the presence of the crew and media figures', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN\'s Premiere in Jordan ', '2022-08-02', 'doar-Premiere-in-Jordan.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was premiered on Sunday, July 31 at Taj cinema in Jordan, attended by actress and producer </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/saba-mubarak.php\"><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-producer </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the rest of the crew.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The screening was attended by prominent media figures and critics ahead of the film\'s release in Jordanian theatres on August 4th. It is worth noting that Arab Media Network will be in charge of the film\'s distribution in Jordan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film has been screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was well received, with tickets running out as soon as they were announced. Additionally, it reaped the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been commercially released into Saudi, and Kuwaiti theaters. Additionally, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film is enjoyable and the script is peppered with plenty of laughs and nice set pieces,&rdquo;&nbsp; </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>The Film Verdict</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While</span><strong> Ali Al Kashouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Al Youm 7 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film this way, \" A film that combines the freshness of director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s early works with the mature acting performance of </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s and her sisters&hellip; every story can be turned into a feature film.&rdquo; Furthermore,</span><strong> Milad Hana Zaki </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in </span><strong>Al Masry Al Youm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, saying&nbsp; \"The leading actress&rsquo;s cry came to reflect Arab women&rsquo;s situation regarding equal rights &rdquo; .</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '2116426782'),
(299, 'Held in Parallel With Venice International Film Festival ', 'Wissam Charaf’s DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS Opens Giornate degli Autori', '2022-08-03', 'Main_photosjj.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span><strong> Wissam Charaf, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opens the 19th edition of </span><strong>Giornate degli Autori, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is held in parallel with the 79th edition of</span><strong> Venice International Film Festival. Giornate degli Autori </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">runs from August 31 to September 10 where </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><strong>Celine Sciamma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the head of the jury. The film is set to premiere on August 31.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2004,</span><strong> Giornate degli Autori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an independent film festival section held in parallel to and in association with </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is modeled on </span><strong>Directors\' Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic. But in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will this couple be able to find the way to freedom given that Ahmed suffers a mysterious illness that slowly turns his body into metal?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was supported by </span><strong>CNC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Red Sea Fund, Italy&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>MEDIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was awarded a full promotion package from the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the Award of the French Institute in Tunisia from </span><strong>Carthage Pro Professional platform, the Arte prize in Busan Film Festival and the CNC award in Dubai Film Connection.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>&nbsp;Wissam Charaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with</span><strong> Hala Dabaji, Mariette D&eacute;sert,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is produced by </span><strong>Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films and Intramovies. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while</span> <strong>Intramovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Lebanese/French director, cameraman and editor. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1998, he began to work with the French/German network ARTE, as a news cameraman, editor and journalist. He has since covered major conflict areas ranging from Lebanon to Darfour, Afghanistan, or North Korea. He worked in programs like </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Info, </span><strong>ARTE Reportages, Metropolis </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Tracks. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director with </span><strong>Danielle Arbid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as on music videos with French director </span><strong>Henri-Jean Debon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for artists such as</span><strong> Noir Desir, Sinead O Connor </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Asian Dub Foundation. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He directed 6 short fiction films: </span><strong>Hizz Ya Wizz, A Hero Never Dies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Army of Ants</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>After </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(awarded in </span><strong>Pantin, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brive), </span><strong>Unforgettable Memory of a Friend </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(awarded in </span><strong>Pantin, Clermont-Ferrand, Rhode Island</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and pre-selected for Best short film in the </span><strong>Cesar 2020) and Don&rsquo;t panic (Clermont-Ferrand)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as </span><strong>It&rsquo;s All in Lebanon, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a documentary awarded in Carthage Festival. His first feature film, </span><strong>Heaven Sent,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected at the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival. Currently, he is working on his new short.&nbsp;</span>', '1878817605'),
(300, 'Part of Venice International Film Festival', 'IT’S A BOY Project Competes at Final Cut In Venice Workshop', '2022-08-10', '(INSHALLAH-WALAD.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film project</span><strong> IT&rsquo;S A BOY (INSHALLAH WALAD), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competes at the </span><strong>Final Cut in Venice Workshop</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is part of the activities of the 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(August 31-Sep.10). This year the festival is headed by superstar </span><strong>Julianne Moore.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Final Cut in Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop supports films in the post-production stage from Africa, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria. The film selections are screened to an audience of producers, distributors, and programmers of international film festivals. The workshop concludes with an award ceremony to honor the winning films that will be supported through the post-production phase.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>IT&rsquo;S A BOY (INSHALLAH WALAD) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a grant from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and from the </span><strong>Red Sea Fund,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the 1st edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival. </strong><strong>Furthermore, the project got production and post-production support from the Royal Film Commission in two cycles, in addition to production support from the Doha Film Institute.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows</span><strong> Nawal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who suddenly loses her husband and finds herself facing society and its laws. However, things turn upside down when she gives birth to a boy.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote the film with </span><strong>Delphine Augte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rula Nasser, IT&rsquo;S A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Muna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Eslam Al Awadi. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by</span><strong> Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser and Aseel Abu Ayyash) in </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collaboration with</span><strong> Bayt Al Shawareb (Theeb, The Alleys)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of its distribution throughout the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s worth mentioning that IT\'S A BOY is not Amjad\'s first collaboration with MAD; the latter handled the distribution for his short film </span><strong>The Parrot</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Darren Salam, which received several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna&rsquo;s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the USA and Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. Moreover, the film landed its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) and is now available on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian director who holds an MFA from the </span><strong>Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(RSICA). After receiving the </span><strong>Best Scenarist Award for short fiction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>First Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition in Amman in 2005, Amjad started working as director, producer and production designer on music videos, short and feature films. In 2007, he attended </span><strong>Berlinale Talents </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 57th </span><strong>Berlinale Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also directed Hit The Road, a World Economic Forum (WEF) commercial film supported by the King Abdullah II Center for Excellence, the Royal Film Commission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His directing credits include five short films that screened at international film festivals. In 2013, he directed the Jordanian comedy series </span><strong>The Rania Show</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2016, he was listed on </span><strong>ScreenDaily\'s \'Arab Stars of Tomorrow\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among five emerging film talents from the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Rula Nasser </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Jordanian independent producer, with experience in all aspects of production ranging from commercials, TV series, low-budget movies, and big-budget businesses. She started her career in the film industry by working on several international productions for BBC and Discovery channels. She worked at the Royal Film Commission - Jordan (RFC) for five years and established The Filmmaker&rsquo;s Support Program.&nbsp; In 2011, Rula founded her own production company, The Imaginarium Films, which focuses on discovering local talents and developing appealing universal stories set in the Arab world.</span>', '910948257');
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(301, 'More screenings in its homeland', 'THE ALLEYS by Bassel Ghandour screening in The Rainbow Theater in Jordan', '2022-08-14', 'the-alleys-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The feature film </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened twice at </span><strong>The Rainbow theater </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Jordan, resuming its release in its homeland that started last June. The film will be screened on&nbsp;</span><span>Saturday 20</span><span>th</span> <span>and </span><span>Tuesday 23rd</span><span>&nbsp;</span>August. The film was released in 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia and is expected to be released soon in other Arab countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film received the audience award and special mention from </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden. In addition, it received The </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay, France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was nominated for four awards in </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the current </span><strong>Cannes Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was widely acclaimed during its screening tour in which it participated in dozens of international festivals; the most notably are </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, its Arab premiere was at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while its international premiere was at one of the most prestigious international festivals which is </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Piazza Grande</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> competition, becoming the first Jordanian feature film to participate in this festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film critic Khaled Sameh wrote about the film in the Jordanian Addustor website saying that &ldquo;Jordanian film, THE ALLEYS, is a bold expression of social dilemmas within a context of brutal realism.&rdquo; While Esraa Al Radaideh wrote in the Jordanian Alghad website&nbsp; that &ldquo;In THE ALLEYS we see these narrow alleys overflowing with twists and reflections, the lines of conspiracy in a film built on powerful script tells a complex network of individual yet interconnected stories.&rdquo;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received critical acclaim and praise from international critics and websites including Screen Daily, Backseat Mafia, the famous American website PopMatters, the British website The Upcoming, the Swiss newspaper Corriere Del Ticino and others who described the film as fascinating, impressive, epic and exciting that will stuck in your mind for so long.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it. When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, but things do not go as planned.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ALLEYS film project received The Jury Award in the filmmaking programme </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Cairo International film festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian film support fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Doha Film Institute (Qatar) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for film development (Saudi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During the development phase, the project received the support of </span><strong>EAVE producers&rsquo; workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Dubai Film juncture </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ALLEYS is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz el Akkad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as co-producer. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distribution in the Arab world, while the French company </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles sales in the rest of the world.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It received the </span><strong>BAFTAs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award for the first feature work in 2016. THE ALLEYS is his first directorial experience, he&rsquo;s also the screenwriter and its world premiere was at the </span><strong>Locarno International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1186263192'),
(302, 'Distributed by MAD Solutions', 'AUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN and I’M NOT LAKIT Screen at Lebanese Film Festival in Australia', '2022-08-22', 'dofa-final-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions joins the 10th edition of The Lebanese Film Festival in Australia, which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">runs from 25 August to 10 September, with two films, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zaid Abu Hamdan</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Ivanova Z</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary I&rsquo;M NOT LAKIT.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have two screenings during the festival, the first on Saturday, August 27, at 7 p.m. (GMT +10). The second screening will be on Saturday 10 September at 7 pm. While</span> <a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maria Ivanova Z</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary I&rsquo;M NOT LAKIT will be screened on Friday, August 26 at 7:15 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can purchase tickets by visiting the following links:</span>\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN:</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-daughters-of-abdul-rahman-plus-clotheslined-arabic?selectedDate=2022-08-27\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-daughters-of-abdul-rahman-plus-clotheslined-arabic?selectedDate=2022-08-27</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-daughters-of-abdul-rahman-plus-baba-arabic?selectedDate=2022-09-10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-daughters-of-abdul-rahman-plus-baba-arabic?selectedDate=2022-09-10</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>I&rsquo;m Not Lakit&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-im-not-lakit-plus-room-16-arabic\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/lff-im-not-lakit-plus-room-16-arabic</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film (Golden Lynx Fiction) at FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal and won the Audience Award at San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA. The film landed its world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award) and was screened at Beirut International Women Film Festival, where it won a special mention and the first edition of Red Sea International Film Festival (Arab Spectacular Section)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also the opening film of Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN stars Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsaiso, Hanan Al Hilo, Mariam Al Basha, and Khalid Al Tarifi. It is produced by Pan East Media (Saba Mubarak &amp; Aya Wuhoush), Lagoonie Film Production, Wika Production and Distribution, and Arab Media Network. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>I&rsquo;M NOT LAKIT:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Saleh, a man who lives in an old house in the mountains near the Lebanese city of Byblos. Saleh does not belong to a family or a religious sect, in a society where such criteria define a human being. Worse, he lacks nationality and a passport, he even lacks the right to live his life as an ordinary citizen since he is labeled as a \'lakit\' of unknown ancestry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Maria Ivanova Z, the film landed its world premiere at Beirut International Women Film Festival. Produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N&eacute; &agrave; beyrouth Films and Avanpost Media, and shot by Marius Panduru, the film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars Father Majdi Allawi, Jean Paul Salameh, Ali Hssein Fakih and Mohamad Ali. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>', '1493577850'),
(303, 'As Part of its World Tour', 'Trapped Screens at Religion Today Film Festival in Italy', '2022-08-22', 'trapped-final-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRAPPED</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manal Khaled</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shall join the 25th edition of </span><strong>Religion Today Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is held in several cities in Italy from September 14 to 29, as part of the film\'s world tour that began with Arabsik Filmfest in Norway.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received lots of positive reviews on the Arab and international level, where it was described By </span><strong>Southwest Festival Newsletter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapped is a powerful, inspiring and radical work that makes one excited to see what Manal Khaled will come up with next</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&rdquo; While Romman magazine said, &ldquo;The film creates a light, implicit, and smooth form of the spontaneous revolutionary dialogue that connected Egyptians at all socioeconomic and intellectual levels.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The storyline of the film follows a group of women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped by their own quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of being trapped sometimes in one\'s thoughts, inner conflict and ideas. For entrapment is by all means not limited to concrete walls and shackles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film toured a number of international festivals, including the </span><strong>Best Feature film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as </span><strong>Karama Human Rights Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Beirut, </span><strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Festival de Cine por Mujeres, Madrid.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRAPPED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screenplay by </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Khaled</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a star-studded cast including,</span> <strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Higab, Osama Abo Al Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Rajwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhy.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Manal Khaled </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied Philosophy at the University of Alexandria. She worked as an assistant director at Misr International Film. In addition, she has vast experience working with award winning directors, including: </span><strong>Saad Hendawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Kamla Abou Zekri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hani Khalifa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mohamed Ali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She also attended several master classes and workshops on filmmaking, screenwriting and film criticism. Most recently, she has finished shooting her feminist long documentary film </span><strong>AN HOUR OR SO </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the American director </span><strong>Adolfo Martinez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1011332303'),
(304, '  Within the Contemporary World Cinema category..', 'Firas Khoury’s ALAM Lands Its World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival ', '2022-08-23', '1.795.1_1.795.1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film </span><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by</span><strong> Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will land its world premiere at the 47th edition of </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is scheduled to run from Sept. 8th to 18th, and will be screened at the festival\'s </span><strong>Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Toronto International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is back with its full-capacity, physical edition after two years of disruption because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Hollywood stars like Steven Spielberg, Harry Styles, and Peter Farrelly, to name a few, shall grace this year&rsquo;s red carpet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Tamer who is a Palestinian living in Israel. He and his friends lead a typical high school student&rsquo;s life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa\'. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel\'s Independence Day, which is a mourning day for Palestinians.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM\'s film project was funded by Doha Film Institute in 2015 and was chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation workshop at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival. The project was featured at the 2019 Venice Gap-Financing Market and received a USD$10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection-Cairo International Film Festival, as well as a USD$20,000 script development grant from SANAD Abu Dhabi Film Fund. It was also featured at Atlas workshops of Marrakech International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, film </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lensed by the cinematographer </span><strong>Frida Marzouk </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and edited by </span><strong>Nadia Ben Rachid, ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is produced by </span><strong>Marie Pierre Macia, Claire Gad&eacute;a, Naomie Lagadec (MPM Film, France), Melik Kochbati (Paprika Films, Tunisia), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ossama Bawardi (Philistine Films, Palestine).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are in charge of the film\'s distribution throughout the Arab world</span><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Firas Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Palestinian scriptwriter and director, with a Bachelor of Arts in cinema. </span><strong>Khoury&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">portfolio includes several short films; including the award-winning films </span><strong>Seven Days in Deir Bulus (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2007) and </span><strong>Yellow Mums</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2010). These films were broadcast in festivals around the world and on TV channels, including </span><strong>Arte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>VVD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he finished his short film, </span><strong>Maradona&rsquo;s Legs,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which landed its world premiere at the </span><strong>Palm Springs Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is now available on </span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as of October 15, 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from directing, </span><strong>Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is dedicated to disseminating Palestinian films and teaching young people. He also taught cinematic expression at the School of Cinema of the Freedom Theatre in </span><strong>Jenin refugee camp</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>University of Nazareth, Haifa Aimashgal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in Tunis. </span><strong>Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a co-founder of</span><strong> Group Falastinema, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which develops film workshops and presents screenings throughout Palestine.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1311732040'),
(305, 'Nominee for Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA)  ', 'Nasser Sharaf’s Score in THE ALLEYS is Nominated for the Best Original Score for a Narrative Feature Film', '2022-08-26', 'Nasser-Sharaf-Headshot.jpg', '<strong>Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced that </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composer </span><strong>Nasser Sharaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is nominated for the </span><strong>Best Original Score for a Narrative Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for his work in the film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php#:~:text=In%20a%20gossip%2Dridden%2C%20violent,don\'t%20go%20as%20planned.\"> <strong>THE ALLEYS, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour.</strong></a><strong> Sharaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will compete in his category with four other composers. The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, Sep 21.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a celebration held by </span><strong>The Screen Composers Guild of Canada </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and consists of 9 categories. In this year&rsquo;s edition, remarkable Arab figures alongside </span><strong>Nasser Sharaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are nominated for their works. Such figures include Syrian Composer </span><strong>Layal Watfeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for her work in </span><strong>AMBAR 6 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>THE JOURNEY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as Jordanian Composer </span><strong>Suad Bushnaq </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for her work in the TV episode </span><strong>The Nature of Things: Why We Dance.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a career spanning over 25 years,</span><strong> Nasser Sharaf, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian composer of Jordanian descent,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is best known for his ability to integrate various Western and Arab musical genres in his music composition. He graduated with a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Composition/ Film Scoring from</span><strong> Berklee College of Music </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Boston. Afterwards, he earned a degree in Sound Engineering from </span><strong>Full Sail University.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He started off his career working in various studios with top notch clients, such as </span><strong>Disney Corporation, Universal Studios, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Metro Goldwyn Myer to name but a few</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1993, </span><strong>Sharaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returned to Jordan where he co-founded </span><strong>Sharaf Music Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Later, in 2008, he was commissioned to compose the musical score for the musical theater production </span><strong>Petra Rocks</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in celebration of the historical city of </span><strong>Petra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s induction into the &ldquo;</span><strong>New Seven Wonders of the World</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; and the 10th anniversary of </span><strong>King Abdullah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> II\'s coronation. In addition to his work in film, television, and musical theater, </span><strong>Nasser </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">composed music for Television, interactive media, and Video Games.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been making waves on the festival circuit. The film received the </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden. In addition, it received The </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> France. It was nominated for 4 awards in the </span><strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of </span><strong>Cannes Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was widely acclaimed during its screening tour in which it participated in dozens of international festivals; the most notable are </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, its Arab premiere was at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while its international premiere was at one of the most prestigious international festivals, </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Piazza Grande</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> competition, becoming the first Jordanian feature film to participate in this festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, a young hustler will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it. When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, but things do not go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz el Akkad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as co-producer. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while the French company </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles sales in the rest of the world.</span>', '1451431499'),
(306, 'Part of the Contemporary World Cinema Program', 'UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri will be screened in Toronto International Film Festival', '2022-08-27', 'underthefigtrees_04.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian film </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be screened in the </span><strong>Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program during the 47</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Canada, which runs from 8</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to 18</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> September. The film will&nbsp; premiere in North America after joining </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarajevo Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its world</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premiere in </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which it received </span><strong>EcoPro jury award in Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened at Scotiabank Theatre Toronto on Friday, September 9, at 4:40 pm (GMT-4) Toronto time for media and filmmakers accreditation. On Tuesday, September 13, at 7:15 pm for the public, Wednesday, September 14, at 10:40 pm and Saturday, September 17, at 8 pm.&nbsp; It will also be screened at digital TIFF Bell Lightbox on Friday, September 16, at 11 am for the Canadian audience only.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide media and&nbsp; critical acclaim when joining the official </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition in Melbourne and in CineVision competition, where it premiered in Munich Film Festival </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after its five screenings in </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>Lovia Gyarkye </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote on </span><strong>The Hollywood reporter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;</span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is such a pleasurable and immersive experience&rdquo;, on </span><strong>Screendaily.com</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Amber Wikinson</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> paid tribute for the attractive incarnation of the summer flirtations and described the film as a delicate human drama and </span><strong>Kaleem</strong> <strong>Aftab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expressed his impress with the cast in their first debut in his review on </span><strong>Cineuropa.com </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in which the critic </span><strong>Amel El Gamel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> agreed with him, on </span><strong>alaraby.co.uk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as she saw that the film was approaching being a documentary due to the intense of its sincerity and the spontaneous performance of its actors.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place in one day, among the trees, where teenagers work during the summer harvest with the older workers. They both steal time and return to the memories of love lived and lost, practise their own budding desires, settle drama, and share dreams.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s first feature film, but she directed the awards winner feature-length documentary </span><strong>RAILWAY MEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film project won </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award in </span><strong>Final Cut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop in </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Altas Post Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award in </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is a joint production between Tunisia (</span><strong>Henia Production Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Switzerland (</span><strong>Akka Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and France (</span><strong>Maneki Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Distributed globally by the company </span><strong>Luxbox</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distributing and marketing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director and producer. With her own production company, HENIA, she develops Tunisian author driven documentaries distinguished at VISIONS DU REEL, IDFA, CINEMED...In 2018, her groundbreaking feature documentary, RAILWAY MEN, screened for six successive weeks in Tunisian theatres. In 2021, she wrote, directed and produced her first fiction feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, which won several post-production awards at the Venice International Film Festival (Final Cut in Venice). She then joined the selection of the 54th Director\'s Fortnight at Cannes 2022.</span>', '477393906'),
(307, '', 'NEZOUH by Soudade Kaadan competes in BFI London Film Festival’s official competition', '2022-08-27', 'Nezouh-Film4.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 66</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selected </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to compete in the official competition, marking the return of&nbsp; </span><strong>Soudade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the </span><strong>BFI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> four years later, after screening her film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The upcoming edition is held from 5 to 16 October, the festival programme to be announced on 1</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of upcoming September.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement coincides&nbsp; with </span><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s preparation for its world premiere at </span><strong>Venice Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on September 3-4, in which it competes in </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of the 14-year-old Zeina </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Hala Zein).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Nizar Alani)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the boy next door. When the violence escalates, Zeina&rsquo;s mother, Hala, (Kinda Alloush) decides to leave. She puts up a fight with her husband Motaz (Samer Al Masri) who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his house.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received </span><strong>Baumi Award for script development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span><strong> Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was awarded </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfond </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award as part of </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s workshop. Also,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it received support from </span><strong>Torino Film Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> British Film Institute </strong><strong>(National Lottery funds).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey, </span><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Zajal Productions (</strong><strong>Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinda Alloush</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samer Al Masri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hala Zein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nizar Alani</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lensed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while </span><strong>MK2 films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is in charge of the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales. Moreover,it is distributed in France by </span><strong>Pyramide </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is financed through </span><strong>FILM4 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France, </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism in Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et cin&eacute;matographiques (IESAV), Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.&nbsp; Her first feature is </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which won </span><strong>Best Debut Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to the </span><strong>Special</strong> <strong>Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Los Angeles Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started displaying three films by </span><strong>Soudade </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 months prior; the feature film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the two short films </span><strong>Aziza </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Besieged Bread</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all of which are available so far to watch around the world. </span><strong>Soudade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s films highlights the situation in Syria over the past decade, which made her receive dozens of international awards.</span>', '1258991794'),
(308, 'In the presence of the film’s crew', 'DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS  by Wissam Charaf Opens Giornate degli Autori competition', '2022-08-26', 'DIRTY,-DIFFICULT,-DANGEROUS.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lebanese </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115348.php\"><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;by</span> <a href=\"../directors/271951242554.php\"><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will open the 19th edition of</span><strong> Giornate degli Autori </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition, held in parallel with the 79th Venice International Film Festival, from August 31 to September 10.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s debut will take place on Wednesday, August 31 at 4:15 p.m. (GMT +2) Venice time for those who have received accreditation, followed by a discussion with the film\'s crew, including the director </span><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the film&rsquo;s cast including </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Darina Al Joundi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Gaosiga Chandra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the two producers</span><strong> Katia Khazak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Charlotte Vincent</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, director of photography </span><strong>Martin Rit</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the film editor </span><strong>Cl&eacute;mence Diard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">production designer</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom Mattei,&nbsp; First assistant director Ana&iuml;s Versini, casting director Sandie Galan Perez, and Second assistant director Ghina Daou will be attending. The</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film will be screened twice, the first time on Friday, September 2 at 4:30 p.m.&nbsp; for the general public and the second time on Wednesday, September 7 at 11:30 a.m. for those who have received accreditation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2004, </span><strong>Giornate degli Autori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an independent film festival section held in parallel to and in association with Venice International Film Festival. It is modeled on Directors\' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of </span><strong>Ahmed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who roams the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, </span><strong>Ahmed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Syrian refugee and a war survivor, thought he&rsquo;d find love with </span><strong>Mehdia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Ethiopian girl. But in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will this couple be able to find the way to freedom given that </span><strong>Ahmed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suffers a mysterious illness that slowly turns his body into metal?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was supported by </span><strong>CNC, Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund, Italy&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie and MEDIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was awarded a full promotion package from the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, received the Award of the French Institute in Tunisia from Carthage Pro Professional platform, the </span><strong>Arte prize in Busan Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>CNC </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award in </span><strong>Dubai Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>&nbsp;Wissam Charaf </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with</span><strong> Hala Dabaji, Mariette D&eacute;sert,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al Joundi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is produced by </span><strong>Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films and Intramovies. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JHR Films manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in France</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>Intramovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Lebanese/French director, cameraman and editor. In 1998, he began to work with the French/German network ARTE, as a news cameraman, editor and journalist. He has since covered major conflict areas ranging from Lebanon to Darfour, Afghanistan, or North Korea. He worked in programs like </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Info, </span><strong>ARTE Reportages, Metropolis </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Tracks. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director with </span><strong>Danielle Arbid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as on music videos with French director </span><strong>Henri-Jean Debon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for artists such as</span><strong> Noir Desir, Sinead O Connor </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Asian Dub Foundation. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He directed 6 short fiction films: </span><strong>Hizz Ya Wizz, A Hero Never Dies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Army of Ants</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>After </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(awarded in </span><strong>Pantin, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brive), </span><strong>Unforgettable Memory of a Friend </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(awarded in </span><strong>Pantin, Clermont-Ferrand, Rhode Island</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and pre-selected for Best short film in the </span><strong>Cesar 2020) and Don&rsquo;t panic (Clermont-Ferrand)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as </span><strong>It&rsquo;s All in Lebanon, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a documentary awarded in Carthage Festival. His first feature film, </span><strong>Heaven Sent,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected at the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival. Currently, he is</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the development process of a new feature and in post production of his new short film</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>', '163776496');
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(309, 'Competing in Orizzonti Extra,', 'Details of Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH Screening at Venice International Film Festival', '2022-08-29', 'Nezouh-Film4.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will world premiere at </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(August 31-Sep.10). 3 screenings will be held for the film, in the presence of director </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, actress </span><strong>Kinda Alloush, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actor</span><strong> Samer Al Masri),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Producer </span><strong>Yu-Fai Suen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Berkeley Media Group</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Producer </span><strong>Marc Bordure</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ( </span><strong>Agat Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>ExNihilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Line Producer </span><strong>Emre Oskay</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Sky Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Associate Producer </span><strong>Amira Kaadan,</strong> <strong>Farhana Bhula (Film4</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Ollie Madden </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of Film4 </span><strong>(Film4</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lizzie Francke</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>British Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) </span><strong>Olivier Barbier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>MK2 FILMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Co-Founders of</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Alaa Karkouti </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maher Diab)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Meriame Deghedi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head of Sales and Acquisitions (</span><strong>MAD Solutions).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Find Here the Screening Times of NEZOUH at </strong><strong>Sala Giardino:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, Sep.3, at 2:30 PM (GMT+2) (for pass holders only)&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, Sep.3. at 9:00 PM (GMT+2)</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, Sep.4, at 9:00 AM (GMT+2)</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Kaadan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returns to</span><strong> Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her second film four years later, when her first film, </span><strong>The Day I Lost My Shadow,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the </span><strong>Orizzonti </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of the 14-year-old </span><strong>Zeina (Hala Zein).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with </span><strong>Amer</strong> <strong>(Nizar Alani)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the boy next door. When the violence escalates,</span><strong> Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s mother, </span><strong>Hala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to leave. She puts up a fight with her husband</span><strong> Motaz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Samer Al Masri) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his house.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received </span><strong>Baumi Award for script development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span><strong> Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was awarded </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfond </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award as part of </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s workshop. Also, it received support from </span><strong>Torino Film Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> British Film Institute (National Lottery funds).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>KAF Productions (Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure). NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>, Samer Al Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while</span><strong> MK2 FILMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales. Moreover,it is distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is financed through </span><strong>FILM4, British Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Born in France,&nbsp;</span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the&nbsp;</span><strong>Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et cin&eacute;matographiques</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(</span><strong>IESAV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon. Her film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks her feature debut. It won the </span><strong>Lion of the</strong> <strong>Future award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>jury prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>LA Festival.</strong>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few months ago, 3 films by </span><strong>Soudade </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were screened on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Feature film </span><strong>The Day I Lost My Shadow </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the two short films;</span><strong> AZIZA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films, which nabbed dozens of international awards, shed light on the situation in Syria during the previous decade. They are currently available for subscribers worldwide.&nbsp;</span>', '171022899'),
(310, '', 'SALMA’S HOME  awarded Best Feature Film at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in America', '2022-08-29', 'salma-home.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SALAM&rsquo;S HOME </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received Best Feature Film Global Vision Award at </span><strong>Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in San Jose, California, the Film is described by the festival&rsquo;s administration as; &ldquo;Powerful, impressive and affectionate &rdquo;. The film had four successful screenings among the events in Silicon Valley, Home of giant technology. Companies such as Google, Apple and Netflix. The film was also screened two weeks prior at the Arab Film Festival at The Arab American National Museum in Michigan</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with more</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> American and International film festivals to be announced shortly.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Cinequest </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a non-profit foundation that organises dozens of events throughout the year, including </span><strong>Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which screens more than 300 films virtually or in theatres, most of which are world premieres or North American premieres. More than 2000 artists from 55 countries participate in its events in areas of creation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was released on </span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exclusively in the MENA region</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on July 7th and was ranked in the Netflix official Top 10 in Jordan for three successive weeks. Prior to its release on Netflix ,the Director held a private screening in Amman, Jordan, at Taj Cinemas in the presence of its cast and crew, as well as a number of film critics and prominent media figures.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received much critical acclaim both in the Arab world and worldwide. &nbsp; Critic Ola Al-Sheikh via Raseef22 explained that, &ldquo;The film&rsquo;s power lies in making the audience feel that they know the characters closely and can relate to them&rdquo;. Cincecentric website wrote that,&nbsp; \"Her film is a story of family, grief, and solidarity &rdquo; while noting that Hanadi Elyan is skilled to the extent that while watching SALMA&rsquo;S HOME you can&rsquo;t tell it&rsquo;s the director\'s debut feature film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emilie Black described the film on the Cinema Crazed website, as \" a carefully crafted drama that feels like home.\" While Randy Myers, of The Mercury News, praised the film saying, \"A delightful debut feature from Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan that offers a refreshing, humorous and heartfelt take on the bonds and relationships between three generations of Arab women.\"&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SALMA&rsquo;S HOME is set in Jordan and revolves around three women with distinct personalities. Salma (Juliet Awad) is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running a nonprofitable home-based bakery, her daughter Farah (Sameera Asir) is a young working mother with marital problems with husband Malek (Firas Taybeh).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma&rsquo;s ex-husband. The funeral takes place at his current wife&rsquo;s house, Lamia (Rania Kurdi), an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with social media. After the funeral, uncle Emad (Waleed Jizawi) brings shocking information to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Hanadi Elyan, the film stars Juliet Awad, Sameera Asir, Rania Kurdi and Firas Taybeh, produced by </span><strong>Reel LA Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(producer Nathan Bennett). </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer/ director </span><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective. Hanadi\'s films competed in film festivals around the world. She started her film career in Jordan, then she moved to Dubai and established Reel Arab Productions. Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full ride scholarship, where she earned her MFA in Film Production / Directing from UCLA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hanadi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently serves as Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing at Emerson College. She has previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including Jordan Film Fund for SALMA&rsquo;S HOME film and THE CAMP BEAUTY QUEEN screenplay, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial award, Special Jury award at Tangiers Film Festival for Mariam\'s Chance in Morocco, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy and The UCLA Directors Spotlight Award.&nbsp;</span>', '374432950'),
(311, 'As part of its screening in the Arab world', 'Starting form 31st August LOST will be released commercially at Moroccan theaters', '2022-08-29', 'lost.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Moroccan film </span><strong>LOST </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the director </span><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be released commercially at the Moroccan theaters starting from Wednesday 31</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> August, in partnership between </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the responsible for distribution in the Arab world and the Moroccan distribution company </span><strong>Med Film international</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film that received two awards will resume its screening tour in which it gained much critical acclaim.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is now being screened in the following five Moroccan cities: Megarama, Eden Club, Lutetia, RIF)&nbsp; in Casablanca and (Megarama and Colisee) in Marrakech and (Megarama and Cineatlas) in Rabat and (Megarama-City Mall and Megarama-Goya) in Tanger and in Megarama cinema in Fes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Described by the Canadian press as A breathtaking enjoyable experience, </span><strong>LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has most certainly found its way to success and received Arab and international acclaim.&nbsp; &nbsp; &ldquo; It&rsquo;s a film worth watching and deserves to be discussed and written about, \'\' explained critic </span><strong>Abd El Ellah Gowahry. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While on Youm7</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website, </span><strong>Nahed Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote that it is a movie with different details and is written in coherent visual language in its cinematic translation. It was also praised on </span><strong>Artsmart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website. &ldquo;A movie worth watching if you value dramas that play on the mind chords, \'\' wrote </span><strong>Barry Meehan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in </span><strong>Mahttmsr </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website&nbsp; </span><strong>Dr. Walid Saif </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pointed that &ldquo;The dynamic rhythm in the movie barely gives us the chance to relax as it takes on a journey with the protagonist to search for the truth&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Recently,</span><strong> LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been released in Saudi cinemas, by </span><strong>Rowad Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for audio and visual production and distribution, marking the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi. Also, it has been screened in Hanager Cinema among </span><strong>Mediterranean Cinema Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s programmes after receiving Best Director</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Jury award for Best Narrative Feature</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Toronto Film Channel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition to special screening tours in international festivals such as </span><strong>Buffalo festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>the United States of America</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Amsterdam festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Rabat Author Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Durban International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span><strong> South Africa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Montreal Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Abuja Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Nigeria</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and many Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment driven by people for special reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories, and replaced it with another life full of chaos, despair and loss. </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to set off in search of her true life.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. Directed by </span><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Adnane Mouhejja,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Mouna R\'miki, Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe, Abderrahim El Maniari, Fatima Zahra Bennacer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khansa Batma. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s distributed by </span><strong>MAD solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Moroccan actor and director. He started his career by directing a series of plays with the seven theater group. His acting career includes more than 50 films and series, in which he participated in several international films such as BABEL with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and GREEN ZONE with Matt Damon. Also, directed about 20 films and series, the most famous series are DIMA JIRAN, DAR AL GHEZLAN and ASSAFHA ALOULA and regarding films the most famous are FILTER TO DRINK, BOUGHABA AND ME TOO, I LOVE YOU.</span>', '766281617'),
(312, 'STREAMS| SOULA| DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN| THE ALLEYS| UNSPOKEN|ARNOOS| 1+1', 'MAD Solutions Joins Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon with 7 Films ', '2022-08-30', 'mad-films-at-Tripoli.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sends off 7 films from its distribution list to the 8th edition of</span><strong> Tripoli Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Lebanon (Sep 22-29). 4 </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> films compete in the Feature Film Narrative Competition (</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>STREAMS,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili,</strong></a> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by writer-director </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) while 3 MAD films compete in the Short Film Competition ( </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115273.php\"><strong>UNSPOKEN</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/2261719748860.php\"><strong>Mohammed Alghadhban</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115332.php\"><strong>&nbsp;Arnoos</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/285656107940.php\"><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115354.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1+1</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/3011102567184.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Mahmoud</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> STREAMS:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the lower depths of Tunis, Amel is searching for her missing son Moumen. During her journey, Amel faces a Tunisian society in full collapse.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, STREAMS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and features music composed by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world. </span><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia) and in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> SOULA:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film starring</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <strong>Mohamed Al Gizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> THE ALLEYS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi),</strong> <strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by</span><strong> Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France) handles the international sales.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>UNSPOKEN:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Hadhima</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Iraqi countryside. Her mother passes away as a child, thus she moves to live with her father where she&rsquo;s treated as a maid, not as his daughter. One day, when things get worse, she will make one bold decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mohammed Alghadhban, </span><strong>UNSPOKEN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span><strong> Asaad Abdulmajeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nayan Altalabani, Noor Alhuda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Om Ali, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by </span><strong>Rola Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Enki Film Academy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> ARNOOS:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a normal day at a shopping square in Amman,</span><strong> Sami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 15- year- old spoiled naive kid, along with </span><strong>Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the 15-year-old street-smart hustler and corn seller are ready to execute their plan and steal a surprise gift in order to impress </span><strong>Sami&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> girlfriend; unaware of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Arnoos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Samer Battikhi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Al Omari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ziad Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fadi Haddadin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammed Idris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sierra Bravo Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is distributed across the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About 1+1:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film revolves in an era after the great war has destroyed the city, only a man and a woman, from the opposite parties remain. Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Alaa Mahmoud</strong><strong>, ARNOOS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Amir ElMasry</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarrah AbdElRahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by Cairo Imperia ( Mostafa Bahgat) and is lensed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario Ghaly. MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>', '1026437911'),
(313, 'Now in Moroccan Cinemas ', 'A Massive Presence of Media Figures and Celebrities at the Premiere of LOST in Morocco ', '2022-08-31', 'lost.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115359.php#:~:text=Ranya%20is%20a%20young%20woman,for%20a%20very%20specific%20purpose.\"><strong>LOST</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/306645984597.php\"><strong>Driss Roukhe</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, premiered at</span><strong> Megarama</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cinema, Casablanca, last Wednesday night, in the presence of a massive number of media figures, celebrities, public figures, the filmmakers and the cast. The film commercially releases in cinemas as of today, in collaboration with </span><strong>MAD Solutions, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, and Moroccan distribution company </span><strong>Med Film International.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the attendees were members of the film&rsquo;s crew (director/actor </span><strong>Driss Roukhe, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scriptwriter </span><strong>Adnane Mouhejja)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with members of the cast ( </span><strong>Mouna R\'miki, Nadia Alami, Khansa Batma, Abderrahim El Maniari,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Mohamed Al Wardi) .</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally,&nbsp; Producer </span><strong>&Agrave;. Majdoul,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Film Editor </span><strong>Ayoub Jaddad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> DOP</span><strong> Luca Coassin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Music Composer</span><strong> Louis Manceaux </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were in attendance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film </span><strong>LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is playing in cinemas in the following 6 Moroccan cities: Casablanca (Megarama, Eden Club, Lutetia and RIF), Marrakech (Megarama and Colisee), Rabat ( Megarama and&nbsp; CineAtlas), Tangier (Megarama-City Mall and Megarama-Goya), Fes (Megarama) and T&eacute;touan (Avenida).</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Described by the Canadian press as A breathtaking enjoyable experience, </span><strong>LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has most certainly found its way to success and received Arab and international acclaim.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; It&rsquo;s a film worth watching and deserves to be discussed and written about, \'\' explained critic </span><strong>Abd El Ellah Gowahry.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While on Youm7</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website, </span><strong>Nahed Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote that it is a movie with different details and is written in coherent visual language in its cinematic translation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also praised on </span><strong>Artsmart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website. &ldquo;A movie worth watching if you value dramas that play on the mind chords, \'\' wrote </span><strong>Barry Meehan.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in </span><strong>Mahttmsr </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website&nbsp; </span><strong>Dr. Walid Saif </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pointed that &ldquo;The dynamic rhythm in the movie barely gives us the chance to relax as it takes on a journey with the protagonist to search for the truth&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,</span><strong> LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been released in Saudi cinemas, by </span><strong>Rowad Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for audio and visual production and distribution, marking the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi cinemas. It was screened within </span><strong>The Mediterranean Film Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s programme at </span><strong>Cinema El Hanager, Cairo Opera House, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after it had received</span><strong> Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival. LOST </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Jury award for Best Narrative Feature </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Toronto Film Channel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;On another note, the film was screened at prestigious global film festivals, including</span><strong> Buffalo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>The Netherlands Film Festival, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and several arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment implemented by people she knows nothing about for ambiguous reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories, and replaced it with another life full of chaos, despair and loss. </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to set off in search of her true life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. Directed by </span><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Adnane Mouhejja,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Mouna R\'miki, Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe, Abderrahim El Maniari, Fatima Zahra Bennacer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khansa Batma. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Moroccan actor and director. He started his career by directing a series of plays with the </span><strong>Seven Theatre group.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His acting career includes more than 50 films and series, including film </span><strong>BABEL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Brad Pitt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Cate Blanchett </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>GREEN ZONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>Matt Damon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, he directed about 20 films and series, most notable of which are TV series; </span><strong>DIMA JIRAN, DAR EL GHEZLAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>ASSAFHA AlOULA (FRONT PAGE) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and films; </span><strong>FILTER TO DRINK, BOUGHABA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>ME TOO, I LOVE YOU.</strong>', '1245419746');
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(314, 'Ahead of its release in UAE theatre', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN Premieres at Mall of Emirates in presence of the crew and media figures ', '2022-09-09', '0Y5A4377.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had its premiere on Wednesday, September 7 at Mall of Emirates, ahead of its release in UAE cinemas as of Thursday September 8. The film&rsquo;s screening was attended by the director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-producer </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the actress </span><strong>Hanan Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the music composer </span><strong>Masis Mardirossian</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the rest of the crew. Also, the screening was attended by prominent actors, media professionals and representatives from the embassies of Jordan, France and USA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be screened at </span><strong>VOX cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mall of Emirates, </span><strong>Reel cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Dubai Mall, Roxy (City Walk, Dubai Hills, and Al Khawaneej)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film began its screenings in Tunisia on Wednesday, September 7, at </span><strong>CineMadarat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carthage, </span><strong>ABC Tunis</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amilcar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tunis, and </span><strong>Metropole Menzel Bourguiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has been screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was well received, with tickets running out as soon as they were announced. The film was then screened in </span><strong>Jordanian cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the third commercial stop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it reaped </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Also</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally. &ldquo;The film\'s plot is around family life, customs, and traditions, with a focus on the upbringing of females in Arab communities,\" said The Arab Weekly. While Ola El Shafie - ElWatan said \"The film adopts a Sarcastic humour sense in the construction of its situations, which is rare in Arab Cinema; to find all these laughs come from an audience of a non-Egyptian film in theaters.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1254562741'),
(315, '', 'THE ANGER Wins the Best International Feature Film award at the Lebanese Independent Film Festival', '2022-09-11', 'The-Anger.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ANGER</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><strong>Maria Ivanova Z</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has garnered the </span><strong>Best International Feature Film</strong> <strong>award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Lebanese Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of the film\'s screening tour. The film recently joined the </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in America, </span><strong>Yasmine Hammamet Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia, and the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot of the film follows Ida, a young Lebanese girl, who flees her small village and her alcoholic mother in post-war Lebanon and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is directed by Maria Ivanova Z., who co-wrote it with </span><strong>Olga Artemyeva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Manal Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Houssam Sabbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Julia Kassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab region and worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maria Ivanova Z</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a director, screenwriter and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of </span><strong>Moscow State University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She is the CEO of the </span><strong>Scoop Production film company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international film festivals reaping awards. This includes </span><strong>THE LAST ONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>SONUNCE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>MUHAMAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>FLEEING THE WAR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>VILLAGE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Recently, </span><strong>Marie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finished her documentary film </span><strong>I\'M Not Lakit</strong>', '1940368952'),
(316, 'Armani Audience Award and Lanterna Magica Award', 'Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH Grabs Two Awards at Venice International Film Festival', '2022-09-11', '302887498_3412262202350355_754358686843153762_n.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and starring </span><strong>Kinda Alloush </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has won two awards at the closing ceremony of the 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was held on Saturday September 10. The film, which landed its world premiere at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nabbed the </span><strong>Audience Award presented by Armani Beauty</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the festival&rsquo;s main sponsor, making it the first Arab film to receive it and </span><strong>Lanterna Magica Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS).</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, director </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has three awards from Venice Film Festival, as her first film, </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the </span><strong>Orizzonti</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received a wide acclaim after its screening as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Smith</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote in Deadline website&nbsp; saying &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nezouh is a charming watch that blends feminist fairytale with real-life drama.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Jonathan Holland </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in his review on </span><strong>screendaily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website that , &ldquo;An intense and delicate film that bravely seeks to upend expectations of what the term &ldquo;Syrian drama&rdquo; generally suggests &mdash; violence and victims&rdquo;. On the other hand, </span><strong>Fabien Lemercier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described it on </span><strong>Cineuropa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website as &ldquo;Brimming with wonderful surrealist ideas&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to continue its worldwide festival tour with the BFI London Film Festival, where it will participate in the official competition. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of the 14-year-old </span><strong>Zeina </strong><strong>(Hala Zein).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with </span><strong>Amer</strong> <strong>(Nizar Alani)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the boy next door. When the violence escalates,</span><strong> Zeina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s mother, </span><strong>Hala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to leave. She puts up a fight with her husband</span><strong> Motaz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Samer Al Masri) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving his house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received </span><strong>Baumi Award for script development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span><strong> Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was awarded </span><strong>ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfond </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award as part of </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s workshop. Also,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it received support from </span><strong>Torino Film Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> British Film Institute </strong><strong>(National Lottery funds).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>KAF Productions (Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure). NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <strong>Kinda Alloush</strong><strong>, Samer Al Masri, </strong><strong>Hala Zein, Nizar Alani</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lensed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while</span><strong> MK2 films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales. Moreover,it is distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is financed through </span><strong>FILM4 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Born in France,&nbsp;</span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the&nbsp;</span><strong>Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et cin&eacute;matographiques</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(</span><strong>IESAV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon. Her film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks her feature debut. It won the </span><strong>Lion of the</strong> <strong>Future award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>jury prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>LA Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few months ago, 3 films by</span> <strong>Soudade </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were screened on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Feature film </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the two short films;</span><strong> AZIZA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films, which nabbed dozens of international awards, shed light on the situation in Syria during the previous decade. They are currently available for subscribers worldwide.&nbsp;</span>', '179498994'),
(317, '', 'Bethlehem 2001 joins Marrakech Short Film Festival', '2022-09-11', 'bethlehem-pst.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><strong>Bethlehem 2001 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Ibrahim Handal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">participates in the 2</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>Marrakech Short Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(from 23 to 30 September). The festival is held under the patronage of the ministry of youth, culture, and communication.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival aims to bridge the gap between the short film industry and Marrakech, it also seeks to highlight the value of local talents by screening their short films simultaneously with films by international directors. It also aims to create a platform to enhance the production industry of short films, aside from valuing the legacy of abandoned cinema theaters in Morocco.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Bethlehem 2001 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and competed in the international competition of </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France. It received a Special</span><strong> Jury Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>MedFilm Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and participated </span><strong>in the Cin&eacute;ma de la Paix Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also went on to screen at Arab film festivals; </span><strong>Ajyal Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Alexandria Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of a young Palestinian who wanders between his reflections on the current status and his childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. He tries to understand how his parents led him through those difficult times, hoping that such memories would help him cope with the present.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Ibrahim Handal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Muhammad Mughrabi, Yousef</strong> <strong>AbuShkhaidem, Hind AbuShkhaidem, Tarek Abusalameh, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Karam Al-Salaymeh.</strong> <strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ibrahim Handal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Palestinian filmmaker and cinematographer from Bethlehem. In 2019, he obtained a </span><strong>BFA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Cinematography from </span><strong>Dar Al-Kalima University.</strong> <strong>Ibrahim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed several narratives and experimental short films and was the Director of Photography behind various short films including the </span><strong>Cannes Cinefondation 2019 winner &ldquo;AMBIENCE&rdquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Wissam Al Jafari. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, he was part of various teams of cinematographers and lighting technicians for several Palestinian feature films. Currently, </span><strong>Ibrahim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is working on his first feature film.</span>', '1618082755'),
(318, '', 'THE ANGER grabs 3 awards during its screening tour in International Festivals', '2022-09-14', '4c886942-b461-435f-8915-70596bb1c8ea.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115334.php\"><strong>THE ANGER</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/2871129214898.php\"><strong>Maria Ivanova Surae </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received three awards during its screening tour in International Festivals. It received two awards from </span><strong>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that was held in Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; </span><strong>The Best Director of Photography </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Tommaso Fiorilli</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the </span><strong>Cinema Critics Association</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the Best</span><strong> International Feature Fiction award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the Lebanese</span><strong> Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, the music video of the film was chosen by </span><strong>Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for participation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ANGER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joined </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>Yasmine Hammamet International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tunisia and </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon. The film had its world premiere at </span><strong>JCC Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In post-war Lebanon, </span><strong>Ida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> written and directed by </span><strong>Maria Ivanova Surae, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-written by</span><strong> Olga Artemyeva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Manal Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Houssam Sabbah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Julia Kassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution internationally.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maria Ivanova Surae</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a director, screenwriter and producer with over 16 years of experience in the film industry. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of </span><strong>Moscow State University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She is the CEO of the </span><strong>Scoop Production film company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that took part in prestigious international film festivals reaping awards. This includes </span><strong>THE LAS ONE, SONUNCU, MUHAMED, FLEEING THE WAR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>VILLAGE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Recently, Maria&rsquo;s documentary </span><strong>I&rsquo;M NOT LAKIT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released.</span>', '2144752074'),
(319, 'One of the festivals qualifying to the Oscars ', 'Tunisian short film TRINOU joins Show Me Shorts Film Festival in New Zealand', '2022-09-14', 'Trinou-poster-(JPEG).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115381.php\"><strong>TRINOU </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/3221800146544.php\"><strong>Nejib Kthiri</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joins </span><strong>Show Me Shorts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in New Zealand (7 &ndash; 30 October), in which it competes in the festival&rsquo;s official competition which is one of the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-eligible festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of a young boy escapes his failing body and secluded life by travelling in dreams, which he created from magazines his mother used to give him. When his step-father urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother, and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at </span><strong>LA International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was among the official selections in the international short film competition. It also competed in </span><strong>DokuFest International Festival for Documentaries</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Kthiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and starring </span><strong>Mohamed Grayaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Max Pemberton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Kaouther Dhaouedi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Eleanor Crowe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is co-produced by </span><strong>Seventh age pictures limited</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>SVP Tunisia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Nejib Kthiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Tunisian director, screenwriter and musician living in London, UK. He studied music and sound engineering in West London University in 2011, then specialised in cinematography. He is currently in the development stages of his debut feature film.</span>', '296599816'),
(320, '', '18/11 Joins Palestinian Refugees Film Festival in Palestine ', '2022-09-14', '18-11-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115300.php\"><strong>18/11</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by director</span> <a href=\"../directors/149449920657.php\"><strong>Medhat Maged</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened at the 3rd edition of the </span><strong>Palestinian Refugees Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be held in Palestine from September 23rd to September 25th. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival, which is the first international film festival for short films to be held in </span><strong>Occupied Palestine</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, highlights films that tackle refugee issues. The opening ceremony will be held at </span><strong>Putin Foundation for Culture and Economics in Bethlehem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18/11 landed its world premiere at </span><strong>African Film Festival Atlanta</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and nabbed two awards during the 6th edition of </span><strong>One Earth Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The awards are </span><strong>Gold Award for Best Student Film, and Silver Award for Best Short Film- Fiction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also screened at </span><strong>Visions Cairo Egyptian Short Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l, </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>International Short and Independent Film Festival in Bangladesh.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a story of a woman with sleepwalking disorder who was accused of murdering her unfaithful husband. Did she kill him while sleeping or was she conscious? The young servant is the one person who can help solve this case as she was the only witness.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Mohamed Abdallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>18/11</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Gehan Anwar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lama Kutkut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ali Shawki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Kareem Sorour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Faculty of Engineering then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He has worked as an assistant director in several commercial projects.</span>', '847628557'),
(321, 'Winner of 4 International Awards', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN opens ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema in the USA', '2022-09-15', 'doar-poster-jordan.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opens </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 10</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the USA ( Sep 23-29). </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened on Friday, september 23, at 7 pm at </span><strong>Brooklyn Academy of Music</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it had a full house screening, then has been commercially released at Jordanian theaters</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marking the third stop of the film&rsquo;s commercial tour. Moreover, the film was commercially released at Saudi and Kuwaiti theaters and is set to release soon in other Arab countries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ANA Contemporary Arab cinema </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is held each year at the </span><strong>Jacob Burns Film Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Brooklyn Academy of Music</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in New York. It </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on critically acclaimed and award-winning films by today\'s best Arab directors.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDUL-RAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Portugal. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it received a </span><strong>Special Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">( </span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from critics regionally and internationally.&ldquo;The story raises issues of family life, customs and traditions and specifically the upbringing of girls in Arab societies.&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>The Arab Weekly. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While</span><strong> Ola El Shafie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>ElWatan News </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film this way &ldquo;The film adopts a sarcastic sense of humor in its form and situations, which is rare in Arab Cinema; to find a non-Egyptian film that generates so much laughter.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1002548810');
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(322, 'As part of its commercial success in Arab countries…', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN releases at Cinema Akil in Dubai', '2022-09-16', 'doar-cinema-akil.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now being screened at </span><strong>Cinema Akil in Dubai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from September 17th to October 5th , as part of the film&rsquo;s commercial screenings, which began on September 8th at UAE cinemas.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening of </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>VOX cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mall of Emirates and NOVO Festival Mall and </span><strong>Reel cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Dubai Mall. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film began its screenings in Tunisia on Wednesday, September 7th , at </span><strong>CineMadarat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carthage, </span><strong>ABC Tunis</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amilcar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tunis, and </span><strong>Metropole Menzel Bourguiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also being screened in Jordanian cinemas for the seventh week in a row, making it the first Jordanian film to screen that long in cinemas. Also, the film has been screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was well received, and tickets were sold out as soon as they were announced. </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released commercially in Saudi and Kuwaiti theatres and is set to be released shortly in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received wide acclaim during its screening tour, as</span><strong> Esraa Al Radaideh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in</span><strong> Alghad website </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, \"Daughters of AbdulRahman, which we may say is a film that resembles us, focuses heavily on women\'s concerns in terms of treatment and depth.&rdquo; Ma\'an</span><strong> website</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stated that the film &ldquo; presents a smart, dramatic depiction of people inspired by reality, while criticizing society\'s stereotyping of the image of women and attempting to break away from such stereotypes through the protagonists of his film.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Also</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1892561396'),
(323, 'Part of the film\'s tour in Europe during the month of October', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Screens at Middle East Now Film Festival in Florence and Arab Film Festival in Germany', '2022-09-25', 'doar-poster-jordan-2.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set for a tour of screenings in Europe, where it will be screened in the 13th edition of the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be hosted in Florence, Italy, from October 4th to 9th . The film will be screened in the presence of the director on Friday, October 7th at 9 p.m. Florence time (GMT +2). Also, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be exhibited during the 18th edition of the Arab Film Festival in Germany, which runs from October 6th to 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This screening took place&nbsp; parallel to successful commercial screenings in the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, which began in early September and is scheduled to continue until October. The film is also being screened in Jordanian cinemas for the eights week in a row, making it the first Jordanian film to screen that long in cinemas. Also, the film has been screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was well received, and tickets were sold out as soon as they were announced. </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released commercially in Saudi and Kuwaiti theatres and is set to be released shortly in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received praise and critical acclaim during its tour, as newspapers wrote &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A film that combines the freshness of the first experiences of director Zaid Abu Hamdan and the maturity of Saba Mubarak\'s acting performance and her sisters... And every story works for a feature film.&rdquo; Also, others described it as &ldquo;A film that resembles us.&rdquo; Also, the </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">newsletter described the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Also</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1389622203'),
(324, 'Now in French and Moroccan Cinemas', 'LOST Wins Best First Work Award at Festival National du Film Tanger ', '2022-09-25', 'prix-de-la-premiere-ceuvre.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115359.php#:~:text=Ranya%20is%20a%20young%20woman,for%20a%20very%20specific%20purpose.\"><strong>LOST</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/306645984597.php\"><strong>Driss Roukhe</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the </span><strong>Best First Work </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award at the </span><strong>Feature Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> competition of the 22nd edition of the </span><strong>Festival National du Film Tanger</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is the film\'s third international award. It has now been released in a number of French theatres since Friday, Sept. 16th, through </span><strong>Friday Entertainment,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in Moroccan cinemas since the beginning of the current month, in collaboration with </span><strong>MAD Solutions,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which manages the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, and Moroccan distribution company</span><strong> Med Film International.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Described by the Canadian press as a breathtaking, enjoyable experience, </span><strong>LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has most certainly found its way to success and has received Arab and international acclaim.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; It&rsquo;s a film worth watching and deserves to be discussed and written about,\" explained critic </span><strong>Abd El Ellah Gowahry.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While on Youm7</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website, </span><strong>Nahed Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote that it is a movie with different details and is written in a coherent visual language in its cinematic translation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also praised on the </span><strong>Artsmart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website. &ldquo;A movie worth watching if you value dramas that play on the mind chords,\" wrote </span><strong>Barry Meehan.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While on the </span><strong>Mahttmsr </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website,&nbsp; </span><strong>Dr. Walid Saif </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pointed out that &ldquo;The dynamic rhythm in the movie barely gives us the chance to relax as it takes on a journey with the protagonist to search for the truth.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to that,</span><strong> LOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released in Saudi cinemas by </span><strong>Rowad Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for audio and visual production and distribution, marking the first Moroccan film to be commercially released in Saudi cinemas. It was screened within </span><strong>The Mediterranean Film Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s programme at </span><strong>Cinema El Hanager, Cairo Opera House, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after it had received the</span><strong> Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival. LOST </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Jury award for Best Narrative Feature </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Toronto Film Channel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;On another note, the film was screened at prestigious global film festivals, including</span><strong> Buffalo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>The Netherlands Film Festival, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and several Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young woman who is a victim of a conspiracy that aims to control her, as she finds herself in the middle of an experiment implemented by people she knows nothing about for ambiguous reasons. Consequently, the experiment stripped her of her life and memories and replaced them with another life full of chaos, despair, and loss. </span><strong>Rania</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decides to set off in search of her true life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was shot in Ifran, Meknes, Azrou, and Ben Smime in Morocco. Directed by </span><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Adnane Mouhejja,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Mouna R\'miki, Adnane Mouhejja, Driss Roukhe, Abderrahim El Maniari, Fatima Zahra Bennacer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Khansa Batma. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Driss Roukhe </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Moroccan actor and director. He started his career by directing a series of plays with the </span><strong>Seven Theatre group.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His acting career includes more than 50 films and series, including film </span><strong>BABEL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Brad Pitt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Cate Blanchett </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>GREEN ZONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>Matt Damon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, he directed about 20 films and series, most notable of which are TV series; </span><strong>DIMA JIRAN, DAR EL GHEZLAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>ASSAFHA AlOULA (FRONT PAGE) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and films; </span><strong>FILTER TO DRINK, BOUGHABA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>ME TOO, I LOVE YOU.</strong>', '134301787'),
(325, '', 'HUDA’S SALON opens Middle East Now Festival in Florence', '2022-09-25', 'huda-salaon-img.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;joined the 13</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East Now Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which kicks off on 4 &ndash; 9 October in Florence, Italy. The screening will be on Tuesday, 4 October, at 9 pm (GMT+2) Florence time.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film&rsquo;s official pages shared the film&rsquo;s&nbsp; official trailer on Facebook and Instagram. You can watch it through the following link:</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HudasSalon/videos/1562247807567697\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/HudasSalon/videos/1562247807567697</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened at </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it received a Special Jury Prize,</span><strong> Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it received a Special Jury Mention, and it opened</span><strong> Reel Palestine Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its Arab world premiere at</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Saudi.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s lead actress,</span><strong> Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won Best Actress at </span><strong>Critics\' Awards for Arab Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internationally, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened in several US cinemas and joined </span><strong>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in USA. It also landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also featured at the Nashville</span><strong> Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and </span><strong>Valladolid International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Spain.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered international acclaim, especially that it was praised by world&rsquo;s leading media, in which </span><strong>Wendy Ide </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said in </span><strong>Screendaily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo;. &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama&rdquo; said </span><strong>Erbland </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through </span><strong>IndeWire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &ldquo;Nearly every scene takes the form of a single unbroken shot, a technique that sometimes pulls you in and sometimes merely calls attention to its own virtuosity,&rdquo;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated </span><strong>The Los Angeles Times. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated that&ldquo;With wisdom and calmness, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> embodied Huda\'s escalating situation during the investigation scene.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda&rsquo;s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers and betrays her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film&nbsp; is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and co- produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained exceptional international recognition, such as </span><strong>PARADISE NOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the film </span><strong>OMAR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2013) that also received a nomination for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed </span><strong>THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN US</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Idris Elba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opened the 39th edition of </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is his latest feature film.&nbsp;</span>', '596825992'),
(326, 'The Best First Work and Cine Club Awards', 'LIFE SUITS ME WELL Grabs two awards at Tangier National Film Festival', '2022-09-27', 'LIFE-SUITS-ME-WELL-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won two awards in the 22</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of the </span><strong>Tangier National Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the First Work Award and the Cine Club Award, which marks a total of 5 awards for the film so far.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received two awards at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Lubna Azabal). It also received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Mediterranean Film Festival Split</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It had its world premiere at </span><strong>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also joined </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sweden, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIFE SUITS ME WELL received welcoming critical reviews in Arab and international media, among which </span><strong>Al Jazeera Documentary </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website stated, &ldquo;A film full of nostalgia, memories and emotions, it\'s a song of loving life for characters facing the challenges of pain and loss.&rdquo; </span><strong>The National News </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website wrote &ldquo;LIFE SUITS ME WELL tells a touching tale of family and Alzheimer\'s in Morocco.&rdquo; Moreover, </span><strong>DMovies </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website described the film saying, &ldquo;A well-made drama and a touching portrait of mental deterioration and its effect on a family in 1990s Morocco.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the mid-1990s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only employee of the local post office. When he is stricken with neurological disease, his life changes, and a new life begins for Fouad, his wife, and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad is slowly dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project garnered several awards from the CineGouna Platform, including Grand Prize and Best Film in post-production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written and directed by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and produced by </span><strong>Kasabah Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Moroccan director. His early interest in cinema prompted him to attend a documentary filmmaking course at Ateliers Varan in Paris. He graduated from the International Film &amp; Television School in Paris and majored in filmmaking, and then he took part in several Moroccan and foreign productions as an assistant director and an assistant editor for some short films. His short film LE CAF&Eacute; DES P&Ecirc;CHEURS (2007) was selected for several festivals, including the Locarno International Film Festival.</span>', '1593804670'),
(327, 'A Winner of 10 International Awards ', 'Film SOULA Screens at the Royal Film Comission-Jordan Next Wednesday', '2022-09-27', 'soula-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, screens at the </span><strong>Royal Film Comission-Jordan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Wednesday, Sept. 28th, at 8:00 PM, Jordan time (GMT+3). &ldquo;I came to Jordan for the first time, from afar, from Algeria, with my film </span><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which I carried one time and it carried me another. We were both unfamiliar with the country. It was the decision of the committee of Amman International Film Festival, which operates under honorable leadership. When I went to check it out, I discovered it to be charmingly quiet. The festival awarded my film </span><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the top prize,&rdquo; commented</span><strong> Salah Issaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on that occasion.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" I leave to you, followers, the final decision next Wednesday at the Royal Commission. I am thrilled that my film will screen once more in Jordan. I thank the Royal Commission for providing this opportunity. Have a good time watching the film,&rdquo; he continued.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won </span><strong>Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its journey, it received 9 awards; the </span><strong>Golden award for Best Feature Film, Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Best Actress</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for its leading actress, </span><strong>Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Best Actress (Soula Bahri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden; </span><strong>Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>African Asian Latin American Film Festival in Milan; Best Film, Best Cinematography (Arthur Fanget) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>The Don Quijote Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prize from </span><strong>the IFSS&mdash;International Federation of Film Societies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span><strong> AVANCA Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Portugal. Moreover, it screened at </span><strong>Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Armenia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lebanon. </span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was commercially released in 7 Moroccan cities, as well as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Algeria before that. Landing its world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> earned widespread critical acclaim, with film critic </span><strong>Tarek El Shinnawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> calling it as &ldquo;a woman\'s cry out, and the performance of the leading actress,</span><strong> Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was striking.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong>&nbsp;Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers, </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who was raised in a family of publishers. After receiving a bachelor\'s degree (high school degree) in Letters and Foreign Languages in 2008, he joined the Law School of Batna in Algeria. He moved to France to complete his film studies for two years at the University of Paris VIII. Afterward, he joined the&nbsp;</span><strong>ARFIS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;audiovisual school in Lyon, and then he ended up joining the&nbsp;</span><strong>Factory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in Villeurbanne, where he obtained his cinema director diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Salah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed a feature film and several short films, where his passion motivates him to tell stories that appreciate human relationships. Moreover, he likes to explore different narrative forms and film genres like drama, tragedy, stories inspired by real events as well as comedies.</span>', '1634937524'),
(328, 'Marketing Services Fund of 2000$ ', 'Film Project WEDDING, BERLIN Wins MAD Solutions Award at Tripoli Film Festival', '2022-09-27', 'farahakharroub+InstaUtility_-00_Bx-2jTpIIN3_11-60427052_334762377163437_5262588540256015887_n.jpg', '<strong>Farah Abou Kharoub</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s film project, </span><strong>WEDDING, BERLIN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, garnered the </span><strong>MAD Solutions Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented by the </span><strong>Short Film Pitching Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The award which is presented for the first time in this edition of the </span><strong>Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a marketing services for short films equivalent to 2000$&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Tripoli Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition kicked off on the 22</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the current month and lasts till the 29</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in several venues in Tripoli, Lebanon. </span><strong>WEDDING, BERLIN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the two films representing Lebanon in the </span><strong>Short Film Pitching Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to be one of the 5 chosen films out of 49.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>WEDDING, BERLIN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Farah Abou Kharoub</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Kamel El Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ula Tabari </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Salah Abu Nima</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film highlights women\'s social problems with their families, traditions, and choices. The film takes place at an Arab wedding, where Bissan, the bride, decides to face her mother to find her true identity rather than being torn between her future husband, Omar, and her German friend, Johns.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Farah Abou Kharroub </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an award-winning Palestinian director, writer, and producer born and raised in Lebanon. She holds a BA in Filmmaking from the Lebanese University in Beirut (2014). Currently, Farah works as a screenwriter for Shahid; the Arab world\'s leading platform. Among her short films; </span><strong>NAFAS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2014), </span><strong>FLORENTINA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2015), </span><strong>SUMMER 2006 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018), </span><strong>THE SEVEN VILLAGES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2020) and </span><strong>NEWS FROM LEBANON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2021).</span>', '1975411181');
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(329, 'After Topping Netflix’s List of the Most-watched Films', 'FROM MEIR, TO MEIR and SALAM’S HOME Join Arab Women Film Days in Sweden', '2022-09-27', 'Arab-Women-Film-Days-in-Sweden.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115340.php\"><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/1971635326696.php\"><strong>Maggie Morgan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>SALAM&rsquo;S HOME </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will screen at the upcoming edition of </span><strong>Arab Women Film Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be held between the towns of Malm&ouml; and Helsingborg from October 1 to 4.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This comes after their debut on Netflix</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in July, where they topped the list of most-watched films for several weeks.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be screened in Helsingborg on Sunday, October 2nd at 5 p.m. (GMT +2) Sweden time and in Malm&ouml; on Tuesday, October 4th at 5:15 p.m., in the presence of director Maggie Morgan, while Salma\'s Home will be shown in Helsingborg on Sunday, October 2nd, at 6:30 p.m., and Malm&ouml; on Monday, October 3rd, at 7 p.m., in the presence of the leading actress Juliet Awad.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please visit the following links to buy the tickets:</span>\r<br/><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://panora.internetbokningen.com/chap/bookplace/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://panora.internetbokningen.com/chap/bookplace/</span></a>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.maffswe.com/from-meir-to-meir-ticket/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.maffswe.com/from-meir-to-meir-ticket/</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALAM&rsquo;S HOME</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://panora.internetbokningen.com/chap/bookplace/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://panora.internetbokningen.com/chap/bookplace/</span></a>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.maffswe.com/salmas-home-ticket/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.maffswe.com/salmas-home-ticket</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It landed its world premiere at Aswan International Women Film Festival, where it also won the NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women&rsquo;s Work. Also, it was awarded the Jury Prize at the National Egyptian Film Festival. </span><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR was</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> featured at</span><strong> the Festival du Cin&eacute;ma Africain de Khouribga (FCAK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in Morocco and </span><strong>Cairo Cinema Days.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director visits Meir, the village where her grandparents were born and the place they left but never forgot. When she visits Meir, now, she finds it a place where most of the inhabitants want to leave.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by</span><strong> Maggie Morgan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film stars Nasser Loza, Shahira Loza, Romany Abdeltawab, and Samir El Qommos. It is produced by</span><strong> The Pianola, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features</span><strong> Zaki Aref</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Shady Fikry </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as DOPs, with music by</span><strong> Muller Hany. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALAM&rsquo;S HOME:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SALMA&rsquo;S HOME is set in Jordan and revolves around three women with distinct personalities. Salma (Juliet Awad) is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running a nonprofitable home-based bakery, and her daughter Farah (Sameera Asir) is a young working mother with marital problems with her husband Malek (Firas Taybeh).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma&rsquo;s ex-husband. The funeral occurs at his current wife&rsquo;s house, Lamia (Rania Kurdi), an aspiring socialite obsessed with social media. After the funeral, uncle Emad (Waleed Jizawi) brings shocking information to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Hanadi Elyan, Salma&rsquo;s Home has received Best Feature Film Global Vision Award at </span><strong>Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in San Jose, California. The film stars Juliet Awad, Sameera Asir, Rania Kurdi and </span><strong>Firas Taybeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is produced by </span><strong>Reel LA Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(producer Nathan Bennett). </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1403745076'),
(330, 'Baghdad-set drama nominated for Best UK Feature at Raindance 2022 ', 'UK premiere of OUR RIVER...OUR SKY nominated by London festival ', '2022-09-29', 'Our-River-our-sky.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran documentary filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;s debut fiction feature OUR RIVER...OUR SKY will have its UK premiere during the 30th edition of Raindance Film Festival (26 October &ndash; 5 November).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Programmed in the festival&rsquo;s &ldquo;Homegrown&rdquo; strand, the October 29 premiere at Curzon Cinema Soho will be presented by the film&rsquo;s London-based director, together with members of the film\'s UK-based actors and crew&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;When I set up my film production company in London in 1993, it was in direct response to the Gulf War,&rdquo; Pachachi said &nbsp; &ldquo;Since then, I have aimed to share authentic stories of Iraqis and other people from the Middle East with British audiences - initially through a documentary film I made for Channel 4 and now, many years later, with this ensemble narrative inspired by the lives of real people coping during the time of intense sectarian violence that began unfolding in 2006.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its world premiere at Sarajevo Film Festival, OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY was notably the first Arab film to win the $100,000 IWC Filmmaker Award at Dubai International Film Festival.&nbsp; Since launching its festival tour in 2021 in the formerly war-torn city of Sarajevo, the film was featured at highly anticipated screenings in the MENA region at Cairo IFF, Slemani IFF, Amman IFF, and at Franco-Arab Film Festival in Baghdad. The film was also selected for Arab film festivals in San Francisco, Berlin, and Rotterdam and met with well-attended screenings at Arab World Institute in Paris and Institut Lumi&egrave;re in Lyon, France.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film gained critical acclaim following its Arab world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival, after which Kais Kassem wrote: &ldquo;&hellip;one of the best films featured in Horizons of New Arab Cinema Competition &hellip; using a convincing cinematic style that poses questions about what is happening and happened before&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006 &ndash; between Christmas and New Year.&nbsp; It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amidst unpredictable violence.&nbsp; The central character of the film &ndash; described by KQED (USA) as a &ldquo;fiction writer played with great charm and heart by Darina Al Joundi&rdquo; is a single mother and novelist, who struggles to make sense of the fragmentation of her world.&nbsp; Shortly before the New Year, following the unexpected news of Saddam Hussein&rsquo;s execution, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsewhere in the MENA region, the film was supported by Sanad and Abu Dhabi Music &amp; Arts Foundation in UAE, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture-AFAC, and Doha Film Institute.&nbsp; In Europe, the film was supported by CNC in France and British Film Institute as well as by funds in Germany and Switzerland.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written by Maysoon Pachachi in collaboration with co-writer Irada Al-Jubori - a Baghdad-based author.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The international cast includes Iraqi actors based inside and outside of Iraq</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Basim Hajar, (Sweden) Meriam Abbas and Ali El Kareem (Germany), and renowned Iraq-based actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas.&nbsp; London-based actors Zaydun Khalaf, Amed Hashimi, Labwa Arab and Badia Obaid are also featured in the ensemble cast.&nbsp; Iraqi musical artists involved in the soundtrack for the film include Ehsan Emam and Khyam Allami.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is the first international coproduction of a feature written and directed by women of Iraqi origin.&nbsp; Production companies are Oxymoron Films (UK), Linked Productions (Kuwait), Les Contes Modernes (France), and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany).&nbsp; World Sales are handled by The Party Film Sales and MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maysoon Pachachi is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin who studied philosophy at University College London and attended London Film School as a student of British director Mike Leigh.&nbsp; She was a documentary and drama film editor and, since 1994, has worked as an independent documentary filmmaker, mostly making films set in the Arab world.&nbsp; Her films include IRANIAN JOURNEY (2000), RETURN TO LAND OF WONDERS (2004) and OUR FEELINGS TOOK THE PICTURES: OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQ (2008), which received a Jury Special Mention at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam and marked her first collaboration with Irada Al-Jubori, co-writer of OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY.&nbsp; In 2004, with her colleague Kasim Abid, she co-founded the Independent Film and Television College, a free-of-charge film-training center in Baghdad, whose students produced 17 short documentaries that were selected in regional and international film festivals and won 14 prizes.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irada Al-Jubori is an Iraqi writer, researcher, and women\'s rights activist who has received a master\'s degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts and obtained a doctoral degree from the Faculty of Information, at the University of Baghdad. Her doctoral thesis was on the image of women in Iraqi cinema from 1946 to 1994. Previously, Al Jubori collaborated with Pachachi on the documentary project OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQ.</span>', '93312806'),
(331, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Screens at New York University Abu Dhabi on Monday October 3rd', '2022-10-03', 'doar-poster-jordan-3.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by director </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, continues its </span><strong>Arab and international screening tour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a screening at </span><strong>New York University Abu Dhabi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as part of the sixth season of the CinemaNa program of contemporary Arab films. The screening will take place on Monday, October 3rd at 7:30 p.m. (GMT +4) Abu Dhabi time, and will be followed by a panel discussion with director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the making of his film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>CinemaNa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">series for contemporary Arab films is presented by the NYUAD Film and New Media Program in New York University Abu Dhabi, featuring an in-depth discussions on films from around the Arab world. This ongoing series includes screenings of groundbreaking films as well as discussions with filmmakers and faculty professors.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This screening coincided with a successful commercial screenings in the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, which began in early September and is planned to run until October. The film is also being screened in Jordanian cinemas for the eighth week in a row, making it the first Jordanian film to screen that long in cinemas. Also, the film has been screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was well received, and tickets were sold out as soon as they were announced. </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was released commercially in Saudi and Kuwaiti theatres and is set to be released shortly in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Best Feature Film </span><strong>(Golden Lynx Fiction)</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the first edition of </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Also</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received wide acclaim during its screening tour, as</span><strong> Esraa Al Radaideh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote in</span><strong> Alghad website </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, \"Daughters of AbdulRahman, which we may say is a film that resembles us, that intensively focuses on women\'s concerns in terms of treatment and depth.&rdquo; Ma\'an</span><strong> website</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stated that the film &ldquo; presents a smart, dramatic depiction of people inspired by reality, while criticizing society\'s stereotyping of the image of women and attempting to break away from such stereotypes through the protagonists of his film.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selected for </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, </span><strong>Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management and entertainment production. Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '273196578'),
(332, 'Part Of Its Tour In The Arab World', 'Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS Releases in UAE Theaters', '2022-10-03', 'the-alleys-poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php#:~:text=In%20a%20gossip%2Dridden%2C%20violent,don\'t%20go%20as%20planned.\"><strong>THE ALLEYS,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be released in </span><strong>UAE theaters s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tarting October 6th. It will be screened at</span><strong> VOX cinemas in Mall of Emirates (Dubai), Cine Royal Dalma Mall and Ciny Royal Deerfields Mall (Abu Dhabi),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as part of MAD Solutions\' release plan in the Arab World. It also opens Arab Cinema Week at</span><strong> Cinema Akil, UAE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from October 7th till 16th. The company has recently released </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in its home country Jordan, following its screening in 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia, and soon in more Arab countries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received the </span><strong>Audience Award and Special Mention at Sweden\'s Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>the Grand Prix du Jury at the Annonay Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ALLEYS was nominated for </span><strong>four Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center during the 75th Cannes Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film gained wide critical acclaim and was praised by international press such as </span><strong>Screen Daily, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> PopMatters</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others, which described it as fascinating, impressive, epic, and exciting. The Arab newspapers praise the film as well.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Jordanian film The Alleys boldly tackles social dilemmas within the context of a harsh realistic environment,\" wrote </span><strong>Critic Khaled Sameh.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While for </span><strong>critic Ola Al-Sheikh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the actors were outstanding. \"There are many characters in Ghandour\'s alley, played by actors who have proven that they are up to the challenge: Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Emad Azmi, and Baraka Rahmani, with Nadira Omran and Nadeem Rimawi,\" she wrote.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ALLEYS joined dozens of international film festivals, including </span><strong>the Locarno, Rotterdam, and the BFI London Film Festival. The film also had its Arab premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project of THE ALLEYS received the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises program at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the Cairo Film Connection, the co-financing platform of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF). It received support from The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute (Qatar), and the Red Sea International Film Festival (KSA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the development phase, the film was supported by EAVE Producers Workshop, Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection, and The Sorfond Pitching Forum, which The Norwegian South Film Fund organizes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars</span><strong> Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran, and Nadim Rimawi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film is produced by </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi), and co-produced by Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad).</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while Elle Driver (France) manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/><br /><strong>The ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s directorial debut. Previously he co-wrote and produced Theeb, which was</span><strong> nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and the BAFTAs.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also won the BAFTA award for </span><strong>Outstanding British Debut in 2016. </strong>', '183018171'),
(333, 'Part of The Film’s International Tour', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Features at The Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in Canada', '2022-10-04', 'DOAR.00_18_13_22.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong></a>by <strong><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\">Zaid Abu Hamdan </a></strong>will screen at the 10th edition of the Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in Canada, from October 7th to 9th. The film will screen on Sunday, October 9th at 4 p.m. Canada time (GMT -4). This screening is part of the film&rsquo;s international tour that started in October, where it will be featured at the Middle East Now Film Festival in Florence, Italy, and the Arab Film Festival in Germany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Buy your tickets using this link.\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/daughters-of-abdulrahman-calgary-arab-film-nights-2022-tickets-426016034427\">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/daughters-of-abdulrahman-calgary-arab-film-nights-2022-tickets-426016034427</a>\r<br/>This screening took place after successful commercial screenings in the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, which began in early September and through October.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN is the first Jordanian film screened in Jordanian cinemas for eight consecutive weeks.&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film has screened at Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film and was well received, and tickets were sold out as soon as they were announced.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN was released commercially in Saudi and Kuwaiti theatres and is set to be released shortly in Egypt and the rest of the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film received wide praise and critical acclaim.\r<br/>\"A film that combines the freshness of director Zaid Abu Hamdan&rsquo;s early works with the mature acting performance of Saba Mubarak&rsquo;s and her sisters&hellip; every story can be turned into a feature film,&rdquo; explained critic Ali Al Kashouti.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On the other hand, Esraa Al Radaideh described it as &ldquo;A film that resembles us.&rdquo; While the CIFF newsletter saw the film as, &ldquo;A Heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film (Golden Lynx Fiction) at FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal and the Audience Award at San Diego Arab Film Festival in the USA. It world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award and screened at the Beirut International Women Film Festival and the first edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (Arab Spectacular Section). Also, it opened the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN stars Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsaiso, Hanan Al Hilo, Mariam Al Basha, and Khalid Al Tarifi. It is produced by Pan East Media (Saba Mubarak &amp; Aya Wuhoush), Lagoonie Film Production, Wika Production and Distribution, and Arab Media Network. MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>The film received several funds, including the Doha Film Institute development fund, the Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission development and production funds, and a fund from the CineGouna Platform (post-production) at El Gouna Film Festival. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program, and for RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Pan East Media is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by Saba Mubarak and Aya Wuhoush, with the main objective to create authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and to present first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and expanded the company\'s services to include cultural events management, talent management, and entertainment production.\r<br/>Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Zaid Abu Hamdan holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood California. Zaid started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including E! Entertainment&rsquo;s coverage of the Golden Globe and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (MBC Group) in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as Sesame Street, a competition that shows and mentors the Arab Film Studio program at Image Nation, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, Zaid has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud, which was the official Jordanian submission to the Academy Awards in 2012.', '1806610851'),
(334, 'SOULA | FARAH| AN ATTEMPT | BY THE SEA', 'MAD Solutions Joins Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival With 4 Films', '2022-10-09', 'Alexandria-Mediterranean.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions joins the </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, held from October 5th to 10th</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with four films the company manages its marketing and distribution in the Arab World. The films are Algerian feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will compete in the official competition, Lebanese feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115347.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FARAH</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba </strong></a><strong>&amp; </strong><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton</strong></a><strong> Freiha-Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will compete in the Arabic competition, Lebanese short film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115324.php\"> <strong>AN ATTEMPT</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><a href=\"../directors/280996132095.php\"> <strong>Pamela Nassour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Palestinian short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115351.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BY THE SEA</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/288442470465.php\"><strong>Wisam Al Jafari</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><br /><br />\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About</span><strong> SOULA:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.</span>\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was directed and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with the real-life character of</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the woman</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by</span><strong> Issaad Film Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the three brothers </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film stars</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong> Franck Yvrai.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening dates: Thursday, October 6th at 4:30 pm at Montazah Royal 1</strong>\r<br/><strong>Sunday, October 9th at 4:00 pm at El Horreya Center For Creation&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Lina, a pre-med student, who starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares, her life begins to crumble, and she is sent home to Beirut, Lebanon. They prescribed her the controversial antidepressant \'Xapa\' - also known in its illegal form as \'Joy\' - to help her recover. However, as Lina\'s disturbing nightmares worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will lead her to a shattering ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and directed by</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley, </span><strong>Farah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is shot by </span><strong>&nbsp;Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D\'Arcy.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening date: Friday, October 7th at 8:30 pm at San Stefano</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>AN ATTEMPT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like all the Lebanese people, Alfred, a high-school teacher, tries to adapt to the new socio-political situation caused by the Lebanese October Revolution. Bombarded by the media, he ends up joining his students on the field to protest in an attempt to change.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Pamela Nassour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>An Attempt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Josef Chemaly</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Antonio Chedid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Features Editor and DOP </span><strong>Moris Zoghby</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening dates: Saturday, October 8th at 4:00 pm at El Horreya Center For Creation&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Sunday, October 9th at 11:00 am at Montazah Royal 2</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>By the Sea</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tries to celebrate her husband\'s birthday while he is being chased by Israeli soldiers. Due to Covid-19 containment, it is very difficult for </span><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake. Will </span><strong>Nahid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be able to celebrate her husband\'s birthday with him in their secret place?</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Wisam Al Jafari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>By the Sea </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Yasmin Shalaldeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ward Al Kurdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Emile Saba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film\'s marketing and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening dates: Friday, October 7th at 4:00 pm at El Horreya Center For Creation&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>Saturday, October 8th at 11:00 am at Montazah Royal 2</strong>', '1074663674'),
(335, '3 MAD Solutions Films Screen at Arab Cinema Week', 'SOULA and AL-SIT in UAE', '2022-10-07', 'SOULA-and-AL-SIT-in-UAE.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and short film</span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115306.php\"> <strong>AL-SIT</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2621349970894.php\"><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will screen during </span><strong>Arab Cinema Week </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st edition, from October 7th till 16th in </span><strong>Cinema Akil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, UAE. While, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will open the Arab Cinema Week. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution of the 3 films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>AL-SIT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened twice. </span><strong>AL-SIT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened on Sunday, October 9th, at 9:45 pm (GMT+4) Dubai time and on Thursday, October 13th, at 7 pm followed by a discussion with the director. </span><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened on Wednesday, October 12th, at 9:30 pm and on Saturday, October 15th, at 4:30 pm. In addition to </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will open the festival on October 7th, followed by a discussion with the director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Arab Cinema Week </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an annual journey through the region where stories are the only borders to traverse, aiming to bring together the audience and filmmakers. 9 features and 6 short films will screened at the 1st edition in 10 days, representing 16 Arab states. 6 prominent Arab Film makers will attend.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the story of a single mother whose father expelled her, leaving her homeless with her baby. Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people while looking for a safe location to stay the night. Throughout a night full of unfortunate events along the roads of Algeria, Soula tries her best to change her destiny, but fate has another saying.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won </span><strong>Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its journey, it received 9 awards; the </span><strong>Golden award for Best Feature Film, Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Best Actress</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for its leading actress, </span><strong>Soula Bahri,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Best Actress (Soula Bahri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden; </span><strong>Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>African Asian Latin American Film Festival in Milan; Best Film, Best Cinematography (Arthur Fanget) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>The Don Quijote Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prize from </span><strong>the IFSS&mdash;International Federation of Film Societies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span><strong> AVANCA Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Portugal. Moreover, it screened at </span><strong>Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Armenia, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lebanon.</span>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad, SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and let Soula play the lead role. The film is produced by</span><strong> Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers, </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong> Franck Yvrai.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>AL-SIT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film most receiving for awards in 2021, among which are </span><strong>Best Narrative Short</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span><strong> New Orleans Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, USA, </span><strong>Best Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span><strong> Beirut Women International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanon, </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jury Award for Most Promising Filmmaker </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Toronto Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Canada</span><strong>, Grand Prix Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Tampere Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Finland, Oscar qualifying. </span><strong>Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sweden, </span><strong>Best Script </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Huesca International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Spain. It also received </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Busan International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Korea, </span><strong>Excellence in Women&rsquo;s Filmmaking Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>The European Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France, and </span><strong>SUDU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for </span><strong>Best Short Film Quibdo Africa Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a cotton plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old </span><strong>Nafisa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has a crush on Babiker but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman who lives abroad. However, Nafisa&rsquo;s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her plans for Nafisa&rsquo;s future. Will Nafisa be able to choose for herself?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written and directed by </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and co-produced by </span><strong>Eiman Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Co-starring </span><strong>Mihad Murtada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rabeha Mohammed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Magdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Alsir Mahjoub</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Haram Basher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film received the development workshop and won the production grant from </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the production design grant from </span><strong>Virginia Commonwealth University </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar. The film received support from </span><strong>Highlight Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>On Set Team for Media Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sudan Film Victory</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1924435897');
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(336, '', 'FARAH Embarks on Multiple Screenings in Egypt and USA During October', '2022-10-06', 'farah-stille.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lebanese film </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by</span> <strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will start an Arab and global screening tour throughout October. In Egypt, it will have a free screening on Friday, October 7th, at </span><strong>San Stefano Mall </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema, as part of the official competition of the 38th </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Oct 5-10). Next week, it will screen as part of the 10th </span><strong>Chelsea Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the USA (Oct.13-16).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>AMCFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screening time: Friday, October 7th, at 8:30 PM (GMT+2), Cairo time</span>\r<br/><strong>CFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> screening time: Friday, October 14th, at 6:45 PM (GMT-4), New York time</span>\r<br/><strong>FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gained widespread critical acclaim and was described by critic </span><strong>Mohamed Hegazy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as &ldquo;A 119-minute Lebanese drama in which the scenes flowed smoothly and spontaneously, and the characters showed their traits through a bright picture and a clear sound.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>Best Feature Film (Audience Poll</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival Canada. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It previously world premiered at </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at the San Diego Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a pre-med student who starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares. Soon her life begins to crumble, and she is sent back home to Beirut, Lebanon. To help her recover, she is prescribed the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo;, which is also known in its illegal form as &lsquo;Joy&rsquo;.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s terrifying nightmares worsen, a link between them and her biological mother, Farah, becomes clear. She sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will lead her to a shattering, ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-directed it with </span><strong>Kenton Oxley, FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is lensed by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the distribution of the film across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and filmmaker who has worked on various short films, including </span><strong>TEMPERANCE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Corner.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An independent online platform later acquired the film&rsquo;s distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also worked on the feature film</span><strong> CITY ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s project &ldquo;</span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; along with former Vice President </span><strong>Al Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer and philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these achievements, </span><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, co-directed and starred in the short film </span><strong>WAHDON (ALONE)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which screened at film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After acting in several short films, </span><strong>twofour54 Abu Dhabi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a government-backed media services company, hired Hassiba to join their post-production team as a booking manager. Soon after, she became the manager of the whole department. Meanwhile, </span><strong>Hassiba </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to hone her filmmaking skills and post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has carved a successful career in the television and film industries, and his work is globally recognized. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company, </span><strong>Knockout Production Services, Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects. At the age of 20, he became the youngest ever director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and worked for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For six years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade department at </span><strong>Twofour 54. Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gained vast experience working on international projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures&rsquo; STRIKE BACK, TOP GEAR, and Bollywood blockbuster BANG BANG.</strong>', '653751925'),
(337, '', 'STREAMS is Making Waves on the Festival Circuit with a New Award and More Screenings', '2022-10-05', 'stream-award.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>STREAMS,</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili,</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continues to be a success, winning awards and screening at film festivals worldwide. It won </span><strong>Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Alyssa: Tunisian Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sep 16th-24th) in London last month, and it will screen at the </span><strong>Maghreb Film Festival of Oujda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Morocco this month(Oct 7th-12th).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joined several international festivals in 2022. It was screened at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sweden), where it received the </span><strong>Best Director Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Durban International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(South Africa),</span><strong> FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Portugal),</span><strong> Amman International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Jordan)</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sguardi Altrove Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Italy).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, the film&rsquo;s leading actress, </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the </span><strong>Best Actress Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STREAMS world premiered at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Filmmakers of the Present Competition. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterward, it was screened at </span><strong>Zurich Film Festival, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Amel, who</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was just released from prison after an adulterous affair. In the depths of Tunis,</span><strong> Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is searching for her missing son, Moumen. During her journey, </span><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encounters a Tunisian society in full collapse.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, STREAMS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with music by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Streams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia), and in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(USA).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After it was developed with the aid of the prestigious Canadian workshop</span><strong> Grand Nord</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film project received the</span><strong> Screenplay Prize of the Institut Fran&ccedil;ais, the CineGouna post-production Prize, and grants from the Tunisian National Center of Cinema, the Film Fund Luxembourg, and the French National Center of Cinema.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian writer and filmmaker. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: </span><strong>X-MOMENT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009), </span><strong>LI-LA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2011), and </span><strong>THE NIGHT OF BADR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012). His first feature-length film, </span><strong>THALA MON AMOUR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), was selected for international festivals like </span><strong>Torino Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won several prizes. </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a famous poet in Tunisia. His most recent film, </span><strong>FOULEDH,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected for </span><strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 72nd </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '797143072'),
(338, '', 'HUDA’S SALON Screens at Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, Canada ', '2022-10-05', 'huda.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screens on Sunday, October 9th at 7:00 PM (GMT-4), Canada time, as part of the 10th </span><strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Oct. 7th-9th)</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To book the tickets, head to the following link:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hudas-salon-calgary-arab-film-nights-2022-tickets-426018572017\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hudas-salon-calgary-arab-film-nights-2022-tickets-426018572017</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">open the</span><strong> Middle East Now Festival,</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Florence, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7:00PM. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It received a Special Jury Prize at </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film\'s leading actress, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi, won</strong> <strong>the Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center\'s Critics Awards for Arab Films.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had several commercial international screenings in US cinemas and joined </span><strong>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the USA. It world premiered at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was screened at</span><strong> Nashville Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the USA and </span><strong>Valladolid International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Spain. The film landed its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Saudi Arabia and opened the Reel</span><strong> Palestine Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered international critical acclaim from the world&rsquo;s leading media.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for </span><strong>Abu-Assad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Wendy Ide </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Screendaily.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second... zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama,&rdquo; noted </span><strong>Erbland in</strong> <strong>IndeWire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Nearly every scene takes the form of a single unbroken shot, a technique that sometimes pulls you in and sometimes merely calls attention to its own virtuosity,&rdquo; explained </span><strong>The Los Angeles Times</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to </span><strong>Variety, Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> embodied </span><strong>Huda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s escalating situation during the investigation scene with wisdom and calmness.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother married to a jealous man, goes to Huda&rsquo;s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her into working for the occupiers&rsquo; secret agency, and betraying her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and co-produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), with </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> serving as co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manage distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the director</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that received widespread international acclaim, including </span><strong>PARADISE NOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>OMAR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2013), which was also nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed his first Hollywood feature </span><strong>THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN US</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Idris Elba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opened the 39th edition of </span><strong>the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> His most recent feature film is </span><strong>HUDA\'S SALON.</strong>', '1557518399'),
(339, '', 'Based on the True Story of One of Tunisia’s Most Famous Serial Killers', '2022-10-10', 'official-poster-INT.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115383.php\"><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/3231401733366.php\"><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, competes in the official competition at </span><strong>the 11th </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is held from October 7th till 12th. The screening will be on Tuesday at 6:20 pm Tunisia time (GMT+1) in the grand screening room at Mohamed VI Theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film that was screened for 12 weeks at Cin&eacute;ma Le Colis&eacute;e, Tunisia, revolves around </span><strong>Nasser </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Tunisian serial killer who committed several murders in the 1980s; Nasser was the last prisoner to be executed in Tunisia and this film explores his life, mental state, and history.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is based on the true events of one of Tunisia\'s most famous serial killers, </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who killed </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">minors in the Tunisian city of </span><strong>Nabeul&lrm; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and several abductions and rapes until he was arrested and executed in </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1992</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s first feature film. It&rsquo;s written and directed by </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Ahmed Landolsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hedi Mejri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maysa Sassi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Twin C Production and Distribution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Red Dog Fx</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Karim Berrhouma </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a self-taught director and scriptwriter born in Tunisia. After studying graphic design, he directed short amateur films, then worked at a production company and directed TV commercials before starting to produce clips for local artists in late 2010. Then he starts to focus on filmmaking, writing, and directing short films including </span><strong>STOUCH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), </span><strong>GARITA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2016), and </span><strong>DAJJAL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016).</span>', '772141222'),
(340, '', 'Moez\'s THE END OF THE TUNNEL Screens in Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA', '2022-10-10', 'affiche-MOEZ-03-w-logo.jpg', '<strong>The fiction film</strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115388.php\"> <strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by</span><a href=\"../directors/187928628280.php\"> <strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will screen in the feature film official competition at </span><strong>the 11th Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco. The festival is held from October 7th till 12th. The screening will be on October 10th, Monday, at 3:50 pm Tunisia time (GMT+1) in the grand screening room at Mohamed VI Theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film joins within days of the 16th </span><strong>CIN&Eacute;ALMA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in France on October 15th, Saturday. The film was commercially released last February in Tunisian cinemas. Also, it was exceptionally screened last May in France in the presence of its cast.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moez is a 25 years old young man who lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunis. Moez, a delusional person, is arrested and taken to the police station where he meets Hassen, a radical Islamist coming from France, who will turn his life upside down&hellip;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s first feature film, co-written by </span><strong>Slim Ben Ismail</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Seif Mannai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Akrem Sakkouhi Mag</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lamine Nahdi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Leila Chebbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Zenith Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian actor and director. He started his career very early. After getting many roles in television and cinema, he traveled to Paris to study cinema at the conservatoire libre du cin&eacute;ma Fran&ccedil;ais where he obtained his diploma as an editor. After 3 years of schooling, he will return home and work in several Tunisian and foreign films, including </span><strong>BLACK GOLD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-starring </span><strong>Antonio Banderas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2008, he directed his first short film </span><strong>THE PROJECT, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chosen to participate in several festivals, including </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France, followed by two short films. Lately, he finished his first TV drama, </span><strong>THE BLACK BOX</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2018, he directed </span><strong>FATUM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Young Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winner at </span><strong>the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France.</span>', '1514464057'),
(341, 'Best Film and Best Cinematography', 'SOULA Grabs 2 Awards at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival', '2022-10-12', 'Soula.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Algerian-French feature by </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, raises its tally of international awards to 12. At the 38th </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival, SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won</span><strong> Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>International Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Ramses Marzouk Prize for Best Cinematography.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The awards were announced during the festival\'s closing ceremony last Monday.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 3rd edition of </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its journey, it received 9 awards; the </span><strong>Golden award for Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a</span><strong> special mention for Best Actress (Soula Bahri) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the</span><strong> International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Best Actress (Soula Bahri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden; </span><strong>Best Film at Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>African Asian Latin American Film Festival in Milan; Best Film, Best Cinematography (Arthur Fanget) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>The Don Quijote Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prize from </span><strong>the IFSS&mdash;International Federation of Film Societies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span><strong> AVANCA Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Portugal. Moreover, it screened at </span><strong>Golden Apricot International Film Festival, Armenia; Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lebanon; and </span><strong>Casablanca Arab Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Morocco.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was previously commercially released in 7 Moroccan cities, as well as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Algeria, and world premiered at the</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the story of a single mother expelled by her father, leaving her homeless with her baby. In search of a secure place to spend the night, Soula finds herself going from one car to another with other people. After a night of unfortunate events on Algerian roads, Soula tries her best to change her fate. However, fate has other plans.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115320.php\"><strong>SOULA</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and cast Soula in the lead role. The film stars</span><strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. Issaad Film Productions (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the three brothers, </span><strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salah Issaad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> produced the film, while</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages marketing and distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><strong>Salah Issaad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Algerian director who grew up in a family of publishers. In 2008, he enrolled in Algeria\'s Law School of Batna after receiving a bachelor\'s degree (high school diploma) in </span><strong>Letters and Foreign Languages.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He moved to France to complete his film studies at the </span><strong>University of Paris VIII </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for two years. After that, he attended the</span><strong> ARFIS audiovisual school</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lyon and then the </span><strong>Factory School in Villeurbanne,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where he earned his filmmaking diploma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Issaad&rsquo;s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">debut feature film, and in the past he has directed several short films. He is always eager to tell stories that value human relationships. Furthermore, he enjoys experimenting with various narrative styles and film genres, such as drama, tragedy, real-life stories, and comedy.</span>', '1653334285'),
(342, '', 'FARAH Wins Best Arab Film and Best Art Direction at Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival ', '2022-10-12', 'farah-stille.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking another film festival win, the Lebanese film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115347.php\"><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by</span> <a href=\"../directors/2981738071328.php\"><strong>Hassiba</strong></a><strong> &amp; </strong><a href=\"../directors/297124383041.php\"><strong>Kenton </strong></a><strong>Freiha-Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just won the </span><strong>Best Arab Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Art Direction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Nazir Nassar </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Moussa Baydoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the 38th</span><strong> Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Egypt (Oct. 5-10), where it competed in the festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Nour El Sherif Competition for Long Arabic Films.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 38th edition of </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> named for Egyptian veteran star </span><strong>Mahmoud Hemida,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> concluded last Monday in Alexandria, Egypt. The festival aims to spread film culture and bring together filmmakers from all over the world, particularly those from the Mediterranean region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously won </span><strong>Best Feature Film (Audience Poll</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival Canada </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and also screened at the </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gained widespread critical acclaim and was described by critic </span><strong>Mohamed Hegazy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a film in which &ldquo;the scenes flowed smoothly and spontaneously, and the characters showed their traits through a bright picture and a clear sound.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Lebanese pre-med student who starts experiencing severe recurring nightmares. Soon her life begins to crumble, and she is sent back home to Beirut. To help her recover, she is prescribed the controversial antidepressant &lsquo;Xapa&rsquo;, also known as the drug &lsquo;Joy&rsquo;.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s terrifying nightmares worsen, a link between them and her biological mother, Farah, becomes clear. She sets out on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will lead her to a shattering, ultimate truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-directed it with </span><strong>Kenton Oxley, FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is lensed by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D&rsquo;Arcy. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the distribution of the film across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and filmmaker who has worked on various short films, including </span><strong>TEMPERANCE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Corner.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An independent online platform later acquired the film&rsquo;s distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also worked on the feature film</span><strong> CITY ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s project &ldquo;</span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; along with former Vice President </span><strong>Al Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer and philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these achievements, </span><strong>Hassiba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, co-directed and starred in the short film </span><strong>WAHDON (ALONE)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which screened at film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After acting in several short films, Hassiba was hired by </span><strong>twofour54 Abu Dhabi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a government-backed media services company, to join their post-production team as a booking manager. Soon after, she became the manager of the whole department. Meanwhile, </span><strong>Hassiba </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to hone her filmmaking skills and post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has carved a successful career in the television and film industry, and his work is globally recognized. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company, </span><strong>Knockout Production Services, Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects. At the age of 20, he became the youngest ever director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and worked for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For six years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade department at </span><strong>twofour 54. Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gained vast experience working on international projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures&rsquo; STRIKE BACK, TOP GEAR, and Bollywood blockbuster BANG BANG.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1340029198'),
(343, '', 'THE WOODMAN Joins The Arabisches Film Festival in Germany', '2022-10-12', 'woodman_poster.jpg', 'Feature film <strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115305.php\">THE WOODMAN</a>,</strong> directed by <strong><a href=\"../directors/2612063329543.php\">Koutaiba Al-Janabi</a></strong>, will be screened at the Arabisches Film Festival in Berlin, which runs from October 6th to 15th. The screening will take place on Wednesday, October 12th at 7.30 p.m. at Stuttgart\'s Theater am Olgaeck.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, THE WOODMAN was featured at the International Filmmaker Festival of New York and garnered the Bronze Award in the Narrative Films category at the Seville Independent Film Festival.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Furthermore, The film project received the Jury Prize at Cairo Film Connection (CFC) and was funded by Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The plot, which is more of a fantasy, revolves around a human-sized wooden doll that is forced to flee its homeland. Its fate cross-path with several characters to reveal a true picture from the hearts and minds of all those compelled to flee their homelands.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, produced, and shot by Koutaiba Al-Janabi, THE WOODMAN stars Hanna Heffner, and Mihaly Palko, along with THE WOODMAN, while Hugh Williams edited the film, Rana Eid managed the sound, and Nadim Mishlawi composed the music. The Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities supported the film. MAD Solutions manages the distribution of film in the Arab world. The film project received the Jury Prize at Cairo Film Connection (CFC) and was funded by Doha Film Institute.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Koutaiba Al-Janabi, who was born in Baghdad and studied photography and cinematography in Budapest, Hungary, has worked as a producer and director in several TV shows. Moreover, he was a cinematographer in feature films. Koutaiba directs and produces short films, and documentaries including THE TRAIN, WASTELAND, and THE EVER RESTLESS MAN. He worked on several feature films such as LEAVING BAGHDAD and received multiple accolades, including first place at the Dubai International Film Festival and the British Independent Film Award. It was also nominated for a Cinema for Peace Award in Berlin and was lately screened at New York\'s Museum of Modern Art.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Koutaiba Al-Janabi also directed the multi-award-winning feature documentary STORIES OF PASSERS THROUGH, which was shot over 30 years and was featured in several prestigious international festivals worldwide. THE WOODMAN is his recent film.', '358044205');
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(344, 'Starting On Wednesday, October 19th', 'Hany Abu-Assad\'s HUDA’S SALON Commercially Releases In Tunisian Theaters', '2022-10-15', 'Poster-Hudas-Salon.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by award-winning Palestinian director </span><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will make the commercial debut of its Arab World tour in Tunisia, starting on Wednesday, October 19th, in the following theaters: </span><strong>Cin&eacute;madart Carthage, Amilcar Tunis, Metropolis Menzel Bourguiba, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Majestic Bizerte.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The film&rsquo;s debut will take place in Cin&eacute;madart Carthage on Wednesday, October 19th, and will be followed by a discussion with director Hany Abu-Assad at 8 pm (GMT). The film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is expected to be released in other Arab countries soon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official trailer was published a few days ago on the film\'s official accounts on Facebook and Instagram, and you can check it here: </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/HudasSalon/videos/1562247807567697\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/HudasSalon/videos/1562247807567697</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was featured at several Arab prestigious festivals including </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it received Special Jury Prize,</span><strong> Lebanon (Beirut International Women Film Festival), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it receive</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d Special Jury Mention, and </span><strong>UAE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it opened</span><strong> Reel Palestine Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and META Film Fest in Dubai</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film landed its Arab world premiere at</span><strong> the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s actress,</span><strong> Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won Best Actress at </span><strong>the Critics Awards for Arab Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internationally, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened in several US cinemas, it also landed its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. It was also featured at </span><strong>Nashville Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and </span><strong>Valladolid International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Spain,</span> <strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada, the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Florence, </span><strong>ANA Contemporary Arab Cinema in the US, Arabisches Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Germany.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was among the Arab films that garnered international acclaim last year, especially since it was praised by top news websites like </span><strong>The New York Times, Boston Herald, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and Variety,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to name a few. Many good reviews were written lately about the film.</span><strong> &ldquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The interrogation scene between Huda and Hasan lasts for the entirety of the film, and it\'s masterfully done (both written and performed),&rdquo; mentioned </span><strong>Roger Ebert. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It offers dramatic surprises while bequeathing a more lasting anxiety,&rdquo;</span><strong> The New Yorker </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Thanks to filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, this long-underserved sub-genre - once perfected by directors like Hitchcock - feels briefly resurrected thanks to his new picture Huda&rsquo;s Salon,</span><strong>&rdquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated </span><strong>The Film Stage. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Nearly every scene takes the form of a single unbroken shot, a technique that sometimes pulls you in and sometimes merely calls attention to its own virtuosity,&rdquo;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated </span><strong>The Los Angeles Times. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated that&ldquo;With wisdom and calmness, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> embodied Huda\'s escalating situation during the investigation scene.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also described as &ldquo;an emotional rollercoaster, in the best way imaginable&hellip; This film is a masterpiece &mdash; you can\'t miss it&rdquo; by </span><strong>Alisha Mughal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Exclaim!, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a return to form and to more familiar territory for Abu-Assad&rdquo; by </span><strong>Wendy Ide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and &ldquo;Huda&rsquo;s Salon&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t waste a second&hellip; zooming from easy chatter to absolutely horrifying drama&rdquo; by </span><strong>Kate Erbland</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, via </span><strong>Indie Wire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on real events, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda&rsquo;s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers, and betrays her people.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>H&amp;A Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Amira Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Mohamed Hefzy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and co-produced by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), while </span><strong>Daniel Ziskind</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Film Clinic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the film&rsquo;s co-producer. The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Key Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cocoon, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MEMENTO INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles worldwide distribution, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handle the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian screenwriter and director </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most eminent Arab directors. His filmography includes several exceptional Arab films that gained exceptional international recognition, such as </span><strong>PARADISE NOW </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2005), which was nominated for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won a </span><strong>Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the film </span><strong>OMAR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) that also received a nomination for an </span><strong>Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2017, </span><strong>Abu-Assad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed </span><strong>THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Kate Winslet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Idris Elba</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opened the 39th edition of </span><strong>the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</strong> <strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is his latest feature film.&nbsp;</span>', '1475470918'),
(345, 'In The Official Feature Film Competition', 'MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL Receives The Directing Award At Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA', '2022-10-13', 'affiche-MOEZ-03-w-logo.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115388.php\"><strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/187928628280.php\"><strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, receives the </span><strong>Directing Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>official competition </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>11th Maghreb Film Festival OUJDA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco. The festival was held on October 7 and ended yesterday.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film joins within days of the </span><strong>16th CIN&Eacute;ALMA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in France on October 15th, Saturday. The film was commercially released last February in Tunisian cinemas. Also, it was exceptionally screened commercially in France, Venice, Hollywood, London, and Montreal, Canada during the current year..</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Moez </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a 25 years old young man who lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunis. </span><strong>Moez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a delusional person, is arrested and taken to the police station where he meets </span><strong>Hassen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a radical Islamist coming from France, who will turn his life upside down&hellip;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s first feature film, co-written by </span><strong>Slim Ben Ismail</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Seif Mannai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Akrem Sakkouhi Mag</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lamine Nahdi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Leila Chebbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Zenith Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian actor and director. He started his career very early. After getting many roles in television and cinema, he traveled to Paris to study cinema at the conservatoire libre du cin&eacute;ma Fran&ccedil;ais where he obtained his diploma as an editor. After 3 years of schooling, he returned home and worked in several Tunisian and foreign films, including </span><strong>BLACK GOLD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-starring </span><strong>Antonio Banderas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2008, he directed his first short film </span><strong>THE PROJECT, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chosen to participate in several festivals, including </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France, followed by two short films. Lately, he finished his first TV drama, </span><strong>THE BLACK BOX</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2018, he directed </span><strong>FATUM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Young Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winner at </span><strong>the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France.</span>', '1010193152'),
(346, 'After Winning the Audience Award in Florence  ', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN Screens in Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre, Kuwait', '2022-10-17', 'Middle-East-Now-2022_Ph-Niccolo-Cambi-@-Massimo-Sestini_1.jpg', 'Zaid Abu Hamdan\'s feature film DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN will be screened at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre in Kuwait on Tuesday, October 18 at 9:00 PM (GMT+3); Saturday, October 22, at 8:45 PM; and Tuesday, October 25, at 6:30 PM. <br />&nbsp; <br />Recently, DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN won the Audience Award at the Middle East Now Festival during the closing ceremony on Sunday, October 9. \"We are so happy that the audience award went to DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN,\" said Lisa Chiari and Roberto Ruta, the founders and artistic directors of Middle East Now.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />&ldquo;The story and bonds of the four sisters, Zainab, Amaal, Samah, and Khitam, were so well received by our audience that the film\'s Italian premiere was met with long, thunderous applause, almost a standing ovation. It is not always easy to achieve a strong Q&amp;A with the director, in-depth questions and answers, emotions, and good vibes with such a high level of empathy. We wish Zaid Abu Hamdan luck because he is a very talented director and a great person. He was able to engage and win over our audience and the whole Middle East Now team in every moment he was in Florence,\" they added. <br />&nbsp; <br />This marks the film\'s 4th award. It had already won the same award at the FEST New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal; the San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA; and the Cairo International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere.\r<br/><br />The Middle East Now Festival marks the first stop of the film&rsquo;s tour outside the Arab borders during autumn. In October, it joined the Arabisches Filmfestival in Germany, as well as the 10th edition of the Calgary Arab Nights Film Festival in Canada. It is scheduled to screen at the Arab Film Festival Zurich in Switzerland this November. &nbsp; <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\r<br/>This global tour follows successful commercial screenings in the United Arab Emirates and Tunisia, which began in early September and will continue until the end of October. The film is also the first Jordanian film to be screened in Jordan cinemas for eight weeks in a row. DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN screened at the Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film where It was well received, and tickets sold out quickly. It was also commercially released in Saudi and Kuwaiti theatres, and it is set to be released in Egypt this month.\r<br/><br />During its tour, the film received praise and critical acclaim, with Ali Al Kashouti describing it as \"a film that combines the freshness of director Zaid Abu Hamdan\'s first experiences with the maturity of Saba Mubarak\'s acting performance and her sisters... and every story works for a feature film.\" Esraa Al Radaideh, on the other hand, described it as \"a film that resembles us.\" The film was described in the CIFF newsletter as \"a heart-warming ode to sisterhood in all its colorful complexities.\"&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;\r<br/>It was screened at the Beirut International Women Film Festival, where it got a special mention, and at the 1st edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (Arab Spectacular Section). It also opened the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her secret struggle and is not having it with her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her mission.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN stars Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsaiso, Hanan Al Hilo, Mariam Al Basha, and Khalid Al Tarifi. It is produced by Pan East Media (Saba Mubarak &amp; Aya Wuhoush), Lagoonie Film Production, Wika Production and Distribution, and Arab Media Network. MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN received several funds, including the Doha Film Institute development fund, the Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission development and production funds, as well as a fund from the CineGouna Platform (post-production) at El Gouna Film Festival. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the Tribeca Film Festival - All Access program and selected for the RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Pan East Media is a Jordanian production company that was started in 2011 by Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak and Aya Wuhoush. The main goal of the company is to make authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and show high-quality artistic work in the region and around the world. In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered. Over the years, it has come up with and developed a number of movie and TV scenarios. \r<br/><br />Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Zaid Abu Hamdan holds an MFA from the New York Film Academy in Hollywood, California. Zaid began his career as an Assistant Director and Producer on international TV shows such as E! Entertainment\'s coverage of the Golden Globe and Academy Awards. In addition, Zaid worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (MBC Group) in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as Sesame Street, a competition that shows and mentors the Arab Film Studio program at Image Nation, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, Zaid has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including BAHIYA &amp; MAHMOUD, Jordan\'s official submission to the Academy Awards in 2012.', '398746886'),
(347, '', 'WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE Screens in Bahrain Film Festival', '2022-10-16', 'when-the-sea-was-blue.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2541827745911.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Elseyoufi</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s short film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115297.php\"><strong>WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> screens at the</span><strong> Bahrain Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Oct.15-19), kicked off last Saturday. The film will be screened twice: on Sunday, October 16, at 10:00 PM (GMT+3), Bahrain time, and on Monday, October 17, at 6:30 PM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized by the</span><strong> Bahrain Cinema Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the 2nd edition of </span><strong>the Bahrain Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">runs under the theme of </span><strong>Cinema for You</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, under the patronage of the </span><strong>Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (BACA), aims to be a film event that contributes significantly to Bahrain\'s cultural movement.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took home the </span><strong>Shady Abdel Salam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award for </span><strong>Best First Work </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the</span><strong> National Egyptian Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s lead actress, </span><strong>Heba Abdel Ghany,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received an honorary certificate from the jury at the same festival. The film had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Aswan International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was screened at the </span><strong>Cairo Shorts Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where </span><strong>Heba Abdel Ghany </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won </span><strong>Best Actress</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for her performance.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Mariam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a forty-year-old woman who feels like her daily routine and boredom are weighing her down. People around her who use technology too much put up a wall between her and everyone else. One day, she decides to break the monotony by making the bravest choice of her life.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amr Elseyoufi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film features screenwriter </span><strong>Mohamed Zayed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and costume designer </span><strong>Reem El Adl</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It stars </span><strong>Heba Abdelghany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mahmoud Hamdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nicole Iskander</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Adam Zayed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Amr Elseyoufi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an Egyptian filmmaker and a BA holder in Mass Communication from Cairo University. He also studied filmmaking at </span><strong>Rafat El-Mihy Academy. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He got his start as a director by making short films. His first film, \"</span><strong>One Direction,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" was screened at international and local film festivals. Later, he worked as an assistant director on several commercials, plays, TV shows, and feature films.</span>', '1379864655'),
(348, 'After its world screening tour ', 'THE LIFE AFTER gets its Arab world Premiere at Carthage Film Festival', '2022-10-16', 'The-Life-After-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115339.php\"><strong>THE LIFE AFTER</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/290487317688.php\"><strong>Anis Djaad </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gets its Arab world premiere at&nbsp; the 33</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will be held from 29 October 29th till&nbsp; November 5th. The film will be screened three times at three different places; the opera house in the Cit&eacute; de la Culture, Cinema ABC and Cin&eacute; Alhambra Z&eacute;phyr.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the biggest, most prestigious and oldest Arab film festivals. Founded in 1961. This year\'s edition marks the launch of the Carthage Festival Critics\' Week section, dedicated to the first and second feature work. This is part of the official competition that will be open to all filmmakers from all over the world in a program for seven feature films, during the launch of Carthage Industry Days.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was screened at the official competition in </span><strong>Tashkent International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Uzbekistan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Brussels Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Belgium</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Amiens International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also selected to participate in the </span><strong>Final Cut Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film received support from </span><strong>AFAC institution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Takmil workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>CNC.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Algeria, in a small village where Hajar, the cleaning woman and her son Jamil, are forced to move from one village to another in order to escape rumors about her. A story of misery and survival begins as Hajar fights to protect herself and her son from the criminals who inhabit the city.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written by </span><strong>Anis Djaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Lydia Larini</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ahmed Belmoumane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Djemel Barek</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Samir El Hakim</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The DOP is </span><strong>Ahmed Talantikite</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, sound engineering by </span><strong>Mohamed Amine Teggar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Val&eacute;rie Pico</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Alegria Production, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Producer is </span><strong>Moncef</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp; </span><strong>Delici</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ANIS DJAAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born in the capital of Algeria and was educated in Bab El Oued. In 1996, he discovered the world of cinema when he was an assistant director in the film </span><strong>FRANCA</strong> <strong>YA FRANCA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jamal Lloyd. In 1997, he had to leave the cinema industry after the dismantling of the national film production company, but he hoped to return one day. The same year, he joined the national newspaper Le Soir from Algeria where he worked as a reporter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, His first feature film script </span><strong>AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was selected and awarded by the European Meda film program. Since 2007, he has worked for two years in Algeria\'s daily newspaper, La Tribune. The same year, he published his first novel, Parisian Morning\'s, published by Le Manuscript. In 2008, he published his second novel, The odor of the violin. In 2011, he won the prize for the Best Screenplay for a Short Film at the Algerian Film Days for </span><strong>THE PORTHOLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he directed the following year and won several awards at international festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, he took part in the national script competition and won the grand prize with his script </span><strong>BLACK SCREEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2014, he directed his second short film </span><strong>RAILWAY CROSSING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that participated and won several awards in various international festivals. In 2015, he made his third short film </span><strong>KELTOUM&rsquo;S JOURNEY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the support of the Mission Cin&eacute;ma de la Ville de Paris. Since 2016 till today, he developed several scripts until he finally managed to make his film </span><strong>THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1227490687'),
(349, 'The Film’s Arab World Premiere', 'Erige Sehiri’s UNDER THE FIG TREES Joins The Official Competition At Carthage Film Festival ', '2022-10-18', '2.Under_the_fig_trees_official_still-©Henia-Production-Maneki-Films-1024x576.jpg', '<strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">returns to its hometown for its Arab world premiere at the 33rd </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (October 29th - November 5th ) in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew. The film shall join the official competition of </span><strong>the Carthage Film Festival, which </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the biggest, most prestigious, and oldest Arab film festivals that was founded in 1961.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\'s edition marks the launch of the Carthage Festival Critics\' Week section, dedicated to the first and second feature work. This is part of the official competition that will be open to all filmmakers from all over the world in a program for seven feature films, during the launch of Carthage Industry Days</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which it received </span><strong>the EcoPro jury award in Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, it joined </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada, </span><strong>International Film Festival Karlovy Vary,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarajevo Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition to competing in </span><strong>Melbourne International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>official competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>CineVision competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Filmfest M&uuml;nchen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was critically acclaimed by the world&rsquo;s most reputable media. &ldquo;A thoughtful Tunisian drama,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Alex Heeney in</strong> <strong>Seventh Row</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &ldquo;Under the Fig Tree is a pleasurable and immersive experience that offers an elegant, understated tapestry of complex interactions,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Lovia Gyarkye</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Hollywood Reporter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">paid tribute via </span><strong>Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the attractive incarnation of summer flirtations and described the film as a delicate human drama. \"There is much to admire in the cast of unprofessional actors,\" said </span><strong>Kaleem Aftab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via</span><strong> Cineuropa.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over one day, among the trees, yet watched by the older generation, a group of teens working the summer harvest catch feelings, try to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s first feature film. She directed the awards winner feature-length documentary </span><strong>RAILWAY MEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film project won the </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award in the </span><strong>Final Cut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop at </span><strong>Venice Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Altas Post Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a joint production between Tunisia (</span><strong>Henia Production Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Switzerland (</span><strong>Akka Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and France (</span><strong>Maneki Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). </span><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the DOP and music by&nbsp; </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distributing and marketing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian-French director and producer. A former journalist, she started her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her groundbreaking feature documentary, </span><strong>RAILWAY MEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, reflecting the daily struggle of railway workers against the failures of the national railways, screened for six consecutive weeks in Tunisian theaters.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, she wrote, directed, and produced her first fiction feature, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won several awards at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Final Cut in Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and joined the selection of the </span><strong>54th Director&rsquo;s Fortnight </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022. UNDER THE FIG TREES, was selected to be Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission at the </span><strong>Oscars </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best International Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023.</span>', '218730107'),
(350, 'In the Presence of the Cast & Crew', 'LIFE SUITS ME WELL joins the Critics’ Week Competition of Carthage Film Festival', '2022-10-19', 'LIFE-SUITS-ME-WELL.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;In the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will screen at the 33rd </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ( Oct.29th-Nov.5th). The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will compete in the festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Week,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a new section added this year</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just won 3 awards at the</span><strong> Casablanca Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: </span><strong>Best Script</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Special Jury Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Best Actor</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award (</span><strong> Samir Guesmi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The 3 new awards raised the film\'s tally to a total of 8 international awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1966, </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(JCC) is one of the oldest and most prestigious Arab film festivals. This year\'s edition will host the launch of the </span><strong>Critics\' Week</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section, which focuses on the first and second works. Filmmakers from all over the world will be able to pitch their works in this section, which will showcase 7 feature films. </span><strong>Carthage Industry Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another new section, will also launch this year.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won 5 awards; </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">award</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Lubna Azabal)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Mediterranean Film Festival Split</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the</span><strong> First Work Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cine Club Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Tangier National Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It had its world premiere at </span><strong>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also played at the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sweden</span><strong>, Amman International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Casablanca Arab Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Morocco.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> garnered positive critical reviews in Arab and international media, with The </span><strong>National News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website writing, \"</span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells a touching story of family and Alzheimer\'s in Morocco.\" The film was praised on the </span><strong>DMovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website and described as \"A touching, well-made drama about the bonds of family and staying strong in dreadful circumstances</span><strong>.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s events take place in the mid-1990s. Fouad is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives. In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad is slowly dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface &ndash; but the desire to live is inextinguishable.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project garnered several awards from the </span><strong>CineGouna Platform,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including</span><strong> Grand Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Best Film in post-production.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the film stars</span><strong> Samir Guesmi,</strong> <strong>Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El Alami, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Jalal Quarrioua. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al Hadi Ulad Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Moroccan director. His early passion for cinema led him to enroll in a documentary filmmaking course at Paris\'s </span><strong>Ateliers Varan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He studied filmmaking at the </span><strong>International Film &amp; Television School </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Paris before working as an assistant director on various Moroccan and French productions. He also served as an assistant editor for a few short films. His short film</span><strong>, LE CAF&Eacute; DES P&Eacute;CHEURS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2007), was screened at numerous prestigious film festivals, including </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival.</strong>', '1345843687'),
(351, '', 'Koutaiba Al-Janabi’s THE WOODMAN Is To Be Screened In Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation On Tuesday, 18th October', '2022-10-18', 'woodman_poster.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2612063329543.php\"><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115305.php\"><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened in </span><strong>Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the theme &ldquo;Iraqi Filmmakers in the Diaspora&rdquo;, which will be held from October 18</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Tuesday, to October 20</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Thursday. The screening will be on Tuesday at 6:30 pm (GMT+3).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film was screened at the </span><strong>Arabisches Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Berlin. Prior to that, it joined the </span><strong>International Filmmaker Festival of New York</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as it also garnered the </span><strong>Bronze Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Narrative Films Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Seville Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The plot, which is more of a fantasy, revolves around a human-sized wooden doll that is forced to flee its homeland. Its fate cross-path with several characters to reveal a true picture from the hearts and minds of all those compelled to flee their homelands.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, produced, and shot by </span><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hanna Heffner</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mihaly Palko</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>Hugh Williams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edited the film, </span><strong>Rana Eid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> managed the sound, and </span><strong>Nadim Mishlawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed the music. The </span><strong>Iraqi Ministry of Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Tourism, and Antiquities </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported the film. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the distribution of the film in the Arab world. The film project received the </span><strong>Jury Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>CFC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and was funded by </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1031150785');
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(352, '', 'MAD Solutions Features 7 Films and Offers Two Awards At The 2022 Cairo International Film Festival', '2022-10-19', 'Cif-stills-copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is set to feature 7 films from its distribution slate at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which is scheduled to be held from November 13 to 22, including three features, three shorts, and one project. </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a participant in Cairo Film Connection&rsquo;s 8th edition and starring Saleh Bakri, will land its Arab World premiere in the festival&rsquo;s International Competition, fresh off its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. Rounding off MAD Solutions&rsquo; features at CIFF are </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Rachid Hami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will both land their Arab World premiere in the festival&rsquo;s International Panorama section, following their recent selections at Venice Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD will have three short films competing in the festival\'s Official Competition, including </span><a href=\"../directors/3092119629157.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Fawi</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115362.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUZZ</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, produced by award-winning </span><strong>You Will Die At Twenty</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> director </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will both land their </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere, while </span><strong>Nejib Kthiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>TRINOU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have its Arab world premiere at the festival. Also, </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s film project</span><strong> INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, winner of 4 awards at the Final Cut in Venice workshop,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be featured at Cairo Film Connection (CFC) 9th edition as part of Cairo Industry Days.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will offer a film an award for </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distribution and marketing in the Arab world with a minimum guarantee of $50,000 USD.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded category &ldquo;A&rdquo; status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD films at Cairo International Film Festival:</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About ALAM:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the storyline of Tamer who is a Palestinian living in Israel. He and his friends lead a typical high school student&rsquo;s life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel\'s Independence Day, which is a mourning day for Palestinians. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About OUR TIES:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Landing its world premiere at the 2022 official competition of Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for Golden Lion Grand Prix, </span><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, includes high-wattage award-winning actors, including C&eacute;sar award winner for Best Actor </span><strong>Sami Bouajila </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the French actress </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and nominee for several C&eacute;sar Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows Moussa who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family. Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him. His only defender is Moussa, who is a great admirer of his brother. Then an accidental fall left Moussa with serious brain trauma. Now he talks without any filter, telling brutal truth to friends and family alike, and ends up resented by all &ndash; except Ryad. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About FOR MY COUNTRY:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachid Hami, director of </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is an Algerian filmmaker and actor with well-known titles under his belt such as Choisir d&rsquo;aimer (2008) and La Melodie (2017). Hami&rsquo;s </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was nominated for the Venice Orizzonti award for Best Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-written by Ollivier Pourriol, stars a group of award-winning actors including Lubna Azabal, Hugo Becker, and Sha&iuml;n Boumedine. The film follows the story of Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin who tragically loses his life during a freshman initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through Aissa&rsquo;s family, controversy arises over his funeral plans when the Army refuses to take responsibility. Ismael, his older, rebellious brother, tries to keep the family united as they fight to win justice for Aissa. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About BUZZ:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the producer of </span><strong>You Will Die At Twenty </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and award-winning director </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala,</strong> <strong>BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><strong>Mohamed Fawi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Ahmed Shaweesh,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Noura Adil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stars Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar. The film follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter go through her tragedy and their new reality, while her situation is deteriorating. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>M</strong><strong>ajd Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars Kamel Al Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khulood Basel. The film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows Hamza, a middle-aged man, who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail, he goes into the woods every day to chase the lion that the locals don\'t think exists. Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sits his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat. He finds refuge in his journey after each battle. In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About </strong><strong>TRINOU:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Kthiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Mohamed Grayaa, Max Pemberton, and Kaouther Dhaouedi, </span><strong>TRINOU </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a young boy who escapes his failing body and isolated life by traveling in his dreams, which he creates from magazines provided by his mother. When his stepfather encourages his wife to care less than she does, both mother and son make a significant and life-changing decision. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About </strong><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who co-wrote the film with </span><strong>Delphine Augte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rula Nasser, INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows</span><strong> Nawal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who suddenly loses her husband and finds herself facing society and its laws. However, things turn upside down when she gives birth to a boy. </span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a grant from the </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the inaugural edition of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the project received production and post-production support from the</span><strong> Royal Film Commission </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in two cycles, in addition to production support from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by</span><strong> Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser and Aseel Abu Ayyash) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collaboration with</span><strong> Bayt Al Shawareb (Theeb, The Alleys)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while</span><strong> MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are in charge of its distribution throughout the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1958031820'),
(353, 'HUDA’S SALON| NEIGHBORS| OUR RIVER … OUR SKY|TRAPPED| TALA\'VISION| HUMMUS AND CHIPS|  1+1', 'MAD Solutions Sends off 7 Films to META Film Festival ', '2022-10-19', 'Meta-stills-copy.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will screen</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 films at the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st</span><strong> META Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dubai</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(October 27-29). The festival\'s main competition will feature five </span><strong>MAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">films,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including </span><a href=\"../directors/2701368757545.php\"><strong>Maysoon Pachachi\'</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115313.php\"><strong>OUR RIVER... OUR SKY,</strong></a> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115304.php\"><strong>TRAPPED</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/2602111501872.php\"><strong>Manal Khaled</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115303.php\"><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><a href=\"../directors/25982324117.php\"><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115333.php\"><strong>HUMMUS AND CHIPS</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/2861476074334.php\"><strong>Ahmed Moghazy,</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115354.php\"><strong>1+1</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span> <a href=\"../directors/3011102567184.php\"><strong>Alaa Mahmoud.</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While two </span><strong>MAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">films</span><strong>, </strong><a href=\"../directors/3825532440.php\"><strong>Hany Abu-Assad&rsquo;s</strong></a> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115261.php\"><strong>HUDA\'S SALON, </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <a href=\"../directors/316225705226.php\"><strong>Mano Khalil\'</strong></a><strong>s </strong><a href=\"../movies/movie1115375.php\"><strong>NEIGHBORS</strong></a><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have a special screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched by </span><strong>META Cinema Forum</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>VOX Cinemas, META Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brings the latest blockbusters as well as independent, regional, and local productions to audiences for a three-day jammed-packed festival. The festival takes place at </span><strong>VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the stunning Palm Island in Dubai.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Find out more about MAD Films here:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by real events, </span><strong>HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda&rsquo;s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her into working for the secret service of the occupiers, and betrays her people.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hany Abu-Assad, HUDA&rsquo;S SALON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Manal Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened in several US cinemas as well as in several Arab and international film festivals, including </span><strong>Valladolid International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It had its world premiere at </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manage the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time: </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, 27/10, at 8:30 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 8</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEIGHBORS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set during Hafez al-Assad&rsquo;s regime in the 1980s, in a small village on the Turkish-Syrian border,</span><strong> Sero</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Kurdish child, must deal with how his small world is radically changing through absurd nationalism.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mano Khalil,</strong> <strong>NEIGHBORS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Serhed Khalil,</strong> <strong>Jalal Altawil,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Jay Abdo. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film nabbed several awards from prestigious international film festivals, most notably for</span><strong> Best Screenplay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span> <strong>San Francisco Film Critics Jury Prize.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and worldwide by</span><strong> Frenetic Films.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Saturday, 29/10, at 1:00 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 1</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER &hellip; OUR SKY:</strong>\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006&mdash;between Christmas and New Year. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amidst unpredictable violence.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who also co-wrote the film with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - a Baghdad-based author. The international cast includes Iraqi actors based inside and outside of Iraq, including </span><strong>Basim Hajar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sweden),</span><strong> Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Ali El Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany), and renowned Iraq-based actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abu Abbas.</strong> <strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Sarajevo Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was screened at </span><strong>Cairo IFF, Slemani IFF, Amman IFF, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and&nbsp; </span><strong>Franco-Arab Film Festival in Baghdad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also screened at Arab film festivals in San Francisco, Berlin, and Rotterdam.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time: </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, 28/10, at 5:00 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 2</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRAPPED:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The storyline of the film follows a group of women coming from different social backgrounds who find themselves trapped by their own quest for freedom. The film tackles the broader sense of being trapped sometimes in one\'s thoughts, inner conflict, and ideas. For entrapment is by all means not limited to concrete walls and shackles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRAPPED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed and produced by </span><strong>Manal Khaled, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Rasha Azab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It stars </span><strong>Caroline Khalil, Reem Hijab, Usamah Abul-Ata, Ne&rsquo;ma Mohsen, Mona Mokhtar, Tharaa Goubail, Ragwa Hamed, Zeina Mansour&lrm;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Habiba Effat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fadel El Garhi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won&nbsp; </span><strong>Best Feature film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Tunisia Karama - Human Screen Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ans screened at international festivals like </span><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in USA, </span><strong>Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Saturday, 29/10, at 7:45 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 2</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;TALA\'VISION:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The eight-year-old </span><strong>Tala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lives within a war-torn reality. She finds her solace and salvation in a banned television, which turns later into a matter of life and death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it stars</span><strong> Ziad Bakri, Aesha Balasem, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Khalid Al Tarifi. TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won several awards, including </span><strong>Best Narrative Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Student Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition of </span><strong>the Oscars (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first Arab film to win such an award).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Screening Time:</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thursday, 27/10, at 4:30 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 3</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>HUMMUS AND CHIPS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Covid19 lockdown, grumpy racist grandma Margaret is lonely and anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test result. For this reason, she will make an unusual decision and spend a full day with her Arab neighbor, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Ahmed Moghazy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Bashar Zeedan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maggie Bourgein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Lara Assi.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Screening Time</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Thursday, 27/10, at 6:00 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 3</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>1+1</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film revolves in an era after the great war had destroyed the city, only a man and a woman, from the opposite parties remain. Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Alaa Mahmoud, 1+1</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Amir El-Masry</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarrah AbdelRahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film landed its world premiere at</span><strong> Aswan International Women Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><strong>Screening Time: </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, 27/10, at 6:00 PM (GMT+4), VOX Cinemas Nakheel Mall, Cinema 3</span>', '1814119657'),
(354, '', 'UNDER THE CONCRETE Screens During Lebanese Film Week', '2022-10-23', 'SLB-ALAIN-CU.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/2511244420800.php\"><strong>Roy Arida</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115294.php\"><strong>UNDER THE CONCRETE</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be featured at </span><strong>Lebanese Film Week </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(October 24th -30th). The screening will be</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Monday, October 24th, at 7 pm, in VOX Cinemas, Beirut City Center, followed by a Q&amp;A session with the director. Free entrance upon reservation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>Lebanese Film Week </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is organized by </span><strong>MC Distribution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in partnership with </span><strong>Metropolis Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, supported by The </span><strong>Arab Fund for Art and Culture </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; </span><strong>AFAC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, through a grant from the </span><strong>Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- </span><strong>SDC </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the framework of the </span><strong>Reel Streams project</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also screen during the 6th </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada (October 28th - November 1st), and in the feature films section </span><strong>in TIFF Bell Lightbox</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on October 30th at 3:45 pm&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE CONCRETE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at </span><strong>La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in France. It held its Arab World premiere at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it won </span><strong>Saad el-din Wahba Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Arabic Film, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at </span><strong>Tripoli Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received the </span><strong>Special Jury Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Arida has the makings of an excellent, fearless filmmaker whose potential we look forward to seeing deployed, buoyed by greater resources,&rdquo; wrote </span><strong>Fabien Lemercier in</strong> <strong>Cineuropa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \"Arida wants us to see - and just as importantly, hear - the world as Alain does, to go beyond character study into character immersion,\" stated </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson on Eye For Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Beirut, Lebanon, the film follows a series of car bombs that explode across the country, where </span><strong>Alain</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 32-year-old man, decides to turn his back on this deleterious situation to attempt to break the world record of deep diving.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Roy Arida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>UNDER THE CONCRETE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Alain Najm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nathalie Japiot </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Toufic Khreich</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>Jacques Girault </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the DOP and </span><strong>Arthur Lauters </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the underwater camera operator. It&rsquo;s produced by </span><strong>STANK and MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution in the Arab world, while </span><strong>Indie Sales </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the international distribution. The film received grants from </span><strong>CNC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>SCAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Institut Fran&ccedil;ais</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>AFAC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Roy Arida </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born in Beirut. He studied cinema at La F&eacute;mis, Paris, in the directing department. Ever since his graduation in 2011 he has been working between France and Lebanon with an equal interest in both fiction and documentary films. In 2012, he co-founded </span><strong>STANK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a film production company based in France. </span><strong>UNDER THE CONCRETE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is his first feature film as a director.</span>', '1531854398'),
(355, 'In The Presence Of The Crew', 'The French Institute In Iraq Hosts The First National Screening Of HAIFA STREET', '2022-10-24', 'FINAL-POSTER.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/25108640769.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohanad Hayal</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115153.php\"><strong>HAIFA STREET</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will hold its first national screening in Iraq, its homeland on October 27th at 6p.m (GMT +3), Iraq time at The French Institute of Iraq, in the presence of the director, cast, and producers. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the crew.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has garnered several international awards including The </span><strong>Golden Olive branch award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for best feature film at the fifth edition of the</span><strong> Jerusalem International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Best Film award at the </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>the Laser Film award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>the HAKKA Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award at the Takmil Workshop of the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lab Award from the </span><strong>Asia Pacific Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Market Award at </span><strong>the Tribeca International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the Cinescape Award, presented by </span><strong>Front Row at the Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, the film won a post-production grant from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HAIFA STREET </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received a wide audience and critical acclaim, and landed its world European premiere at </span><strong>G&ouml;teborg Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden.</span>\r<br/><strong>HAIFA STREET </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured at </span><strong>the Darb 1718 Art and Culture Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The Arab World Festival of Montreal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as the first </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it had a full house screening at </span><strong>Zawya Cinema, Egypt, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and has been released across Tunisian cinemas.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Baghdad in 2006, Haifa Street is one of the most dangerous places suffering from the civil war and violence that has plagued the city. When Ahmed is dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad\'s house to ask for her hand in marriage, he gets shot by Salam, an anxious young sniper who is living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. Suad desperately tries to save Ahmed, but Salam prevents anyone from approaching him under the threat of gunfire. When her daughter Nadia elicits the help of their cunning neighbor, Dalal, all hell breaks loose under the ominous presence of the American occupation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Mohanad Hayal, who co-wrote it with Hala Alsalman, </span><strong>HAIFA STREET</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars Ali Thamer, Asad Abdulmajeed, Yumna Marwan, and Iman Abdulhassan, and produced by Sumerian Dream Productions. Wide Management manages the film\'s worldwide distribution, while MAD Solutions manages the film\'s marketing and distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohanad Hayal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was born in southern Iraq in the city of Nasiriyah in 1985. He graduated from </span><strong>the Cinema Department</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Academy of Fine Arts</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Baghdad in 2010. He participated in many advanced cinema workshops in several European and Arab countries. His latest short film </span><strong>HAPPY BIRTHDAY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2013) was selected at </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received the </span><strong>Rising Star Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2014 </span><strong>Rhode International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US.</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His debut feature </span><strong>HAIFA STREET</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Top Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Official Competition of the </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in South Korea, and the </span><strong>Best Arabic Film</strong> <strong>and Best Acting Performance awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He also co-produced several films as well as organized many screenwriting and co-production workshops.</span> <strong>Mohanad, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with a group of Iraqi critics, co-founded the Baghdad Scholarship for Independent Films, The scholarship, which he heads, is under the auspices of the Iraqi Ministery of Culture.He wrote and produced several TV shows, including </span><strong>THE RED ZONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>DEEP STATE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He also created several Arab and Iraqi drama series.</span>', '223313932'),
(356, 'In The Dark Criminal Underworld Of Arm Dealing in Lebanon', 'Kazim Fayad’s YUSIF To Be Commercially Released In Lebanon', '2022-10-26', 'new-start--sequence.00_29_31_12.Still015.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115356.php\"><strong>YUSIF</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/3031832924354.php\"><strong>Kazim Fayed</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is scheduled to be commercially released on November 3 in Lebanon in several cinemas; Grand Cinema ABC Verdun, Grand ABC Achrafieh, Grand Cinemas ABC Dbayeh, Vox Cinema Lebanon and Cinemall. Ahead of that will be the film&rsquo;s premiere on November 1</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">st</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Grand Cinemas ABC Verdun.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was screened at the </span><strong>Asian World Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>AWFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the USA, where it won the </span><strong>Special Jury Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Egypt, where it garnered the </span><strong>Best First Feature Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also joined the </span><strong>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in Switzerland and the </span><strong>Dhaka International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Bangladesh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>YUSIF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was critically acclaimed, in which </span><strong>Nahed Salah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated, &ldquo;Fayed portrayed his feelings of love, fury, and grief, painting it with strong emotions and relying on a specific image that strengthens the story and its style, which mixes fact and fiction.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Mohamed Reda </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said, &ldquo;Kazim Fayad&rsquo;s debut film is exceptional and unique in the Lebanese cinema industry.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Yusif, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to defy death itself. Ironically, a crime needs to take place to be able to save the life of his younger brother. This psychological thriller, surfing between two realities, delves deep into the dark underworld of arms dealing in Lebanon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>YUSIF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed by </span><strong>Kazim Fayad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who also co-wrote the script with</span><strong> Houssein Haidar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Ali Mansour. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Houssein Haidar, Eyad Nouredine, Khitam Leham, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Fayez Kazack. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;It is produced by </span><strong>Blue House Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the Arab world distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kazim Fayad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Beirut-born Lebanese filmmaker, writer, and producer. He co-wrote </span><strong>YUSIF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>Houssein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after graduating from the school of communication arts and filmmaking and working on several short fiction films. In addition to </span><strong>YUISF, Kazim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked on almost 12 short films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed the film&rsquo;s plot following the death of his best friend. The loss of </span><strong>Kazim\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s friend caused him to suffer from \"DCR,\" a condition in which a person&rsquo;s dreams become so vivid that it is impossible to distinguish between reality and dreams.</span>', '1429309845');
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(357, 'Ahead Of Its Release In Egyptian Cinemas', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN\'s Special Screening In Egypt with The Presence Of Cast and Crew', '2022-10-27', 'fgdgdfgdfgdfgd.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiered in Egypt on October 24th at Zamalek Cinema, a few days before its release in Egyptian cinemas. The film&rsquo;s lead star, </span><strong>Saba Mubarak,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attended the premiere alongside producer </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and director </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as several critics, media figures, and renowned actors, including megastar </span><strong>Safia El Emari,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> well-known actresses </span><strong>Injy El Mokkaddem, Heba Abdel Ghany, Hagar ElSarrag,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hana Shiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as actor and singer</span><strong> Ahmed Fahmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, the attendees included film critic </span><strong>Andrew Mohsen,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> actor </span><strong>Mohamed Alaa, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">film producer </span><strong>Shahinaz El Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and film editor </span><strong>Dina Farouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to be released in the following Egyptian theaters: </span><strong>Golden Stars Cinema, Americana Plaza, Sea Cinema Arabella in New Cairo, Point 90 Mall, Arkan Mall at Sheikh Zayed, Cairo Festival City, Mall of Arabia, Porto Cairo, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Zamalek cinema, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">making </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the first Jordanian film to be commercially released in Egyptian</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> theaters.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened at the </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival in Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Monday, October 31st at 7 pm, and at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival in Zurich</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on November 17th at 6 pm, and on November 20th at 3 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s special screening in Egypt follows its successful commercial screenings in Arab countries, such as the UAE, and Tunisia, where it is still screening. </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the first Jordanian film to screen for</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ten consecutive weeks in Jordanian cinemas, plus two weeks of special screenings. It is also the first Jordanian film to achieve this accomplishment.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> screened at </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival-Awal Film,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was well received and tickets were sold out as soon as they were announced. The film was released commercially in Saudi and Kuwaiti theaters.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won its fourth international award after garnering the </span><strong>Audience Award at the Middle East Now Festival in Florence. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It won the same award at the </span><strong>FEST New Directors New Films Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Portugal; the San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA, and the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it held its world premiere. The film was screened at </span><strong>the Beirut International Women Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it got a special mention, and at the 1st edition of </span><strong>the Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Arab Spectacular Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It opened the</span><strong> Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden and was screened at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival in Germany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the 10th edition of the </span><strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Canada in October. In November, it will be screened at the</span><strong> Arab Film Festival in Zurich</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Switzerland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister&rsquo;s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her secret struggle and is not having it with her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her mission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received several funds, including </span><strong>the Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> development and production funds, as well as a fund from </span><strong>the CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (post-production) at </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival-All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected for the </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house, established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the main objective of creating authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and presenting first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels. In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the company aims to enrich the quality of the content delivered, and throughout the years it has created and developed several scenarios for both cinema and television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California. </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> started his career working on international TV shows as an Assistant Director and Producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, </span><strong>Zaid </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood. He also worked on directing reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that shows and mentors the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Abu Dhabi. Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Find below the schedule of DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN in Egyptian theaters</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden Stars Cinema: All Day</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Americana Plaza: All Day</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sea Cinema Arabella in New Cairo: 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm - 11 pm</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Point 90: 7 pm - 9:30 pm - 12 am</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arkan Mall at Sheikh Zayed: 7 pm - 9:30 pm - 12 am</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Festival City: 10 pm - 12 am</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mall of Arabia</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 11 am - 1:30 pm - 4 pm</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porto Cairo: 10 am - 3 pm - 7 pm</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zamalek cinema: Screens only on Monday, October 31st at 7:30 pm</span>', '1884096729'),
(358, '', 'MAD Solutions Lands 3 Shorts At the Red Sea International Film Festival', '2022-10-28', 'mad-films.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) has announced the participation of three short films from MAD Solutions\' distribution slate in the festival&rsquo;s second edition, scheduled to run from 1-10 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and will include 120 films from around the world.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>MATCHSTICK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Salma Murad, </span><strong>LUCKY YOU\'RE MINE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Noura Abushosha, and </span><strong>CASTING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Ali Basaeed, each landing their world premieres at the festival, are the MAD Solutions short films confirmed thus far as part of the New Cinema/New Saudi section, 16 Saudi shorts comprising 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>MATCHSTICK (Kabreet):</strong> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Salma Murad and starring </span><strong>Naif AlDaferi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nawwaf AlDaferi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>MATCHSTICK (Kabreet) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of Osama, a young man in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers. He tries to awaken a part of himself that gives him the reason but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>CASTING:</strong><strong><br /></strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and produced by Ali Basaeed, </span><strong>CASTING </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses on a man&rsquo;s frustration caused by the interference of people in his personal life. His attempt to try to distance himself from them only finds him in a deeper struggle.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>LUCKY YOU&rsquo;RE MINE:</strong> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Noura Abushosha, </span><strong>LUCKY YOU&rsquo;RE MINE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Raghd Faisal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Hasan Qudus</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a story about modern Saudi marriage. Just days after newlyweds Ahmad and Salma get married, Salma has a bipolar manic episode following the sudden death of her mother. Ahmad is determined to stand by his wife, but the couple finds themselves at a crossroads and unable to talk. Will their marriage withstand its first test?</span>', '1655630782'),
(359, 'The Film Garnered Over 50 Prestigious Awards', 'NEIGHBOURS Screens in Jordan’s Rainbow Cinema', '2022-10-29', 'NEIGHBOURS-online.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurdish feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115375.php\"><strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by </span><a href=\"../directors/316225705226.php\"><strong>Mano Khalil</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will be screened at Rainbow Cinema in Jordan on November 1st and November 6th. The film has garnered over 50 international awards from prestigious festivals, most recently the </span><strong>Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The screening coincides with the release of the film\'s official poster across the Arab world by MAD Solutions, the film\'s distributor.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set in the early 1980s in a Syrian refugee camp in Kurdistan, Iraq; during Hafez al-Assad&rsquo;s regime, in a small village on the Turkish-Syrian border, </span><strong>Sero</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Kurdish child, must deal with how his small world is radically changing upside down.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mano Khalil,</strong> <strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Serhed Khalil,</strong> <strong>Jalal Altawil,</strong> <strong>Jay Abdo, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mazen Al Natour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s produced by</span><strong> Frame Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a parallel note, on both the Arab and international levels, </span><strong>NEIGHBOURS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has received significant critical acclaim, with </span><strong>Eremnews </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commenting</span><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;Every scene in </span><strong>Mano Khalil&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> film narrates a story that its parts integrate, creating a poetic and heartbreaking celluloid&rdquo;. Moreover,</span><strong> Shorouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> news wrote that &ldquo; With a blend of sarcasm and laughter, </span><strong>NEIGHBOURS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">portrays the absurdity of war through the eyes of a child who eventually finds light in a dark doubtful dictatorial world.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Elhayat Alarabiya </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the script as &ldquo; A rich script that crosses boundaries between documentary and narration&rdquo;. In addition, the </span><strong>We Are Movie Geeks </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website wrote &ldquo;</span><strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is both a touching, warm human tale laced with humor and childhood appeal and a pointed satiric look at the roots of hate, not just in Syria.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film nabbed several awards from prestigious international film festivals, most notably,</span><strong> Best Screenplay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival, Best Film, Audience Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Jury of Teachers Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>African Asian Latin American Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan, </span><strong>San Francisco Film Critics Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the USA</span><strong>,</strong> <strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Boston Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Hollywood Arab Film Festival,</strong> <strong>Grand Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Mons International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Belgium and </span><strong>Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Gangneung International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in South Korea. Additionally, it landed its world premiere at </span><strong>Shanghai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then it was screened at </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Switzerland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Syria, </span><strong>Mano Khali</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l is a Kurdish director/scriptwriter. He studied directing in Czechoslovakia and earned his MBA in Film &amp; TV Directing. He moved to Switzerland, in 1996, and started his filmmaking journey as a director on several short films. He made numerous award-winning documentaries, including </span><strong>Triumph of Iron</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The place Where God Sleeps</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2003, he directed his feature debut </span><strong>Colorful dreams,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> followed by many significant films, including </span><strong>Our Garden of Eden</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is recognised as one of the 100 best films in Swiss cinema history; </span><strong>The Bee Keeper,</strong><strong> Die Schwalbe,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hafis &amp; Mara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. His most recent film is </span><strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>', '41555405'),
(360, '', 'SALMA’S HOME to screen at Arab Film Festival in San Francisco', '2022-11-01', 'Salmas Home - Rania Elkurdi.jpeg', '<strong>Hanadi Elyan&rsquo;s SALMA&rsquo;S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to screen at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival in San Francisco &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will run from November 11th to the 20th </span><strong>&ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Saturday, November 19th at 2:45 pm (GMT-7) at </span><strong>the Roxie Theater. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This significant event (Arab Film and Media Institute) is the largest Arab film festival in the United States.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During October, the film screened at 4 film festivals in the US: the </span><strong>Heartland International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Indiana; the </span><strong>Austin Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Texas; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Arab American National Museum Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michigan; and the </span><strong>Boston Palestine Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it had a sold-out screening and additional seating was required to accommodate the enthusiastic audience. Internationally, the film was shown at the </span><strong>American University in Cairo\'s Tahrir Cultural Center,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and actress</span><strong> Juliet Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won awards at the </span><strong>Malmo Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden after a screening that was sold out.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Jose, US, where it won the </span><strong>Best Feature Film (Global Vision Award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was nominated for best feature film at the </span><strong>Atlanta Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July, </span><strong>SALMA\'S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was released exclusively on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Middle East and North Africa region, where it ranked in the top 10 of the platform\'s most-watched films for three weeks in a row.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to its Netflix release, the film premiered in Jordan at </span><strong>Taj Cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the presence of the cast, crew, critics, and media figures.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to</span> <strong>Cinema Crazed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>Emilie Black, </strong><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is \"a carefully crafted drama that feels like home,\" telling the story of three women with distinct personalities.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salma (</span><strong>Juliet Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman, running a nonprofitable home-based bakery. Her daughter Farah (</span><strong>Sameera Asir</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a young working mother with marital problems with her husband, Malek (</span><strong>Firas Taybeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Their lives are then suddenly disrupted by the death of Salma&rsquo;s ex-husband, with the funeral taking place at the house of his second wife, Lamia (</span><strong>Rania Kurdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with social media. After the funeral, Uncle Emad (</span><strong>Waleed Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) reveals some shocking news, which leads to conflict over property ownership and forces the three women to face some harsh facts and take charge of their lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received widespread international acclaim, with critic Ola Al-Sheikh explaining via Raseef22 that \"the film\'s power lies in making the audience feel that they know the characters well and can relate to them.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Cineccentric&rsquo;s website said the \" film is a story of family, grief, and solidarity,\" adding that Elyan is skilled to the point where you can\'t tell SALMA\'S HOME is the director\'s debut feature film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Mercury News\' Randy Myers praised the film, calling it \"a delightful debut feature from Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker Hanadi Elyan that offers a refreshing, humorous, and heartfelt take on the bonds and relationships between three generations of Arab women.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars</span><strong> Juliet Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sameera Asir, Rania Kurdi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Firas Taybeh.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produced by </span><strong>Reel LA Productions&rsquo; Nathan Bennett</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalised communities from a female perspective</span><strong>. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her films have competed in film festivals around the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She started her film career in Jordan then moved to Dubai and helped establish Reel Arab Productions. Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full-ride scholarship, where she earned her MFA in Film Production/Directing from UCLA. </span><strong>Elyan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently serves as Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing at </span><strong>Emerson College.</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, she previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including the Jordan Film Fund for </span><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a screenplay titled &lsquo;</span><strong>Camp Beauty Queen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;, along with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial Award, a Special Jury Award at Tangiers Film Festival for Mariam\'s Chance in Morocco, the George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy, and The UCLA Directors Spotlight Award in 2018.</span>', '1119803452'),
(361, '', 'MAD Solutions reveals NEZOUH\'S teaser poster', '2022-11-07', 'Nezouh-Final-Teaser-Poster.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released the teaser poster for </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan\'s NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Monday, November 7,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ahead of its Arab world premiere at the second </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the</span><strong> Red Sea Competition.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poster depicts a large hole in the ceiling of 14-year-old Zeina\'s room, revealing the stars in the night sky. A rope is seen on the left side of the hole, leaving the audience to conjure up their own ideas about the rope\'s significance in the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer </span><strong>(Nizar Alani) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the boy next door.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alloush) &ndash; Zeina\'s mother &ndash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (</span><strong>Samer Al-Masri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In </span><strong>MIME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s review, </span><strong>E. Nina Rothe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wrote, \"</span><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completely captured my attention and imagination from beginning to end.\" Meanwhile, </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described it as \"an intense and delicate film that bravely seeks to upend expectations of what the term \'Syrian drama\' generally suggests &mdash; violence and victims.\" Furthermore,</span><strong> Fabien Lemercier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described it on the</span><strong> Cineuropa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website as \"Brimming with wonderful surrealist ideas.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition of the 79th edition of the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it nabbed the </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented by </span><strong>Armani Beauty &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the festival\'s main sponsor &ndash; making it the first Arab film to receive it. It also received the</span><strong> Lanterna Magica</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award, which was presented by </span><strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ending director</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hattrick from </span><strong>Venice, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which started</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when her first film, </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it won a Post-Production Award at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival\'s Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Baumi Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Script Development at the </span><strong>Berlinale, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award at </span><strong>Cannes, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Sorfond</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award at </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for </span><strong>Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>London BFI Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at the </span><strong>Tokyo International Film Festival, </strong><strong>S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, </strong><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani in Spain,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><strong>.</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, it received support from the </span><strong>Torino Film Lab, Doha Film Institute,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>British Film Institute.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s produced by </span><strong>KAF Productions (</strong><strong>Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while</span><strong> mk2 films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film\'s worldwide sales. Moreover, it is being distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and financed through </span><strong>FILM4, BFI, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France,</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Syrian director who studied theater critiquing at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the</span><strong> Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles et Cin&eacute;matographiques (IESAV) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;A few months ago, Netflix streamed three of her movies, including </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two of her short films &ndash;</span><strong> AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The films, which nabbed dozens of international awards, shed light on the situation in Syria over the past decade and are currently available to subscribers worldwide. </span>', '6045376'),
(362, '', 'Khalid Alharbi’s 90 DAYS to make its return to Kuwait, screen at JACC', '2022-11-07', '90-youm.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Saudi film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115343.php\"><strong>90 DAYS </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; which was directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2931941544705.php\"><strong>Khalid Alharbi </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; will be screening once more in Kuwait&rsquo;s </span><strong>Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center (JACC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday, November 8th at 8 pm</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was commercially released in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JACC Theatre Independent Cinema Project is a comprehensive cinema space that will offer a monthly program of independent cinema from around the world. The space will be an integral part of the theater project, serving as a cultural arena promoting local, regional, and international arts of varying disciplines.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &ndash; which was produced by </span><strong>Afkar Algad for Artistic Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a dramatic comedy that follows the story of a doctor, </span><strong>Sarah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who searches for the right man to marry. Upon finding him, she fights with several people to keep him in her life, however, she later discovers that he&rsquo;s hiding an interesting secret. The film presents some of Saudi society&rsquo;s traditions and thorny issues in a comical way.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>90 DAYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written and directed by </span><strong>Khalid Alharbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and produced by </span><strong>Faisal Alharbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast of</span><strong> 90 DAYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">includes a number of well-known Saudi actors and actresses, including </span><strong>Faisal Al-Zahrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Marwa Mohamed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Muhammad Al-Hashi, Fay Fouad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Badr Al-Matrafi, Wedd Osama, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with veteran Saudi celebrities</span><strong> Sanaa Bakr Younis</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Abdul Aziz Alsokayreen, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Khalid Alharbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in cooperation with </span><strong>Rowad Media</strong> <strong>for Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Khalid Alharbi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writer who participated in several Saudi and Arab projects, making his breakthrough as a writer through the 12-season kids\' show </span><strong>BABA FARHAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Alharbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also one of a few Saudi actors who broke out of the Saudi space to take part in other non-Saudi projects across the Arab region, building a repertoire that includes more than 100 acting roles.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he won a number of awards, including the </span><strong>Golden Award from the Gulf Radio and Television Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for his series </span><strong>AYAM W LAIALY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Best Screenplay Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for his film </span><strong>National Dialogue </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Jeddah Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he received recognition from various prestigious institutions &ndash; including the </span><strong>Saudi Ministry of Media </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; for all of the works he devoted to children and from </span><strong>the International Festival of Universities </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for his contribution to the country&rsquo;s university theaters.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1087936120'),
(363, '', 'Erige Sehiri’s UNDER THE FIG TREES claims Carthage Film Festival’s Silver Tanit Award, gears up for Marrakech', '2022-11-08', 'under_the_fig_trees_official_still.jpg', '<strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature film</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took home the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span><strong> Silver Tanit Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it held its Arab world premiere in the festival&rsquo;s official competition with the film&rsquo;s cast and crew in attendance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is also gearing up for the </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; where it </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previously won the </span><strong>Altas Post-Production</strong> <strong>Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which will be holding its 2022 edition from November 11th to the 19th. Moreover, it</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been chosen as the Tunisian entry for Best International Feature Film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2023 Oscars.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to have two screenings &ndash; the first in the presence of the cast on Saturday, November 12th at 9:30 pm at Cin&eacute;ma le Colis&eacute;e, and the second on Tuesday, November 15th at 7:30 pm in the Salle des Ambassadeurs at the Palais des Congr&egrave;s de Marrakech.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be featured in t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival &ndash; which is scheduled to run from December 1st to the 10th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia &ndash; as part of the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">category.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received </span><strong>the EcoPro Jury Award in the Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also featured in the </span><strong>Toronto</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Karlovy Vary,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sarajevo international film festivals</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in addition to competing in the </span><strong>Melbourne International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>official competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>CineVision competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Filmfest M&uuml;nchen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally,</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was critically acclaimed by the world&rsquo;s most reputable media outlets.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Under the Fig Trees has the clarity to see the strengths and weaknesses across the uneven land, with wisdom emerging as the juiciest fruit of all this labor,&rdquo; wrote Stephen Saito in the Moveable Fest. Meanwhile, ROB ALDAM described the movie in </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backseat Mafia as &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a thoughtful and concise drama.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, </span><strong>Lovia Gyarkye</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Hollywood Reporter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that &ldquo;Under the Fig Tree is a pleasurable and immersive experience that offers an elegant, understated tapestry of complex interactions.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a joint production between Tunisia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Henia Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Switzerland&rsquo;s </span><strong>Akka Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France&rsquo;s </span><strong>Maneki Films, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany&rsquo;s</span><strong> In Good Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the DOP and the film&rsquo;s music is by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is being distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling its distribution and marketing in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s first feature film, claiming a $5,000 production grant from</span><strong> MAD Solutions &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in partnership with the </span><strong>Gouna Film Festival &ndash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Final Cut.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Previously, Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directed the award-winning feature-length documentary </span><strong>RAILWAY MEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '534839072');
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(364, '', 'Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS to premiere in Egypt to a widespread attendance of influential art and press figures', '2022-11-07', 'the-alleys-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian director </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">debut feature film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php#:~:text=In%20a%20gossip%2Dridden%2C%20violent,don\'t%20go%20as%20planned.\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will premiere in Egypt on Tuesday, November 8th at Zamalek Cinema ahead of its release in Egyptian theaters on November 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with media figures and A-list actors, the film\'s director </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and lead Jordanian actor </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as part of the crew &ndash; will be attending the event.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I believe that the commercial release of </span><strong>The Alleys</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a vital step and a significant sign for any Arab film to stress its uniqueness, especially since the Egyptian public has always been interested in learning about Arab stories from other neighboring countries with whom Egypt has fraternal connections, such as Jordan,&rdquo; </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said ahead of the event</span><strong>.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As we have learned from Egyptian movies about the stories of Egyptian alleys, the audience here will be able to learn about contemporary Jordanian alley stories through this film.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her part, </span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad &ndash; CEO and Founder </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Lagoonie Film Production, which co-produced the film &ndash; said: &ldquo;I am pleased that Lagoonie is a part of a successful film that is highly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are excited to continue the company\'s mission of making notable Arab films from throughout the Arab world that can be screened at festivals and commercially because, at the end of the day, we want to engage the cinematic audience.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the premiere, </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; Co-Founders of MAD Solutions &ndash; said: &ldquo;The screening of the film in Egyptian cinemas is part of MAD Solutions\' objective to build a diversified cinematic landscape that includes films from various Arab nations and tales from throughout the Arab world.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also set to land</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its US premiere at the 26th edition of the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Francisco, where it will screen on Sunday, November 13th at 8:30 pm (GMT+7).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its commercial release in the UAE, its home country of Jordan, and 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will soon be released across the rest of the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a young hustler that will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al-Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El-Akkad),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distribution in the Arab world and </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by several critics and websites, with </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as having a &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence and style&hellip; none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>PopMatters </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film, saying &ldquo;the director exploited his tools in making an entertaining film, and succeeded in breathing fresh life into his characters,&rdquo; which was confirmed by </span><strong>the Upcoming</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which referred to </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as &ldquo;an exciting film that weaves complex and intelligent topics into compelling and thoroughly entertaining character arcs.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a special mention from the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden in addition to the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay in France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the </span><strong>BAFTAs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award for Outstanding Debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a project, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filmmaking program at </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in the post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s 2020 edition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian Film Support Fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for Film Development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the development phase, the project received the support of the </span><strong>EAVE Producers&rsquo; Workshop,</strong> <strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Dubai Film Juncture, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in dozens of international festivals, most notably the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam and</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '802353096'),
(365, '', 'MAD Solutions drops the official poster of Firas Khoury\'s ALAM for Arab world', '2022-11-07', 'Alam-Final-Poster.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official</span><strong> Arabic poster </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for</span><strong> Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s feature film</span><strong> ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on November 3rd,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ahead of its Arab world premiere at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scheduled to run from November 13th to the 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to feature in the festival&rsquo;s</span><strong> International Competition</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie&rsquo;s poster packs a visual punch, depicting the film\'s protagonist wrapped in the Palestinian flag\'s colors, in which a faint image of a flipped over landscape with a single tree is visible, symbolising a world turned on its head.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling the distribution of</span><strong> ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category, after which, it featured in the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally,</span><strong> ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of seven titles from </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; distribution slate that will be represented in the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), where it will be featured in the </span><strong>Festival Favorites</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category.</span>', '1440297136'),
(366, 'NEIGHBOURS| OUR RIVER… OUR SKY| TALA\'VISION', 'MAD Films claims 3 awards at Meta Film Festival’s 1st edition', '2022-11-08', '0585a471-c46e-4d27-85b6-a66559a68f9b.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three films distributed by</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won three awards during the first edition of the </span><strong>Meta Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Dubai, which ran from October 27th to the 29th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maysoon Pachachi\'s OUR RIVER... OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claimed</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Debut Film Special Jury Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the </span><strong>Best Short Fiction Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh\'s TALA\'VISION, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mano Khalil\'s NEIGHBOURS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Feature Film Special Jury Prize.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Find out more about the winning films:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER... OUR SKY</strong>\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER... OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amid unpredictable violence.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was directed by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who also co-wrote the film with </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; a Baghdad-based author &ndash; and stars</span> <strong>Darina Al-Joundi, Basim Hajar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sweden),</span><strong> Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">renowned Iraq-based actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abu Abbas, Amed Hashimi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Ali El-Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also produced by </span><strong>Oxymoron Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UK), </span><strong>Linked Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Kuwait), </span><strong>Les</strong> <strong>Contes Modernes </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), and </span><strong>Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a small village on the Turkish-Syrian border during Hafez Al-Assad&rsquo;s regime in the 1980s,</span><strong> Sero</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; a Kurdish child &ndash; must deal with how his small world is radically changing through absurd nationalism.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mano Khalil,</strong> <strong>NEIGHBOURS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Serhed Khalil,</strong> <strong>Jalal Al-Tawil,</strong> <strong>Jay Abdo </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Samer Al-Masri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produced by</span><strong> Frame Film.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong>\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of eight-year-old </span><strong>Tala, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who lives within a war-torn reality. She, however, finds her solace and salvation in watching television &ndash; a banned activity that later evolves into a matter of life and death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film stars</span><strong> Ziad Bakri, Aesha Balasem, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Khalid Al-Tarifi.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won several awards, including </span><strong>Best Narrative Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Student Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition of </span><strong>the Oscars, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">going down in history as the first Arab film to do so.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was co-produced by Jordan&rsquo;s </span><strong>Tabi 360</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Germany&rsquo;s </span><strong>Filmakademie Baden-W&uuml;rttemberg.</strong>', '795318416'),
(367, '', 'Shawkat Amin Korki\'s THE EXAM and Erige Sehiri’s UNDER THE FIG TREES buckle up for the 2023 Oscars', '2022-11-08', 'under_the_fig_trees_official_still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two films from MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate have been selected as their country\'s official submission to the 2023 Academy Awards (Oscars) for Best International Feature Film, which are </span><a href=\"../directors/312802329357.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawkat Amin Korki</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115367.php\"><strong>THE EXAM</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critically acclaimed Kurdish drama </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawkat Amin Korki</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been chosen as Iraq\'s official submission for Best International Feature Film, while</span><a href=\"../directors/119283161548.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Erige Sehiri</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115368.php\"><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been chosen as Tunisia\'s official submission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both movies were submitted for the </span><strong>Best International Feature Film category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 95th Academy Awards, which is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 12th, 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature film</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently held its Arab world premiere in the </span><strong>2022 Carthage Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it claimed the </span><strong>Silver Tanit Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the festival&rsquo;s official competition.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>About THE EXAM&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seven-time international award-winning </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint production between the Kurdistan regional government, Germany, and Qatar, and has won several prestigious awards, including the FIPRESCI Critics Award for Best Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the UNFPA Award at the Cairo International Film Festival, and the Best Screenplay Award from the Tirana International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie tells the story of Rojin &ndash; a young Kurdish woman who is set to take the university\'s admission exam. Meanwhile, her unhappily married elder sister Shilan will stop at nothing to help her pass the exam and have a chance at an emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning director Shawkat Amin Korki and co-written by Iranian screenwriter Mohammad Reza Gohari, </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Avan Jamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Vania Salar, Hussein Hassan,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hoshyar Nerwayi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korki\'s most notable triumph is his film </span><strong>MEMORIES ON STONE,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was Iraq\'s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is handling </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About </strong><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a joint production between Tunisia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Henia Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Switzerland&rsquo;s </span><strong>Akka Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France&rsquo;s </span><strong>Maneki Films, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany&rsquo;s</span><strong> In Good Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the DOP and the film&rsquo;s music is by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is being distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling its distribution and marketing in the Arab world.</span>', '1078602453'),
(368, '', 'Four-time-award-winning film DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN to make the rounds in several int’l festivals', '2022-11-08', 'dofa-Final-poster--.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to be featured at the 26th annual </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>San Francisco</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is scheduled to run from November 11th to the 20th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More specifically,</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland\'s Uptown district on Monday, November 14th at 8:30 pm (GMT-7), however, it is not the film\'s first screening in the US, as it was previously featured at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>San Diego</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it won the Audience Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also be screened at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival in Zurich</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the 17th at 6 pm and on the 20th at 3 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it will be featured in the closing ceremony of the 34th European Film Festival in Jordan, which will take place from November 13th to the 25th at the Haya Cultural Center at 8 pm, with the film\'s producer</span><strong> Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movie has already</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the Audience Award at three prestigious festivals &ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, the </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it landed its world premiere.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also screened at the </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was featured in the</span> <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received a special mention, as well as the Red Sea International Film Festival\'s first edition within the Arab Spectacular Section.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it opened the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Sweden </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and featured</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Germany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the 10th edition of the </span><strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the first Jordanian film to screen for</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ten consecutive weeks in Jordanian cinemas in addition to another two weeks of special screenings.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN also </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a successful commercial tour in the Arab world that included screenings in Egypt, the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was financed by several funds, including </span><strong>the Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Development Fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as a fund from </span><strong>the CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>El-Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival-All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected for the </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the main objective of creating authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and presenting first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company aims to enrich the quality of the content it delivers, creating and developing several scripts for both cinema and television throughout the years.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filmmaker started his career working on international TV shows as an assistant director and producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood and directed reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a competition that showcases the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Abu Dhabi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '39080702');
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(369, 'SALMA’S HOME | THE ALLEYS | THE SEA AHEAD | DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN | TALA\'VISION | ROAD TO EL KEF | LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK', 'MAD Solutions sends off 7 films to San Francisco’s Arab Film Festival ', '2022-11-09', 'mad-films-09-11.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to feature seven films from its distribution slate </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>26th Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Francisco &ndash; which will run from November 11th to the 20th &ndash; including four feature films and three shorts.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature-length films include </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><strong>Ely Dagher</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115271.php\"><strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the short films expected to be screened are </span><a href=\"../directors/25982324117.php\"><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115303.php\"><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <a href=\"../directors/319159926500.php\"><strong>Ihsen Kammoun</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115378.php\"><strong>ROAD TO El KEF</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and&nbsp; </span><a href=\"../directors/154264665539.php\"><strong>Said Zagha</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115336.php\"><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD&rsquo;s films at the </strong><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><strong>:</strong>\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Bakri dies, his ex-wife, daughter, and new wife are made aware of his will, finding out that the only way to claim their inheritance is to live together under one roof.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was released on </span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last July and ranked second in Jordan&rsquo;s top 10 watched films for three successive weeks.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Best Feature Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in San Jose. It was also screened in the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival at the Arab American Museum in Michigan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Juliet Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sameera Asir</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rania Kurdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Firas Taybeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was produced by </span><strong>Reel LA Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Nathan Bennett</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a young hustler that will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently</span><strong>, THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a </span><strong>special mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden and </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was commercially released in UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. It will also be released in Egypt on November 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al-Shawareb </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Yousef Abd AlNabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Imaginarium Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Rula Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world and </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE SEA AHEAD:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after being away for a long time, suddenly finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ely Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut film </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its world premiere at the </span><strong>74th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and had its Arab world premiere at the fifth edition of the </span><strong>El-Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also screened at the BFI</span><strong> London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely</strong> <strong>Dagher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the movie stars </span><strong>Manal</strong> <strong>Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Yara Abou Haidar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rabih</strong> <strong>El-Zaher</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also produced by </span><strong>Andolfi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Arnaud </span><strong>Dommerc</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in association with </span><strong>Beachside</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout</strong> <strong>Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Myriam</strong> <strong>Sassine</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Wrong</strong> <strong>Men</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Beaver</strong> <strong>and Beaver.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Amman, the film follows the single and middle-aged </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father&rsquo;s keeper.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wakes up one morning to a shocking discovery with the potential to defame her throughout her neighborhood, she and her three sisters are forced to come together in spite of their vastly disparate lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF</strong> <strong>ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a four-time Audience Award winner at the </span><strong>Middle</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Now</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Florence, </span><strong>FEST</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Films</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Portugal, </span><strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> <strong>Arab</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US, and </span><strong>Cairo</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it held its world premiere.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also screened at the </span><strong>Beirut</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Women</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; where it got a special mention &ndash; and the first </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it was commercially released in the UAE, Tunisia, Jordan &ndash; where it was the first Jordanian film in history to run for ten consecutive weeks in cinemas &ndash; and Egypt.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba</strong> <strong>Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong> <strong>Bsieso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan</strong> <strong>Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam</strong> <strong>Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid</strong> <strong>Tariffi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by </span><strong>Pan</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Saba</strong> <strong>Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span><strong>Aya</strong> <strong>Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika</strong> <strong>Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arab</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION:</strong>\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of eight-year-old </span><strong>Tala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives in a war-torn reality. She, however, finds her solace and salvation in watching television &ndash; a banned activity that later escalates to a matter of life and death.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie won several awards, including </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Narrative</strong> <strong>Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Student Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition of the </span><strong>Oscars</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, going down in history as the first Arab film to do so. Also, it garnered the </span><strong>Golden Yusr for Short Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Red Sea</strong> <strong>Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Best Short, </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Male Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Cinematography </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards at the </span><strong>Indie Short Awards Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in France. The film is available on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Murad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abu </span><strong>Eisheh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Ziad</strong> <strong>Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aesha</strong> <strong>Balasem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Khalid </span><strong>Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was co-produced by Jordan&rsquo;s </span><strong>Tabi</strong> <strong>360</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Germany&rsquo;s </span><strong>Filmakademie</strong> <strong>Baden</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-</span><strong>W&uuml;rttemberg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Carthage</strong> <strong>Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Festival (</span><strong>JCC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),&nbsp; where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Fiction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Short Award. It is also expected to feature in the </span><strong>Rabat</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Author</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the movie is set to hold its US premiere at the </span><strong>Arab</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and had its Canadian premiere at the </span><strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>VIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was nominated for the </span><strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at the </span><strong>Festival Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Jury</strong> <strong>Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was directed by </span><strong>Ihsen</strong> <strong>Kammoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Charles</strong> <strong>Hall</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars the award-winning Tunisian actor </span><strong>Ahmed</strong> <strong>Hafiane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/madrising/fares-landoulsi.php\"><strong>Fares</strong> <strong>Landoulsi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Malek</strong> <strong>Ben</strong> <strong>Saad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ala</strong> <strong>Edine</strong> <strong>Yacoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Eqlae</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> <strong>LLC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Ihsen</strong> <strong>Kammoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) co-produced the film with </span><strong>Karabila</strong> <strong>Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Anis</strong> <strong>Kriaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also,</span><strong> 7 Palms Entertainment </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international distribution while </span><strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events, a Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Urbanworld Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in New York, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short Film.&nbsp; It also held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for Best Short Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Said Zagha </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Nomadic Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Mais Salman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the film stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nisreen Faour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Laith Zuaiter </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nabil Koni</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1705500150'),
(370, '', 'THE ALLEYS holds successful premiere in Egypt featuring its cast and crew', '2022-11-11', 'image00003.jpg', '<strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> successfully held its Egyptian premiere on Tuesday </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Zamalek Cinema ahead of its release in Egyptian theaters on Wednesday</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wide media coverage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uperstar </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CEO and Founder of the co-production company Lagoonie Film Production; and </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Founder of </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attended the event.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s commercial release in Egypt follows its favorable reception in the Arab world, where it was released in the UAE, its home country of Jordan, and 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia &ndash; where it held its Arab world premiere at the 2021 </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also set to continue its journey in international festivals, with the film expected to hold its US premiere at the </span><strong>26th edition of the Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Francisco &ndash; which will run from November 11th to the 20th &ndash; where it will screen on Sunday, November 13th at 8:30 pm (GMT+7) at the New Parkway Theater.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a young hustler that will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al-Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El-Akkad),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responsible for distribution in the Arab world and </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by several critics and websites, with </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as having a &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence and style&hellip; none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>PopMatters </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film, saying &ldquo;the director exploited his tools in making an entertaining film, and succeeded in breathing fresh life into his characters,&rdquo; which was confirmed by </span><strong>the Upcoming</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which referred to </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as &ldquo;an exciting film that weaves complex and intelligent topics into compelling and thoroughly entertaining character arcs.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a special mention from the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden in addition to the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay in France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the </span><strong>BAFTAs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award for Outstanding Debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a project, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filmmaking program at the </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in the post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s 2020 edition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian Film Support Fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for Film Development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the project received the support of the </span><strong>EAVE Producers&rsquo; Workshop,</strong> <strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Dubai Film Juncture, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in dozens of international festivals, most notably the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1690707242'),
(371, '', 'Where Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS is playing in Egypt', '2022-11-10', 'the-alleys-in-egypt-cinemas.jpg', '<strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has just been released in Egyptian theaters after a successful Egyptian premiere on Tuesday at Zamalek Cinema, giving moviegoers an inside look at the murky underbelly of Jordan\'s streets, which are very different from Egypt\'s.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now playing at the </span><strong>Porto Cairo Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sea Cinema Arabella</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>VOX Cinemas - Mall of Egypt,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>CineComfort - Americana Plaza. Zamalek Cinema </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is expected to</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announce the movie&rsquo;s showtimes soon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s commercial release in Egypt follows its favorable reception in the Arab world, where it was released in the UAE, its home country of Jordan, and 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia &ndash; where it held its Arab world premiere at the 2021 </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In related news, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also set to continue its journey in international festivals, with the film expected to hold its US premiere at the </span><strong>26th edition of the Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Francisco &ndash; which will run from November 11th to the 20th &ndash; where it will screen on Sunday, November 13th at 8:30 pm (GMT+7) at the New Parkway Theater.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a young hustler that will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al-Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El-Akkad),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responsible for distribution in the Arab world and </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by several critics and websites, with </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as having a &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence and style&hellip; none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>PopMatters </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film, saying &ldquo;the director exploited his tools in making an entertaining film, and succeeded in breathing fresh life into his characters,&rdquo; which was confirmed by </span><strong>the Upcoming</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which referred to </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as &ldquo;an exciting film that weaves complex and intelligent topics into compelling and thoroughly entertaining character arcs.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a special mention from the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden in addition to the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay in France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the </span><strong>BAFTAs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award for Outstanding Debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a project, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filmmaking program at the </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in the post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s 2020 edition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian Film Support Fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for Film Development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the project received the support of the </span><strong>EAVE Producers&rsquo; Workshop,</strong> <strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Dubai Film Juncture, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in dozens of international festivals, most notably the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1423217327'),
(372, '', 'MAD Solutions presents Ihsen Kammoun’s ROAD TO EL KEF’s nomination journey', '2022-11-11', 'road-to-el-kef.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/319159926500.php\"><strong>Ihsen Kammoun</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115378.php\"><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF</strong> </a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;may have been nominated for Best Fiction Short in several international festivals, however, the film&rsquo;s nomination journey in 2022 is far from over.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its Arab world premiere at the 2022 </span><strong>Carthage</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>JCC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it was officially selected for the </span><strong>Horizon of Tuinisian Cinema Screenings</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is also expected to feature in the </span><strong>Rabat</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Author</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was nominated for the </span><strong>Grand</strong> <strong>Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at the </span><strong>Festival Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Jury</strong> <strong>Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the movie is set to hold its US premiere and compete for </span><strong>Best Fiction Short Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Arab</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the presence of its director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film had its Canadian premiere at the </span><strong>Mena Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in partnership with </span><strong>Vancouver</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>VIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where the director was present.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also featured at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival that was held at the Arab</strong> <strong>American Museum</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Montecatini</strong> <strong>International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, where it was among the official selections. Moreover, it is scheduled to compete in the </span><strong>International Short Film Competition Program </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 51st </span><strong>Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the largest international cinema festival in Ukraine &ndash; despite the war challenges that are currently occurring</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With his mother and brother gone, a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was directed by </span><strong>Ihsen</strong> <strong>Kammoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, written by </span><strong>Charles</strong> <strong>Hall </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">music composer is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suad Bushnaq</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars the award-winning Tunisian actor </span><strong>Ahmed</strong> <strong>Hafiane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/madrising/fares-landoulsi.php\"><strong>Fares</strong> <strong>Landoulsi</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Malek</strong> <strong>Ben</strong> <strong>Saad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ala</strong> <strong>Edine</strong> <strong>Yacoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Eqlae</strong> <strong>Pictures</strong> <strong>LLC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Ihsen</strong> <strong>Kammoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) co-produced the film with </span><strong>Karabila</strong> <strong>Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Anis</strong> <strong>Kriaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also,</span><strong> 7 Palms Entertainment </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales while </span><strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1984, in Sfax, Tunisia, </span><strong>Kammoun </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Tunisian American producer, director, and writer with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Linguistics. His first claim to fame was in 2009, when he sparked a music video production trend in the independent Tunisian music scene.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With life travels that allowed him to explore a richness of perspectives of human experiences, he eventually founded the motion picture production company </span><strong>EQLAE PICTURES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2019.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His work usually covers stories that inspire discovering the reason behind the differences between people to encourage them to exercise their humanity.</span>', '1731510464');
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(373, '', 'Anis Djaad’s THE LIFE AFTER holds Arab world premiere, wins 3 awards at 2022 Carthage Film Festival', '2022-11-11', 'Life-After-Award-in-JCC-II.jpg', '<strong>Anis Djaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span><strong> THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>2022 Carthage Film Festival (JCC) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that was</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held from October 29th to November 5th and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claimed three awards</span><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nabbed the Tahar Cheriaa First Film Prize, the TV5 Monde Prize, and the F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Africaine des Critiques Cin&eacute;ma\'s Le Prix FACC as part of the festival\'s parallel prizes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Djaad, THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a cleaner named Hajar and her son Jamil, who are forced to move from one village to another to escape rumors about her.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story of misery and survival then unfolds as Hajar fights to protect herself and her son from the criminals who inhabit the city they live in.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was screened at the official competitions at the </span><strong>Tashkent International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Uzbekistan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Brussels Independent Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Belgium</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Amiens International Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also chosen to join the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut Workshop.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received support from the </span><strong>AFAC Institution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Takmil Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>JCC </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>CNC.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Starring Lydia Larini, Ahmed Belmoumane, Djemel Barek, and Samir El-Hakim, THE LIFE AFTER is produced by Alegria Production (Moncef Delici), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages its distribution in the Arab world</span><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the movie&rsquo;s DOP is </span><strong>Ahmed Talantikite</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, its sound engineering is by </span><strong>Mohamed Amine Teggar,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it was edited by </span><strong>Val&eacute;rie Pico</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Anis Djaad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born in Algeria\'s capital and schooled at Bab El-Oued</span><strong>.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 1996, he became acquainted with the world of filmmaking while working as an assistant director on Jamal Lloyd\'s </span><strong>FRANCA YA FRANCA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 1997, he had to leave the cinema industry after the dismantling of the national film production company, but he hoped to return one day. The same year, he joined the national newspaper Le Soir from Algeria, where he worked as a reporter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, his first feature film script </span><strong>AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was selected and awarded by the European Media Film Program. He then worked for two years in Algeria\'s daily newspaper La Tribune starting 2007. In the same year, he published his first novel, Parisian Morning, which was published by Le Manuscript. In 2008, he published his second novel, The Odor of the Violin.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011, he won the prize for the Best Screenplay for a short film at the Algerian Film Days for </span><strong>THE PORTHOLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he directed and won several awards for at international festivals the following year.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, he took part in the national script competition and won the grand prize with his script </span><strong>BLACK SCREEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in 2014, he directed his second short film </span><strong>RAILWAY CROSSING,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which participated in and won several awards in various international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then made his third short film </span><strong>KELTOUM&rsquo;S JOURNEY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2015 with the support of the Mission Cin&eacute;ma de la Ville de Paris.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2016, he has been working on various scripts before completing his film </span><strong>THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '2014914715'),
(374, '', 'Firas Khoury\'s ALAM to feature at Cairo Int’l Film Festival ', '2022-11-13', 'ALAM.jpg', '<strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature film </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screening at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which will run from November 13 to November 22nd,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it will be competing for </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Silver Pyramid Award and the Best Arab Film Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have three screenings at the festival; the first will take place on Friday, November 18th at 9:15 pm in the Cairo Opera House\'s Grand Hall, followed by the second on Saturday, November 19th at 7:30 pm at the Fountain Theater, and the third on Sunday, November 20th at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6:00 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pm at the Tahrir Cultural Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set to hold its Arab world premiere at the festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>International Competition, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-distributed by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category. It was then featured at the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>', '1572606402'),
(375, '', 'Roschdy Zem’s OUR TIES to hold its Arab world premiere at CIFF', '2022-11-13', 'DP-OUR-TIES---ENG---DEF.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Film </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to have its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>International Panorama section</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within days.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film world premiered at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The film is scheduled to screen three times during the CIFF:</strong>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, November 15th at the Fountain Theater at 9:15 pm.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, November 17th at Zamalek Cinema 1 at 3:00 pm.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, November 18th at the Small theater at 8:45 pm.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he now speaks without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Fabien Lemercier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Cineurope </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing it as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"a tragedy [that] calls into question the equilibrium of a group of siblings and a family.\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Jessica Kiang</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said that \"Our Ties is heartfelt and beautifully played; a burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which was co-written by </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; stars the award-winning cast </span><strong>Sami Bouajila</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Meriem Serbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Rachid Bouchareb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, </span><strong>Julien Poupard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">served as its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP, and it was edited by </span><strong>Pierre Deschamps</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Laziz Belka&iuml;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with </span><strong>Wild Bunch International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing worldwide sales and </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roschdy Zem is a French actor and director who was born in Gennevilliers, France, in 1965. He made his acting debut in Andr&eacute; T&eacute;chin&eacute;\'s </span><strong>J\'EMBRASSE PAS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1991 and received the Best Actor Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Rachid Bouchareb\'s </span><strong>DAYS OF GLORY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then began his directing career with</span><strong> MAUVAISE FOI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, eventually making </span><strong>OMAR M\'A TUER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2011, </span><strong>BODYBUILDER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2014, and </span><strong>CHOCOLAT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), which sold about 2m tickets in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, Zem received the C&eacute;sar Award for Best Actor for his performance in Arnaud Desplechin\'s </span><strong>ROUBAIX, UNE LUMI&Egrave;RE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the same year, he made his fifth film as a director &ndash; </span><strong>PERSONA NON GRATA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1345348956'),
(376, '', 'MAD Solutions’ newly acquired LIGHT UPON LIGHT to compete in 2022 Cairo Int’l Film Festival', '2022-11-13', 'Light-upon-light,-Sayida-Zainab.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; newly acquired documentary LIGHT UPON LIGHT, directed by Christian Suhr and produced by Hala Lotfy, will be competing in the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s International Critics Week Competition, upping MAD Solutions&rsquo; slate in the 44th CIFF to ten titles, with the festival set to run from November 13th to 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIGHT UPON LIGHT will screen at the following times: 20th November at 15:30 at the Small Theatre (followed by a Q&amp;A), 21st November at 12:30pm at the Hanager Theatre, and 22nd November at 15:00 at Zamalek Cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set to hold its international and Arab premiere in Cairo, LIGHT UPON LIGHT &ndash; a Danish-Egyptian co-production &ndash; had its world premiere at the 19th edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX) in March 2022. MAD Solutions is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by Danish filmmaker and anthropologist Christian Suhr, LIGHT UPON LIGHT revolves around a philosophical field trip from Cairo along the Nile into the desert in search of what light means as a religious concept in post-revolutionary Egypt.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s inspiration came from one of Suhr&rsquo;s friends, who urged him one night in Cairo in 2014 to &ldquo;Stop focusing on the darkness and focus on the light.&rdquo; Through conversations on and observations of breathtaking Muslim rituals, the light slowly breaks through and nuances the image of a religion and a political culture often viewed with prejudice and reduced to simplistic clich&eacute;s.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Egyptian filmmaker Hala Lotfy through Hassala Films, LIGHT UPON LIGHT is also supported by the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI). Lotfy is known for her feature debut COMING FORTH BY DAY, which was featured at the 2013 Berlinale and later awarded the prestigious Katrin Cartlidge Foundation Award &ndash; which is given to new filmmakers &ndash; at the Sarajevo Film Festival. In 2011, she founded the production collective Hassala Films to support young filmmakers and artists.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions has ten total films participating in the 2022 CIFF, comprising of three feature fiction films, one feature documentary, four shorts, and two projects. Alongside LIGHT UPON LIGHT, MAD Solutions is representing Firas Khoury&rsquo;s ALAM, Roschdy Zem&rsquo;s OUR TIES, and Rachid Hami&rsquo;s FOR MY COUNTRY (POUR LA FRANCE), in addition to Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s BUZZ, Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, Dessil Mekhtigian&rsquo;s FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL, and Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s TRINOU, the four of which will be competing in the Official Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, two projects from MAD Solutions set to compete at Cairo Film Connection, those being Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s INSHALLAH A BOY and Mehdi Hmili&rsquo;s THE SEASONS OF JANNET.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CIFF is one of the oldest and most celebrated festivals in the Arab world and Africa. It is the only festival in the Arab and African region to be accorded a Category A status by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations in Paris (FIAPF).</span>', '2063984088'),
(377, '', 'Rachid Hami’s FOR MY COUNTRY to hold its Arab world premiere at CIFF in the presence of director, leading actor', '2022-11-13', 'FOR-MY-COUNTRY-STILL2022-–-Gophoto-–-Mizar-Films.jpg', '<strong>Rachid Hami&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature film </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to hold its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within days in the presence of its director and leading actor, </span><strong>Karim Leklou</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to screen twice &ndash; once on Monday, </span><strong>November 14th</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Small Theater </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>3:00 pm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the director, and once more on Tuesday, </span><strong>November 15th</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Ewart Hall of Tahrir Cultural Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>3:00 pm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Ismael </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as he fights for justice for his Algerian-born brother </span><strong>Aissa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who died while training at a French military academy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Venice Orizzonti Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Film.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was also featured at the </span><strong>Stockholm International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Bronze Horse </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Anna Smith </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Deadline magazine </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing it as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;an emotive set-up told in an unsentimental fashion.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from</span> <strong>Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted that &ldquo;the director&rsquo;s strength lies in his depiction of the domestic, and the way he integrates the family&rsquo;s faith into the film, helping root his story in a firm reality.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; which was co-written by </span><strong>Ollivier Pourriol </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; stars a group of award-winning actors, including </span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hugo Becker</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sha&iuml;n Boumedine, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Karim Leklou</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a French Taiwanese co-production, with </span><strong>mk2 Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales, </span><strong>Memento Distribution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responsible for distribution within France, and </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling distribution in the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1985, </span><strong>Hami </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a French writer and actor who fled the Algerian civil war with his mother and brothers in search of a better future in France. He began his career as an actor with the film </span><strong>GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Abdellatif Kechiche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, he has directed and wrote films, including three-award winning feature films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following his 2005 short film </span><strong>NO EFFECT WITHOUT CAUSE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he directed the medium-length film </span><strong>CHOOSING LOVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2007. Then, in 2017, he made his first feature film, </span><strong>ORCHESTRA CLASS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>LA M&Eacute;LODIE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which premiered at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '426462379'),
(378, '', 'Prior to its screening in the Arab Film Festival, Hanadi Elyan’s SALMA’S HOME claims another award', '2022-11-14', 'salma-home-awards-austin.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/29590332438.php\"><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115345.php\"><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Narrative Feature Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 29th </span><strong>Austin Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was held in the US from October 17th to November 3rd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up on the schedule,</span><strong> SALMA&rsquo;S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is expected to feature at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in San Francisco on Saturday, November 19th at 2:45 pm (GMT-7) at </span><strong>the Roxie Theater</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the movie</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Best Feature Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Cinequest Film &amp; Creativity Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in San Jose, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which declared it &ldquo;powerful, impressive, and affectionate.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was also screened at the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival that was held at the Arab American Museum in Michigan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Bakri dies, his ex-wife, daughter, and new wife are made aware of his will, finding out that the only way to claim their inheritance is to live together under one roof.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SALMA&rsquo;S HOME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was released on </span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last July and ranked second in Jordan&rsquo;s top 10 watched films for three successive weeks.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received critical acclaim in the Arab world and internationally, with </span><strong>Movie Maker&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>Tim Molloy </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing the film as a &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">captivating and sharply-honed character study about two very different widows.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hanadi Elyan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Juliet Awad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sameera Asir</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Rania Kurdi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Firas Taybeh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was produced by </span><strong>Reel LA Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Nathan Bennett</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Nathan Bennett </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a film and TV producer. Initially, he started Reel Arab Productions and began working on projects for the Middle East&rsquo;s largest broadcaster MBC in Dubai, with the company eventually working on over 150 TV episodes for MBC and providing services to international customers such as Nivea and Oracle. However, Nathan eventually moved to Los Angeles and rebranded his company to Reel LA Productions and has been focusing on narrative film production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Elyan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective. Hanadi\'s short films have competed in film festivals around the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The director started her film career in Jordan, before moving to Dubai and helping establish Reel Arab Productions. Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full-ride scholarship at UCLA, where she earned her MFA in Film Production and Directing.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Elyan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing at Emerson College.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including the Jordan Film Fund, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, the Delia Salvi Memorial Award, the Special Jury Award at the Tangiers Film Festival for Mariam\'s Chance, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy, and the UCLA Directors Spotlight Award.</span>', '1893888716'),
(379, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN to compete for the Joy Awards', '2022-11-14', 'DOAB-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being released in more than 23 theaters in Saudi Arabia, </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is competing for the prestigious </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Entertainment Authority&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joy Awards </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the largest ceremony to recognize and honor artistic achievements in the Arab world </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which is scheduled to be held on January 27th, 2023.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Joy Awards, which are organized by MBC Group, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature 13 awards that will be handed out to nominated female and male celebrities across various genres and categories.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, the four-time-award-winning film is gearing up for an international tour at several prestigious film festivals, such as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Arab Film Festival in Zurich on November 17th and 20th.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it featured in the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Germany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the 10th edition of the </span><strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, it was commercially released in Egypt.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also had a successful commercial tour in the Arab world that included screenings in the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;It is also the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first Jordanian film to screen for</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ten consecutive weeks in Jordanian cinemas, in addition to another two weeks of special screenings.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movie received the Audience Award at four prestigious festivals &ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, the </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>San Diego, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it held its world premiere.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also screened at the </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was featured in the</span> <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received a special mention, as well as the Red Sea International Film Festival\'s first edition within the Arab Spectacular Section.</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was financed by several funds, including </span><strong>the Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Development Fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as a fund from </span><strong>the CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>El-Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival-All Access program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected for the </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the main objective of creating authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and presenting first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company aims to enrich the quality of the content it delivers, creating and developing several scripts for both cinema and television throughout the years.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filmmaker started his career working on international TV shows as an assistant director and producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood and directed reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a competition that showcases the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Abu Dhabi.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '1893079789'),
(380, '', 'Rachid Hami’s FOR MY COUNTRY holds successful Arab world premiere at CIFF', '2022-11-15', 'my-country.jpg', '<strong>Rachid Hami&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest feature film </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its Arab world premiere on November 14th at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; which is running from the 13th to the 22nd &ndash; in the presence of its director and leading actors </span><strong>Karim Leklou </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Samir Guesmi</strong><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening earned the audience and critics&rsquo; admiration, later holding a successful discussion with the director and receiving wide media coverage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>Hami </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Leklou </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed their excitement over attending </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the first time, adding that they are honored that their film held its Arab world premiere at such a prestigious festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to have a second screening </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Tuesday, </span><strong>November 15th</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Ewart Hall of Tahrir Cultural Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>3:00 pm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Ismael </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as he fights for justice for his Algerian-born brother </span><strong>Aissa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who died while training at a French military academy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Venice Orizzonti Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Film.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was also featured at the </span><strong>Stockholm International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Bronze Horse </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>MIME News </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">claiming that &ldquo;the genius of the film lies in the fact that the story is told in a way that allows the viewer to fill in the silences.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, </span><strong>Taxi Drivers Italy </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">noted that &ldquo;Pain emerges clearly and intensely due to the admirable management of the feelings that bind and divide the characters of the story.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; which was co-written by </span><strong>Ollivier Pourriol &ndash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars a group of award-winning actors, including </span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hugo Becker</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sha&iuml;n Boumedine, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Karim Leklou</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a French-Taiwanese co-production, with </span><strong>mk2 Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing international sales, </span><strong>Memento Distribution </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responsible for distribution within France, and </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling distribution in the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1985, </span><strong>Hami </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a French writer and actor who fled the Algerian civil war with his mother and brothers in search of a better future in France. He began his career as an actor with the film </span><strong>GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Abdellatif Kechiche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, he has directed and written films, including three award-winning feature films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following his 2005 short film </span><strong>NO EFFECT WITHOUT CAUSE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he directed the medium-length film </span><strong>CHOOSING LOVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2007. Then, in 2017, he made his first feature film, </span><strong>ORCHESTRA CLASS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>LA M&Eacute;LODIE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which premiered at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '946735452');
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(381, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires Arab distribution rights to Ameer Fakher Eldin\'s highly sought-after multinational drama project YUNAN', '2022-11-17', 'Ameer_Post.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the world\'s leading distributor of Arab-language films, has recently acquired the Arab world distribution rights to </span><strong>Ameer Fakher Eldin\'s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eagerly anticipated second feature film, the life-affirming drama </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The acquisition was reported in several international media outlets including the prominent Hollywood media website Deadline, which broke the story on November 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring a star-studded pan-Arab cast alongside several international actors in a co-production involving Germany, France, Italy, and Palestine, the project has been selected for the upcoming </span><strong>Red Sea Souk Project Market</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(December 1st-10th).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN follows the story of a disillusioned Arab author who travels from his exiled existence in Hamburg to a remote island in the North Sea with thoughts of suicide. There he meets an elderly woman whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires in life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is being produced by </span><strong>Red Balloon Film, Les Films Du Veyrier, Intramovies, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Fresco Films.</strong> <strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN is </span><strong>Fakher Eldin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s follow-up to his debut feature, THE STRANGER (released as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AL GARIB in the Arab world</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) which was selected as Palestine\'s official entry for </span><strong>Best International Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at last year\'s 94th </span><strong>Academy Awards.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Premiering at the 78th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE STRANGER won the </span><strong>Edipo Re Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2021 before enjoying great acclaim on the global festival circuit</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winning</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several prizes, including </span><strong>Best Arab Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2021 edition of the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Valencia International Film Festival\'s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Jove</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at the </span><strong>Melbourne, Durban, Hamburg,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Sydney</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, just recently at the </span><strong>Asia Pacific Screen Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, THE STRANGER was nominated for </span><strong>Best Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won the award for </span><strong>Best Cinematography</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recognition of the work of the film\'s Director of Photography </span><strong>Niklas Lindschau</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already cast in YUNAN is </span><strong>George Khabbaz &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a prominent Lebanese filmmaker, writer, and actor who is best known for Nadine Labaki\'s Oscar-nominated feature CAPERNAUM, the world\'s highest-grossing Arab movie ever. In YUNAN, </span><strong>Khabbaz </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shares the screen</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with one of the film\'s several international stars, award-winning German actress </span><strong>Sibel Kekilli,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who is best known for her role as Shae</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in GAME OF THRONES and for winning the </span><strong>Best Actress Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>German Film Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(also known as the \'Lolas\')</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for her role in Fatih Akin\'s HEAD ON. More cast details will be revealed soon.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to </span><strong>Fakher Eldin,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> YUNAN expands on the theme of estrangement, saying that</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"YUNAN is a story of salvation and rebirth. It deals with the distances that open up relentlessly as we exile, between the unforgettable past and the present, between the present and an unattainable future. It is about loneliness and depression, and particularly the kind of depression suffered by those who choose feelings they cannot bear and get stuck in the depths of their despair.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I am very happy to re-team with </span><strong>Red Balloon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after our highly successful collaboration on AL GARIB; the company has been very supportive throughout, and we are very pleased that </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will handle distribution across the Arab world, as they have proven to be among the best in the business.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN also reunites </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with producer </span><strong>Dorothe Beinemeier</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; CEO of Hamburg-based </span><strong>Red Balloon Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following their ongoing collaboration on Palestinian filmmaker Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Beinemeier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">says that YUNAN is the second part of a trilogy called HOME that began with </span><strong>Fakher Eldin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s prize-winning first feature AL GARIB.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The feeling of insurmountable strangeness and the longing for a reassuring but difficult-to-reach home are at the core of the cinematic narrative of the young Syrian director,\" she explains.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Ameer\'s feature debut Al GARIB focused on alienation within one\'s own community and family, while the new screenplay YUNAN is about the strangeness of an exiled man in Germany. Ameer strikes a deep chord with his timeless, poetic screenwriting and visual language, and is already demonstrating maturity in his way of storytelling.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-Founders of </span><strong>MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> say </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">combines the perfect elements for a signature feature film, adding that they \"jumped at the opportunity to work with a hugely talented Arab filmmaker, an awe-inspiring cast of Arab and international actors and actresses &ndash; some of whom are yet to be revealed &ndash; a passionate producer who has love for every project she has worked on, and a beautiful screenplay that takes us on a moving journey that will resonate everywhere.\"</span>', '401828439'),
(382, '', 'Roschdy Zem’s OUR TIES holds successful Arab world premiere at CIFF, receives much praise', '2022-11-17', 'Our-Ties-screen.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Film </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held a successful Arab world premiere on Tuesday, November 15th at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>International Panorama section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earning the admiration of the audience, critics, and media outlets alike.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to have two more screenings before the festival&rsquo;s end on the 22nd &ndash; one on Thursday, </span><strong>November 17th </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Zamalek Cinema 1 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>3:00 pm, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and another on Friday, </span><strong>November 18th </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>the Small Theater </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>8:45 pm</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film world premiered at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Lisa Nesselson </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Jessica Kiang</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said that \"Our Ties is heartfelt and beautifully played; a burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows </span><strong>Moussa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother </span><strong>Ryad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being </span><strong>Moussa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls </span><strong>Moussa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, causing him serious brain damage, he now speaks without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except </span><strong>Ryad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which was co-written by </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; stars the award-winning cast </span><strong>Sami Bouajila</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Meriem Serbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Rachid Bouchareb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, </span><strong>Julien Poupard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">served as its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOP, and it was edited by </span><strong>Pierre Deschamps</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Laziz Belka&iuml;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with </span><strong>Wild Bunch International </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing worldwide sales and </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Roschdy Zem </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a French actor and director who was born in Gennevilliers, France, in 1965. He made his acting debut in Andr&eacute; T&eacute;chin&eacute;\'s </span><strong>J\'EMBRASSE PAS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1991 and received the Best Actor Award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Rachid Bouchareb\'s </span><strong>DAYS OF GLORY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then began his directing career with</span><strong> MAUVAISE FOI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, eventually making </span><strong>OMAR M\'A TUER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2011, </span><strong>BODYBUILDER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2014, and </span><strong>CHOCOLAT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), which sold about 2m tickets in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, </span><strong>Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received the C&eacute;sar Award for Best Actor for his performance in Arnaud Desplechin\'s </span><strong>ROUBAIX, UNE LUMI&Egrave;RE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In the same year, he made his fifth film as a director &ndash; </span><strong>PERSONA NON GRATA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1797846131'),
(383, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY wins Atlas’ grand prize for post-production at the Marrakech International Film Festival', '2022-11-21', 'Inshallah-A-Boy.jpg', '<strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s film project </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received on Thursday the grand prize for post-production (</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&euro;25,000</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the </span><strong>Atlas Workshops </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the 19th edition of the </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is running from November 11th to the 19th</span><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are overjoyed to have received the grand prize from Atlas Workshops and are excited to show the film to audiences as soon as it is completed,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, the film project is also a part of the</span><strong> Cairo Film Connection </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the 44th </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Atlas Workshops</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are an industry and talent development program initiated in 2018 by the</span><strong> Marrakech International Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Through the program, the festival works side by side with a new generation of Moroccan, Arab, and African filmmakers and creates a space for exchange between international professionals and regional talents.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">four-time award-winning film project</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the </span><strong>Final Cut </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. More specifically, it won the La Biennale di Venezia Jury Prize worth &euro;5,000. It also received &euro;12,000 in funding from Oticons, which will allow it to work with the company\'s international composers to create the film\'s score. Moreover, it received a $5,000 award from the El-Gouna Film Festival and a &euro;2,500 award from the Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> INSHALLAH A BOY (INSHALLAH WALAD) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> monetary prize of $10,000 presented by the</span><strong> Arab Radio and Television Network (ART) &ndash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a partner of the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center (ACC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 5th</span><strong> Cairo Film Connection</strong><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the project received production and post-production support from the</span><strong> Royal Film Commission </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in two cycles, along with production support from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of </span><strong>Nawal,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who suddenly loses her husband and finds herself facing society and its laws. However, things turn upside down when she gives birth to a boy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written alongside </span><strong>Delphine Augte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rula Nasser, INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Muna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi,</strong> <strong>Eslam Al-Awadi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Cilina Rababa</strong><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also produced by </span><strong>Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser and Aseel Abu Ayyash) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Bayt Al-Shawareb (THEEB, THE ALLEYS)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marks </span><strong>Amjad\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s second collaboration with </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the latter handled distribution for his short film </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with</span> <a href=\"../directors/136207484382.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darin J. Sallam</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which received several international awards, including the</span><strong> Jury Award for Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Mizna&rsquo;s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film also had its world premiere at the 2016 </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIFF) and is now on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al-Rasheed </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian director and a </span><strong>Berlinale Talents</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alumnus with an MFA degree in Cinematic Arts. His short films were nominated and awarded at several Arab and international film festivals, including the very selective Film Prize of the </span><strong>Robert Bosch Stiftung</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Screen International chose him as one of the five </span><strong>Arab Stars of Tomorrow</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Rula Nasser </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Jordanian independent producer with experience in all aspects of production, ranging from commercials and TV series to low-budget movies and big-budget businesses.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She started her career in the film industry by working on several international productions for the</span><strong> BBC </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Discovery channels.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> She also worked at the</span><strong> Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Jordan (RFC) for five years and established the </span><strong>Filmmaker&rsquo;s Support</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Program.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011, Rula started her own production company, The Imaginarium Films, with the goal of finding new talent in the Arab world and making universally appealing stories set there.</span>', '1146368247'),
(384, '', 'FARAH premieres at Grand Cinema in the presence of its cast ahead of its commercial release in Lebanese theaters ', '2022-11-21', 'farah_cont_pr4444_rec709__snapsho.jpg', '<strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>FARAH</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to hold its premiere on Wednesday, November 23rd at Grand Cinemas, Verdun, Beirut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes ahead of its commercial release on Thursday, November 24th in its homeland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s cast will be present, along with the most prominent media outlets and art critics.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also scheduled to be released on the 1st of December in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film\'s official trailer was released by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the film\'s distributor in the Arab world &ndash; which you can watch through the following link </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film won the </span><strong>Best Arab Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Art Direction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Awards (</span><strong>Nazir</strong> <strong>Nassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Moussa</strong> <strong>Baydoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;where it competed in the </span><strong>Nour El-Sherif Competition for Arabic Feature Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won the </span><strong>Best Feature Film Award (audience poll)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival in Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received a </span><strong>Special 10th Anniversary</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>(jury award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Chelsea Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the US.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that,</span><strong> FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at the </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received much critical acclaim, with critic </span><strong>Dr Khalid Ali </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, &ldquo;If you are looking for an intelligent, thought-provoking physiological thriller, don&rsquo;t miss &lsquo;Farah&rsquo;&rdquo;.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; a pre-med student &ndash; who is sent home to Beirut after severe nightmares ruin her life. An antidepressant named \'Xapa\' &ndash; also known as \'Joy\' &ndash; is then prescribed to help her recover.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as Lina\'s terrifying nightmares worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she embarks on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will reveal a shattering truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; who co-directed it with </span><strong>Kenton Oxley &ndash; FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is lensed by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D\'Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and filmmaker who has worked on various short films, including </span><strong>TEMPERANCE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival\'s Short Film Corner.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An independent online platform later acquired the film\'s distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also worked on the feature film</span><strong> CITY ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong> <strong>project</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with former vice president </span><strong>Al-Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer and philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these achievements, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, co-directed, and starred in the short film </span><strong>WAHDON (ALONE)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which screened at film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After acting in several short films, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hired by </span><strong>Twofour54 Abu Dhabi &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a government-backed media services company &ndash; to join their post-production team as a booking manager. Soon after, she became the manager of the whole department. Meanwhile, she</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to hone her filmmaking skills and post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has carved a successful global career in the television and film industry. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company &ndash; </span><strong>Knockout Production Services &ndash; Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 20, he became the youngest-ever director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and worked for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For six years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade Department at </span><strong>Twofour54.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also gained vast experience working on international projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures\' STRIKE BACK, TOP GEAR, and Bollywood blockbuster BANG BANG.</strong>', '1924674342'),
(385, '', 'Variety features MAD Solutions’ acquisition of 3 Arab Cannes and Venice films', '2022-11-21', 'mad acquires 3 new cannes and venice.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prominent Hollywood media website </span><a href=\"https://variety.com/2022/film/global/mad-solutions-cannes-venice-cairo-1235434130/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variety</span></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported on</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 16th that</span><strong> MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acquired the distribution rights of three of the front runners from this year\'s </span><strong>Venice </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festivals</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, refreshing the Arab film market with more French productions and co-productions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Variety, these acquisitions pertain to the distribution rights to Fyzal Boulifa\'s </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which held </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its</span><strong> Arab world premiere </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 2022 edition of the </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival,</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Rachid Hami\'s </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will hold its Arab world premiere at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival\'s International Panorama section. Both titles were featured at the 2022 Venice Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD also acquired Cl&eacute;ment Cogitore\'s </span><strong>SONS OF RAMSES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which held its world premiere at the Critics\' Week Strand of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We are delighted to have acquired the distribution rights to three artistically distinguished films in 2022, which is considered the climax of our efforts in distributing more than 50 films &ndash; whether they are French productions or co-produced with France &ndash; in order to accomplish</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' goal of creating new markets for Arab films internationally and vice versa,\" stated </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; Co-Founders of </span><strong>MAD Solutions.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By acquiring the two movies, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has secured the distribution rights to seven films that featured at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival, including </span><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winner of the Europa Cinemas Label for Best European Film &ndash; and </span><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won the Armani Beauty Audience Award and Lanterna Magica Award</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> Orizzonti Extra Competition.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is in addition to the recently acquired </span><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Roschdy Zem, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which premiered at the official competition and will hold its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival\'s</strong> <strong>International Panorama </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section this month.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' feature projects also screened at the </span><strong>Final Cut in Venice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, those being </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secured four awards at the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workshop, and Karim Bensalah\'s </span><strong>BLACK LIGHT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won multiple post-production awards from Laser Film, MAD Solutions, Sub-Ti Ltd, Rai Cinema, and the Red Sea Fund.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has worked on over 50 Arab-French co-productions and French films, including </span><a href=\"../directors/119283161548.php\"><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; which won the </span><strong>EcoProd Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 2022 </span><strong>Cannes Directors\' Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; </span><a href=\"../directors/2222125938610.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ely Dagher</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mehdi Hmili</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/2921466270124.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leyla Bouzid</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/28999334155.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>DEAR SON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/2771029364837.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salah Issaad</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/3042093644838.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narjiss Nejjar</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>STATELESS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><a href=\"../directors/601136512176.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mats Grorud</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s animation </span><strong>THE TOWER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><a href=\"../directors/37343245334.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaya Jiji</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>MY FAVORITE FABRIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fyzal Boulifa &ndash; director of </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; is a British-Moroccan filmmaker best known for his acclaimed film </span><strong>LYNN + LUCY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boulifa has also helmed prestigious titles like </span><strong>RATE ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was selected for the 2015 </span><strong>Directors\' Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>THE CRUISE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the movie was produced by Karim Debbagh, who previously collaborated with MAD Solutions on the Moroccan film </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2021).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Abdellah El-Hajjouji, Aicha Tebbae, and Antoine Reinartz, </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; Boulifa\'s second feature film &ndash; was nominated for the GdA Directors\' Award at the Venice Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Fatima-Zahra and her adolescent son Selim as they move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she\'s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about his past, Fatima-Zahra vows to seek a fresh start.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arriving in Tangier, they each find new opportunities that promise the legitimacy they crave, but not without threatening their fragile love for one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About FOR MY COUNTRY</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachid Hami &ndash; director of </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; is an Algerian filmmaker and actor with well-known titles under his belt, such as Choisir d\'aimer (2008) and La Melodie (2017).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hami\'s </span><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was nominated for the Venice Orizzonti award for Best Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FOR MY COUNTRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; which was co-written by Ollivier Pourriol &ndash; stars a group of award-winning actors, including Lubna Azabal, Hugo Becker, and Sha&iuml;n Boumedine.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin who tragically loses his life during a freshman initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the death tears through Aissa\'s family, controversy arises over his funeral plans when the French Army refuses to take responsibility for the mishap.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, Ismael &ndash; his older rebellious brother &ndash; tries to keep the family united as they fight to secure justice for Aissa.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About SONS OF RAMSES</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dubbed in French \'Goutte d\'Or,\' </span><strong>SONS OF RAMSES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was directed by Cl&eacute;ment Cogitore &ndash; a French director who studied at France\'s National Studio for Contemporary Arts. In 2015, his debut feature, </span><strong>THE WAKHAN FRONT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was selected for Cannes Critics\' Week.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond for Kazak Productions, </span><strong>SONS OF RAMSES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also written by Cl&eacute;ment Cogitore along with Thomas Bidegain and Fanny Burdino. The film stars a high-wattage cast that includes Karim Leklou, Jawad Outoui, and Elyes Dkhissi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SONS OF RAMSES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Ramses &ndash; a skillful clairvoyant in the multicultural Parisian district of La Goutte d\'Or.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a gang of fearless kids starts terrorizing the locals, the balance of his thriving business and of the whole neighborhood is disturbed, until one day, Ramses has a vision.</span>', '4228000'),
(386, '', 'ALAM holds Arab world premiere at CIFF, garners widespread acclaim ', '2022-11-21', 'Alam_Red_Carpet.jpg', '<strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its Arab world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival\'s (CIFF) </span><strong>International Competition </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Friday</span><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> receiving wide critical acclaim after its first screening in the Cairo Opera House\'s Grand Hall.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was praised for its artistic quality and approach, receiving much applause during and after its screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s producer Naomie Lagadec and co-producer Richard Djoudi were also in attendance, along with </span><strong>MAD Solutions\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Co-Founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, Managing Partner Colin Brown, Theatrical Distribution manager Moshira Farouk, Distribution and Sales manager Meriame Deghedi, and Lagoonie Film Production CEO Shahinaz El-Akkad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the Lebanese actress Nour, along with Ahmed Magdy, Rakeen Saad, and Hend Abdelhalim, and prominent Egyptian film critic Tarek El-Shennawy were also among those who attended.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to have two more screenings before the festival\'s end on the 22nd &ndash; one on Saturday, November 19th at 7:30 pm at the Fountain Theater, and another on Sunday, November 20th at 6:00 pm at the Tahrir Cultural Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next stop is set to be at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival (</span><strong>RSIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &ndash; which is scheduled to run from December 1st to the 10th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia &ndash; where it will be featured in the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">category.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film earned widespread worldwide acclaim, with</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa\'s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laurence Boyce</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing Firas Khoury\'s debut feature as \"a fiery and engaging exploration of youth, politicization, and forced forgetting,\" adding that \"the performances are strong, particularly from Bakri in the lead.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is co-distributed by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s </span><strong>Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer, who &ndash; along with his friends &ndash; leads a typical teenage life until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed \'Alam.\'</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation workshop at Cannes 2017. Moreover, it was featured at the 2019 Venice Gap-Financing Market and received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &ndash; the CIFF\'s co-production market &ndash; and featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.</span>', '400232680');
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(387, '', 'Cairo International Film Festival\'s Short Film Programs enjoy full house screenings ', '2022-11-22', 'Short-Film-Programs.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo International Film Festival\'s Short Film Programs drew a significant crowd and sold out all screenings, including the second Short Film Program, which featured six films, among which were Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s </span><strong>BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s </span><strong>TRINOU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; both of which had full house screenings at Ewart Hall and the Cairo Opera House.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, a huge number of prominent figures attended the screenings of the fourth Short Film Program on Saturday at Ewart Hall, which featured four films, including Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Dessil Mekhtigian&rsquo;s </span><strong>FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about the short films being featured:</strong>\r<br/><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Ward Kayyal and written by Majd Kayyal, </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars Kamel Al-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Hamza, a middle-aged man, who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail. He goes into the woods every day to chase a lion that the locals don\'t think exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sets his bait and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat, finding refuge in his journey after each battle.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BUZZ</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by the makers of </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its award-winning director Amjad Abu Alala, </span><strong>BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed by Mohamed Fawi &ndash; who also co-wrote the script with Ahmed Shaweesh and Noura Adil &ndash; stars Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her health deteriorates, a mother watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ali El-Sabh, Maria Saba, and Lala Shamamian, </span><strong>FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; which is written and directed by Dessil Mekhtigian and produced by Karim Mekhtigian (Kyme - Kay-oh Productions) &ndash; previously received a development grant from Medrar for Contemporary Art.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a young woman that returns to Cairo after 10 years to organize an exhibition on Armenian photographers and realizes why she really came back amid the preparations as her family, her past, and the city of Cairo begin to take hold of her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRINOU</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Nejib Kthiri and Mohamed Grayaa, Max Pemberton, and Kaouther Dhaouedi, </span><strong>TRINOU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Omar, a young boy that escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he created from magazines his mother gives him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1676211603'),
(388, '', 'Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS to feature in San Francisco’s Arab Film Festival', '2022-11-22', 'the-alleys-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian director </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will soon land its US premiere at the 26th </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in San Francisco &ndash; which will run from November 11th to the 20th &ndash; screening on Sunday, November 13th at 8:30 pm (GMT+7) at the New Parkway Theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The</span><strong> Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the longest-running independent festival of its kind in North America. Launched in 1996, the festival\'s mission is to present the best contemporary films that illuminate the richness of Arab culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to be released on November 9th in Egyptian theaters following its commercial release in the UAE, its home country of Jordan, and 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia, after which it will soon be released throughout the rest of the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, THE ALLEYS follows the story of a young hustler that will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it. When an extortionist&rsquo;s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by several critics and websites, with </span><strong>Screendaily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as having a &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence and style&hellip; none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Popmatters </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film, saying &ldquo;the director exploited his tools in making an entertaining film, and succeeded in breathing fresh life into his characters,&rdquo; which was confirmed by </span><strong>the Upcoming </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which referred to </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as &ldquo;an exciting film that weaves complex and intelligent topics into compelling and thoroughly entertaining character arcs.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a special mention from the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden in addition to the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay in France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the </span><strong>BAFTAs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award for Outstanding Debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a project, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filmmaking program at </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in the post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s 2020 edition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian Film Support Fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for Film Development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the development phase, the project received the support of the </span><strong>EAVE Producers&rsquo; Workshop,</strong> <strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Dubai Film Juncture, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in dozens of international festivals, most notably the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and starring </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz el Akkad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as co-producer, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distribution in the Arab world and </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling international sales.</span>', '1837282053'),
(389, '', 'MAD Solutions honors two Sudanese film projects \"COTTON QUEEN\" and \"LAMP IN THE DARK\" at CIFF’s 9th Cairo Film Connection', '2022-11-22', 'mad-awards-for-two-films.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions participated for the fourth consecutive year in the 9th edition of the Cairo Film Connection (CFC) during the Cairo Industry Days&rsquo; (CID) closing ceremony on Sunday, presenting their $50,000 MG award for marketing and distribution in the Arab world to </span><strong>COTTON QUEEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Sudanese film project in development by one of the region&rsquo;s most exciting burgeoning directorial talents, </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the Arab world distribution giant presented a surprise second award to </span><strong>Mahdi El-Tayeb&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guest project</span><strong> &ndash; LAMP IN THE DARK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Mahdi El-Tayeb, a pioneer of Sudanese cinema and one of the original founders of the Sudanese Film Group.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>COTTON QUEEN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> debut feature and is produced by </span><strong>Caroline Daube.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It won the </span><strong>Arte Kino Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s L&rsquo;Atelier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and also received a grant from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a feature project that sprung out of her short film </span><strong>AL-SIT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; one of the most awarded films in 2020, receiving more than 30 awards, five of which were from Oscar-qualifying festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short was also recently released on </span><strong>Netflix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as part of the &lsquo;Because She Created&rsquo; theme amongst 22 films by Arab female directors in cooperation with </span><strong>MAD Solutions &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film&rsquo;s distributor in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>COTTON QUEEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> takes place in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, where Nafisa learns about life and love under the watchful eye of her grandmother, the powerful matriarch Al-Sit. But when the arrival of a young businessman from abroad threatens to disrupt their way of life with a new development plan, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power play to determine the future of the village.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mirghani </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a writer, researcher, and passionate independent filmmaker with a special interest in highlighting stories from Sudan and the Arab world. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate and the author and editor of several academic books and articles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailing from a multicultural background </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudanese and Russian </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mirghani is interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. She has a number of shorts under her belt, and her latest is the experimental film</span> <strong>Virtual Voice</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The surprise second winner,</span><strong> LAMP IN THE DARK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is directed</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the renowned </span><strong>Mahdi El-Tayeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a driver and a mobile cinema technician who are attacked by gangsters. Later, they are hosted by a family, which includes a son and daughter, who suggest holding a makeshift film screening in their village for the very first time, a topic very close to the heart of El-Tayeb, one of the trailblazers of the Sudanese film industry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>El-Tayeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated from the College of Film Direction of the High Institute for Cinema in Cairo in 1977. He specializes in TV and lectures at the Faculty of Drama and Music at Sudan University.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also a scriptwriter, a film critic, an SFG Executive Committee Chairperson, as well as a member of the Sudanese Environment Conservation Society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El-Tayeb&rsquo;s films include </span><strong>THE TOMB</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>FOUR TIMES FOR CHILDREN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>ALMAHATTA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; which was featured at the Locarno Film Festival (2014) and Berlin Film Festival (2019) &ndash; </span><strong>VOICES OF DARFUR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (financed by UNICEF Sudan), and </span><strong>THE CHILDREN OF ALMATMORA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo Film Connection brings together international producers, financiers, distributors, representatives from funding bodies, sales agents, and TV channels to internationally co-produce and partner with films from the Arab world. Moreover, it is a space for Arab filmmakers to initiate connections and receive the support they need to bring their films to completion.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>MAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presented its award at the </span><strong>Final Cut Workshop</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Locarno International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; where the award was dedicated to the Maghreb films &ndash; </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival Market Forum</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden, </span><strong>Palestine Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Festival National du Film Professional Meetings in Tangier</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Morocco, the </span><strong>CineGouna Platform of the El-Gouna Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival&rsquo;s Red Sea Souk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '764238678'),
(390, '', 'MIRRORS OF SILENCE and PICKUP Screen at The NYUAD Arts Center, Abu Dhabi, on November 23rd', '2022-11-22', 'The-NYUAD-Arts-Center.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will screen two short films from its distribution list on November 23, at 7:00 PM (GMT+3) at </span><strong>The NYUAD Arts Center</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Abu Dhabi. The short films are</span><strong> PICKUP</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Saleh Nass </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>MIRRORS OF SILENCE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Nawaf Al Janahi.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MIRRORS OF SILENCE i</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s a short Emirati film by </span><strong>Nawaf Al Janahi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It follows a young man who is confronted by distressing loneliness; will he succeed in overcoming it? </span><strong>MIRRORS OF SILENCE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Second Prize for Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>MuslimFest Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada, and it was the only Emirati film to screen at the third edition of the </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, It joined over 20 international film festivals in more than 15 countries, including Algeria\'s </span><strong>Oran International Arabic Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Egypt\'s</span><strong> Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Films.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>PICKUP</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revolves around a schoolgirl who is desperate to get home when faced with the embarrassment of being picked up from school by her father in his dusty old pickup truck. Undeterred, the father decides to take a detour and take his daughter on a small fishing trip. It was screened at the</span><strong> Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won the </span><strong>Best Screenplay award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Bahrain Film Days Festival. PICKUP</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Saleh Nass </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Jamaan Al Rowaiei</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hawra Fouad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was edited by</span><strong> Saleh Nass</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and shot by</span><strong> Chaker Ben Yahmed.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '538681077'),
(391, '', 'ALAM nabs 3 awards of the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival', '2022-11-24', '2Q6A0744.jpg', 'Firas Khoury\'s debut Palestinian-Israeli teen feature film ALAM took home three awards at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) on Tuesday.\r<br/>To be more specific, the film managed to win the Golden Pyramid Award &ndash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &ndash; the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri.\r<br/>Also, in a rare instance of artistic quality colliding with public success, it won the Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award, which is based on direct votes from the festival\'s attendees.\r<br/>The film was praised for its artistic quality and approach, receiving much applause during and after its three full-house screenings at the CIFF.\r<br/>The Golden Pyramid Award was presented to the film\'s producer Naomie Lagadec, as the director could not come to the festival.\r<br/>Meanwhile, Meriame Deghedi - Head of Sales and Acquisitions at MAD Solutions, which is managing the film\'s distribution across the Arab world - received the Best Actor Award, while the Audience Award was handed to Lagoonie Film Production\'s CEO Shahinaz Al-Akkad.\r<br/>\"When I was young, I remember watching the Cairo International Film Festival\'s closing ceremony on TV with my family and being captivated by the joyful atmosphere that brings together all of our favorite stars,\" said Khoury in a statement. <br />\"You can imagine how happy I am right now. Thank you, Cairo, and thank you Egypt.\"\r<br/>\"This film is my gift to the next generation of Palestinians, who will not accept the occupation or feel inferior in the face of its invader. You are our pride, and you are the reason this film was made. We shall not grow weary of shouting \'Freedom for Palestine\' until our aim, Egypt\'s goal, and the will of all free people around the globe are met,\" he added.\r<br/>Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed \'Alam.\'<br />\"I want to thank the jury and the Cairo International Film Festival for this honor, which I\'m grateful for and proud of,\" Bakri said. \"The award was a wonderful surprise for me, and I wish I could have been there to accept it in person, as well as to congratulate and thank everyone who contributed to the film\'s creation and success. Finally, I would like to thank my mother, father, and brothers for their unwavering support.\"\r<br/>In early December, ALAM will make its second stop in the Arab World at the Red Sea International Film Festival, where it will be featured in the Festival Favorites category.\r<br/>Previously, ALAM held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema category. It was then featured at the Rome Film Festival.\r<br/>The film earned widespread worldwide acclaim, with Cineuropa\'s Laurence Boyce describing Firas Khoury\'s debut feature as \"a fiery and engaging exploration of youth, politicization, and forced forgetting,\" adding that \"the performances are strong, particularly from Bakri in the lead.\"\r<br/>Written and directed by Firas Khoury, ALAM stars Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman.\r<br/>ALAM is co-produced by Marie Pierre Macia, Claire Gad&eacute;a, Naomie Lagadec, Melik Kochbati, and Ossama Bawardi, as well as Lacydon Bay Productions, Metafora Production, and the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation.\r<br/>The movie\'s DOP Frida Marzouk and was edited by Nadia Ben Rachid.\r<br/>Furthermore, the film is co-distributed by MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world.\r<br/>Additionally, ALAM received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund.\r<br/>It was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop at the 2017 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, it was featured at the 2019 Venice GAP-Financing Market and received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &ndash; the CIFF\'s Co-Production Market &ndash; and was featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.\r<br/>Firas Khoury\'s filmography includes several short films, including the award-winning SEVEN DAYS IN DEIR BULUS (2007) and YELLOW MUMS (2010), which were featured in festivals around the world and on TV.\r<br/>In 2019, he directed MARADONA\'S LEGS &ndash; a short film that received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize as well as Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg\'s support. Moreover, it was screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and began airing on Netflix in October 2021.\r<br/>Aside from filmmaking, Khoury is passionate about disseminating Palestinian films and training youths. He also taught cinematic expression at the Freedom Theater\'s School of Cinema in Jenin Refugee Camp at the University of Nazareth, the Al-Mashghal Arab Center for Arts &amp; Culture in Haifa.\r<br/>Khoury is also a Co-Founder of Group Falastinema, which organizes film workshops and screenings across Palestine.', '978316081'),
(392, '', 'GIVE UP THE GHOST screens as part of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Days in Lebanon ', '2022-11-24', 'give-up-the-ghost.jpg', '<strong>GIVE UP THE GHOST &ndash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a film by</span><strong> Zain Duraie &ndash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be screened for free on November 29th at 7:30 pm at Notre Dame University - Louaize\'s Issam Fares Hall in Lebanon as part of </span><strong>Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Film Days&rsquo; Masarouna Project</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>SRHR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Days will screen short films from the MENA and other regions that will offer an intersectional, all-inclusive feminist understanding of </span><strong>SRHR.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, The </span><strong>SRHR Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Days is organized in collaboration with the </span><strong>American University of Beirut\'s (AUB) Asfari Institute, Oxfam, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> Beirut Film Society</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the </span><strong>Beirut Shorts&rsquo; section of the</strong> <strong>Notre Dame University International Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GIVE UP THE GHOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells the story of </span><strong>Salam,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whose dreams of becoming a mother shatter when she finds out that she is unable to have children with her husband. A lifetime of convictions and beliefs are put to the test as Salam realizes she must make a choice.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, the film won the </span><strong>Vimeo Staff Pick Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Palm Springs International Short Festival, the</strong> <strong>Gouna Star for the Best Arab Short</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Gouna Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Jury Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Indian World Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its world premiere at</span><strong> the Venice International Film Festival, GIVE UP THE GHOST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been screening at several film festivals, including the </span><strong>Sudan Independent Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Haifa Independent Film Festival in Palestine, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Rabat International Author Film Festival (FICAR), the Tripoli Film Festival, the Palestine Arts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Zurich, and the </span><strong>Fribourg International Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it screened at the</span><strong> Indian World Film Festival, the Salamindanaw Asian Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the</span><strong> Helsinki International Film Festival - Love &amp; Anarchy, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Festival Cin&eacute;ma de la Paix </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Tunisia, the </span><strong>Alexandria Short Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Women and Youth Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zain Duraie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and produced by </span><strong>Tabi360 (Alaa Alasad),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film is headlined by </span><strong>Maria Zurek</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Zaid Bakri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is lensed by </span><strong>DOP Benoit Chamaillard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Zain Duraie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> graduated from the </span><strong>Toronto Film School</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2010. She started off her training with acclaimed filmmaker </span><strong>Annemarire Jacir </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on her second feature </span><strong>WHEN I SAW YOU.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacir\'s production company </span><strong>Philistine Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> produced Duraie\'s debut film </span><strong>HORIZON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which had its world premiere in 2013 at the </span><strong>Palm Springs Shorts Fest </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and won as </span><strong>Best of the Fest Selects</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Duraie</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> afterwards began developing her feature film screenplay abroad, which was selected to be developed with the prestigious</span><strong> Asia Pacific Screen Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in parallel with its selection at </span><strong>Meditalents Residence </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Torino Film Lab.</strong>', '627776457'),
(393, '', 'FARAH successfully premieres in Lebanon in the presence of its cast', '2022-11-24', 'farah-premier-Lebanon-231122-0100.jpg', '<strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiered successfully last Wednesday at </span><strong>Grand Cinemas, Verdun, Beirut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This came ahead of its commercial release on Thursday, November 24th in its homeland in </span><strong>Grand Cinemas, ABC Dbayeh, ABC Ashrafieh, ABC Verdun, Grand Galaxy Cinema, Beirut Souks Cinemacity, VOX Cinemas City Center Beirut, Empire Cinemas - The Spot Choueifat, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Cine Mall.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie&rsquo;s cast members </span><strong>Stephanie Atala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Majdi Machmouchi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with the directors </span><strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the producer </span><strong>Reine Issa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were present at the premiere, which was also attended by the most prominent media outlets, celebrities, influencers, and art critics</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also scheduled to be released on the 1st of December in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film\'s official trailer was released by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the film\'s distributor in the Arab world &ndash; which you can watch through the following link </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film won the </span><strong>Best Arab Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Art Direction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Awards (</span><strong>Nazir</strong> <strong>Nassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Moussa</strong> <strong>Baydoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;where it competed in the </span><strong>Nour El-Sherif Competition for Arabic Feature Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won the </span><strong>Best Feature Film Award (audience poll)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival in Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received a </span><strong>Special 10th Anniversary</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>(jury award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Chelsea Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the US.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that,</span><strong> FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at the </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received much critical acclaim, with critic </span><strong>Dr Khalid Ali </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, &ldquo;while dealing with hard-hitting subjects such as the stigma of mental illness, the limitations of &lsquo;drug therapy&rsquo;, Big Pharma, the clever script written by Hassiba still portrays an intimate character study of a troubled family.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; a pre-med student &ndash; who is sent home to Beirut after severe nightmares ruin her life. An antidepressant named \'Xapa\' &ndash; also known as \'Joy\' &ndash; is then prescribed to help her recover.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as Lina\'s terrifying nightmares worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she embarks on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will reveal a shattering truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; who co-directed it with </span><strong>Kenton Oxley &ndash; FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is lensed by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D\'Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and filmmaker who has worked on various short films, including </span><strong>TEMPERANCE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival\'s Short Film Corner.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An independent online platform later acquired the film\'s distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also worked on the feature film</span><strong> CITY ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong> <strong>project</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with former vice president </span><strong>Al-Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer and philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these achievements, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, co-directed, and starred in the short film </span><strong>WAHDON (ALONE)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which screened at film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After acting in several short films, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hired by </span><strong>Twofour54 Abu Dhabi &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a government-backed media services company &ndash; to join their post-production team as a booking manager. Soon after, she became the manager of the whole department. Meanwhile, she</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to hone her filmmaking skills and post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has carved a successful global career in the television and film industry. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company &ndash; </span><strong>Knockout Production Services &ndash; Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 20, he became the youngest-ever director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and worked for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For six years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade Department at </span><strong>Twofour54.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also gained vast experience working on international projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures\' STRIKE BACK, TOP GEAR, and Bollywood blockbuster BANG BANG.</strong>', '1095326494'),
(394, '', 'MAD Solutions to participate in 2nd edition of Red Sea International Film Festival with 2 Saudi and 5 Arab Films', '2022-11-24', 'Red-sea-Stills-for-press-copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by seven titles in the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival and will also present a distribution &amp; marketing award for an Arab film project at the Red Sea Souk, which was won in the 1st edition by Mehdi Hmili&rsquo;s highly-anticipated Tunisian project </span><strong>SEASONS OF JANNET.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in MAD&rsquo;s line-up is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese drama</span><strong> DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Wissam Charaf and winner of Best European Film at the 79th edition of the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is </span><a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Syrian drama </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH</strong></a><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starring Kinda Alloush,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which held its world premiere at</span><strong> Venice&rsquo;s Orizzonti Extra Competition.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Sea will mark both films&rsquo; Arab premieres, competing in the festival&rsquo;s main competition, with MAD Solution handling their distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in the Festival Favorites section is </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s fiery and youthful Palestinian drama </span><strong>ALAM, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winner of 3 awards including the Golden Pyramid for Best Film at the Cairo International Film Festival this month. The film stars Mahmood Bakri, Saleh Bakri, and Sereen Khass. </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be distributed across the Arab world by</span><strong> MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is followed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Tunisian summer-harvest drama </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which held its world premiere at </span><strong>Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this year,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and lastly British-Moroccan filmmaker Fyzal Boulifa&rsquo;s (</span><strong>LYNN+LUCY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) Moroccan-French co-production </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (produced by Karim Debbagh, following his previous collaboration with </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which held its Arab premiere at </span><strong>Marrakech IFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this month. </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also handling both films&rsquo; distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions will also be represented by two Saudi shorts by burgeoning Saudi directors at the New Cinema/New Saudi Section, which are Salma Murad&rsquo;s </span><strong>MATCHSTICK (KABREET)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Ali Basaeed&rsquo;s </span><strong>CASTING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, both of which will be hold their world premieres at Red Sea. MAD Solutions is handling their distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the MAD Solutions Marketing &amp; Distribution Award, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will continue to hold a booth at the Red Sea Souk, the festival&rsquo;s industry market.</span>', '1793378900');
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(395, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN to screen in Spain and Sweden ', '2022-11-24', 'IMG-20221102-WA0063.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to be screened at the 2022 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona, which is scheduled to be held from November 30th to December 7th in Spain&rsquo;s Mediterranean city of Tarragona.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also be featured on Saturday, December 3rd at Kino Cinema in Lund, Sweden, in cooperation with the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The four-time-award-winning film </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be featured in the festival&rsquo;s main Parallel Section.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which has the slogan of \"Tu, tot, tothom\" (You, all, everywhere) and focuses on the redefinition of the \"I\" and how we relate to each other collectively</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aims to introduce to audiences and distributors the best debuts of the season.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had an international tour at several prestigious film festivals, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Arab Film Festival in Zurich, which was held earlier from November 17th to the 20th.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it is set to </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compete for the prestigious </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Entertainment Authority&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joy Awards </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the largest ceremony to recognize and honor artistic achievements in the Arab world </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which is scheduled to be held on January 27th, 2023.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it featured in the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Germany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the 10th edition of the </span><strong>Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also commercially released in Egypt.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN also </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a successful commercial tour in the Arab world that included screenings in the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the first Jordanian film to screen for</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ten consecutive weeks in Jordanian cinemas, in addition to another two weeks of special screenings.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movie received the Audience Award at four prestigious festivals &ndash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, the </span><strong>FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>San Diego, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it landed its world premiere.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also screened at the </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was featured in the</span> <strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received a special mention, as well as the Red Sea International Film Festival\'s first edition within the Arab Spectacular Section.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was financed by several funds, including </span><strong>the Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Development Fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a fund from </span><strong>the CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>El-Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival-All Access Program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected for the </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the main objective of creating authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and presenting first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company aims to enrich the quality of the content it delivers, creating and developing several scripts for both cinema and television throughout the years.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA from the </span><strong>New York Film Academy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood, California.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filmmaker started his career working on international TV shows as an assistant director and producer, including </span><strong>E! Entertainment\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coverage of the </span><strong>Golden Globe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked as a television reporter for the Middle East Broadcast Corporation Group (</span><strong>MBC Group)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Hollywood and directed reality and scripted shows such as </span><strong>Sesame Street</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a competition that showcases the </span><strong>Arab Film Studio</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Program at </span><strong>Image Nation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Abu Dhabi.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2009, </span><strong>Zaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has written and directed five award-winning and audience-acclaimed short films, including </span><strong>Bahiya &amp; Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was the official Jordanian submission to the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2012.</span>', '984231597'),
(396, 'In the presence of the director', 'Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS screens at Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival', '2022-11-28', 'TheAlleysImage_1.1.jpg', '<a href=\"../movies/movie1115269.php\"><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by </span><a href=\"../directors/2231308890992.php\"><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will be screened at the 6</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition of </span><strong>Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Beirut </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is held between 13th &ndash; 17th December. The director will attend the screening </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will take place on December 16th at 8 PM (Beirut Time)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be followed by a discussion with the audience.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the only festival in the region focusing exclusively on this genre&nbsp; bringing the best horror, thriller, fantasy and action films from around the globe to Beirut and the Arab World</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The festival seeks to stimulate the growth of Arab horror films as a genre and consider their growing social and political significance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be released in UAE theaters as of October 6. It will be screened at </span><strong>VOX cinemas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mall of Emirates and </span><strong>Reel cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Roxy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Novo </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemas, as part of the film\'s tour around the Arab world. The film has recently begun a commercial tour in its home country of Jordan, following its screening in 21 theaters in Saudi Arabia, and is expected to be released in other Arab countries soon</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film just received the</span><strong> Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Special Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Sweden\'s </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Annonay Film Festival. THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was nominated for four </span><strong>Critics Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which were presented by </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the 75th </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received positive critic reviews, in which the critic </span><strong>Mohammed Roda </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote through his Facebook page &ldquo;The film soon appears to have a remedial authenticity and the ability to recount the various events in a smooth and realistic format so that they emerge as a separate work.&rdquo; This ambitious debut feature from Bassel Ghandour has confidence and style...It&rsquo;s largely due to the strength of the cast that none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story,&rdquo; praised the critic </span><strong>Nikki Baughan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through </span><strong>Screendaily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website. &ldquo;Spellbinding crime drama similar to Scorsese gangster film. Beautifully shot, and impressively acted&rdquo; described by </span><strong>Backseat Mafia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joined dozens of international film festivals across Europe, including the </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well as</span><strong> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Estonia</span><strong>, Arab Film Festival T&uuml;bingen in Germany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Festival du film franco-arabe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Paris, and </span><strong>Raindance Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in London.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also had its Arab premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its world premiere at the</span><strong> Locarno Film Festival\'s Piazza Grande </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition, when it became the festival\'s first Jordanian feature film to be selected.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is set in East Amman\'s gossip-ridden, hazardous neighborhood, where a young hustler will go to any length to be with his hidden sweetheart, but her merciless mother will not allow it. When an extortionist catches the couple in the act, the mother seeks the assistance of a gangster to put an end to it all... but things don\'t go as planned.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film project of </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the Works in </span><strong>Progress Post-Production Development Award of the Eastern Promises</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program at th</span><strong>e Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Czechia. Furthermore, it won two awards for films in post-production at the </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the co-financing platform of the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received support from </span><strong>The Jordan Film Fund of the Royal Film Commission, Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Qatar), and the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (KSA). During the development phase, the film was aided by</span><strong> EAVE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Producers Workshop, </span><strong>Rawi Screenwriters lab, Dubai Film Connection,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>The Sorfond Pitching Forum, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is organized by The </span><strong>Norwegian South Film Fund.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by</span><strong> Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars E</span><strong>mad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani, Munther Rayahneh, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Nadira Omran</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nadim Rimawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abed Al-Nabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, T</span><strong>he Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and co-produced by </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions handles </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World, while </span><strong>Elle Driver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (France) handles the international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-wrote and produced </span><strong>Theeb,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was nominated for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also won the </span><strong>BAFTA award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Outstanding British Debut </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2016. The ALLEYS is his directorial debut, as well as his first screenplay and landed its world </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premiere at the</span><strong> Locarno Film Festival.</strong>', '683760886'),
(397, '', 'Mohamed Fawi’s BUZZ off to a good start at Cairo International Film Festival', '2022-11-28', 'IMG_9992.JPG', '<strong>Mohamed</strong> <strong>Fawi&rsquo;s BUZZ </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a remarkable world premiere at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had three full-house screenings, the first of which was followed by a successful Q&amp;A with the director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It was a great honor to have my film&rsquo;s world premiere at such a prominent festival. I was overwhelmed by intense feelings of joy because of the positive feedback and reviews the film has received,&rdquo; </span><strong>Fawi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commented.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I really enjoyed having a discussion with such an informed audience. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was elated because of the Sudanese audience&rsquo;s presence, who filled Ewart Hall and represented the community in Cairo, which is the largest in Egypt,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the film is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to compete in the </span><strong>fourth Cairo Shorts Film Festival&rsquo;s official competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her health deteriorates, a mother watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BUZZ </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written and directed by </span><strong>Mohamed</strong> <strong>Fawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-written by </span><strong>Ahmed</strong> <strong>Shaweesh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Noura</strong> <strong>Adil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, co-produced by </span><strong>Amjad Abualala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Mohammed Alomd&rsquo;a</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and distributed by </span><strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Arab World</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also stars </span><strong>Jasour Abuelgasim</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Zahra Mansour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Ali Abdalgafar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>', '782370064'),
(398, '', 'HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME starts off its international tour at CIFF', '2022-11-28', 'IMG_20221120_173627_742.jpg', '<strong>Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> began its festival tour with a world premiere at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s (CIFF) Short Film Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had full-house screenings at Ewart Hall and the Cairo Opera House, the first of which was followed by a successful Q&amp;A with the director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m delighted to be part of the 44th Cairo International Film Festival, a prominent festival, especially to me&hellip; A festival that brings together Egyptian and international film stars and embraces the young and new generation, working with high professionalism and presenting critical and exciting panel discussions and workshops,&rdquo; Kayyal commented.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The film&rsquo;s positive feedback was touching and supportive. The audience&rsquo;s way of understanding the film was wonderful. I think it is important that we participate in prominent Arab festivals such as the CIFF in order for the Palestinian voice to be heard not only in the Arab world but also worldwide, and that is what we will continue to do all the time through the camera.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the director thanked the festival&rsquo;s administration and MAD Solutions for the tremendous efforts exerted throughout the festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the film is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to compete in the </span><strong>fourth Cairo Shorts Film Festival&rsquo;s official competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Hamza &ndash; a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s film was written by </span><strong>Majd Kayyal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars the award-winning </span><strong>Kamel El-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with </span><strong>Ruba Blal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Motaz Malhes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khulood Basel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by </span><strong>Hiba Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and distributed worldwide by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '1295852177'),
(399, '', 'Nejib Kthiri’s TRINOU enjoys a full-house screening at Cairo International Film Festival', '2022-11-28', '20221117224838_IMG_0252.JPG', '<strong>TRINOU </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Nejib Kthiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a successful Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>44th Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s (CIFF) Short Film Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had three full-house screenings, the first of which was followed by an informative Q&amp;A with the director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was featured at the </span><strong>LA Shorts International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the US, </span><strong>International Documentary and Short Film Festival (DokuFest) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Kosovo, and the </span><strong>Show Me Shorts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in New Zealand &ndash; a qualifying festival for the </span><strong>Oscars</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I loved the feedback I received&hellip; I wasn&rsquo;t expecting the audience&rsquo;s love and passion, especially for the short film program. Everyone had a distinct point of view about the film,&rdquo; Kthiri commented.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRINOU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Omar &ndash; a young boy that escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he created from magazines his mother gives him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TRINOU</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">written and directed by </span><strong>Nejib Kthiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Max Pemberton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohamed Grayaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Kaouther Dhaouedi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Eleanor Crowe</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is co-produced by </span><strong>Seventh Age Pictures Limited</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>SVP Tunisia,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>London Film &amp; TV</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is distributed worldwide by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '136396766'),
(400, '', 'Youssef Hesham’s THE NEW TENANT to screen at Opera Film Club', '2022-11-29', 'TNT-poster-w-logos.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short film </span><strong>THE NEW TENANT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by</span><strong> Youssef Hesham </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to screen during the</span><strong> Opera Film Club, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is held monthly at the</span><strong> Cairo Opera House</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes as part of a collaboration between the </span><strong>Opera Film Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>MAD Solutions.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening will be held on Wednesday, November 30th at 7:00 pm at the small hall of the </span><strong>Cairo Opera House</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After the screening, there will be a Q&amp;A with</span><strong> Youssef Hesham</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other directors of short films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE NEW TENANT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Philadelphia Independent Film Festival</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the</span> <strong>President\'s Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Emerson College</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Best Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Zawya Shorts.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Nader &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a young Egyptian man who spent a few months in the United States. After a horrific accident, </span><strong>Nader </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flees New York and relocates to Boston, where he lives with three strangers. Trying to avoid his dark past while struggling with his own identity, his demons return to haunt him.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE NEW TENANT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened at several film festivals around the world, including the </span><strong>Silicon Valley African Film Festival, Zanzibar International Film Festival, Souss International Festival for Short Films, One Earth Awards, Hollywood Arab Film Festival, Tiro International Art Festival (Lebanon), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Festival del Cinema di Cefal&ugrave; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Italy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, produced, and edited by </span><strong>Youssef Hesham, THE NEW TENANT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fady Demian, Tanya Avenda&ntilde;o Stockler,</strong> <strong>Rafael l. Silva,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Gregory Romein. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is lensed by </span><strong>Michael Quill, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with music by </span><strong>Sherif Tharwat,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is co-produced by </span><strong>Allam Films (Ramy Allam). </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover,</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is distributing it worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Youssef Hesham </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an Egyptian filmmaker, film expert, consultant, script doctor, festival programmer, and university lecturer. During his 20-year career, he directed many short films, documentaries. He also made a feature film that won several awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, he attended </span><strong>Emerson College</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Boston, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Arts on a </span><strong>Fulbright</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scholarship. He also won the </span><strong>President\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for his Boston-set thesis film,</span><strong> THE NEW TENANT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Additionally, Youssef</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was involved in the programming for events such as the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> Ismailia International Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as a reader for the </span><strong>Cairo Industry Film Festival (</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIFF) and as a competition manager for the </span><strong>Realtime Competition </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the 2016 and 2017 Cairo editions of the </span><strong>Shnit World Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to his duties at</span><strong> The British University</strong> <strong>in Egypt</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where he teaches scriptwriting and oversees graduation projects, </span><strong>Youssef </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked as a regional programmer for the </span><strong>CIFF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2020&ndash;2021).</span>', '1569045897'),
(401, '', 'NEZOUH nominated for 2 awards at the 2022 British Independent Film Awards', '2022-11-29', 'Nezouh-Final.jpg', '<strong>Soudade Kaadan\'s NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been nominated for two </span><strong>British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ahead of its Arab world premiere at the</span><strong> Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nominations go to </span><strong>Hala Zein </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Lead Performance </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Ahmed Yousry for Best Effects. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winners will be announced on Sunday, December 4th at a ceremony in London.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Extra </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competition of the 79th edition of the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it nabbed the </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented by </span><strong>Armani Beauty &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the festival\'s main sponsor &ndash; making it the first Arab film to receive it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received the</span><strong> Lanterna Magica Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was presented by </span><strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ending director</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hattrick from </span><strong>Venice, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which started</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when her first film, </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In </span><strong>Deadline</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s review, </span><strong>Anna Smith </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote, \"</span><strong>NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a charming watch that blends feminist fairytale with real-life drama.\" </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> described it as \"an intense and delicate film that bravely seeks to upend expectations of what the term \'Syrian drama\' generally suggests &mdash; violence and victims.\" Furthermore,</span><strong> Fabien Lemercier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described it on </span><strong>Cineuropa&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website as \"brimming with wonderful surrealist ideas.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer </span><strong>(Nizar Alani) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the boy next door.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda </strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alloush) &ndash; Zeina\'s mother &ndash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (</span><strong>Samer Al-Masri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won a Post-Production Award at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival\'s Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Baumi Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Script Development at the </span><strong>Berlinale, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> ARTE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award at </span><strong>Cannes, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Sorfond</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Award at </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for </span><strong>Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>London BFI Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at the </span><strong>Tokyo International Film Festival, </strong><strong>S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, </strong><strong>Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema del Mediterrani in Spain,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Busan International Film Festival</strong><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another note, it received support from the </span><strong>Torino Film Lab, Doha Film Institute,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>British Film Institute.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot in Turkey,</span><strong> NEZOUH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s produced by </span><strong>KAF Productions (</strong><strong>Soudade Kaadan) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in association with </span><strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars</span> <a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong></a><strong>, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while</span><strong> mk2 films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film\'s worldwide sales. Moreover, it is being distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and financed through </span><strong>FILM4, BFI, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France,</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Syrian director who studied theater critiquing at the </span><strong>Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and graduated from the</span><strong> Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles, et Cin&eacute;matographiques (IESAV) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Saint Joseph University</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lebanon.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few months ago, Netflix streamed three of her movies, including </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and two of her short films &ndash;</span><strong> AZIZA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>BESIEGED BREAD.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The films, which nabbed dozens of international awards, shed light on the situation in Syria over the past decade and are currently available to subscribers worldwide. </span>', '1583278782');
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(402, '', 'Five MAD Solutions films to compete in Cairo Shorts Film Festival', '2022-11-29', 'mad-films-Cairo-Shorts-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five of </span><strong>MAD Solutions\' </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distribution slate are set to compete in the </span><strong>Official Competition of the fourth Cairo Shorts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; which will be held from December 17th to the 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings will be held at the Artistic Creativity Center, Cinema Al-Hanager, and Al-Hadara Cinema at the Cairo Opera House free of charge.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films are </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohamed Fawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> Tala\'vision, Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>May Ziady</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>LIGHT BLUE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Cairo Shorts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from Arab Filmmakers, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panels and forums.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, two of </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' films won awards at the </span><strong>3rd Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, those being </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>18/11,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which won the </span><strong>Best Egyptian Short Film Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>AL-SIT, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Best Arab Short Film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD\'s films at the Cairo Shorts Film Festival:</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Hamza, a middle-aged man, who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail. He goes into the woods every day to chase a lion that the locals don\'t think exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sets his bait and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat, finding refuge in his journey after each battle.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Majd Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and stars </span><strong>Kamel El-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ruba Blal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Motaz Malhes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khulood Basel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s marketing and distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BUZZ</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her health deteriorates, a mother watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by the makers of </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its award-winning director </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed by </span><strong>Mohamed Fawi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; who also co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Ahmed Shaweesh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Noura Adil </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; and stars </span><strong>Jasour Abuelgasim</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Zahra Mansour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ali Abdalgafar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mohamed Fawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>BUZZ </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">premiered at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong>\r<br/><strong>TALA\'VISION</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of eight-year-old </span><strong>Tala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives in a war-torn reality. She, however, finds her solace and salvation in watching television &ndash; a banned activity that later escalates to a matter of life and death.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monumental short won </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Narrative</strong> <strong>Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Student Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competition of the </span><strong>Oscars</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, going down in history as the first Arab film to do so. Also, it garnered the </span><strong>Golden Yusr for Short Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Red Sea</strong> <strong>Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Best Short, </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Male Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Best</strong> <strong>Cinematography </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards at the </span><strong>Indie Short Awards Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in France. The film is available on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Murad</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Eisheh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Ziad</strong> <strong>Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aesha</strong> <strong>Balasem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid</strong> <strong>Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was co-produced by Jordan\'s </span><strong>Tabi</strong> <strong>360</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Germany\'s </span><strong>Filmakademie</strong> <strong>Baden</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-</span><strong>W&uuml;rttemberg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events and starring Ali Suleiman, a Palestinian family hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Urbanworld Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in New York, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Short Film.&nbsp; It also held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for </span><strong>Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Said Zagha </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Nomadic Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Mais Salman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the film stars </span><strong>Ali Suliman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nisreen Faour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Laith Zuaiter, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nabil Koni</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIGHT BLUE</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A series of dreams plague a woman in her early thirties in which she reflects on her relationships with her mother, father, and lover.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through her dreams, we see how her subconscious views these connections and the psychological traumas that they left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIGHT BLUE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is directed by </span><strong>May Ziady </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-written by </span><strong>Ahmed Atik</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Aya Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Adam Ayoub</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohamed Hasib</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Rawda Khamis </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by </span><strong>Sherif Mohsen (Victoria Film)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>', '1962461520'),
(403, '', 'FARAH premieres in UAE in the presence of its cast', '2022-11-29', 'DSC02136.jpg', '<strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiered successfully yesterday Monday, November 28th at VOX cinema in Mall of the Emirates.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This came ahead of its commercial release on the 1st of December in UAE in VOX cinemas in Dubai&rsquo;s Mall of the Emirates and Abu Dhabi&rsquo;s YAS Mall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie&rsquo;s cast members </span><strong>Stephanie Atala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Majdi Machmouchi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with the directors </span><strong>Hassiba &amp; Kenton Freiha-Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the producer </span><strong>Reine Issa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were present at the premiere, which was also attended by the most prominent media outlets, celebrities, influencers, and art critics.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film\'s official trailer was released by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the film\'s distributor in the Arab world &ndash; which you can watch through the following link </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/FarahMovie/videos/668711174772648/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film won the </span><strong>Best Arab Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Art Direction</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Awards (</span><strong>Nazir</strong> <strong>Nassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Moussa</strong> <strong>Baydoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at the </span><strong>Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;where it competed in the </span><strong>Nour El-Sherif Competition for Arabic Feature Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won the </span><strong>Best Feature Film Award (audience poll)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Lebanese Film Festival in Canada</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received a </span><strong>Special 10th Anniversary</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>(jury award) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Chelsea Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the US.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that,</span><strong> FARAH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiered at the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at the </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received much critical acclaim, with critic </span><strong>Dr Khalid Ali </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, &ldquo;while dealing with hard-hitting subjects such as the stigma of mental illness, the limitations of &lsquo;drug therapy&rsquo;, Big Pharma, the clever script written by Hassiba still portrays an intimate character study of a troubled family.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Lina</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; a pre-med student &ndash; who is sent home to Beirut after severe nightmares ruin her life. An antidepressant named \'Xapa\' &ndash; also known as \'Joy\' &ndash; is then prescribed to help her recover.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as Lina\'s terrifying nightmares worsen and a link between them and her birth mother, Farah, becomes clear, she embarks on a quest to uncover a web of family secrets that will reveal a shattering truth.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by </span><strong>Hassiba Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash; who co-directed it with </span><strong>Kenton Oxley &ndash; FARAH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Stephanie Atala, Majdi Machmouchi, Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Boulos</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is lensed by </span><strong>Elias Trad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and edited by </span><strong>Marcus D\'Arcy. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a writer and filmmaker who has worked on various short films, including </span><strong>TEMPERANCE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was screened at the </span><strong>Middle East International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival\'s Short Film Corner.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An independent online platform later acquired the film\'s distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also worked on the feature film</span><strong> CITY ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Andy Garcia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Alan Arkin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>National Wildlife Federation</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Campus Chillout</strong> <strong>project</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with former vice president </span><strong>Al-Gore, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oscar-winning producer and philanthropist </span><strong>Jeff Skoll,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Oscar-winning producer </span><strong>Lawrence Bender.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following these achievements, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-produced, co-directed, and starred in the short film </span><strong>WAHDON (ALONE)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which screened at film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After acting in several short films, </span><strong>Freiha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was hired by </span><strong>Twofour54 Abu Dhabi &ndash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a government-backed media services company &ndash; to join their post-production team as a booking manager. Soon after, she became the manager of the whole department. Meanwhile, she</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continued to hone her filmmaking skills and post-produced two feature films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kenton Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has carved a successful global career in the television and film industry. As a producer and CEO of his own production services company &ndash; </span><strong>Knockout Production Services &ndash; Kenton</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worked on multi-million-dollar blockbuster projects.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 20, he became the youngest-ever director for </span><strong>ITV</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and worked for media-related government companies in Abu Dhabi and Malaysia. For six years, he headed the Production &amp; Global Trade Department at </span><strong>Twofour54.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Oxley</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also gained vast experience working on international projects such as </span><strong>Left Bank Pictures\' STRIKE BACK, TOP GEAR, and Bollywood blockbuster BANG BANG.</strong>', '1013861361'),
(404, '', 'Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH holds successful premiere at RSIFF', '2022-12-09', 'NEZOUH-holds-successful-premiere-at-RSIFF.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/118986982831.php\"><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Syrian drama </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><strong>NEZOUH</strong></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its Arab world premiere on Wednesday at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival &mdash; which is taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from the 1st to the 10th of December &mdash; at the festival&rsquo;s main competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving a standing ovation, the film garnered widespread critical acclaim from the festival&rsquo;s attendees, including from prominent figures such as Saba Mubarak, Poussy Shalaby, Ingy El-Mokadem, and Mostafa Shehata, along with renowned film critic Tarek El-Shennawi and former director of El-Gouna Film F</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">estival Entishal Al-Tamimi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during its debut at the Ritz-Carlton\'s Red Sea Cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening was followed by a constructive Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director as well as the cast and crew that witnessed much interaction from the festival&rsquo;s attendees, who expressed their enjoyment of the film and the discourse that followed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have one more screening on Thursday, December 8th at 4:30 pm at VOX Cinema 1 - Red Sea Mall</span><strong>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hala Zein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samir Al-Masri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nizar Alani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had its world premiere at the 79th edition of the </span><strong>Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Orizzonti Extra Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it nabbed the Audience Award presented by Armani Beauty &mdash; the festival\'s main sponsor &mdash; making it the first Arab film to receive it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received the</span><strong> Lanterna Magica Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was presented by </span><strong>Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali (CGS), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completing director</span><strong> Soudade Kaadan\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hattrick from </span><strong>Venice, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which started when her first film, </span><strong>THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was awarded the</span><strong> Lion of the Future Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Orizzonti Competition.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer (Nizar Alani) &mdash; the boy next door.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala (</span><a href=\"http://madcelebrity.com/kinda-alloush.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinda </span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alloush) &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (Samer Al-Masri), who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while</span><strong> mk2 films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film\'s worldwide sales. Moreover, it is being distributed in France by</span><strong> Pyramide</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and financed through </span><strong>FILM4, BFI, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Stars Collective.</strong>', '873662814'),
(405, '', 'OUR RIVER… OUR SKY wins Best Ensemble Performance at 2022 BIFA', '2022-12-12', 'Cast-&-Director-BIFA.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran documentary filmmaker </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s debut fiction feature </span><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022 </span><strong>British Independent Film Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(BIFA), making it the only Arab film to win at the prestigious competition.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award was presented to the film\'s cast and crew on December 4th during a ceremony in London. The ceremony was attended by </span><strong>Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as cast members</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi, Basim Hajar, Badia Obaid, Meyriam</strong> <strong>Abbas,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the UK casting agent.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER... OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was nominated for two other </span><strong>BIFA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awards, including </span><strong>Best Casting (Leila Bertrand)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Supporting Performance (Zainab Joda).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the film screened at the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and claimed the </span><strong>Debut Film Special Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Meta Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to that, it had its UK premiere during the 30th edition of the </span><strong>Raindance Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After holding its world premiere at the</span><strong> Sarajevo Film Festival, OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has been featured at highly anticipated screenings in the MENA region at </span><strong>Cairo, Slemani, Amman,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and at </span><strong>Franco-Arab film festivals.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006 &mdash; between Christmas and New Year. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amid unpredictable violence.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly before the New Year, following the unexpected news of Saddam Hussein\'s execution, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with co-writer </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a Baghdad-based author.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The international cast includes Iraqi actors based inside and outside of Iraq, including </span><strong>Basim Hajar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sweden),</span><strong> Meriam Abbas, Ali El-Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany), and renowned Iraq-based actor</span><strong> Mahmoud Abo Al-Abbas. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London-based actors </span><strong>Zaydun Khalaf, Amed Hashimi, Labwa Arab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Badia Obaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are also featured in the ensemble cast.&nbsp;</span>', '1182541956'),
(406, '', 'Mehdi Hmili\'s STREAMS to screen in Zawya ', '2022-12-12', 'Photo-1-(Press-and-Social-media).jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/431328942523.php\"><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115326.php\"><strong>STREAMS</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to be screened at Zawya Cinema </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on December 15th and 19th at 7 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, </span><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened at the 2022 Maghreb Film Festival of Oujda in Morocco and Alyssa Tunisian Film Festival in London, where it won the Best Feature Film Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also joined several international festivals in 2022, screening at the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden &mdash; where it received the </span><strong>Best Director Award &mdash;</strong> <strong>Durban International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in South Africa,</span><strong> FEST &ndash; New Directors /New Films Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Portugal,</span><strong> Amman International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Jordan</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sguardi Altrove Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Italy.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Mehdi Hmili, STREAMS &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which stars </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud, Iheb Bouyahia, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Slim Baccar, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with music by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of </span><strong>Amel, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who was just released from prison after an adulterous affair.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the depths of Tunis,</span><strong> Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is searching for her missing son, Moumen. During her journey, </span><strong>Amel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encounters a Tunisian society in full collapse.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also garnered widespread acclaim with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Duffy in the Film Book, where he said: \"There\'s not a moment in this film that doesn\'t feel totally authentic.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Redmond Bacon in Dirty Movies said: \"Starting off slowly before growing into a masterful work, this Tunisian movie is one of the standout films from the Locarno Film Festival.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>STREAMS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a joint production between </span><strong>Yol Film House </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tunisia), </span><strong>Tarantula </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Luxembourg), </span><strong>MPM Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(France), </span><strong>Clandestino Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tunisia), and in association with </span><strong>Allam Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(US).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, the film\'s leading actress, </span><strong>Afef Ben Mahmoud</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the </span><strong>Best Actress Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it competed at the festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STREAMS world premiered at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Filmmakers of the Present Competition. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterward, it was screened at the </span><strong>Zurich Film Festival, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mehdi Hmili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian writer, poet, and filmmaker. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile: </span><strong>X-MOMENT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009), </span><strong>LI-LA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2011), and </span><strong>THE NIGHT OF BADR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2012).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature-length film, </span><strong>THALA MON AMOUR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2016), was selected for international festivals like the </span><strong>Torino Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and won several prizes. Moreover, his most recent film, </span><strong>FOULEDH,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected for </span><strong>La Fabrique Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 72nd </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '646567608'),
(407, '', 'Erige Sehiri\'s UNDER THE FIG TREES earns audiences and critics\' admiration', '2022-12-13', 'Under_the_fig_trees_official_still-Henia-Production-Maneki-Films.jpg', '<strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was warmly received at its first screening on Saturday, December 3rd in the </span><strong>second Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia, with the film enjoying a full house screening that included public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was featured as part of the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section of the RSIFF &mdash; which is running from December 1st to the 10th &mdash; and will be screened once more on Sunday, December 4th from 6:45 pm to 8:22 pm at VOX Cinema 3 Red Sea Mall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the film\'s positive reception, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES director Erige Sehiri </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said: &ldquo;Thank you to the Red Sea film Festival for sharing UNDER THE FIG TREES with the audience. I wish I could be there and meet the Saudi audience and my fellow Saudi filmmakers.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We wanted to frame the film like a painting in which a tree is a symbol of common destiny and the fig is the fragility of our lives. I hope that the audience will feel the soul of the film just like we did when we made it.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be released theatrically in French cinemas on December the 7th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is worth noting that </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia\'s official submission in the </span><strong>2023 Oscars </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best International Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, \"It\'s likely to travel further thanks to its engaging depiction of summer flirtations and a gentle exploration of sisterhood against a patriarchal backdrop.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, French newspaper </span><strong>Lib&eacute;ration </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film as \"a little miracle of cinema.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in which it received </span><strong>the EcoPro Jury Award in the Directors\' Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also featured at the </span><strong>Festival International du Film Francophone de T&uuml;bingen-Stuttgart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received the </span><strong>Grand Prize, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Namur Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it garnered the </span><strong>Bayard d\'Or Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, it held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received the </span><strong>Silver Tanit Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also featured in the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada, </span><strong>International Film Festival Karlovy Vary</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sarajevo Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, it competed in the </span><strong>Melbourne International Film Festival\'s Official Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>CineVision Competition </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of </span><strong>Filmfest M&uuml;nchen</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Chicago International Film Festival\'s New Directors Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a joint production between Tunisia\'s </span><strong>Henia Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Switzerland\'s </span><strong>Akka Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, France\'s </span><strong>Maneki Films, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany\'s</span><strong> In Good Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the DOP and the film\'s music is by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is being distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling its distribution and marketing in the Arab world.</span>', '1991379095'),
(408, '', 'THE DAMNED DON’T CRY garners widespread acclaim at Red Sea Film Festival', '2022-12-13', 'RECADReE-LNDDP_VSel_1.jpg', '<strong>Fyzal Boulifa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature film </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON&rsquo;T CRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earned the public and critics&rsquo; admiration at the </span><strong>second Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in its first screening among the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section on Saturday, December 3rd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s producer </span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and renowned directors </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Fatih Akin </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">were among the first screening&rsquo;s attendees, in addition to </span><strong>Tarek El-Bahar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mamdouh Salem,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdel-Satar Nagy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are delighted to be part of this pleasant second edition of the Red Sea Film Festival. It was a real pleasure to have </span><strong>Fatih Akin </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among the audience at the screening of our movie,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be featured once more throughout the ten-day festival on Sunday, December 4th from 9:30 pm to 11:20 pm at VOX Cinema 4 - Red Sea Mall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Giornate Degli Autori </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the film was featured at several festivals, including the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival&rsquo;s official competition,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was nominated for </span><strong>Best Film;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival&rsquo;s Feature Films Competition,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was awarded </span><strong>Best Original Music </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and nominated for the </span><strong>Grand Prize of the Jury;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>Stockholm International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it was nominated for the </span><strong>Bronze Horse</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE DAMNED DON&rsquo;T CRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of FATIMA-ZAHRA and her teenage son SELIM as they move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she&rsquo;s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave &mdash; but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to the breaking point.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE DAMNED DON&rsquo;T CRY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Guy Lodge </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying, &ldquo;Boulifa, by contrast, knits disparate generations and geographies of big- and small-screen melodrama into a single, refined aesthetic that never stoops to simple pastiche or bedazzled kitsch.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>David Katz </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Cineuropa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that &ldquo;Fyzal Boulifa&rsquo;s beautifully made second feature charts the divergent fortunes of a mother and her adolescent son in Morocco, who are forced into itinerant, unstable work.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span><strong>Fyzal Boulifa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the film&rsquo;s director and writer &mdash;&nbsp; is based between Paris, London, and Tangier. He learned cinema by watching and shooting as many films as he could. His short films have twice been awarded in Cannes&rsquo; Directors&rsquo; Fortnight and nominated at the BAFTAs.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he directed his first feature </span><strong>LYNN+LUCY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for which he was nominated for a Debut Director Award at the British Independent Film Awards. The film also premiered in San Sebasti&aacute;n and won multiple awards in Macau, Marrakech, Les Arcs, and Vilnius.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Karim Debbagh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the film&rsquo;s producer &mdash; was born in Tangier, Morocco, and was first introduced to the film industry through his late friend, the American writer and composer </span><strong>Paul Bowles</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He first studied American Literature and then later graduated from the renowned Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg Germany as a producer. In 2005, he founded </span><strong>KASBAH FILMS Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is known for </span><strong>A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2016), </span><strong>MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019), and </span><strong>MOSUL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2019).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Caroline Champetier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the DOP, while </span><strong>Fran&ccedil;ois Quiquer&eacute; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the editor, and the original soundtrack is by </span><strong>Nadah El-Shazly</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also stars </span><strong>A&iuml;cha Tebbae</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Abdellah El-Hajjouji</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Antoine Reinartz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moustapha Mokafih</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Walid Chaibi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sawsen Kotbi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is produced by </span><strong>BBC Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Vixens Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-produced by </span><strong>Frakas Productions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Kasbah Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, it&rsquo;s distributed in France by </span><strong>New Story</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Belgium by </span><strong>O&rsquo;Brother</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '852078717');
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(409, '', 'Firas Khoury\'s ALAM receives much praise at Red Sea International Film Festival', '2022-12-13', '1.597.1_1.597.1.jpg', '<strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature film </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured in the </span><strong>second Red Sea International Film Festival&rsquo;s Festival Favorites Section </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Monday, December 5th in the presence of producer </span><strong>Marie-Pierre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-producers </span><strong>Richard Djoudi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Melik Kochbati</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Oussama Bawardi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was met with great applause and positive reviews after the first screening from critics, media figures, and A-list celebrities alike.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival &ndash; which is running from December 1st to the 10th in Saudi Arabia &ndash; will have two more screenings for </span><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, December 6th from 9:45 pm to 11:34 pm at VOX Cinema 3 - Red Sea Mall</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, December 10th from 6:45 pm to 8:29 pm at VOX Cinema 5 - Red Sea Mall</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s International Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it garnered three awards &ndash; The </span><strong>Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Golden Pyramid Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for its leading actor </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, it world premiered at the </span><strong>47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival&rsquo;s Contemporary World Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> category. It was then featured at the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><strong>Tamer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and his friends, who lead typical teenage lives, until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful </span><strong>Maysaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As he grows closer to her, </span><strong>Tamer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed, with </span><strong>Alissa Simon </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Variety </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that &ldquo;Khoury&rsquo;s convincing and engaging screenplay perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado along with a certain cluelessness about how the real world works.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, </span><strong>Jay Weissberg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>The Verdict </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s a bright, brash new voice in Palestinian cinema and his name is Firas Khoury. With a terrific ear for teenage street talk and a clever way of giving character and politics equal weight without feeling forced, Khoury brings a breath of freshness sure to have an impact on the region&rsquo;s cinema landscape.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri</strong><strong>, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-production by </span><strong>Lacydon Bay Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Metafora Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Red Sea Film Festival Foundation </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-distributed by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop at Cannes 2017. Moreover, it was featured at the 2019 Venice Gap-Financing Market, received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &ndash; the CIFF\'s co-production market &ndash; and featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.</span>', '1671720816'),
(410, '', 'Ali Basaeed’s CASTING features at Red Sea International Film Festival ', '2022-12-12', 'Ali Basaeed.jpg', '<strong>CASTING, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed by </span><strong>Ali Basaeed, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its world premiere in the second edition of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Monday, December 5th and rescreened on Tuesday, December 6th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film garnered widespread acclaim at its first two screenings, receiving the admiration of both audiences and critics.</span>\r<br/><strong>CASTING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> featured in the </span><strong>New Cinema/New Saudi Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ten-day festival being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two screenings were sold out, however, there&rsquo;s still a chance to watch the film, as it will have one more screening on Friday, December 9th from 8:15 pm to 9:37 pm in VOX Cinema 2.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an honor to have the film&rsquo;s world premiere at the RSIFF, where it was warmly received by the audience. I was delighted to know that the two screenings were sold out and overwhelmed by the audience&rsquo;s reaction to the film,&rsquo; said </span><strong>Basaeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ali Basaeed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>CASTING </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses on a young man in his mid-thirties with a mental illness who awakens from sleep to prepare for an audition. To qualify for the part, he must choose one of many characters to play, causing a conflict that will unveil a certain complication.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by </span><strong>Muhammad Fayez Al-Bishi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>CASTING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Ali Baseed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Huda Atyah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amal Joudah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Haneen Azb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>', '1012706965'),
(411, '', 'MATCHSTICK garners widespread acclaim at its premiere in 2nd RSIFF', '2022-12-12', 'Kabreet_poster.jpg', '<strong>Salma Murad\'s MATCHSTICK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which is </span><strong>MAD Solutions\' </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest Saudi addition to its distribution slate &mdash; held its world premiere in the second edition of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Monday, December 5th and then rescreened on Tuesday, December 6th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was met with great applause and positive reviews after the first two screenings from critics, media figures, and A-list celebrities alike.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed with Saudi critic and novelist </span><strong>Said Al-Sarihi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that &ldquo;there is this other side of us that we don\'t take the time to understand, which can manifest problems in our life out of nowhere.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We then realize that the other side we fear is as integral to our whole as the side we show to the world. It is in fact a part of us we must reconcile, because we all hold within ourselves the other side of our own coin. When we try to split ourselves and deny that duality, we set ourselves aflame like a </span><strong>MATCHSTICK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rdquo; he added.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MATCHSTICK </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">featured in the </span><strong>New Cinema/New Saudi Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the ten-day festival being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, until the 10th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will have a third screening on Friday, December 9th from 8:15 pm to 9:37 pm in VOX Cinema 2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I trust Salma and her capabilities of creating more content that reflects our truth, patterns, human choices, and stories, as well as affecting us differently. Salma&rsquo;s broad perspective, skill set, and manifestation will be a game changer in the near future,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Noura Alimam </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; the film&rsquo;s producer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Salma Murad, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starring </span><strong>Naif Al-Daferi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nawwaf Al-Daferi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Bayan Jamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Noura Alimam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MATCHSTICK (KABREET) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of </span><strong>Osama </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; a young man caught in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tries to awaken the part of himself that gives him reason, but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>', '194850769'),
(412, '', 'MAD Solutions Lands 2 Shorts At the Red Sea International Film Festival', '2022-12-12', 'Kabreet_casting.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) has announced the participation of two short films from MAD Solutions\' distribution slate in the festival&rsquo;s second edition, scheduled to run from 1-10 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and will include 120 films from around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MATCHSTICK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Salma Murad and </span><strong>CASTING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Ali Basaeed, both had their world premieres at the festival&rsquo;s New Cinema/New Saudi section, along with 16 Saudi shorts comprising 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>MATCHSTICK (Kabreet):</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Salma Murad and starring </span><strong>Naif AlDaferi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nawwaf AlDaferi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>MATCHSTICK (Kabreet) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of Osama, a young man in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers. He tries to awaken a part of himself that gives him the reason but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>CASTING:</strong><strong><br /></strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and produced by Ali Basaeed, </span><strong>CASTING </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">focuses on a man&rsquo;s frustration caused by the interference of people in his personal life. His attempt to try to distance himself from them only finds him in a deeper struggle.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About </span><strong>LUCKY YOU&rsquo;RE MINE:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Noura Abushosha, </span><strong>LUCKY YOU&rsquo;RE MINE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Raghd Faisal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Hasan Qudus</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a story about modern Saudi marriage. Just days after newlyweds Ahmad and Salma get married, Salma has a bipolar manic episode following the sudden death of her mother. Ahmad is determined to stand by his wife, but the couple finds themselves at a crossroads and unable to talk. Will their marriage withstand its first test?</span>', '789363026'),
(413, '', 'Iraq’s Official Oscars Submission THE EXAM to screen in Abu Dhabi, UAE', '2022-12-15', '01_THE_EXAM-300DPI_Mitosfilm.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/312802329357.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shawkat Amin Korki</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s critically acclaimed Kurdish-Iraqi drama </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115367.php\"><strong>THE EXAM</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; Iraq&rsquo;s official submission to the 2023 Academy Awards &mdash; will be making the rounds with its debut screening at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Ain\'s Al-Qattara Arts Center in Abu Dhabi in the UAE on December 30th at 8 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie tells the story of Rojin &mdash; a young Kurdish woman who is set to take the university\'s admission exam. Meanwhile, her unhappily married elder sister Shilan will stop at nothing to help her pass the exam and have a chance at an emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by award-winning director Shawkat Amin Korki and co-written by Iranian screenwriter Mohammad Reza Gohari, the seven-time international award-winning film </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; starring </span><strong>Avan Jamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Vania Salar, Hussein Hassan,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Hoshyar Nerwayi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a joint production between the Kurdistan regional government, Germany, and Qatar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won several prestigious awards, including the FIPRESCI Critics Award for Best Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the UNFPA Award at the Cairo International Film Festival, and the Best Screenplay Award from the Tirana International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the second time one of Korki&rsquo;s movies has been submitted to the Oscars, with the first being </span><strong>MEMORIES ON STONE,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was the country&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is handling </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1750686649'),
(414, '', 'Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand’s LIFE SUITS ME WELL to screen in Moroccan theaters', '2022-12-24', 'DSC08057OK.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will finally be released in </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">theaters starting December 21st following its recent successful tour.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s events take place in the mid-1990s. Fouad is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad slowly succumbs to his disease, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won three awards at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival &mdash; Best Script, the Special Jury Prize, and Best Actor Award for Samir Guesmi. Moreover, it scooped the Critics&rsquo; Week Award at the 33rd edition of the Carthage Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won </span><strong>Audience </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards (</span><strong>Lubna Azabal)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Mediterranean Film Festival Split</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the</span><strong> First Work </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cine Club </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> the Tangier National Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film garnered several awards from the </span><strong>CineGouna Platform </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it was still in the project phase</span><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Grand Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Best Film in post-production.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it was featured at the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden</span><strong>, Amman International Film Festival in Jordan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Casablanca Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> garnered positive critical reviews in Arab and international media, with The </span><strong>National News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website writing that \"</span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells a touching story of family and Alzheimer\'s in Morocco.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also praised on </span><strong>DMovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and described as \"a touching, well-made drama about the bonds of family and staying strong in dreadful circumstances.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the film stars</span><strong> Samir Guesmi,</strong> <strong>Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El-Alami, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Jalal Quarrioua. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1688340501'),
(415, '', 'Maysoon Pachachi\'s OUR RIVER… OUR SKY to get a theatrical release in Kuwait', '2023-01-12', 'Our-River...Our-Sky.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran documentary filmmaker </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s debut fiction feature </span><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to hold two theatrical screenings at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center (JACC) &mdash; which is informally known as the Kuwait Opera House &mdash; in Kuwait.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings will be held at 8 pm on Sunday, January 15th, and Tuesday, January 17th. This limited theatrical release follows the film\'s winning of Best Ensemble Performance at the 2022 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it the only Arab film to win at the prestigious competition last year.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please visit this website to book your screening ticket:</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://tickets.jacc-kw.com/event/info/our-river--our-sky--iraq-2021-/342\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://tickets.jacc-kw.com/event/info/our-river--our-sky--iraq-2021-/342</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award was presented to the film\'s cast and crew on December 4th during a ceremony in London that was attended by </span><strong>Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and cast members</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi, Basim Hajar, Badia Obaid, Meriam</strong> <strong>Abbas,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the UK casting agent.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER... OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was nominated for two other </span><strong>BIFA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awards, including </span><strong>Best Casting (Leila Bertrand)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Supporting Performance (Zainab Joda).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JACC Theater Independent Cinema Project is a comprehensive cinema space that offers a monthly program of independent movies from around the world. The cinema will be an integral part of the theater project with the aim of serving as a cultural space promoting local, regional, and international arts of varying disciplines.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was well-received by audiences and critics alike since its first screening, with </span><strong>Lauren Miles</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from </span><strong>Film Stories</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing: &ldquo;Our River&hellip; Our Sky is a deeply affecting snapshot of the violence endured by the Iraqi people in 2006.&rdquo;</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Rob Aldam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Backseat Mafia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that &ldquo;Our River&hellip; Our Sky is an impressive and humane drama. Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;s debut feature is warm-hearted, moving, and affords the viewer a glimpse of what it&rsquo;s like to live in constant fear.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was screened at the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and claimed the </span><strong>Debut Film Special Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Meta Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to that, it had its UK premiere during the 30th edition of the </span><strong>Raindance Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After holding its world premiere at the</span><strong> Sarajevo Film Festival, OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured at highly anticipated screenings in the MENA region at the </span><strong>Cairo, Slemani, Amman,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Franco-Arab film festivals.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006 &mdash; between Christmas and New Year. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amid unpredictable violence.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly before the New Year, following the unexpected news of Saddam Hussein\'s execution, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with co-writer </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a Baghdad-based author and produced by Kuwaiti producer Talal Al-Muhanna.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The international cast includes Iraqi actors based inside and outside of Iraq, including </span><strong>Basim Hajar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sweden),</span><strong> Meriam Abbas, Ali El-Kareem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Germany), and renowned Iraq-based actor</span><strong> Mahmoud Abo Al-Abbas,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along with</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London-based actors </span><strong>Zaydun Khalaf, Amed Hashimi, Labwa Arab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Badia Obaid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution rights in the Arab world.</span>', '400642640'),
(416, '', 'Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand’s award-winning LIFE SUITS ME WELL screens at Cinémathèque de Tanger ', '2023-01-14', 'LSMW_AR-EN.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/266533563095.php\"><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s feature film </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115310.php\"><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is currently screening at </span><strong>Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tangier, Morocco.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be holding five screenings across four days this month &mdash; Wednesday, 11th at 17:15; Friday, 13th at 17:15 &amp; 19:00; Saturday, 14th at 17:00; and Sunday, 15th at 17:00.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a non-profit association that was established in 2006 to promote world cinema in Morocco and Moroccan cinema around the globe and to create a collection of documentaries, films, videos of artists, and experimental cinema to propose educational actions and to create a platform for dialogue with film professionals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s events take place in the mid-1990s. Fouad is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad slowly succumbs to his disease, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won three awards at the </span><strong>Casablanca Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; </span><strong>Best Script</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Samir Guesmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Special Jury Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it scooped the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Week Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>33rd edition of the Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Audience </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards (</span><strong>Lubna Azabal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) at </span><strong>the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Mediterranean Film Festival Split</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the</span><strong> First Work </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cine Club </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at</span><strong> the Tangier National Film Festival.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film received several awards from the </span><strong>CineGouna Platform </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when it was still in the project phase</span><strong>,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the</span><strong> Grand Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Best Film in Post-Production.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere at the </span><strong>Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its Arab world premiere at </span><strong>Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it was featured at the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Sweden</span><strong>, Amman International Film Festival in Jordan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Casablanca Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> garnered positive critical reviews across Arab and international media outlets, with </span><strong>The</strong> <strong>National News</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing that \"</span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells a touching story of family and Alzheimer\'s in Morocco.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also praised on </span><strong>DMovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and described as \"a touching, well-made drama about the bonds of family and staying strong in dreadful circumstances.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the film stars</span><strong> Samir Guesmi,</strong> <strong>Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El-Alami, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Jalal Quarrioua. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Moroccan filmmaker who studied directing at the Ateliers Varan in Paris and graduated from the International Film and Television School in Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduation, he took part in several Moroccan and foreign productions as an assistant director, including several short films. His short film </span><strong>Le Caf&eacute; des P&ecirc;cheurs </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2007) was selected for numerous festivals, among them the </span><strong>Locarno Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> marks his first feature film.</span>', '975027749'),
(417, '', 'Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM to land its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam', '2023-01-15', 'muayad-alayan-headshot.jpg', '<strong>Muayad Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s highly-anticipated third feature</span><strong> A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to hold its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Limelight section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Muayad Alayan and co-written alongside Rami Alayan, </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be distributed in the Arab world by MAD Solutions, continuing their collaboration on his previous two features </span><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2018) and </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2015).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Johnny Harris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Makran Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Souad Feres</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Miley Locke</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the only Arab project selected for the 36th edition of the IFFR Pro\'s Production market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was co-produced by PalCine Productions in Palestine, Wellington Films in the UK, Red Balloon Films in Germany (their second ongoing project with MAD Solutions alongside Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s </span><strong>YUNAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) Metafora Production in Qatar, and Key Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan&rsquo;s directorial debut </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world\'s most prestigious festivals.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact,</span><strong> A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Alayan&rsquo;s second film to world premiere at Rotterdam, following the success of his sophomore feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115144.php\"><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (starring renowned Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi) which won 3 awards at its 2018 IFFR World Premiere, including the Special Jury Award and Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award. The film went on to feature at more than 50 festivals around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan&rsquo;s directorial debut </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world\'s most prestigious festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set to run from January 25th to February 5th in the Netherlands, the 2023 IFFR marks the festival&rsquo;s in-person return following two consecutive years online.</span>', '1224618211'),
(418, 'Behind the Butcher: ', 'The story that inspired Karim Berrhouma’s EVEN GOD WON’T FORGIVE', '2023-01-15', 'Sans-titre_1.348.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born an illegitimate son in a Middle Eastern and Arab community that scorns such occurrences partly served as an inspiration for </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s movie </span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that sheds light on Tunisia\'s most infamous serial killer </span><strong>Nacer Damergi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as the \'Butcher of Nabeul.\'</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Damergi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the man behind the murder of 13 children in the 1980s and the last convict to be executed in Tunisia &mdash; was a living example of dread on Tunisian streets. Born to a prostitute mother and unable to uncover his father\'s identity until he was 30 years old, Nacer eventually developed several psychiatric disorders that eventually fed his lust for death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, </span><strong>Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the film\'s promising writer and director, who is best known for several shorts, including </span><strong>Dajjal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Soltane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Wallet </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; succeeds in evoking no sympathy for this heinous serial killer, giving no excuses for his abhorrent deeds, instead making the audience loathe him much more than before for his awful and unforgivable crimes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Damergi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> went to France in 1964 after getting engaged to his cousin, whom he adored, and returned in 1968 to discover his fianc&eacute;e had moved on and married someone else, fueling his rage. His so-called vengeance, however, did not begin until 20 years later, when he murdered his ex-fianc&eacute;e\'s kid in 1988.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damergi &mdash; who was 45 years old when he was executed in 1990 &mdash; admitted his crimes and led police officers to the victims\' corpses, which were mostly hidden in fields and abandoned wells, making him </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the last person against whom capital punishment was carried out in Tunisia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Berrhouma </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wanted the actors, the sets, the costumes, and the lighting to tell the story without opting for over-cutting. Instead, he chose to make use of stable movements and long shots using cranes on dollies, so that the spectator plunges into the atmosphere of the film and follows the action from start to finish. Furthermore, he wanted the script and the action to guide the rhythm of the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is currently in cinemas all across Tunisia.</span>', '148750950'),
(419, '', 'Tala\'vision wins Best Arab Film at 4th Cairo Shorts Film Festival', '2023-01-15', 'FB_IMG_1671898827049.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setting a new precedent, the </span><strong>Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s management decided to have two opening films instead of one, both of which are distributed by </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>May Ziady</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>LIGHT BLUE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings were held in the presence of the films&rsquo; cast and crew and a number of A-list stars and critics.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the previously mentioned films, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sent off three more films from its distribution slate &mdash;&nbsp; </span><strong>Mohamed Fawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> BUZZ</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> Tala\'vision, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Said Zagha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>LOVESICK IN THE WEST BANK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; bumping the total up to five films competing in the </span><strong>Official Competition </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the festival that is running from December 17th to the 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>Murad Abu Eisheh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> Tala\'vision </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered the </span><strong>Best Arab Film Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with its protagonist </span><strong>Aesha</strong> <strong>Balasem </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receiving a </span><strong>Special Mention </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for her role.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I want to thank the festival&rsquo;s management for the invitation and the award. The film expresses Syria&rsquo;s plight and its people&rsquo;s suffering,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Balasem </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">upon receiving the award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films &mdash; which had full-house screenings &mdash; garnered widespread acclaim, receiving standing ovations and positive reviews from audiences and critics alike.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings were held at the Artistic Creativity Center, Cinema Al-Hanager, and Al-Hadara Cinema at the Cairo Opera House free of charge.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The Cairo Shorts Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from Arab Filmmakers, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panels and forums.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, two of </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' films won awards at the </span><strong>third Cairo Shorts Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, those being </span><strong>Medhat Maged</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>18/11 &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which won the </span><strong>Best Egyptian Short Film Award &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Suzannah Mirghani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>AL-SIT, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the </span><strong>Best Arab Short Film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1837553447'),
(420, '', 'EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE garners widespread acclaim at its premiere', '2023-01-15', '320442434_1188748145403423_6246973572949374707_n.jpg', '<strong>Karim Berrhouma\'s</strong> <strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> held its premiere on December 16th at </span><strong>Cinema Le Colisee </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Tunisia </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the presence of more than 1,700 audience members, including the film\'s cast, as well as critics and media outlets</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all of whom enjoyed the movie and praised its execution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This came ahead of its upcoming theatrical release in Tunisia, which is scheduled for the 21st of the same month.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the story of Tunisia\'s most infamous serial killer &mdash; the man behind the murder of 13 children in the 1980s and the last convict to be executed in the country.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written and directed by </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a self-taught director and scriptwriter who, after initially studying graphic design, worked in a production company, directed commercials for TV, and began producing music videos for local artists in late 2010.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, he went on to write and direct four short films before producing and directing his first feature film in 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by </span><strong>Mejdi Housseini</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <strong>Sameh Smaoui, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nabil Chaouech</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> RED DOG FX</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Ahmed Landolsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hedi Mejri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maysa Sassi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fathi Akkeri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moncef Ajengui</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Imen Mannai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fakher Wahchi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moez Baatour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Neji Marouani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '182803835');
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(421, '', 'EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE to screen in Paris', '2023-01-15', 'Sans-titre_1.213.jpg', '<strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be holding a screening in Paris on January 13th at Les 7 Parnassiens, with </span><strong>Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actor </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to attend the event, which was sold out in advance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has also been running in Tunisian cinemas since December 21st, achieving enormous success locally.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, it has received much critical acclaim, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Presse Magazine</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that \"</span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a film that is packed with dangers and full of risks, owing to director </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bravery in taking such risks.\" Meanwhile, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kapitalis wrote about the film saying: \"Finally, a Tunisian film that goes above and beyond the usual and adds to the auteur\'s filmography.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was shortlisted for the Cairo Francophone Film Festival\'s Long Feature and Documentary Official Competition, where it won a jury&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">special mention</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda\'s Official Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the story of Tunisia\'s most infamous serial killer &mdash; the man behind the murder of 13 children in the 1980s and the last convict to be executed in the country.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written and directed by </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a self-taught director and scriptwriter who, after initially studying graphic design, worked in a production company, directed commercials for TV, and began producing music videos for local artists in late 2010.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, he went on to write and direct four short films before producing and directing his first feature film in 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by </span><strong>Mejdi Housseini</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <strong>Sameh Smaoui, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nabil Chaouech</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> RED DOG FX</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Ahmed Landolsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hedi Mejri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maysa Sassi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fathi Akkeri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moncef Ajengui</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Imen Mannai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fakher Wahchi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moez Baatour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Neji Marouani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1675127635'),
(422, '', 'Firas Khoury\'s ALAM to feature at UAE’s 2023 Reel Palestine Film Festival', '2023-01-26', 'final-alam in reel.jpg', '<strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s award-winning feature film </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to be featured at the ninth edition of the UAE\'s Reel Palestine Film Festival, which will be held in Cinema Akil from January 27th to February 5th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The six-time-award-winning </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have three special screenings during the festival, with attendance restricted only to those with invitations.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first screening is set for Sunday, January 29th at 7 pm, followed by a Q&amp;A with director Firas Khoury; the second screening is scheduled for Monday, January 30th at 7 pm; and the last screening is set for Sunday, February 5th at 4:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Reel Palestine </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an annual film festival in the UAE that brings films in the artistic form of independent and alternative cinema to be played at both</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abu Dhabi\'s</span><strong> Warehouse421 </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Cinema Akil </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; an independent cinema platform that brings excellent films from across the world to audiences in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab world premiered at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), succeeding with flying colors and taking home three awards at the festival&rsquo;s closing, those being the Golden Pyramid Award &mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri, and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it won the Young Jury Award at the Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival and the Best Asian Film Award at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala, where the director Firas Khoury also received the Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also featured in the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category of the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022 edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the movie held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category. It was then featured at the Rome Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film garnered </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worldwide acclaim, with Variety\'s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alissa Simon</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying: \"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khoury&rsquo;s convincing and engaging screenplay perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado, along with a certain cluelessness about how the real world works</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\" Meanwhile, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily&rsquo;s Fionnuala Halligan described it as</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \"a coming-of-age drama which hews to the conventions, </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alam </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nonetheless offers a fresh perspective.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-distributed by MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the flick received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund. It was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop at the 2017 edition of the Cannes Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the film was featured at the 2019 Venice GAP-Financing Market and received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &mdash; the CIFF\'s Co-Production Market &mdash; and was featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Khoury\'s filmography includes several short films, including the award-winning </span><strong>SEVEN DAYS IN DEIR BULUS (2007)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>YELLOW MUMS (2010)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which were featured in festivals around the world and on TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he directed</span><strong> MARADONA\'S LEGS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a short film that received the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize, as well as Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg\'s support. It was also screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and began airing on Netflix in October 2021.</span>', '118888744'),
(423, '', 'Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM to world premiere at 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam', '2023-01-24', 'final-prl.JPG', '<strong>Muayad Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s highly-anticipated third feature</span><strong> A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to hold its world premiere at the </span><strong>2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is set to run from January 25th to February 5th &mdash; in the </span><strong>Limelight Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director </span><strong>Muayad Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-writer </span><strong>Rami Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be among the attendees, along with the film&rsquo;s cast members </span><strong>Miley Locke</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will have three screenings that will be followed by Q&amp;A sessions:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, January 30th at 16:00 - 18:10 at Path&eacute; 7</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, January 31st at 13:15 - 15:25 at Path&eacute; 4</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February the 2nd at 17:15 - 19:25 at Lantaren Venster 5</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Rebecca </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who moves with her father from the UK to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can help her heal the traumatizing death of her mother. Diving deep into the mystery of the old house they settle in and the mystical city of Jerusalem, </span><strong>Rebecca </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sets out on an enigmatic journey to discover what hides in the shadows of the house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My brother and I have set out to make this personal film inspired by the memory of our mother, father, and grandmother, and by their resilience and survival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,&rdquo; commented the director </span><strong>Muayad Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After distributing Alayan&rsquo;s previous two features &mdash; </span><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2018) and </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2015) &mdash; MAD Solutions will also be distributing </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Johnny Harris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Makran Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Souad Feres</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Miley Locke</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the only Arab project selected for the 36th edition of Cinemart the IFFR Pro\'s Production market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was co-produced by </span><strong>PalCine Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Palestine, </span><strong>Wellington Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the UK, </span><strong>Red Balloon Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Germany (who are also collaborating with </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s </span><strong>YUNAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Metafora Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Qatar, and Key Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s directorial debut </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world\'s most prestigious festivals.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally,</span><strong> A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Alayan&rsquo;s second film to world premiere at Rotterdam, following the success of his sophomore feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115144.php\"><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which starred renowned Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi and won 2 awards at the 2018 IFFR, including the Special Jury Award and Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award. The film went on to feature at more than 50 festivals around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2023 IFFR will mark the event&rsquo;s return to an in-person format following two consecutive years in which it was held virtually.</span>', '677401842'),
(424, '', 'EVEN GOD WON’T FORGIVE holds extended screenings in France, Tunisia', '2023-01-24', 'even god.JPG', '<strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held a second sold-out screening on Friday, January 20th in Paris at Les 7 Parnassiens following the success of the first, which was on January 13th at the same venue in the presence of</span><strong> Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and actor </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film garnered widespread acclaim, receiving the admiration of audiences and critics alike.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has also been running in Tunisian cinemas since December 21st, achieving enormous success locally and selling over 70,000 tickets well into its fourth week of screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has also received generally favorable reviews,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with</span> <strong>La Presse Magazine</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that it \"is a film that is packed with dangers and full of risks, owing to director </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bravery in taking such risks.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Kapitalis </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote about the film saying: \"Finally, a Tunisian film that goes above and beyond the usual and adds to the auteur\'s filmography.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was shortlisted for the </span><strong>Cairo Francophone Film Festival\'s Long Feature and Documentary Official Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it won a </span><strong>jury&rsquo;s special mention</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Festival Maghr&eacute;bin du Film d\'Oujda\'s Official Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the story of Tunisia\'s most infamous serial killer &mdash; the man behind the murder of 13 children in the 1980s and the last convict to be executed in the country.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written and directed by </span><strong>Karim Berrhouma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a self-taught director and scriptwriter who, after initially studying graphic design, worked in a production company, directed commercials for TV, and began producing music videos for local artists in late 2010.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, he went on to write and direct four short films before producing and directing his first feature film in 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by </span><strong>Mejdi Housseini</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <strong>Sameh Smaoui, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nabil Chaouech</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> RED DOG FX</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Ahmed Landolsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hedi Mejri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Bilel Slatnia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maysa Sassi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fathi Akkeri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moncef Ajengui</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Imen Mannai</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fakher Wahchi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Moez Baatour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Neji Marouani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>', '1905660311'),
(425, '', 'THE WOODMAN gets its first Iraqi screening at French Institute', '2023-01-24', 'x-the-woodman.jpg', '<strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>THE WOODMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened for the first time in its homeland on Thursday, January 26th at the French Institute in Baghdad. The film&rsquo;s writer and director </span><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and producer </span><strong>Ali Raheem </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be attending the screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was screened at several international festivals, including the </span><strong>Arabisches Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Berlin, </span><strong>International Filmmaker Festival of New York, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Seville Independent Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it received the </span><strong>Bronze Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>Narrative Films Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover in the Arab world, it was screened at the </span><strong>Abdul-Hameed Shoman Foundation </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Jordan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the </span><strong>Iraqi Ministry of Culture</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Tourism, and Antiquities </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supported the film. The film project also received the </span><strong>Jury Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>CFC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and was funded by the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plot &mdash; which is more of a fantasy &mdash; revolves around a human-sized wooden doll that is forced to flee its homeland. Along its journey, it crosses paths with several characters to reveal a true picture from the hearts and minds of all those compelled to flee their homelands.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written, directed, produced, and shot by </span><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hanna Heffner</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Mihaly Palko</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, </span><strong>Hugh Williams</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edited the film, </span><strong>Rana Eid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> managed the sound, and </span><strong>Nadim Mishlawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed the music. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born in Baghdad and studied photography and cinematography in Budapest, Hungary. He has worked as a producer and director on several television artworks.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, he was a cinematographer in several feature films and a director and producer of short films and documentaries, including </span><strong>THE TRAIN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>WASTELAND</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>THE EVER RESTLESS MAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He also worked on several feature films, such as </span><strong>LEAVING BAGHDAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which received multiple accolades, including the First Place Prize at the </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>British Independent Film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also nominated for a </span><strong>Cinema for Peace Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Berlin and was just screened in </span><strong>New York\'s Museum of Modern Art</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>Al-Janabi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed the multi-award-winning feature documentary </span><strong>STORIES OF PASSERS THROUGH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was shot over 30 years and was featured in several prestigious international festivals worldwide.</span>', '659959506'),
(426, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN commercially releases in Palestine ', '2022-12-15', 'Dora-in-palestine.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a successful screening at the ninth edition of </span><strong>Palestine Cinema Days </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which ran from November 1st to the 7th &mdash; </span><a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to commercially feature in Palestine as of December 15th for a week (everyday at 7:00 pm) at Al-Kasaba theater in Ramallah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine is the seventh Arab country to see a commercial release of the film after screenings in Egypt, the UAE, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan, where it screened for 10 consecutive weeks.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &mdash; who is too busy to be there &mdash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>', '1388739193'),
(427, '', 'Wissam Charaf\'s DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS holds its Arab world premiere at RSIFF, garners festival-wide acclaim', '2023-01-30', 'x-dirty-difficult.jpg', '<strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its Arab world premiere on Sunday at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) &mdash; which is running from </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December 1st to the 10th in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia &mdash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competed in the festival&rsquo;s main competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film garnered great reactions during a full-house first screening attended by director </span><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as members of the cast </span><strong>Clara Couturet</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Ziad Jallad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with producers </span><strong>Pierre Sarraf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Katia Khazak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Marco Valerio Fusco.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Audience, critics, and media outlets were all full of praise for the award-winning Lebanese drama.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has two more screenings to go at the RSIFF &mdash; one on Monday, December 5th at 6:15 pm in VOX Cinema 1 - Red Sea Mall, and the other on Saturday, December 10th at 8 pm in VOX Cinema 2 - Red Sea Mall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film opened the 19th Giornate degli Autori (GdA) &mdash; a parallel section held on the sidebars of the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; and won the 2022 Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, which ran from August 31st to September 10th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was supported by </span><strong>CNC, Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute, the Red Sea Fund, Italy&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, and MEDIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received the Award of the French Institute in Tunisia from Carthage Pro Professional platform, the </span><strong>Arte Prize at the Busan Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>CNC </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award in </span><strong>Dubai Film Connection, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in addition to being</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awarded a full promotion package from the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled &mdash; who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian expat. However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received positive reviews from international media outlets, with </span><strong>Fabien Lemercier </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Cineuropa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying that &ldquo;the film&rsquo;s intentionally minimalist tone and set design, and its occasionally incredible adventures lend charm and a fabled air to a work which prioritizes restrained simplicity and unpretentious freshness in a complicated quest for freedom.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Wissam Charaf &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with</span><strong> Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert &mdash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al-Joundi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by </span><strong>Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films, and Intramovies. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile,</span><strong> MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, JHR Films in France, and </span><strong>Intramovies</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> internationally.</span>', '1131603744'),
(429, '', 'Anis Djaad’s THE LIFE AFTER screens at Luxor African Film Festival', '2023-01-30', 'The-Life-After.jpg', '<strong>Anis Djaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span><strong> THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to be featured at the 12th Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), which will take place in the ancient Upper Egyptian city of Luxor from February 4th to February 10th, 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be shown on February 7th at 1 pm at the Culture Palace Luxor, with director</span><strong> Anis Djaad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to attend.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film claimed two awards at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 2022 </span><strong>Carthage International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (JCC), which are the </span><strong>Tahar Cheriaa First Film Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>TV5 Monde Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with the </span><strong>F&eacute;d&eacute;ration Africaine des Critiques Cin&eacute;ma\'s Le Prix FACC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Djaad, THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a cleaner named Hajar and her son Jamil, who are forced to move from one village to another to escape rumors about her.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story of misery and survival then unfolds as Hajar fights to protect herself and her son from the criminals who inhabit the city they live in.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was screened at the official competitions at the </span><strong>Tashkent International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Uzbekistan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Brussels Independent Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Belgium</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Amiens International Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also chosen to join the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut Workshop.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film received support from the </span><strong>Takmil Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>JCC, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>CNC&rsquo;s Cinema du Monde Section, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the</span><strong> Region Ile de France Fund.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Lydia Larini, Ahmed Belmoumane, Djemel Barek, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Samir El-Hakim, THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is produced by Alegria Production (Moncef Delici).</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world</span><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anis Djaad was born in Algeria\'s capital and schooled at Bab El-Oued. In 1996, he became acquainted with the world of filmmaking while working as an assistant director on Jamal Lloyd\'s </span><strong>FRANCA YA FRANCA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1997, he had to leave the cinema industry after the dismantling of the national film production company, but he hoped to return one day. The same year, he joined the national newspaper </span><strong>Le Soir from Algeria</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where he worked as a reporter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, his first feature film script </span><strong>AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected and awarded by the European Media Film Program. He then worked for two years in Algeria\'s daily newspaper </span><strong>La Tribune</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> starting in 2007. In the same year, he published his first novel, </span><strong>Parisian Morning</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was published by </span><strong>Le Manuscript</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In 2008, he published his second novel, </span><strong>The Odor of the Violin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, in 2011, his short film</span><strong> THE PORTHOLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the prize for Best Screenplay at the Algerian Film Days Festival. The film went on to win several awards at international festivals the following year.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, in 2013, he took part in the national script competition and won the grand prize with his script </span><strong>BLACK SCREEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in 2014, he directed his second short film </span><strong>RAILWAY CROSSING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which participated in and won several awards in various international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '2082509831'),
(430, '', 'THE EXAM to feature at Royal Film Commission’s Iraqi Film Days', '2023-01-31', 'The-Exam-EngSub.jpg', '<strong>Shawkat Amin Korki</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> THE EXAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to be screened on Wednesday, February the 1st at 7 pm at the Royal Film Commission in Jordan. The screening will be part of a special event called &ldquo;Iraqi Film Days&rdquo; which will take place in the Rainbow Theater First Circle &ndash; Jabal Amman.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The admission-free event will be running from Monday, January the 30th till Wednesday, the 1st of February, 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the critically acclaimed Kurdish drama had been chosen as Iraq\'s official submission for</span><strong> Best International Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2023 Academy Awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Oscars</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, </span><strong>THE EXAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was selected for over 20 international film festivals and was awarded eight prestigious awards; </span><strong>Best Actress </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Feature Fiction Film</strong> <strong>&nbsp;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>London Kurdish Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>UNFA Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best International Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Santa Barbara International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best International Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Victoria Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>FIPRESCI Critics Award Best Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best Screenplay </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Tirana International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Mons International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><strong>Rojin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young Kurdish-Iraqi woman about to take her university entrance exams. </span><strong>Rojin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s unhappily married older sister </span><strong>Shilan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decides to help her little sister pass at any cost, hoping to give her a more emancipated life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all segments of society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a strong addition to the growing number of films about young women in patriarchal societies,&rdquo; said </span><strong>Richard Kuipers </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Variety</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. While </span><strong>Gautaman Bhaskaran </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Arab News </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film as &ldquo;a powerful study in defying male dominance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE EXAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was written by </span><strong>Shawkat Amin Korki </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mohamed Reza Gohari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>M&icirc;tosfilm </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Masti Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the Arab world&rsquo;s distribution. The film stars </span><strong>Avan Jamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Vania Salar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hussein Hassan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Hoshyar Nerwayi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Kurdish filmmaker, Shawkat Amin Korki studied cinema in Iran and gained international recognition in 2006 with the completion of his debut feature film in Iraqi Kurdistan </span><strong>CROSSING THE DUST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korki\'s biggest success to date is his film </span><strong>MEMORIES ON STONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2014), which was chosen as Iraq\'s official entry for the Oscars.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His movies have featured and won awards at several prestigious film festivals around the world, including Karlovy Vary, Busan, Cairo, Edinburgh, Tallinn, Goteborg, Hong Kong, and many others.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also won Best Director at the Cinedays Skopje Festival of European Cinema for his film </span><strong>MEMORIES ON STONE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as Best Kurdish Director at the Duhok International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he was awarded Best Director at the Iraq and Neighbors Film Festival for his award-winning film</span><strong> KICK-OFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and received the Best Director and Critic (Netpak) awards at the Singapore International Film Festival for his film </span><strong>CROSSING THE DUST</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '2075503647');
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(431, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature in Egyptian Shorts Program at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center with 6 films', '2023-02-02', 'eg-shorts-1-poster.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian Shorts Program is set to feature six films at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center (JACC) &mdash; which is also known as the Kuwait Opera House &mdash; on Tuesday, January 31st at 8 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movies are Adel Yehia\'s </span><strong>NADA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Mohamed El-Gohary\'s </span><strong>THE CIRCLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Khaled Mansour\'s </span><strong>BERRIES ISLAND</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ahmed Wafik\'s </span><strong>BAN HOUR,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ramy El-Gabry\'s </span><strong>FROM INSIDE, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayman Abdelhameed\'s </span><strong>ZEINA.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the following link to purchase your tickets now.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://tickets.jacc-kw.com/event/info/egyptian-shorts/344\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://tickets.jacc-kw.com/event/info/egyptian-shorts/344</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JACC Theatre Independent Cinema Project is a comprehensive cinema space that offers a monthly program of independent cinema from around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD Solutions movies:</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>NADA</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by a true story, the movie </span><strong>NADA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows a deaf ballerina named Nada who loves life and has a passion for dancing. Nada never lets her disability get in her way, but it does for the first time when she tries to express her feelings for her colleague Omar &mdash; a blind pianist.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will both disabilities be a barrier to communication, or will they find a way to express their feelings for each other? Their final performance will reveal it all.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and produced by Adel Yehia, who co-wrote the script with Karim Fahmy, </span><strong>NADA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars Amir Salah Eldein and May El-Ghaity. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE CIRCLE</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, edited, and produced by Mohamed El-Gohary, </span><strong>THE CIRCLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> depicts a typical day in the life of a private company employee, suffering from a hostile work environment and the brutality of capitalism, which puts him in a dilemma; should he be as cruel as everyone else or stay the same?&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Farouk Kassem, Gehad Hossam, and Mohamed Mady and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is distributed in the Arab world by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BERRIES ISLAND</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The storyline of the film centers on a mother telling her son before she dies about the souls of the dead that rise and rest with the moon. Feeling severe solitude following her death, the 11-year-old son tries to go and find his mother&rsquo;s soul.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ahmed El-Sharnouby, Sara Derzawy, and Marwan Allam, </span><strong>BERRIES ISLAND </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is directed by Khaled Mansour, who also co-wrote the script with Mohamed El-Hosseiny and Mohamed Mahdy. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the movie\'s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>BAN HOUR</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, two young men and a woman break into their friend\'s house to steal his money. Things spiral out of control when they find themselves stuck at his house due to the mandatory lockdown.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced and directed by Ahmed Wafik, </span><strong>BAN HOUR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written by Karim Srouor and stars Mohamed Ezz, Amr Wahba, Eman Salama, and Magdy El-Bahaty. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the movie\'s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM INSIDE</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a group of curious youngsters who are surprised to find out that an entertainer hides behind his costume.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Ramy El-Gabry, </span><strong>FROM INSIDE </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars Mostafa Hamdy and Habiba Gelel. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ZEINA</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s plot follows Zeina &mdash; an Egyptian farmer who faces a lot of pressure from her husband and his family due to her infertility.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To save her own skin, she resorts to superstitions along with other means to get pregnant.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ZEINA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by Ayman Abdelhameed and stars Hager El-Sharnouby, Mohammed Ali, Islam Said, and Amal Eid. </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is in charge of the film\'s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '251879931'),
(432, '', 'DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN screens in UAE, Palestine, and Egypt', '2023-02-05', 'IMG-20221102-WA0063.jpg', '<a href=\"../directors/1311268076828.php\"><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s four-time-award-winning film</span> <a href=\"../movies/movie1115264.php\"><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have three screenings in February 2023 as part of the film\'s long-standing successful tour around Arab countries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings will begin on Wednesday, February 4th, at the Cairo Film Society in Egypt, followed by the Orthodox Arab College-School in Palestine on Saturday, February 7th, and the UAE\'s Cultural Foundation on Thursday, February 23rd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was commercially featured in Palestine at Al-Kasaba theatre in Ramallah after a successful showing during the ninth edition of Palestine Cinema Days, which lasted from November 1st to November 7th, 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s triumph in the Arab world began with its premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere and won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youssef Cherif Rizkallah&rsquo;s Audience Award. Moreover, it was featured in the </span><strong>Beirut International Women Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it received a special mention, as well as </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the flick competed for the prestigious General Entertainment Authority&rsquo;s Joy Awards&mdash;the largest ceremony to recognize and honor artistic achievements in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had received wide critical acclaim, with Heba Yassin saying, &ldquo;The filmmaker appears to have read and researched psychology to the maximum extent feasible in order to genuinely reflect these women\' inner identities, revealing the flaws of Arab society by exposing the nature of the Arab lady, her pain, and her internal and external conflicts.\" In the meantime, Esraa Al Radaideh, described it as &ldquo;a film that resembles us.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the movie received the Audience Award at four prestigious festivals &ndash; the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, the </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>San Diego</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, it was featured at the 2022 Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tarragona in Spain, </span><strong>Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the </span><strong>US city of San Francisco, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the Arab Film Festival in Zurich.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are co-distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was financed by several funds, including </span><strong>the Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Development Fund, the </span><strong>Jordan Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a fund from </span><strong>the CineGouna Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>El-Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also selected among the finalist projects at the </span><strong>Tribeca Film Festival-All Access Program</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was selected for the </span><strong>RFC Rawi Screenwriters Lab.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Jordanian production house established in 2011 by </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aya Wuhoush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the main objective of creating authentic audio-visual content in Jordan and presenting first-rate artistic work on both regional and international levels.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Saba moved the company\'s headquarters to the UAE and added talent management and entertainment production to its list of services. </span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1749625258'),
(433, '', 'Kazim Fayed’s YUSIF to release limitedly in Jordan', '2023-02-09', 'Yusif.jpg', '<strong>Kazim Fayed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s psychological thriller </span><strong>YUSIF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to be released limitedly in Jordan. The film will be screened on February 4th and 7th at the Rainbow Theater. Additionally, it will be aired on </span><strong>ART Aflam 1</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> channel on Sunday, February 19th at 8 pm Cairo time.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to that, </span><strong>YUSIF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was commercially released in Lebanon last November.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows </span><strong>Yusif, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to defy death itself. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ironically, a crime needs to take place in order to be able to save the life of his younger brother. Surfing between two realities, this psychological thriller delves deep into the dark underworld of arms dealing in Lebanon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>YUSIF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was critically acclaimed with </span><strong>Nahed Salah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stating, &ldquo;Fayed portrayed his feelings of love, fury, and grief, painting it with strong emotions and relying on a specific image that strengthens the story and its style, which mixes fact and fiction.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Mohamed Reda </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said, &ldquo;Kazim Fayad&rsquo;s debut film is exceptional and unique in the Lebanese cinema industry.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>YUSIF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was screened at the </span><strong>Asian World Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>AWFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the US, where it won the </span><strong>Special Jury Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also featured at the </span><strong>Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Egypt, where it garnered the </span><strong>Best First Feature Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it was part of the </span><strong>International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in Switzerland and the </span><strong>Dhaka International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Bangladesh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Kazim Fayad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who also co-wrote the script with</span><strong> Houssein Haidar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Ali Mansour, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Houssein Haidar,</strong><strong> Fayez Kazak, Khitam Al Lahham, Wissam Sabbagh,</strong> <strong>Hassan Farhat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohamad Fouani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Furthermore, it was produced by </span><strong>Blue House Films.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kazim Fayad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Beirut-born Lebanese filmmaker, writer, and producer. He co-wrote </span><strong>YUSIF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with </span><strong>Houssein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after graduating from the school of communication arts and filmmaking and working on several short fiction films. In addition to </span><strong>YUISF, Kazim </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worked on almost 12 short films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developed the film&rsquo;s plot following the death of his best friend. The loss of </span><strong>Kazim\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s friend caused him to suffer from \"DCR\", a condition in which a person&rsquo;s dreams become so vivid that it is impossible to distinguish between reality and dreams.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '48617495'),
(434, '', 'THE BURDENED to hold its world premiere at Berlinale, set a precedent for Yemeni cinema', '2023-02-09', '101 still.jpg', '<strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Yemeni film </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Al Murhaqoon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is set to hold its world premiere at the </span><strong>2023 Berlin International Film Festival&rsquo;s Panorama Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on February 20th at 4 pm at Kino International in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director, producer, and cast.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also set to have a screening for media accreditation on Saturday, February 18th at 6:30 pm at Cubix 2, along with four more screenings for the public during the festival, which is running from February 16th to the 26th:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, February 21st at 10 pm at Cubix 7</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, February 22nd at 4 pm at Cubix 5</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February 23rd at 6:30 pm at Cubix 9</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, February 26th at 4 pm at Cubix 5</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who shares screenwriting credits with </span><strong>Mazen Refaat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Awsam Abdulrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also brings together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the </span><strong>2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it earned the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in the festival\'s industry sidebar, </span><strong>Eastern Promises</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while </span><strong>Films Boutique </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-produced by </span><strong>Mohsen Alkhalifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Alomda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Station Films) &mdash; the filmmaker who helmed the award-winning drama </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was submitted to the </span><strong>Academy Awards\' Best International Feature Film Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Oscars&rsquo; submission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amr Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(b.1983, Poland) is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2003, he received the President&rsquo;s Award for Playwriting. In 2005, </span><strong>Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of the troupe&rsquo;s theater productions since 2005.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His play </span><strong>MA&rsquo;K NAZEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe (Berlin) after its big success in Yemen.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film </span><strong>10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '710689792'),
(435, '', 'Roschdy Zem\'s OUR TIES screens at Tetouan Film Festival', '2023-02-12', '5016143.jpg-r_1920_1080-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Moroccan director </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s drama </span><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hit the jackpot again, as it has been chosen to be the closing picture for the 2023 Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, which will run from March 3rd to the 10th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it competed for the </span><strong>Golden Lion Grand Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World premiere in the 44th Cairo International Film festival\'s International Panorama Section, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was commercially released in French theatres in November 2022.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he now speaks without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the film\'s consecutive series of victories,</span><strong> OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured in several prestigious worldwide festivals, including the Troms&oslash;, La Roche-sur-Yon, Arras, and the Cin&eacute;med international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from worldwide media outlets, with Variety\'s Jessica Kiang saying: \"Our Ties is a heartfelt and beautifully played burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama, but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\" Meanwhile, Screen Daily\'s Lisa Nesselson said that \"Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Roschdy Zem &mdash; who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-wrote the script with Ma&iuml;wenn, a French actress </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also stars in the movie, previously won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for several C&eacute;sar Awards &mdash; </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars a group of award-winning actors, including Sami Bouajila.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes Rachid Bouchareb &mdash; who has received several awards from Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno, as well as a C&eacute;sar Award &mdash; Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Abel Jafri, Lila Fernandez, and Nina Zem.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '20323801'),
(436, '', 'Short film SUHAIL wins Best Short Film Award at Al-Ain Film Festival ', '2023-02-12', '330296615_878768113243757_820266159215520303_n.jpg', '<strong>Khadija Kudsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s short film </span><strong>SUHAIL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Best Short Film</strong> <strong>Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Al-Ain Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Saturday, February 11th. This follows its world premiere at the festival in the</span><strong> Falcon GCC Short Film Competition.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement released after his acceptance of the award, Kudsi said: \"</span><strong>Suhail</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the sweetest and kindest boy I ever met, and his story deserves to be told. This win belongs not only to me but also to my team, who worked extremely hard alongside me to make it happen. Also, thank</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to</span><strong> SUHAIL\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s family for making this film so special. I am so proud and happy. Words cannot express how grateful I am.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s story is set in the beautiful mountains of Fujairah, where a boy named </span><strong>Suhail </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suffers from autism. Through interviews with </span><strong>Suhail</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s family members, teachers, and therapists, the film uncovers more about the young man\'s life and his strengths and weaknesses.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SUAHIL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Suhail Al-Sharqi, Michele Ziolkowski,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdullah Al-Sharqi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is produced by </span><strong>Salma Azam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, edited by </span><strong>Roberto Risto,</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and lensed by </span><strong>Saad Aldin.</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film\'s distribution worldwide.&nbsp;</span>', '1940865787'),
(437, '', 'A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM holds booming world premiere ahead of its poster’s release', '2023-02-16', 'AHIJ_P1_1300.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following </span><strong>Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM\'s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">successful world premiere at the </span><strong>2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam\'s (IFFR) Limelight Section </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on January 30th, the international sales agent </span><strong>Heretic Films </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released the film\'s international poster.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poster depicts the film&rsquo;s heroine, </span><strong>Rebecca,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sinking below the surface of the water, reflecting the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enigmatic journey that she will dive into in an attempt to reveal the mystery around her new home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has received much international praise, with </span><strong>Neil Young </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of </span><strong>Screen Daily </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing the film as &ldquo;a familiar-seeming supernatural story enlivened by a strong political streak.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, </span><strong>Davide Abbatescianni </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Cineuropa </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said &ldquo;the creative duo Muayad and Rami Alayan craft a touching coming-of-age tale exploiting some well-known tropes about loss and trauma but in a fresh, powerful fashion.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After distributing Alayan&rsquo;s previous two features &mdash; </span><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2018) and </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2015) &mdash; </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will also be distributing </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Johnny Harris</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Makran Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Souad Feres</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Miley Locke</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the only Arab project selected for the 36th edition of Cinemart the IFFR Pro\'s Production market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was co-produced by </span><strong>PalCine Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Palestine, </span><strong>Wellington Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the UK, </span><strong>Red Balloon Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Germany (who are also collaborating with </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s </span><strong>YUNAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>Metafora Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Qatar, and Key Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received several development funds from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Netherlands Film Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>British Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>French Consulate General Jerusalem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, it received the </span><strong>Filmmore Postproduction Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>AFAC&rsquo;s Cinema Grant</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Alayan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s directorial debut </span><strong>LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the 2015 Berlinale (Panorama) and was featured at 17 of the world\'s most prestigious festivals.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Alayan&rsquo;s second film to world premiere at Rotterdam, following the success of his sophomore feature </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115144.php\"><strong>THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM</strong></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which starred renowned Palestinian actress Maisa Abd Elhadi and won 2 awards at the 2018 IFFR, including the Special Jury Award and Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award. The film went on to feature at more than 50 festivals around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1514514360'),
(438, '', 'Anis Djaad’s THE LIFE AFTER to feature in Algeria', '2023-02-20', 'lvda-ba-sta-270322.00_22_55_14.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In coordination with the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Arts, Anis Djaad&rsquo;s </span><strong>THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to be screened in Algerian theaters in five major towns starting Wednesday, February 22nd at 6 pm in Annaba &mdash; Algeria\'s harbor city.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flick will then be screened in Constantine &mdash; Algeria\'s eastern city and commercial center &mdash; on February 23rd at 6 pm, followed by a screening in Tizi-Ouzou on the 24th at 6 pm, and Oran on the 25th at 6 pm. The final screening will be held at Sidi Bel Abb&eacute;s on the 26th at 6 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured at the 12th Luxor African Film Festival, which was held earlier in February.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Djaad, THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a cleaner named Hajar and her son Jamil, who are forced to move from one village to another to escape rumors about her.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story of misery and survival then unfolds as Hajar fights to protect herself and her son from the criminals who inhabit the city they live in.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film competed in the official competitions of the </span><strong>Tashkent International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Uzbekistan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Brussels Independent Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Belgium</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Amiens International Film Festival</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also chosen to join the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut Workshop.</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film received support from the </span><strong>AFAC Institution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Takmil Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Lydia Larini, Ahmed Belmoumane, Djemel Barek, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Samir El-Hakim, THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is produced by Alegria Production (Moncef Delici),</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world. </span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '942754941'),
(439, '', 'THE BURDENED sets a precedent for Yemeni cinema with a historic premiere at the Berlinale', '2023-02-22', 'THE-BURDENED-premiere.jpg', '<strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Al Murhaqoon</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) kicked off its international tour with a booming world premiere at the </span><strong>2023 Berlin International Film Festival&rsquo;s (Berlinale) Panorama Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on February 20th in the presence of its cast and crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the </span><strong>Berlinale </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ndash; </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also garnered immediate widespread acclaim, receiving a warm ovation before a lively post-premiere Q&amp;A with the crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film held a screening for media accreditation on Saturday, February 18th, in which international press outlets expressed their admiration for the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have four more screenings for the public during the festival, which is running from February 16th to the 26th:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, February 21st at 10 pm at Cubix 7</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, February 22nd at 4 pm at Cubix 5</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February 23rd at 6:30 pm at Cubix 9</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, February 26th at 4 pm at Cubix 5</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">&nbsp;</li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who shares screenwriting credits with </span><strong>Mazen Refaat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Awsam Abdulrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also brings together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the </span><strong>2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it earned the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in the festival\'s industry sidebar, </span><strong>Eastern Promises</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the platform&rsquo;s jury expressing its admiration for &ldquo;the director&rsquo;s brave approach in tackling sensitive subjects against all odds.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while </span><strong>Films Boutique </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-produced by </span><strong>Mohsen Alkhalifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Alomda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Station Films) &mdash; the filmmaker who helmed the award-winning drama </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was submitted to the </span><strong>Academy Awards\' Best International Feature Film Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Oscars&rsquo; submission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amr Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(b.1983, Poland) is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2003, he received the President&rsquo;s Award for Playwriting. In 2005, </span><strong>Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of the troupe&rsquo;s theater productions since.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His play </span><strong>MA&rsquo;K NAZEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe (Berlin) after its big success in Yemen.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film </span><strong>10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '798780476'),
(440, '', 'THE BURDENED wins Amnesty International Film Award, second place Audience Award in Berlinale’s Panorama Section', '2023-02-26', 'WhatsApp-Image-2023-02-25-at-14.52.jpg', '<strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> added another accolade to its trophy shelf on Saturday, February 25th, winning the Amnesty International Film Award &mdash; which comes with a cash prize of &euro;5,000 &mdash; during the </span><strong>Independent Juries Award Ceremony </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that was held as part of the activities of the </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s crew was present at the ceremony, including the director, who received the award. The </span><strong>Berlinale</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also announced on the same day that </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> placed second in the running for the </span><strong>Panorama Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which </span><strong>Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be honored for in a second ceremony that will be held on February 26th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I am truly humbled by the audience\'s positive reception to the film. </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a labor of love, dedication, and persistence to shed light on one story of many in a country under fire. I\'m glad that the audiences at the Berlinale felt like we did it justice. We certainly did our best,\" commented </span><strong>Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after receiving the award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale &mdash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions to survive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Amr Gamal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who shares screenwriting credits with </span><strong>Mazen Refaat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Awsam Abdulrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also brings together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the </span><strong>2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it earned the </span><strong>Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the festival\'s industry sidebar, </span><strong>Eastern Promises</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the platform\'s jury expressing its admiration for \"the director\'s brave approach in tackling sensitive subjects against all odds.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while </span><strong>Films Boutique </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is managing international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-produced by </span><strong>Mohsen Alkhalifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammed Alomda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Station Films) &mdash; the filmmaker who helmed the award-winning drama </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was submitted to the </span><strong>Academy Awards\' Best International Feature Film Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Oscars\' submission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Amr Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(b.1983, Poland) is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2003, he received the President\'s Award for Playwriting. In 2005, </span><strong>Gamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of the troupe\'s theater productions since.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His play </span><strong>MA\'K NAZEL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe (Berlin) after its big success in Yemen.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film </span><strong>10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '750198246');
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(441, '', 'OUR TIES commercially releases in Cinema Akil in Dubai for a limited time ', '2023-03-20', '5016143.jpg-r_1920_1080-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After screening at the </span><strong>Franco Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to widespread praise</span><strong>, </strong><strong>Roschdy Zem&rsquo;s </strong><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now available to watch</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Dubai&rsquo;s </span><strong>Cinema</strong> <strong>Akil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> till March 26th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>To book your ticket, click on the following link:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://cinemaakil.com/now-showing-booking/999/Our-Ties\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinemaakil.com/now-showing-booking/999/Our-Ties</span></a>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news,</span><strong> MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently released the film&rsquo;s trailer on its social media platforms a few days after releasing its poster.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Check out the trailer here:</strong>\r<br/><a href=\"https://fb.watch/jn_NZBr790/?mibextid=5zvaxg\"><strong>https://fb.watch/jn_NZBr790/?mibextid=5zvaxg</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it competed for the </span><strong>Golden Lion Grand Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World premiere in the 44th Cairo International Film festival\'s International Panorama Section, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was commercially released in French theatres in November 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he begins to speak without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the film\'s consecutive series of achievements,</span><strong> OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured in several prestigious festivals worldwide, including the </span><strong>Troms&oslash;, La Roche-sur-Yon, Arras</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Cin&eacute;med</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received widespread acclaim from worldwide media outlets, with </span><strong>Variety</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s Jessica Kiang saying: \"Our Ties is a heartfelt and beautifully played burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama, but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s Lisa Nesselson said that \"Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; w</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ho co-wrote the script with </span><strong>Ma&iuml;wenn</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a French actress who also stars in the movie, previously won the Jury Prize at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was nominated for s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everal </span><strong>C&eacute;sar Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars a group of award-winning actors, including </span><strong>Sami Bouajila</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes </span><strong>Rachid Bouchareb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; who has received several awards from </span><strong>Cannes, Berlin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Locarno</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as a </span><strong>C&eacute;sar Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Meriem Serbah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Abel Jafri, Lila Fernandez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nina Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '151919871'),
(442, '', 'Maysoon Pachachi’s OUR RIVER…OUR SKY claims Ecumenical Film Award in Germany', '2023-03-20', 'Basim_HAJAR_as_Kama_Nermeen.jpg', '<strong>Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>OUR RIVER...OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>2023 Ecumenical Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at a ceremony that was part of the </span><strong>Church Film Festival in Recklinghausen,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Germany, on March 18th in the presence of the festival&rsquo;s jury.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The London-based Iraqi filmmaker was accompanied by the film\'s lead actress Meriam Abbas and producer Talal Al-Muhanna.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement released after the award was announced, Friederike Melloh &mdash; a pastor and member of the organizers &mdash; said: &ldquo;The focus of the film is humanity against the backdrop of war. Many still manage to stand in solidarity with one another as human beings, despite the divisive pressures of religion and politics. It\'s about the future of women and what kind of future they can give their children. With our award-winning film, we are setting an example.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year&rsquo;s edition of the </span><strong>Church Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in </span><strong>Recklinghausen </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">included 11 feature films, three documentaries, and three short films &mdash; three of which have already received Oscar nominations.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Darina Al-Joundi, Zainab Joda, Amed Hashimi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an ensemble film of intersecting stories that take place in the last week of 2006 &mdash; between Christmas and New Year. It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives amid unpredictable violence.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly before the New Year, following the unexpected news of Saddam Hussein\'s execution, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER&hellip;OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was well-received by audiences and critics alike since its first screening, with </span><strong>Lauren Miles</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from </span><strong>Film Stories</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> writing: &ldquo;Our River&hellip; Our Sky is a deeply affecting snapshot of the violence endured by the Iraqi people in 2006.&rdquo;</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Rob Aldam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in </span><strong>Backseat Mafia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that &ldquo;Our River&hellip; Our Sky is an impressive and humane drama. Maysoon Pachachi&rsquo;s debut feature is warm-hearted, moving, and affords the viewer a glimpse of what it&rsquo;s like to live in constant fear.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was screened at the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and claimed the </span><strong>Debut Film Special Jury Prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Meta Film Festival. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to that, it had its UK premiere during the 30th edition of the </span><strong>Raindance Film Festival.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, after holding its world premiere at the</span><strong> Sarajevo Film Festival, OUR RIVER&hellip; OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured at highly anticipated screenings in the MENA region at the </span><strong>Cairo, Slemani, Amman,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Franco-Arab film festivals.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;', '458303291'),
(443, '', 'MAD Solutions features seven titles at Aflam Film Festival', '2023-03-16', 'mad-7-films.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by seven titles at the 10th edition of the Aflam Film Festival, which will be held in France&rsquo;s oldest city of Marseille from March 17th to the 26th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes six feature-length films and one short &mdash; </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>ALAM, UNDER THE FIG TREES, SOULA, DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS, </strong><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><strong>, and LOVESICK IN THE WESTBANK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD Solutions&rsquo; entries at the Aflam Film Festival:</strong>\r<br/><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming in first in the MAD lineup is </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Amman. The film follows the single and middle-aged </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father&rsquo;s keeper.&nbsp;</span></h4>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wakes up one morning to a shocking discovery with the potential to defame her throughout her neighborhood, she and her three sisters are forced to come together in spite of their vastly disparate lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba</strong> <strong>Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong> <strong>Bsieso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan</strong> <strong>Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam</strong> <strong>Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid</strong> <strong>Tariffi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is expected to screen on Friday, March 17th at 2 pm</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Said Zagha&rsquo;s </span><strong>Love Sick In The West Bank</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will screen on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, March 19th at 10 am.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which features a stellar Arab cast that includes </span><strong>Ali Suliman, Nisreen Faour, Laith Zuaiter</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nabil Koni</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; follows a Palestinian family that hosts a young American tourist after a simple misunderstanding. But as chaos unfolds in their village, it doesn\'t take too long for them to become part of the absurd mayhem that immediately ensues.</span></h4>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in line is Fyzal Boulifa&rsquo;s feature film </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><strong>, which will feature on the same day at 12 pm.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Fatima-Zahra and her adolescent son Selim as they move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she\'s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about his past, Fatima-Zahra vows to seek a fresh start.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arriving in Tangier, they each find new opportunities that promise the legitimacy they crave, but not without threatening their fragile love for one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Abdellah El-Hajjouji, Aicha Tebbae, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Antoine Reinartz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was nominated for the </span><strong>GdA Directors\' Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, </span><strong>Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social drama </span><strong>Under the Fig Trees </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, March 23rd at 2 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> the film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the following day, the festival will be screening </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s</span><strong> ALAM at </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8:30 pm. </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><strong>Tamer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and his friends, who lead typical teenage lives, until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful </span><strong>Maysaa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As he grows closer to her, </span><strong>Tamer </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Firas Khoury, </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s penultimate entry in the Aflam Film Festival, </span><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will feature on Saturday, March 25th at 8 pm. The film follows a single mother cast out by her father, leaving her homeless with her baby. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searching for a safe place to spend the night, the titular Soula finds herself hitchhiking from one car to the next with strangers.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> <strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the creation of this movie. The film stars</span><strong> Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Idir Benaibouche</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and</span><strong> Franck Yvrai, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and was produced by</span><strong> Issaad Film Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s final entry in the festival is</span><strong> Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which follows</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled &mdash; who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian expat. However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Wissam Charaf &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with</span><strong> Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert &mdash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al-Joundi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to be screened on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, March 26th at 8 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1908605198'),
(444, '', 'Four MAD films to screen at the Panorama of Maghreb and Middle Eastern Cinema in France', '2023-03-14', 'Main_photos.jpg', 'Four films from <strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo;</strong> distribution slate &mdash; <strong>NEZOUH </strong>by <strong>Soudade Kaadan; ALAM </strong>by <strong>Firas Khoury; LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong>by <strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand; </strong>and <strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS </strong>by <strong>Wissam Charaf &mdash; </strong>are set to be screened at the 18th<strong> Panorama of Maghreb and Middle Eastern Cinema, </strong>which is running from March 10th to the 21st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Here&rsquo;s a more detailed look at these four MAD films: </strong>\r<br/>First on the roster is<strong> NEZOUH</strong>, which will screen at <strong>Cin&eacute;ma L&rsquo;&eacute;cran, Saint-Denis,</strong> on March 17th at 8 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film takes place against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer <strong>(Nizar Alani) </strong>&mdash; the boy next door.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When the violence escalates, Hala (<strong>Kinda Alloush</strong>) &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (<strong>Samer Al-Masri)</strong>, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Shot in Turkey,<strong> NEZOUH</strong> is written and directed by <strong>Soudade Kaadan. </strong>It\'s produced by <strong>KAF Productions (Soudade Kaadan) </strong>and <strong>Berkeley Media Group (Yu-Fai Suen)</strong> in association with <strong>Ex Nihilo (Marc Bordure).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars<strong> Kinda Alloush</strong><strong>, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, </strong>and<strong> Darina Al-Joundi,</strong> and is lensed by prominent cinematographer <strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is <strong>ALAM, </strong>which will screen at <strong>Cin&eacute;ma L&rsquo;&eacute;cran, Saint-Denis,</strong> on March 18th at 8:30 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong> follows Tamer and his friends, who lead typical teenage lives until one day, Tamer is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, he agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by <strong>Firas Khoury</strong> and stars&nbsp; <strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong>and <strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Third in the line-up is <strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS</strong>, which is expected to screen at <strong>Cin&eacute;ma L&rsquo;&eacute;cran, Saint-Denis,</strong> on March 19th at 6:30 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is a social drama with fantastical elements that follows Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled &mdash; who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian expat. However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by <strong>Wissam Charaf &mdash; </strong>who co-wrote it with<strong> Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert &mdash;</strong> the film stars <strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay, </strong>and <strong>Darina Al-Joundi.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Finally, LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong> will be screening at <strong>the Arab World Institute in Paris,</strong> on March 21st at 08:00 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong>is set in the mid-1990s in a small town in the north of Morocco, where Fouad is the only local post office employee. When he is stricken with a neurological disease, his life changes, and a new life begins for Fouad, his wife, and their children.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad is slowly dying, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, the wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by <strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand, </strong>&nbsp;produced by <strong>Kasbah Films </strong>(<strong>Karim Debbagh</strong>), the film stars<strong> Samir Guesmi,</strong> <strong>Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El Alami, </strong>and<strong> Jalal Quarrioua. </strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '689035844'),
(445, '', 'ALAM nabs Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival’s Best Debut Feature Film Award ', '2023-03-11', '2Q6tyythghgA0744.jpg', '<strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took home the </span><strong>Best Debut Feature Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which concluded its 28th edition on March 10th &mdash; raising its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tally of international awards to seven.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab world premiered at the </span><strong>2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, succeeding with flying colors and taking home three awards at the festival&rsquo;s closing, those being the </span><strong>Golden Pyramid Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Palestinian actor </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie then held its world premiere at the </span><strong>47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and featured at the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, it won the </span><strong>Young Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Best Asian Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>27th International Film Festival of Kerala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the director </span><strong>Firas Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also received the </span><strong>Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also featured in the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category of the </span><strong>2022 edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film garnered </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worldwide acclaim, with </span><strong>Variety</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Alissa Simon</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">saying: \"</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khoury&rsquo;s convincing and engaging screenplay perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado, along with a certain cluelessness about how the real world works</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><strong>Fionnuala Halligan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described it as</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \"a coming-of-age drama which hews to the conventions, </span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alam </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nonetheless offers a fresh perspective.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is co-distributed by </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the flick received a grant from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a $20,000 script development grant from the </span><strong>Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was also chosen to participate in the </span><strong>Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2017 edition of the Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also featured at the </span><strong>2019 Venice GAP-Financing Market </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and received a $10,000 grant from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the </span><strong>CIFF\'s Co-Production Market </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; and was featured at the </span><strong>Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded back in 1986, the </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Morocco</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aims to promote and highlight the great talents and films coming from Mediterranean countries. The festival holds several competitions for feature, short, and documentary films.</span>', '1637179349'),
(446, '', 'Erige Sehiri\'s UNDER THE FIG TREES claims two awards at FESCAPO', '2023-03-06', 'uyuyuuyj.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisian film </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nabbed </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on March 4th the 2023</span> <strong>Best Actor </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (</strong><strong>FESPACO),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was held from February 28th till March 4th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">got the </span><strong>EcoProd Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2022 Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Silver Tanit Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2022 Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Grand prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Festival International du Film Francophone de T&uuml;bingen-Stuttgart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and has also been announced as Tunisia\'s official submission in the </span><strong>2023 Oscars </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best International Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by </span><strong>Lovia Gyarkye </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Hollywood Reporter, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who said that \"</span><strong>Under the Fig Trees</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a pleasurable and immersive experience that offers an elegant, understated tapestry of complex interactions.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Amber Wilkinson </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Screen Daily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that the film is \"likely to travel further thanks to its engaging depiction of summer flirtations and a gentle exploration of sisterhood against a patriarchal backdrop.\"</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, </span><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as the film\'s DOP and its music was composed by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the film &mdash; which is a joint production between Tunisia (</span><strong>Henia Production Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Switzerland (</span><strong>Akka Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and France (</span><strong>Maneki Films Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &mdash; is distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox Company</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in the Arab World by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Tunisian-French director and producer. After a brief stint of working as a journalist, she started her filmmaking career by directing a number of documentaries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her groundbreaking feature documentary </span><strong>RAILWAY MEN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which tackled the daily struggle of railway workers against the failures of the national railways, screened for six consecutive weeks in Tunisian theaters.</span>', '1443514160'),
(447, '', 'Roschdy Zem\'s OUR TIES screens at Tetouan Film Festival', '2023-02-15', 'OUR-TIES---International-Poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French Moroccan director </span><strong>Roschdy Zem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s drama </span><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hit the jackpot again, as it has been chosen to be the closing picture for the 2023 Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, which will run from March 3rd to the 10th.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it competed for the </span><strong>Golden Lion Grand Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World premiere in the 44th Cairo International Film festival\'s International Panorama Section, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was commercially released in French theatres in November 2022.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he now speaks without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the film\'s consecutive series of victories,</span><strong> OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured in several prestigious worldwide festivals, including the Troms&oslash;, La Roche-sur-Yon, Arras, and the Cin&eacute;med international film festivals.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received wide acclaim from worldwide media outlets, with Variety\'s Jessica Kiang saying: \"Our Ties is a heartfelt and beautifully played burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama, but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\" Meanwhile, Screen Daily\'s Lisa Nesselson said that \"Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.\"&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Roschdy Zem &mdash; who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-wrote the script with Ma&iuml;wenn, a French actress </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who also stars in the movie, previously won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for several C&eacute;sar Awards &mdash; </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars a group of award-winning actors, including Sami Bouajila.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes Rachid Bouchareb &mdash; who has received several awards from Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno, as well as a C&eacute;sar Award &mdash; Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Abel Jafri, Lila Fernandez, and Nina Zem.</span>', '721098973'),
(448, '', 'Salah Issaad\'s SOULA nabs Fespaco\'s Best Film Award', '2023-03-06', 'NFtrEKZ7.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algerian director Salah Issaad added another trophy to his shelf</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after he nabbed on March 4th the 2023 </span><strong>Best Film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (</strong><strong>FESPACO)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for his debut feature film </span><strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, raising its tally of international awards to 13.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was featured in the </span><strong>FESPACO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Perspectives Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among 10 other nominees.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 28th edition of the </span><strong>FESPACO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; Africa\'s biggest film festival &mdash; was held from February 25th to March 4th under the theme \'African Cinema and Culture of Peace,\' with 170 films vying for the festival\'s various awards in different categories.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Soula Bahri, Idir Benaibouche, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Franck Yvrai, SOULA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a single mother cast out by her father, leaving her homeless with her baby. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searching for a safe place to spend the night, Soula finds herself hitchhiking from one car to the next with strangers. After a night of unfortunate events on Algerian roads, Soula tries her best to change her fate. However, fate has other plans.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by </span><strong>Issaad,</strong> <strong>SOULA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also co-written by </span><strong>Soula Bahri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose life story inspired the making of the film and who was cast in the lead role.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won several accolades including the </span><strong>Black Iris Award for Best Arab Feature-Length Narrative </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the third edition of the </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Golden Award for Best Feature Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>a special mention for Soula Bahri at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva, the Best Feature Film and Best Actress awards at the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Best Film at the Beirut International Women Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Film at the African Asian Latin American Film Festival in Milan.</strong>', '1392166840');
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(449, '', 'MAD Solutions to participate in San Diego Arab Film Festival with 5 titles competing for the Audience Award', '2023-03-02', 'hamza_3243456.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' distribution slate will be represented by five titles in the 2023 </span><strong>San Diego Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be held from March 3rd to the 12th &mdash; four feature films and one short, all of which will be competing for the festival\'s </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in MAD Solutions\' lineup is Firas Khoury\'s six-time-award-winning fiery drama </span><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which won the 2022 </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> top accolade &mdash; the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film &mdash; along with the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Khoury\'s</span><strong> ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be featured on Friday, March 3rd at 7:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is</span><strong> Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s Baghdad-set drama </span><strong>OUR RIVER...OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which gained critical acclaim following its Arab world premiere at the 43rd </span><strong>CIFF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER...OUR SKY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to be screened on Friday, March 10th at 7:30 pm</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR RIVER...OUR SKY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be followed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s Tunisian summer-harvest drama </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which held its world premiere at the 2022 </span><strong>Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to be screened on Saturday, March 11th at 6 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding off </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' features at the </span><strong>San Diego Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s award-winning feature film </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The multi-award-winning film will be screened on Sunday, March 12th at 5:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the company will be featuring </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s short flick, </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on Friday, March 3rd at 7:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To purchase tickets, visit the following website: </span><a href=\"https://sandiegoaff.org/\"><strong>https://sandiegoaff.org/</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Learn more about MAD&rsquo;s films at the San Diego Film Festival:</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About ALAM:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Firas Khoury, </span><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About OUR RIVER...OUR SKY:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Darina Al-Joundi, Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and renowned Iraqi actor </span><strong>Mahmoud Abo Al-Abbas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Our River...Our Sky</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set in the last week of 2006, between two religious events Christmas and the Adha Eid, against a backdrop of ethnic bloodshed. It follows the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to manage their daily lives in Baghdad in the face of unpredictable violent events that place them in danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written by </span><strong>Maysoon Pachachi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Irada Al-Jubori</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About UNDER THE FIG TREES:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day among the trees, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a joint production between Tunisia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Henia Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Switzerland&rsquo;s </span><strong>Akka Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and France&rsquo;s </span><strong>Maneki Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the DOP and the film&rsquo;s music is by </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is being distributed globally by </span><strong>Luxbox, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling its distribution and marketing in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About LIFE SUITS ME WELL:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi, Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El-Alami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jalal Quarrioua </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; takes place in the mid-1990s.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Fouad who is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad slowly succumbs to his disease, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Ward Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and written by </span><strong>Majd Kayyal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Kamel Al-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khulood Basel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Hamza, a middle-aged man, who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail, he goes into the woods every day to chase the lion that the locals don\'t think exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sets his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat. He finds refuge in his journey after each battle.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '565086906'),
(450, '', 'Egyptian film RAT HOLE to world premiere at Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival', '2023-03-08', 'Rat_hole_4444.00_30_00_04.Still049.jpg', '<strong>RAT HOLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a film that exposes the dark secrets of some Egyptian non-governmental organizations &mdash; will be holding its world premiere at Cinema Tulip on March 9th at 6 pm during the activities of the seventh</span><strong> Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will run from March 5th to the 10th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was made by </span><strong>Mohamed El-Samman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the winner of the Best Script of 2022 at the </span><strong>Sawiris Cultural Award &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and will be competing in the festival\'s </span><strong>Official Competition.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a fresh take on a story that has never been told in a movie before, the film follows a female telemarketer for a non-profit organization who tries to convince people to make financial contributions. In order to assist her family, she is forced to violate her principles and act in a manner that exposes the seedy underbelly of the NGO in which she is employed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>RAT HOLE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is written, produced, and directed by</span><strong> Mohamed El Samman,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will compete in the </span><strong>Egyptian Feature Film Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the festival. The film stars </span><strong>Rana Khattab, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who worked as a radio presenter on Nogoum FM and appeared in a number of works, including the play </span><strong>RAYA AND SEKINA\'S GRANDCHILDREN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the TV series </span><strong>MULTIFACETED (100 WESH), WRESTLING PINFALL (lAMS AKTAF), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>SARAYA ABDEEN.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes </span><strong>Mohamed Yorka</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Kamal El-Asnawy</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Hanan Helmy. MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also managing the film\'s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>El-Samman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a member of the Egyptian</span><strong> Cinema Syndicate\'s Directing Department.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He released two novels &mdash; </span><strong>UNEXPECTED MR. Right (Aris El Ghafla) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2019 and </span><strong>Remonda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2021.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His script, </span><strong>Earthmen (Ardeyoon),</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was given a </span><strong>Sawiris Cultural Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development for being the best script of 2022</span><strong>.</strong>', '1693237632'),
(451, '', 'Five MAD films to screen at the 4th Maghreb Film Festival ', '2023-03-05', 'MOEZ_ProRes.jpg', '<strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong>&rsquo; films continue to screen at local and international film festivals, with three films from its distribution slate set to be screened at the fourth edition of the <strong>Maghreb Film Festival, </strong>which will take place in Haarlem, Holland, between March 9th and 12th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>These films are the short film <strong>FATUM</strong> along with the feature films <strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL </strong>by <strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi,</strong> <strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong>by<strong> Karim Berrhouma, SOULA </strong>by <strong>Salah Issaad,</strong> and <strong>HALIM EL RAAD </strong>by <strong>Mohamed Benabdallah.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Here&rsquo;s a more detailed look into these three MAD films:</strong>\r<br/><u>FATUM (Competition) </u>\r<br/>The film follows <strong>Nejib</strong> &mdash; a Tunisian painter in his 30s who spends most of his time painting in his studio. After coming back home following several days of absence, he finds a surprise awaiting him.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written, directed, and stars <strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong>, and co-stars <strong>Zohra Chtioui </strong>and<strong> Moncef Agegmi</strong>. <strong>Fatum</strong> is co-produced by<strong> Zenith Production </strong>(<strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong>) and <strong>SVP </strong>(<strong>Omar Ben Ali</strong>) and is being distributed and marketed by<strong> MAD Solutions</strong>.\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><u>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL (Competition) </u>\r<br/>Moez is a 25-year-old young man who lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunis. Moez, who is delusional, is arrested and taken to the police station, where he meets Hassen &mdash; a radical Islamist coming from France who will turn his life upside down.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL</strong> is <strong>Mohamed Ali Nahdi</strong>&rsquo;s first feature film that he co-wrote with <strong>Slim Ben Ismail</strong>. The film stars <strong>Seif Mannai</strong>, <strong>Akrem Sakkouhi Mag</strong>, <strong>Lamine Nahdi, </strong>and <strong>Leila Chebbi</strong>. It is also produced by <strong>Zenith Production</strong> and distributed in the Arab World by <strong>MAD Solutions</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><u>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE (Official Selection) </u>\r<br/>The film follows the story of Tunisia\'s most infamous serial killer &mdash; the man behind the murder of 13 children in the 1980s and the last convict to be executed in the country.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE </strong>was written and directed by <strong>Karim Berrhouma.</strong> Produced by <strong>Mejdi Housseini</strong>, <strong>Sameh Smaoui, </strong>and <strong>Nabil Chaouech</strong>\'s<strong> RED DOG FX</strong>, the film stars <strong>Ahmed Landolsi</strong>, <strong>Hedi Mejri</strong>, <strong>Bilel Slatnia</strong>, <strong>Maysa Sassi</strong>, <strong>Fathi Akkeri</strong>, <strong>Moncef Ajengui</strong>, <strong>Imen Mannai</strong>, <strong>Fakher Wahchi</strong>, <strong>Moez Baatour</strong>, and <strong>Neji Marouani</strong>. <strong>MAD Solutions </strong>is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><u>SOULA</u>\r<br/><strong>SOULA </strong>is the story of a single mother expelled by her father, leaving her homeless with her baby. Searching for a safe place to spend the night, Soula finds herself hitchhiking from one car to the next with strangers. After a night of unfortunate events on Algerian roads, Soula tries her best to change her fate. However, fate has other plans.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and produced by <strong>Salah Issaad, SOULA</strong> is co-written by <strong>Soula Bahri</strong>, whose life story inspired the director to turn it into a film and cast Soula in the lead role.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars<strong>&nbsp;Soula Bahri</strong>,<strong>&nbsp;Idir Benaibouche</strong>, and<strong>&nbsp;Franck Yvrai. Issaad Film Productions &mdash; </strong>&nbsp;the three brothers <strong>Taqi Eldin, Abdelghafour, </strong>and<strong> Salah Issaad &mdash;</strong> produced the film, while<strong> MAD Solutions</strong> manages its marketing and distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><u>HALIM EL RAAD</u>\r<br/>A young man with intellectual disabilities named Halim lives with his single mother, who has a hard time providing for him.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HALIM EL RAAD</strong> is written and directed by <strong>Mohamed Benabdallah </strong>and stars<strong> Anas Tnah </strong>and<strong> Dalila Nawar. MAD Solutions</strong> manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1127538075'),
(452, '', 'FROM MEIR, TO MEIR holds full-house screening at Opera Cinema Club', '2023-03-02', '19_2022-638000575436820057-682.jpg', '<strong>Maggie Morgan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary film </span><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a booming full-house screening at the </span><strong>Opera Cinema Club</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday, February 28th, that was followed by an engaging Q&amp;A session with the film&rsquo;s director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie received much praise from the audience and critics in attendance, adding to all the critical acclaim it has received since its release. In a post on his Facebook page, Egyptian film director </span><strong>Yousry Nasrallah </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lauded the film saying: \"</span><strong>Maggie Morgan\'s FROM MIER, TO MIER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is such a wonderful film! It\'s difficult to describe a country\'s pain and resilience in such pleasantness and beauty, but </span><strong>Maggie </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did it.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously won the </span><strong>NUT Award for Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women\'s Work</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>fifth Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the</span><strong> Jury Award for Best Documentary Film Over 15 Minutes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at </span><strong>The National Egyptian Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Upper Egypt in the village of Meir, Egyptian filmmaker Morgan interviews various villagers over the course of twelve years.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During these interviews, she discovers the world\'s beauty and complexities, which her grandmother is completely fascinated by.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a further note, </span><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now available for streaming on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Morgan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed and wrote </span><strong>FROM MEIR, TO MEIR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was shot by </span><strong>Zaki Aref </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Shady Fikry </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and edited by </span><strong>Bassem Labib</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also stars </span><strong>Nasser Loza</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Shahira Loza</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Romany Abdeltawab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Samir El-Qommos </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by </span><strong>The Pianola. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Morgan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was born in Alexandria and attended the American University in Cairo (AUC), where she now teaches film studies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002, she directed her first documentary, </span><strong>THE PICTURE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Then, her medium-length feature </span><strong>FROM WITHIN: HER STORIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was shown at a number of film festivals, and her documentary </span><strong>EGYPT IN</strong> <strong>MAIR\'S EYES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aired on MBC\'s Al-Arabiya Channel in 2009.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2012, </span><strong>Morgan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made her feature-length directorial debut with </span><strong>ASHAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which also served as her first screenwriting experience.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to win awards for </span><strong>Best Director </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Editor</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Sweden in 2013, as well as a </span><strong>Special Jury Mention</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival International des Films D\'Orient</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Geneva.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1928298806'),
(454, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires Omar Mouallem’s THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA ahead of its premiere at Hot Docs Festival', '2023-03-29', 'maskwacis_BB_-_Terry_Abilmona.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently acquired the worldwide sales and distribution rights to </span><strong>Omar Mouallem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary </span><strong>THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ahead of the film kicking off its festival run at the </span><strong>Hot Docs Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be running from</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 27th to May 7th</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Canada.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deal was brokered by Brigitte Hubmann and Jennifer Price of Film Associates International on behalf of the production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hot Docs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary filmmaking and creating production opportunities for filmmakers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was partially adapted from </span><strong>Will the Real Burger Baron Please Stand Up?</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; Omar Mouallem&rsquo;s quirky 2013 investigation into the chain\'s mysterious origins, which went viral and won one of Alberta&rsquo;s top journalism awards. He then wrote a follow-up for VICE in 2021 during the production of this film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a crowd-funded feature documentary about Burger Baron &mdash; a rogue fast-food chain with mysterious origins, a cult following, and a secret pathway to the immigrant dream.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written and directed by</span><strong> Omar Mouallem, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-produced by </span><strong>Dylan Rhys Howard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><strong>Back Road Productions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), lensed by </span><strong>Moh Mahfouz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and edited by </span><strong>Sarah Taylor</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Omar Mouallem</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a multimedia journalist known for intertwining human interest stories with world history and broader social issues. His first film </span><strong>DIGGING INTO THE DIRT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; which was co-directed and co-produced with </span><strong>Dylan Rhys Howard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; was a raw look at the psychological toll of oil sector work that was based on his award-winning reporting at BuzzFeed. It premiered on CBC Gem and was nominated for several Alberta TV &amp; Film Awards, including Best Director and Production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His recent short film </span><strong>THE LAST BARON </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">earned him recognition as a &ldquo;producer to watch&rdquo; from the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards and was hailed as &ldquo;one of the best Canadian food documentaries&rdquo; by enRoute magazine.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Mouallem </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has also worked as a research consultant on several unscripted productions, taught creative nonfiction in universities, and authored two bestselling books, including </span><strong>Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was named one of </span><strong>The Globe and Mail&rsquo;s Top 100 Books of 2021</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '777964395'),
(455, '', 'Four MAD films to screen at the Cinemas Du Sud Festival', '2023-04-02', 'pooJdrvQ4mo9jKEtuzJiVolCC9h.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four films from </span><strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> distribution slate &mdash; </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand, </strong><strong>THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Anis Djaad,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Zaid Abu Hamdan </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; are set to be screened at the 28th </span><strong>Cinemas Du Sud Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the</span><strong> Institut Lumi&egrave;re</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lyon, which is running from April 5th to the 8th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The four directors of the </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> films will be in attendance during the screenings, which will be held at the</span><strong> Institut Lumi&egrave;re</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Lyon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Here&rsquo;s a more detailed look at these four MAD films:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First on the roster is ALAM by Firas Khoury, which will screen on April 6th at 6:15 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; starring </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will screen on April 7th at 9:00 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Al-Hadi Ulad-Mohand</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and produced by </span><strong>Kasbah Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><strong>Karim Debbagh</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), </span><strong>LIFE SUITS ME WELL</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which stars </span><strong>Samir Guesmi, Lubna Azabal, Sayyid El-Alami</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Jalal Quarrioua </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; takes place in the mid-1990s.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Fouad who is the only employee at the local post office in a small town in northern Morocco. After he is diagnosed with a neurological disease, Fouad, his wife, and their children embark on a new chapter in their lives.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this new era, their home will be filled with love, sorrow, and memories. While Fouad slowly succumbs to his disease, his family members rediscover themselves. As time goes by, wounds begin to surface, but the desire to live is inextinguishable.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the lineup is </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will screen on April 7th at 3:30 pm.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, </span><strong>THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Anis Djaad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will screen on April 8th at 2:30 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Djaad, THE LIFE AFTER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of a cleaner named Hajar and her son Jamil, who are forced to move from one village to another to escape rumors about her.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A story of misery and survival then unfolds as Hajar fights to protect herself and her son from the criminals who inhabit the city they live in.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Lydia Larini, Ahmed Belmoumane, Djemel Barek, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Samir El-Hakim, THE LIFE AFTER </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is produced by</span><strong> Alegria Production (Moncef Delici).&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1174191288'),
(456, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 6 films at Arabisk Film Festival', '2023-04-05', 'PHOTO-UHAD334-3.jpg', '<strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to screen six films from its distribution slate at the </span><strong>Arabisk Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Norway, which will be running from April 20th to the 23rd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes four feature films &mdash; </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Erige Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Leyla Bouzid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; and the documentaries </span><strong>FROM MEIR TO MEIR </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Maggie Morgan </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>GAZA SURF CLUB </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Philip Gnadt </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Mickey Yamine</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in the lineup is</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The four-time Audience Award winner will be the festival\'s opening film, screening twice at Cinemateket, USF Verftet &mdash; once on Thursday, April 20th at 6 pm and the other on Friday, April 21st at 7 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of four estranged and offbeat sisters forced to come together to find their suddenly missing father years after escaping a dictated life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tunisia\'s official submission at the </span><strong>2023 Oscars for Best International Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film will be screened on Friday, April 21st at 8:30 pm at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFK: Tivolisalen, Det Akademiske Kvarter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day,</span><strong> UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the lineup is</span><strong> ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which world premiered at the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Arab world premiered at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nabbing three awards &mdash; the </span><strong>Youssef Cherif Rizkallah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a </span><strong>Golden Pyramid</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Mahmoud Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened on Sunday, April 23rd at 7 pm at the Cinemateket, USF Verftet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer, a Palestinian teen who lives the life of a typical high school student. When Tamer meets the beautiful Maysaa\' one day, he agrees to join her in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed \'ALAM.\'</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth is </span><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which world premiered at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival\'s International Critics\' Week</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at over 20 film festivals, including the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened twice at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinemateket, USF Verftet </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Saturday, April 22nd at 7 pm</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and on Sunday, April 23rd at 5 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahmed, a French teenager of Algerian origin who meets Farah &mdash; a young Tunisian girl &mdash; and falls head over heels in love with her. While discovering a collection of sensual and erotic Arab literature, Ahmed tries to resist his desire for Farah.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is currently available for streaming on Netflix.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions\' </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">penultimate entry in the</span><strong> Arabisk Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is</span><strong> FROM MEIR TO MEIR, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which won the </span><strong>NUT Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Egyptian Film Supporting Women\'s Work </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>fifth Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best Documentary Film Over 15 Minutes </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>The National Egyptian Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened twice on Friday, April 21st at noon at BFK: Tivolisalen, Det Akademiske Kvarter, and once more at the same time on Saturday, April 22nd at Cinemateket, USF Verftet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Upper Egypt in the village of Meir, Egyptian filmmaker Morgan interviews various villagers over the course of twelve years. During these interviews, she discovers the world\'s beauty and complexities, which her grandmother is entirely fascinated by.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>FROM MEIR TO MEIR</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also currently available for streaming on Netflix.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the last entry in the lineup is </span><strong>GAZA SURF CLUB </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; a documentary that</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the </span><strong>Toronto International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at over 18 acclaimed festivals, including the </span><strong>Carthage Film Festival (JCC)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened on Friday, April 21st at 4 pm at BFK: Tivolisalen, Det Akademiske Kvarter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapped in \"the world\'s largest open-air prison\" and ruled by war, a new generation is drawn to the beaches. Sick of occupation and political gridlock, they find their freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean. They are the surfers of Gaza.</span>', '112886807'),
(457, '', 'Marie Surae’s I AM NOT LAKIT to screen at Hollywood Arab Film Festival', '2023-04-09', 'I-Am-Not-Lakit---screener-en.jpg', '<strong>Marie Surae</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s documentary </span><strong>I&rsquo;M NOT LAKIT </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will screen</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on April 27th at 11:30 am as part of the </span><strong>Official Competition for the Documentary Feature Films Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the second edition of the </span><strong>Hollywood Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will run from April 26th to the 29th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening will be held at Universal AMC Cinema at Citywalk Hollywood Theater 13.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Saleh &mdash; an abandoned child with no access to basic human rights &mdash; who wanders the streets of Lebanon in search of evidence of his existence.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> I AM NOT LAKIT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered at the </span><strong>Beirut International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and screened at a number of local and international film festivals like the </span><strong>Lebanese Film Festival, </strong><strong>Radiant Angel International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Golden Apricot International Film Festival in Armenia. </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also received support from </span><strong>FEST - New Directors</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Maria Surae</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a film director, screenwriter, and producer with over 16 years of experience. She is the CEO of </span><strong>Scoop Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a graduate of </span><strong>Moscow State University\'s Faculty of Journalism</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her filmography includes over 100 award-winning documentaries that have won awards at prestigious international film festivals, including </span><strong>THE LAST ONE, SONUNCU, MUHAMAD, FLEEING THE WAR, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> VILLAGE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The seasoned filmmaker also released her debut feature film </span><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2021.</span>', '1068396355');
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(458, '', 'Bassel Ghandour’s THE ALLEYS is one of The New York Times’ picks for April', '2023-04-12', 'THE-ALLEYS.jpg', '<strong>The New York Times</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> newspaper chose </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s thriller feature </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; along with four other films &mdash; as one of this month\'s Five International Movies to Stream Now in an article published on April 7th. </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is currently streaming on </span><strong>Netflix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A crime caper set in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells the story of a blackmailing voyeur who sets off a series of unintended events, causing the lives of residents to collide and spiral into chaos.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>The New York Times </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film saying, &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somewhere between a mafia movie and a comedy of errors, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">turns all its characters into casualties of chance; every twist in this movie is unpredictable because every character is both morally dubious and somewhat idiotic.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was acclaimed by several critics and websites, with </span><strong>Screendaily</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as having &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence and style&rdquo;, adding that &ldquo;none of these characters fade into the background; each has autonomy and presence in their own story.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>The Guardian </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">praised the film, dubbing it a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Gritty and watchable Jordanian drama of crisscrossing lives.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received the </span><strong>Audience Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a special mention from the </span><strong>Malmo Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden in addition to the </span><strong>Grand Prix du Jury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Festival du Premier Film d&rsquo;Annonay in France</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also nominated for four awards at the </span><strong>Critics&rsquo; Awards for Arab Films,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are presented by the </span><strong>Arab Cinema Center </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the sidelines of the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festiva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore,</span><strong> THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> participated in dozens of international festivals, most notably the </span><strong>BFI London Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>International Film Festival Rotterdam,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and had its world premiere at the </span><strong>Locarno Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a project, </span><strong>THE ALLEYS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the </span><strong>Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Eastern Promises </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">filmmaking program at </span><strong>Karlovy Vary International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Czech Republic. It also received two awards from </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection for feature films</strong> <strong>in the post-production phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s 2020 edition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, It</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was supported by </span><strong>the Jordanian Film Support Fund by The Royal Jordanian Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Qatar</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Red</strong> <strong>Sea Film Festival Lodge for Film Development </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Saudi Arabia.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the project received the support of the </span><strong>EAVE Producers&rsquo; Workshop,</strong> <strong>Rawi Screenwriters Lab,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the </span><strong>Dubai Film Juncture, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Sorfend Film Promotion Forum of the Norway Fund to Support Southern Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ALLEYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Bassel Ghandour</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who had previously </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-written and produced </span><strong>Theeb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ndash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nominee for </span><strong>Best Foreign Language Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2016</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at both the </span><strong>Academy Awards</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the </span><strong>BAFTAs</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which went on to win the </span><strong>BAFTA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Outstanding Debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Emad Azmi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Baraka Rahmani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Munther Rayahnah</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Maisa Abd Elhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Nadira Omran,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nadim Remawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was produced by </span><strong>Bayt Al Shawareb (Yousef Abd AlNabi)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz el Akkad)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as co-producer, while </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is responsible for distribution in the Arab world, with </span><strong>Elle Driver </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handling international sales.</span>', '1400999769'),
(459, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 4 films at Poland’s Eurasia International Film Festival', '2023-04-13', 'NZ01Nezouh-LTD---BFI---Film4.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four features from </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\' distribution slate will be showcased at the first edition of Poland&rsquo;s </span><strong>Eurasia International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be running from April 13th to the 23rd &mdash; </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN; DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS;</strong> <strong>NEZOUH </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming in first in the </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lineup is </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is scheduled to feature in the festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Panorama Section</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Amman. The film follows the single and middle-aged </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father&rsquo;s keeper.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When </span><strong>Zainab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wakes up one morning to a shocking discovery with the potential to defame her throughout her neighborhood, she and her three sisters are forced to come together in spite of their vastly disparate lives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba</strong> <strong>Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah</strong> <strong>Bsieso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan</strong> <strong>Hillo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam</strong> <strong>Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid</strong> <strong>Tariffi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is expected to have two screenings &mdash; the first at 8 pm on April, 15th at </span><strong>Kino Atlantic</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the director</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in attendance, and the second at 1 pm on April 16th at Kino Luna.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is </span><strong>Wissam Charaf</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s award-winning-film</span> <strong>DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which follows</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled &mdash; who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian expat. However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Wissam Charaf &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote it with</span><strong> Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert &mdash;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the film stars </span><strong>Clara Couturet, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Darina Al-Joundi.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will have two screenings &mdash; one at 11 am on April 16th at Kino Luna, and the second at 7 pm on April 22nd at Kino Atlantic.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the lineup is </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>NEZOUH,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes place against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer </span><strong>(Nizar Alani) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the boy next door.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala (</span><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (</span><strong>Samer Al-Masri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars</span><strong> Kinda Alloush, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also be screened twice &mdash; once on April 16th at Kino Luna at 4 pm and the second on April 20th at Kino Atlantic at 6 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is Shawkat Amin Korki&rsquo;s critically acclaimed drama </span><strong>THE EXAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which follows Rojin, a young Kurdish-Iraqi woman who is set to take the university\'s admission exam, while Rojin\'s unhappily married elder sister Shilan decides to assist her to pass at any cost in order to provide her a more emancipated life. Thus, the sisters inevitably become entangled in a huge network of corruption that connects all parts of society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seven-time-award-winning film stars Avan Jamal, Vania Salar, Hussein Hassan, and Hoshyar Nerwayi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE EXAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have two screenings: one on April 19th at Kino Luna at 8 pm and one on April 20th at Kino Atlantic at 8 pm.</span>', '570486247'),
(460, '', 'ROLL\'EM to screen in Saudi Arabia’s Hayy Cinema ', '2023-04-13', 'Rollem_Sub_HD444_25_TV.00_04_21_04.jpg', '<strong>Abdulelah Alqurashi\'s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi film </span><strong>ROLL&rsquo;EM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be screening at </span><strong>Hayy Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 13th, 14th, and 15th at 11 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Hayy Cinema</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a meeting point to watch, learn, and discuss cinema. It includes a theater, community screening room, multimedia library, and an educational exhibition space.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROLL&rsquo;EM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows filmmaker Omar Nizar in his early 30s as he tries to make a film about Jeddah. However, he doesn\'t fully understand the significance of the city to him or the challenges of filming in the kingdom until he meets 70-year-old DOP Farid Lotfy, who has abandoned his passion for cinematography.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ROLL&rsquo;EM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was the first Saudi film to be commercially screened in Saudi theaters after the ban on public theaters was lifted in 2017. It also won the </span><strong>Best Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the </span><strong>Gulf Falcon Competition</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Al Ain Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the UAE and screened at prestigious film festivals like the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Sikka Art and Design Festival.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Alqurashi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Yaser Hammad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features a Saudi cast and crew, including </span><strong>Khaled Yeslam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Shaher Al-Qurashi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Sarah Taibah, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Fatima Al-Banawi. MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">handles the film&rsquo;s marketing and distribution across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Jeddah, </span><strong>Alqurashi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a director and producer who moved to Los Angeles to obtain a master\'s degree in filmmaking. In addition to writing, producing, and directing, he worked as an actor in several films, including </span><strong>Zaina&rsquo;s Cake</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by director </span><strong>Nada Almojadedi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since his return from the US at the beginning of 2017, </span><strong>Alqurashi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated all his effort, time, and money to develop </span><strong>Roll&rsquo;em</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from a script to an actual film. He believes he is capable of establishing a local filmmaking industry in Saudi Arabia and marketing it to the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '56025730'),
(461, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires worldwide rights to groundbreaking  Cannes festival title GOODBYE JULIA', '2023-04-13', '1-(Main-Still).jpg', '<strong><em>Mohamed Kordofani</em></strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s debut feature will premiere in </span></em><strong><em>Un Certain Regard</em></strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, marking the first time a Sudanese director and film have been part of the </span></em><strong><em>Official Selection</em></strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span></em><strong><em>Cannes Film Festival</em></strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions, the world&rsquo;s most prolific distributor of Arabic-language content, has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s hot-button debut feature GOODBYE JULIA, which will make history next month as the first Sudanese film ever to be showcased in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival when it premieres in the Un Certain Regard section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The global distribution deal for GOODBYE JULIA extends MAD Solutions&rsquo; new push to handle Arabic-language films on a worldwide basis. MAD Solutions&rsquo; most recent acquisition for global distribution is Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s highly anticipated Saudi project MY DRIVER &amp; I, which MAD Solutions will distribute internationally while the Middle Eastern streaming service OSN will broadcast in the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Kordofani, GOODBYE JULIA takes place in Khartoum in the seething aftermath of the Civil War that ended in 2005 and led to the eventual creation of an independent South Sudan six years later.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak (former Ms. Sudan), Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany (THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT) in a story about two women who represent the complicated relationship and differences between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities. Their lives become entangled after a hit-and-run car accident thrusts them into a tense tale of conflicted loyalties and hidden secrets against a backdrop of national turmoil.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I consider GOODBYE JULIA a call for reconciliation and a spotlight on the social dynamics that led to the separation of the South,&rdquo; explained director&nbsp; Mohamed Kordofani. &ldquo;I am excited and proud of all the cast and crew for this historical achievement. Being part of the first-ever official selection of a Sudanese film in Cannes is heartwarming and very promising for this new wave of cinema.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA is produced by acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, director of the award-winning drama YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which became Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards when it was submitted to the Oscars\' Best International Feature Film category in 2020. The co-producer is Mohamed Al-Omda, his partner in the Sudanese cinema production house Station Films. Both Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Al-Omda were involved in yet another film that made festival history this year, Amr Gamal&rsquo;s THE BURDENED, which became the first Yemeni film to be selected to the Berlin Film Festival where it played in the 2023 Panorama section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a historical moment for us and for cinema in Sudan,&rdquo; says Amjad Abu Alala about GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s Cannes selection and worldwide distribution plans. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy and very proud to produce this film for such a talented director as Mohamed Kordofani; his story and his artistic vision captured me from the beginning. After the success of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, it was my target to keep pushing Sudanese cinema to the edge of success by producing films by other directors. We are intent on building a real industry in Sudan and bringing international recognition to this land of untold stories.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, GOODBYE JULIA is co-produced by Egyptian producer Baho Bakhsh, Egyptian producer Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Sudanese producer</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khaled Awad, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German producer Michael Hendricks, French producer Marc Irmer, and Saudi producer </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faisal Baltyuor, Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani, Swedish-Sudanese producer </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Issraa El-Kogali, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian producer Ali El Arabi, and Egyptian producer Adham Sherif.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; Co-Founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab see GOODBYE JULIA as a &ldquo;turning point for the Sudanese film industry&rdquo; following on the heels of MAD&rsquo;s support at the 2022 Cairo Film Connection of two other eagerly anticipated Sudanese projects COTTON QUEEN (directed by Suzannah Mirghani) and LAMP IN THE DARK (directed by El-Tayeb Mahdi). &ldquo;After languishing through decades of authoritarian rule, Sudanese cinema is suddenly having a moment right now, propelled by a new generation of exciting filmmakers with urgent stories to tell. We believe GOODBYE JULIA will speak to the world as a whole. While the film focuses on one community in particular, its core concepts are universal - the hallmark of a great cinematic experience.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Added Meriame Deghedi, Head of Sales and Acquisitions at MAD Solutions: &ldquo;When we established MAD Distribution, we were driven to shed light on stories that most global audiences don&rsquo;t have access to. From its inception, MAD Solutions set the goal of building cultural and artistic bridges that connect the Arab world with the rest of the globe at the forefront of its growth strategy. GOODBYE JULIA tells a story of a transgressor desperate to reconcile with those that have been wronged. This act of redemption is not motivated by self-righteousness or coercion, but by a moral obligation to face our wrongs and make a conscious effort to do better. In other words, it&rsquo;s a deeply human story with a global dimension.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA won the MAD Solutions&rsquo; award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the 4th El Gouna Film Festival, in addition to Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, and the New Century Prize ($10,000). In addition, GOODBYE JULIA won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund and Beirut&rsquo;s Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, the NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and the Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan. His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest work was a film commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamadok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '882811102'),
(462, '', 'Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY to world premiere at Cannes\' Critics\' Week', '2023-04-17', 'inshallah-a-boy13.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to be the first-ever Jordanian flick at the powerhouse French festival</span>\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s debut feature will be kicking off its world tour at the </span><strong>2023 Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be running from May 16th to the 27th. More specifically, the film will be featured in the festival\'s Critics\' Week and is set to be the first-ever Jordanian flick to be selected for the powerhouse French festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which tackles a thorny issue in the MENA region &mdash; follows the story of Nawal, who has to fight to save her daughter and home after the death of her husband in Jordan where having a son is the difference between privilege and discrimination in the country\'s conservative society.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the </span><strong>79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it nabbed a </span><strong>La Biennale di Venezia Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Festival International de Films de Fribourg </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and funding from </span><strong>Oticons</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s </span><strong>Royal Film Commission </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in two cycles, a monetary prize from the </span><strong>Arab Radio and Television Network </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>fifth Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and production support from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking down his motivations behind making the film, </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said: \"Survival, empowerment, and hope; </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a film about living under the constraints of an oppressive patriarchal society. This film holds a profound personal and emotional significance to me. My dedication to telling this story was to create something that is both authentic and realistic, to resonate with audiences and provoke them to think.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that his intention was to \"shed light on the suppression inflicted by our patriarchal society by portraying a narrative of endurance, empowerment, and optimism.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This project holds a profound emotional and personal significance for me. To accomplish my objective of stimulating contemplation and encouraging the audience to question, I committed myself to maintaining an authentic and realistic tone and vibe throughout the filmmaking process.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-written alongside </span><strong>Delphine Augte </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Rula Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>the film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Muna Hawa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Haitham Omari</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Salwa Nakkara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Yumna Marwan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mohammad Al-Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Eslam Al-Awadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Celina Rabab\'a</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by </span><strong>Rula</strong> <strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Aseel Abu Ayyash</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; co-produced by </span><strong>Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; associate produced by </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; lensed by</span> <strong>Kanam&eacute; Onoyama</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edited by the prolific </span><strong>Ahmed Hafez, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who edited two episodes of </span><strong>Marvel\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sensational hit Disney+ series </span><strong>MOON KNIGHT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sound mixed by </span><strong>Nour Halawani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and scored by </span><strong>Jerry Lane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Also, </span><strong>Zeina Soufan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nasser Zoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on why she wrote and backed the film, </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said: \"Women\'s rights have always been the source of confusion and debate in this region. As women\'s rights movements flourished in the West, they almost seemed completely disconnected from their counterparts in our more conservative side of the world.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not about the laws that oppress women\'s rights in the Arab world, but rather the societal beliefs and culture that exert control over women\'s lives in their communities. It is the idea that for any progress to be made in women\'s rights, society itself must develop before government institutions do; this is the message the film is trying to hammer home.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding the larger production companies at play, the film was produced by </span><strong>Imaginarium Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Georges Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Bayt Al-Shawareb</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and </span><strong>Pyramide International</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked about what drew them to acquiring and distributing </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Founders of </span><strong>MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had this to say: \"When we saw the vision behind this film and the sheer amount of talent present in its crew, it was simply a no-brainer for us to get involved and help bring it to the light. With </span><strong>MAD Solutions\'</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> core vision of presenting the untold stories of this side of the world in mind, we found </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be too crucial of a narrative to pass up,\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"This is a story of an all too common tragedy that happens in Middle Eastern societies. Like all issues on a global scale, the first step towards a resolution is usually acknowledging the existence of a problem, which we believe </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have accomplished beautifully here. We look forward to the discourse that will naturally spring forth after this film\'s release.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding to </span><strong>Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Diab\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> statements, </span><strong>Founder of Lagoonie Film Production Shahinaz El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that the path to any societal change &mdash; especially when it comes to women\'s rights &mdash; is usually a long and storied one. However, sometimes it falls to films like this to lead the charge toward change.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"These archaic inheritance laws have been the source of much tragedy and discontent in Middle Eastern societies. And this isn\'t something that happens once in a blue moon; it\'s a recurring narrative that more often than not ends with women being forced out of their homes or out of inheritances that they logically have a right to. What I hope </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will do is contribute to lighting the spark that will hopefully lead to serious widespread discussions regarding updating or amending these laws so that they\'re fairer and perhaps kinder to the disenfranchised,\" </span><strong>El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stressed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, in a statement, </span><strong>Eric Lagesse</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of </span><strong>Pyramide International emphasized that </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span><strong>Pyramide </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is exceptionally proud to be the French distributor and international sales agent of </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><strong>Al-Rasheed\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> debut film and the very first Jordanian movie ever to be shown on the Croisette.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"We are also glad to be working with the producers </span><strong>Rula Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to carry on our collaboration with the great team of </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whom we share a common love for Arabic movies with.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marks </span><strong>Amjad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s second collaboration with </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he co-directed</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with </span><strong>Darin J. Sallam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received several international awards, including the </span><strong>Jury Award for Best Short Film </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the US and the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also held its world premiere at the </span><strong>2016 Dubai International Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is now on </span><strong>OSN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was selected by \"</span><strong>Screen International</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" as one of five \"</span><strong>Arab Stars of Tomorrow</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He attended the Talent Campus during the </span><strong>57th Berlinale</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>', '1556210907'),
(463, '', 'Two MAD films to screen at the 22nd Chicago Palestine Film Festival ', '2023-04-26', 'mad-films-at-the-22nd-Chicago.jpg', '<strong>MAD</strong> <strong>Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the most prolific film distribution agency in the MENA region, is sending two films from its distribution slate to screen at the 22nd </span><strong>Chicago Palestine Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be running from April 29th to May 14th &mdash; </span><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> Hamza Al-Khatib&rsquo;s short SAMIA</strong><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>SAMIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about a young aspiring dancer who is diagnosed with cancer. After undergoing treatment, she begins the tough journey of mental and physical changes that cause her to withdraw from life and isolate herself, while her husband tries to bring her out of her isolation by supporting her and attempting to lift her spirits up with music.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Hamza Al-Khatib,</strong> <strong>SAMIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hayat Abu Samra</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Is&rsquo;haq Elias</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as </span><strong>Samia&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s husband and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be screened on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, May 3rd at 6 pm at the </span><strong>Gene Siskel Film Center.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will then screen a few days later </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, May 5th at 8 pm at the same venue</span><strong>.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Tamer and his friends, who lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had its Arab world premiere at the </span><strong>2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, succeeding with flying colors and taking home three awards at the festival&rsquo;s closing, those being the </span><strong>Golden Pyramid Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Palestinian actor </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie then held its world premiere at the </span><strong>47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and featured at the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from the awards it won at the CIFF, ALAM has garnered several other accolades throughout its ongoing festival run, including the </span><strong>Best Debut Feature Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, </strong><strong>Young Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival, Best Asian Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>27th International Film Festival of Kerala,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where the director </span><strong>Firas Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also received the </span><strong>Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>', '1949893837');
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(464, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 7 films at 2023 Malmö Arab Film Festival', '2023-04-30', 'mad-films-at-malmo.jpg', 'Seven titles from MAD Solutions’ distribution slate are set to feature at this year’s edition of the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), which is scheduled to run from April 28th to May 4th in Sweden.\r<br/>\r<br/>The Middle Eastern distribution giant’s lineup includes four feature films: Erige Sehiri\'s UNDER THE FIG TREES, Soudade Kaadan\'s NEZOUH, and Firas Khoury\'s award-winning feature film ALAM — three of which will compete in the festival\'s Official Competition for Feature Films — as well as Mohamed Ali Nahdi\'s MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL, which will be screened as part of the festival’s Arabian Nights Program. \r<br/>\r<br/>It also includes three shorts — Ward Kayyal’s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, Inès Arsi’s FLESH AND BLOOD, and Abedalsalam Alhaj’s ABED; all of which will be competing in the festival’s Official Competition for Short Films.\r<br/>\r<br/>In other news, all of the movies’ directors are set to attend the screening of the films with the exception of UNDER THE FIG TREES’ director Sehiri, who will not be able to make it to the screening.\r<br/>\r<br/>First up in the MAD lineup is Sehiri\'s social thriller UNDER THE FIG TREES, which will be screened on Tuesday, May 2nd at 5:30 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>Co-written by Ghalya Lacroix and Peggy Hamann, the film stars Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, and Abdelhak Mrabti.\r<br/>\r<br/>Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.\r<br/>\r<br/>Next up is Soudade Kaadan\'s NEZOUH, which takes place against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer (Nizar Alani) — the boy next door.\r<br/>\r<br/>When the violence escalates, Hala (Kinda Alloush) — Zeina\'s mother — decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (Samer Al-Masri), who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film stars Kinda Alloush, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, and Darina Al-Joundi, and is lensed by prominent cinematographer Hélène Louvart.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film is expected to be screened on Sunday, April 30th at 7:30 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>Third in the roaster is Mohamed Ali Nahdi’s debut feature film MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL, which follows a 25-year-old young man, Moez, who lives with his mother and his little sister in a disreputable district of Tunis. \r<br/>\r<br/>Moez, who is delusional, is then arrested and taken to the police station, where he meets Hassen — a radical Islamist coming from France who will turn his life upside down.\r<br/>\r<br/>Starring Seif Mannai, Akrem Sakkouhi Mag, Lamine Nahdi, and Leila Chebbi; MOEZ THE END OF THE TUNNEL is co-written by Mohamed Ali Nahdi and Slim Ben Ismail. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film is set to be screened on Monday, May 1st at 10 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>Fourth in the lineup is Firas Khoury\'s six- time-award-winning feature film ALAM, which follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer. \r<br/>\r<br/>Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives, until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed ‘Alam.’\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Firas Khoury, ALAM — which stars Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman— will be featured on Tuesday, May 2nd at 10 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>After that, Ward Kayyal’s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME will be featured on May 2nd at 9:30 pm as part of the festival’s third package of shorts. \r<br/>\r<br/>Starring Kamel Al-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel, the film follows Hamza — a middle-aged man, who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from an Israeli jail; he goes into the woods every day to chase a lion that the locals don\'t think exists. \r<br/>\r<br/>Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sets his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat and finding refuge in his journey after each battle. In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt. \r<br/>\r<br/>MAD’s penultimate entry in the MAFF is Inès Arsi’s FLESH AND BLOOD, which will also be shown on May 2nd at 7:15 pm as part of the festival’s second package of shorts. \r<br/>\r<br/>The film follows Donia — a 19-year-old rape survivor whose life is thrown into disarray when she discovers she is pregnant. Donia has one goal: To abort her pregnancy before it\'s too late.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Inès Arsi, FLESH AND BLOOD stars Sana Lahbib, Mourad Gharsalli, and Noomen Hamda.\r<br/>\r<br/>And MAD’s final entry in the festival is Abedalsalam Alhaj’s ABED, which follows the story of a child who works with his cruel father in a restaurant. After a particularly long day at work, Abed is forced to confront his fear of the dark and street dogs when he is asked to buy his father a pack of cigarettes past midnight.\r<br/>\r<br/>Directed and written by Abedalsalam Alhaj, the film stars Hisham Alomari, Mohammad Abuagoulah, and Ali Badrana and is scheduled to screen on May 2nd at 5 pm as part of the festival’s first package of shorts.', '2085416574'),
(465, '', 'Daughters of Abdulrahman to embark on highly anticipated world tour in May', '2023-04-30', 'Daughters-of-Abdulrahman.jpg', 'Mark your calendars and prepare to be swept off your feet by the globally acclaimed production DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN, which will be embarking on a highly anticipated world tour in May. \r<br/>\r<br/>Zaid Abu Hamdan’s masterpiece has captivated audiences worldwide and is a testament to its undeniable popularity and demand. The multiple-award-winning film is set to have its first screening during the upcoming international tour in Switzerland’s Kino Meiringen Cinema, where it will have two screenings — the first on Sunday, May 7th, at 7 pm and the second on Monday, May 8th, at 8 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>The film will then head to the global capital of fashion and design — Milan —  where it will be exhibited at Nuovo Armenia Cinema — a new space focused on promoting African, Asian, and South American Cinema — on May 10th and May 20th.\r<br/>\r<br/>Finally, the film will screen in the Netherlands’ Forum Groningen — a cultural center that houses a library, cinema, and parts of the Groninger Museum — on Saturday, May 13th, at 1 pm.\r<br/>\r<br/>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN, which is set in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Amman, follows the single and middle-aged Zainab, who lives a dreary existence as a local seamstress and her father’s keeper. \r<br/>\r<br/>When Zainab wakes up one morning to a shocking discovery with the potential to defame her throughout her neighborhood, she and her three sisters are forced to come together in spite of their vastly disparate lives.\r<br/>\r<br/>Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN stars Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsieso, Hanan Hillo, Mariam Basha, and Khalid Tariffi. \r<br/>\r<br/>The movie has already received the Audience Award at three prestigious festivals – the Middle East Now Film Festival in Italy, the FEST – New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, and the Cairo International Film Festival, where it held its world premiere.\r<br/>\r<br/>It also screened at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film – where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.\r<br/>\r<br/>Moreover, it was featured in the Beirut International Women Film Festival, where it received a special mention, as well as the Red Sea International Film Festival\'s first edition within the Arab Spectacular Section. \r<br/>\r<br/>It also opened the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden and featured in the Arab Film Festival in Germany, the 10th edition of the Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival in Canada, and the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada.\r<br/>', '753094347'),
(466, '', 'MAD Solutions’ ALAM, UNDER THE FIG TREES win big at the Malmö Arab Film Festival', '2023-05-07', 'alam-win.jpg', '<strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; two hits from </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; distribution slate &mdash; managed to bag a couple of awards during the Swedish </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closing ceremony on May 4th, with the former winning the </span><strong>Best Director Award, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which the director was in attendance to receive, and the latter earning a </span><strong>Special Mention.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Firas Khoury&rsquo;s </strong><strong>ALAM</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows Tamer and his friends as they lead typical teenage lives until one day he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by </span><strong>Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab world premiered at the </span><strong>2022 Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, succeeding with flying colors and taking home three awards at the festival&rsquo;s closing, those being the </span><strong>Golden Pyramid Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the </span><strong>Best Actor Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Palestinian actor </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie then held its world premiere at the </span><strong>47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and featured at the </span><strong>Rome Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, it won the </span><strong>Young Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Best Asian Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>27th International Film Festival of Kerala</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; where the director </span><strong>Firas Khoury </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also received the </span><strong>Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Best Debut Feature Film Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also featured in the </span><strong>Festival Favorites </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category of the </span><strong>2022 edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s </strong><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the shade of trees, where a strong bond flourishes between the young summer harvest workers. Between flirting, feelings of attraction, and denial, a deep connection develops between the young men and women as they try to understand one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><strong>Sehiri</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written by </span><strong>Ghalya Lacroix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Peggy Hamann</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It stars </span><strong>Fide Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Feten Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Ameni Fdhili</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Samar Sifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abdelhak Mrabti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, </span><strong>Amine Bouhafa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed the film\'s music, and </span><strong>Frida Marzouk</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as its DOP.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from this award, the film has so far won the 2023</span> <strong>Best Actor </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Best Actress awards </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, </strong><strong>EcoProd Jury Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2022 Cannes International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Silver Tanit Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the </span><strong>2022 Carthage Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Grand prize </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at </span><strong>Festival International du Film Francophone de T&uuml;bingen-Stuttgart</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was Tunisia\'s official submission in the </span><strong>2023 Oscars </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Best International Feature Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>', '2037686661'),
(467, '', 'Poster for Mohamed Kordofani’s GOODBYE JULIA drops ahead of film’s screening at Cannes', '2023-05-08', 'GBJ-Poster.jpg', '<strong>Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drama flick </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the first Sudanese picture and director to be selected for Cannes in history &mdash; released the poster of the highly-anticipated movie ahead of its scheduled world premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie\'s poster cleverly captures the heart of its message with a simple yet powerful image of the two main protagonists leaning on each other; a poignant reminder of how they support each other and the strained, yet precious ties they value.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Eiman </strong><strong>Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Siran Riak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the former Miss South Sudan &mdash; </span><strong>Nazar Goma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is written and directed by </span><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Station Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling worldwide sales and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film won several grants, including the Pitching Competition Prize at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Directors New Films Festival and development grants from the Arab Fund for Arts &amp; Culture and Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. It also participated in the Global Media Makers Program organized by Film Independent.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it won four awards at the El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s CineGouna Platform, including MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution grant at the CineGouna SpringBoard, a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, the New Century Prize ($10,000), and the Mentorship Prize presented by IEFTA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kordofani </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film </span><strong>NYERKUK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short </span><strong>KEJERS PRISON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary </span><strong>A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest work </span><strong>THIS IS SUDAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was a film commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1016307917'),
(468, '', 'Ihsen Kammoun’s ROAD TO EL KEF wins Best Foreign Short Film Award at Alameda Film Festival', '2023-03-07', 'FB_IMG_1677693608360.jpg', '<strong>Ihsen Kammoun</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s short film </span><strong>ROAD TO EL KEF</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Best Foreign Short Film Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 2023 </span><strong>Alameda International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which ran from February 16th to 19th in San Francisco.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the award-winning Tunisian actor </span><strong>Ahmed</strong> <strong>Hafiane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Fares</strong> <strong>Landoulsi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Malek</strong> <strong>Ben</strong> <strong>Saad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ala</strong> <strong>Edine</strong> <strong>Yacoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <strong>ROAD TO EL KEF </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is written by </span><strong>Charles Hall</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and follows a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia going on a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family after his mother and brother passed away.</span>', '1785184936'),
(469, '', 'Mohamed Kordofani’s GOODBYE JULIA drops its first trailer ahead of its Cannes premiere', '2023-05-11', 'GOODBYE-JULIA-first-trailer.jpg', '<strong>Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> upcoming drama</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the first Sudanese picture and director to be selected for the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in history &mdash; dropped its first trailer on </span><a href=\"https://deadline.com/video/goodbye-julia-trailer-sudan-drama-cannes-2023-un-certain-regard/\"><strong>Deadline&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ahead of its scheduled premiere on May 20th at 2 pm at Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Claude Debussy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Eiman Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Siran Riak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; </span><strong>Nazar Goma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is written and directed by </span><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Station Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; in collaboration with producer </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selection </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration,</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also co-produced by </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling the Un Certain Regard contender&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while the French distributor </span><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection - Le Cin&eacute;ma que J\'aime</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known for various prominent films, such as </span><strong>EO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which premiered at Cannes and won the Jury Prize &mdash; Oscar-winning movie </span><strong>THE WHALE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>NOSTALGIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>BRIGHTON 4TH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>BEAU IS AFRAID</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>CineGouna SpringBoard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was held at the fourth </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best Film Project in the Development Phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($15,000), a certificate from the </span><strong>El Gouna Cinema Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a </span><strong>Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>New Century Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for </span><strong>Best Project In Development</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Paris Region, ARRI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film </span><strong>NYERKUK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short </span><strong>KEJERS PRISON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary </span><strong>A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was </span><strong>THIS IS SUDAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '76053303'),
(470, '', 'Cannes Film Festival announces the screening date for Mohamed Kordofani’s GOODBYE JULIA', '2023-05-14', 'GOODBYE-JULIA-screening-date.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced that </span><strong>Mohamed Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudanese drama </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the first Sudanese picture and director to be selected for Cannes in history &mdash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to hold its world premiere on May 20th at 2 pm at Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Claude Debussy, with the film&rsquo;s cast and crew set to attend the historical screening.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following that, the film is set to have one more screening at the same venue on the 21st at 8:30 am, followed by a screening on the same day at Cineum IMAX at 11:15 am and another on the 22nd at Cineum Screen X in the same time slot.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film is expected to hold two market screenings &mdash; one on May 17th at 12 pm at PALAIS I, and another on the 22nd at 1:45 pm at PALAIS H.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and producers </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; and </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who produced </span><strong>Amr Gamal&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> critically-acclaimed movie </span><strong>THE BURDENED </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the film\'s editor </span><strong>Heba Othman</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the film\'s DOP</span><strong> Pierre de Villiers</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are set to attend the screening.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the main cast members are the film\'s two main heroines, </span><strong>Eiman Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Siran Riak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as the well-known </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Co-Founders of MAD Solutions, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the company&rsquo;s Head of Sales &amp; Acquisitions </span><strong>Meriame Deghedi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are set to make an appearance as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening will also be attended by co-producers </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (DGS), Khaled Awad (Klozium), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali Elarabi (Ambient Light)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (Riverflower)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the worldwide sales of </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are being handled by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the French distributor </span><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection - Le Cin&eacute;ma que J\'aime</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the movie&rsquo;s sales in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known for various prominent films, such as </span><strong>EO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which premiered at Cannes and won the Jury Prize &mdash; Oscar-winning movie </span><strong>THE WHALE, NOSTALGIA, BRIGHTON 4TH, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> BEAU IS AFRAID.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Grant Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>CineGouna SpringBoard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that was held at the fourth </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Best Film Project in the Development Phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($15,000), a certificate from the </span><strong>El Gouna Cinema Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the </span><strong>New Century Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s award for </span><strong>Best Project In Development</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <strong>Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</strong>', '791900748'),
(471, '', 'MATCHSTICK wins big at Saudi Film Festival', '2023-05-13', 'Matchstick-wins.jpg', '<strong>Salma Murad\'s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short film </span><strong>MATCHSTICK </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took home Best First Work and a cash award of SAR 30,000 during the closing ceremony of the ninth Saudi Film Festival, which was held last Thursday.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MATCHSTICK (KABREET) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of </span><strong>Osama </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; a young man caught in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tries to awaken the part of himself that gives him reason, but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at the second edition of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed and written by </span><strong>Salma Murad, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starred </span><strong>Naif Al-Daferi </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nawwaf Al-Daferi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and produced by </span><strong>Bayan Jamal </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Noura Alimam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales worldwide.&nbsp;</span>', '813157430'),
(472, '', 'Cannes announces the date of INSHALLAH A BOY’s world premiere', '2023-05-14', 'pic0200114896-copie.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently announced that </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> debut feature </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the first ever Jordanian film in history to be selected by the French festival &mdash; will be holding its world premiere on Thursday, May 18th as part of the event&rsquo;s 76th edition, which will be running from May 16th to the 27th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More specifically, the film will be featured in the festival\'s Critics\' Week and is set to be the first-ever Jordanian movie to feature at Cannes when it premieres on Thursday, May 18th in the attendance of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, including actors </span><strong>Mouna Hawa, Mohammad Al Jizawi, Yumna Marwan, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Salwa Nakkara</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; producers </span><strong>Rula Nasser </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Aseel Abu Ayyash</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Co-Producers </span><strong>Youssef Abdelnabi, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Co-Founders of MAD Solutions, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab as well as Shahinaz Elakkad, CEO of Lagoonie Film Production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, sound recordist </span><strong>Nour Halawani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, editor </span><strong>Ahmed Hafez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the music composers </span><strong>Jerry Lane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Andrew Lancaster</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be among the attendees.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have seven official screenings throughout the festival, three of which will be held at Espace Miramar on Thursday, May 18th &mdash; two at 11:30 am and 5 pm in the presence of the film&rsquo;s crew, and another at 10 pm. Meanwhile, two screenings will be held on Friday, May 19th&mdash; one at the same venue at 8:30 am, and another at 9:30 pm at the Alexandre III theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remaining two screenings will all be held on Friday, May 19th &mdash; one at 8:30 pm over dinner at Cinema Les Visiteurs du Soir - Valbonne&mdash;a commune near Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-C&ocirc;te d\'Azur region in southeastern France&mdash;&nbsp; in the presence of the director, who will be available afterward for a Q&amp;A; and another at Alexandre III at 9:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also have four market screenings set for Wednesday, May 17th at 2:15 pm at Palais I, Friday, May 19th at 11:30 am at Palais H, Saturday, May 20th at 11:30 am at Palais H, and Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:15 pm at LERINS 2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of Nawal, who after the sudden death of her husband has to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it nabbed a </span><strong>La Biennale di Venezia Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Festival International de Films de Fribourg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received a production and post-production support from Jordan\'s </span><strong>Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in two cycles, post-production grant from the </span><strong>Red Sea Lodge</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, production support from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, post-production Award from </span><strong>CNC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a monetary prize from the </span><strong>Arab Radio and Television Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the fifth </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written alongside </span><strong>Delphine Augte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rula Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Mouna Hawa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Islam Al-Awadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Celina Rabab\'a</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abu Ayyash</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; co-produced by </span><strong>Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; associate produced by </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; lensed by </span><strong>Kanam&eacute; Onoyama</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, edited by the prolific </span><strong>Ahmed Hafez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; sound mixed by </span><strong>Nour Halawani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and scored by </span><strong>Jerry Lane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, </span><strong>Zeina Soufan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nasser Zoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by </span><strong>Imaginarium Films, Georges Films, and Bayt Al-Shawareb.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and </span><strong>Pyramide International</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks </span><strong>Al-Rasheed\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> second collaboration with </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the </span><strong>Jury Award for Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span>', '28946175'),
(473, '', 'THE WOODMAN wins Best Gulf film award at 9th Saudi Film Festival', '2023-05-14', 'woodman.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gulf film at the 9th Saudi Film Festival, which concluded last Thursday. The award is shared with The Last Postmen by Saad Alsabbagh.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film won the Bronze Award in the Narrative Films category at the Seville Independent Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, produced, and shot by </span><strong>Koutaiba Al-Janabi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Hanna Heffner</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mihaly Palko</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with </span><strong>THE WOODMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the woodman who is chased away from his homeland and vilified by dark and unseen powers as he goes on a journey to find his forest and reclaim his home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1363630764');
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(474, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 5 movies at Zawya’s Cairo Cinema Days', '2023-05-17', '5-movies-at-Zawya-s-Cairo-Cinema-Days.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by five titles at the sixth edition of Zawya&rsquo;s </span><strong>Cairo Cinema Days</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will kick off on May 17th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes five feature-length films &mdash; </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES, ALAM, </strong><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY, THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>NEZOUH.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming in first in the MAD lineup is </span><strong>Soudade Kaadan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>NEZOUH,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes place against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer </span><strong>(Nizar Alani) </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the boy next door.</span></h4>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala (</span><strong>Kinda Alloush</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz (</span><strong>Samer Al-Masri)</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars</span><strong> Kinda Alloush, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Darina Al-Joundi,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is lensed by prominent cinematographer </span><strong>H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wice &mdash; once at 7 pm on May 18th and the second at 7 pm on the 31st.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is </span><strong>Firas Khoury</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s award-winning movie </span><strong>ALAM, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Firas Khoury, ALAM </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars </span><strong>Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Muhammad Abed Elrahman.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ALAM</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will also have two screenings</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; one at 7 pm on May 22nd and the other at 7 pm on June 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in line is </span><strong>Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social drama </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be screened twice &mdash; once on May 19th at 7 pm and again on the 29th at 10 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, </span><strong>UNDER THE FIG TREES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>MAD&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> penultimate entry is </span><strong>Fyzal Boulifa&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature film </span><strong>THE DAMNED DON\'T CRY, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which follows Fatima-Zahra and her adolescent son Selim as they move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she\'s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about his past, Fatima-Zahra vows to seek a fresh start.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arriving in Tangier, they each find new opportunities that promise the legitimacy they crave, but not without threatening their fragile love for one another.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Abdellah El-Hajjouji, Aicha Tebbae, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Antoine Reinartz</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and was nominated for the </span><strong>GdA Directors\' Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE DAMNED DON&rsquo;T CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is scheduled to screen on May 19th at 7 pm and the 29th at 10 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is </span><strong>THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring </span><strong>Claudia Cardinale, Katia Greco</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Paola Lavini</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the helm of </span><strong>Ridha Behi.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a tumultuous, heart-wrenching drama as witnessed by the eyes of a child named Andrea.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will have two screenings &mdash; the first on May 28th at 7 pm and the second on June 9th at 7 pm.</span>', '184664252'),
(475, '', 'Jordanian Film INSHALLAH A BOY premieres to warm applause at Cannes', '2023-05-18', 'inshallah-boy-premiere.jpeg', '<strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drama feature film</span> <strong>INSHALLAH A BOY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kicked off its international tour with a booming world premiere at the </span><strong>2023 Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Thursday, May 18th, in the presence of its cast and crew.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In attendance were actors</span><strong> Islam Al-Awadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Mohammad Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; producers </span><strong>Aseel Abu Ayyash</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Youssef Abdelnabi;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> make-up artist </span><strong>Farah Jaddan;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> costume designer </span><strong>Zeina Soufan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; along with </span><strong>Nour Halawani, Hala, Lara Abu Filat</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Azza Hourani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jordanian film to be selected for the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also garnered immediate widespread acclaim, receiving a standing ovation before a lively post-premiere Q&amp;A with the crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the recently widowed </span><strong>Nawal</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th </span><strong>Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it nabbed a </span><strong>La Biennale di Venezia Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Festival International de Films de Fribourg</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s </span><strong>Royal Film Commission</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in two cycles, a monetary prize from the </span><strong>Arab Radio and Television Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the fifth </span><strong>Cairo Film Connection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and production support from the </span><strong>Doha Film Institute</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-written alongside </span><strong>Delphine Augte</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Rula Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film stars </span><strong>Hawa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Al-Jizawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Al-Awadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Celina Rabab\'a</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by </span><strong>Nasser</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Abu Ayyash</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; co-produced by </span><strong>Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; associate produced by </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Shahinaz El-Akkad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; lensed by </span><strong>Kanam&eacute; Onoyama</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, edited by the prolific </span><strong>Ahmed Hafez</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; sound mixed by </span><strong>Nour Halawani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and scored by </span><strong>Jerry Lane</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, </span><strong>Zeina Soufan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Nasser Zoubi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by </span><strong>Imaginarium Films, Georges Films, and Bayt Al-Shawareb.</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meanwhile, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and </span><strong>Pyramide International</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks </span><strong>Al-Rasheed\'s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> second collaboration with </span><strong>MAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which he co-directed with </span><strong>Darin J. Sallam</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the </span><strong>Jury Award for Best Short Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US and the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 </span><strong>Dubai International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, </span><strong>Al-Rasheed</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, he was selected by </span><strong>Screen International</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as one of five </span><strong>Arab Stars of Tomorrow</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a short film which he co-directed in 2016 and funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash;</span><strong> HIT THE ROAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2011) and </span><strong>BITTER DAYS </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2010).</span>', '779492673'),
(476, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA premieres to a packed house at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival', '2023-05-21', '2N3A7176-goodbye-gulia.jpg', '<strong>Mohamed Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s Sudanese drama </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> began its worldwide journey with a resounding debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, May 18th in the presence of its cast and crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The buzz surrounding </span><strong>Mohamed Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reached a fever pitch, with the film enjoying a screening packed with VIPs, bigwigs, and media big shots at Cannes&rsquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Claude Debussy</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also received a warm standing ovation before a lively post-premiere Q&amp;A with the cast and crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Eiman Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Siran Riak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; </span><strong>Nazar Goma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is written and directed by </span><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Station Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; in collaboration with producer </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selection </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration,</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also co-produced by </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling the Un Certain Regard contender&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while the French distributor </span><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection - Le Cin&eacute;ma que J\'aime</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known for various prominent films, such as </span><strong>EO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which premiered at Cannes and won the Jury Prize &mdash; Oscar-winning movie </span><strong>THE WHALE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>NOSTALGIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>BRIGHTON 4TH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>BEAU IS AFRAID</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>CineGouna SpringBoard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was held at the fourth </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best Film Project in the Development Phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($15,000), a certificate from the </span><strong>El Gouna Cinema Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a </span><strong>Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>New Century Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for </span><strong>Best Project In Development</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Paris Region, ARRI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film </span><strong>NYERKUK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short </span><strong>KEJERS PRISON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary </span><strong>A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was </span><strong>THIS IS SUDAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1311999240'),
(477, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA breaks new ground for Arab cinema at Cannes', '2023-05-23', 'final-feature-goodbye-julia.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first Sudanese drama to feature at the French festival stole the show!</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first ever Sudanese drama to be selected to feature at the </span><strong>Cannes Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by </span><strong>Mohamed Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premiered on Thursday, May 18th at the Th&eacute;&acirc;tre </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claude Debussy </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to resounding acclaim and praise.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stars were out in full force for the debut of the film at the renowned French festival, with VIPs and media personalities clamoring for a chance to witness the highly-anticipated movie firsthand. And boy, did the film deliver! The screening was met with a thunderous 10-minute standing ovation &mdash; a testament to the film\'s powerful message and the meticulous attention to detail from the talented cast and crew.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The premiere was not only a star-studded affair, but also an occasion for the press and movie critics to weigh in on the highly-anticipated flick.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film sparked a flurry of commentary and analysis from industry experts and journalists alike, with </span><strong>Screen Daily&rsquo;s </strong><strong>Lisa Nesselson</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing the film as &ldquo;a timeless tale of persecution and guilt set in pre-seceded Sudan.&rdquo; While </span><strong>Hollywood Reporter&rsquo;s Lovia Gyarkye</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: &ldquo;With its classic, accessible style, </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will surely rally more support for the cinema of Sudan &mdash; a nation full of stories that need to be told about its past and present.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, </span><strong>K&eacute;vin Corbel</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the </span><strong>Festival de Cannes </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said that \"</span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> brings citizens from the two countries to the same table, brought together by a drama that affects them each differently,&rdquo; underscoring the film\'s ability to bridge cultural divides and bring people together through its powerful storytelling.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film already had two more screenings since then on Sunday, May 21st, and will screen one last time on Monday, May 22nd </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at 1:45 pm at PALAIS H.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s also no wonder that </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the talk of the town at </span><strong>Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and beyond since it&rsquo;s the first Arab film in history to be featured on a huge billboard in </span><strong>Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, further cementing its status as a historic heavy-weight Afro-Arab entry in the prominent festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars </span><strong>Eiman Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Siran Riak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; </span><strong>Nazar Goma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is written and directed by </span><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produced by </span><strong>Station Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; in collaboration with producer </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selection </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration,</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also co-produced by </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling the Un Certain Regard contender&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while the French distributor </span><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection - Le Cin&eacute;ma que J\'aime</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known for various prominent films, such as </span><strong>EO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which premiered at Cannes and won the Jury Prize &mdash; Oscar-winning movie </span><strong>THE WHALE</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>NOSTALGIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>BRIGHTON 4TH</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>BEAU IS AFRAID</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>CineGouna SpringBoard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that was held at the fourth </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Best Film Project in the Development Phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($15,000), a certificate from the </span><strong>El Gouna Cinema Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a </span><strong>Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>New Century Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> award for </span><strong>Best Project In Development</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Red Sea Fund</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the </span><strong>Paris Region, ARRI</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film </span><strong>NYERKUK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short </span><strong>KEJERS PRISON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary </span><strong>A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was </span><strong>THIS IS SUDAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1802602731'),
(478, '', 'THE ANGER receives positive feedback after screening in Jordan\'s Rainbow Theater', '2023-05-24', 'THE-ANGER-receives-positive-feedback.jpg', '<strong>Marie Surae</strong><strong>&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature film </span><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened at the Rainbow Theater in Jordan on Wednesday, May 17th, receiving overwhelmingly positive comments from the audience who attended the presentation, whether via interacting with the film after or during its screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rainbow Art House Theater is an independent arts and entertainment venue that aims to feature a curated list of the best local, regional, and global films in a unique atmosphere right at the heart of Amman\'s artistic community.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the recipient of several international awards, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two awards from the </span><strong>Kazan International Muslim Film Festival &mdash; Best Director of Photography </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for </span><strong>Tommaso Fiorilli</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Best Film</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the </span><strong>Cinema Critics Association</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also received the </span><strong>Best International Feature Fiction Award </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the Lebanese</span><strong> Independent Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Additionally, the music video of the film participated in the </span><strong>Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In post-war Lebanon, </span><strong>Ida</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a young Lebanese girl, flees her small village and her alcoholic mother and goes to the big city. There, she starts dating a European man not knowing what is in store for her.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE ANGER</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by </span><strong>Maria Ivanova Surae, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-written by</span><strong> Olga Artemyeva</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and stars </span><strong>Manal Issa</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Aur&eacute;lien Chaussade</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Houssam Sabbah, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Julia Kassar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manages the film&rsquo;s distribution world.</span>', '1906374333'),
(479, '', 'THE SEA AHEAD and DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN share an award presented by the Cairo Film Society Festival ', '2023-05-24', 'THE-SEA-AHEAD-and-DAUGHTERS-OF-ABDULRAHMAN.jpg', '<strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two hits from </span><strong>MAD Solutions&rsquo; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distribution slate &mdash; have been declared two of the </span><strong>Best Three Films Screened in 2022</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the 49th</span><strong> Cairo Film Society Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is running from May 6th to the 20th at the </span><strong>Cairo Opera House.&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The awards were announced at the festival\'s closing ceremony, where </span><strong>Fajr Suleiman &mdash; </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who worked on the film&rsquo;s soundtrack &mdash;</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was present to accept the award on behalf of </span><strong>THE SEA AHEAD&rsquo;s </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cast and crew.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows </span><strong>Jana</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who returns to Beirut after having been away for a long time. Suddenly, she finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she once left behind.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened at several international film festivals, including </span><strong>BFI London, Sao Paulo,&nbsp; El Gouna, Duhok, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, CINEMED,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and</span><strong> the Red Sea.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by </span><strong>Ely Dagher,</strong> <strong>THE SEA AHEAD</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Manal Issa, Yara Abou Haidar, Rabih El Zaher, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><strong>Roger Azar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film is produced by </span><strong>Andolfi Production (Arnaud Dommerc), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in association with </span><strong>Beachside,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and co-produced by </span><strong>Abbout Productions</strong> <strong>(Myriam Sassine); Wrong Men,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Beaver and Beaver</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">f</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ollows the storyline of Zainab, who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighborhood. She quickly calls for her sister Amaal&rsquo;s aid. However, fiery Amaal has her own problems with their other sister Samah &ndash; who is too busy to be there &ndash; while Khitam, the fourth sister, is busy with her own goals in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movie has already</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received the </span><strong>Audience Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at three prestigious festivals &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><strong>Middle East Now Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy, the </span><strong>FEST &ndash; New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the </span><strong>Cairo International Film Festival, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it held its world premiere.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it screened at the </span><strong>Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film,</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was well received, selling out its tickets as soon as they were available.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Zaid Abu Hamdan</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Saba Mubarak</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Farah Bsaiso</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Hanan Al-Hilo</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Mariam Al-Basha</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Khalid Al-Tarifi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The film was produced by </span><strong>Pan East Media</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Lagoonie Film Production</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Wika Production and Distribution</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the </span><strong>Arab Media Network</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><strong>Cairo Film Society Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is held annually at the Cairo Opera House to celebrate the art of cinema and draw attention to the best films screened throughout the year as well as shed light on the best talents in the Egyptian market. The festival </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also provides a forum for filmmakers, critics, scholars, and audiences to engage in meaningful discussions about cinema and its role in society.</span>', '966355111'),
(480, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA takes home Cannes\' Un Certain Regard\'s Freedom Prize', '2023-05-28', 'f14e02d7-2aa3-481e-b038-10fbd30842cc.JPG', '<strong>Mohamed Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sudanese drama </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took home the 76th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize in an awards ceremony held on Friday, May 26th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Un Certain Regard, which was founded in 1978 by former Cannes delegate general Gilles Jacob, presents 20 films by new directors.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon accepting the award,</span><strong> Kordofani </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expressed his humility and gratitude towards the audience for their positive response to </span><strong>GOODBY JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This movie was a product of hard work, passion, and commitment to telling a compelling story from an already divided country that has now been plunged into conflict once more. We initially made this film with the idea of fostering dialogue and reconciliation between North and South Sudan. Now, given current events, I see that perhaps it was made to be a timeless reminder that peace and an understanding of the other are necessary to preserve what remains of a fractured nation,&rdquo; he said.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><strong>Eiman Yousif</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Siran Riak </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; </span><strong>Nazar Goma</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Ger Duany</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; is written and directed by </span><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; and produced by </span><strong>Station Films</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards </span><strong>YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&mdash; in collaboration with producer </span><strong>Mohamed Al-Omda, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s </span><strong>Berlin International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selection </span><strong>THE BURDENED</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film is also co-produced by </span><strong>Baho Bakhsh </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is handling the Un Certain Regard contender&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while the French distributor </span><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection - Le Cin&eacute;ma que J\'aime</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is handling distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ARP S&eacute;lection</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known for various prominent films, such as </span><strong>EO</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; which premiered at Cannes and won the Jury Prize &mdash; Oscar-winning movie </span><strong>THE WHALE, NOSTALGIA, BRIGHTON 4TH, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> BEAU IS AFRAID.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the auspicious milestone, Co-Founders of </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong> <strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maher Diab</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expressed their joy that the film was recognized with such a prestigious award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in making the film, from the cast to the crew, and we couldn\'t be more thrilled with the positive response it has received,&rdquo; they said. &ldquo;Winning this award is not only an honor but also a validation of the film\'s artistic merit, contribution to the field of cinema, and relevance to the current global landscape.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the movie&rsquo;s renowned producer </span><strong>Amjad Abu Alala </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said:</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &ldquo;I am delighted to have been part of such a successful project that embodies a nation\'s struggles and aspirations. I hope this film continues to make the rounds and tell the world Sudan&rsquo;s story. Perhaps this humble project could push the first domino towards national reconciliation and peace.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously,</span><strong> GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo; </span><strong>Grant Award</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the </span><strong>CineGouna SpringBoard </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that was held at the fourth </span><strong>El Gouna Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><strong> Best Film Project in the Development Phase</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($15,000), a certificate from the </span><strong>El Gouna Cinema Platform</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the </span><strong>New Century Prize</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the </span><strong>Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s award for </span><strong>Best Project In Development</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s </span><strong>Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span><strong> Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kordofani</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film </span><strong>NYERKUK</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the </span><strong>Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and </span><strong>Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short </span><strong>KEJERS PRISON</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary </span><strong>A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was </span><strong>THIS IS SUDAN</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1070449853');
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(481, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY wins big at Cannes', '2023-05-28', 'inshallah-a-boy-win.jpg', '\r<br/>Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY won the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d\'Or Award for feature film on Wednesday, May 24th during the closing ceremony of Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week, which ran alongside the Cannes Film Festival from May 17th to the 25th.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>INSHALLAH A BOY was the only Arab film competing in the 62nd edition of the parallel section, which showcased 11 features &mdash; seven in competition and four as special screenings.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Overseen by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, the section focuses on first and second features as well as shorts by emerging talents.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Previously, the first Jordanian film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Moreover, it garnered immediate widespread acclaim, with Ankit Jhunjhunwala from the International Cinephile Society writing: &ldquo;Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated the film five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Amber Wilkinson from Eye for Film also gave the film a perfect rating and praised the director&rsquo;s efforts, writing that &ldquo;Amjad Al Rasheed &mdash; who collaborated on the script with Rula Nasser and Delphine Agut &mdash; shows strong control of the mood in his first film,&rdquo; and Deed&rsquo;s Shahram Ashraf Abyaneh described it as \"a breathtaking marathon about a woman ensnared in the spider web of a male-dominant society held together by tradition and religion.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />\r<br/>The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>It kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it nabbed a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>INSHALLAH A BOY also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and production support from the Doha Film Institute.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Augte and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Eslam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Additionally, the film was produced by Rula Nasser and Aseel Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama, edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films, Georges Films, and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).\r<br/>', '2046437887'),
(482, '', 'OUR TIES to kick-off its Morroccan tour, screen at French Institute', '2023-05-29', 'OUR-TIES-to-kick-off-its-Morroccan-tour.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of its Moroccan tour, Roschdy Zem\'s</span><strong> OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to play at the French Institutes of six towns around Morocco from late May to mid-June. This follows the film\'s recent commercial release at Cinema Akil in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Moroccan tour is set to kick off in El Jadida city on May 31st, before moving on to Agadir and Kenitra on June 2nd. The tour will then continue in several other cities, including Rabat on the 4th and 5th, Casablanca on the 11th, Marrakech on the 7th and 13th, and Meknes on the 9th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">world premiere at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it competed for the </span><strong>Golden Lion Grand Prix</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arab World premiere in the 44th Cairo International Film Festival\'s International Panorama Section, and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was commercially released in French theaters in November 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad &mdash; a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he finds himself speaking without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the film\'s consecutive series of victories,</span><strong> OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was featured in several prestigious worldwide festivals, including the Troms&oslash;, La Roche-sur-Yon, Arras, and Cin&eacute;med international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also received wide acclaim from worldwide media outlets, with Variety\'s Jessica Kiang saying: \"Our Ties is a heartfelt and beautifully played burst of bright chatter that doesn\'t reinvent the wheel of the domestic drama but does watch it turn with an unusually compassionate, affectionate eye.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Screen Daily\'s Lisa Nesselson said that \"Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal, and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem\'s wide-ranging filmography.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, </span><strong>Ben Croll </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from </span><strong>Indiewire</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that &ldquo;</span><strong>OUR TIES</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a fitfully charming odd duck of a film. A health drama that could (and sometimes does) just as easily play as a tearjerker or broad comedy.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Roschdy Zem &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who co-wrote the script with Ma&iuml;wenn, a French actress who also stars in the movie, previously won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for several C&eacute;sar Awards &mdash; </span><strong>OUR TIES </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars a group of award-winning actors, including Sami Bouajila.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast also includes Rachid Bouchareb &mdash; who has received several awards from Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno, as well as a C&eacute;sar Award &mdash; Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Abel Jafri, Lila Fernandez, and Nina Zem.</span>', '445886146'),
(483, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 3 films at Casablanca Arab Film Festival', '2023-06-12', 'MAD-Solutions-to-feature-3-films-at-Casablanca.jpg', 'MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by three movies at the fourth edition of the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from June 16th to the 23 &mdash; Ward Kayyal\'s&nbsp;<strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong>, Abedalsalam Alhaj&rsquo;s&nbsp;<strong>ABED</strong>, and Mohamed Fawi\'s&nbsp;<strong>BUZZ</strong>.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Coming in first in the MAD lineup is&nbsp;<strong>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</strong>, which will be screened in the presence of its director Ward Kayyal as well as actress Kholoud Tannous.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, which stars Kamel Al-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes and Khulood Basel,&nbsp;follows Hamza &mdash; a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from an Israeli jail; he goes into the woods every day to chase a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Despite his wife\'s pleadings and the villagers\' contempt, Hamza sets his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat, finding refuge in his journey after each battle.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is Abedalsalam Alhaj&rsquo;s&nbsp;<strong>ABED</strong>, which follows a nine-year-old child who works with his abusive father in a restaurant. One night, he faces his extreme fear of darkness when he is forced to buy a pack of cigarettes for his father.\r<br/>Directed and written by Abedalsalam Alhaj, the film stars Hisham Alomari, Mohammad Abuagoulah, and Ali Badrana.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last but not least is&nbsp;<strong>BUZZ</strong>, which is directed by Mohamed Fawi &mdash; who also co-wrote the script with Ahmed Shaweesh and Noura Adil &mdash; and stars Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality as her health deteriorates.', '1152539749'),
(484, '', 'Firas Khoury\'s ALAM to commercially release at Zawya Cinema', '2023-06-13', 'alam-press.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful run during the recently concluded sixth edition of Cairo Cinema Days, Firas Khoury\'s award-winning and highly acclaimed feature film, ALAM, is set to release commercially at Cairo\'s Zawya Cinema on Wednesday, June 14th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Firas Khoury, ALAM &mdash; starring Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman &mdash; follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Here are the screening times for ALAM for the coming week:</strong>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, June 14th at 1 pm and 7 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, June 15th at 4 pm and 9:30 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, June 16th at 4 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, June 17th at 1 pm and 7 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, June 18th at 4 pm and 9:30 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, June 19th at 1 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, June 20th at 4 pm and 9:30 pm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, ALAM took home the Best Debut Feature Film Award at the 2023 Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, raising its tally of international awards to seven. Other prestigious awards for the film include the Young Jury Award at the Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival and the Best Asian Film Award at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala, where its director Firas Khoury also received the Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM held its Arab world premiere at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival, where it triumphed with flying colors, winning three awards at the festival&rsquo;s closing, including the Golden Pyramid Award &mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri, and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was featured in the Festival Favorites category of the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival edition, held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category, and screened at the Rome Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout its festival run, the film garnered widespread acclaim, with Variety\'s Alissa Simon saying: \"Khoury&rsquo;s convincing and engaging screenplay perfectly captures teenage fearlessness and bravado, along with a certain cluelessness about how the real world works.\" Meanwhile, Screen Daily&rsquo;s Fionnuala Halligan described it as \"a coming-of-age drama which hews to the conventions, Alam nonetheless offers a fresh perspective.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM, which is co-distributed by MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production across the Arab world, received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop at the 2017 edition of the Cannes Film Festival and the 2019 Venice GAP-Financing Market; received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &mdash; the CIFF\'s Co-Production Market &mdash; and was featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.</span>', '1711016871'),
(485, '', 'NO KEY nabs Best Director at International Festival of Independent Cinema of Casablanca', '2023-06-14', 'IMG_1501.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moroccan short film NO KEY continues to make waves on the festival circuit, winning the Best Director Award at the International Festival of Independent Cinema of Casablanca (FICIC) and raising the tally of its international awards to nine.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I am very proud, happy, and thankful for the FICIC after the film\'s Moroccan premiere and first award in its home country. This, I think, is just the beginning,&rdquo; said the film&rsquo;s director Walid Messnaoui.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, NO KEY screened at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival and won eight awards at four prestigious film festivals, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Crime Short (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival, Best Actor at the Korea International Film Festival, and Best First-Time Short Film at the Boden International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a young burglar named Amine, who in his desperate hunt for a way out of his gloomy existence on the rough streets of Casablanca discovers a sealed jewelry box that represents his ticket to a brighter future in Europe.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when other gangs find out what&rsquo;s in his possession, he must brave their treacherous terrain and face his own demons to keep his dream alive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO KEYS&rsquo; cast includes Rabii Glim, Ismail Elfallahi, Salah Ben Saleh, and Hasan Badidah.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailing from Casablanca, Walid Messnaoui earned his degree in directing and editing from the esteemed ESAV film school in Marrakech.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While pursuing his master\'s degree in editing in 2015, he directed SIX AND ZERO &mdash; a documentary that garnered acclaim and was selected by numerous international festivals, including the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fueled by an unquenchable passion for filmmaking, he eagerly sought opportunities to expand his knowledge and engaged in various workshops and residencies worldwide, including La F&eacute;mis: Summer University in France, Fajr Talent Campus in Iran, and INTERACTION Camp in Serbia.</span>', '19547050'),
(486, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires worldwide rights to first-ever Jordanian short film at Cannes, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY', '2023-06-14', 'The_Red_Sea_Stills_05.jpg', '<strong><em>Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s</em></strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sophomore short is set to premiere in competition at the </span></em><strong><em>Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</em></strong><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, marking one of the first two Jordanian films to compete at the </span></em><strong><em>Cannes Film Festival</em></strong>\r<br/><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; the world&rsquo;s most prolific distributor of Arabic-language content &mdash; has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to </span><strong>Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> short film </span><strong>THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be making history alongside </span><strong>Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s</strong> <strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next month as the first-ever Jordanian films &mdash; the first short and feature, respectively &mdash;&nbsp;in the history of </span><strong>Cannes</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/><strong>THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to world premiere at the </span><strong>Quinzaine Directors&rsquo; Fortnight</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this May, while Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will world premiere in Critics&rsquo; Week. </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be distributed by MAD in the Arab world, with Pyramide International handling international sales.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the past year, </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has paved new ground for its expansion into worldwide sales as it continues to strive toward wider audiences for Arab cinema across the globe. The company&rsquo;s most recent acquisitions for global distribution are </span><strong>GOODBYE JULIA</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; selected last week in the French festival&rsquo;s </span><strong>Un Certain Regard</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; marking the first-ever Sudanese film in Cannes history.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also acquired </span><strong>Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hot-button Saudi project </span><strong>MY DRIVER &amp; I</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which </span><strong>MAD </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will distribute internationally, while MENA streamer OSN will broadcast it in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><strong>Alrjoob</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> takes place in a ghostly town in the South of Jordan and follows the haunted Ida, who travels to the site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shot on Super 16mm and co-produced by </span><strong>Faris Alrjoob</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, this German-Jordanian romantic thriller speaks to the indescribable feeling of souls in transit.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Alrjoob</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commented on the historical selection, &ldquo;This film is a very personal one; to have my team and its work recognized on this scale is absolutely thrilling. Of course, it is especially moving to find out together with Amjad&rsquo;s </span><strong>INSHALLAH A BOY</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we are one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at Cannes.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also made a point to note those who have paved the groundwork for the current Jordanian industry: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s so important to know that it&rsquo;s possible. Naji Abu Nowar and Bassel Ghandour&rsquo;s </span><strong>THEEB</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave me faith when I was starting out, and showed that we are able to compete on a global scale, by making true, uncompromising cinema, at eye-level with the viewer and the world. I hope my film will touch my contemporaries in the same way, and pay a piece of that faith forward.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside main actress </span><strong>Clara Schwinning</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film also stars </span><strong>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><strong>Anwar Khalil</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and burgeoning Jordanian actor </span><strong>Mohammad Nizar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who is represented by </span><strong>MAD Rising Celebrity</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &mdash; a subdivision of </span><strong>MAD Celebrity</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched to champion Arab acting talents and market their profiles to advance their careers both within and outside the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Nizar</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also played in </span><strong>Alrjoob</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s previous short, </span><strong>THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is also distributed worldwide by </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><strong>Nadeem Rimawi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maisa Abdelhadi</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the film world premiered at the </span><strong>Oberhausen International Short Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and held its Arab world premiere at the first edition of the </span><strong>Red Sea International Film Festival</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the significance of the two Jordanian Cannes selections, </span><strong>MAD Solutions </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">co-founders </span><strong>Alaa Karkouti</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and </span><strong>Maher Diab </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said: &ldquo;This year marks a watershed moment for Jordanian cinema, with not one but two films selected at Cannes. In a region where there was effectively no market for short films, our team at </span><strong>MAD Solutions</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has worked tirelessly for over a decade to support Arab shorts and to invest in the careers of young, talented directors.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We distributed </span><strong>Amjad</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Al-Rasheed and Darin J. Sallam&rsquo;s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> short </span><strong>THE PARROT</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Arab world in 2016 because we believed he was a director whose work deserved to be seen by audiences around the world. After tireless hard work, fast-forward seven years and his debut feature is the first Jordanian feature at Cannes. We are delighted to distribute </span><strong>Faris&rsquo;</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> new short worldwide, and are just as excited to work towards his debut feature together.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based in Berlin, </span><strong>Alrjoob</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance. In his work, he strives to experiment with aesthetic form and texture to explore the politics of his multiple identities in a confessional act of resistance and self-expression.</span>', '1272802507'),
(487, '', 'Two MAD shorts to feature at Djerba Arab Film Festival', '2023-06-18', 'road-to-el-kef.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two shorts from MAD Solutions\' distribution slate &mdash; Ihsen Kammoun\'s ROAD TO EL KEF and Salma Murad\'s MATCHSTICK &mdash; will be featured in Tunisia\'s Djerba Arab Film Festival, which will be running from June 18th to the 24th in the island of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Djerba, where they will be </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competing in the festival&rsquo;s Official Competition</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Salma Murad and starring Naif Al-Daferi and Nawwaf Al-Daferi, MATCHSTICK follows the story of Osama &mdash; a young man caught in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tries to awaken the part of himself that gives him reason, but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, ROAD TO EL KEF was directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihsen Kammoun</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Road and features a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">starstudded Tunisian cast that includes </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fares Landoulsi, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Hafiene, Malek Ben Saad, Sawsen Maalej, Alaa Edine Yacoubi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot in the Tunisian city of El Kef and delves into extremely intricate family issues, drawing attention to fragmented families whose members have fragile relationships, and how the children of these families can be easy targets for terrorist groups and organizations.</span>', '85925567'),
(488, '', 'Mohamed Kordofani\'s GOODBYE JULIA selected for Karlovy Vary Festival\'s Horizons Section', '2023-06-18', '1-(goodbye-julia-Main-Still).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laureate of the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize GOODBYE JULIA &mdash;&nbsp; Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature &mdash; is set to be featured at the Horizons Section of the upcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to run in the bucolic Czech spa town from</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 30th to July 8th, in the presence of its director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will have three screenings during the festival &mdash; the first taking place on Friday, June 30th at 4 pm at the Congress Hall; the second on Monday, July 3rd at 1 pm at the Karlovy Vary Municipal Theater; and the third on Tuesday, July 4th at 6 pm at Drahom&iacute;ra Cinema.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani will also be present to introduce both the second and third screenings, with a Q&amp;A session scheduled to take place after the second screening with the director in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its release, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1060436748'),
(489, '', 'MAD Solutions’ HALAL KISS and ARNOOS to feature at Rabat-Comedy International Film Festival', '2023-06-15', 'halal-kiss-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions &mdash; the most prolific film distribution agency in the MENA region &mdash; is set to screen two short films from its distribution slate at the Rabat-Comedy International Film Festival in Morocco, which will be running from June 17th to the 24th &mdash;&nbsp;HALAL KISS&nbsp;by Selim Eladawy and&nbsp;ARNOOS&nbsp;by Samer Battikhi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Selim Eladawy&rsquo;s&nbsp;HALAL KISS&nbsp;follows a middle-aged man who strolls down the street and stops to buy a set of porn magazines and erotic novels from a street newspaper and book stand. He then gets into a conversation with the seller, who finds him strange and outdated.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, which world premiered at the Alexandria Short Film Festival, features Mohamed Elsewesy, Sherif Eldesouky, Nadia Khairy, and Mohamed Elsawy, and is scheduled to screen on Monday, June 19th at 4:30 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Samer Battikhi&rsquo;s&nbsp;ARNOOS&nbsp;world premiered at the El Gouna Film Festival and screened at several other prestigious film festivals, including the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, LatinArab - Festival Internacional de Cine Latino &Aacute;rabe, and Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; which will screen on Tuesday, June 20th at 4:30 pm &mdash; is set during a normal day at a shopping square in Amman, where 15-year-old spoiled naive kid Sami and the street-smart hustler Mahmoud &mdash; a 15-year-old corn seller &mdash; are ready to execute their plan to steal an unexpected gift that will impress Sami&rsquo;s girlfriend, not knowing of the uncalculated twists that are coming their way from the shop owners.', '1452562220'),
(490, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY to screen at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival', '2023-06-19', 'inshw00149568-copie.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY &mdash; which was recently crowned with the Gan Foundation and Rail d&rsquo; Or awards at Cannes &mdash; is set to screen not once, but thrice as part of the Horizons Section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the presence of its director before also screening at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to screen on July 1st at 10 pm at the festival&rsquo;s Pupp Cinema, July 7th at 3 pm at its Small Hall, and July 8th at 1 pm at the Karlovy Vary Municipal Theater, with Al-Rasheed expected to hold Q&amp;A sessions with audiences after the second and third screenings. Meanwhile, the festival at large will be running from June 30th to July 8th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered immediate widespread acclaim when it recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics Week, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankit Jhunjhunwala from the International Cinephile Society </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing: &ldquo;Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated the film five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson from </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye for Film gave the film a perfect rating as well and praised the director&rsquo;s efforts, writing that &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al Rasheed &mdash; who collaborated on the script with Rula Nasser and Delphine Agut &mdash; shows strong control of the mood in his first film,&rdquo; and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deed&rsquo;s Shahram Ashraf Abyaneh described it as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;a breathtaking marathon about a woman ensnared in the spider web of a male-dominant society held together by tradition and religion.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY The film kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it nabbed a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a post-production grant from the Red Sea Lodge, production support from the Doha Film Institute, a post-production Award from CNC, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and a post-production award from the Atlas Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '1090258336'),
(491, '', 'Alaa Mahmoud expresses her joy for 1+1’s Paris premiere', '2023-06-19', '1p1-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its screening for the first time in Paris, Alaa Mahmoud, director of short film 1+1 expressed her joy for reaching this critical milestone, saying: &ldquo; I am thrilled that my first short film, 1+1, screened for the first time in Paris at the Festival Mon Premier Film, which has tremendous academic and educational backing. This gives us assurance that our hard work has paid off. I wish I was there watching the film with the audience so I could hear their feedback&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Mahmoud&rsquo;s short screen</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Paris at the Festival Mon Premier Film &mdash; which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ran</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from June 11th to the 15th &mdash; as one of 19 films from nine Arab, Asian, and European countries, which screen</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ed</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the great war decimated the city, only a man and a woman from the opposite parties remain. Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which stars British award-winning actor Amir El-Masry and beloved Egyptian actress Sarrah Abdelrahman, tackles the physical and moral effects of war.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, it screened at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Meta Film Festival, Tripoli Film Festival, and Meta Dubai Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alaa Mahmoud is an Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo and is known for her first short film &mdash; 1+1.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While studying at the institute, she worked as an assistant director and was selected among 10 female directors from as many countries for an artistic residency to develop a script at the 2019 International Women\'s Film Festival in Tunisia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also hails from an artistic family, with her uncle being the late comedian Alaa Waley El-Din.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Mahmoud is working on a new project titled &lsquo;MY GRANDMOTHER&rsquo;S DRESS.&rsquo;</span>', '1179713447'),
(492, '', 'Saudi short film LAILA to internationally premiere at Zanzibar International Film Festival', '2023-06-20', 'Laila-(2).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saudi short film LAILA by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zakaria Al-Bashir is set to hold its international premiere at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, which will be running from June 24th to July 2nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival, which is one of the most significant cultural events in East Africa, will be showcasing LAILA on Monday, June 26th at 2 pm at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marumaru Fountain.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film world premiered in its home country, Saudi Arabia, in the latest edition of the Saudi Film Festival.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila is a twenty-something married woman who is having marital problems with her husband Muhammad, leading her to escape into her imagination and contemplate what could have been.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Bashir and co-written by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sahar Sulaiman, Mohamed Bawarith, and Hazem Saleh, LAILA stars Hams Bandar, Ammar Barashir, and Retaj Abdullah,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with MAD Solutions handling worldwide sales and distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Bashir is a Somali filmmaker based in Saudi Arabia whose interest in film began at a young age. He initially cut his teeth in the art world by appearing in several plays before working on a number of Somali short films that were aired on Somali television.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then attended several workshops to expand his knowledge of filmmaking, some of which were held at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah.</span>', '1442076273'),
(493, '', 'Mai Wael\'s NEB TAWY to premiere at Zanzibar International Film Festival', '2023-06-20', 'Neb-tawy-(2).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mai Wael&rsquo;s short NEB TAWY is set to hold its world premiere on Tuesday, June 27th at 2 pm at Marumaru Fountain as part of its participation in the Zanzibar International Film Festival, which will be running from June 24th until July 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a young woman who began working with her uncle in the illegal excavation of artifacts after her father&rsquo;s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father&rsquo;s memory alive until one day, she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Nancy Salah, Remas, and Mahmoud Hagag, NEB TAWY was directed by Mai Wael &mdash; who co-wrote it with Mohamed Ali Mansour &mdash; and produced by Raion Production Company. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wael is a graduate of Egypt\'s Higher Institute of Cinema that has worked as an assistant director on several films, collaborating with some of Egypt\'s and the world\'s most prominent directors. Her filmography includes two short films.</span>', '1128901805');
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(494, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 5 shorts at Zanzibar International Film Festival', '2023-06-20', 'Flesh-and-Blood-(1).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is set to screen five short films from its distribution slate at the Marumaru Fountain of the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, which will be running from June 24th to July 2nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD lineup includes </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mai Wael&rsquo;s NEB TAWY and Zakaria Al-Bashir&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAILA &mdash; both of which will be holding their world premieres at the festival &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In&egrave;s Arsi&rsquo;s FLESH AND BLOOD, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Moghazy&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hummus and Chips, and May Ziady&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIGHT&nbsp; BLUE.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in the lineup is Mai Wael&rsquo;s NEB TAWY, which follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a young woman who began working in the antiquities business with her uncle after her father\'s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father\'s memory alive until she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which will screen on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, June 27th, at 2 pm &mdash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nancy Salah, Remas, and Mahmoud Hagag.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is&nbsp; Zakaria Al-Bashir&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAILA, which world premiered in its home country, Saudi Arabia, in the latest edition of the Saudi Film Festival and was</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> co-written by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sahar Sulaiman, Mohamed Bawarith, and Hazem Saleh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which will screen on Monday, June 26th, at 2</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:12 pm &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila, who is a twenty-something married woman going through marital problems with her husband Muhammad, leading her to escape into her imagination and contemplate what could have been.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the lineup is I</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n&egrave;s Arsi&rsquo;s FLESH AND BLOOD,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screen on Tuesday, June 27th at 9:50 am. The film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is about </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19-year-old Donia, whose life is thrown into disarray when she realizes that she has gotten pregnant after being raped by her young neighbor. Now, she has only one goal: To abort before it\'s too late.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film screened at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arab Film Festival and received support from the Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de l\'Image of the Tunisian Ministry of Culture.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Moghazy&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HUMMUS AND CHIPS, which is</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown. The film follows the grumpy racist grandma Margaret, who is lonely and anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test results. She then makes the unusual decision to spend a full day with her Arab neighbor, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which will screen on Tuesday, June 27th at 9:30 am &mdash; was shot by award-winning cinematographer Rui Jiang Ong, who previously won awards, including Best Cinematographer of the Month at the Asian Cinematography Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last in the MAD lineup is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIGHT BLUE,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which was directed by May Ziady, who co-wrote it with Ahmed Atik.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will screen on Tuesday, June 27th at 10:15 am &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tells the tale of a</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> woman in her early 30s who is plagued by dreams in which she reflects on her relationships with her mother, father, and lover. Through her dreams, we see how her subconscious views these connections and the psychological traumas that they left behind.</span>', '195890868'),
(495, '', 'Short film KILLING BAGHEERA wins 3 awards during its festival tour', '2023-07-02', 'killing-bagheera-wins-3-awards.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muschirf Shekh Zeyn&rsquo;s short film KILLING BAGHEERA recently won three more awards, bringing the total number of its international awards to 10 &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the T&uuml;rk Fi̇lm Festi̇vali̇ Frankfurt, and the Golden Prize and Young Director Award at the Wendland Shorts Kurzfilmfestival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Short Film at the Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Best Short Film on Refugees at the International Inter-University Short Film Festival, three awards for short films at the Filmfestival Turkey/Germany, the Social Influence Award at the Watersprite Film Festival, and the Window to Bavaria Award at the Regensburg Short Film Week</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also screened at several prestigious film festivals, including the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palm Springs International ShortFest, Durban International Film Festival, Toronto Arab Film Festival, Rabat International Author Film Festival, Cyprus International Short Film Festival, Odense International Film Festival, and Biberacher Filmfestspiele.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KILLING BAGHEERA follows Alan and Bekes who find In their attempts to enter Europe as refugees that their journey is fraught with dangers and challenges that will put their friendship to the test.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and edited by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zeyn, the film is written by Anita Hauch and Sharyhan Osman and stars Dara Lalo and Sipan Hasan with MAD Solutions handling distribution worldwide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muschirf Shekh Zeyn was born in 1988 in a Kurdish family and grew up in Kamishli in Syria, taking an interest in literature, painting, and woodwork since he was a child and writing short stories at a very early age.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then studied architecture in Syria and received a bachelor\'s degree in urban sociology, graduating in the midst of the Syrian war, after which, he flew to numerous countries, working many jobs to keep his head above water.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two years, he landed in Bremen, Germany, and began producing his own films. He has also been studying film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich since 2019 and is a Heinrich-B&ouml;ll-Foundation scholarship recipient.</span>', '1082949308'),
(496, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA thrills audiences at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva', '2023-07-02', 'goodbye-julia-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laureate of the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature &mdash; enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings at this year&rsquo;s edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hype around Mohamed Kordofani\'s GOODBYE JULIA reached a fever pitch, with VIPs, bigwigs, and media heavyweights at the festival singing its praises and the general audience honoring it and its director with a standing ovation. Additionally, given the film&rsquo;s overwhelming success, it has been nominated for a Pravo Audience Award, which will be handed out in the closing ceremony of the festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, the film had three screenings during the festival, and as an extra treat, the film&rsquo;s director was available for a Q&amp;A session after the third one to discuss the film, its making, and perhaps the current state of affairs in Sudan vis-a-vis the themes GOODBYE JULIA discusses.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its release, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1508714706'),
(497, '', 'Amr Gamal’s THE BURDENED wins 2 special mentions at the Valencia International Film Festival', '2023-07-03', 'TheBurdened_FTR.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Gamal\'s THE BURDENED recently added two more accolades to its string of achievements at the Valencia International Film Festival&rsquo;s Youth Cinema Section &mdash; which took place from June 22nd to July 1st &mdash; where it earned two special mentions: Best Director and Best Screenplay.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, THE BURDENED won the Amnesty International Film Award &mdash; which comes with a cash prize</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of &euro;5,000 &mdash; during the Independent Juries Award Ceremony that was held as part of the activities of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Berlinale also announced on the same day that THE BURDENED placed second in the running for the Panorama Section\'s Audience Award, which Gamal was honored for in a second ceremony that was held in February.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE BURDENED &mdash; which was the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale &mdash; is based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions to survive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by Amr Gamal, who shares screenwriting credits with Mazen Refaat, and stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also brings together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it earned the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in the festival\'s industry sidebar, Eastern Promises, with the platform\'s jury expressing its admiration for \"the director\'s brave approach in tackling sensitive subjects against all odds.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while Films Boutique is managing its international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE BURDENED is co-produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Mohammed Alomda, and Amjad Abu Alala (Station Films) &mdash; the filmmaker who helmed the award-winning drama YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which was submitted to the Academy Awards\' Best International Feature Film Category in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Oscars\' submission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Gamal (b.1983, Poland) is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2003, he received the President\'s Award for Playwriting, and in 2005, he established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of its theater productions since.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His play MA\'K NAZEL became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe after its overwhelming success in Yemen.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the summer of 2018, his first feature film, 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING, premiered in Aden, becoming the first local film to be released commercially in Yemen in three decades.</span>', '1708351675'),
(498, '', 'Dessil Mekhtigian\'s FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL to compete in Yerevan International Film Festival', '2023-07-05', 'WOTD-POSTER-Fiinal-F-copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">essil Mekhtigian\'s FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL is scheduled to screen at the Yerevan International Film Festival\'s 20th edition &mdash; which will be running from July 9th to the 16th &mdash; where it will be competing in its Apricot Stone Section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Dessil Mekhtigian expressed her pride and gratitude for the selection of her latest work to compete for a Golden Apricot. Mekhtigian, who has Armenian roots, described the film as a personal journey that brought her back to her home country for the first time.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I am very proud and touched that my film is in competition at a festival in my motherland,\" Mekhtigian said. \"This film was made in search of my roots and I am overwhelmed with joy for the chance to go back to my home country for the first time.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Karim Mekhtigian, FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dessil Mekhtigian, Ali El-Sabh, Maria Saba, and Lala Shamamian, while MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FROM THE WORK OF THE DEVIL &mdash; which held its world premiere at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, where it was warmly received &mdash; follows A young woman who returns to Cairo after 10 years to organize an exhibition on Armenian photographers and realizes why she really came back amid the preparations as her family, her past, and the city of Cairo begin to take hold of her.</span>', '683873022'),
(499, '', 'MAD short NEB TAWY wins a post-production award at the Zanzibar International Film Festival', '2023-07-05', 'NEB-TAWY-JPG.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its world premiere at the Zanzibar International Film Festival &mdash; which concluded on July 2nd &mdash; NEB TAWY won the Sembene Ousmane Film Prize, which is a cash prize awarded to shorts in the post-production phase of their development.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I am overjoyed with the award and the festival\'s recognition of a first-time filmmaker, as well as its support for short films and new talents,&rdquo; said Mai Wael &mdash; the film&rsquo;s director &mdash; after receiving the prize.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I\'m also grateful for the opportunity the festival afforded me to put the finishing touches on my short film.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEB TAWY follows a young woman who began working with her uncle in the illegal excavation of artifacts after her father&rsquo;s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father&rsquo;s memory alive until one day, she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Nancy Salah, Remas, and Mahmoud Hagag, NEB TAWY was directed by Mai Wael &mdash; who co-wrote it with Mohamed Ali Mansour &mdash; and produced by Raion Production Company. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wael is a graduate of Egypt\'s Higher Institute of Cinema and has worked as an assistant director on several films, collaborating with some of Egypt\'s and the world\'s most prominent directors. Her filmography includes two short films.</span>', '303245454'),
(500, '', 'Amjad Al-Rasheed’s INSHALLAH A BOY wows audiences at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival', '2023-07-09', 'TF_-7490.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY &mdash; which was recently crowned with the Gan Foundation and Rail d&rsquo; Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; had 3 booming screenings as part of the Horizons Section of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the presence of its director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film enjoyed three full-house screenings throughout the festival&rsquo;s runtime &mdash; June 30th to July 8th &mdash; with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, critics, and media figures from foreign media outlets flocking to see it, showering it with immediate widespread acclaim and giving it a warm standing ovation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">garnered immediate widespread acclaim when it recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics Week, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankit Jhunjhunwala from the International Cinephile Society </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing: &ldquo;Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated the film five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amber Wilkinson from </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye for Film gave the film a perfect rating as well and praised the director&rsquo;s efforts, writing that &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al Rasheed &mdash; who collaborated on the script with Rula Nasser and Delphine Agut &mdash; shows strong control of the mood in his first film,&rdquo; and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deed&rsquo;s Shahram Ashraf Abyaneh described it as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;a breathtaking marathon about a woman ensnared in the spider web of a male-dominant society held together by tradition and religion.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY The film kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it nabbed a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a post-production grant from the Red Sea Lodge, production support from the Doha Film Institute, a post-production Award from CNC, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and a post-production award from the Atlas Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '2139008055'),
(501, '', 'Poster for Rachid Hami’s Algerian-French feature FOR MY COUNTRY drops in tandem with Netflix release', '2023-07-17', 'For-my-country-final-copy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachid Hami</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s critically acclaimed drama feature and nominee for Best Film at Venice Horizons FOR MY COUNTRY released its latest Netflix poster on Sunday, July 16th in tandem with its official premiere on the streaming giant.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poster depicts the brothers Ismael and Aissa &mdash; the film&rsquo;s protagonists &mdash; in focus amidst a blurred-out crowd, standing in the shadow of a uniformed figure, highlighting their individual struggles with the military. The poster also has this red hue throughout, symbolizing Ismael&rsquo;s rage and frustration with his family&rsquo;s circumstances.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR MY COUNTRY tells the story of an Algerian-born young officer named Aissa who tragically dies during a freshman initiation ritual at the elite French military institution of Saint-Cyr.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controversy then arises over Aissa\'s funeral plans as his death rips through his family and the army refuses to take responsibility. It falls to Ismael &mdash; the older and more rebellious brother &mdash; to keep the family together while they seek justice for Aissa.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR MY COUNTRY kicked off its journey by premiering worldwide at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Film in Venice Horizons. The film was also nominated for a Bronze Horse Award for Best Film at the Stockholm International Film Festival and received the Audience Award at the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Film Festival. Moreover, Karim Leklou &mdash; the film&rsquo;s lead actor &mdash; went on to receive the Best Actor Award at the Sarlat International Cinema Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from that, the film has been to several other notable film festivals around the globe &mdash; including the Golden Horse, Seville, Cairo, and India international film festivals &mdash; and received stellar reviews from Deadline, Screen Daily, and Taxi Drivers Italy, with Nina Rothe from MIME saying that &ldquo;the genius of the film lies in the fact that the story is told in a way that allows the viewer to fill in the silences.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Rachid Hami and co-written alongside Ollivier Pourriol, the film stars Hugo Becker, Karim Leklou, Alicia Hava, Lubna Azabal, Sha&iuml;n Boumedine, Slimane Dazi, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Lafitte, Vivian Sung, Souhade Temimi, and Elyes Aguis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was also produced by Nicolas Mauvernay and Amy Ma, executive produced by Tien-Tsung Ma, managed by Guillaume Parent, edited by Jo&euml;lle Hache, lensed by J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Almeras, and scored by Yann M&eacute;gard.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Mizar Films and is distributed by MAD Solutions in the Arab world, Memento Distribution in France, and mk2 Films throughout the rest of the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1985, Rachid Hami is a French writer and actor who fled the Algerian civil war with his mother and brothers in search of a better future in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his career with the film GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE by Abdellatif Kechiche and then proceeded to direct and write several films, including three award-winning feature films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following his 2005 short film NO EFFECT WITHOUT CAUSE, Hami made the medium-length film CHOOSING LOVE in 2007. And in 2017, he made his first feature film, ORCHESTRA CLASS (LA M&Eacute;LODIE), which premiered in Venice.</span>', '600356907'),
(502, '', 'Ridha Behi’s THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS nominated for 3 Septimius Awards', '2023-07-16', 'The-Island-of-Forgiveness---En.00_00_50_06.Still008.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award-winning director Ridha Behi&rsquo;s latest feature film THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS was just nominated for three Septimius Awards &mdash; Best African Film, Best Actor for Kamil Cagniard, and Best Actress for Katia Greco &mdash; the winners of which will be announced in a ceremony held from September 25th to the 26th at the Netherlands&rsquo; International Theater Amsterdam.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Ridha, Cagniard, and Greco will be attending the ceremony, which will be broadcasted on Dutch television.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement released after the announcement, the Selection Committee of the Septimius Awards praised the film for its &ldquo;captivating energy and creativity,&rdquo; which are the hallmark of all of the films it selects.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to its website, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the &ldquo;Septimius Awards is a prestigious award ceremony, with a strong emphasis on discovering and encouraging new independent talent, supporting visionary films, and bringing together all elements of film-making and storytelling.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS is a tumultuous, heart-wrenching drama as witnessed through the eyes of a child named Andrea. The film is directed, written, and produced by Behi; stars Claudia Cardinale, Katia Greco, Paola Lavini, Ali Bennour, and Badis Behi; and is distributed by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film had its world premiere at the 2022 edition of the Cairo International Film Festival and then eventually made its way to Cairo Cinema Days and Morcco&rsquo;s Tetouan Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I am truly honored that our film, THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS, has received three nominations from the esteemed Septimius Awards. As the film&rsquo;s writer, director, and producer I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to collaborate with the incredibly talented Katia Greco and the promising young actor, Kamil Cagniard,&rdquo; said Behi in response to the announcement.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The nomination for Best African Movie serves as a powerful testament to the increasing recognition of the perils posed by the recent surge in various forms of fundamentalism, which threaten the harmonious coexistence and tolerance that have traditionally existed among diverse cultures, ethnicities, and religious beliefs. This acknowledgment underscores the importance of shedding light on these pressing issues through the medium of film,&rdquo; he added.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ridha Behi is a Tunisian director who initially studied sociology and received a master\'s degree in 1973 from Paris Nanterre University and a Ph.D. in 1977 from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes before becoming a filmmaker.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first two feature films, THE HYENA\'S SUN and ANGELS, screened at the Directors\' Fortnight at Cannes in 1977 and 1985, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then went on to direct BITTER CHAMPAGNE; LES HIRONDELLES NE MEURENT PAS &Agrave; J&Eacute;RUSALEM, which won the Critics\' Award at the Carthage International Film Festival; THE MAGIC BOX, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and was chosen as Tunisia\'s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards; and THE FLOWER OF ALEPPO, which held its premiere at the 27th Carthage Film Festival and was preselected as the Tunisian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from his directing work, Behi was also named director-general of the Carthage International Film Festival from 2019 to 2021.</span>', '1405259685'),
(503, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires Berlinale award winner LES CHENILLES', '2023-07-18', '19022023-_dc_1356.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions recently acquired the Arab world distribution rights to Michelle and Noel Keserwany&rsquo;s Lebanese short LES CHENILLES &mdash; a laureate of the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival that was described by Film Verdict as a &ldquo;complex and energizing film worthy of an award.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also nominated for Best Short Film at the European Film Academy Awards, received the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won an Audience Award at the Champs-Elysees Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and screened at several prestigious international film festivals, including the Format Court Festival, Lichter Filmfest, Golden Harvest Film Festival, Diaspora Film Festival, Kurzfilm Festival, Champs-Elysees Film Festival, and the Golden Ger International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES CHENILLES follows two female waitresses from the Levant who live in exile in France and tentatively become friends. In the midst of their forced migration, can they move past their animosity to find solace in one another?&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Michelle Keserwany, LES CHENILLES stars Noel Keserwany &mdash; who also co-directed it &mdash; and Masa Zaher; is produced by Biennale de Lyon, Dewberries Film, and Marine Vaillant; and is lensed by Karim Ghorayeb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is handling its distribution in the Arab world and Italy-based Lights On is acting as its international sales agent.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1643550391'),
(504, '', 'Ihsen Kammoun’s ROAD TO EL KEF screens at Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival', '2023-07-25', 'Poster---rtk.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihsan Kammoun&rsquo;s Tunisian short ROAD TO EL KEF recently screened at the fourth edition of the Manarat Mediterranean Film Festival, which is running from July 22nd to the 29th in Tunisia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short tells the story of a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia who charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family after he loses his mother and brother.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which premiered at the Carthage Film Festival, won the Best Foreign Short Film award at the Alameda International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; is headlined by award-winning Tunisian actor Ahmed Hafiane and MESSIAH star Fares Landoulsi alongside a star-studded Tunisian cast that includes Malek Ben Saad, Sawsen Maalej, and Alaa Edine Yacoubi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROAD TO EL KEF participated in several other international festivals, including the Festival Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes, Vancouver, Arab, Montecatini, Dearborn, Molodist Kyiv, and Rabat international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed and produced by Kammoun, written by Charles Hall, co-produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anis Kriaa &mdash; with major production by</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Karabila Productions and Eqlae Pictures LLC &mdash; lensed by Frida Marzouk, edited by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laith Al-Majali</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and composed by Suad Bushnaq. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is responsible for distributing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1984 in Sfax, Tunisia, Kammoun</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an American Tunisian producer, director, and writer with a bachelor of arts in English literature and linguistics. His first claim to fame was in 2009 when he sparked a music video production trend in the independent Tunisian music scene.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With life experiences that allowed him to explore a richness of perspectives on human experiences, he eventually founded the motion picture production company EQLAE PICTURES in 2019.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His work usually covers stories that explore the reason behind the differences between people to encourage them to exercise their humanity.</span>', '1818255164'),
(505, '', 'Netflix releases 4 films from MAD Solutions’ distribution slate', '2023-07-26', 'OUR TIES - Still 1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This July, Netflix &mdash; the world&rsquo;s most successful streaming platform &mdash; has made an additional four films from MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate available for streaming for everyone&rsquo;s viewing pleasure.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This latest batch of MAD films includes Rachid Hami&rsquo;s FOR MY COUNTRY (POUR LA FRANCE), which released on July 4th; Youssef Chebbi and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ismael&rsquo;s BLACK MEDUSA (MA TASMA\'A KAN AL REEH) on July 11th; Roschdy Zem&rsquo;s OUR TIES (LES MIENS) on July 18th, and Mehdi Hmili&rsquo;s STREAMS (ATYAF) on July 25th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films are currently being streamed with both Arabic and English subtitles, as well as subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR MY COUNTRY is a drama that tells the story of an Algerian-born young officer named Aissa who tragically dies during a freshman initiation ritual at the elite French military institution of Saint-Cyr.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controversy arises over Aissa\'s funeral plans as his death rips through his family and the army refuses to take responsibility. It falls to Ismael &mdash; the older and more rebellious brother &mdash; to keep the family together while they seek justice for Aissa.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR MY COUNTRY kicked off its journey by premiering worldwide at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venice International Film Festival, where it went on to snag the Venice Horizons Award nomination for Best Film, the film was also nominated for the Bronze Horse Award for Best Film at the Stockholm International Film Festival, and received the Audience Award at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Film Festival. Additionally, Karim Leklou, the film&rsquo;s lead actor, also went on to receive the Best Actor Award at Sarlat International Cinema Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was directed by Rachid Hami and co-written alongside Ollivier Pourriol, and stars Hugo Becker, Karim Leklou, Alicia Hava, Lubna Azabal, Sha&iuml;n Boumedine, Slimane Dazi, Samir Guesmi, Laurent Lafitte, Vivian Sung, Souhade Temimi, and Elyes Aguis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for BLACK MEDUSA (MA TASMA\'A KAN AL REEH) &mdash; which world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and was selected for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival&rsquo;s Works-in-Progress List &mdash; the noir film is set in modern day Tunis, where a 25-year-old hard-of-hearing Nada leads a lonely life and works as a web video content editor for a start-up, communicating only through a smartphone app.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, every weekend at night, Nada turns into a femme fatale, dressing in black and walking from bar to bar looking for men, drugging and sexually abusing them before leaving them unconscious.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BLACK MEDUSA is a contemporary reinterpretation of the Greek myth of Medusa in the #MeToo era. It also provides a snapshot of a young woman in post-revolutionary Tunisia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written, directed, and produced by Ismael; co-written and co-directed with Youssef Chebbi; and stars Nour Hajri, Rym Hayouni, Aymen Ben Hmida, and Aymen Mejri.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is the critically acclaimed dramedy OUR TIES (LES MIENS) &mdash; which world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, and was released all over French cinemas and in Cinema Akil in Dubai &mdash; follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family; Unlike his brother Ryad: A high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, with his only defender being Moussa, who admires him greatly.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he begins speaking without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was directed and written by Roschdy Zem; co-written alongside Ma&iuml;wenn; and produced by Laziz Belka&iuml;; and stars Sami Bouajila, Ma&iuml;wenn, and Rachid Bouchareb.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last in the batch is the Tunisian drama STREAMS (ATYAF) by Mehdi Hmili &mdash; a prominent figure in the new wave of modern Tunisian cinema &mdash; which follows Amel, who must venture into the seedy underbelly of Tunisia to find and reconnect with her son Moumen after spending years in prison for prostituting herself to secure a better opportunity for him.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival and was then screened at multiple international festivals, including the Locarno and Zurich film festivals. It also received a grant from the Doha Film Institute, the Screenplay Prize of the Institut Fran&ccedil;ais, and won the CineGouna SpringBoard Post-Production prize of the El Gouna Film Festival and Best Director at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drama feature was written, directed, and produced by Mehdi Hmili; co-produced by Moufida Fedhila; and stars Afef Ben Mahmoud, Zaza, Sarah Hannachi, and Iheb Bouyahia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn&rsquo;t the first time Netflix has released a selection of MAD Solutions&rsquo; films, with titles like A TALE OF LOVE AND DESIRE and FOREIGN BODY available on the expansive streaming platform. The two companies also previously collaborated to curate a list of Arab female-directed films under the title &lsquo;Because She Created.&rsquo;</span>', '475622469');
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(506, '', 'Tunisian Film BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS to world premiere at Venice International Film Festival ', '2023-07-27', 'DLV_TIFF_Rec709_2K-DCI_1.1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press conference held on on Tuesday, July 25th, the Venice International Film announced that Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia&rsquo;s next feature film BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is set to hold its world premiere at the Horizons Section of its 80th edition, which will be running from August 30th to September 9th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI. The film also stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Noirhomme, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is edited by Lenka Fillnerova </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and co-produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images); Jean Pierre, Luc Dardenne, and Delphine Tomson (Les Film Du Fleuve); </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nadim Cheikhrouha </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Tanit Films); and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giovanni Robbiano </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lorenzo Rappetti </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(010films). The film also received financial support from the Red Sea Fund when it was in the project phase.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the film is distributed worldwide by Luxbox, while MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunisia in 1976, graduating from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1998 before studying Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valenciennes in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME, DEUX COMPRIMES, MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then released his debut feature, INHEBEK HEDI, in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.</span>', '307969249'),
(507, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA and INSHALLAH A BOY selected for Melbourne International Film Festival', '2023-08-02', 'goodbye-julia.jpg', '\r<br/>After their widely successful premieres on the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Croisette, Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA and Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY have been selected to screen at the upcoming edition of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), which will be running from August 3rd to the 27th.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>The two highly-acclaimed films will be presented at the MIFF\'s Africa &amp; Middle East strand, where Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA will have two screenings &mdash; the first on Wednesday, August 9th at 6:15 pm, and the second on Sunday, August 20th at 9:15 pm.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Meanwhile, Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY will have three screenings throughout the festival&rsquo;s run-time &mdash; the first on Friday, August 4th at 8:45 pm; the second on Sunday, August 13th at 2 pm; and the last on Friday, August 18th at 3:45 pm.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Previously, the two films world premiered at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, where GOODBYE JULIA took home the Un Certain Regard&rsquo;s Freedom Prize and INSHALLAH A BOY was crowned with both the Gan Foundation and Rail d&rsquo;Or awards.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>The film stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower). Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Before it was released, GOODBYE JULIA also won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).\r<br/><br />\r<br/>On the other hand, INSHALLAH A BOY follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.\r<br/>Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.\r<br/><br />\r<br/>In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.\r<br/>This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.\r<br/>', '1605846937'),
(508, '', '13 MAD films, shorts to screen at 4th Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film', '2023-08-09', 'shorts.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the most prolific film distribution agency in the MENA region &mdash; is sending 13 feature and short films from its distribution slate to screen at the fourth Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), which will be running from August 15th to the 22nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our films in the AIFF are as follows:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland&rsquo;s LYD, which stars Maisaa Abd El-Hadi &mdash; who is known for THE ALLEYS and HUDA&rsquo;S SALON &mdash; will screen on August 19th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 6, with another screening on August 20th at 9 pm at the Rainbow Theater. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s directors.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed El-Samman&rsquo;s Egyptian feature film RAT HOLE &mdash; which stars Rana Khattab, Mohamed Yorka, Kamal El-Asnawy, and Hanan Helmy &mdash; will screen on August 16th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 4 and on August 20th at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 3. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Khoury&rsquo;s Palestinian feature film ALAM &mdash; which features Mahmoud Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, and Mohammad Karaki &mdash; will screen on August 16th at 6 pm at the Rainbow Theater and August 17th at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM held its Arab world premiere at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival, winning three awards, including the Golden Pyramid Award &mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri, and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won seven other awards, including the Best Debut Feature Film Award at the 2023 Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival and the Best Asian Film Award at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala, where its director Firas Khoury also received the Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Suliman&rsquo;s Sudanese feature film HEROIC BODIES &mdash; which stars Aya Tariq, Yassin Raief, Ahmed Raief, and Aya Ahmed &mdash; will screen on August 17th at 9 pm at the Rainbow Theater and on August 18th at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 3. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian-French feature film NEZOUH &mdash; which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stars Kinda Alloush</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Samer Al-Masri, Hala Zein, Nizar Alani, and Darina Al-Joundi, and is lensed by prominent cinematographer H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart &mdash; will screen on August 16th at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 6 and August 18th at 6 pm at the Rainbow Theater. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with lead actor Samer Al-Masri.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH screened at over twenty festivals and events, including The Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, British Independent Film Awards, Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema Del Mediterrani, and the BFI London Film Festival. It also took home the Amnesty International Award at the MedFilm Festival, in addition to two prizes at the Venice International Film Festival.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s Tunisian-French feature film UNDER THE FIG TREES &mdash; which stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, and Abdelhak Mrabti &mdash; will screen on August 18th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 6 and August 22nd at 5:30 pm at the Rainbow Theater.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. It also world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (Directors\' Fortnight), where it won the EcoProd Jury Award, and screened at many prestigious film festivals, winning Best Director at the Pingyao International Film Festival and Best Film (Golden Bayard) at the Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Films.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Bakr&rsquo;s THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M &mdash; a documentary that was written, directed, and produced by Bakr, co-produced by Ahmed Nabil, and lensed by Tamer Nady &mdash; will screen on August 16th at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 3 and August 20th at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abedalsalam El-Haj&rsquo;s Jordanian short film ABED &mdash; which stars Hisham Alomari, Mohammad Abuagoulah, and Ali Badrana &mdash; will screen on August 20th at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 4 and August 21st at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s Sudanese short, BUZZ. The film&rsquo;s cast comprises Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar and will screen on August 19th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 5 and August 21st at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After holding its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival, BUZZ went on to feature at the Cairo Shorts, Casablanca, Toronto Arab, and New York African film festivals.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short film, TRINOU &mdash; which stars Max Pemberton alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe &mdash; will screen on August 20th at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 4 and August 21st at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRINOU world premiered at the CIFF and was nominated for Best Short Film at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Kosovo.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British-Tunisian short was also featured at the LA Shorts, Show Me Shorts, Cinequest, and Master film festivals, along with Black Box Cinema at the 2023 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Moreover, it was nominated for the Best Student Short Film Award at the British Society of Cinematographers Awards.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ihsen Kammoun&rsquo;s Tunsisian-American short film ROAD TO EL KEF &mdash; which stars the award-winning Tunisian actor Ahmed Hafiane, Fares Landoulsi, Malek Ben Saad, and Ala Edine Yacoubi &mdash; will screen on August 19th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 5 and August 21st at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film premiered at the Carthage Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France. It also featured at the Festival Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes, Vancouver, Arab, Montecatini, Molodist Kyiv, and Rabat international film festivals.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian short drama HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME &mdash; which stars Kamel El-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khoulod Tannous &mdash; will screen on August 20th at 6 pm at TAJ Cinema 4 and August 21st at 10 pm at TAJ Cinema 4. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME competed at the Cairo Shorts, Malm&ouml;, Casablanca, and Toronto Arab Film Festivals, and featured in the Clermont-Ferrand, Reel Palestine, San Diego Arab, Cine-Palestine, and Sharm El-Sheikh film festivals.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s Jordanian drama A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA. &mdash; which stars Yasmine Nawarj, Raean Al-Masri, and Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh &mdash; will screen on August 16th at 8 pm at TAJ Cinema 6 and August 17th at 6 pm at the Rainbow Theater. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the film&rsquo;s director.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film featured at the Imedghassen Film Festival &mdash; where it snagged the Best Actress in a Leading Role award &mdash; along with the Cleveland, Lille, Neuch&acirc;tel Fantastic, and SIGGRAPH - Electronic Theater film festivals. It also went on to compete at the German Camera Awards.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '636506687'),
(509, '', 'MAD Solutions drops NEZOUH’s MENA poster ahead of its commercial release in the Arab world', '2023-08-13', 'Nezoh-Final-70x100.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions recently released the official MENA poster for Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian drama </span><a href=\"../movies/movie1115349.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ahead of its upcoming commercial release in the Middle East.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poster features Kinda Alloush&rsquo;s Hala and Samer Al-Masri&rsquo;s Motaz, with Hala Zein as the 14-year-old Zeina appearing in the background, gazing at the horizon and in wonder of what the family&rsquo;s future holds. Meanwhile, the backdrop of the poster resembles a starry night, adding a touch of enchantment to the composition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Alloush, Zein, Al-Masri, and Nizar Alani, NEZOUH held its world premiere at the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Orizzonti Extra Competition, where it nabbed the Audience Award presented by Armani Beauty &mdash; the festival\'s main sponsor &mdash; making it the first Arab film to receive it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received the Lanterna Magica Award, which was presented by Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali, completing director Soudade Kaadan\'s hattrick from Venice, which started when her first film, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, was awarded the Lion of the Future Award at the Orizzonti Competition.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film takes place during the Syrian conflict, when a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave, getting into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while mk2 films is handling the film\'s worldwide sales. Moreover, it is being distributed in France by Pyramide and financed through FILM4, BFI, and Stars Collective.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France,&nbsp;Soudade Kaadan&nbsp;is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the&nbsp;Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles, et Cin&eacute;matographiques of Saint Joseph University in Lebanon. Aside from NEZOUH and her debut feature THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, she also directed two shorts &mdash; AZIZA and TWO CITIES AND A PRISON.</span>', '270638543'),
(510, '', 'LYD to hold its world premiere at Amman International Film Festival ', '2023-08-15', 'Lyd_TarteerFamily4.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland&rsquo;s documentary LYD will be holding its world premiere at the fourth edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, which is set to take place from August 15 to 22 in the Jordanian capital.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened twice at the festival &mdash; the first on Saturday, August 19th at 8 pm at Taj Cinema 6, and the second on Sunday, August 20th at 9 pm at the Rainbow Theater. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A session with the film&rsquo;s directors, who will discuss everything from the difficulties they faced in shooting a film like this vis-a-vis regional and ethnic tensions and the research they conducted to bring this project to life among other things.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, in anticipation of the film&rsquo;s fast-approaching premiere, MAD Solutions &mdash; the film&rsquo;s worldwide distributor and sales agent &mdash; recently released the film&rsquo;s teaser trailer on a number of social media platforms, which you can watch here:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvuLVbLN1_I/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LYD is a sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd &mdash; a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from Lyd. Younis currently hosts a daily news show called &lsquo;On the Other Hand,&rsquo; where he exposes fake news and counters misinformation about Israeli Palestinian residents.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Sarah Ema Friedland is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and media artist. Friedland&rsquo;s works have screened widely in the US and abroad and have been broadcast nationally on PBS. </span>', '896528294'),
(511, '', 'Egyptian drama film RAT HOLE to hold international premiere at the AIFF', '2023-08-15', 'Rat_hole_4444.00_01_47_23.Still004.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a successful world premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival (AIWF) last March, the hard-hitting Egyptian drama RAT HOLE is set to hold its international premiere at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), which will be running from August 15th to the 22nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highly anticipated red-carpet premiere will be held on August 16th at 8 pm at Taj Cinema 4 in the presence of its director, writer, and producer Mohamed El-Samman &mdash; who won Best Script at the 2022 Sawiris Cultural Awards &mdash; along with several of Jordan&rsquo;s most renowned celebrities, press members, and public figures.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as an added treat, El-Samman will be running an exclusive Q&amp;A session with the audience after the premiere, in which he will share a few behind-the-scenes stories, the challenges he faced while shooting, the complexities of the social issue the film aims to address, and more.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also screen once more on August 20th at 10 pm at Taj Cinema 3.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a fresh take on a story that has never been discussed in the Arab world&rsquo;s zeitgeist, the film follows a female telemarketer for a non-profit organization who tries to convince people to make financial contributions to her cause. However, in her desperate attempts to make ends meet, she is forced to violate her principles and act in a manner that exposes the seedy underbelly of the NGO to which she is employed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shining the spotlight on the struggle of an underpaid female telemarketer trying to make ends meet while being confronted with several moral dilemmas, RAT HOLE stars rising actress Rana Khattab (LAMS AKTAF, 100 WESH), who mesmerized the AIWF&rsquo;s audiences with her exceptional performance in the lead role.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s cast also includes Mohamed Yorka (manager), Kamal El-Asnawy, and Hanan Helmy, among others, with the Arab world&rsquo;s most prolific Film Distribution and Celebrity Management agency, MAD Solutions, managing the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the film&rsquo;s recently released teaser trailer here:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvwdIs8g6Xb/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==</span>', '461693852'),
(512, '', 'Mohamed Kordofani’s GOODBYE JULIA to feature at BFI London Film Festival and Septimius Awards', '2023-08-31', 'goodbye-gulia-press--.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laureate of the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature &mdash; is now poised to captivate audiences in competition at the highly anticipated BFI London Film Festival in a spectacular event that will unfold from the 4th to the 15th of October 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which will be competing for the festival&rsquo;s Audience Award and a slew of other high-profile awards &mdash; will enthrall audiences in two remarkable screenings: The first scheduled for Saturday, October 14th at 5:10 pm at Curzon Soho 1, and the second on Sunday, October 15th in the same time slot at BFI NFT2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, the film will also be featuring in the Septimius Awards &mdash; which will be running from September 25th to the 26th &mdash; where it will be competing in numerous categories, including Best African Actress (which both Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak are in the running for), Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to its website, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the &ldquo;Septimius Awards is a prestigious award ceremony, with a strong emphasis on discovering and encouraging new independent talent, supporting visionary films, and bringing together all elements of film-making and storytelling.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its release, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it was in the project phase, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '885852422'),
(513, '', 'MAD Solutions to present an award for the 9th time at Venice’s Final Cut', '2023-08-31', 'mad-film-at-venice-final-cut.jpg', 'As part of its activities at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, MAD Solutions &mdash; one of the Arab world&rsquo;s most prolific film marketing and distribution companies &mdash; is set to present a grant award to an in-production feature-length film or documentary at the 11th Final Cut in Venice.\r<br/><br />The Final Cut in Venice is a three-day program that will be held from September 3rd to the 5th on the Venice Lido. As part of the program, seven selected film projects from the MENA region will be presented to buyers, distributors, post-production companies, and film festival programmers for a chance to receive funding that would contribute to their completion and eventual release.\r<br/><br />This year, MAD Solutions is handing out the ninth edition of its grant award, which entails a $10,000 MG for marketing, publicity, and distribution for an feature film project, or $3,000 MG for a documentary project.\r<br/><br />Previous recipients of the MAD Award at Venice were Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s UNDER THE FIG TREES, which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the EcoProd Jury Award; Ismael Ferrouki&rsquo;s MICA, which screened at the Cinemania Francophone, El Gouna, and Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone film festivals; and Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s OBSCURE, which screened at the Copenhagen Documentary and Fribourg international film festivals.\r<br/><br />The grant award offered by MAD comes as part of the creative consultancy&rsquo;s broader strategy to support Arab films through their different production stages internationally and regionally and to promote them in the long run.\r<br/><br />Recently, MAD Solutions has been making waves by acquiring worldwide rights to groundbreaking films like Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA, which was the first Sudanese film ever to be showcased in the Official Selection of the most recent edition of the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section and went on to win its Freedom Prize.\r<br/><br />It also acquired Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s INSHALLAH A BOY, which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival\'s 62nd Critics Week, where it won the Gan Foundation Award and Rail d\'Or for Best Feature Film. INSHALLAH A BOY was also a winner of four awards at last year&rsquo;s edition at Final Cut.\r<br/><br />Other significant acquisitions by MAD that will soon be seeing the light include MY DRIVER AND I by Ahd Kamel &mdash; director of SANCTITY, the first Saudi film to compete at the Berlinale &mdash; &nbsp;and Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s YUNAN, the director&rsquo;s follow-up to his accomplished debut feature THE STRANGER (2021), the 2021 winner of the Edipo Re Award at Venice Film Festival.', '18028812'),
(514, '', 'Five MAD shorts compete at the Amman International Film Festival’s Arab Shorts Competition ', '2023-08-31', 'mad-films-at-amman-film 0festival.jpg', 'As a Pan-Arab leader in film distribution, MAD Solutions featured five short films from its distribution repertoire at the Arab Shorts Competition of the ongoing Amman International Film Festival (AIFF), which is running from August 15th to the 22nd in the heart of Amman.\r<br/><br />The MAD lineup includes ABED, BUZZ, TRINOU, ROAD TO EL KEF, and HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME.\r<br/><br />Coming in first is Abedalsalam El-Haj&rsquo;s ABED, which follows a nine-year-old child who works with his abusive father in a restaurant. One night, he faces his extreme fear of darkness when he is forced to buy a pack of cigarettes for his father.\r<br/><br />The short film &mdash; which is based on a true story and is funded by the Royal Film Commission of Jordan &mdash; stars Hisham Alomari, Mohammad Abuagoulah, and Ali Badrana, and has been featured at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival.\r<br/><br />MAD&rsquo;s second entry for the AIFF is Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s Sudanese short BUZZ, which follows a terminally ill mother as she watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality.\r<br/><br />The film\'s main producer, Amjad Abualala, is the director of the Sudanese award-winning film YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, with production credits to both Fawi and Mohamed Alomda. The film&rsquo;s cast comprises Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar.\r<br/><br />After holding its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), BUZZ went on to feature at the Cairo Shorts, Casablanca, Toronto Arab, and New York African film festivals.\r<br/><br />Third in the lineup is Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s Tunisian short TRINOU, which tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.\r<br/><br />When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.\r<br/><br />The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.\r<br/><br />TRINOU world premiered at the CIFF and was nominated for Best Short Film at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Kosovo.\r<br/><br />The British-Tunisian short was also featured at the LA Shorts, Show Me Shorts, Cinequest, and Master film festivals, along with Black Box Cinema at the 2023 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Moreover, it was nominated for the Best Student Short Film Award at the British Society of Cinematographers Awards.\r<br/>Coming in fourth place in the lineup is Ihsen Kammoun&rsquo;s Tunisian film ROAD TO EL KEF, wherein a vulnerable teenager living in northern Tunisia charts a path that threatens to tear apart what remains of his family after he loses his mother and brother.\r<br/><br />The film &mdash; which premiered at the Carthage Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France &mdash; is headlined by award-winning Tunisian actor Ahmed Hafiane and Messiah star Fares Landoulsi alongside a star-studded Tunisian cast that includes Malek Ben Saad, Sawsen Maalej, and Alaa Edine Yacoubi.\r<br/><br />ROAD TO EL KEF also featured at the Festival Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes, Vancouver, Arab, Montecatini, Molodist Kyiv, and Rabat international film festivals.\r<br/><br />Last but not least, MAD&rsquo;s final contender is Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian drama HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, which tells the story of Hamza &mdash; a middle-aged man that refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.\r<br/><br />The film &mdash; which premiered at the CIFF &mdash; is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha, alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.\r<br/>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME competed at the Cairo Shorts, Malm&ouml;, Casablanca, and Toronto Arab Film Festivals, and featured in the Clermont-Ferrand, Reel Palestine, San Diego Arab, Cine-Palestine, and Sharm El-Sheikh film festivals.\r<br/><br />Also, as an extra treat, another MAD short, Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s Jordanian drama A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA, featured in the Spotlight on Jordanian Short Films Section at the AIFF.\r<br/><br />The short film &mdash; which world premiered to a sold-out audience at the CIFF and won the Outstanding Visual Effects for a Student Film Award at the prestigious Visual Effects Society Awards &mdash; follows Ahlam, who, fearing that her younger sister will be married off just like she was, lures Yasmin to run away with her by telling a story of a mythical sea that lies beyond the desolate desert and its mountains.\r<br/><br />In search of this mystical sea, the two sisters journey far from their home, predetermined fate, and secluded life with their father, however, along the way, young Yasmin is forced to face her inner demons and further her understanding of the world she lives in.\r<br/><br />Written and directed by Academy member Murad Abu Eisheh &mdash; who directed the Student Academy Award-winning TALA&rsquo;VISION &mdash; the film stars Yasmine Nawarj, Raean Al-Masri, and Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh.\r<br/><br />The film was also featured at the Imedghassen Film Festival &mdash; where it snagged the Best Actress in a Leading Role award &mdash; along with the Cleveland, Lille, Neuch&acirc;tel Fantastic, and SIGGRAPH - Electronic Theater film festivals. It also went on to compete at the German Camera Awards.\r<br/><br />The AIFF &mdash; which was initially developed with MAD Solutions &mdash; is Jordan&rsquo;s first international film festival that showcases Arab and international movies and is organized under the umbrella of the Jordanian Royal Film Commission.\r<br/><br />The festival is being held in the Abdali Boulevard District of Amman at the capital&rsquo;s city center, with screenings taking place at the Abdali Drive-In Theater, Taj Cinema, Royal Film Commission, and Rainbow Theater.', '673795398'),
(515, '', 'MAD and Lagoonie Claim Worldwide Rights to a Female Empowerment Drama', '2023-09-03', 'mad-lagoonie-claim.jpg', 'As was announced on Variety last week, after the international sales success of the Cannes-selected title GOODBYE JULIA, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production have acquired the worldwide sales and distribution rights for Laila Abbas&rsquo; highly-anticipated female empowerment drama, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, which is currently in pre-production.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already the world&rsquo;s leading distributor of Arabic-language films, MAD Solutions has become increasingly involved in the production and packaging of international feature projects, taking worldwide rights to several high-profile films. Lagoonie Film Production, the Cairo-based production entity that has partnered with MAD Solutions on a number of previous projects, is set to co-produce THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Abbas&rsquo; feature-length debut follows the sibling story of Mariam and Noura in the aftermath of their father&rsquo;s death. After finding out that he left a huge sum of money behind, the sisters come up with an elaborate scheme to abscond with the money before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; finds out about their father&rsquo;s death.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, a joint production between Germany, Palestine and Qatar, is written, directed, and produced by Laila Abbas of Ramallah-based Young Oak Productions, and co-produced by Hanna Atallah, founder and artistic director of Palestine Cinema Days, and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films (IGC).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! has received support thus far from the El Gouna Film Festival in 2018 through three $10,000 grants from ART, Cedars Productions, and O Three Productions, respectively. It also won the In-Development Award from the CineGouna Platform and was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), as well as the Doha Film Institute&rsquo;s 2023 edition of the Qumra Initiative.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The project received additional funding from the Mitteldeutsche Medienf&ouml;rderung, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and the Hubert Bals Plus Europe. The film was one of the winners of the Red Sea Fund&rsquo;s third cycle as well.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus, Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Commenting on the worldwide acquisition of her title, Abbas said: &ldquo;Teaming up with MAD Solutions will give the project the exposure it needs and deserves. We\'re excited about this collaboration and we\'re sure that with MAD Solutions, the film will make its way to the right audiences.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Hanna Atallah is a filmmaker, producer, and cultural art manager who divides his time between Berlin and Jerusalem. He created and founded Filmlab: Palestine in 2014 in Ramallah with the goal of empowering unheeded Palestinian voices through cinema. He&rsquo;s best known for producing the acclaimed Muayad Alayan films, THE REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM and A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM &mdash; both of which participated in the International Film Festival Rotterdam.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Roshanak Behesht Nedjad began working in the film industry as a festival coordinator and production manager before co-founding IGC with Jani Thiltges and Claude Waringo in 2014.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;Cinema means new perspectives and unusual narratives,&rdquo; noted Atallah and Behesht Nedjad in a joint statement. &ldquo;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! manages to cinematically realize tough themes like loss, oppression, and the struggle for equality in a sensitive and at the same time unfiltered and cheeky way.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Atallah also stressed that MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production were the right partners for this endeavor.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;We have many years of experience cooperating with the company in terms of distributing in Palestine and the region, and MAD Solutions are definitely one of THE forward-striving companies in the industry supporting young and promising voices in our region,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are also very happy to partner up with Lagoonie, who in the last few years have become a major player in the Arab industry, producing many key, boundary-pushing films.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions co-founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab stressed that the company&rsquo;s vision has always been to tell the untold stories of this side of the world, which are often overlooked or misrepresented in Western outlets.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;Inheritance laws in the Middle East and how women&rsquo;s rights tie into them has always been a major topic of contention, and the discourse surrounding it has recently been reinvigorated,&rdquo; explained Karkouti and Diab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;Disputes and sibling rivalries are often quite common after the death of a family member. At a time when all should be grieving and seeking to heal from a tragic loss, many choose to exacerbate the trauma by discussing finances. THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! picks at the heart of this issue, and it does it in a fresh and perhaps daring way that we believe can add something to the current discourse.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Shahinaz El-Akkad &mdash; Founder of Lagoonie Film Production &mdash; emphasized that this film fits right within her core values, &ldquo;Part of Lagoonie\'s mission from the very beginning has been to support and champion female-led and directed independent Arab films, and we are proud to work on the debut feature by a special filmmaker like Laila Abbas.&rdquo;', '1229730939');
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(516, '', 'MAD Shorts AL SIT and BUZZ to be screened at ADEF', '2023-09-03', 'mad-films.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions\' short films AL SIT by Suzannah Mirghani and BUZZ by Mohamed Fawi are scheduled to screen at the Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF) in Egypt on Tuesday, September 5th, as a tribute to Sudanese cinema.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ADEF is a multidimensional Arab organization that creates spaces, fosters environments for expression and learning, enhances skills, and cultivates knowledge.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s BUZZ &mdash; who also co-wrote the script with Ahmed Shaweesh and Noura Adil &mdash; features Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar in starring roles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also produced by director Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s first-ever selection for the Berlin International Film Festival THE BURDENED.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as her health deteriorates.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, BUZZ world premiered at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival, where it competed in the festival&rsquo;s Official Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AL SIT &mdash; which premiered at the latest edition of the Ajyal Film Festival in Qatar &mdash; also received numerous awards from prestigious festivals in Beirut, Zanzibar, Ismailia, Toronto, Malmo, Busan, Spain, Korea and France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a cotton plantation in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa finds herself smitten with Babiker. Unfortunately, her parents have already arranged for her to marry Nadir &mdash; a young Sudanese businessman residing overseas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, Nafisa\'s grandmother, Al-Sit &mdash; a formidable matriarch in the village &mdash; harbors her own ambitions for Nafisa\'s destiny. Will Nafisa find the freedom to make her own choices?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, who co-produced it alongside Eiman Mirghani, AL SIT features a talented cast including Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed, Mohammed Magdi, Alsir Mahjoub, and Haram Basher.</span>', '1873413179'),
(517, '', 'In response to public demand, Soudade Kaadan’s NEZOUH continues screening at Zawya for the second week in a row', '2023-09-06', 'sddfdsfs.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian feature NEZOUH, starring renowned Syrian actress Kinda Alloush, Samir Al-Masri, Hala Zein, and Nizar Alani, continues to screen at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema for the second week in a row in response to the popular demand for more screenings after the film was released commercially in Egypt on August 30th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screening four more times at Zawya this week at:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, September 6th at 4 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, September 8th at 9:30 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, September 9th at 4 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, September 12th at 7 pm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the film&rsquo;s trailer here:</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzurNfLVHRM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzurNfLVHRM</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH takes place during the Syrian conflict, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Soudade Kaadan &mdash; who also co-produced it with Yu-Fai Suen &mdash; the film was shot in Turkey and produced by Berkeley Media Group Limited, KAF Production, and Agat Films &amp; Cie, with worldwide distribution rights going to MK2 Films and Arab world sales handled by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOH recently screened at the Cairo Film Days and witnessed a huge audience turnout. Kinda Alloush also made an appearance at the screening, which witnessed a significant turnout of media and public figures as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film enjoyed a successful world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it snagged an Orizzonti Extra Audience Award and became the first Arab film to win the award, as well as grabbing the Lanterna Magica Award from the Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH was also featured in over 20 international film festivals, including the Busan, S&atilde;o Paulo, Tokyo, India, Singapore, Fribourg, Arab Women Artists Now - AWAN, Tournai Ramdam, Tetouan, Cinemamed, Troms&oslash;, and Qisah film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also featured at Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema Del Mediterrani, Girls on Film Awards, Madrid Films by Women, the Official Competition of the International Film Festival of India, and the Panorama of North African and Middle Eastern Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the film has several impressive achievements under its belt, including winning the Amnesty International Award at the MedFilm Festival in Morocco and being nominated for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival along with Best Effects and Best Lead Performance for Hala Zein at the British Independent Film Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in France, Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles, et Cin&eacute;matographiques of Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first feature film, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, won the Lion of the Future Award at the Orizzonti Competition of the Venice Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the LA Festival. Also, her short film AZIZA won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several months ago, Netflix began streaming three of Kaadan&rsquo;s films &mdash; THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, AZIZA, and BREAD OF SIEGE &mdash; all of which shed light on the situation in Syria over the past decade and have gone on to win dozens of international awards.</span>', '326027394'),
(518, '', 'Nejib Kthiri’s TRINOU to screen at Cinequest, REEF, and Amman international film festivals', '2023-09-10', 'trinou-poster.jpg', 'The film&rsquo;s lead actor also got a Special Mention at the recently concluded Avanca International Film Festival\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short film TRINOU is set to screen this August at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, and the Rural Encounters on Environment and Film (REEF) Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screening first at the AIFF &mdash; which will take place from August 15th to the 22nd in the heart of Amman &mdash; then at Cinequest, which is set to take place from August 15th to the 30th in Silicon Valley, and lastly at REEF, which will be running from August 30th to September 10th in Lebanon.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The critically-acclaimed short film was also screened at the recently concluded Avanca International Film Festival in Portugal, where the film&rsquo;s lead actor, Max Pemberton, received a Special Mention for Best Actor.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>TRINOU tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>TRINOU world premiered at the CIFF and was nominated for Best Short Film at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Kosovo.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The British-Tunisian short was also featured at the LA Shorts, Show Me Shorts, and Master film festivals, along with Black Box Cinema at the 2023 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Moreover, it was nominated for the Best Student Short Film Award at the British Society of Cinematographers Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was also produced by Seventh Age Pictures Limited and SVP Tunisia, co-produced by London Film &amp; TV, and distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Nejib Kthiri is a Tunisian filmmaker and musician living in London, UK, where He studied music and sound engineering at West London University in 2011 and then specialized in cinematography.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He is currently in the development stages of his debut feature film.', '1783535499'),
(519, '', 'Two MAD Shorts are off to the 11th Lebanese Film Festival in Australia', '2023-08-20', 'the-birds-have-left-beirut-poster.jpg', 'Ever the festival regular, MAD Solutions screened two films from its distribution slate &mdash; Ahmed Moghazy&rsquo;s HUMMUS AND CHIPS and Khalil Dreyfus ZAAROUR&rsquo;s THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT &mdash; on Saturday, August 19th as part of the activities of the 11th edition of the Lebanese Film Festival in Australia, which is running from August 17th to September 2nd in Sydney.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Highlighting Isolation and racism, the Egyptian short film HUMMUS AND CHIPS was directed, written, and edited by Ahmed Moghazy and shot by the award-winning cinematographer Rui Jiang Ong.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously featured in festivals like Lavazza IncluCity and the UAE&rsquo;s Meta Film Festival, the film is set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown, where lonely, grumpy, racist grandma Margaret is anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test results. She then makes the unusual decision to spend a full day with her Arab neighbor, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Be sure to catch HUMMUS AND CHIPS when it screens on Saturday, August 19th at 2:35 pm at the Bankstown Arts Center.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s Lebanese short THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT promises viewers an inspiring ride through the crisis that took place on August 4th, 2020 &mdash; a day that rocked a country, transformed a city, and devastated lives.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the Lebanese short &mdash; whose director, writer, editor, and producer Zaarour won more than 45 awards and nominations worldwide for his highly acclaimed debut feature NOUR &mdash; world premiered at the prestigious Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s screening is scheduled for Saturday, August 19th at 11 am at the same venue. You won&rsquo;t want to miss it.&nbsp;', '671581737'),
(520, '', 'LYD world premieres at Amman International Film Festival to widespread acclaim ', '2023-09-07', 'lyd-sells-out.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland&rsquo;s documentary LYD held its world premiere at the fourth edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Saturday, August 19th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, garnering instant widespread critical acclaim after its first screening </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Taj Cinema 6.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailed for its creative quality and approach, LYD had a full house screening, with public dignitaries, A-list celebrities, and critics flocking to watch it before honoring it with a standing ovation after its conclusion.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening was also promptly followed by an engaging Q&amp;A session in which the directors took center stage to delve deeper into the intricacies of the film and share their insights on the regional tensions that inspired its creation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the film&rsquo;s worldwide distributor and sales agent &mdash; recently released the film&rsquo;s teaser trailer on a number of social media platforms, which you can watch here:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvuLVbLN1_I/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvuLVbLN1_I/?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg==</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LYD is a sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd &mdash; a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from Lyd. Younis currently hosts a daily news show called &lsquo;On the Other Hand,&rsquo; where he exposes fake news and counters misinformation about Israeli Palestinian residents.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Sarah Ema Friedland is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and media artist. Friedland&rsquo;s works have screened widely in the US and abroad and have been broadcast nationally on PBS.</span>', '1264368818'),
(521, '', 'Soudade Kaadan’s Syrian drama NEZOUH set to release commercially in Egypt this August', '2023-09-07', 'Nezoh-Final-.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it snagged an Orizzonti Extra Audience Award, as well as the Lanterna Magica Award from the Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali &mdash; Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian drama NEZOUH is scheduled to release commercially in Egypt on Wednesday, August 30th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More specifically, the film is set to initially release at Cairo\'s Zawya Cinema, Americana Plaza Sheikh Zayed, and Sea Cinema Arabella before hitting theaters across the country a few days later.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH is expected to screen throughout the day in Americana Plaza Sheikh Zayed and Sea Cinema Arabella, while showtimes at Zawya will be as follows:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, August 30th at 4 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, August 31st at 7 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, September 1st at 12:30 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, September 2nd at 10:15 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, September 3rd at 7 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, September 4th at 4 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, September 5th at 10:15 pm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the film&rsquo;s trailer here: </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzurNfLVHRM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzurNfLVHRM</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH takes place during the Syrian conflict, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Soudade Kaadan &mdash; who also co-produced it with Yu-Fai Suen &mdash; the film stars renowned Syrian actress Kinda Alloush, Samir Al-Masri, Hala Zein, and Nizar Alani and is produced by Berkeley Media Group Limited, KAF Production, and Agat Films &amp; Cie, with worldwide distribution rights going to MK2 Films and Arab world sales handled by MAD Solutions, who will be exclusively publishing the film&rsquo;s new trailer and poster.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH was featured in over 20 international film festivals, including the Busan, S&atilde;o Paulo, Tokyo, India, Singapore, Fribourg, Arab Women Artists Now - AWAN, Tournai Ramdam, Tetouan, Cinemamed, Troms&oslash;, and Qisah film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also featured at Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema Del Mediterrani, Girls on Film Awards, Madrid Films by Women, the Official Competition of the International Film Festival of India, and the Panorama of North African and Middle Eastern Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the film has several impressive achievements under its belt, including winning the Amnesty International Award at the MedFilm Festival in Morocco and being nominated for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival along with Best Effects and Best Lead Performance for Hala Zein at the British Independent Film Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was supported by Torino Film Lab, the Doha Film Institute, and the British Film Institute when it was still in its project phase before going on to receive a Post-Production Award at the Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Cairo Film Connection, the Baumi Award for script development from the Berlinale, the ARTE at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Sorfond Award as part of Cin&eacute;fondation&rsquo;s workshop.</span>', '1401585297'),
(522, '', 'BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS to screen at Busan International Film Festival', '2023-09-11', 'behind-the-mountains.jpg', 'Fresh out of its successful world premiere at the prestigious Horizons Section of the Venice Film Festival, Mohamed Ben Attia\'s film&nbsp;BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS&nbsp;is set to continue captivating audiences at the World Cinema Section of the upcoming Busan International Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 4th to the 13th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS enjoyed full-house screenings and positive reception throughout the Venice Film Festival, with David Katz of Cineruopa calling it the &ldquo;most unconventional, and arguably the most rewarding&rdquo; of Ben Attia&rsquo;s filmography so far.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI. The film also stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Lensed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Noirhomme, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is edited by Lenka Fillnerova and co-produced by Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images); Jean Pierre, Luc Dardenne, and Delphine Tomson (Les Film Du Fleuve); Nadim Cheikhrouha (Tanit Films); and Giovanni Robbiano and Lorenzo Rappetti (010films). The film also received financial support from the Red Sea Fund when it was in the project phase.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Finally, the film is distributed worldwide by Luxbox, while MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunisia in 1976, graduating from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1998 before studying Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valenciennes in France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME: DEUX COMPRIMES MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He then released his debut feature, INHEBEK HEDI, in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.', '880407860'),
(523, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY wins big at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival ', '2023-09-11', 'final-press-inshallah-a-boy.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After making waves on the festival circuit, Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY won Best Actress and a Jury Award during the closing ceremony of the latest edition of the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, which took place on Sunday, September 10th at Lantaren Venster Theater.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, INSHALLAH A BOY screened at a number of prestigious film festivals, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, and the Sydney Film Festival, garnering widespread acclaim after a historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics Week, where it nabbed the Gan Foundation and Rail d&rsquo; Or awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the many favorable reviews the film received on the international and local levels was Stephanie Archer&rsquo;s review on Film Inquiry, which lauded its &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gorgeous cinematography and profound performance,&rdquo; labeling it an &ldquo;instant hidden gem of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated INSHALLAH A BOY five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it picked up a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a post-production grant from the Red Sea Lodge, production support from the Doha Film Institute, a post-production Award from CNC, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and a post-production award from the Atlas Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '165836333'),
(524, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA sells out its screenings ahead of BFI London Film Festival’s opening', '2023-09-14', '1 (Main Still).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize &mdash; just added another chapter to its success story, with the BFI London Film Festival recently announcing that all tickets for the movie&rsquo;s screenings have sold out one week prior to the festival&rsquo;s start on October 4th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, the film will also be featuring in the Septimius Awards &mdash; which will be running from September 25th to the 26th &mdash; where it will be competing in numerous categories, including Best African Actress (which both Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak are in the running for), Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie was also featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its release, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcasted on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '976785428'),
(525, '', 'MAD Solutions wins big at 4th Amman International Film Festival', '2023-09-19', 'closing-day-8-128.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, TRINO, RAT HOLE, and LYD &mdash; four hits from MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate &mdash; managed to bag </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> awards during the fourth edition of the Amman International Film Festival&rsquo;s closing ceremony on Tuesday, August 22nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharing the first award are Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s TRINOU, which both won a Jury Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Mohamed El-Samman&rsquo;s RAT HOLE shared a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Mention </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with Carlos Chahine&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOTHER VALLEY, with both films getting a nod for the performances of their lead actresses &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rana Khattab and </span><a href=\"https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/481448/marilyne-naaman\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilyne Naaman</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland&rsquo;s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature-length documentary LYD came out swinging right out the gate, winning </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Documentary and an inaugural Fipresci Award on its first festival outing.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In celebration of these flicks, below is a brief summary of each award-winning film:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First is the documentary LYD, which is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world &mdash; what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, who also co-wrote it with Eyas Salman, and is</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> narrated by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maisa Abd Elhadi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is the feature-length film RAT HOLE, which follows Kholoud, who, in her attempt </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to make some extra money, bites off more than she can chew at work and races against time to fulfill an unreasonable quota.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by Mohamed El-Samman and stars Rana Khattab, Mohamed Yorka, and Kamal El-Asnawy.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s short film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series WEDNESDAY &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, but certainly not least, is TRINOU, which follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Omar, a desperate teenager who tries to escape his dejected reality by collecting magazine cutouts.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nejib Kthiri and stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max Pemberton, Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.&nbsp;</span>', '1979891232'),
(526, '', 'Saeed Taji Farouki’s SOON WE WILL ALL BE HISTORY HERE wins MAD Solutions’ Distribution Grant', '2023-09-19', 'MAD Industry Days Award_Photo.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions recently awarded Saeed Taji Farouki&rsquo;s Jordanian feature project SOON WE WILL ALL BE HISTORY HERE a distribution grant of $20,000 as a minimum guarantee in exchange for the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales rights in the Arab world during the latest edition of the Amman International Film Festival&rsquo;s Amman Film Industry Days.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOON WE WILL ALL BE HISTORY HERE is being produced by Maria Caruana Galizia of Candle and Bell Limited and co-produced May Odeh and Tareq Abu-Lughod. The project has already received production grants from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Jordanian Royal Film Commission.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Suleiman &mdash; a quiet Gazan man who rescues an injured peregrine falcon on his farm and begins to believe it\'s the reincarnation of his sister. When Hisham, a downhearted and lost teenager, becomes obsessed with the bird, a power struggle ensues over its companionship.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD Solutions Distribution Grant comes as part of the company\'s strategy to support the Arab film industry in its various stages of production in both the international and the Arab arenas and to promote these films in the long term, wherein MAD had previously presented similar awards at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, the market and forum of the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival in Sweden, Palestine Cinema Days, the professional forum at the National Film Festival in Tangier, and the Final Cut at the Venice International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous laureates of the award include Yassine Fennane&rsquo;s THE LAST REHEARSAL and Adel Al-Bakri&rsquo;s THE EVENING TRAIN in 2022, and Yahya Muzahim&rsquo;s THE HAND OF MARYAM in 2021.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saeed Taji Farouki is a British Palestinian director who&rsquo;s been creating work around themes of conflict, human rights, and colonialism since 2004. His documentary A THOUSAND FIRES premiered at Locarno\'s Critics&rsquo; Week, where it won the Marco Zucchi Prize. The documentary has screened in over 30 international festivals since.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farouki also made the fiction short STRANGE CITIES ARE FAMILIAR (2019), which was selected for 18 international festivals and won Best Short twice. His other short THEY LIVE IN FORESTS. THEY ARE EXTREMELY SHY (2016) was broadcast on Channel 4 and also won Best Short at the British Royal Television Society Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>About the AFID</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Amman Film Industry Days (AFID) is the industrial arm of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), which is Jordan&rsquo;s first international film festival that showcases Arab and international movies and is organized under the umbrella of the Jordanian Royal Film Commission and initially developed with MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AFID is a cohesive program launched with the festival that includes film industry events, masterclasses, seminars, and discussions with directors and film professionals as well as three pitching platforms for feature-length narrative or documentary projects in development and post-production that was made to support and stimulate filmmakers in Jordan and the region.</span>', '1415666611'),
(527, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA to hold its Arab world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival, compete for Cinema for Humanity Audience Award', '2023-09-18', 'goodbye-julia-to hold its arab premiere at el gouna film festival.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize is set to premiere in the Arab world as part of the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), which is scheduled to run from October 13th to the 20th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After initially starting out as a project on the festival&rsquo;s CineGouna SpringBoard &mdash; where it won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Distribution Grant Award, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000) &mdash; the highly successful feature is now set to compete in the festival&rsquo;s very own Feature Film Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is also eligible to receive the GFF&rsquo;s Cinema for Humanity Audience Award &mdash; an annual award comprised of a trophy, a certificate, and a $20,000 cash prize given to films with humanitarian themes.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, it was announced that GOODBYE JULIA is set to be featured at the highly anticipated BFI London Film Festival &mdash; a spectacular event that will unfold from the 4th to the 15th of October.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It will also be featuring in the Septimius Awards &mdash; which will be running from September 25th to the 26th &mdash; where it will be competing in numerous categories, including Best African Actress (which both Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, the film&rsquo;s lead actresses, are in the running for), Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower). Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.', '165598571');
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(528, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA to hold its Arab world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival amid its resounding success on the festival circuit', '2023-09-19', '7-(exclusive-for-Gouna).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize is set to premiere in the Arab world as part of the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 13th to the 20th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After initially starting out as a project on the festival&rsquo;s CineGouna SpringBoard &mdash; where it won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Distribution Grant Award, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000) &mdash; the highly successful feature is now set to compete in the festival&rsquo;s very own Feature Film Competition.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it was announced that GOODBYE JULIA is set to be featured at the highly anticipated BFI London Film Festival &mdash; a spectacular event that will unfold from the 4th to the 15th of October.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also be featuring in the Septimius Awards &mdash; which will be running from September 25th to the 26th &mdash; where it will be competing in numerous categories, including Best African Actress (which both Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, the film&rsquo;s lead actresses, are in the running for), Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower). Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1886697164'),
(529, '', 'THE BURDENED takes home the Durban International Film Festival’s Best Screenplay Award ', '2023-07-31', 'the-burdened-DIFF.jpg', 'Amr Gamal\'s highly-acclaimed Yemeni drama film THE BURDENED has done it again, adding yet another prestigious award to its already-impressive collection when it took home the Best Screenplay Award at the 44th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s award went to Gamal, who shares screenwriting credits with Mazen Refaat, and stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, THE BURDENED took home the Berlin International Film Festival&rsquo;s Amnesty International Film Award, which came with a cash prize of &euro;5,000. It also won Best Directing and Best Screenplay at the Valencia International Film Festival and a Special Jury Award at the Taipei Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE BURDENED &mdash; the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale &mdash; is based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions to survive.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also brings together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it earned the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in the festival\'s industry sidebar, Eastern Promises, with the platform\'s jury expressing its admiration for \"the director\'s brave approach in tackling sensitive subjects against all odds.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions is managing the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while Films Boutique is managing international sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE BURDENED is co-produced by Mohsen Alkhalifi, Mohammed Alomda, and Amjad Abu Alala (Station Films) &mdash; the filmmaker who helmed the award-winning drama YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which was submitted to the Academy Awards\' Best International Feature Film Category in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Oscars\' submission.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amr Gamal (b.1983, Poland) is an independent Yemeni film and theater director. In 2003, he received the President\'s Award for Playwriting. In 2005, Gamal established the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe and has written and directed all of the troupe\'s theatre productions since.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His play MA\'K NAZEL became the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe (Berlin) after its big success in Yemen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades.', '391017530'),
(530, '', 'Erige Sehiri’s UNDER THE FIG TREES crowned with a Grand Prix at the Taipei Film Festival', '2023-07-11', 'Under_the_fig_trees_official_still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highly acclaimed Tunisian rural drama UNDER THE FIG TREES by Erige Sehiri just added another prize to its already well-decorated trophy shelf, claiming the New Talent Competition&rsquo;s Grand Prix at the recently concluded Taipei Film Festival, which ran from June 22nd to July 8th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes on the heels of the film also winning Best Director at the Pingyao International Film Festival at the start of the year and Best Actor and Actress at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in March.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film got the EcoProd Jury Award at the 2022 Cannes International Film Festival, Silver Tanit Award at the 2022 Carthage Film Festival, the Grand prize at Festival International du Film Francophone de T&uuml;bingen-Stuttgart, and was also selected to be Tunisia\'s official submission in the 2023 Oscars for Best International Feature Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was critically acclaimed by Lovia Gyarkye from Hollywood Reporter, who said that \"Under the Fig Trees is a pleasurable and immersive experience that offers an elegant, understated tapestry of complex interactions.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Amber Wilkinson from Screen Daily said that the film is \"likely to travel further thanks to its engaging depiction of summer flirtations and a gentle exploration of sisterhood against a patriarchal backdrop.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNDER THE FIG TREES is directed by Erige Sehiri and co-written by Ghalya Lacroix and Peggy Hamann. The film stars Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi and Abdelhak Mrabti. Also, Frida Marzouk served as the film\'s DOP and its music was composed by Amine Bouhafa.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the film &mdash; which is a joint production between Tunisia (Henia Production Company), Switzerland (Akka Films Company), and France (Maneki Films Company) &mdash; is distributed globally by Luxbox Company and in the Arab World by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French director and producer. After a brief stint of working as a journalist, she started her filmmaking career by directing a number of documentaries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her groundbreaking feature documentary RAILWAY MEN, which tackled the daily struggle of railway workers against the failures of the national railways, screened for six consecutive weeks in Tunisian theaters.</span>', '1271025765'),
(531, '', 'Amr Salama’s short 60 POUNDS to open sixth edition of El Gouna Film Festival', '2023-09-19', '60pound.jpg', 'The eagerly-anticipated short film 60 POUNDS, which is written and directed by renowned filmmaker Amr Salama, will be opening for the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) &mdash; running from October 13th to the 20th &mdash; and is the first ever short film in history to open an Arab film festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film is a collaboration between multi-award-winning director Salama and up-and-coming Egyptian rapper ZIAD ZAZA in his first acting role and will be competing in the GFF&rsquo;s short film competition, where it&rsquo;s set to have its world premiere.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions recently announced their acquisition of the short film, which is loosely inspired by a ZIAD ZAZA song of the same name and tackles the topic of domestic abuse; an issue that is important to Salama and ZAZA, both of which wanted to shed better light on it through striking, immersive cinematography, visual storytelling, and raw performances from both ZAZA and the rest of the cast.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Upon the film&rsquo;s acquisition, Salama shared his insight on the making of the short, which he dubbed a &lsquo;passion project.&rsquo; &ldquo;Working on 60 POUNDS was a liberating and refreshing experience. As a follower and fan of the Egyptian hip-hop scene, I was amazed by its grassroots authenticity. I was curious to explore this art form and the background of its leading artists and to add the storytelling element to it in order to take this authenticity and turn it into a compelling story.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>60 POUNDS follows aspiring rapper Ziad and his family, who have long suffered at the hands of his abusive father. However, when tensions reach a boiling point, Ziad takes it upon himself to end his family&rsquo;s suffering once and for all.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short was produced by Beatroot Records (Omar Gawdat, Ismail Nosrat, Islam Mahdy) and Cinerama Films (Omar El Safi), lensed by Ahmed Tarek Bayoumi, edited by Ahmed Hafez, and stars trap artist ZIAD ZAZA, Tarek El-Deweri, Hamza Diab, and Rawheya Salem.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>One of the most prominent trap artists in the current scene, ZIAD ZAZA has rapidly established himself in Egypt\'s rap scene thanks to his unique approach to drill music. Since the release of his debut album EL RAYS, the musician has developed a cult-like following thanks to his unconventional delivery and aggressive singing style.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ZAZA has always done his best to convey the ideas of the new generation through his lyrics and songs as well as discuss the issues that dominate his age group. He has many successful songs that have become incredibly popular, including KARRETA SARREFA, ZAZA, BASHA, LEH TEDAYE&rsquo;, and DAYRA, which was top trending on YouTube when it was released. The film features an original track written and performed by ZAZA, and produced by Ismail Nosrat.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Amr Salama is an Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter who was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He began his career by primarily directing short movies and commercials before releasing his first feature film, ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, in 2008. He then directed the hit film EXCUSE MY FRENCH, which was based on, by his own admission, his experiences at a public middle school in Egypt after his return from Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Egyptian Censorship Board rejected the film on the grounds that the film portrayed sectarianism that &ldquo;did not exist in the country&rdquo; and that the film was provocative enough to cause a civil war before finally being released in 2014 to great acclaim by audiences and critics alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>What would become his second creation while EXCUSE MY FRENCH jumped the hurdles of the Censorship Board was the AIDS-themed drama ASMAA, which earned him international attention when it premiered at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, where it won Best Arab Director before winning another two awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Salama then co-directed the documentary TAHRIR 2011: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE POLITICIAN, which scored UNESCO&rsquo;s CICT-IFTC Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and numerous other international awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After that, his 2017 film SHEIKH JACKSON world premiered at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival, where it received excellent reviews before opening the first edition of the El Gouna Film Festival and going on to become Egypt\'s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards that year. It has since received several awards at several regional and international film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since then, Salama has worked on several other provocative and/or revolutionary hits that went on to become smashing successes, including MADE IN EGYPT, TAYEA, the first Egyptian Netflix original series PARANORMAL, Shahid&rsquo;s original series BIMBO and more recently; BARA EL MANHAG.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amr Salama\'s films have participated in dozens of national and international festivals and won many awards, most notably the Toronto, Cairo, El Gouna, Carthage, Munich, Washington, Abu Dhabi, Freiburg, London, Zurich, and Palm Springs film festivals.', '1096614073'),
(532, '', 'Nine MAD films to feature and compete at the Tripoli Film Festival', '2023-09-21', 'nine-mad-films.png', 'As a Pan-Arab leader in film distribution, MAD Solutions will be featuring nine films of various formats from its distribution repertoire at the upcoming ninth edition of the Tripoli Film Festival (TFF), which is set to take place from September 21st to the 28th at the Azm Cultural Center, Beit El Fan - Mina in Tripoli, Lebanon.<br /><br /><br />The MAD lineup includes ALAM, NEZOUH, UNDER THE FIG TREES, RAT HOLE, FOR MY COUNTRY, THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS, FAR FROM THE NILE, FLESH AND BLOOD, and LIGHT UPON LIGHT, with all films competing in their respective categories for Best Feature, Documentary, and Short.<br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br />First up in the lineup is Firas Khoury&rsquo;s Palestinian-Tunisian drama feature ALAM &mdash; which is set to be the festival&rsquo;s opening film &mdash; starring Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, and Mohammad Karaki, and follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.<br /><br /><br />Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;<br /><br />The film will screen on Thursday, September 21st at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />MAD&rsquo;s second entry for the TFF is Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian drama NEZOUH, which takes place during the Syrian conflict, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina; as a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door. When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.<br /><br /><br />Written and directed by Soudade Kaadan &mdash; who also co-produced it with Yu-Fai Suen &mdash; the film stars renowned Syrian actress Kinda Alloush, Samir Al-Masri, Hala Zein, and Nizar Alani.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Saturday, September 23rd at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />Third in the lineup is Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s UNDER THE FIG TREES, which was co-written by Ghalya Lacroix and Peggy Hamann and stars Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi, and Abdelhak Mrabti.<br /><br /><br />Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Friday, September 22nd at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />Coming in fourth place in the lineup is the Egyptian drama feature RAT HOLE, which was written, directed, and produced by Mohamed El-Samman and stars Nogoum FM&rsquo;s Rana Khattab, Mohamed Yorka, Kamal El-Asnawy and Hanan Helmy.<br /><br /><br />The film follows Kholod, who, in her desperation to make some extra money, bites off more than she can chew at work and races against time to fulfill an unreasonable quota.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Sunday, September 24th at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />Next up is the Algerian-French drama FOR MY COUNTRY, which was directed by Rachid Hami and co-written alongside Ollivier Pourriol. The film stars Karim Leklou, Sha&iuml;n Boumedine, Hugo Becker, Lubna Azabal, and Samir Guesmi and tells the story of an Algerian-born young officer named Aissa, who tragically dies during a freshman initiation ritual at the elite French military institution of Saint-Cyr.<br /><br /><br />Controversy arises over Aissa\'s funeral plans as his death rips through his family and the army refuses to take responsibility. It falls to Ismael &mdash; the older and more rebellious brother &mdash; to keep the family together while they seek justice for Aissa.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Saturday, September 23rd at 6 pm.<br /><br /><br />Next up is Ridha Behi&rsquo;s Tunisian drama THE ISLAND OF FORGIVENESS &mdash; a tumultuous, heart-wrenching drama as witnessed through the eyes of a child named Andrea.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Monday, September 25th at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />Then there&rsquo;s the Egyptian musical documentary FAR FROM THE NILE, which is directed and co-produced by Sherief Elkatsha and brings together twelve musicians from seven countries along the Nile who use music as a model to collaborate across borders. On a tour of the US, their message of unity is put to the test.<br /><br /><br />The film&rsquo;s cast brings together musicians from Egypt, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, Nubia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Burundi, with prominent names like Mohamed Abozekry, Michael Bazibu, Nader Elshaer, Ibrahim Fanous, Saleeb Fawzy, Asia Madani, Adel Mekha, Kasiva Mutua, Ahmed Omar, Dave Otieno, Steven Sogo, and Selamnesh Zemene.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Saturday, September 23rd at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />MAD&rsquo;s eighth entry for the TFF is the Danish-Egyptian documentary LIGHT UPON LIGHT, wherein one day, an Egyptian friend gave Danish anthropologist Christian Suhr a good piece of advice: \"Stop focusing on all the darkness in the world and look at the light instead.\"<br /><br />Suhr takes us on a journey to Cairo along the Nile and into the desert to understand what light means to the people he meets along the way, through conversations and observations of breathtaking rituals, the light slowly breaks through and nuances the image of religion often viewed with prejudice and reduced to simplistic clich&eacute;s.<br /><br /><br /><br />The documentary stars Aya El-Hosseiny, Sonia Hassan, Maher Al-Sharnouby, and Magda Habshey.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Tuesday, September 26th at 6 pm.<br /><br /><br />Last but not least is FLESH AND BLOOD &mdash; a Tunisian short film written and directed by In&egrave;s Arsi that follows Donia, a victim of rape at the hands of her young neighbor, who&rsquo;s pressured by her family to marry the rapist to cover up the scandal.<br /><br /><br />However, her life is turned upside down when she discovers she is pregnant. Donia has one goal: To get an abortion before it is too late. In her battle, Donia faces a patriarchal society and a hypocritical system.<br /><br /><br />The short was produced by Tunisian filmmaker Mehdi Hmili, who is known for his critically acclaimed shorts and feature films, and led by BEAUTY AND THE DOGS actors Noomen Hamda and Mourad Gharsalli, alongside Sana Lahbib, Achref Ben Youssef, and Mariem Ben Hassan.<br /><br /><br />The film will screen on Wednesday, September 27th as part of Shorts Program 3 at 8 pm.<br /><br /><br />The TFF is a cinematic event that was conceived to foster tourism in the city by enriching and promoting its local cultural environment and is supported by the SEE Change Program organized by COSV, the European Community, and the Cultural Affairs Department of the US Embassy in Lebanon.', '26497062'),
(533, '', 'Goodbye Julia shines with multiple awards at France\'s Festival Paysages de Cinéastes', '2023-09-24', '7-(exclusive-for-Gouna).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuing its journey to garner recognition throughout the festival circuit, Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize added more accolades to its growing list by securing three prestigious awards at the 2023 Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA won the Audience Award, the Youth Jury Award, and the Women\'s Jury Award, elevating its impressive tally of awards to four.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, another of the film&rsquo;s latest triumphs include its highly anticipated screenings at the prestigious BFI London Film Festival and the esteemed El Gouna Film Festival, where it will hold its Arab world premiere.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also be featuring in the Septimius Awards &mdash; which will be running from September 25th to the 26th &mdash; where it will be competing in numerous categories, including Best African Actress (which both Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, the film&rsquo;s lead actresses, are in the running for), Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film caught the attention of film critics and garnered rave reviews since its release, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1958411848'),
(534, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA named Sudan’s official submission for 96th Academy Awards, set to theatrically release in Egypt', '2023-09-26', '1 (Main Still).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot on the heels of its recent hattrick of awards at the Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes and just ahead of its fast approaching and eagerly anticipated screenings at the BFI London and El Gouna film festivals, Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA was just named Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, the widely praised and acclaimed Sudanese title is also expected to be released in Egyptian theaters on October 25th; just a few weeks after its Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival, which will be running from October 13th to the 20th and will be attended by Kordofani along with two of the film&rsquo;s producers, the film&rsquo;s lead actresses Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, and Nazar Goma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also currently competing at the Septimius Awards, where it is in the running for Best African Actress, Best African Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing admirably in the cinematic zeitgeist, the film garnered rave reviews after its premiere, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1312320907'),
(535, '', 'NEZOUH finally hits Qatar’s VOX Cinemas', '2023-09-27', 'NZ002-ÂNezouh-LTD---BFI---Film4.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful commercial release in Egypt, Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s acclaimed Syrian drama NEZOUH will finally grace the screens of Qatar&rsquo;s VOX Cinemas (the Doha Festival City branch), in partnership with Doha Film Institute, on September 28th, 29th, and 30th at 8 pm (Doha time).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though its main theme is tackling the gruesomeness and horrifying effects of war, NEZOUH masterfully intertwines a myriad of captivating themes that resonate with audiences worldwide, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">love from the perspective of two teenagers, safety as an inner feeling, and finding happiness in the smallest things.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On both the Arab and international stages, NEZOUH has received significant critical acclaim, with Screen Daily&rsquo;s Jonathan Holland describing it as &ldquo;an intense and delicate film that bravely seeks to upend expectations of what the term &lsquo;Syrian drama&rsquo; generally suggests &mdash; violence</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and victims.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned journalist and filmmaker Hany Beshr also praised the director&rsquo;s work, mentioning that she &ldquo;employed the natural lighting and shading elements to create some beautifully poetic scenes despite featuring completely destroyed buildings with no aesthetic values.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Jonathan Romney in the British Film Institute described it as &ldquo;a dreamy picture of life under siege... Nezouh sets out to be a gentler, dreamier, more upbeat film about the experience of life during conflict and the prospect of displacement.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH takes place during the Syrian conflict, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Soudade Kaadan &mdash; who also co-produced it with Yu-Fai Suen &mdash; the film stars renowned Syrian actress Kinda Alloush, Samir Al-Masri, Hala Zein, and Nizar Alani and is produced by Berkeley Media Group Limited, KAF Production, and Agat Films &amp; Cie, with worldwide distribution rights going to MK2 Films and Arab world sales handled by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEZOUH was featured in over 20 international film festivals, including the Busan, S&atilde;o Paulo, Tokyo, India, Singapore, Fribourg, Arab Women Artists Now - AWAN, Tournai Ramdam, Tetouan, Cinemamed, Troms&oslash;, and Qisah film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also featured at Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia &ndash; Cinema Del Mediterrani, Girls on Film Awards, Madrid Films by Women, the Official Competition of the International Film Festival of India, and the Panorama of North African and Middle Eastern Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the film has several impressive achievements under its belt, including winning the Amnesty International Award at the MedFilm Festival in Morocco and being nominated for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival, along with Best Effects and Best Lead Performance for Hala Zein at the British Independent Film Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was supported by Torino Film Lab, the Doha Film Institute, and the British Film Institute when it was still in its project phase before going on to receive a Post-Production Award at the Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Cairo Film Connection, the Baumi Award for script development from the Berlinale, the ARTE at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Sorfond Award as part of Cin&eacute;fondation&rsquo;s workshop.</span>', '1443021636'),
(536, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY named Jordan’s official submission for 96th Academy Awards ', '2023-10-01', 'inshw00149568-copie.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot on the heels of its double hat-trick of awards at Cannes, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival and Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes Festival, Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY was just selected </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as Jordan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards by the R</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oyal Film Commission-Jordan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics Week, where it received the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d\'Or Award for Best Feature Film, INSHALLAH A BOY has been making waves on the festival circuit, winning Best Actress and a Jury Award at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, as well as the Women\'s Jury Award and the Grand Jury Award at the Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this joyful news, MAD Solutions, which distributes INSHALLAH A BOY in the Arab world, is now celebrating its success with three films from its distribution slate, this year, being submitted by their countries for best international feature at the 96th Academy Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to INSHALLAH A BOY, the other two films are Amr Gamal&rsquo;s THE BURDENED and Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, INSHALLAH A BOY screened at a number of prestigious film festivals, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, and the Sydney Film Festival, garnering widespread acclaim.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the many favorable reviews the film received on the international and local levels was Stephanie Archer&rsquo;s review on Film Inquiry, which lauded its &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gorgeous cinematography and profound performance,&rdquo; labeling it an &ldquo;instant hidden gem of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated INSHALLAH A BOY five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankit Jhunjhunwala from the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society also praised the film, saying, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it picked up a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a post-production grant from the Red Sea Lodge, production support from the Doha Film Institute, a post-production Award from CNC, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and a post-production award from the Atlas Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '1629766007');
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(537, '', 'MAD Solutions sends 4 films to Filmfest Hamburg', '2023-09-26', 'filmfest-hamburg-films.png', 'Ever the Pan-Arab leader in film distribution, MAD Solutions will be featuring four hit films from its extensive distribution slate at the Kaleidoskop Section of the upcoming edition of the Filmfest Hamburg, which is set to take place from September 28th to October 7th in Germany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The MAD line-up includes Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s INSHALLAH A BOY &mdash; which will be the opening film of the prestigious festival &mdash; Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA, Mohamed Ben Attia\'s BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS, and Faouzi Bensa&iuml;di&rsquo;s D&Eacute;SERTS.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Coming up first is INSHALLAH A BOY, which recently won Best Actress and a Jury Award during the latest edition of the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival and garnered widespread acclaim after a historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics Week, where it nabbed the Gan Foundation and Rail d&rsquo; Or awards.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The next film on the lineup is GOODBYE JULIA, the first Sudanese picture and director to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, where it&nbsp;won the &lsquo;Freedom Prize&nbsp;after an impressive world premiere.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s events are set before the secession of South Sudan, when a married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA, which will screen in Hamburg on September 29th at 6:15 pm at Cinemax 2 and on October 1st at 6 pm at Alabama, stars&nbsp;Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film was written and directed by Kordofani and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards, YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Third on the roster is BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS, which will screen on September 29th at 9 pm at Alabama, October 2nd at 7 pm at Albaton Oben, and twice at Studio &mdash; once on October 2nd at 7:30 pm and again on October 7th at 6:45 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find, and had a successful world premiere at the Venice Film Festival before screening at the Busan International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI, the film stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last, but certainly not least, is D&Eacute;SERTS, which will have two screenings at Studio, one of which will be on October 2nd at 7:30 pm and the other on October 7th at 6:45 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>D&Eacute;SERTS was an official selection of this year&rsquo;s Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at Cannes and follows two petty crooks, Mehdi and Hamid, in their wrinkled suits and ties as they drive around southern Morocco in their car. Their mission is to recover a backlog of loans for their agency that have not been repaid by villagers overwhelmed by poverty and drought.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and co-edited by Bensa&iuml;di, the film&rsquo;s key cast includes Fehd Benchemsi &mdash; best known for AMERICAN SNIPER &mdash; alongside Abdelhadi Talbi, Rabii Benjhaile, and Hajar Graigaa.', '1879765651'),
(538, '', 'DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS commercially releases in UAE’s cinema Akil ', '2023-10-07', 'DDD_main.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the release of its Mena poster and official trailer on Social media platforms, DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS by Wissam Charaf will be commercially released in cinema Akil in Dubai as of October 15th for one week.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also set to have one screening during Arab Cinema Week, which will take place in Akil from October 6th to 14th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Label Europa Cinemas\' Best Film Award, making its director Wissam Charaf the first Arab director to win such a prize.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the jury gave it high marks, calling it &ldquo;a very original and surprisingly uplifting film.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right after the historic world premiere at Venice, the film went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals, winning numerous awards, including</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Critic Choice Award\'s Special Mention at the Filmfest Hamburg, and the Audience Award in the Feature Film Category at the Entrevues Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS received wide critical acclaim locally and internationally, with </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Joseph Jenner</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinephile Society </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describing it as &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a beautifully crafted film that has echoes of many of the great magical realists of the past embedded deeply in its fabric.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. Nina Rothe of Moving Image Middle East</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> praised the film, saying </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Wissam Charaf\'s second feature tells the touchingly beautiful story of two human beings who are condemned to carry each other throughout their struggling existence and yet whose paradise lies within one another and the pure love they carry in their burdened hearts.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic. But in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will this couple be able to find the way to freedom given that Ahmed suffers from a mysterious illness that slowly turns his body into metal?</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS was supported by CNC, Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund, Italy&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, and MEDIA. It was awarded a complete promotion package from the Red Sea International Film Festival, received the Award of the French Institute in Tunisia from Carthage Pro Professional platform, the Arte Prize in Busan Film Festival, and the CNC Award in Dubai Film Connection.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Wissam Charaf, who co-wrote it with Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert, the film stars Clara Couture, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay and Darina Al Joundi. It is produced by Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films, and Intramovies. MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while Intramovies manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf is a Lebanese/French director, cameraman, and editor. In 1998, he began to work with the French/German network ARTE as a news cameraman, editor, and journalist. He has since covered major conflict areas ranging from Lebanon to Darfur, Afghanistan, and North Korea. He worked on programs like ARTE Info, ARTE Reportages, Metropolis, and Tracks.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director with Danielle Arbid and on music videos with French director Henri-Jean Debon for artists such as Noir Desir, Sinead O\'Connor, and the Asian Dub Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He directed six short fiction films: Hizz Ya Wizz, A Hero Never Dies, An Army of Ants, After (awarded in Pantin, Brive), Unforgettable Memory of a Friend (awarded in Pantin, Clermont-Ferrand, Rhode Island, and pre-selected for Best Short Film in the Cesar 2020) and Don&rsquo;t Panic (Clermont-Ferrand), as well as It&rsquo;s All in Lebanon, a documentary awarded in the Carthage Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, Heaven Sent, was selected at the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival. Currently, he is working on his new short.</span>', '1797719355'),
(539, '', 'Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM to make Arab premiere at Cairo Int\'l Film Festival', '2023-10-07', 'MIRROR-POSTER-Final-Digital.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan\'s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM is set to captivate audiences at the prestigious 2023 Cairo International Film Festival, which runs from November 15th to November 24th, where it will hold its Arab premiere at Midnight screenings section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, MAD Solutions has released the film\'s new official poster for A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM exclusively for the MENA region, which mesmerizingly captures the essence of the film, featuring the captivating image of the protagonist&mdash;a young girl&mdash;gazing intently at her own reflection in a shattered mirror. In a stunning visual portrayal, the fragments of glass from the broken mirror appear to be hurtling towards her, creating a sense of intrigue and anticipation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Muayad Alayan, who also co-wrote the script with Rami Alayan, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM held its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and was featured in several prestigious festivals worldwide, including Boston Palestine Film Festival and Seattle International Film Festival in the US, as well as Mostra de Valencia&mdash;Cinema del Mediterrani in Spain, Athens Palestine Film Festival in Greece, and Palestinian Film Festival in Australia&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Johnny Harris, Makran Khoury, Souad Feres, Miley Locke, and Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM follows the story of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">young Rebecca who is forced to move with her father from the UK to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can help her heal from her mother\'s sudden death.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon after settling into an old house in a neighborhood known as the Valley of the Ghosts, a series of mysterious events occur that Rebecca takes the blame for. Diving deep into the mystery of the house and the mystical city of Jerusalem, Rebecca sets out on an enigmatic journey to discover what hides in the shadows of the house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM was the only Arab project selected for the 36th edition of the IFFR Pro\'s Production market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was co-produced by PalCine Productions in Palestine, Wellington Films in the UK, Red Balloon Films in Germany, Metafora Production in Qatar, and Key Film. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is managing the distribution of the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muayad Alayan&rsquo;s directorial debut was LOVE, THEFT, AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS, which he also produced. The film held its premiere in the Panorama section of the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival.</span>', '1524607753'),
(540, '', 'Erige Sehiri’s UNDER THE FIG TREES to release for a limited time at Cinémathèque de Tanger in Morocco', '2023-10-08', 'Under_the_fig_trees.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s French-Tunisian feature film, UNDER THE FIG TREES &mdash; which was Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission at the Oscars for Best International Feature Film 2023 &mdash; will be holding limited screenings at Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger in Morocco throughout the current month of October.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tunisian drama will be screening on October 6th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 17th and 26th at 7 pm respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it received the EcoPro jury award at Directors&rsquo; Fortnight, in addition to winning several awards at the Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Final Cut, UNDER THE FIG TREES also won Best Director at Pingyao International Film Festival, Best Film (Golden Bayard) at Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Films, and R&ecirc;volution Award at the Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also went on to win the Grand Prize from the Taipei Film Festival in Taiwan, the Silver Tanit Award from the Carthage Film Festival, and the Grand Prix at the French Cinema Days in T&uuml;bingen-Stuttgart.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, UNDER THE FIG TREES was an official selection at over 20 festivals including Toronto, BFI London, Marrakech, Karlovy Vary, Chicago, G&ouml;teborg, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, Bangkok, Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Solothurn, Troms&oslash;, Palm Springs, Tripoli, META, Reykjavik, Pingyao, Black Movie, Sarajevo, San Diego Arab and Red Sea Film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More recently, UNDER THE FIG TREES was selected to be Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission at the Oscars for Best International Feature Film 2023, it has also screened at the 33rd Carthage Film Festival, in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, and having its Jordanian premiere as part of the Franco-Arab Rendez-Vous Program at AIFF.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place over the course of a day, UNDER THE FIG TREES presents an intergenerational dialogue between a group of teens and older folk as they work the summer harvest, catch feelings, attempt to understand each other, and navigate the complicated terrain of building deeper ties.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNDER THE FIG TREES is directed by Erige Sehiri and co-written by Ghalya Lacroix and Peggy Hamann. The film stars Fide Fdhili, Feten Fdhili, Ameni Fdhili, Samar Sifi and Abdelhak Mrabti.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a joint production between Tunisia (Henia Production Company), Switzerland (Akka Films Company), and France (Maneki Films Company). Frida Marzouk is the DOP and music by&nbsp; Amine Bouhafa, distributed globally by Luxbox Company, while MAD Solutions is responsible for distributing and marketing the film in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri is a Tunisian-French director and producer. A former journalist, she started her career as a documentary filmmaker. Her groundbreaking feature documentary, RAILWAY MEN, reflecting the daily struggle of railway workers against the failures of the national railways, screened for six consecutive weeks in Tunisian theaters.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, she wrote, directed, and produced her first fiction feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, which won several awards at the Venice International Film Festival (Final Cut in Venice) and joined the selection of the 54th Director&rsquo;s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival 2022. UNDER THE FIG TREES, was selected to be Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission at the Oscars for Best International Feature Film 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger is a non-profit association and alternative center for film conservation and circulation based in Tangier and created in 2006 with the mission of promoting world cinema in Morocco and Moroccan cinema in the world, creating a collection of documentary films, films, and videos by artists and experimental cinema, to propose pedagogical actions and to create a platform of dialogue and meeting for the professionals of the cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resolutely opened to the world, Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger has been for over 10 years an intercultural space by screening Moroccan and international productions and offering a vibrant program for travelers, artists, movie-goers, and curious minds.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that perspective, Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger is dedicated to its strong audience policies shaped for youths and purposefully anchored with local associations and cultural initiatives.</span>', '1105686289'),
(541, '', 'Yazid Eldaly’s short film HOOKAH wins Special Jury Award at Alexandria Film Festival', '2023-10-08', 'IMG-20231006-WA0018.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazid Eldaly\'s debut short film HOOKAH took home the Special Jury Award at the 39th edition of the Alexandria Film Festival, which ran from October 1st to the 5th under the theme of &lsquo;Cinema Dances and Sings.&rsquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gripping eight-minute psychological drama &mdash; which made its world premiere at the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival &mdash; sheds light on the harrowing realities of domestic violence and poverty faced by women, often leading to mental disorders.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Yazid Eldaly, HOOKAH stars Shaimaa Farouk and Ashraf Ramzi and follows the story of Badreya &mdash; a poor housemaid trapped in an abusive marriage with the unemployed Hassanein.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determined to escape her grim existence, Badreya takes a bold step and buys herself a special gift. However, her husband\'s discovery of the present sets off a chain of events that unravel the narrative.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazid Eldaly is an Egyptian filmmaker who studied engineering and earned a degree in music theory and composition from the Royal Schools of Music.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, when he decided to follow his passion for filmmaking and storytelling, Yazid studied writing and directing and attended writing workshops with the famous Egyptian writer Ahmad Mourad.</span>', '74059643'),
(542, '', 'MAD Solutions receives two nominations at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards', '2023-10-08', 'inshw00149568-copie.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&mdash;the top film distributor in the Arabic-speaking world&mdash;has received nominations for two films from its distribution slate at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), which is set to take place from November 1st to the 4th in Australia. The nominations are Best Youth Film for Muayad Alayan&rsquo;s A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM and Best Performance for Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s INSHALLAH A BOY.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the films:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian drama feature A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM, directed by Muayad Alayan and co-written for the screen with his brother Rami Alayan, was just announced to be participating at The Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), where it&rsquo;ll be holding its Arab world premiere as part of the CIFF&rsquo;s Midnight\'s Screening section.&nbsp; This came hot on the heels of the exclusive MENA region release of the film&rsquo;s poster by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM held its world premiere at the 2023 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and was featured in several prestigious festivals worldwide, including Boston Palestine Film Festival and Seattle International Film Festival in the US, Mostra de Valencia&mdash;Cinema del Mediterrani in Spain, Athens Palestine Film Festival in Greece, Palestinian Film Festival in Australia, Arab World Film Festival, and the Seoul International Children\'s Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Johnny Harris, Makran Khoury, Souad Feres, Miley Locke, and Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell, A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM follows the story of young Rebecca, who is forced to move with her father from the UK to Jerusalem in the hopes that a new beginning can help her heal from her mother\'s sudden death.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon after settling into an old house in a neighborhood known as the Valley of the Ghosts, a series of mysterious events occur that Rebecca takes the blame for. Diving deep into the mystery of the house and the mystical city of Jerusalem, Rebecca sets out on an enigmatic journey to discover what hides in the shadows of the house.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was co-produced by PalCine Productions in Palestine, Wellington Films and Cocoon Film in the UK, Red Balloon Films and ZDF/ARTE in Germany, Metafora Production in Qatar, and KeyFilms in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is managing the distribution of the film in the Arab world, while Heretic manages it worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s INSHALLAH A BOY&mdash;which is Jordan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards&mdash;the Jordanian feature world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics Week&mdash;becoming the first ever Jordanian feature to do so&mdash;where it received the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d\'Or Award for Best Feature Film. Ever since then, INSHALLAH A BOY has been making waves on the festival circuit, winning Best Actress and a Jury Award at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, as well as the Women\'s Jury Award and the Grand Jury Award at the Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also screened at the Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, Toronto, BFI London, Sydney, Hamburg, and New Zealand film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drama follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Amjad Al-Rasheed and co-written by Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY was produced by The Imaginarium Films (Rula Nasser and Aseel Abu Ayyash), with co-production by Bayt Al-Shawareb (Youssef Abdelnabi) and George Films (Rapha&euml;l Alexandre and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre), and associate production by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production handle the film\'s distribution in the Arab world, while Pyramide International handles international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>', '392188179'),
(543, '', 'Mohamed Kordofani’s GOODBYE JULIA takes home two awards from War on Screen Film Festival', '2023-10-10', 'goodby.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding to its growing list of accolades, Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize recently secured two more prestigious awards at the War on Screen Film Festival, going home with the Press Jury and Audience awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely praised and acclaimed title &mdash; which has been selected to be Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; is also expected to be released in Egyptian theaters on October 25th; just a few weeks after its Arab World premiere the eagerly anticipated sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, which will be running from October 13th to the 20th and will be attended by Kordofani along with two of the film&rsquo;s producers, the film&rsquo;s lead actresses Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak, and Nazar Goma.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also recently won Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it is currently screening at the ongoing BFI London Film Festival, which kicked off on October 4th and is running till the 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing admirably in the cinematic zeitgeist, the film garnered rave reviews after its premiere at Cannes, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '626164746'),
(544, '', 'THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT wins Best Short Documentary at Bahrain Film Festival', '2023-10-10', 'The-Birds-Have-Left-Beirut-still-2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s documentary THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bahrain Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which ran from October 5th to the 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT delves into the aftermath of a pivotal event that occurred on August 4th, 2020. This date shook a country, changed a city, and destroyed lives. The film views the disaster through Zeina&rsquo;s eyes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Rodolphe ZAAROUR and produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Thiltges Distributions</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT held its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour is an award-winning independent filmmaker, who started teaching at universities at the age of 28.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his filmmaking career in 2006 with his award-winning short film THE WINDOW. Then, in 2010, he directed the award-winning docu-fiction MALAKI - SCENT OF AN ANGEL about missing persons during the civil war.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he made his first fiction feature, NOUR, which was highly acclaimed and released in cinemas in France, winning more than 45 awards and nominations worldwide.</span>', '369902747'),
(545, '', 'Short film ZOO nabs Best Short Animation at Bahrain Film Festival', '2023-10-10', 'Zoo---animated-short-by-Tariq-Rimawi.00_00_38_20.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s short film ZOO continues to make waves on the festival circuit, winning the Best Short Animation Award during yesterday&rsquo;s closing ceremony of the Bahrain Film Festival and raising the tally of its awards to three.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival, screened at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, and held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals, including the Lebanon International Short Film Festival, where it won the Tripoli Best Animation Award; the Festival Internacional de Cinema Ambiental de Garopaba in Brazil; the Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival; the Festival du film d&rsquo;Animation pour la Jeunesse de Bourg en Bresse in France; and Toronto Palestine Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Tariq Rimawi, the film is produced by StudioNICE Creative, was supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission, and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD Solutions handling distribution in the Arab world, the film is produced by Aminah Abdat and Moritz Mayerhofer, who once made it to the shortlist of the 2011 Oscars for his animated short URS.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic member who graduated with a master&rsquo;s in animation from the UK&rsquo;s Newport Film School in 2010 before obtaining a PhD in animation from Loughborough University in 2014.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His films have received regional and international awards and have been screened at over 200 international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Rimawi established the Animation Department at the University of Petra in Jordan to equip its graduates with the latest storytelling and visual communication techniques.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He currently serves as the Section Head of the Multimedia and Production Studio at the Digital Learning and Online Education Office at Qatar University.</span>', '1296067017'),
(546, '', 'Firas Khoury’s ALAM set to screen for a limited time at Cinema Akil this October', '2023-10-15', 'alam-.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Khoury&rsquo;s award-winning drama feature ALAM will have a limited release at the UAE&rsquo;s esteemed Cinema Akil this October, with the film screenings starting from October 15th to the 26th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM &mdash; which stars Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, and Mohammad Karaki &mdash; follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed &lsquo;Alam.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Firas Khoury, the drama feature has enjoyed a very successful festival run so far, with the most recent being the Amman, Tripoli, and Reel Palestine film festivals, as well as the Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival, where the film took home the Best Debut Feature Film Award. The film also enjoyed a commercial release at Zawya Cinema&rsquo;s Cairo Cinema Days.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other prestigious awards for the film include the Young Jury Award at the Brussels&rsquo; Cinemamed Festival and the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala, where its director Firas Khoury also received the Rajata Chakoram for Best Debut Director.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM held its Arab world premiere at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival, where it scored three awards, including the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film &mdash; the festival\'s top accolade for outstanding films in the international competition &mdash; the Best Actor Award for Palestinian actor Mahmood Bakri, and Youssef Cherif Rizkallah\'s Audience Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it was featured in the Festival Favorites category of the 2022 edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, held its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival\'s Contemporary World Cinema Category, and screened at the Rome, Santa Barbara, G&ouml;teborg, and San Diego Arab film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALAM was produced by Marie Pierre Macia, Claire Gad&eacute;a, Naomie Lagadec, Melik Kochbati, and Ossama Bawardi, lensed by Frida Marzouk, and edited by Nadia Ben Rachid, with music by Faraj Suleiman.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of bigger companies at play, ALAM was produced by MPM Film, Paprika Films, and Philistine Films, and co-produced by Lacydon Bay Productions, Metafora Production, and the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, with Arab world distribution by MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The feature film received a grant from the Doha Film Institute and a $20,000 script development grant from the Abu Dhabi Film Festival\'s SANAD Fund.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also chosen to participate in the Cin&eacute;fondation Workshop at the 2017 edition of the Cannes Film Festival and the 2019 Venice GAP-Financing Market; received a $10,000 grant from Cairo Film Connection &mdash; the CIFF\'s Co-Production Market &mdash; and was featured at the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Akil is an independent cinema platform that brings quality films from across the world to audiences in the UAE.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showcasing directors and filmmakers across the decades, Cinema Akil aims to create awareness and interest in film and the cinematic arts.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2014 as a nomadic cinema, Cinema Akil has held over 60 pop-up cinemas attracting over 65,000 attendees in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, and in September 2018, Cinema Akil opened its first permanent location in Al Quoz, Dubai, making it the GCC&rsquo;s first arthouse cinema.</span>', '1539387765'),
(547, '', 'DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS to hold its Egyptian premiere at Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo', '2023-10-19', 'ddd-screening-in-cairo.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a successful commercial release in the UAE and a storied festival tour, the romantic drama film DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS by Wissam Charaf is set to hold its Egyptian premiere at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute this Thursday, October 19th, at 7 pm in Zamalek, Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has already been released in France and screened at nearly 20 prestigious film festivals around the world, winning several awards, including the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Europa Cinemas Award at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it world premiered &mdash; the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audience Award in the Feature Film Category at the Entrevues Film Festival, the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Critics Award - Special Mention at the Hamburg Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS also received wide critical acclaim locally and internationally, with Allan Hunter from Screen Daily describing it as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;slight but intermittently charming,&rdquo; and that its&ldquo;lightweight approach to some serious issues creates an awkward mix in places, but, at its best, the film has the lugubrious air of an Aki Kaurismaki film.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. Nina Rothe of Moving Image Middle East</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> praised the film, saying </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Wissam Charaf\'s second feature tells the touchingly beautiful story of two human beings who are condemned to carry each other throughout their struggling existence and yet whose paradise lies within one another and the pure love they carry in their burdened hearts.\"&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS was supported by the CNC, Corsica Region, Doha Film Institute, Red Sea Fund, Italy&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, and MEDIA. It was also awarded a complete promotion package from the Red Sea International Film Festival, received the Award of the French Institute in Tunisia from the Carthage Pro Professional platform, the Arte Prize in the Busan Film Festival, and the CNC Award in the Dubai Film Connection.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Wissam Charaf, who co-wrote it with Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert, the film stars Clara Couture, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay and Darina Al-Joundi. It is produced by Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films, and Intramovies. Additionally, MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while Intramovies manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf is a French Lebanese director, cameraman, and editor. In 1998, he began to work with the French/German network ARTE as a news cameraman, editor, and journalist. He has since covered major conflict areas ranging from Lebanon to Darfur, Afghanistan, and North Korea, working on programs like ARTE Info, ARTE Reportages, Metropolis, and Tracks.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director with Danielle Arbid and on music videos with French director Henri-Jean Debon for artists such as Noir Desir, Sinead O\'Connor, and the Asian Dub Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, Charaf directed six short fiction films &mdash; HIZZ YA WIZZ, A HERO NEVER DIES, AN ARMY OF ANTS, AFTER (awarded in Pantin, Brive), UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND (awarded in Pantin, Clermont-Ferrand, Rhode Island, and pre-selected for Best Short Film in the Cesar 2020), and DON&rsquo;T PANIC (Clermont-Ferrand) &mdash; as well as the documentary IT&rsquo;S ALL IN LEBANON.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, HEAVEN SENT, was selected at the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival. Currently, he is working on his new short.&nbsp;</span>', '649042326'),
(548, '', 'Amr Gamal’s THE BURDENED takes home Gold Hugo Award at 59th Chicago International Film Festival', '2023-10-23', 'The-Burdened-6.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Gamal&rsquo;s Yemeni drama THE BURDENED &mdash; which is the country&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards &mdash; has received the Gold Hugo Award as part of the New Directors Competition at the 59th edition of The Chicago International Film Festival, which ran from October 11th to the 22nd in Chicago, US.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events that took place in Aden around 2019, the film follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country\'s economic crisis.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions in order to survive.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a triumphant world premiere at the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Section &mdash; becoming the first ever Yemeni film to be officially selected at the German festival &mdash; where it went on to win the Amnesty International Film Award and the second place Audience Award, THE BURDENED went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals and win numerous awards, including the Best Screenplay Award at Durban, the Best Directing and Best Screenplay Jury Awards at Valencia, and a Special Jury Award for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has also had quite the busy festival tour so far, screening at festivals such as the Shanghai, Sydney, Beijing, Golden Apricot Yerevan, Cairo, Zurich, War On Screen, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and Rio de Janeiro film festivals, alongside competing at the Septimius Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also garnered many positive reviews from Screen Daily, the Film Verdict, the Moveable Fest, Film Companion, Critic\'s Notebook, and Independent Arabia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which is co-produced by Amjad Abu Alala, who is known for YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which was submitted to the Oscars\' Best International Feature Film Category in 2020 as Sudan\'s first-ever Academy Award submission &mdash; was directed and co-written by Amr Gamal alongside Mazen Refaat, lensed by Mrinal Desai, and edited by Heba Othman. It also stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the large companies at play, the film was produced by Adenium Productions and Station Films, bringing together Yemen, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia in a landmark co-production that was first brought to international attention at the 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it earned the Works in Progress Post-Production Development Award in the festival\'s industry sidebar, Eastern Promises.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s Arab world distribution, while Films Boutique handles international distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Gamal is an independent Yemeni film and theater director born in Poland in 1983.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades, the film then continued screening for over eight months and became Yemen\'s official submission to the Oscars in 2018.</span>', '249089082');
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(549, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA wins Roger Ebert Award at Chicago Int’l Film Festival', '2023-10-23', '8-(exclusive-for-Gouna).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just added another notch on its belt, recently winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, which was held in Chicago, US from October 11th to the 22nd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement released by the festival, the jury lauded the film for its execution, praising Mohamed Kordofani for exploring &ldquo;the shared humanity present in those who seem to have a little in common.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely praised and acclaimed title &mdash; which has been selected to be Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; is also expected to be released in Egyptian theaters on October 25th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also recently won Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, which kicked off on October 4th and is running till the 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing admirably in the cinematic zeitgeist, the film garnered rave reviews after its premiere at Cannes, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1887844220'),
(550, '', 'Animation short film ZOO to screen at Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth', '2023-10-24', 'Zoo---animated-short-by-Tariq-Rimawi.00_03_26_17.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After winning Best Short Animation at the Bahrain Film Festival, Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s animation short film ZOO will be screening at the 10th edition of the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, which will run from October 22nd to 28th at Vox Cinemas, City Center, Sharjah.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to screen thrice &mdash;&nbsp; once on October 24th at 9:15 am in Cinema 12 and two simultaneous screenings on October 25th at 11 am in Cinemas 10 and 11.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A poignant and powerful exploration of friendship and suffering through the innocent eyes of a child, the film sheds light on the desperate situation of people and animals living in conflict zones.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival, screened at the Short Film Corner of Cannes, and held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Tariq Rimawi, the film is produced by StudioNICE Creative, was supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission, and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic member who graduated with a master&rsquo;s in animation from the UK&rsquo;s Newport Film School in 2010 before obtaining a PhD in animation from Loughborough University in 2014.&nbsp;</span>', '1048300149'),
(551, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA holds historic screening at Cairo’s Zawya Cinema amid a stellar media presence', '2023-10-29', 'goodbye-julia-complete.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s critically acclaimed Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA enjoyed a remarkable screening at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema on Saturday, October 28th in the presence of the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, along with several high profile media personalities and celebrities.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from usual suspects director and screenwriter Mohamed Kordofani, producers Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Al-Omda, and lead actors Eiman Yousif and Nazar Goma, the screening was attended by director Yousry Nasrallah, costume designer Nahed Nasrallah, and actor Sabry Fawwaz.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its wider commercial release across the country on October 25th, the film has been packing the iconic venue with full-house screenings on a daily basis.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Saturday&rsquo;s screening in particular was followed by a five-minute standing ovation and a long, interactive Q&amp;A with the cast and crew.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from its overwhelming success at Zawya, the film has been selling out shows at several theaters across Egypt, with its initial commercial release taking place at only 12 theaters across the country before rising to a whopping 23 theaters only one day later in response to public demand.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film held multiple successful screenings at the recently concluded BFI London Film Festival, where it received great praise and sold out all screenings a month before the festival launched.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize was also named Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards and has recently won several prestigious awards including Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also scored a hattrick at the 2023 Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, where it won the Audience Award, the Youth Jury Award, and the Women&rsquo;s Jury Award, as well as winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, and two awards at the 11th War on Screen Festival in France &mdash; namely the Audience Award and the Press Jury Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at Cannes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower). Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '749733899'),
(552, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA rakes in more than EGP 1m at Egypt\'s box office', '2023-11-01', 'julia-2Q6A3034.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA broke another milestone in its first commercial outing, grossing EGP 1.02m in revenues one week after its historic October 25th Egyptian premiere, outperforming blockbusters like Martin Scorcese&rsquo;s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON in the country&rsquo;s box office.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the winner of the Un Certain Regard&rsquo;s Freedom Prize at Cannes saw an exponential increase in its already widespread popularity when demand across the country for more screenings reached new heights, expanding the film&rsquo;s reach from an initial nine screens to an impressive and ever-growing 26, with over 13,000 tickets sold in its first week. What&rsquo;s equally impressive is the film&rsquo;s admirable upward momentum, since its seventh day in theaters has been its most successful so far.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also set for a wider release across the Arab World soon, with the film expected to hit the GCC before being released throughout the region. Additionally, GOODBYE JULIA is slated to release in France on November 8th through its French distributor ARP S&eacute;lection.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was named Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards. It also won Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, GOODBYE JULIA has been selected by more than 30 festivals worldwide so far, including Karlovy Vary, BFI London, Melbourne, Vancouver, Warsaw, and most recently Chicago, where it won the Roger Ebert Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED, Yemen&rsquo;s official entry to the Academy Awards this year.</span>', '2034599194'),
(553, '', 'Karim Bensalah’s SIX FEET OVER to world premiere at CineMed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival', '2023-11-01', 'SixPiedsSurTerre_Photogramme_00115325.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Bensalah&rsquo;s Algerian-French drama SIX FEET OVER will be holding its world premiere as part of the Feature Film Competition at the 45th Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (CineMed), which will take place from October 20th to October 28th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to hold two screenings at the Pasteur Room of the Corum, with the first being on Tuesday, October 24th at 8:30 pm &mdash; with director Karim Bensalah in attendance &mdash; while the film&rsquo;s second screening will take place on Friday, October 27th at 2 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIX FEET OVER follows Sofiane &mdash; the son of a former Algerian diplomat &mdash; who has lived his entire life to this point abroad. Now a student in Lyon, he is the victim of an administrative decision and is living under the threat of expulsion.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the hope of legalizing his situation, he decides to work temporarily for Muslim undertakers. Lost in his identity and feeling bad about himself, rubbing shoulders with the dead will take him to a brighter path.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Karim Bensalah, the film stars Hamza Meziani, Kader Affak, Souad Arsane, and Mostefa Djadjam, Jamal Belmahi co-wrote the film with Karim Bensalah while Pierre-Hubert Martin lensed it and B&eacute;n&eacute;dicte Cazauran edited it.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIX FEET OVER was produced by Oualid Baha (Tact Production) and co-produced by Eug&eacute;nie Michel Villette (Les Films du Bilboquet), with music by Adrien Casalis and sound by Romain Cadilhac, Benjamin Rosier, Val&egrave;re Raigneau, and Xavier Thieulin. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while The Party Film Sales handles worldwide distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karim Bensalah was born in Algiers to an Algerian father and a Brazilian mother. After living in Haiti and Senegal, he moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study literature, philosophy, and social sciences. Karim then entered the London Film School, where he directed CONSTANT FLOW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first short film, LE SECRET DE FATIMA was selected and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand and broadcast on Arte.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bensalah then directed RACINE(S) &mdash; a segment of the feature film PARIS LA M&Eacute;TISSE &mdash; before joining the Collectif Tribudom, which works with teenagers in the working-class districts of Paris and its suburbs, with whom he made several short films, the latest of which is CHANTIER(S).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, he worked on the short LES HEURES BLANCHES, in which he collaborated with Quebecois screenwriter S&eacute;bastien Baril.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is currently developing two feature films, one of which has been selected at Sundance Screenwriter\'s and Director\'s Lab.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A screenwriter and consultant on other projects, Karim also pursues a career as an actor. He has also worked in image education for over ten years in France and Brazil.</span>', '1674716663'),
(554, '', 'PHONE BREAKER to world premiere at 23rd National Film Festival in Tangier', '2023-11-01', 'fe467346-c068-42b2-b383-f90a77285bad.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highly anticipated Moroccan short film PHONE BREAKER by Hamza Atifi is set to hold its world premiere on November 1st at 9:30 pm at Roxi cinema as part of the Short Film Competition of the prestigious 23rd edition of the National Film Festival in Tangier, which has been running since October 27th and will conclude on November 4th.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHONEBREAKER explores the story of Jalil &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a washed-up employee who, in order to avenge his mother and clear his neighborhood of the incessant ringing of phones, becomes the &lsquo;Phone Breaker&rsquo; and leads a ruthless vendetta against the telecommunications industry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its thought-provoking narrative, the film sheds light on the potential dangers of technological dominance and delves into the darker side of hyper-connectivity, challenging the notion that smartphones only bring convenience and exploring the consequences of our increasing reliance on technology.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further highlighting its significance in the Moroccan film industry, PHONE BREAKER has received support from the Moroccan Film Center and features a talented cast that includes Aziz Hattab, Sandia Aboutajdine, Adil Abatorab, and Samia Akariou, with Sylvain Rodriguez serving as a cinematographer and Fatima-Zahra Lyanboui in the seat of the editor.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamza Atifi was born in Casablanca and raised in a family of filmmakers, eventually </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">graduating from Morocco&rsquo;s &Eacute;cole Sup&eacute;rieure des Arts Visuels and Belgium&rsquo;s Institut National Sup&eacute;rieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a specialization in direction of photography.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 23, he signed his first feature film as a DOP, NOUHE, NE SAIT PAS NAGER by Rachid El-Ouali, which received Best Picture Crystal Award at the Festival of Liege in 2018.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides being a DOP, Atifi directed four short films, including the multi-award winning SUICIDE CANDIDATES, which received widespread recognition.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for his TV work, he worked on the highly-watched second season of the miniseries SOUHLIFA. Most recently, he worked on Hicham Lasri&rsquo;s miniseries LOTFI N7AYLA, which aired on Morocco&rsquo;s prominent TV network, 2M.</span>', '138945936'),
(555, '', 'Christian Suhr’s LIGHT UPON LIGHT continues to impress audiences at Cairo’s Zawya Cinema', '2023-11-02', 'christian-suhr.jpg', 'Since its inaugural screening on September 25th, Christian Suhr&rsquo;s Danish-Egyptian documentary&nbsp;LIGHT UPON LIGHT&nbsp;has been making waves at Zawya Cinema in Downtown Cairo.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s initial screening was followed by a Q&amp;A with Suhr and the film&rsquo;s crew, and since then it has been selling out its screenings throughout October and getting praise and stellar reactions from audiences all over.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Due to its popularity and how in demand it is, the documentary is also set to have several screenings throughout the first week of November, with the screening schedule being as follows:\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wednesday, November 1st at 9:30 pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thursday, November 2nd at 7 pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday, November 3rd at 4 pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Saturday, November 4th at 7 pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday, November 6th at 4 pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tuesday, November 7th at 9:30 pm\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>LIGHT UPON LIGHT follows a series of events that took place after an Egyptian friend one day gave Danish anthropologist Christian Suhr a good piece of advice: \"Stop focusing on all the darkness in the world and look at the light instead.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suhr then goes on a journey to Cairo along the Nile and into the desert to understand what light means to the people he meets along the way, through conversations and observations of breathtaking rituals, the light slowly breaks through and nuances the image of a religion that is often viewed with prejudice and reduced to simplistic clich&eacute;s.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Aya El-Hosseiny, Sonia Hassan, Maher Al-Sharnouby, and Magda Habshey the documentary held its world premiere in the Nordic Competition at the 19th edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s crew additionally gave master classes at the EthnoKino Film Festival and Freiburger Filmforum to discuss the film\'s subject matter. Several conferences and universities, including the American Academy of Religion, Mind &amp; Life Europe, and the Middle East Studies Association, also hosted panel discussions and debates around the film.\r<br/>LIGHT UPON LIGHT was co-written and co-edited with Muhammad Mustapha, lensed by Amira Mortada alongside Muhammad Mustapha and Christian Suhr, and produced by Hala Lotfy with Hassala Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film opened at the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, competed in the Cairo International Film Festival\'s International Critics&rsquo; Week, and featured at festivals such as the Jean Rouch International Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention at the festival&rsquo;s Immersive Filmmaking Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It also featured in festivals such as the Ethnocineca in Vienna, the International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec, the NAFA Film Festival, and the Arabian Nights Film Festival in Copenhagen.\r<br/>Additionally, LIGHT UPON LIGHT recently screened at the ninth edition of the Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon as part of the festival&rsquo;s Documentary Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A filmmaker and professor of anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark, Christian Suhr\'s collaboration with the Cairo-based film collective Hassala Films started in 2014, with LIGHT UPON LIGHT being their first film together. Suhr\'s previous work focused on psychiatry, religious healing, and cultural exchange in Denmark and Papua New Guinea.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He is the author and director of the award-winning film and book DESCENDING WITH ANGELS, the director of NGAT IS DEAD and UNITY THROUGH CULTURE, and the editor of the books TRANSCULTURAL MONTAGE and WHEN THE MEDIA SETS THE AGENDA.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As a teacher, Suhr also initiated and coordinated the Visual Anthropology Program at Aarhus University between 2013 and 2021. His current work focuses on the experience and cultivation of love in religious practice.', '451593715'),
(556, '', 'Sherief Elkatsha\'s documentary FAR FROM THE NILE to premiere in US', '2023-11-02', 'Far-from-the-Nile---From-DCP.00_25_15_17.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sherief Elkatsha\'s highly anticipated documentary feature film FAR FROM THE NILE is set to hold its American premiere on Saturday, November 18th at 2 pm in the Downtown Community Television Center Cinema for Documentary Film at the historic Chinatown building in New York.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening will be followed by a Q&amp;A session with the director to delve into various aspects of the film, including its production, the challenges encountered during its creation, behind-the-scenes difficulties, and the film\'s compelling premise.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FAR FROM THE NILE will be shown again on Tuesday, November 21st at 7 pm, with tickets available for purchase via this </span><a href=\"https://firehouse.dctvny.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=406214~2998286f-8e4b-4c31-9017-dcced8ffebb3&amp;_gl=1*kceqvv*_gcl_au*MTk5MjA3ODIwNy4xNjk2NDQyODQ4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">link</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sherief Elkatsha who also co-produced the movie, FAR FROM THE NILE follows 12 African musicians from seven countries along the Nile River as they band together in an international coalition to highlight the water conflict along the river they share.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they leave their homes in Burundi, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda and embark on a 100-day tour of America&rsquo;s heartland, the film captures the challenges of collaboration across cultural lines.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite their vast cultural differences, musical styles, and competing egos, the artists must find ways to create and remain united in their cause.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three-time-award-winning movie held its world premiere at the 2022 Cairo International Film Festival&rsquo;s Horizons of Arab Cinema</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where it took home the Best Non-Fiction Film Award. It also won the Silver Award in the Feature-Length Category of the 12th Luxor African Film Festival and the Exceptional Merit at the Doctors Without Borders International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the movie has garnered positive reviews from various news publications, with Screen Daily saying &ldquo;Sherief Elkatsha has assembled a wholly entertaining and often uplifting documentary&hellip; The project is about finding common ground above all else, and watching the results flow is exhilarating.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, MIME described it as &ldquo;a world-changing documentary&hellip; A must-watch for any and all, providing a road map for finding the way to bring together our ultra-divided, hyper-chaotic world.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in the US and raised in Cairo, Sherief Elkatsha now divides his time between Cairo and New York.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, Elkatsha premiered his third feature documentary CAIRO DRIVE at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, where it won Best Documentary from the Arab World before going on to win the Grand Jury Prize and a Special Mention at DOC NYC and Open City Docs, respectively, in the following year.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elkatsha was also the cinematographer for CAIRO GARBAGE (2009) by Mikala Krogh and co-directed EGYPT: WE ARE WATCHING YOU (2007) as part of the WHY DEMOCRACY series.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first documentary, BUTTS OUT, received the Best Documentary Award at the 2006 New England Film and Video Festival.</span>', '148043105'),
(557, '', 'FRACTUS’ Mohamed Mrad wins Best Actor at Oujda Film Festival', '2023-11-02', 'Screenshot_1-x-fractus.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nader Rahmouni&rsquo;s Tunisian feature film FRACTUS just won its first prestigious award at the latest edition of Morocco\'s Oujda Film Festival &mdash; which ran from October 20th to the 25th &mdash; where the film\'s lead star, Mohamed Mrad, won Best Actor.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A coming-of-age story about fear, change, and broken homes, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRACTUS follows the shy and introverted Yassine, who is caught between an authoritarian father, a submissive and depressed mother, and a little brother lost in the middle of this dysfunctional family, strictly following the path he was set on. However, everything changes when he meets Leila &mdash; a classmate at his university, who becomes a catalyst for him to reevaluate his life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Mrad, who was awarded for playing the part of Yassin, gave a remarkable performance marked with depth and authenticity to the character by deftly portraying Yassin\'s emotional journey from a passive observer to a catalyst for change.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRACTUS, which has received widespread acclaim for its thought-provoking storytelling, poignant exploration of family dynamics, and ability to resonate with audiences on a personal level, has previously been showcased at several prestigious international film festivals, including the Carthage, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurghada International Youth, and International Maghreb film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Mrad\'s exceptional performance, the cast of FRACTUS includes other talented actors, the most notable of which are Rim Riahi, Mhadheb Rmili, and Selma Mahjoubi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahmouni and co-written by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khawla Hosny, the film is produced by Chaos Productions, lensed by Bechir Mahbouli, and edited by Seifeddine Ben Salem.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides being an engineer and chief practitioner in neuro-linguistic programming at IFPNL in France, Rahmouni is in charge of several moviegoer groups in Tunisia and France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also been trained for many years as an actor at El Teatro and Florent Course in France and has taken part in several plays and television series.</span>', '1986398970'),
(558, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY wins Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance', '2023-11-06', 'Screenshot_16112023.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The critically acclaimed Jordanian film INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al-Rasheed just added another accolade to its trophy shelf, taking home the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance stands as a testament to the extraordinary acting skills showcased in INSHALLAH A BOY, as the film\'s thought-provoking narrative, combined with the exceptional performances, deeply resonated with both audiences and critics alike.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY tells the story of the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Rasheed\'s feature-length directorial debut, which has already received widespread praise and recognition at numerous international film festivals, has amassed a total of seven international awards, among them the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail D\'Or Award for Best Feature Film &mdash; both bestowed upon it at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the Royal Film Commission of Jordan chose INSHALLAH A BOY to represent the country in the race for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, marking a significant turning point in Jordanian cinematic history and reaffirming the film\'s status as a standout with enormous cultural significance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s success also extends beyond the Asia-Pacific region, having participated in renowned film festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, BFI London, Sydney, Toronto, Hamburg, New Zealand, and World Cinema Amsterdam.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the many favorable reviews the film received on the international and local levels was Stephanie Archer&rsquo;s review on Film Inquiry, which lauded its &ldquo;gorgeous cinematography and profound performance,&rdquo; labeling it an &ldquo;instant hidden gem of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, David Katz from View of the Arts rated INSHALLAH A BOY five out of five and described it as &ldquo;a powerful film that brings to light the complex interplay between tradition, gender, and inheritance.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ankit Jhunjhunwala from the International Cinephile Society also praised the film, saying, \"Based on this gripping new film, anticipation for subsequent films from this region should be high.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY kicked off its journey as a project, joining several international workshops, including the 79th Venice International Film Festival\'s Final Cut, where it picked up a La Biennale di Venezia Prize and a cash award. Moreover, it received two cash awards from the El Gouna Film Festival and Festival International de Films de Fribourg.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also received production and post-production support from Jordan\'s Royal Film Commission in two cycles, a post-production grant from the Red Sea Lodge, production support from the Doha Film Institute, a post-production Award from CNC, a monetary prize from the Arab Radio and Television Network at the fifth Cairo Film Connection, and a post-production award from the Atlas Workshop.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '1363638038'),
(559, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA wins two awards at Cyprus International Film Festival', '2023-11-06', '1-(Main-Still)06112023.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> just knocked it out of the park again, winning Best Director in a Debut Feature Film and Best Leading Actress at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival, which ran from November 1st to the 5th in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely praised and acclaimed title &mdash; which now has 10 awards under its belt has been selected to be Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; also recently grossed EGP 1m in revenues one week after its historic October 25th Egyptian premiere, breaking another milestone in its first commercial outing.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was screened at the BFI London Film Festival, which kicked off on October 4th and is running till the 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA was also featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing admirably in the cinematic zeitgeist, the film garnered rave reviews after its premiere at Cannes, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower).</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, GOODBYE JULIA won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '2120005825'),
(560, '', 'Houcem Slouli\'s CONDITIONAL DESIRE wins Best Short Film at Turkey’s Accessible Film Festival', '2023-11-07', 'houcem-slouli.jpg', 'Houcem Slouli\'s short film&nbsp;CONDITIONAL DESIRE&nbsp;took home the Best Short Film Award at Turkey&rsquo;s Accessible Film Festival, which took place from October 20th to the 26th.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Slouli, the 15-minute Tunisian drama follows Ahmed and Salma, who, despite residing in a society that values conformity, strive to remain honest with themselves. However, they find themselves grappling with a heart-wrenching psychological burden as they sacrifice their happiness to meet the expectations of others.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Featuring a talented cast that includes Im&egrave;ne Ghazouani, Slim Dhib, Ghassen Trabelsi, and Aicha Azzouz, CONDITIONAL DESIRE is produced by the esteemed Sarra Ben Hassen in collaboration with Slouli.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film was exhibited as part of the Short Film Competition of the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in the US.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in Tunisia in 1994, Slouli studied Film and Audiovisual &mdash; specializing in writing and directing &mdash; at ISAMM. He gained recognition for his graduation project short film titled IITIDEL, which explores the theme of religious freedom.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He has also been working as an assistant director and casting director since 2016, lending his knowledge and attention to every production he is a part of. Moreover, Slouli has extensive expertise in advertising and Tunisian and international films and projects, working with notable Tunisian production firms like Nomadis Images, Artistes Producteurs Associ&eacute;s, and Instinct Bleu Films.', '2050217126');
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(561, '', 'Azerbaijani short film QARAGH to hold its world premiere at Baku International Short Film Festival', '2023-11-07', 'SixPiedsSurTerre_Photogramme_00115325.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QARAGH &mdash; an extraordinary thriller short film directed by Suad Gara &mdash; is gearing up for its highly anticipated world premiere in the International Competition of the 14th edition of the prestigious Baku International Short Film Festival, which will be taking place from November 10th to the 15th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened in the presence of its director, who will offer the audience a unique opportunity to engage with her in an open discussion after the screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QARAGH delves into the profound story of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD who decides to visit his mother in his remote home village to find some peace of mind. There, he participates in a mystical spring cleansing ritual set around a temple inside a 13th-century cemetery in the middle of the forest, where he encounters a mysterious little girl. This innocent alter-ego brings him face to face with his inner demons and sets him on a difficult path to acceptance and redemption.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD Solutions handling worldwide distribution, the film boasts a talented ensemble cast, including Orkhan Iskandarli &mdash; who is a frequent collaborator of the nominated Azerbaijani director Hilal Baydarov &mdash; Suri Huseyn, Rivka Khripunova, as well as remarkable non-professionals from the village community.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the film\'s production company, Astar Productions, has spared no effort in bringing Gara\'s compelling vision to life, ensuring that every aspect of the film reflects the highest standards of craftsmanship and creativity.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suad Gara is an Azerbaijani British filmmaker and curator. She holds an MSC in philosophy and public policy from the London School of Economics and an MLIT in modern and contemporary art from the University of Glasgow.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first short film, BREAKFAST (2021), premiered at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in 2022 and won the Audience Choice Award at the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival. Then, her experimental short documentary HOW TO BECOME A MERMAID (2021) won the Kudos Award at Docs Without Borders.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently working on her debut feature, HOTEL DIANA, which was selected for the WEMW Trieste Co-Production Forum &mdash; where it won the Pop-Up Film Residency Award &mdash; and the Less Is More European development lab.</span>', '1401780723'),
(562, '', 'Amjad Al-Rasheed’s award-winning Jordanian feature INSHALLAH A BOY to participate at 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival', '2023-11-07', 'Screenshot_16112023.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s critically acclaimed Jordanian film INSHALLAH A BOY &mdash; Jordan&rsquo;s official representative in the race for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film &mdash; has joined the selections for the third edition of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea International Film Festival, which is set to take place in Jeddah, from November 30th to December 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A multi-award-winning feature &mdash; with eight international awards under its belt so far &mdash; INSHALLAH A BOY recently added two awards to its growing repertoire, the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance and the Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Award at the sixth Mystic Film Festival.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail D\'Or for Best Feature Film &mdash; both bestowed upon it at</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Cannes Film Festival, where it made history as the first Jordanian feature to participate in the festival&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film has four other awards &mdash; Best Actress and Special Jury Awards at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival and the Women&rsquo;s Jury and Grand Jury Awards at the Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides all that, it featured at several international festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, BFI London, Sydney, Toronto, Hamburg, New Zealand, and World Cinema Amsterdam.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY tells the story of the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks Al-Rasheed\'s second collaboration with MAD Solutions, as the distribution giant handled marketing for his short film THE PARROT, which he co-directed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to receive several international awards, including the Jury Award for Best Short Film at Mizna\'s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in the US and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival. The film also held its world premiere at the 2016 Dubai International Film Festival and is available for streaming on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>', '1734765926'),
(563, '', 'SIX FEET OVER  to hold Arab World premiere at Red Sea Int’l Film Festival', '2023-11-09', 'six-feet-over.jpg', 'Karim Bensalah&rsquo;s Algerian-French drama&nbsp;SIX FEET OVER&nbsp;will be getting its much-anticipated Arab World premiere at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, which is set to be held in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah from November 30th to December 9th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>SIX FEET OVER &mdash; which recently enjoyed a stellar world premiere at the CineMed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival &mdash; follows Sofiane, the son of a former Algerian embassy clerk who has traveled around a lot.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Now a student in Lyon, his visa has been revoked and he lives under the threat of expulsion. Hoping to legalize his status, he agrees to work for a Muslim funeral home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amidst parties, encounters, and his job, Sofiane will start an initiatory journey that will lead him to find himself, shape his own identity, and gradually move toward adulthood.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film aims to shed light on the struggles of life through the eyes of a young Arab man who has no sense of belonging but finds himself through an unexpected, turbulent journey with death, religion, music, and family, and highlights the unseen intricacies of Muslim undertakers through the main characters&rsquo; unique job.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by Karim Bensalah, the film stars burgeoning Moroccan actor Hamza Meziani and Algerian veteran actor Kader Affak, alongside Souad Arsane and Mostefa Djadjam. The film was also co-written by Jamal Belmahi, lensed by Pierre-Hubert Martin, and edited by B&eacute;n&eacute;dicte Cazauran.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, SIX FEET OVER was produced by Oualid Baha (Tact Production) and co-produced by Eug&eacute;nie Michel Villette (Les Films du Bilboquet) while MAD Solutions is in charge of distribution throughout the Arab World and The Party Film Sales is handling worldwide distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Karim Bensalah was born in Algiers to an Algerian father and a Brazilian mother. After living in Haiti and Senegal, he moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study literature, philosophy, and social sciences. Karim then entered the London Film School, where he directed CONSTANT FLOW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His first short film, LE SECRET DE FATIMA was selected and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand and broadcast on Arte.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Bensalah then directed RACINE(S) &mdash; a segment of the feature film PARIS LA M&Eacute;TISSE &mdash; before joining the Collectif Tribudom, which works with teenagers in the working-class districts of Paris and its suburbs, with whom he made several short films, the latest of which is CHANTIER(S).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After that, he worked on the short LES HEURES BLANCHES, in which he collaborated with Quebecois screenwriter S&eacute;bastien Baril.', '1587056268'),
(564, '', 'BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS to screen at Red Sea Int\'l Film Festival', '2023-11-08', 'DLV_TIFF_Rec709_2K-DCI-08112023.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia\'s BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is set to continue captivating audiences at the upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from November 30th to December 9th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS enjoyed full-house screenings and positive reception throughout the Venice Film Festival, where it held its world premiere at the festival\'s Horizons Section, with David Katz of Cineruopa calling it the &ldquo;most unconventional, and arguably most rewarding&rdquo; of Ben Attia&rsquo;s filmography so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising MAD Solutions\' talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Noirhomme, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is edited by Lenka Fillnerova and co-produced by the Tunisian award-winning producer and actress Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images); Jean Pierre, Luc Dardenne, and Delphine Tomson (Les Film Du Fleuve); Nadim Cheikhrouha (Tanit Films); and Giovanni Robbiano and Lorenzo Rappetti (010films). The film also received financial support from the Red Sea Fund when it was in the project phase.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the film is distributed worldwide by Luxbox, while MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia was born in Tunisia in 1976, graduating from the Institut de Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1998 before studying Audiovisual Communication at the University of Valenciennes in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME: DEUX COMPRIMES MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then released his debut feature, INHEBEK HEDI, in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.</span>', '1825843356'),
(565, '', 'Acclaimed Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA releases across France', '2023-11-12', 'goodbye-gulia-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In parallel with its unprecedented, record-breaking numbers at the Egyptian box office, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize is being released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, further solidifying its impressive track record.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audiences from Paris to Marseille now have the opportunity to experience this poetic drama on the country&rsquo;s big screens, as the award-winning-film will be shown in major cities across France, such as Paris, its suburbs, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Nancy, Metz, Versailles, Massy, Lille, Rennes, Rouen, H&eacute;rouville-Saint-Clair, Tours, Lyon, Valence, Clermont-Ferrand, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, N&icirc;mes, Dijon, Cr&eacute;teil, Quimper, and Belfort, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, GOODBYE JULIA is three weeks into its journey of success in Egypt, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 2m within the first two weeks of its commercial release on October 25th. Additionally, the film is currently screening at 23 theaters across the country from an initial 12 in response to the public&rsquo;s demand for more locations and screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also set to release soon in several Gulf Cooperation Council countries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; Academy Award winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely praised and acclaimed GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which has been selected to be Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;has recently won Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival, raising its tally to ten awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '583845663'),
(566, '', 'Ahmed Haddad’s AS FOR THE WEATHER to screen at Cairo Opera House’s Hanager Cinema ', '2023-11-12', 'As-for-the-Weather---clean.00_15_48_13.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its remarkable success and recognition at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, the feature film AS FOR THE WEATHER by Ahmed Haddad is set to captivate audiences once again at the prestigious Hanager Cinema in the Cairo Opera House on Monday, November 13th, at 6 pm as part of the esteemed Mediterranean Cinema Club.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening will be held in the presence of the director, Ahmed Haddad, and will be followed by an open discussion on the film and its themes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before winning the jury award at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, the film was commercially released in Syrian cinemas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a captivating tale of personal transformation, AS FOR THE WEATHER centers around Hussien Shawqy &mdash; a man living in the shadow of his ex-wife, Mona. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when Souad &mdash; a spirited and vibrant young woman &mdash; storms into his world. Souad becomes the catalyst for breaking free from his self-imposed isolation and embracing the true essence of life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, they embark on a remarkable journey in which they create a documentary that delves deep into the lives of three diverse women, unraveling their stories and shedding light on their experiences.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Ahmed Haddad, AS FOR THE WEATHER stars Kariman Hegazy, Hanan Youssef, director Hassan El-Geretly, and Dalia Ramzy, along with guest stars Riham Abdel-Ghafour and Tharaa Goubail, with MAD Solutions handling distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Haddad is an actor, director, screenplay writer, and poet born in 1984. His debut as an actor was as the character Tarek in the film SPARE TIMES. His career as a director took off in 2008 with ALL GIRLS LOVE CHOCOLATE, starring singer Anouchka.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, in 2013, he appeared in the series HOT WAVE before directing seven short movies, including REMOTE CONTROL, 1984, and SPIRIT BURNER.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AS FOR THE WEATHER is his debut feature.</span>', '479746819'),
(567, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA wins Belfast Film Festival’s top award', '2023-11-13', '469822921-2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took home the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, which ran from November 2nd to the 11th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multiple-award-winning-film &mdash; which now has 11 awards under its belt and is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; was recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA is also three weeks into its journey of success in Egypt, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 2m within the first two weeks of its commercial release on October 25th. Additionally, the film is currently screening at 23 theaters across the country from an initial 12 in response to the public&rsquo;s demand for more locations and screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That aside, the widely praised and acclaimed title recently won Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film won the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1077669045'),
(568, '', 'Nejib Kthiri’s TRINOU, Ward Kayyal’s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME to feature at Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition', '2023-11-21', 'nejib-kthiris-cvc.jpg', 'Two shorts from MAD Solutions\' distribution slate &mdash; Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;TRINOU&nbsp;and Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s&nbsp;HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME&nbsp;&mdash; will be featuring and competing at the Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition, which is set to take place at the Sultanbeyli District in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 23rd to the 26th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short&nbsp;TRINOU&nbsp;tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The British-Tunisian short was written and directed by Nejib Kthiri, lensed by Jamie Touche, and edited by Christian Radclyffe. The film is a co-production between Seventh Age Pictures Limited, SVP Tunisia, and London Film &amp; TV, with MAD Solutions handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales and distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>TRINOU&nbsp;World premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and received a Special Mention at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, as well as winning a Jury Award for Best Short Arab Film at the Amman International Film Festival and getting a Special Mention for Best Actor at Avanca International Film Festival among other things.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As for Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian drama&nbsp;HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, the short film tells the story of Hamza &mdash; a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; which World premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival &mdash; is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha, alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Also, the Palestinian drama was produced by Hiba Salameh of Hiba Production, written by Majd Kayyal, lensed by Ashraf Dowani, and edited by Saed Andoni.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME&nbsp;competed at the Cairo Shorts, Malm&ouml;, Casablanca, Amman, and Toronto Arab Film Festivals, and featured in the Clermont-Ferrand, Reel Palestine, San Diego Arab, Bahrain, Cine-Palestine, and Sharm El-Sheikh film festivals.', '1287301614'),
(569, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA takes home its fourth Audience Award from Leeds Int’l Film Festival ', '2023-11-20', '20112023(Main-Still).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp; GOODBYE JULIA, which was honored with the Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has clinched yet another Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature from the Leeds International Film Festival in the UK.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This accolade marks the film\'s third award within the span of a week and the fourth Audience Award throughout its journey in the festival circuit, where it has been captivating audiences and garnering recognition for its compelling storytelling and cinematic excellence. With this latest achievement,&nbsp; GOODBYE JULIA continues to make a significant impact and build a remarkable reputation within the global film community.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, GOODBYE JULIA is set to hold its Asian premiere at the prestigious Horizon Section of the Singapore International Film Festival, which will run from November 30th to December 10th and will also be making its way to the Africa Rising International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the film is scheduled to release in the Gulf starting Thursday, December 7th, screening in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain before reaching the UAE on December 14th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA is also four weeks into its journey of success in Egypt, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 2.5m within the first three weeks of its commercial release on October 25th, outperforming blockbusters like Martin Scorcese&rsquo;s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON in the country&rsquo;s box office.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the widely praised and acclaimed title recently won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Excellence Award and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multiple-award-winning film &mdash;which now has 15 accolades under its belt and is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; was also recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer; and Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim, who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee, recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s other notable accomplishments include winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1070311046'),
(570, '', 'DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS’ Clara Couturet nominated for Most Promising Actress at 49th César Awards', '2023-11-22', 'cesar-x-DDD_03.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, the organization in charge of France&rsquo;s C&eacute;sar Awards &mdash; the French version of the Academy Awards &mdash; has released its annual Revelations list, which features 32 up-and-coming actors making waves in the French-speaking film industry, among them the Ethiopian French actress Clara Couturet for her role in Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Couturet &mdash; who is nominated for the C&eacute;sars&rsquo; Most Promising Actress Award &mdash; starred as Mehdia in Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s French-Lebanese feature DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS, which recently saw its commercial release in French cinemas as well as several screenings at Cinema Akil in the UAE and the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic drama held its world premiere as the opening film for the Giornate degli Autori\'s Competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Award for Best European Film, making Wissam Sharaf the first Arab director to receive the award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also had its Arab World premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Feature Film and has since gone on to feature and compete at nearly 20 prestigious film festivals around the world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the film&rsquo;s awards are the Audience Award in the Feature Film Category at the Entrevues Film Festival, the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Critics Award - Special Mention at the Hamburg Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been featured at the Thessaloniki, Hong Kong Asian, Montpellier Mediterranean, Qisah, Cinemamed, Kolkata, Pune, Marseille CINEVERSE, Arabesque, Franco-Arab, Haifa Independent, and Three Continents film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS has received wide critical acclaim both locally and internationally, with Allan Hunter from Screen Daily describing it as &ldquo;slight but intermittently charming,&rdquo; and that its &ldquo;lightweight approach to some serious issues creates an awkward mix in places, but, at its best, the film has the lugubrious air of an Aki Kaurismaki film.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahmed &mdash; a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled, who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will the couple be able to reclaim their freedom despite Ahmed&rsquo;s body slowly turning to metal due to a mysterious illness?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Wissam Charaf, who co-wrote it with Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert, DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS stars Couture, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay and Darina Al-Joundi. It is also produced by Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films, and Intramovies, while MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world and Intramovies manages international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf is a French Lebanese director, cameraman, and editor. He has worked as an assistant director with Danielle Arbid and on music videos with French director Henri-Jean Debon for artists such as Noir Desir, Sinead O\'Connor, and the Asian Dub Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also directed six short fiction films, including HIZZ YA WIZZ, A HERO NEVER DIES, AN ARMY OF ANTS, AFTER, UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND, and DON\'T PANIC.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film HEAVEN SENT was also selected for the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and his latest short film has recently entered post-production. He&rsquo;s currently developing a script for a new feature film.</span>', '706209893'),
(571, '', 'MANITY to hold its Arab world premiere at Red Sea Int\'l Film Festival in the presence of its crew', '2023-11-22', 'vlcsnap-2023-11-21-18h09m10s189.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussen Ibraheem&rsquo;s fiction film MANITY is set to hold its Arab world premiere at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, which will run from November 30th to December 9th, where it will compete in the festival&rsquo;s short film competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MANITY will be screened twice at the Red Sea Mall throughout the festival&rsquo;s runtime, with</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the first taking place on Tuesday, December 5th at 4:55 pm at Red Sea VOX Cinema 4, and the second on Wednesday, December 6th at 9:40 pm at VOX Cinema 1.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both screenings will feature an introduction by the film\'s director, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussen Ibraheem</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who will be in attendance along with the film\'s producer, Tania El-Khoury.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those interested in a glimpse of what you can expect from this emotional experience, the film&rsquo;s trailer was recently</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released across all social media platforms and you can watch it here:</span> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MADShorts/videos/864468952026164\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/MADShorts/videos/864468952026164</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and Directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussen Ibraheem</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MANITY stars Jade Breidi, Hadi Jibbawi, and Charbel Kamel. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is managing the movie\'s distribution in the Arab world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere at the C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Festival in France and featured at prestigious festivals such as the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece, Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People in Germany, Kuki Film Festival in Germany, and Izmir International Film Festival in Turkey.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie follows Firas &mdash; an 11-year-old boy &mdash; who accompanies his father Tayseer and his father\'s friend Rayan on a bird-hunting jaunt in the Lebanese mountainside. What is supposed to be a calm hunting trip turns into an unforgettable experience.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating with a BA in architecture, Hussen Ibraheem decided to follow his passion for cinema.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He studied at the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts &mdash; a branch of the University of Southern California in Jordan &mdash; and graduated with a master\'s.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His work deals with questions of life and death, strained human relationships, and absurd bureaucratic practices.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibraheem is currently working on his first feature film TIDE.</span>', '360935796'),
(572, '', 'MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL to hold its world premiere at Marrakech Int’l Film Festival', '2023-11-23', 'HM12.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri\'s highly anticipated satirical dark comedy MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL is set to hold its world premiere at the prestigious Marrakech International Film Festival, which will run from November 24th to December 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will screen in the festival&rsquo;s Panorama of Moroccan Cinema Section on Friday, December 1st at 9 pm in</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the presence of Lasri and the film\'s cast, including Fadoua Taleb, Salah Bensalah, Malek Akhmiss, and Lamrani Karam.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the screening, a Q&amp;A session will provide an opportunity to delve deeper into the captivating world of this remarkable feature and gain insights into its cinematic brilliance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL follows</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cathy as she approaches her 30th birthday. However, she is confronted with the harsh realities of her life. Her parents, fianc&eacute;, boss, and society have all treated her poorly, leading to a series of unfortunate events that unfold on what turns out to be the worst day of her life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of a sardonic Casablanca, Cathy finds herself in a dark and twisted comedy that will shape her future. Determined to start anew, she embarks on a journey to immigrate abroad, only to encounter unexpected obstacles along the way.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Hicham Lasri, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fadoua Taleb, Salah Bensalah, Malek Akhmiss, and Karam Lamrani. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is managing the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the movie received funding from the Carthage and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malm&ouml; film festivals as part of a workshop conducted during the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Gouna film festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri is a multi-talented artist based in Casablanca who is a director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer. He has also recently started venturing into the world of music as a member of a band called the Chic Chocs.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His notable works in chronological order include (K) DREAM, TEARS OF JOY ONE DAY OF ZEMZEM, THE INVISIBLES &mdash; which he also directed &mdash; and F.A.Q.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In six years, Lasri has successfully sent six films to several prestigious film festivals, including THE END, THEY ARE THE DOGS, THE SEA IS BEHIND, STARVE YOUR DOG, HEADBANG LULLABY, and JAHILYA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, over the past few years, he has written, directed, and produced three short films &mdash; LOVE IN ALEPPO, WASTELAND, and THE MALE GAZE. And in 2021, he published his fourth novel titled THE LUCIFER EFFECT.</span>', '770348055');
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(573, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 4 films at Marrakech Int’l Film Festival', '2023-11-26', 'Moroc (1).jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by four titles at the Marrakech International Film Festival, which is runnning from November 24th to December 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes four feature-length films &mdash; D&Eacute;SERTS, GOODBYE JULIA, MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL, and BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming in first in the MAD lineup is Faouzi Bensaidi\'s D&Eacute;SERTS, which follows both gawky associates, Mehdi and Hamid, who work for a collection agency in Casablanca, roam remote villages in the great South of Morocco to get money from overextended people.&nbsp;</span></h4>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened twice on Wednesday, November 29th &mdash; once at 7:30 pm at PDC &ndash; Salle des Ministres and the second at 8:30 pm with director Faouzi Bensaidi and actors Nezha Rahil, Fahd Benchemsi, Rabi Benjhaile, and Abdelhadi Talbi in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Mohamed Kordofani\'s award-winning movie GOODBYE JULIA</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA will be screened on Thursday, November 30th at 9 pm at Cin&eacute;ma le Colis&eacute;e. Following the screening, there will be an engaging Q&amp;A session with the film\'s director, Mohamed Kordofani</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in line is Hicham Lasri\'s satirical dark comedy MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be screened in the festival&rsquo;s Panorama of Moroccan Cinema Section, where it will hold its world premiere on Friday, December 1st at 9 pm at the PDC - Salle des Ambassadeurs in the presence of Lasri and the film\'s cast, including Fadoua Taleb, Salah Bensalah, Malek Akhmiss, and Lamrani Karam.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is Mohamed Ben Attia\'s surreal Tunisian drama BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS, which follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened on Saturday, December 2nd at 2 pm at the PDC - Salle des Ambassadeurs. Following the screening, there will be a Q&amp;A with actress Salma Zeghidi.</span>', '532047884'),
(574, '', 'Hayder Dawood’s short THE LAST WINTER to world premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival ', '2023-11-26', 'hayder-dawood.jpg', 'Hayder Dawood&rsquo;s highly anticipated documentary short&nbsp;THE LAST WINTER&nbsp;has been selected officially to be screened in the prestigious New Saudi/New Cinema section of the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, which will take place from November 30th to December 9th in Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is expected to screen twice throughout the festival&rsquo;s runtime at the Red Sea Mall&rsquo;s Vox Cinema 5 &mdash; once on Tuesday, December 5th at 4 pm, and another on Friday, December 8th at 7 pm.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Commenting on the fast-approaching premiere, Dawood expressed his pride and joy for the opportunity to hold his film&rsquo;s world premiere in his own country, adding that &ldquo;this film is a window into the soul of a Saudi artist from the perspective of my friend Mohsen and I. It is a story of longing and ambition that captures the essence of what it means to chase your dreams in a land that is not your own with the hope that you may one day return to your homeland and contribute to its development in any meaningful way.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE LAST WINTER takes viewers on a personal journey that intertwines the director\'s own story with the larger narrative of Saudi Arabia\'s cultural metamorphosis and the nascent cinema industry. The film captures the essence of being far from home while nurturing the dream to contribute to one\'s cultural heritage, exploring the bond between artists and their roots within the emerging cinematic landscape of Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This captivating documentary, set against the serene backdrop of a Swedish winter, offers a lighthearted yet earnest critique of the artistic struggle and the broader challenges encountered within the film industry.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It follows Mohsen, who returns to visit his friend Hayder four years after his initial journey to Sweden while being filled with a deep longing for their shared homeland of Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;\r<br/>As they navigate through Hayder&rsquo;s final winter there, their friendship grows stronger, becoming a source of support and comfort amid a backdrop of longing and change.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Solutions handling the worldwide distribution rights, THE LAST WINTER features a talented cast, including Mohsen Ahmed, Hayder Dawood, Daniel Vasilca, and Alina Vasilca. The film is also written by Hayder and Mohsen, with Hayder serving as the DOP and editor as well.\r<br/>Hayder Dawood is a visionary Saudi filmmaker whose cinematic journey is a testament to his dedication to capturing and documenting local narratives that are deeply rooted in the rich tapestry of Saudi culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2018, Hayder\'s artistic trajectory leaped when he moved to Sweden to pursue his graduate studies; this transformative period introduced a new depth to his work, infusing themes of home, nostalgia, and cultural identity.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hayder\'s cinematic voice found its first echo in the Saudi film scene with COLOR OF SUNSET &mdash; a film that was screened at the 2020 Red Sea Film Festival in the Tajreeb Section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His second film, THE WINDOW OF LIFE, premiered at the festival\'s inaugural edition the following year, further establishing his place in the industry.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moreover, it screened in the Saudi Film Festival\'s national competition and the Bahrain Film Festival\'s documentary competition in 2022.&nbsp;', '1340719414'),
(575, '', 'MAD Solutions to screen 2 shorts at Cinematographic Encounters Palestine: to Film Is To Exist', '2023-11-29', 'mad-shorts-at-cinematographic.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate will be represented by two short films at the 12th </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">edition of Cinematographic</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Encounters Palestine: To Film Is To Exist, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which will be held from November 29th to December 3rd in Switzerland &mdash; Ward</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kayyal&rsquo;s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME and Dima Hamdan&rsquo;s THE BOMB.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both shorts will be screening in the same short film package on Saturday, December 2nd at 4:00 pm at Sputnik.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian drama HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME tells the story of Hamza &mdash; a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival &mdash; is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha, alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME won the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival and Best Director at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Dima Hamdan&rsquo;s THE BOMB stars Tarik Al-Saies, Rawa Darweisch, Friederike Frerichs, and Celine Meral.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short revolves around Wasim and his mother, who haven\'t been getting along for a while. When the police ask them to evacuate their home in Berlin for one night to excavate a World War II bomb that&rsquo;s been discovered in the area, more feelings of anger and hurt come to the surface.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE BOMB won the Best Female Director award at the Ayodhya Film Festival and a Special Mention at the Festival del Cinema dei Diritti Umani di Napoli.&nbsp;</span>', '234571786'),
(576, '', 'BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS to screen twice, hold post-screening Q&A with cast and crew at Red Sea Int’l Film Festival', '2023-11-28', 'DLV_TIFF_Rec709_2K-DCI_1.1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia\'s surreal Tunisian drama BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is set to screen twice as part of its Arab World premiere at the upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from November 30th to December 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an added treat, both screenings &mdash; which will be held at the Red Sea Mall</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Friday, December 1st at 10:10 pm at VOX Cinema IMAX 7 and Saturday, December 2nd at 3:55 pm at VOX Cinema 2 &mdash; will feature an introduction by director Ben Attia, who will be sticking around for post-screening Q&amp;As along with producer Dora Bouchoucha and actors Majd Mastoura and Samer Bicharat.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS enjoyed full-house screenings and positive reception throughout the Venice Film Festival, where it held its world premiere as part of the festival\'s Horizons Section, with David Katz of Cineruopa calling it the &ldquo;most unconventional, and arguably the most rewarding&rdquo; of Ben Attia&rsquo;s filmography so far.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising MAD Solutions\' talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lensed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Noirhomme, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is edited by Lenka Fillnerova and co-produced by the Tunisian award-winning producer and actress Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images); Jean Pierre, Luc Dardenne, and Delphine Tomson (Les Film Du Fleuve); Nadim Cheikhrouha (Tanit Films); and Giovanni Robbiano and Lorenzo Rappetti (010films). The film also received financial support from the Red Sea Fund when it was in the project phase.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the film is distributed worldwide by Luxbox, while MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ben Attia kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME: DEUX COMPRIMES MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then released his debut feature, INHEBEK HEDI, in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.</span>', '1755348788'),
(577, '', 'IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS  wins 2 awards at Beirut Shorts ahead of CinemaMed screening', '2023-11-28', 'IF THE SUN DROWNED.jpg', 'French-Lebanese short&nbsp;IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS&nbsp;&mdash; directed, written, and co-edited by Wissam Charaf alongside Cl&eacute;mence Diard &mdash; just won two awards at the recently concluded Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, where it won Best Short Film and the Emile Chahine Award For Cinematic Excellence.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This comes just a few days before its anticipated screening at the 23rd edition of the CinemaMed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles, which will be taking place from December 1st to the 8th at various locations across Brussels, Belgium.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is set to screen on Saturday, December 2nd, at 4:45 pm at Aventure Cinema.\r<br/>IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS world premiered in the Orizzonti section at the Venice International Film Festival, and featured at several prestigious festivals such as the Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short was also featured at the Stockholm, Cork, Arab, Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts, Beirut Shorts, and Ciudades Reveladas &ndash; Muestra Internacional de Cine y Ciudad film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; which is set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, Lebanon &mdash; is a poetic story about unfulfilled dreams; a universal tale about a man who will have to take an odd path in order to exist, and follows Raed &mdash; a security guard who must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters &mdash; or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film stars Raed Yassin, Rodrigue Sleiman, Said Serhan, and Hala Dabaji, and was lensed by Martin Rit, produced by Charlotte Vincent and Katia Khazak (Aurora Films), co-produced by Pierre Sarraf (N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films), with sound by Emmanuel Zouki, and music by The Incompetents. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s Arab World distribution and sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a French-Lebanese director who has directed seven short films, including UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND, which received an award at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that, Charaf&rsquo;s first fiction feature film HEAVEN SENT was selected for the ACID Section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and his second fiction feature DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS opened the Giornate degli Autori Section of the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Award, before being awarded at the 2023 Palm Springs Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS&nbsp;is set to be the third collaboration between Charaf and MAD.', '1038252994'),
(578, '', 'THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY   by Faris Alrjoob to enjoy several screenings alongside its Arab world premiere at the Gouna Film Festival', '2023-12-12', 'the-red-sea-makes-me.jpg', 'Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short&nbsp;THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY&nbsp;is set to have its Arab world premiere at the Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition in December, alongside other screenings throughout the festival, which will run from December 14th to the 21st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film will be holding two screenings as part of GFF&rsquo;s Short Film Competition within Short Film Package 3, with the first screening taking place on Tuesday, December 19th at 7 pm, and the second screening taking place on Wednesday, December 20th at 8:30 pm. Both screenings will take place at Sea Cinema 1.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The romantic thriller &mdash; which is one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes Section &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, German actress Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, as well as veteran actor Anwar Khalil, the short film was produced at the renowned Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, with support by Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY&nbsp;is directed, co-written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob, Matthew LaPaglia shares the writing credit, and Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh co-produced it. Benedikt Strick edited the short film, which Mahmoud Belakhel shot, and MAD Solutions handled global sales and distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based in Berlin, Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance. He is a graduate of the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.', '1181093133'),
(579, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA wins Audience Choice Award at SGIFF in parallel with GCC release', '2023-12-12', 'GBJ-x-audience.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie is also set to screen at the upcoming El Gouna Film Festival in the presence of its cast and crew</span><strong>&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s gripping debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA just won the Audience Choice Award at the closing ceremony of the Singapore International Film Festival, which ran November 30th to December 10th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes hot on the tail of heavy-weight movie theater VOX Cinemas partnering with MENA region distribution giant MAD Solutions to screen the film in 57 theatres across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain on Thursday, December 7th as part of its GCC-wide release.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which was selected as Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; is also expected to reach the UAE on December 14th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the partnership, Managing Director of Cinemas at Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment Toni El-Massih said, &ldquo;VOX Cinemas is committed to illuminating compelling stories on the big screen, and we are proud to collaborate with MAD Solutions once again to bring GOODBYE JULIA to cinemas across the GCC. Having gained critical acclaim and amassed multiple awards at prestigious international film festivals, we are confident that this poignant human drama will captivate audiences across the region.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;re really happy we&rsquo;re partnering with VOX Cinemas on GOODBYE JULIA. With them on our side, we will be able to offer this great Sudanese drama to audiences throughout the Gulf and beyond,&rdquo; added Co-Founders of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;VOX Cinemas&rsquo; support and cooperation have been vital to the film&rsquo;s success so far, allowing it to have a deep impact on audiences and break new ground in Arab filmmaking. We&rsquo;re excited to see what else we can achieve together.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film is expected to screen twice in the presence of its cast and crew at the eagerly anticipated sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, which will run from December 14th to the 21st &mdash; once at 9:30 pm on December 16th at Festival Plaza, and another at 9 pm on December 20th at Campus El Gouna AudiMax.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA had a historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, with the film recording the highest revenues ever for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its seven-week journey since then.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also recently held a high-profile press screening at Jeddah&rsquo;s Red Sea Mall\'s VOX Cinema that glittered with the presence of esteemed A-list celebrities and influential public figures.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, GOODBYE JULIA has performed strongly throughout its festival run as well, garnering a whopping 18 awards from several high-profile festivals &mdash; including the Chicago, Belfast, Leeds, Cyprus, and Canada\'s Muslim Film Festivals, along with the Septimius Awards and the Mostra De Cinema Arab &mdash; after its historic world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,&nbsp; where it won the Prix de Libert&eacute; (Freedom Prize).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>', '2146990545'),
(580, '', 'THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT to feature at Babylon Int’l Documentary Festival', '2023-12-11', 'the-birds-have-left.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s documentary THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT is set to screen at the 2023 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babylon International Documentary Film Festival &mdash; Iraq&rsquo;s first international documentary film festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is set to have three screenings at the festival, with the first screening taking place on Wednesday, December 13th at Baghdad&rsquo;s Green Zone, the second on Friday, December 15th at Mosul&rsquo;s Book Fair at 6 pm, and the third</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Wednesday, December 20th at the University of Babylon&rsquo;s Theater at 10 am.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bahrain Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which ran from October 5th to the 9th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT delves into the aftermath of a pivotal event that occurred on August 4th, 2020. This date shook a country, changed a city, and destroyed lives. The film views the disaster through Zeina&rsquo;s eyes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Rodolphe Zaarour and produced by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Thiltges Distributions</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT held its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour is an award-winning independent filmmaker, who began his filmmaking career in 2006 with his award-winning short film THE WINDOW. Then, in 2010, he directed the award-winning docu-fiction MALAKI - SCENT OF AN ANGEL about missing persons during the Civil War.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, he made his first fiction feature, NOUR, which was highly acclaimed and released in cinemas in France, winning more than 45 awards and nominations worldwide.</span>', '724812830'),
(581, '', 'BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS   holds memorable Arab World premiere at RSIFF, garners widespread acclaim', '2023-12-10', 'BEHIND-THE-MOUNTAINS.jpg', 'Mohamed Ben Attia\'s surreal Tunisian drama&nbsp;BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS&nbsp;enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings at this year&rsquo;s edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), which is running from November 30th to December 9th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS had two full house screenings as part of its Arab World premiere at the 2023 RSIFF, with public dignitaries A-list celebrities &mdash; including American actor Joel Kinnaman and Indian actress Freida Pinto &mdash; and media figures flocking to see it.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Both screenings were also introduced by the director, received eager applause after their conclusion, and were followed by a lively Q&amp;A session, with Ben Attia, producer Dora Bouchoucha, and actor Majd Mastoura expressing their heartfelt sympathy and unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people during these challenging times and supporting actor Samer Bisharat, who couldn&rsquo;t make it due to the conflict.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS enjoyed full-house screenings and positive reception throughout the Venice Film Festival, where it held its world premiere as part of the Horizons Section, with David Katz of Cineruopa calling it the &ldquo;most unconventional, and arguably the most rewarding&rdquo; of Ben Attia&rsquo;s filmography so far.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Rafeek, who, after spending four years in jail, decides to take his only son behind the mountains to show him an incredible find.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is written and directed by Ben Attia, who won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for his film HEDI.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also stars Majd Mastoura &mdash; who previously won Best Actor at the same festival &mdash; rising MAD Solutions\' talent Samer Bisharat, Walid Bouchhioua, Salma Zeghidi, and Helmi Dridi.\r<br/>Lensed by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Noirhomme, BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS is edited by Lenka Fillnerova and co-produced by the Tunisian award-winning producer and actress Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane (Nomadis Images); Jean Pierre, Luc Dardenne, and Delphine Tomson (Les Film Du Fleuve); Nadim Cheikhrouha (Tanit Films); and Giovanni Robbiano and Lorenzo Rappetti (010films). The film also received financial support from the Red Sea Fund when it was in the project phase.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Finally, the film is distributed worldwide by Luxbox, while MAD Solutions handles Arab world sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Ben Attia kicked off his filmmaking career with five shorts &mdash; ROMANTISME: DEUX COMPRIMES MATIN ET SOIR; KIF LOKHRIN, which won the Silver Award at the FESPACO in 2006; MOUJA; LOI 76; and SELMA, which competed in the Official Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival and won several awards in various other festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He then released his debut feature, INHEBEK HEDI, in 2016. The film was a major success, winning the Best First Film Award and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2016 Berlinale and receiving wide acclaim from both critics and audiences around the world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He found similar success in his second feature film, DEAR SON, which went on to screen as part of the Director&rsquo;s Fortnight in Cannes in 2018.', '78629099'),
(582, '', 'SIMO  to screen at Sharjah Film Platform', '2023-12-10', 'SIMO-still.jpg', 'SIMO&nbsp;&mdash; an extraordinary drama short film written and directed by Aziz Zoromba &mdash; continues to make waves on the festival circuit and is scheduled to screen at the sixth edition of the Sharjah Film Platform, which will be taking place from December 8th to the 17th.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Described as &ldquo;a revealing, simple, but compelling story on immigrant immersion in Western society,&rdquo; by Sabina Dana Plasse from Film Threat, SIMO tells the compelling story of the complex brotherhood between Simo and Emad, which is filled with competition and jealousy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad\'s online gaming. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film, which held its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale won numerous awards, including the Best Canadian Short Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve\'s Favorite Short at the 19th Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala, and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live-Action Short.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that, SIMO received support from the Soci&eacute;t&eacute; de D&eacute;veloppement des Entreprises Culturelles, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, CALQ-Government du Quebec, and CAC when it was still a project.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Solutions handling distribution in the Arab World, the film boasts a talented ensemble cast, including Basel El-Rayes, Seif El-Rayes, and Aladeen Tawfeek, who is known for X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT, and LONG SHOT. It is also lensed by Alexandre Nour Desjardins, who was nominated for two Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Aziz Zoromba is a Canadian Egyptian writer and director whose documentaries and feature films explore the themes of cultural identity, assimilation, and intergenerational trauma.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and an alumnus of the 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellowship.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>FARAWAY (2020) &mdash; his first short documentary &mdash;&nbsp;screened at over 30 film festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Camerimage, and RIDM.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Zoromba also co-produced the short documentary, NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE, which won over 25 awards and screened at over 80 festivals, including the TIFF, SXSW, and IDFA.', '1974310135'),
(583, '', 'MAD Solutions to screen 2 films at Duhok International Film Festival', '2023-12-10', 'MAD Solutions to screen 2 films at Duhok.jpg', 'Two films from MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate &mdash; Roschdy Zem\'s feature film&nbsp;OUR TIES&nbsp;and Muschirf Shekh Zeyn&rsquo;s short film&nbsp;KILLING BAGHEERA&nbsp;&mdash; are set to be screened at the 10th edition of the Duhok International Film Festival, which will be running from December 9th to the 16th in Iraq.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>OUR TIES&nbsp;held its world premiere at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival &mdash; where it competed for the Golden Lion Grand Prix &mdash; and its Arab World premiere at the 44th Cairo International Film Festival\'s International Panorama Section, and was commercially released in French theatres in November 2022.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Moussa, who has always been kind, selfless, and there for his family. Unlike his brother Ryad, a high-profile TV presenter who is widely criticized for his egocentricity by those around him, his only defender is Moussa, who admires him greatly.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When an accident befalls Moussa, causing him serious brain damage, he now speaks without any filter, telling the brutal truth to friends and family alike, leading all to resent him, except Ryad.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Roschdy Zem &mdash; who co-wrote the script with Ma&iuml;wenn, a French actress who also stars in the movie, previously won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for several C&eacute;sar Awards &mdash; OUR TIES stars a group of award-winning actors, including Sami Bouajila.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The cast also includes Rachid Bouchareb &mdash; who has received several awards from Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno, as well as a C&eacute;sar Award &mdash; Roschdy Zem, Meriem Serbah, Abel Jafri, Lila Fernandez, and Nina Zem.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The second MAD entry,&nbsp;KILLING BAGHEERA, screened at nearly 30 prestigious film festivals around the world, winning a dozen awards, including Best Short Film at the Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Best Short Film on Refugees at the International Inter-University Short Film Festival, three awards for short films at the Filmfestival Turkey/Germany, the Social Influence Award at the Watersprite Film Festival, and the Window to Bavaria Award at the Regensburg Short Film Week.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film follows Alan and Bekes, who find in their attempts to enter Europe as refugees that their journey is fraught with dangers and challenges that will put their friendship to the test.', '739265901'),
(584, '', 'Goodbye Julia  to reach 57 theaters across 5 GCC states on December 7th', '2023-12-07', 'Goodbye-Julia-57.jpg', 'More information on the film&rsquo;s UAE release to be revealed soon\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s gripping debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize is set to screen in 57 theatres across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain starting Thursday, December 7th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Just one week later, audiences in the UAE are set to enjoy the film &mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; on Thursday, December 14th. A full list of all Emirati theaters GOODBYE JULIA will be screening in will be revealed closer to the release date.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Audiences in the first five countries may look forward to seeing the multiple-award-winning film at the following VOX Cinemas:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thirty-four cinemas in Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s AMC (Cinema Gallery - Panorama - Stars Avenues), Empire (Abha - Al Khobar - Andalus Mall - Empire Cinema Roba Jizan - Khurais - Al Ahsa - Roba), MUVI (Haifa - Hamra - Mall of Arabia - Dhahran Mall - Nakheel Mall Dammam - Nakheel Mall Riyadh - Salam Mall - Taif City Walk - Al Munther - Park Avenue), VOX (Al-Jamal - Al-Qasr Mall - Esplande, Riyadh Front, Red Sea Mall, Riyadh Park, Sahara, Tabouk, The Roof, Rakaa, Kingdom, Raka Plaza, Atyaf), and Reel Granda\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eight cinemas in Oman&rsquo;s VOX (Muscat City Center - Oman Avenues Mall - City Center Qurum - Suhar City Center) and Cinepolis (Oasis Mall Salalah - Oasis Mall Sohar - Avenue Mall Muscat)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Five cinemas in Bahrain&rsquo;s VOX (Avenues) and Cinepolis (Atrium Mall - Amwaj - City Center - Seef)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Six cinemas in Qatar&rsquo;s VOX (Doha Festival City - Doha Oasis Mall), Novo (Mall of Qatar - 01 Mall - Doha Pearl), and Cineco (Grand Cinecity)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Four cinemas in Kuwait&rsquo;s VOX (Avenues) and KNCC (Cinescape Avenues - Cinescape Al Kout - Cinescape 360)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its seven-week journey since then.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most recently, the widely praised and acclaimed title also won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moreover, GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which now has over a dozen accolades under its belt and is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; was recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.', '30369473'),
(585, '', 'Goodbye Julia  sells out screenings in five GCC countries on its first day', '2023-12-10', 'Goodbye-Julia-sells-out-screen.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s gripping debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;&mdash; and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize &mdash; continues to add another chapter to its success story, selling out tickets for its screenings across several theaters throughout the GCC on the first day of its regional rollout.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The theaters that have already sold out their screenings include Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Riyadh Front, Sahara Mall, Red Sea Mall, and Town Square; Qatar&rsquo;s VOX Cinemas and Doha Festival City; and Bahrain&rsquo;s VOX Cinemas.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Just one week later, audiences in the UAE are set to enjoy the film &mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; on Thursday, December 14th. A full list of all Emirati theaters GOODBYE JULIA will be screening at will be revealed closer to the release date.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On December 7th, GOODBYE JULIA was launched across 57 cinemas across five GCC countries &mdash; Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain &mdash; as part of its wide regional rollout.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moreover, GOODBYE JULIA is further expanding its reach in France, where it was recently screened in 51 arthouse cinemas; the film has now broadened its theatrical reach to a total of 67 screens during its fifth weekend run in the country.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its seven-week journey since then.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most recently, the widely praised and acclaimed title also won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.', '1527596816'),
(586, '', 'SIX FEET OVER  wins Best Screenplay at the Red Sea International Film Festival', '2023-12-10', 'SIX-FEET-OVER-wins.jpg', 'Algerian-French drama&nbsp;SIX FEET OVER&nbsp;walked off with a Best Screenplay Award with director Karim Bensalah and co-writer Jamal Belmahi&rsquo;s names on it at the closing ceremony of the Red Sea International Film Festival, which ran from November 30th to December 9th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held its Arab World premiere at the Saudi festival and enjoyed multiple full-house screenings followed by a Q&amp;A with Bensalah and lead actor Hamza Meziani, both of whom received the award, which was presented by jury members Freida Pinto and Amina Khalil in the presence of a star-studded audience that included Baz Luhrmann, Nicholas Cage, Adrien Brody, Jason Statham, Andrew Garfield, Halle Berry, and many more.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>SIX FEET OVER, which recently enjoyed a stellar world premiere at the CineMed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, follows Sofiane &mdash; the son of a former Algerian embassy clerk &mdash; who has traveled around a lot.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Now a student in Lyon, his visa has been revoked and he lives under the threat of expulsion. Hoping to legalize his status, he agrees to work for a Muslim funeral home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amidst parties, encounters, and his job, Sofiane will start an initiatory journey that will lead him to find himself, shape his own identity, and gradually move toward adulthood.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The drama feature &mdash; which was lensed by Pierre-Hubert Martin and edited by B&eacute;n&eacute;dicte Cazauran &mdash; stars burgeoning Moroccan actor Hamza Meziani and Algerian veteran actor Kader Affak alongside Souad Arsane and Mostefa Djadjam.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was also produced by Oualid Baha (Tact Production) and co-produced by Eug&eacute;nie Michel Villette (Les Films du Bilboquet), with music by Adrien Casalis and sound by Romain Cadilhac, Benjamin Rosier, Val&egrave;re Raigneau, and Xavier Thieulin.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world while The Party Film Sales handles worldwide distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Karim Bensalah was born in Algiers to an Algerian father and a Brazilian mother. After living in Haiti and Senegal, he moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study literature, philosophy, and social sciences. Karim then entered the London Film School, where he directed CONSTANT FLOW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His first short film, LE SECRET DE FATIMA was selected and awarded at numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand and broadcast on Arte.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Bensalah then directed RACINE(S) &mdash; a segment of the feature film PARIS LA M&Eacute;TISSE &mdash; before joining the Collectif Tribudom, which works with teenagers in the working-class districts of Paris and its suburbs, with whom he made several short films, the latest of which is CHANTIER(S).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After that, he worked on the short LES HEURES BLANCHES, in which he collaborated with Quebecois screenwriter S&eacute;bastien Baril.', '165270784');
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(587, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA maintains strong Egyptian box-office performance for 12th week in a row, continues worldwide success', '2024-01-14', 'goodbye-julia-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s enthralling</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">debut Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA is still performing admirably in Egyptian theaters, raking in more than EGP 3m across its now 12-week journey and further cementing its title as the most successful Arab film in Egyptian box-office history.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multi-award-winning movie has also had an incredible journey throughout the GCC, earning close to half a million dollars throughout the four weeks it has been screening in the UAE. Moreover, the film is still filling seats in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its proven success in the Middle East and France, GOODBYE JULIA is now poised to grace screens across Europe, Oceania, and Asia, releasing in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan by spring.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the film&rsquo;s other accomplishments, aside from being the first Sudanese feature film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; where it won the coveted Freedom Prize after holding a historic world premiere &mdash; and winning Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Film at the Afrykamera Film Festival, and most recently the Cinema for Humanity Award and Variety&rsquo;s MENA Talent of the Year for Mohamed Kordofani, GOODBYE JULIA has won a total of 22 awards &mdash; six of which are audience awards &mdash; and made its way to more than 20 international festivals and award ceremonies.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also executive produced by Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films. Additionally, it was Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>', '910437268'),
(588, '', 'INSHALLAH A BOY  wins Director\'s Debut Award at Camerimage', '2023-11-20', 'inshallah-a-boy-debut-award-at-camerimage.jpg', 'Marking the 10th award in its triumphant festival journey, the highly acclaimed Jordanian film&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;by Amjad Al-Rasheed just won the Director\'s Debut Award at the Camerimage Film Festival, which ran from November 11th to the 18th in Poland.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Solidifying its reputation as a cinematic gem, the recent triumph of INSHALLAH A BOY at Camerimage &mdash; which is renowned for its celebration of cinematography with the prestigious Director\'s Debut (Golden Frog) Award &mdash; not only honors the exceptional direction and visual storytelling of Al-Rasheed but also serves as a testament to the film\'s extraordinary contribution to the cinematic landscape.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;tells the story of the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Al-Rasheed\'s feature-length directorial debut, which has already received widespread praise and recognition at numerous international film festivals, has amassed nine other international awards so far, among them the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail D\'Or Award for Best Feature Film &mdash; both bestowed upon it at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also won Best Performance at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Best Actress at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Award at the Mystic Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the Royal Film Commission of Jordan chose INSHALLAH A BOY to represent the country in the race for the 2024 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, marking a significant turning point in Jordanian cinematic history and reaffirming the film\'s status as a standout with enormous cultural significance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film\'s success also extends beyond the Asia-Pacific region, having participated in renowned film festivals such as Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, BFI London, Sydney, Toronto, Hamburg, New Zealand, and World Cinema Amsterdam.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).', '934211296'),
(589, '', 'Goodbye Julia  wins Best Feature Film at Poland\'s Afrykamera Film Festival, raises award tally to 20', '2023-12-20', 'Goodbye Julia win best feature film at poland.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s gripping debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize just won Best Feature Film at Poland\'s Afrykamera Film Festival, gracefully adding to its illustrious collection of accolades.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This latest honor rounds out its tally to 20 prestigious awards that the film and its cast and crew have received throughout its festival run, which kicked off last May.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This is also GOODBYE JULIA\'s second trophy within a week after Kordofani was named Variety Magazine\'s MENA Talent of the Year at the ongoing sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>In parallel to the film&rsquo;s current stint in El Gouna, it is enjoying even greater success in France, where it recently debuted in 51 arthouse theaters and is currently enjoying its seventh weekend run on 67 screens nationwide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;was also released in the UAE last week, screening at 27 theatres, bringing its tally across the GCC &mdash; where it successfully held its commercial release three weeks ago in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain &mdash; to a whooping 84 theaters.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its ninth-week journey.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The widely praised and acclaimed title also recently won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>To further add to the film&rsquo;s growing triumphs, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;&mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.', '1337747292'),
(590, '', 'Goodbye Julia  maintains strong Egyptian box-office performance for 12th week in a row, continues worldwide success', '2024-01-11', 'Goodbye Julia win best feature film at poland.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s enthralling debut Sudanese drama&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;is still performing admirably in Egyptian theaters, raking in more than EGP 3m across its now 12-week journey and further cementing its title as the most successful Arab film in Egyptian box-office history.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The multi-award-winning movie has also had an incredible journey throughout the GCC, earning close to half a million dollars throughout the four weeks it has been screening in the UAE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moreover, the film is still filling seats in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With its proven success in the Middle East and France, GOODBYE JULIA is now poised to grace screens across Europe, Oceania, and Asia, releasing in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan by spring.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In terms of the film&rsquo;s other accomplishments, aside from being the first Sudanese feature film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; where it won the coveted Freedom Prize after holding a historic world premiere &mdash; and winning Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, the Roger Ebert Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Film at the Afrykamera Film Festival, and most recently the Cinema for Humanity Award and Variety&rsquo;s MENA Talent of the Year for Mohamed Kordofani, GOODBYE JULIA has won a total of 22 awards &mdash; six of which are audience awards &mdash; and made its way to more than 20 international festivals and award ceremonies.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is also executive produced by Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films. Additionally, it was Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.', '1080089253'),
(591, '', 'HUMMUS AND CHIPS  to screen at Institut Du Monde Arabe', '2024-01-26', 'hummus-and-chips-poster.jpg', 'Paris&rsquo; Institut Du Monde Arabe will be holding a special screening of MAD Short&nbsp;HUMMUS AND CHIPS&nbsp;by Ahmed Moghazy on Saturday, January 27th as part of its almost six-month-long Perfumes of the East exhibition &mdash; running from September 26th, 2023 to March 17th, 2024 &mdash; highlighting the signature scents that have defined Middle Eastern culture throughout the ages and their influence on the region&rsquo;s art.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the short has made its way to the Lavazza IncluCity, Metafilm, Rotterdam Arab, Zanzibar, Bahrain, and Lebanese (Australia) film festivals.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A social comedy, HUMMUS AND CHIPS is set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 lockdown. The film follows grumpy racist grandma Margaret, who is lonely and anxiously waiting for her coronavirus test results. She then makes the unusual decision to spend a full day with her Arab neighbor, Bashar. Will this encounter go smoothly?&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and edited by Moghazy, HUMMUS AND CHIPS stars Bashar Zeedan, Maggie Bourgein, and Lara Assi, and is lensed by the award-winning Rui Jiang, Ong.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ahmed Moghazy is an Egyptian film writer and director with seven years of experience helming a variety of projects in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and the UK ranging from short fiction films, commercials, music videos, digital content, and documentaries. He was also a laureate of the Chevening Scholarship, which allowed him to pursue an MA in Directing Fiction from London&rsquo;s Central Film School.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His other works include the shorts SMOKING KILLS, SHOUGANAI, and PSYCHOLOGICAL THEATER.', '1960986103'),
(592, '', 'Sara Suliman\'s HEROIC BODIES to screen at Cairo Opera House', '2024-01-28', 'HB_assembly-Cut-down-04.00_09_43_10.Still013.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Suliman&rsquo;s Sudanese documentary HEROIC BODIES is set to hold a special screening that will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the director at the Cairo Opera House on Thursday, January 11th at 6 pm as part of an evening titled &lsquo;Addressing the Sudanese Identity in Cinematic Films&rsquo; that Egyptian film critic Shahenda Mohamed Ali will moderate.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES held its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and was the first Sudanese feature film to be chosen for the festival\'s Frontlight Section. The film then went on to screen at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, besides winning the Shireen Abu Akleh Best Documentary Film Award at the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also screened at the SAFAR, Ismailia, Zanzibar, Amman, London, and Karama Beirut Human Rights film festivals, as well as Arab Film Week at Cinema Akil in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; hailed by Nicole Sant&eacute; of Business Doc Europe as &ldquo;An important contribution to the liberation and self-determination of women in Sudan &ndash; and around the world.&rdquo; &mdash; is a powerful female documentary by women, for all women resisting and fighting for an equitable place in their societies</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES &mdash; which stars Aya Tariq, Yassin Raief, Ahmed Raief, and Aya Ahmed &mdash; follows Sudanese women across different eras, where ownership of their bodies was denied. However, a courageous group of women rises up, using their bodies as a form of resistance, ultimately transforming violated bodies into &lsquo;Heroic Bodies.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides being written, directed, and produced by Sara Suliman through Fenti Productions, the film was lensed by Mohammed Adlan, Mansour Ahmed Omer, Muaz Osman, Salah Abdelmahmoud, Khalid Awad, Ladan Anoushfar, Mohamed Subahi, and Faris Mohamedi, and edited by Emad Maher.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sara Suliman is a UK-based Sudanese filmmaker, Chevening scholar, and researcher.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in business administration from Ahfad University for Women in Sudan and MA in Gender Studies from SOAS, University of London, Sara is also the founder of Fenti Productions &mdash; an independent film production house.</span>', '1019952843'),
(593, '', 'Short film ZOO nabs Best Short Animation at Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People ', '2023-12-21', 'Zoo 1.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After screening at about 20 international film festivals and winning five awards, Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s short film ZOO took home the sixth award during the closing ceremony of the 26th edition of the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon being awarded the Best Short Animation in the Children\'s Juries Over 13 Years Old section of the festival, Aminah Abdat, the film\'s producer and Art director, expressed her admiration for the positive reviews and wide acclaim that the film garnered during its screening at the festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film already received huge success upon its screening at about 20 international film festivals, grabbing multiple awards, including Best Short Animation at the Bahrain Film Festival, Best Short Animation at the Tangier Film Festival, and the Tipoli Best Animation Award at Lebanon International Short Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film world premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival, screened at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, and held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Tariq Rimawi, the film is produced by StudioNICE Creative, was supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission, and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD Solutions handling distribution in the Arab world, the film is produced by Aminah Abdat and Moritz Mayerhofer, who once made it to the shortlist of the 2011 Oscars for his animated short URS.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic member who graduated with a master&rsquo;s in animation from the UK&rsquo;s Newport Film School in 2010 before obtaining a PhD in animation from Loughborough University in 2014.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His films have received regional and international awards and have been screened at over 200 international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Rimawi established the Animation Department at the University of Petra in Jordan to equip its graduates with the latest storytelling and visual communication techniques.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He currently serves as the Section Head of the Multimedia and Production Studio at the Digital Learning and Online Education Office at Qatar University.</span>', '87982390'),
(594, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA wins Cinema for Humanity Award at El Gouna Festival, Kordofani and Abu Alala praise impactful win', '2023-12-24', 'gbj-cinema-for-award.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s multiple-award-winning debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize took home El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s annual Cinema for Humanity Audience Award, bringing the film\'s tally of awards to 21 </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throughout its festival run, which kicked off last May</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cinema for Humanity Award&mdash; bestowed upon GOODBYE JULIA during the closing ceremony of the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF)&mdash;marks the film\'s third recognition within a week, following Mohamed Kordofani\'s prestigious honor as Variety Magazine\'s MENA Talent of the Year at the festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, GFF\'s annual Cinema for Humanity Audience Award highlights films that capture the spirit of humanitarian topics.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"I am grateful that GOODBYE JULIA has been awarded the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Cinema for Humanity Audience Award,\" said film director Mohamed Kordofani. \"This recognition is a tribute to the film\'s creators, who are young individuals deeply connected to the December Revolution and its esteemed principles.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani pleaded for a united effort from everyone to stop the current violence as soon as possible, emphasizing that the Sudanese people, who are currently facing unthinkable difficulties, need assistance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"The Sudanese people do not deserve the terrible difficulties they are experiencing, and they have the resilience to rebuild their homeland once the damage stops, as I did with my film,\" Kordofani added. \"In the name of humanity, I implore you not to overlook what is occurring in Sudan and Gaza, and instead join us in asking for freedom, peace, and justice.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, Amjad Abu Alala, the producer of GOODBYE JULIA expressed his immense joy upon receiving the esteemed audience award at the renowned El Gouna Festival&mdash;a name that resonates with both the essence of humanity and the power of cinema. \"In light of the challenging circumstances faced by Sudan, with its ongoing struggle against a relentless occupation that threatens the fabric of humanity, this recognition holds profound significance.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abu Alala dedicated this prestigious award to the resilient individuals who have been displaced, as well as those who have remained steadfast in their homeland.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He extended his heartfelt appreciation to El Gouna Festival who believed in and supported the Sudanese cinema, embracing its creation born from the depths of sorrow, acknowledging the festival\'s current stance, holding the event amidst challenging circumstances and demonstrating solidarity with Palestine.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In doing so, Abu Alala emphasized the vital role that cinema and its festivals play as forums for expressing artistic viewpoints and achieving the intrinsic destiny of art.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In parallel to the film&rsquo;s current stint in GFF, it </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is enjoying even greater success in France, where it recently debuted in 51 arthouse theaters and is currently enjoying its seventh weekend run on 67 screens nationwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA was also released in the UAE last week, screening at 27 theatres, bringing its tally across the GCC &mdash; where it successfully held its commercial release three weeks ago in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain &mdash; to a whooping 84 theaters.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its ninth-week journey.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widely praised and acclaimed title also recently won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To further add to the film&rsquo;s growing triumphs, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>', '187845897'),
(595, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA screening at 27 cinemas across UAE, ups its tally to 84 cinemas across GCC', '2023-12-25', 'GBJ-x-84-cinema-in-gcc-.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s brilliant Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; a laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize &mdash; continues to make waves across the GCC, with the film finally releasing in the UAE on December 14th, screening at 27 theaters, bringing its tally across the GCC to a whooping 84 theaters.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is now available at VOX Cinemas Mirdiff City Center, Yas, Al Maryah Island, Nakheel The Palm, Mall of Emirates, Al Zahia City Center, Wafi, Ajman City Center, Al Jimi Mall, Al Hamra, Fujairah City Center, Mercato, Festival City, Deira City Center, Nation Towers, and Galleria.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also screening at Roxy Cinemas in Al Khawaneej, Dubai Hills, City Walk, and Box Park; Reel Cinema in Dubai Mall; Novo Cinema Megaplex; Cinepolis at Circle Mall; Star Cinemas at both the Flaghship Al Ghurair and Star Al Bawadi locations; and lastly CineRoyal Deerfields and Dalma Mall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This UAE release follows GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s immense success in Egypt and the GCC, as the film is currently enjoying its eighth week in Egypt, its sixth week in France, and its second week in 57 theatres across Saudi, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain, with multiple shows sold out in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simultaneously, the film is set to be showcased at the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival&mdash;which scheduled to run from December 14th to 21st&mdash; as part of the festival\'s Narrative Feature Film Competition, vying for El Gouna Golden Star Award and the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award. GOODBYE JULIA will be screened twice, with the first screening taking place on Saturday, December 16th at 6:30 pm in the Festival Plaza, and the second scheduled for Wednesday, December 20th at 9 pm in the Campus El Gouna Audimax.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both screenings will be graced by the esteemed presence of the film\'s talented cast and crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, GOODBYE JULIA is currently enjoying even greater success in France, where it recently debuted in 51 arthouse theaters and is currently enjoying its fifth weekend run on 67 screens nationwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its seven-week journey since then.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the critically acclaimed also won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To further add to the film&rsquo;s growing triumphs, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>', '657064874'),
(596, '', 'Faris Alrjoob’s  short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY  wins El Gouna Festival\'s Silver Star', '2023-12-26', 'the-red-sea-makes-me-wanna-cry.jpg', 'After being one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; where it held its world premiere at Cannes&rsquo; Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes Section &mdash; Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short&nbsp;THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY&nbsp;took home the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star For Short Films at the closing ceremony of its sixth edition, where it held its Arab World premiere.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The romantic thriller follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.\r<br/>Starring burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, German actress Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil, the short film was produced by top German film school Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY&nbsp;is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob; co-written by Matthew LaPaglia; co-produced by Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh; lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel; edited by Benedikt Strick; and distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance, based in Berlin, he is a graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.', '2088753816'),
(597, '', 'Michelle and Noel Keserwany’s LES CHENILLES wins Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at El Gouna Film Festival', '2023-12-27', 'michelle-and-noel-win.jpg', 'The Keserwany Sisters&rsquo; French-Lebanese short film&nbsp;LES CHENILLES&nbsp;&mdash; laureate of the Golden Bear Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the first Arab film to win the award &mdash; just won another award to add to its growing repertoire, grabbing the Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at the closing ceremony for the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, which ran from December 14th to the 21st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Commenting on this latest trophy, the Keserwany Sisters and film producer Marine Vaillant had this to say, &ldquo;This prize holds immense significance for all of us, especially with the film\'s Arab world premiere, as we recognize that we are addressing individuals who grasp the essence of our narrative.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;In light of the attacks on Gaza and South Lebanon, expressing feelings of sadness and other complex emotions becomes challenging. Nevertheless, in the face of these horrific times, we are more determined than ever to shape the narrative against the oppression and distorted perspectives we witness,&rdquo; they added.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;We appreciate your trust; it is a support that will allow us to share our stories on a broader scale. Our hearts and thoughts are with the people of Gaza and South Lebanon.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film &mdash; which held ts Arab World premiere as part of the Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition &mdash; has toured a myriad of international festivals, going on to receive the Jury Prize at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival, and a Special Mention from the Kinmastik International Short Film Festival in Malta. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award by the European Film Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>LES CHENILLES has also screened at over 20 prestigious international film festivals, including the Format Court, Lichter, Golden Harvest, Diaspora, Kurzfilm, SAFAR, Tetova, Concorto, Dokufest, Kerala, FIRST, and Golden Ger international film festivals. Moreover, It was recently preselected to compete for the Cesar Award for Best Narrative Short in France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>LES CHENILLES follows two female waitresses, Asma and Sarah &mdash; two women originally from the Levant &mdash; who find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, and both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions recently acquired the Arab world distribution rights to the short film, which Film Verdict described as a &ldquo;complex and energizing film worthy of an award.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Michelle and Noel Keserwany, LES CHENILLES stars Noel Keserwany and Masa Zaher; is produced by Biennale de Lyon, Dewberries Film, and Marine Vaillant; and is lensed by Karim Ghorayeb. Meanwhile Italy-based distribution company Lights On is acting as the film&rsquo;s international sales agent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short drama was supported by the CNC - Aide au parcours d&rsquo;Auteur, la Cin&eacute;Fabrique de Lyon, and la Cit&eacute; Internationale des Arts de Paris.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Michelle and Noel Keserwany are Lebanese musicians, writers, and filmmakers who live between Beirut and Paris.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ever since Michelle co-wrote Academy Award nominee CAPERNAUM with director Nadine Labaki, the sisters started working on their own film projects, including the political documentary SLOW BURN &mdash; a co-production between France and Lebanon that is produced by Special Touch Studios and supported by the CNC.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Noel is currently writing her first fiction film UN AN and developing an animated short film titled SEVEN MOUNTAINS AND SEVEN SEAS &mdash; a grantee of the DFI Production Fund that is produced by Dewberries Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Michelle is currently developing her first animated feature film OUZKOURINI which is produced by Special Touch Studios.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2021, she also received the CNC\'s Aide au Parcours d&rsquo;Auteur grant to develop her first fiction feature film AMARA &mdash; a satirical political drama that takes place in Beirut &mdash; which received three development and post-production prizes at Amman Industry Days as well.', '305319173'),
(598, '', 'Mai Wael’s NEB TAWY enjoys a full-house screening at Cairo International Short Film Festival', '2024-01-10', 'neb-tawy-cairo.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEB TAWY, Mai Wael&rsquo;s Egyptian short film, recently held a soldout screening at the fifth edition of the Cairo International Short Film Festival, which is running from December 19th to the 22nd in Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening &mdash; held on Thursday, December 21st &mdash; featured a large audience that included prominent media personalities and cinephiles, all of whom lauded Wael, who was also in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEB TAWY world premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, where it won a Sembene Ousmane Film Prize. It also screened at the Bahrain Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film follows a young woman who began working with her uncle on the illegal excavation of artifacts after her father&rsquo;s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father&rsquo;s memory alive, until one day she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which is dedicated to the souls that passed away and left good memories behind for their loved ones &mdash; stars Nancy Salah, Remas, and Mahmoud Hagag; was lensed by Hassan El-Zanaty; and co-edited by Mahmoud El-Sherif and Mina.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEB TAWY was also directed, written, and co-produced by Mai Wael, co-written by Mohamed Ali Mansour, co-produced by Mohanad Hamdy (</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raion Production Company), and is being distributed by MAD Solutions across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mai Wael is a graduate of Egypt\'s Higher Institute of Cinema and has worked as an assistant director on several films, collaborating with some of Egypt\'s and the world\'s most prominent directors. Her filmography includes two short films.</span>', '748315806'),
(599, '', 'MAD short OVERCAST to compete in Cairo International Short Film Festival ', '2024-01-09', 'MAD short OVERCAST to compete in CISFF.jpg', 'Following its world premiere at the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival, Mohamed Hosny Yassin&rsquo;s debut short&nbsp;OVERCAST&nbsp;is set to compete as part of the Egyptian Short Film Competition of the fifth edition of the Cairo International Short Film Festival, which will be running from December 19th to the 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>OVERCAST&nbsp;&mdash; which will screen on Thursday, December 21st at 7:15 pm &mdash; follows Diab, who has returned to his village with a wife and is keen to hide her from everyone to the extent of forbidding her from social engagement.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As time passes, circumstances force him to seek his neighbors&rsquo; help. Such an emergency will make him question his radical thoughts and his beliefs about real manhood.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Solutions handling distribution, the film stars Lobna Wanas, Ali Shawky, Dalia Ramzi, Mary Girgis, and Emad Maher, and is helmed by Yassin &mdash; an Egyptian filmmaker who has been a member of the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate and has worked in the video content industry independently for many years.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>While studying at the High Cinema Institute, he established MHY Films and produced several ads and music videos.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His first documentary film, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SATISFIED!, was produced by the High Cinema Institute in 2019 and won several awards, including the National Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Film.', '1581630'),
(600, '', 'MAD short 1+1 to compete in Cairo International Short Film Festival', '2024-01-11', 'MAD short 1+1 to compete in cisff.jpg', 'Following its screening for the first time in Paris, Alaa Mahmoud&rsquo;s short film&nbsp;1+1&nbsp;is scheduled to compete as part of the Egyptian Short Film Competition of the fifth edition of the Cairo International Short Film Festival, which will be running from December 19th to the 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screened on Wednesday, December 20th at 7 pm at the El Hanager Cinema of the Cairo Opera House.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After the great war decimated the city, only a man and a woman from the opposing sides remained, struggling with whether to continue fighting or live in peace.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions, the film stars British award-winning actor Amir El-Masry and beloved Egyptian actress Sarrah Abdelrahman and tackles the physical and moral effects of war.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously,&nbsp;1+1&nbsp;screened at the Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Meta Film Festival, and Tripoli Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alaa Mahmoud is an Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo and is known for her first short film &mdash;&nbsp;1+1.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>While studying at the institute, she worked as an assistant director and was selected among 10 female directors from as many countries for an artistic residency to develop a script at the 2019 International Women\'s Film Festival in Tunisia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Currently, Mahmoud is working on a new project titled MY GRANDMOTHER&rsquo;S DRESS.', '2139027448');
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(601, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 6 titles at Cairo International Short Film Festival', '2024-01-11', 'MAD-Solutions-to-feature-6-titles-at-Cairo-International-Short-Film-Festival.jpg', 'After making waves on the festival circuit, winning numerous awards, and submitting films to the Oscars, MAD Solutions ends this year on a high note and sends off six titles from its distribution slate to the fifth edition of the Cairo International Short Film Festival, which will be held from December 19th to the 22nd.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The MAD lineup includes Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT, Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s&nbsp;SIMO, Mai Wael&rsquo;s&nbsp;NEB TAWY, Mohamed Hosny Yassin&rsquo;s&nbsp;OVERCAST, Alaa Mahmoud&rsquo;s&nbsp;1+1, and Walid Messnaoui&rsquo;s&nbsp;NO KEY.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Coming in first is Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT, which recently won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023 Bahrain Film Festival and will screen on Tuesday, December 19th at 7:15 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour,&nbsp;THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT&nbsp;delves into the aftermath of a pivotal event that occurred on August 4th, 2020. This date shook a country, changed a city, and destroyed lives. The film views the disaster through Zeina&rsquo;s eyes.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s SIMO which will screen on Wednesday, December 20th at 7 pm and tells the compelling story of the complex brotherhood between Simo and Emad, which is filled with competition and jealousy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother,&nbsp;Simo&nbsp;sneakily takes over Emad\'s online gaming. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact the future of their family.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film, which held its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale, won numerous awards, including the Best Canadian Short Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve\'s Favorite Short at the 19th Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala, and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live-Action Short.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Third in line is Mai Wael&rsquo;s&nbsp;NEB TAWY, which world premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, where it won a top award, and will screen on Thursday, December 21st at 7:15 pm.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows a young woman who began working with her uncle on the illegal excavation of artifacts after her father&rsquo;s death. As the days go by, she does everything she can to keep her father&rsquo;s memory alive, until one day she realizes something that will turn her life upside down.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After that is Mohamed Hosny Yassin&rsquo;s debut short&nbsp;OVERCAST, which world premiered at the Sharm El-Sheikh Film Festival and will screen on Thursday, December 21st at 7:15 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>OVERCAST follows Diab, who has returned to his village with a wife and is keen to hide her from everyone to the extent of forbidding her from any social engagement.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As time goes by, circumstances force him to seek his neighbors&rsquo; help. Such an emergency will make him question his radical thoughts and his beliefs about real manhood.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD&rsquo;s penultimate entry in the Cairo International Shorts Film Festival is Walid Messnaoui&rsquo;s NO KEY, which screened at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival and won nine awards at five prestigious film festivals, including Best Crime Short (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival, Best Actor at the Korea International Film Festival, and Best First-Time Short Film at the Boden International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows a young burglar named Amine, who, in his desperate hunt for a way out of his gloomy existence on the rough streets of Casablanca, discovers a sealed jewelry box that represents his ticket to a brighter future in Europe.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, when other gangs find out what&rsquo;s in his possession, he must brave their treacherous terrain and face his demons to keep his dream alive.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short will screen on Thursday, December 21st at 3:30 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD&rsquo;s final entry in the festival is Alaa Mahmoud&rsquo;s 1+1, which screened at the Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, Meta Film Festival, and Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a city ravaged by the Great War, the film stars British award-winning actor Amir El-Masry and follows the challenging journey of a man and a woman from opposing parties as they navigate the delicate balance between engaging in conflict and seeking a peaceful existence.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will screen on Wednesday, December 20th at 7 pm.', '1932310258'),
(602, '', 'Goodbye Julia Mohamed Kordofani wins MENA Talent of the Year at El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-01-15', 'Goodbye Julia Mohamed Kordofani wins MENA Talent of the Year at El Gouna Film Festival.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani &mdash; the man at the helm of the gripping Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;&mdash; was just named Variety Magazine&rsquo;s MENA Talent of the Year at the sixth El Gouna Film Festival, which is running from December 14th to the 21st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA\'s gala premiere &mdash; staged in the picturesque Red Sea city of El Gouna, where it is competing in the festival\'s Narrative Feature Film Competition, vying for an El Gouna Golden Star and the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award &mdash; was attended by a constellation of prominent public dignitaries and A-list celebrities, including Yousra, Injy El-Mokadem, Hana Shiha, Amr Mansi, Ines Eldeghedi, Poussy Shalaby, Saba Mubarak, and Hadi El-Bagoury.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This latest honor adds to a tally of over 15 prestigious awards that the film and its cast and crew have already received throughout its festival run, affirming Kordofani\'s outstanding directorial abilities and the film\'s remarkable impact.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA will have one more screening during the festival on Wednesday, December 20th at 9 pm in the Campus El Gouna Audimax.\r<br/>In parallel to the film&rsquo;s current stint in El Gouna, it is currently enjoying even greater success in France, where it recently debuted in 51 arthouse theaters and is currently enjoying its seventh weekend run on 67 screens nationwide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA was also released in the UAE last week, screening at 27 theatres, bringing its tally across the GCC &mdash; where it successfully held its commercial release three weeks ago in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain &mdash; to a whooping 84 theaters.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its historic commercial release in Egypt on October 25th, GOODBYE JULIA has recorded the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office, amassing over EGP 3m throughout its ninth-week journey since then.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The widely praised and acclaimed title also recently won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>To further add to the film&rsquo;s growing triumphs, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.', '925477569'),
(603, '', 'THE RED SED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY’s Euro tour in full swing, screening in 3 different festivals', '2024-01-27', 'THE-RED-SED-SEA-MAKES-ME-WANNA-CRY-in-3-different-festivals.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh off the success of its recent screenings on January 24th at Germany&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmfestival Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis, Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is moving full-steam ahead on its European tour and is featuring at two other festivals across the continent.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first-ever Jordanian short to be selected for Cannes has two more screenings to go at Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis &mdash; one on January 27th and another on the 28th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also be featuring in tandem at Italy&rsquo;s Florence Short Film Festival on the 27th before its highly anticipated screening in Ireland&rsquo;s Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) on February 28th at 1:30 pm as part of the DIFF&rsquo;s Shorts Program 2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY won the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star For Short Films. It also played at several prestigious film festivals, including the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinematographers\' Film Festival (Manaki Brothers) in Macedonia, the Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma in Canada, and Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis, where it was nominated for the Lola for Best German Short Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic thriller follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his interview with director Alrjoob, which was published on Directors Notes, Berlin-based Film Critic Redmond Bacon commenced his conversation by describing the film as &ldquo;a tale filled with shimmering mysteries, utilizing elliptical storytelling, enigmatic voiceover, and a strong command of camera movement and tone to suggest multiple hidden meanings lingering in the background.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, German actress Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil, the short film was produced by top German film school Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob; co-written by Matthew LaPaglia; co-produced by Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh; lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel; edited by Benedikt Strick; and distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance, based in Berlin, he is a graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.</span>', '819731454'),
(604, '', 'THE BURDENED  to hold its Arab World premiere at Baghdad Film Festival', '2024-02-01', 'THE-BURDENED-to-hold-its-Arab-World-premiere.jpg', 'The Brilliant Yemeni drama&nbsp;THE BURDENED&nbsp;&mdash; which was Yemen&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards &mdash; will be holding its Arab World premiere at the Baghdad Film Festival (February 10th to the 14th) with the film&rsquo;s cast and crew in attendance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on true events that took place in Aden around 2019, the film follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country\'s economic crisis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions in order to survive.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After a triumphant world premiere at the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Section, becoming the first ever Yemeni film to be officially selected at the German festival, where it went on to win the Amnesty International Film Award and the second place Audience Award, THE BURDENED went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals and win numerous awards, including the Best Screenplay Award at Durban, the Best Directing and Best Screenplay Jury Awards at Valencia, a Special Jury Award for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival, and the Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has also had quite the busy festival tour so far, screening at festivals such as the Shanghai, Sydney, Beijing, Golden Apricot Yerevan, Cairo, Zurich, War On Screen, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Rio de Janeiro, and Bergen film festivals, alongside competing at the Septimius Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, it has received many positive reviews from Screen Daily, the Film Verdict, the Moveable Fest, Film Companion, Critic\'s Notebook, and Independent Arabia, with Basma ElMahdy of New Lines Magazine saying, &ldquo;(Amr Gamal&rsquo;s) portrayal of Esraa and Ahmed&rsquo;s struggles to keep a roof over their three children&rsquo;s heads serves as a stark reminder of the power of cinema to convey the intimate complexities of everyday life of civilians under a war.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Burdened was directed and co-written by Amr Gamal alongside Mazen Refaat, lensed by Mrinal Desai, edited by Heba Othman, and co-produced by Amjad Abu Alala of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; Sudan\'s first ever Academy Award submission.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amr Gamal is an independent Yemeni film and theater director born in Poland in 1983.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades. The film then continued screening for over eight months and was Yemen\'s official submission to the Oscars in 2018.', '847253791'),
(605, '', 'THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM screens at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival', '2024-02-06', 'THE-HOUSE-IS-ON-FIRE--MIGHT-AS-WELL-GET-WARM.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algerian director Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna\'s short drama film THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM has so far held four packed screenings at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which is running from February 2nd to the 10th in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting its journey on the festival circuit with a world premiere in the Directors\' Fortnight of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, the short is now poised to make history again by competing in the National Competition of one of the most prominent international short film festivals around the globe.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening consecutively for four days from the 3rd to 6th February, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM has four more highly anticipated screenings to go. If you&rsquo;re interested, you can catch the film at the following showtimes:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, February 7th at 11:30 am - Cocteau</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February 8th at 2:30 pm - Horizon</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, February 9th at 9:30 am - Jaude 4</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, February 10th at 6 pm - Lumi&egrave;re</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM follows</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yanis &mdash; a young Kabyle man &mdash; who is leaving for Paris. To tie up some loose ends, he goes to the nearby village, where he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mishap in a caf&eacute; turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie &mdash; at first desperate, then thoughtful, and melancholic.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With magnificent cinematography and impressive cast performances, the film blends elements of drama and road movie genres to create a thought-provoking and melancholic experience for audiences. It also sheds light on the issue of Algerian immigration into France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After world premiering at Cannes&rsquo; Director&rsquo;s Fortnight, the film went on to make waves at several film festivals, including the Festival de Cin&eacute;ma de Douarnenez, Bejaia Film Encounters, Cinemed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en Montpellier, and the Festival des Cin&eacute;mas d\'Afrique du Pays d\'Apt.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it was in its production phase, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM received financial support from several prestigious institutions, including R&eacute;gion Occitanie, AFAC, and the Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de l\'Image Anim&eacute;e.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna and produced by Avant la Nuit of Benjamin Costes and Thibaut Amri, the film stars Mehdi Ramdani &mdash; well-known for UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN, which screened in Cannes&rsquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un Certain Regard &mdash; and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Lefkir.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna grew up in Algeria and left for France before his 18th birthday. There, he studied cinema and philosophy before working in documentary development.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM is his first short film.</span>', '1519306874'),
(606, '', 'Three MAD Shorts set to screen at Baghdad Film Festival', '2024-02-07', 'Three-MAD-Shorts-set-to-screen-at-Baghdad-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MENA region film distribution and PR giant MAD Solutions is sending three short films from its impressive distribution slate to feature and compete in the Short Film Competition of the second Baghdad Film Festival, which is set to take place in the Iraqi capital from February 10th to the 14th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD lineup includes Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian drama HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s Lebanese documentary THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT, and Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s Yemeni animation ZOO.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in the lineup is Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s debut Palestinian drama HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, which last competed in the Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition and featured at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, and tells the story of Hamza &mdash; a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and won the Best Director Award at The Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival, as well as the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME&nbsp; is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha, alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Palestinian drama was also produced by Hiba Salameh of Hiba Production, written by Majd Kayyal, lensed by Ashraf Dowani, and edited by Saed Andoni.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour&rsquo;s THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT, the documentary was recently screened at the 2023 Babylon International Documentary Film Festival and scored a Best Short Documentary Award at the 2023 Bahrain Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, produced, and edited by Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT delves into the aftermath of a pivotal event that occurred on August 4th, 2020. This date shook a country, changed a city, and destroyed lives. The film views the disaster through Zeina&rsquo;s eyes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Rodolphe Zaarour and produced by Paul Thiltges Distributions, THE BIRDS HAVE LEFT BEIRUT held its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival, and went on to win the Silver Tower Special Jury Award for the Documentary Film Competition at the Cairo International Short Film Festival and feature at the Lebanese Film Festival in Australia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last in the lineup is Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s animated short film ZOO, which World premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival, held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci &mdash; where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation &mdash; and featured at the Short Film Corner of Cannes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also won Best Short Animation at the Bahrain, Tangier Film Festival, Beirut Shorts, and Shorty Week international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and edited by Tariq Rimawi, the film is produced by Moritz Mayerhofer and Aminah Abdat of StudioNICE Creative, was supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission, and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation.&nbsp;</span>', '1779483590'),
(607, '', 'MAD Solutions secures World Sales rights to Berlinale Panorama title DIARIES FROM LEBANON', '2024-02-08', 'diaries-from-lebanon-8-2.jpg', 'As was reported in Variety last week, after a string of high-profile film acquisitions last year resulting in resounding success locally and internationally, the prolific and world\'s leading sales agent and distributor of Arabic-language films, MAD Solutions, has picked up the worldwide rights to Myriam El-Hajj&rsquo;s feature documentary DIARIES FROM LEBANON ahead of its highly anticipated world premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, which will be running from February 16th to the 26th in its 73rd edition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2023, MAD Solutions formally announced their sales arm on the world stage, making a big splash with Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; the first Sudanese feature film to be selected for Cannes and Sudan&rsquo;s official submission to the 96th Academy Awards, which has gone on to secure distribution in over 15 countries worldwide. They have continued to carefully build on this success, with upcoming titles including two female-directed debut features, Laila Abbas&rsquo; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US and Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s MY DRIVER AND I, in addition to a recent pickup of Tunisian debut feature TAKE MY BREATH, which premiered at Warsaw last fall.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>El-Hajj&rsquo;s documentary follows Georges, Joumana, and Perla Joe, who each belong to a different generation and have their unique perspectives on how they want to change their motherland, Lebanon, whether through war, politics, or revolution. However, as the country is shaken by disruptions and personal quests for meaning and survival unfold, they are confronted with a profound question &mdash; is it possible to sustain our dream in the face of a crumbling world around us?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A joint production between Lebanon, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, DIARIES OF LEBANON (in Arabic &lsquo;Mitl &lsquo;Osas el Hob&rsquo;, or &lsquo;Like Love Stories&rsquo;) is written and directed by El-Hajj and produced by powerhouse Lebanese producer Myriam Sassine of Abbout Productions (Lebanon) and Carine Ruszniewski of GOGOGO Films (France)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Speaking about her excitement for the film&rsquo;s world premiere, director El-Hajj said, &ldquo;For seven years in the making, \'Diaries from Lebanon\' has been a voyage &ndash; both intimate and political. We are delighted that Berlinale has recognized our work and, through it, the experiences we have lived. Panorama is a bold section, both politically and artistically. The film couldn\'t have found a better place. We are happy to finally be able to share this story hand in hand with MAD Solutions, our Arab and World Sales partner. They have accompanied us from early on with a lot of attention and sensitivity. This story is also their story &ndash; a story of struggle and resistance. Just like love stories.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Producer Myriam Sassine also commented, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a challenge to make this film, which encapsulates four pivotal years of Lebanon\'s tumultuous history and the narratives of three distinct generations, each marked by life-altering events, while we, the team making this film, were living through this unprecedented crisis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The selection at Berlinale marks a significant milestone in our journey, reflecting the dedication and passion invested by everyone involved in this project. In choosing MAD Solutions as our partner for international sales, we were guided by their extensive experience in handling Arab films. Their aptitude to navigate the nuances and complexities of our regional cinema gives me great confidence that \'Diaries From Lebanon\' will reach and resonate with a global audience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This collaboration is a testament to our shared commitment to bringing powerful and authentic stories from the Arab world to the international stage.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions co-founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab also commented on their delight to represent the film worldwide: &ldquo;Having tracked &lsquo;Diaries From Lebanon&rsquo; for the past several years, we have kept waiting for this special documentary to make its break onto the world stage. We could see the magical moments Myriam created out of the tapestry of Lebanese society. It is a film that shows countless moments of beauty in the struggle. We are proud to have acquired this film for world sales and couldn&rsquo;t be more excited to bring it to audiences around the globe.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DIARIES FROM LEBANON received support from the Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de l&rsquo;Image Anim&eacute;e (CNC), the Fonds Image de la Francophonie, R&eacute;gion Provence-Alpes-C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Azur, International Media Support (IMS), Visions Sud Est with the support of the SDC, and the Lebanese Film Fund-an Initiative of the Fondation Liban Cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also received additional funding from Doha Film Institute, the Red Sea Fund, and the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech International Film Festival, and won the Mactari Mixing Auditorium Award and Titra Films Award at the Final Cut in Venice Workshop.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Myriam El-Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose debut feature documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and won awards at many international film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and Doha Film Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of female filmmakers from the Arab World and its diaspora.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Currently, Myriam is working on the feature film COMMEDIA, which deals with the fall of a social class and the legacy of the past.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Abbout Productions produces feature films and documentaries with a distinctly Arab voice, expressing the identity of the region. Since 1998, the company brought together an important network of Arab and Lebanese filmmakers and artists and produced critically acclaimed award-winning films that screened at the most prestigious film festivals, such as Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Toronto, Karlovy Vary, and Locarno.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Among its significant titles are Mounia Akl&rsquo;s TIFF NETPAC Award recipient COSTA BRAVA LEBANON, Venice Critic&rsquo;s Week winner of Best Film and Audience Award ALL THIS VICTORY by Ahmad Ghossein, and Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige&rsquo;s MEMORY BOX, which premiered in Competition at Berlinale in 2021.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, GOGOGO Films &mdash; established by Carine Ruszniewski in 2018 &mdash; is a French production company that operates in Paris and Marseille, producing unique documentaries for cinema and television, as well as short and feature-length films by young filmmakers, including ON THE EDGE by Nicolas Peduzzi, which received a Special Mention from the CPH:DOX Documentary Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize and the Critics Award at the Champs Elys&eacute;es Film Festival. It also worked on the 2024 Berlinale title GOLD MARIA by Patrick and Hugo Sobelman and Dania Bdeir&rsquo;s Oscar-shortlisted WARSHA, winner of the Jury Prize for Best International Short Film at Sundance.', '264878746'),
(608, '', 'Venice hit DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS extends Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafieh run amid massive audience demand', '2024-02-11', 'DDD_ProRes4444.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf\'s DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS will continue to captivate audiences in Lebanon after its run was extended at Grand Cinemas ABC Achrafieh until February 14th due to overwhelming demand and the enthusiastic turnout of eager moviegoers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award-winning film was released in Lebanese theaters on January 11th through a strategic partnership between MC Distribution and MAD Solutions &mdash; the film&rsquo;s Arab World sales and distribution agent &mdash; and has performed remarkably well at the Lebanese box office since.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Label Europa Cinemas\' Best Film Award, carving director Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s name in history as the first Arab director to win such a prize.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It then went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals, winning numerous awards, including</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Critic Choice Award\'s Special Mention at the Filmfest Hamburg, and the Audience Award in the Feature Film Category at the Entrevues Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS received wide critical acclaim locally and internationally, with Fabien Lemercier from Cineuropa describing it as &ldquo;a movie which mirrors the merciless reality of everyday life for migrants in Lebanon (where many, including the poorest among them, try their best to enslave others), DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS makes a point of not dramatizing situations which are already incredibly painful.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Allan Hunter of Screen Daily praised the film, saying &ldquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charaf peppers the film with political barbs and a commentary on the plight of the refugees.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahmed, a Syrian refugee roaming the streets of Beirut searching for metal objects to be recycled who thought he&rsquo;d find love with Mehdia, an Ethiopian domestic. But in this city, such a story seems almost impossible. Will this couple be able to find the way to freedom given that Ahmed suffers from a mysterious illness that slowly turns his body into metal?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Wissam Charaf, who co-wrote it with Hala Dabaji and Mariette D&eacute;sert, the film stars Clara Couture, Ziad Jallad, Rifaat Tarabay and Darina Al Joundi. It is produced by Aurora Films, N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films, and Intramovies. MAD Solutions manages the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab world, while Intramovies manages the international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf is a Lebanese French director, cameraman, and editor. In 1998, he began to work with the French/German network ARTE as a news cameraman, editor, and journalist. He has since covered major conflict areas ranging from Lebanon to Darfur, Afghanistan, and North Korea. He worked on programs like ARTE Info, ARTE Reportages, Metropolis, and Tracks.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also worked as an assistant director with Danielle Arbid and on music videos with French director Henri-Jean Debon for artists such as Noir Desir, Sinead O\'Connor, and the Asian Dub Foundation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He directed six short fiction films: HIZZ YA WIZZ, A HERO NEVER DIES, AN ARMY OF ANTS, AFTER (awarded in Pantin, Brive), UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND (awarded in Pantin, Clermont-Ferrand, Rhode Island, and pre-selected for Best Short Film in the Cesar 2020) and DON&rsquo;T PANIC (Clermont-Ferrand), as well as IT&rsquo;S ALL IN LEBANON, a documentary awarded in the Carthage Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, his first feature film, HEAVEN SENT, was selected at the ACID section of the 2016 Cannes Festival, and most recently, he released his latest short&nbsp; IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS, which world premiered at the Orizzonti Section of the Venice International Film Festival.</span>', '1181467544'),
(609, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 3 films at Baghdad Film Festival', '2024-02-11', 'mad-three-films.jpg', 'MAD Solutions&rsquo; is sending three titles from its distribution slate to the 2024 edition of the Baghdad Film Festival, scheduled to take place from February 10 to 14, 2024.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The lineup includes three feature-length films &mdash;&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA,&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY, and&nbsp;THE BURDENED, which will be holding its Arab World premiere during the activities of the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Also, a few members of the films&rsquo; cast and crews will be attending the screenings, including producer of&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;Amjad Abu Alala, along with&nbsp;THE BURDENED&nbsp;cast members Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, and Awsam Abdulrahman.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Coming in first in the MAD lineup is Mohamed Kordofani\'s multiple-award-winning debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA, which will be screened on February 10th at 9:30 pm at Almansour Cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;&mdash; which was Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards and is a laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize &mdash; follows the story of Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak, Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY, which follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser,&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;&mdash; Jordan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards &mdash; stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is expected to be screened on February, 11th at 7:25 pm at the National Theater.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last but not least is Amr Gamal\'s acclaimed film THE BURDENED &mdash; the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale &mdash; which will be holding its Arab World premiere during the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on a true story set in Aden, Yemen. The film follows Ahmed, Isra\'a, and their three children after they both lose their jobs as a result of an economic crisis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions to survive\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE BURDENED is directed by Amr Gamal, who wrote the screenplay with Mazen Refaat, and stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.\r<br/>THE BURDENED will be featured at 9 pm on February, 12th at the National Theater.', '485476444'),
(610, '', 'NEZOUH set to feature at Jordan’s Rainbow Theater', '2024-02-09', 'nezouh-set-to-feature-at.jpg', 'Soudade Kaadan&rsquo;s Syrian drama&nbsp;NEZOUH&nbsp;will be screening at Jordan&rsquo;s Rainbow Theater for a limited time, scheduled for three screenings, with the first being on Thursday, February 8th at 7 pm, followed by two screenings on Sunday, February 11th and Wednesday, February 14th at 7 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; which enjoyed a successful commercial release in Egypt and Qatar after world premiering at the Venice International Film Festival, where it snagged an Orizzonti Extra Audience Award and became the first Arab film to win the award, as well as grabbing the Lanterna Magica Award from the Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali &mdash; recently snagged the Best Feature Film Award at the 10th Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth, where it headlined the festival&rsquo;s Green Carpet segment.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>NEZOUH&nbsp;also screened at Cairo Film Days along with the Tripoli, Amman, and Annaba Mediterranean film festivals, as well as the Panorama of Maghreb and Middle Eastern Cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film has several impressive achievements under its belt, including winning the Amnesty International Award at the MedFilm Festival in Morocco, the Young Jury Award for Best Film at the Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck et Val de Fensch, a Special Mention at Cannes Cin&eacute;philes, and a nomination for Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival along with Best Effects and Best Lead Performance for Hala Zein at the British Independent Film Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>NEZOUH&nbsp;takes place during the Syrian conflict, where a missile destroys the ceiling of the house of 14-year-old Zeina. As a result, she sleeps for the first time under the stars and makes friends with Amer &mdash; the boy next door.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When the violence escalates, Hala &mdash; Zeina\'s mother &mdash; decides to leave. She then gets into an argument with her husband, Motaz, who refuses to become a refugee and tries everything to stop his family from leaving their house.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Soudade Kaadan &mdash; who also co-produced it with Yu-Fai Suen &mdash; the film stars renowned Syrian actress Kinda Alloush, Samir Al-Masri, Hala Zein, and Nizar Alani and is produced by Berkeley Media Group Limited, KAF Production, and Agat Films &amp; Cie, with worldwide distribution rights going to MK2 Films and Arab world sales handled by MAD Solutions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in France, Soudade Kaadan is a Syrian director who studied theater criticism at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated from the Institut des Etudes Sc&eacute;nique, Audiovisuelles, et Cin&eacute;matographiques (IESAV) of Saint Joseph University in Lebanon.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Her first feature film, THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, won the Lion of the Future Award at the Orizzonti Competition of the Venice Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the LA Festival. Also, her short film AZIZA won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize in 2019.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Netflix is also streaming three of her films &mdash; THE DAY I LOST MY SHADOW, AZIZA, and BREAD OF SIEGE &mdash; all of which are available to watch worldwide on the platform.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Soudade&rsquo;s films shed light on the situation in Syria over the past decade, and have gone on to win dozens of international awards.', '942215415'),
(611, '', 'IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS scores a Jury Prize win at Clermont-Ferrand Int’l Short Film Festival', '2024-02-12', '4a98ff32-b4b3-4f5e-8764-a4f6fa87156b.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riding the wave of its recent success at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, where it won </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Special Jury Prize, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is now</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set to feature in the 30th edition of European Film Weeks, which will run from February 14th to March 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheduled to screen four times across the country, the French-Lebanese comedy short can be viewed at the following locations and screening times:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 15th, at 8 pm at Lutetia, Casablanca</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 17th, at 7 pm at Le Colis&eacute;e, Marrakech</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 21st, at 7 pm at Cin&eacute;ma Rif, Tangier</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 24th, at 6 pm and 9 pm at Renaissance, Rabat</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, Lebanon, the film is a poetic story about unfulfilled dreams; a universal tale about a man who will have to take an odd path to exist, and follows Raed &mdash; a security guard who must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters&mdash;or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS has garnered international recognition and acclaim since its world premiere at the Orizzonti Section of the Venice International Film Festival, going on to win awards from prestigious film festivals around the world, including the Unifrance International Award at the Festival International de Courts M&eacute;trages d\'Aix-en-Provence and the Best Short Film and the Emile Chahine Award for Cinematic Excellence at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it garnered a positive reception during its screening at the 23rd edition of the CinemaMed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles and was screened at several festivals around the world, including the Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean, Stockholm, Cork, Arab, and Ciudades Reveladas &ndash; Muestra Internacional de Cine y Ciudad film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Raed Yassin, Rodrigue Sleiman, Said Serhan, and Hala Dabaji and was lensed by Martin Rit, produced by Charlotte Vincent and Katia Khazak (Aurora Films), co-produced by Pierre Sarraf (N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films), with sound by Emmanuel Zouki and music by The Incompetents.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a French-Lebanese director who has directed seven short films, including UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND, which received an award at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, Charaf&rsquo;s first fiction feature film, HEAVEN SENT, was selected for the ACID Section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and his second fiction feature, DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS, opened the Giornate degli Autori Section of the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Award before being awarded at the 2023 Palm Springs Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS is the third collaboration between Charaf and MAD Solutions.&nbsp;</span>', '63898276');
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(612, '', 'Myriam El Hajj’s DIARIES FROM LEBANON to world premiere at 74th Berlin International Film Festival', '2024-02-13', 'PRL-DfL-X-Berlinale.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also dropped its first official poster ahead of the Berlinale</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam El Hajj&rsquo;s Lebanese feature-length documentary DIARIES FROM LEBANON &mdash; the latest international sales acquisition by film distribution and sales giant MAD Solutions &mdash; will be holding its anticipated world premiere in the Panorama Section of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, which is set to run from February 15th to the 25th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The has also recently revealed its first official poster ahead of its premiere, depicting a lone female figure sitting atop a rooftop and looking at a revolution-stricken Lebanon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can get your first look at the poster </span><a href=\"https://shorturl.at/dntQ9\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screened several times throughout the festival, initially starting out with a </span><strong>market screening</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will take place on Saturday, February 17th at 12:40 pm at CinemaxX 13.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the </span><strong>Panorama screenings</strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they will be kicking off with the film&rsquo;s official premiere on Monday, February 19th at 6:30 pm at Cubix 9 and continue with screenings on Tuesday, February 20th at 10 pm at Zoo Palast 2; Wednesday, February 21st at 3:30 pm at Cubix 5; Saturday, February 24th at 10:30 am at Cubix 5; and finally, Sunday, February 25th at 9:30 pm at Cubix 5.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an added treat, the film&rsquo;s premiere and several of its screenings will be attended by director Myriam El Hajj; producers Myriam Sassine and Carine Ruszniewski; Lebanese author, journalist, and human rights activist Joumana Haddad; Lebanese artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli; and MAD Solutions Co-Founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The docudrama takes place in Lebanon, where, in the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIARIES FROM LEBANON was written, directed, and co-lensed by El Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. The documentary features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and Doha Film Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora.</span>', '246920391'),
(613, '', 'Tariq Rimawi’s ZOO gets a Jury Special Mention at Baghdad Film Festival', '2024-02-15', 'ZOO Still-24.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s Jordanian animation ZOO has received a Special Mention from the Animation Films Jury at the Baghdad Film Festival &mdash; which ran from February 10th to the 14th in the Iraqi capital &mdash; marking a promising kick-off for the film in 2024 after a successful festival run last year.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the latest trophy to be added to the film&rsquo;s well-decorated shelf, with the most recent award being the Best Animation Film Award at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People and a Best Short Animation Award at the Bahrain Film Festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s other awards include the Best Short Animation Award at the Tangier, Beirut Shorts, and Shorty Week international film festivals.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO world premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival and held its European premiere at the XXIV International Festival Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci &mdash; where it won the Giuseppe Maestri Prize for Best Animation &mdash; and was featured at the Short Film Corner of Cannes.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animated short then went on to screen at over 20 international film festivals, including the Lebanon Short Film &mdash; where it won the Tripoli Best Animation Award &mdash; Lady Filmmakers, Sharjah Children&rsquo;s, Ismailia Short and Documentary, and Toronto&rsquo;s Palestinian international film festivals.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and edited by Tariq Rimawi, the film is produced by Moritz Mayerhofer and Aminah Abdat of StudioNICE Creative, was supported by Jordan&rsquo;s Royal Film Commission, and received a co-production prize from the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tariq Rimawi is an independent Jordanian animated film director, scriptwriter, and academic whose films have received regional and international awards and have been screened at over 200 international film festivals. His filmography includes SURPRISE, GROWING, and MISSING.&nbsp;</span>', '1067450944'),
(614, '', 'MAD Solutions triumphs at 2024 Baghdad Film Festival with 3 victorious titles', '2024-02-15', 'mad-three-films-wins-on1502.jpg', 'Bringing the magic of cinema to the heart of Iraq, MAD Solutions proudly announces its triumphant showcase at the 2024 Baghdad Film Festival, where three captivating titles from its distribution slate enthralled audiences and claimed awards in different categories.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Among the winners stands Mohamed Kordofani\'s multiple-award-winning debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA, which clinched the Best Feature Film Award; Amr Gamal\'s&nbsp;THE BURDENED, celebrated for its exceptional cinematography by Mirnal Desai and securing the Best Cinematography Award; and Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY, honored with the festival&rsquo;s Jury Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s extensive list of accomplishments includes screening at 25 international film festivals and award ceremonies &mdash; including the BFI London Film Festival, Septimius Awards, Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, and Chicago International Film Festival &mdash; and collecting more than 20 awards, starting with the coveted Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize and ending with the Cinema for Humanity Audience Award and Variety Magazine\'s MENA Talent of the Year for director Kordofani at the El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Sudanese drama was also the country&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA follows Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage wracked by guilt after covering up a murder who tries to make amends by taking in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Amjad Al-Rasheed\'s&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;follows the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film screened at several prestigious film festivals, including the Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, and Sydney international film festivals, garnering widespread acclaim throughout.\r<br/>It is also the first Jordanian film to be selected to feature at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week, where it held a historic world premiere and won a Rail d&rsquo;Or for Best Feature Film and the Gan Foundation Award. Additionally, it was the country&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As for Amr Gamal\'s&nbsp;THE BURDENED, it is the first Yemeni film to play in the official selection of the Berlinale and just celebrated its Arab World premiere at the Baghdad Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on true events that took place in Aden around 2019, the film follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country\'s economic crisis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions in order to survive.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following a triumphant world premiere at the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Section, where it won the Amnesty International Film Award and the second place Audience Award, THE BURDENED went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals and win numerous awards, including the Best Screenplay Award at Durban, Best Directing and Best Screenplay Jury Awards at Valencia, a Special Jury Award for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival, and Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.', '1391840081'),
(615, '', 'IN THE WAITING ROOM to hold its world premiere at Dublin Int’l Festival', '2024-02-22', 'in-hte-waiting-room.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moatasem Taha\'s compelling film IN THE WAITING ROOM is poised to captivate audiences when it holds its highly anticipated world premiere at the esteemed Dublin International Film Festival in Ireland, which is running from February 22nd to March 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to screen on Monday, February 26th, at 3:30 pm, as part of the festival\'s Short Program 1, offering a unique opportunity for audiences. It will also be attended by the film&rsquo;s promising director, Moatasem Taha.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IN THE WAITING ROOM follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Moatasem Taha, IN THE WAITING ROOM &mdash; which is produced by Thekra Makalda and Mohammed Ibraheem &mdash; stars Marleen Bajjali, Jalal Masarwa, Drora Coren, Bayan Daher, and Maria Toama. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taha, a Palestinian filmmaker, graduated from the Cinema and Photography Program at Wizo College in Haifa, where he honed his craft. His first project was a documentary titled BURN, introducing him to the world of filmmaking.</span>', '1585437227'),
(616, '', 'Four MAD Shorts to compete at the Ibiza Independent Film Festival', '2024-02-22', 'Ibiza-Independent-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pan-Arab film distribution and sales giant MAD Solutions is sending four short films from its impressive distribution slate to compete in the International Shorts Program of the upcoming Ibiza Independent Film Festival &ndash; IbizaCineFest, which is set to take place on the Spanish island from February 23rd to March 3rd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD shorts lineup includes Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s BUZZ, Hamza Atifi&rsquo;s PHONEBREAKER, and Moatasem Taha&rsquo;s IN THE WAITING ROOM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films will be screening and competing as part of the festival&rsquo;s International Shorts Program at the following showtimes: Wednesday, February 28th at 7 pm; Thursday, February 29th at 5 pm; and Friday, February March 1st at 5 pm. All screening timings follow the Central European Time (CET)/(GMT +1).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First in the MAD Shorts lineup is Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY. Along with touring several international film festivals, the film recently had its Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival, where it won a Silver Star.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic thriller &mdash; which is also one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes Section &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s Sudanese short BUZZ, which world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival, and follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality as her health deteriorates.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUZZ screened at the Cairo Short Film, Casablanca Arab, Toronto Arab, New York African, Amman, Bahrain, and Muslim film festivals. It also recently screened at the Arab Digital Expression Foundation and the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Hamza Atifi&rsquo;s Moroccan short PHONEBREAKER, the film recently won the Jury Prize at the 7th Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique, as well as a Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the Hoceima Film Festival. It also screened at the National Film Festival in Tangier.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHONEBREAKER explores the story of Jalil &mdash; a washed-up employee who, in order to avenge his mother and clear his neighborhood of the incessant ringing of phones, becomes the &lsquo;Phone Breaker&rsquo; and leads a ruthless vendetta against the telecommunications industry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its thought-provoking narrative, the film sheds light on the potential dangers of technological dominance and delves into the darker side of hyper-connectivity, challenging the notion that smartphones only bring convenience and exploring the consequences of our increasing reliance on technology.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last in the lineup is Moatasem Taha\'s Palestinian short IN THE WAITING ROOM world premiered at Dublin International Film Festival, which follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span>', '88125851'),
(617, '', 'Amr Gamal’s THE BURDENED to hold its Arab World premiere at Baghdad Film Festival', '2024-02-22', 'The-Burdened-5.jpg', 'The Brilliant Yemeni drama THE BURDENED &mdash; which was Yemen&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards &mdash; will be holding its Arab World premiere at the Baghdad Film Festival (February 10th to the 14th) with the film&rsquo;s cast and crew in attendance.\r<br/>Based on true events that took place in Aden around 2019, the film follows the struggles of a married couple and their three children after both husband and wife lose their jobs as a result of the country\'s economic crisis.\r<br/>After the mother discovers she is carrying a fourth child, the beleaguered parents try to get an abortion despite their community\'s conservative stance, forcing the family to make tough decisions in order to survive.\r<br/>After a triumphant world premiere at the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Section, becoming the first ever Yemeni film to be officially selected at the German festival, where it went on to win the Amnesty International Film Award and the second place Audience Award, THE BURDENED went on to screen at several prestigious film festivals and win numerous awards, including the Best Screenplay Award at Durban, the Best Directing and Best Screenplay Jury Awards at Valencia, a Special Jury Award for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival, and the Gold Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.\r<br/>The film has also had quite the busy festival tour so far, screening at festivals such as the Shanghai, Sydney, Beijing, Golden Apricot Yerevan, Cairo, Zurich, War On Screen, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Rio de Janeiro, and Bergen film festivals, alongside competing at the Septimius Awards.\r<br/>Additionally, it has received many positive reviews from Screen Daily, the Film Verdict, the Moveable Fest, Film Companion, Critic\'s Notebook, and Independent Arabia, with Basma ElMahdy of New Lines Magazine saying, &ldquo;(Amr Gamal&rsquo;s) portrayal of Esraa and Ahmed&rsquo;s struggles to keep a roof over their three children&rsquo;s heads serves as a stark reminder of the power of cinema to convey the intimate complexities of everyday life of civilians under a war.&rdquo;\r<br/>The Burdened was directed and co-written by Amr Gamal alongside Mazen Refaat, lensed by Mrinal Desai, edited by Heba Othman, and co-produced by Amjad Abu Alala of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; Sudan\'s first ever Academy Award submission.\r<br/>The film also stars Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, and Awsam Abdulrahman.\r<br/>Amr Gamal is an independent Yemeni film and theater director born in Poland in 1983.\r<br/>In the spring of 2018, production began for his first feature film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. The film premiered in Aden in the summer, becoming the first film to open commercially in Yemen in three decades. The film then continued screening for over eight months and was Yemen\'s official submission to the Oscars in 2018.', '106211064'),
(618, '', 'Daniela Stephhan’s THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT to compete at Finland’s Tampere Film Festival', '2024-02-27', 'the-sun-sets-on-beirut.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After making waves on the festival circuit and picking up four awards, Tripoli&rsquo;s festival opener, THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT by Daniela Stephan, is set to compete in Finland&rsquo;s 54th Tampere Film Festival (March 6th-10th) which is one of the Oscar&reg;, BAFTA and EFA qualifying film festivals as well as one of the three largest short film festivals in Europe alongside Clermont-Ferrand (France) and Oberhausen (Germany).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to screen twice as part of the festival&rsquo;s Animal Factor International Competition, once on Wednesday, March 6th, at 3 pm at Cine Atlas 1, and again at 2:30 pm on the following day at Cine Atlas 4.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helmed by director Daniela Stephan, who won Best Female Director at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival for her short film MUMMY BLUE, and produced by BAFTA Connect member Yuenho Sung as well as </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fayez Abou Khater</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reflects on the unprecedented non-nuclear explosion that took place in the heart of Beirut, delving into the profound impact on a generation adrift in the post-war period while featuring universal themes like loss of identity, grief, and belonging.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mounia searches for her lost cat among the ruins of the Beirut 2020 port explosion. Joined by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they navigate the remnants of their city on a quest to recover what\'s been lost.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT world premiered at </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InterFilm Berlin and has</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> already screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals, winning four awards, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Student Film at the Olhares do Mediterraneo International Women\'s Film Festival, Grand Prize and Jury Special Mention at Les Nuits Mediterraneennes du Court M&eacute;trage, and the Audience Vote Award at the Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides Lebanese actress and singer Marilyn Naaman, who starred in France&rsquo;s THE VOICE in 2023 and headlined the feature film MOTHER VALLEY, for which she won Best Actress at the Amman International Film Festival, the cast includes </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pio Chihane, Jo McGarry and Salma Chalaby.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD Solutions handling worldwide distribution, the film is a joint production between Lebanon and the UK, involving production companies </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Film School and Sky Lantern Productions, and captured by Fatma Racha Shehadeh&rsquo;s camera.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniela Stephan is an accomplished writer-director and editor born in Beirut, Lebanon whose narratives embody a strong rebel voice, consistently probing into themes of identity, intergenerational trauma, and the socio-political challenges confronting her hometown, Beirut. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guided by her unique vision and unparalleled creativity, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">she continues to explore and question the world around her through drama and a pinch of absurdity.</span>', '1082777263'),
(619, '', 'MAD Solutions’ MAR MAMA, THE LAST WINTER to feature at Ismailia Int’l Film Festival', '2024-02-28', '00abaf4c-ebf2-4464-bbe2-7544c7a21102.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab World&rsquo;s most prolific film distributor MAD Solutions is sending two short flicks &mdash; Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s MAR MAMA and Hayder Dawood&rsquo;s THE LAST WINTER to the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, which will take place from February 28th to March 5th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAR MAMA is set to hold its captivating MENA premiere as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition, while THE LAST WINTER will be competing in the Short Documentary Category.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s MAR MAMA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a deeply personal and emotional exploration of the struggles faced by parents in war zones as they try to protect their children\'s well-being.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which world-premiered at Ireland&rsquo;s Indie Cork Festival, delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death. As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes; she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, THE LAST WINTER &mdash; which held its world premiere at the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival &mdash; offers a lighthearted yet earnest critique of the artistic struggle and the broader challenges encountered within the Saudi and global film industry.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Mohsen Ahmed, Hayder Dawood, Daniel Vasilca, and Alina Vasilca, THE LAST WINTER follows Mohsen, who returns to visit his friend Hayder four years after his initial journey to Sweden while being filled with a deep longing for their shared homeland of Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they navigate through Hayder&rsquo;s final winter there, their friendship grows stronger, becoming a source of support and comfort amid a backdrop of longing and change.</span>', '704391034'),
(620, '', 'DIARIES FROM LEBANON enjoying rave reviews across the board', '2024-03-01', 'DFLpost screen.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In the beginning, I didn&rsquo;t know the country was collapsing. I understood that only later. What I knew was that I was making a film about three characters, out of which at least two &mdash; the women &mdash; are fighting to survive and to make a change, and they keep on dreaming about this change. That&rsquo;s the strength of the film,&rdquo; said Myriam El Hajj in an interview with Cineuropa about her latest critical hit, DIARIES FROM LEBANON.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The docudrama generated quite the buzz recently, getting high applause from regional and international news outlets and prompting readers and movie enthusiasts to eagerly await the next chapter of its festival after its resoundingly successful world premiere at the Panorama Section of the Berlin International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the international level, critics were very impressed and captivated by El Hajj&rsquo;s compelling and brilliant presentation of the current state of affairs in Lebanon. Suffice it to say that renowned film critic Jay Wissberg</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described the film as &ldquo;a defiant documentary tracing the country&rsquo;s ups and downs since 2018.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Marc van de Klashorst of the International Cinephile Society called it &ldquo;raw and honest,&rdquo; while Gabriele Ottaviani from Convenzionali recommended it to all readers and said it was &ldquo;not to be missed for any reason.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another front, regional news outlets were also quick to discuss the documentary with a noticeable fervor, with Egypt&rsquo;s Al Qahera News posting an interview with the director in which they peeled back the film&rsquo;s many layers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;There are many messages DIARIES OF LEBANON is trying to get across, the most notable of which is the dream of change and holding on to our dreams no matter how difficult the circumstances are,&rdquo; El Hajj said in the interview.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting its festival tour with a bang, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam El Hajj&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIARIES FROM LEBANON gained tremendous popularity throughout its screenings as part of the Panorama Section of the recently concluded 74th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), receiving largely favorable reviews and captivating audiences with its compelling narrative and visually striking aesthetics.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boasting several standing ovations and five full-house screenings, the film received high praise from the festival&rsquo;s attendees, who were only too eager to engage in the post-screening Q&amp;A sessions and express how much they loved the documentary&rsquo;s organic storytelling and emotional resonance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building on its impressive success at the Berlinale, DIARIES FROM LEBANON is slated to screen at further upcoming festivals soon.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The docudrama takes place in Lebanon, where, in the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIARIES FROM LEBANON was written, directed, and co-lensed by El Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. The documentary features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and Doha Film Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat - Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab World and the diaspora.</span>', '1122188807'),
(621, '', 'Lady of Nazareth School Graduates Club to hold special screening of Hanadi Elyan’s SALMA’S HOME at Jordan’s Rainbow Theater', '2024-03-04', 'SH_6.6_MAD.00_13_06_17.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a joint celebration of both International Women\'s Day and Mother&rsquo;s Day, Jordan&rsquo;s Lady of Nazareth School Graduates Club will be holding a special screening of Hanadi Elyan&rsquo;s Jordanian drama SALMA&rsquo;S HOME at the Rainbow Theater in Amman.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support Jordanian cinema and introduce the club&rsquo;s graduates to Jordanian film and its development over the years, the film will screen on Tuesday, March 5th, at 7 pm, with veteran Jordanian actress Juliet Awwad attending as a special guest.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which World premiered at the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival, where it snagged a Global Vision Award for Best Feature Film &mdash; has also been released at Jordan&rsquo;s Taj Cinemas and is available to stream on Netflix.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, SALMA&rsquo;S HOME screened at the Atlanta, Malm&ouml; Arab, Heartland International, and Boston Palestine film festivals. It also screened at the Arab Film Festival at the Arab American National Museum and the Austin Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was lauded by Israa Radaydeh of Jordan News as &ldquo;one of those films that makes you laugh, cry, and learn &mdash; how to love and cherish family and count your blessings,&rdquo; and by Emilie Black of Cinema Crazed, who called it &ldquo;a carefully crafted drama that feels like home.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows three Arab women living in modern-day Jordan who must put their differences aside and work together.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherein, after Bakri&rsquo;s passing, his ex-wife, daughter, and new wife are shocked to find out that the only way they can guarantee their share of the inheritance is to live together under one roof.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, edited, and directed by Hanadi Elyan, the film was lensed by Marcus Patterson and produced by Nathan Bennett of Reel LA Productions with Arab World sales handled by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars veteran Jordanian actress Juliet Awwad, alongside beloved British Jordanian actresses Rania Kurdi and Sameera Asir, as well as Firas Taybeh and Waleed Jizawi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer and director Hanadi Elyan is a Jordanian Palestinian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elyan started her film career in Jordan, then she moved to Dubai and established Reel Arab Productions. Later, she moved to Los Angeles after being selected for a full-ride scholarship and completed her MFA in Film Production and Directing from UCLA.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, she&rsquo;s won numerous awards for her work, including the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial Award, Special Jury Award at the Tangiers Film Festival for MARIAM\'S CHANCE, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy, and UCLA Directors&rsquo; Spotlight Award.</span>', '2000088587'),
(622, '', 'Jordanian Oscar Entry INSHALLAH A BOY to release in French cinemas on March 6th', '2024-03-05', '19118a18d4fcab3df61dbc41972e4444.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first-ever Jordanian feature film to be selected for Cannes and the country&rsquo;s entry to the Oscars INSHALLAH A BOY by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amjad Al-Rasheed is gearing up for its highly anticipated release in French cinemas on Wednesday, March 6th, fresh off scoring its 12th award from the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a historic world premiere at Cannes, where it won two prestigious awards &mdash; the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail D\'Or Award for Best Feature Film &mdash; this cinematic gem from Al-Rasheed went on an award-winning spree, wowing audiences and bagging over a dozen awards during its highly successful festival tour.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most recent of these awards is the Best Performance Award from the Red Sea International Film Festival, the Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Award from the Mystic Film Festival, the Best Performance from the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Golden Frog for Best Directorial Debut at the esteemed Camerimage IFF in Poland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, during its tour of over 30 film festivals, the film has generated a huge buzz and gotten rave reviews from prominent international and local critics from A-list media publications like Screen Daily, the New York Times, Variety, Al Jazeera, and Independent Arabia, all of whom praised its compelling narrative, masterful direction, and exceptional performances, establishing it as a standout cinematic masterpiece across Jordan&rsquo;s nascent film industry.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among these reviews on the international stage is one from Variety&rsquo;s Jessica Kiang, who started her article with a strong headline: &lsquo;A Gripping Social Drama About Systemic Oppression That Morphs into a Masterful Thriller.&rsquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Tara Judah of Screen Daily praised the impressive work of cinematographer Kanam&eacute; Onoyama, commending him on his deft &ldquo;use of scope and framing to maintain the intimacy of the story,&rdquo; and Lisa Kennedy of the New York Times described it as &ldquo;tense and accomplished directorial debut.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On another front, the film received similar love and attention from regional news outlets, with Iman Mohamed from Al Jazeera writing about how its &ldquo;scenes inspired by reality conveyed the brilliance of their creators,&rdquo; and Howaida Hamdy of Al Rasseef News discussing how &ldquo;the film explodes like gunpowder in a conservative society, and boldly addresses what some consider taboo.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY tells the story of the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama; edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez; sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of distributing it all over the Arab world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Rula Nasser, she is an independent Jordanian producer with extensive experience in different aspects of the production of commercials, TV series, and low-budget films, all the way to big-budget studio films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kicked off her career working on projects with the BBC and Discovery and then worked for five years with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission before founding The Imaginarium Films in 2011. Since then the company&rsquo;s productions have been selected for all manner of prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Toronto. </span>', '1092457869'),
(623, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA claims top honors at Ibiza Film Festival', '2024-03-06', '2K0A0307.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a continuation of its remarkable success journey, Mohamed Kordofani\'s captivating Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA just clinched two awards at the recently concluded Ibiza International Film Festival &mdash; a Distribution Award and the Critics Award &mdash; further solidifying its position as an outstanding work of art.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multiple-award-winning film has also been gracing more esteemed international film festivals recently as part of its prolonged festival tour, leaving audiences in awe and captivating hearts and minds at the Baghdad, Pune, Dublin, and Luxor &mdash; where it won Best Film &mdash; international film festivals. Moreover, the film will soon screen at the Hebden Bridge Picture House on Friday, March 15th, at 3:20 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA mesmerized audiences at 25 international film festivals and award ceremonies, including the BFI London Film Festival, Septimius Awards, Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, and Chicago International Film Festival, and was Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout this long journey on the road, the film amassed 25 awards, starting with the coveted Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize and including several Best Film prizes. Director Korodofani also recently won Variety Magazine\'s MENA Talent of the Year at the sixth El Gouna Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage wracked by guilt after covering up a murder who tries to make amends by taking in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED; and executive produced by the Marvel-famous star Lupita Nyong\'o.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower), while MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '564671372'),
(624, '', 'Majdi El-Omari’s MAR MAMA wins Best Fiction Short at Ismailia Int’l Film Festival', '2024-03-07', 'mar-mama-2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s short drama flick MAR MAMA took home the Best Fiction Short Award of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, which took place from February 28th to March 5th, where it held its MENA premiere as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAR MAMA&rsquo;s Majdi El-Omari shared an emotional statement for receiving the award. &ldquo;I was greatly pleased when I got the news, especially that the Ismailia Film Festival holds a special place in my heart as the first event I participated in as a director after graduation&hellip; I feel immense happiness for MAR MAMA and everyone who worked on it, as well as having the opportunity to showcase my film for an audience that&rsquo;s exceptionally dear to my heart.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which world-premiered at Ireland&rsquo;s Indie Cork Festival, delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death. As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes; she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s production is a collaboration between Marsam 301 and Phoenix Films, with support from the Palestinian Ministry of Culture through the Palestinian Cultural Fund and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by El-Omari, MAR MAMA is distributed by MAD Solutions worldwide and features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, and Lana Abu Srour.</span>', '2079899007');
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(625, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA claims 3 top honors at Ibiza Film Festival, raises tally to 8 audience awards', '2024-03-07', 'goodbye-julia06.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a continuation of its remarkable success journey, Mohamed Kordofani\'s captivating Sudanese drama GOODBYE JULIA just clinched three awards at the recently concluded Ibiza International Film Festival &mdash; a Distribution Award, the Critics Award, and the Audience Award &mdash; further solidifying its position as an outstanding work of art and raising its tally to 27 awards, eight of which are audience awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multiple-award-winning film has also been gracing more esteemed international film festivals recently as part of its prolonged festival tour, leaving audiences in awe and captivating hearts and minds at the Baghdad, Pune, Dublin, and Luxor &mdash; where it won Best Film &mdash; international film festivals. Moreover, the film will soon screen at the Hebden Bridge Picture House on Friday, March 15th, at 3:20 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA mesmerized audiences at 25 international film festivals and award ceremonies, including the BFI London Film Festival, Septimius Awards, Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, and Chicago International Film Festival, and was Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout this long journey on the road, the film amassed 25 awards, starting with the coveted Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize and including several Best Film prizes. Director Korodofani also recently won Variety Magazine\'s MENA Talent of the Year at the sixth El Gouna Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage wracked by guilt after covering up a murder who tries to make amends by taking in the deceased&rsquo;s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED; and executive produced by the Marvel-famous star Lupita Nyong\'o.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower), while MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '1030354047'),
(626, '', 'Goodbye Julia delights audiences, gears up for exclusive Zawya screening ', '2023-10-26', 'Goodbye Julia at  Zawya screening.jpg', 'Since its release in Egyptian theaters on October 25th, Mohamed Kordofani\'s highly-decorated and acclaimed Sudanese drama&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">GOODBYE</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">JULIA</span>&nbsp;has achieved resounding success, drawing eager&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">audiences</span>&nbsp;to packed screenings across the first phase of its commercial release.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Initially&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">screening</span>&nbsp;in 12 cinemas across the Greater Cairo Area and Alexandria, the film is launching in seven more venues, expanding to the Red Sea city of Gouna and El-Gharbiya&rsquo;s Tanta.\r<br/><span class=\"il\">GOODBYE</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">JULIA</span>&nbsp;is now available to watch at Cairo Festival City, Golf El-Obour, October Plaza, VOX Cinemas Mall of Egypt, Zamalek Cinema (Tuesday 7 pm), Point 90,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Zawya</span>, Galaxy Manial, Rehab, Madinaty, Cinema Amir, Sea Cinema El Gouna, Americana Plaza - Zayed, El Haram Cinema, Scene Cinema, Sea Cinema Arabella, Galaxy Cineplex El Maadi, Renaissance Metro Cinema, and Mall of Tanta&rsquo;s Galaxy Cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Be sure to check these venues&rsquo; websites for the film&rsquo;s showtimes.\r<br/>In other news, the film is also scheduled for a special&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">screening</span>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Zawya</span>&nbsp;on Saturday, October 28th, at 7 pm that will be followed by a captivating Q&amp;A session with director Mohamed Kordofani, producers Amjad Abu Alala and Mohamed Al-Omda, as well as talented actors Eiman Yousif and Nazar Goma.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most recently, the laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize was named as Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The film also just won Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack as well.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">GOODBYE</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">JULIA</span>&nbsp;was featured at the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Performing admirably in the cinematic zeitgeist, the film garnered rave reviews after its premiere, with Screen Daily praising the film saying: &ldquo;Kordofani proves that it is possible to bear witness to history in a place rarely depicted on screen,&rdquo; while Hollywood Reporter described the film as &ldquo;an operatic drama that nimbly tackles the story of a fractured Sudan.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span class=\"il\">GOODBYE</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">JULIA</span>&nbsp;stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A true example of Arab-European collaboration, the film is also co-produced by Baho Bakhsh and Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films), Michael Henrichs (Die Gesellschaft), Khaled Awad and Mohamed Kordofani (Klozium Studios), Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita), Faisal Baltyuor (Cinewaves Films), Ali El-Arabi (Ambient Light), Adham El-Sherif (CULT), and Issraa Elkogali H&auml;ggstr&ouml;m (RiverFlower). Additionally, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously,&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">GOODBYE</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">JULIA</span>&nbsp;won MAD Solutions&rsquo; Grant Award at the CineGouna SpringBoard that was held at the fourth El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film Project in the Development Phase ($15,000), a certificate from the El Gouna Cinema Platform, a Mentorship Prize from the IEFTA, and the New Century Prize ($10,000).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It also won the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s award for Best Project In Development and received financial support from Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Red Sea Fund, the Paris Region, ARRI, and Film und Medienstiftung NRW.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.\r<br/><p align=\"right\">&nbsp;', '266202433'),
(627, '', 'FORSAKEN  to compete at Ghent Int’l Short Film Festival', '2024-03-18', 'forsaken-poster.jpg', 'Acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Aziz Shennawy\'s latest work, the compelling drama&nbsp;FORSAKEN, is poised to hold a screening at the esteemed Ghent International Short Film Festival, which will run from March 18th to 24th in Belgium.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The eagerly anticipated film is scheduled for Monday, March 18th at 8 pm, promising to captivate audiences with its evocative storytelling and powerful performances.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>FORSAKEN&nbsp;follows the captivating journey of Meriem &mdash; a 30-year-old woman who embarks on a vacation only to stumble upon the lifeless body of a Sub-Saharan African man right in front of her balcony. Upon discovering the victim\'s identity, Meriem is faced with a conundrum.\r<br/>The film sheds light on the discrimination faced by Sub-Saharan immigrants in Tunisia, exploring the complex dynamics between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by the talented Aziz Shennawy, who&rsquo;s known for his award-winning film KORRINTY &mdash; which received the Award of Merit at the Global Shorts in Los Angeles &mdash; the film is headlined by Tunisian superstar Kmar Ben Soltane, who is renowned for her outstanding performances in Emna Najjar\'s WALTZ OF THE DAWN and the highly successful 2018 Ramadan series CHOUERREB 1.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Creating a visually stunning experience, FORSAKEN is shot by cinematographer Hatem Nechi, who is celebrated for his work on Tunisia\'s first horror movie DACHRA, and is produced by Tarek Marouani under the prestigious banner of Genuine for Films and Entertainment, with MAD Solutions handling distribution worldwide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director Aziz Shennawy\'s dedication to his craft is evident in his extensive educational background and global acclaim. He gained international recognition for his award-winning short film KORRINTY, which was produced by Hypnos Pictures.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Currently, Aziz is in the midst of preparations for his debut feature-length film, which is scheduled for production in 2024 and will be made in partnership with Genuine for Films and Entertainment.', '596714234'),
(628, '', 'DIARIES FROM LEBANON  world premieres at 74th Berlinale to warm reception', '2024-02-20', 'DIARIES FROM LEBANON-at-berlinal.jpg', '<span class=\"il\">Myriam</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">El</span>&nbsp;Hajj&rsquo;s Lebanese feature-length documentary&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">DIARIES</span>&nbsp;FROM&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">LEBANON</span>&nbsp;recently held its&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">world</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">premiere</span>&nbsp;at the Panorama Section of the&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Berlin</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">International</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Film</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Festival</span>&nbsp;(Berlinale), where it was received with warm praise and&nbsp;a standing ovation from the audiences, celebrities, and media personnel in attendance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">premiere</span>&nbsp;was also attended by director&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Myriam</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">El</span>&nbsp;Hajj; producers&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Myriam</span>&nbsp;Sassine and Carine Ruszniewski; Lebanese author, journalist, and human rights activist Joumana Haddad; Lebanese artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli; and Co-Founders of the worldwide sales agent MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">film</span>&nbsp;received several stellar reviews from several critics and media personnel after its&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">premiere</span>, with Malik Berkati of J:mag Switzerland saying, &ldquo;Despite the limited resources and filming challenges, the&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">film</span>&nbsp;manages to portray, in a very organic and well-embodied way, the despair of a young generation and those who want to change the system.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Mahari Seghid of African Refugees News lauded the documentary for being &ldquo;very useful to understand the real socio-political situation in&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Lebanon</span>, or in this case Beirut.&rdquo;\r<br/>Finally, Lida Bach of MovieBreak praised the&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">film</span>&nbsp;for its &ldquo;threefold focus on different persons, each with a different emotional connection to the ongoing protests [which] made for an unusual but therefore all the more interesting perspective, foreshadowing the repetition of the past in an uncertain future.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The docudrama takes place in&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Lebanon</span>, where, in the form of&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">diaries</span>, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">world</span>&nbsp;around us is collapsing?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span class=\"il\">DIARIES</span>&nbsp;FROM&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">LEBANON</span>&nbsp;was written, directed, and co-lensed by&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">El</span>&nbsp;Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. The documentary features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span class=\"il\">Myriam</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">El</span>&nbsp;Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;<span class=\"il\">el</span>-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">international</span>&nbsp;festivals, winning multiple awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">film</span>&nbsp;commissions, including the CNC and Doha&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Film</span>&nbsp;Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Film</span>&nbsp;&mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">world</span>&nbsp;and the diaspora.', '1953011081'),
(629, '', 'Amal Al-Agroobi’s LADIES COFFEE to be screened at the Arab Women Artists Now Film Festival', '2024-03-24', '1.22.1_1.22.1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Al-Agroobi&rsquo;s Arab short film LADIES COFFEE will hold a screening at the Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Film Festival on Sunday, March 24th at 4:15 pm at The Garden Cinema in London followed by a Q&amp;A with the director.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The horror film&rsquo;s events start when Roula invites Zeina and her daughter Reem over for an Arabic coffee matinee. When young Reem is encouraged to participate in a coffee cup reading ritual, she gets more than she bargained for.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In true Lovecraftian fashion, the ritual goes awry &ndash; she can no longer unsee what she now sees; she can no longer unhear what she now hears, and things will never be the same again.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LADIES COFFEE is written and directed by Amal Al-Agroobi and stars Faten Omary, Amira Al-Shanti, renowned British-Jordanian actress Rania Kurdi, and Hugh Meyer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by Isabella Speaight of Backscatter Productions and co-produced by Catherine White of Kusini Productions. It was also lensed by Beatriz Delgado Mena and co-edited by Will Fletcher and Shawn Briggs, with Stefania Fantini handling sound mixing and Simon Porter providing its musical score. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions is handling the film&rsquo;s Arab World sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal Al-Agroobi is a London-based Arab filmmaker who initially came from a scientific background, getting a BSc in biomedical sciences and an MSc in neurosciences and working in a lab and hospital before joining the film industry.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her film career began in 2012 when her short documentary HALF EMIRATI premiered at the Dubai Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She followed that up in 2013 with a feature documentary about autism, disability, and special needs in the Middle East titled &lsquo;THE BRAIN THAT SINGS,&rsquo; which won the People&rsquo;s Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival and went on to change government legislation in the UAE, creating positive social impact for special needs children in education.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal was also one of only a handful of filmmakers from the UAE to have ever made a feature-length film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amal&rsquo;s passion lies predominantly in social, character-driven stories that discuss identity and social injustice.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She went on to explore these themes in her films UNDER THE HAT, VANISH IN SMOKE &mdash; a science fictional piece that contained themes of sexual abuse and pedophilia &mdash; and THE PROTOCOL, another sci-fi film about family feuds, succession, and inheritance; the latter two were made for the 48-hour film challenge and sci-fi London fest. She continues to make feature films as well as television series and documentaries.</span>', '1366998762'),
(630, '', 'MAD Solutions wins two awards at 2nd Ghent International Short Film Festival ', '2024-03-27', 'mad-films-wins two awards at 2nd Ghen-isff.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions concludes March on a triumphant note with two of its short films &mdash; FORSAKEN and THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY &mdash; winning two prestigious awards at the highly esteemed second edition of the Ghent International Short Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winning films were announced last Sunday at the closing ceremony, with FORSAKEN receiving Best Narrative Film and THE RED SEA MAKE ME WANNA CRY clinching the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by the talented Aziz Shennawy, who&rsquo;s known for his award-winning film KORRINTY &mdash; which received the Award of Merit at the Global Shorts in Los Angeles &mdash; FORSAKEN is headlined by Tunisian superstar Kmar Ben Soltane, who is renowned for her outstanding performances in Emna Najjar\'s WALTZ OF THE DAWN and the highly successful 2018 Ramadan series CHOUERREB 1.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the captivating journey of Meriem &mdash; a 30-year-old woman who embarks on a vacation only to stumble upon the lifeless body of a Sub-Saharan African man right in front of her balcony. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon discovering the victim\'s identity, Meriem is faced with a conundrum.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FORSAKEN sheds light on the discrimination faced by Sub-Saharan immigrants in Tunisia, exploring the complex dynamics between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, has recently taken home the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star for Short Films during its successful festival tour that included stops at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deutsche Kurzfilmpreis, Florence Short, Dublin, and Ibiza Independent film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The romantic thriller &mdash; which is also </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, German actress Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin and Anwar Khalil, the short film was produced by top German film school Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>', '724857026'),
(632, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 3 films at France’s Aflam Festival', '2024-04-17', 'mad-films-at-France-s-Aflam-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; is sending three short titles from its distribution slate to the 2024 edition of the Aflam Festival in Marseille, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scheduled to take place from April 13th to the 20th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes KILLING BAGHEERA, IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS, and THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading the charge in the MAD lineup is Muschirf Shekh Zeyn\'s multiple-award-winning movie KILLING BAGHEERA, which will be screened on April 17th at 5 pm during the festival\'s Short Film Session 1.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film follows Alan and Bekes, who find in their attempts to enter Europe as refugees that their journey is fraught with dangers and challenges that will put their friendship to the test.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which follows the poetic story of Raed, a security guard stationed at a waterfront construction site in Beirut, Lebanon. Raed must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline, leading him on an odd path to exist amidst unfulfilled dreams.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled for two screenings &mdash; the first on April 19th at 9 am as part of the festival Roaming the Region Program, and the second on the same day at 2 pm as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Session 2,&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna\'s THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Yanis &mdash; a young Kabyle man &mdash; who is leaving for Paris. To tie up some loose ends, he goes to the nearby village, where he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie will be featured on </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 20th</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 12 pm as part of the festival\'s Short Film Session 3.</span>', '64279620'),
(633, '', 'Saudi short films MATCHSTICK and LAILA to release commercially in the welcoming big screen of their home', '2024-04-18', 'Saudi-short-films-MATCHSTICK-and-LAILA-to-release-commercially.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two remarkable Saudi short films &mdash; Salma Murad\'s MATCHSTICK and Zakaria Al-Bashir&rsquo;s LAILA &mdash; are set to captivate Saudi audiences when they hit Hayy Cinema in Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Jeddah, courtesy of MAD Solutions, which is managing their distribution in the Arab World.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets for the screenings are available to purchase through Hayy Cinema official website: </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.hayycinema.org/movie/laila-matchstick-2022\">https://www.hayycinema.org/movie/laila-matchstick-2022</a></span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both MATCHSTICK and LAILA &mdash; the latter of which will be making their commercial debut in the kingdom &mdash; offer a unique and insightful portrayal of the profound impact of mental illness on individuals and showcase the talent and originality of Saudi filmmakers who play a vital role in expanding and enriching the cinematic landscape of the country.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both movies will be screened together on April 18th and will be followed by a lively Q&amp;A session with their respective filmmakers to discuss the inspiration and making of the shorts. The films will then screen again on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 25th, and 26th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MATCHSTICK, produced by The Orange Attitude, already made waves in the film festival circuit last year, receiving the prestigious Best First Work Award and a cash prize of SAR 30,000 at the Saudi Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, it world premiered at the Red Sea International Festival&rsquo;s New Cinema/New Saudi Section and went on to screen at numerous film festivals, including the Cyprus, Djerba, and Bahrain film festivals.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Salma Murad and starring Naif Al-Daferi and Nawwaf Al-Daferi, the psychological drama delves into the story of Osama &mdash; a young man entangled in a conflict between his emotions and memories.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, LAILA is a compelling Saudi-Somali production that explores the challenges faced by a married woman named Laila. This 16-minute drama takes viewers on a journey through Laila\'s turbulent life as she grapples with marital troubles and searches for solace within her imagination.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written with finesse by Sahar Sulaiman, Mohamed Bawarith, and Hazem Saleh, and directed by Zakaria Al-Bashir, the film stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hams Bandar, Ammar Barashir, and Retaj Abdullah</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at the Zanzibar International Film Festival, where it captivated audiences with its emotional depth and compelling performances, and was featured in the Saudi and Sharm El Sheikh film festivals.</span>', '2050259864'),
(634, '', 'Three MAD Shorts to feature at San Diego Arab Film Festival', '2024-04-19', 'Three-MAD-Shorts-to-feature-at-San-Diego.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s leading film distribution agent &mdash; is sending three films from its extensive short film slate to the San Diego Arab Film Festival, which is running from April 12th to the 21st in the US.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s mini-lineup includes Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA, Hamza Atifi&rsquo;s PHONEBREAKER, and Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s MAR MAMA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s Jordanian drama short A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA, the film has already enjoyed a successful screening on Saturday, April 13th after world premiering to a sold-out audience at the CIFF and winning the Outstanding Visual Effects for a Student Film Award at the prestigious Visual Effects Society Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Ahlam, who, fearing that her younger sister will be married off just like she was, lures Yasmin to run away with her by telling a story of a mythical sea that lies beyond the desolate desert and its mountains.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In search of this mystical sea, the two sisters journey far from their home, predetermined fate, and secluded life with their father, however, along the way, young Yasmin is forced to face her inner demons and further her understanding of the world she lives in.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA was featured at the Imedghassen Film Festival &mdash; where it snagged the Best Actress in a Leading Role Award &mdash; along with the Cleveland, Lille, Neuch&acirc;tel Fantastic, Amman, Medfest, Marrakech Short, Medfilm, Kinofest L&uuml;nen, and SIGGRAPH - Electronic Theater film festivals. It also went on to compete at the German Camera Awards and the New York Indie Shorts Awards, where it won the Best Student Short Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Academy member Murad Abu Eisheh &mdash; who directed the Student Academy Award-winning TALA&rsquo;VISION &mdash; the film stars Yasmine Nawarj, Raean Al-Masri, and Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second in the lineup is Hamza Atifi&rsquo;s Moroccan short PHONEBREAKER which is screening on Saturday, April 20th at 8:15 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently won the Jury Prize at the seventh Festival Tasmit Du Cin&eacute;ma Et De La Critique, as well as a Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the Hoceima Film Festival. It was also screened at the National Film Festival in Tangier and the Ibiza Independent Film Festival &ndash; IbizaCineFest.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHONEBREAKER explores the story of Jalil &mdash; a washed-up employee who, in order to avenge his mother and clear his neighborhood of the incessant ringing of phones, becomes the &lsquo;Phone Breaker&rsquo; and leads a ruthless vendetta against the telecommunications industry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its thought-provoking narrative, the film sheds light on the potential dangers of technological dominance and delves into the darker side of hyper-connectivity, challenging the notion that smartphones only bring convenience and exploring the consequences of our increasing reliance on technology.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Morrocan comedy was directed and written by Hamza Atifi, lensed by Sylvain Rodriguez, and edited by Fatima-Zahra Lyanboui. The film stars Aziz Hattab, Sandia Aboutajdine, Adil Abatorab, and Samia Akariou.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s short drama MAR MAMA &mdash; screening on Sunday, April 21st at 7:35 pm &mdash; recently took home the Best Fiction Short Award of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, where it held its MENA premiere as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which world-premiered at Ireland&rsquo;s Indie Cork Festival, and screened at Italy&rsquo;s Al Ard Film Festival delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes; she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, edited, and produced by El-Omari and lensed by Ashraf Dowani, MAR MAMA features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, and Lana Abu Srour.</span>', '1864910916'),
(635, '', 'Faris Alrjoob’s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY set to release on MUBI this April', '2024-04-19', 'IMG_0104.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY will be released on film streaming giant MUBI on April 20th making it the first Jordanian short film in MUBI&rsquo;s library, which is good news for cinephiles, who can now easily access the film on the platform with just a click and a small subscription fee.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on this unique partnership, MAD Solutions&rsquo; co-founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re ecstatic with our first collaboration with MUBI, the worldwide platform famous for its meticulous choices of their films&rsquo; quality. We&rsquo;re proud this collaboration starts with THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY that stole the spotlight on its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival and is also our second project with the director Faris Alrjoob.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MUBI is a global streaming platform, production company, and film distributor founded in 2007. MUBI produces and theatrically distributes films by emerging and established filmmakers, which are exclusively available on its platform.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The globally-accessed platform is not just about discovering wonderful new cinema or classic masterpieces. It&rsquo;s also about discussing and sharing these discoveries, which makes the platform view itself as a place where cinephiles can gather and talk about alternative endings, directors&rsquo; cuts, and whatever their hearts desire, because above all else, MUBI is a community of cinema lovers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY &mdash; which recently won the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award at the Ghent International Short Film Festival and the Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star for Short Films &mdash; held its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes and its Arab World premiere at Egypt&rsquo;s Gouna Film Festival last year as well as shining in numerous renowned international film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic thriller &mdash; which is one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, while Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh co-produced it. It starrs burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil. The short film was also lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel and edited by Benedikt Strick, with worldwide sales and distribution by MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance, based in Berlin, he is a graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.</span>', '1614903971'),
(636, '', 'Two MAD films to screen as part of Alliance Francaise d’Arabie Saoudite’s Francophone Film Week', '2024-04-22', 'dounia-mica.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions will be sending two feature films from its impressive distribution slate to screen at the Francophone Film Week in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh; organized by the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise d\'Arabie Saoudite, the event is set to take place from April 21st to the 23rd at Tuwaiq Garden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founded in 2010, the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise of Saudi Arabia is the official French language institute and cultural center in Saudi Arabia, with five operating branches across Saudi. The Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise\'s goal is to promote and facilitate French language learning and to build bridges between French speakers and Saudi culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The participating films are Marya Zarif and Andr&eacute; Kadi&rsquo;s DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO and Isma&euml;l Ferroukhi&rsquo;s MICA, both films will be screened on Monday, April 22nd, with the first one screening at 7 pm and the latter at 9 pm. Both films will be screened in their original languages with English subtitles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting us off is Marya Zarif and Andr&eacute; Kadi&rsquo;s Canadian-French animation DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO, which world premiered as part of the Official Competition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and has since screened at over 60 international and Arab film festivals, including the Red Sea, Marrakech, Cinemamed, Hong Kong Kids, Ajyal, Troms&oslash;, Athens, Thessaloniki, and New York Children film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also recently featured at the Arab Film Days Film Festival in Norway and received an Asia Pacific Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and a Prix Iris nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animated feature follows six-year-old Dounia, who, with a few nigella seeds delicately held in the palm of her hand, embarks on a journey from Aleppo, guided by the Princess of Aleppo, as they set off towards a new and unknown world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Marya Zarif and lensed by Marie-Michelle Laflamme, the film stars Rachaf Ataya, Elsa Mardorissian, Manuel Tadros, and Ra&iuml;a Haidar as voice actors. The film was produced by Judith Beauregard of Tobo Studio.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Isma&euml;l Ferroukhi&rsquo;s French-Morrocan drama MICA &mdash; which was nominated for the Golden Star Award for Feature Narrative Films at the 2020 Gouna Film Festival &mdash; the film previously toured several festivals across the world, including the Angoul&ecirc;me Francophone Film Festival, the Cinemania Francophone Film Festival and the Arab Film Festival in Seoul.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Mica, a child from a shantytown who finds himself propelled as a handyman in a Casablanca tennis club frequented by the Moroccan nomenklatura. Ready to do anything to change his destiny, he is noticed by Sophia &mdash; an ex-tennis champion who takes him under her wing.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MICA &mdash; which is available to stream on SHAHID &mdash; is directed by Isma&euml;l Ferroukhi, who co-wrote it with Fadette Drouard, lensed by Eva Sehet, edited by Elif Uluengin, and produced by Lamia Chraibi and Ulysse Payet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Sabrina Ouazani, Azelarab Kaghat, and Zakaria Inan, with production handled by La Prod and Elz&eacute;vir Films.</span>', '1003184200'),
(637, '', 'Two MAD Shorts to compete at the Malmö Arab Film Festival', '2024-04-22', 'IMG1130104.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s leading film distribution agent &mdash; is sending two films from its impressive short film slate to compete at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival&rsquo;s Shorts Competition, which is taking place from April 22nd to the 28th in Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s mini-lineup includes Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY and Amal Al-Agroobi&rsquo;s LADIES COFFEE, with the first film set to screen on April 25th at 9 pm at Panora 2 as part of Short Film Package 2, and the latter on April 26th at 6 pm at the same venue as part of Short Film Package 3.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting with Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY &mdash; which was recently released on MUBI, making it the first Jordanian short film in MUBI&rsquo;s library &mdash; the film recently won the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award at the Ghent International Short Film Festival and the Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star for Short Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film held its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes and its Arab World premiere at Egypt&rsquo;s Gouna Film Festival last year as well as shining in numerous renowned international film festivals worldwide, including Deutsche Kurzfilmpreis, Florence Short, Dublin, and Ibiza Independent film festivals. The film was also screened at the Filmfestival Max Oph&uuml;ls Preis, the International Cinematographers\' Film Festival (Manaki Brothers), and the Festival du Nouveau Cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic thriller &mdash; which is one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, while Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh co-produced it. It stars burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, Clara Schwinning, Emmy-nominated journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil. The short film was also lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel and edited by Benedikt Strick.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Amal Al-Agroobi&rsquo;s British short LADIES COFFEE, the short film screened at the Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Film Festival earlier this March.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The horror film&rsquo;s events start when Roula invites Zeina and her daughter Reem over for an Arabic coffee matinee. When young Reem is encouraged to participate in a coffee cup reading ritual, she gets more than she bargained for.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In true Lovecraftian fashion, the ritual goes awry &ndash; she can no longer unsee what she now sees; she can no longer unhear what she now hears, and things will never be the same again.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LADIES COFFEE is written and directed by Amal Al-Agroobi and stars Amira Al-Shanti, renowned British-Jordanian actress Rania Kurdi, Faten Omary, and Hugh Meyer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced by Isabella Speaight of Backscatter Productions and co-produced by Catherine White of Kusini Productions. It was also lensed by Beatriz Delgado Mena and co-edited by Will Fletcher and Shawn Briggs, with Stefania Fantini handling sound mixing and Simon Porter providing its musical score.</span>', '1516474396'),
(638, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 3 films at 2024 Aswan Int’l Women’s Festival', '2024-04-22', 'awff.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three titles from MAD Solutions&rsquo; distribution slate are set to feature at the 2024 Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, scheduled to take place from April 20th to the 25th.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Middle Eastern distribution giant&rsquo;s lineup includes three short films: Suad Gara\'s QARAGH, which will compete in the festival\'s short film competition, along with Nidhal Guiga&rsquo;s ASTRA and Hiba Dhaouadi&rsquo;s UNKNOWN NUMBER, both of which will be featured in the festival&rsquo;s Tunisian Film Program marking UNKNOWN NUMBER&rsquo;s world premiere.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First up in the MAD lineup is Nidhal Guiga&rsquo;s ASTRA, which will be screened on April 22nd at 11:30 am at Tolip Hotel&rsquo;s Akhenaten Hall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Nidhal Guiga, ASTRA follows the life of Dali as he navigates the complexities of caring for his daughter Douja, who has down syndrome. Against his wife\'s counsel, Dali decides to take Douja to the enigmatic amusement park known as Astra. However, their visit unveils a surreal world unlike anything they\'ve encountered before.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Hiba Dhaouadi&rsquo;s UNKNOWN NUMBER, The film is expected to premiere on the same day, April 22nd at 11:30 am at Tolip Hotel&rsquo;s Akhenaten Hall.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and written by Hiba Dhaouadi, the Tunisian thriller follows Yahya who receives an unexpected delivery: A mysterious box and a phone meant for another. However, fate intervenes as Yahya finds himself drawn into a high-stakes game, playing on behalf of the intended recipient to secure their salvation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s final entry in the festival is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suad Gara</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QARAGH</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delves into the profound story of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD who decides to visit his mother in his remote home village to find some peace of mind.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There, he participates in a mystical spring cleansing ritual set around a temple inside a 13th-century cemetery in the middle of the forest, where he encounters a mysterious little girl. This innocent alter-ego brings him face to face with his inner demons and sets him on a difficult path to acceptance and redemption.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QARAGH </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scheduled to screen on April 24th at 5 pm at Tolip Hotel&rsquo;s Akhenaten Hall.&nbsp;</span>', '1327598269');
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(639, '', 'Majdi El-Omari’s MAR MAMA and Ward Kayyal’s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME take a spin across the US', '2024-04-24', 'mad-hamza-marmama.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s leading film distribution agent &mdash; is sending two Palestinian films from its impressive short film slate to tour the US with a myriad of screenings at both the Chicago Palestine Film Festival &mdash; held between April 20th and May 4th &mdash; and the Houston Palestine Film Festival set to take place from May 17th to May 19th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, MAR MAMA is set to screen on Wednesday, April 24th, at 6 pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center, while HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME will screen on Sunday, April 28th, at 1 pm at the same venue.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the Houston Palestine Film Festival, MAR MAMA will screen on Sunday, May 19th, at 3 pm, while HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME will screen on Saturday, May 18th, at 3 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start off, Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s short drama MAR MAMA recently took home the Best Fiction Short Award of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, where it held its MENA premiere as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which world-premiered at Ireland&rsquo;s Indie Cork Festival and screened at Italy&rsquo;s Al Ard Film Festival, delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes; she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s production is a collaboration between Marsam 301 and Phoenix Films, with support from the Palestinian Ministry of Culture through the Palestinian Cultural Fund and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, edited, and produced by El-Omari and lensed by Ashraf Dowani, MAR MAMA features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri &mdash; who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY &mdash; and Lana Abu Srour.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s debut Palestinian short HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, the film kicked off 2024 with a brilliant tour of the festival circuit, being selected to screen at three different festivals &mdash; the Baghdad Film Festival in Iraq, the First Independent Palestinian Film Festival in Limassol, Cyprus, and El Ard Film Festival in Cagliari on the Italian island of Sardinia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drama &mdash; which recently competed in the Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition and featured at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival &mdash; tells the story of Hamza, a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film recently won the Best Director Award at the Notre Dame University-Louaize International Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Amman International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, after its premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival, HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME went on to screen and compete at the Cairo Shorts, Malm&ouml;, Casablanca, Amman, and Toronto Arab Film Festivals, and featured in the Clermont-Ferrand, Reel Palestine, San Diego Arab, Bahrain, Cine-Palestine, and Sharm El-Sheikh film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha &mdash; one of the most prominent names in Arab cinema, known for THE INSULT, CURFEW, and ROOM 207 &mdash; alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Palestinian drama was also produced by Hiba Salameh of Hiba Production, written by Majd Kayyal, lensed by Ashraf Dowani, and edited by Saed Andoni.&nbsp;</span>', '386214399'),
(640, '', 'THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY: A Poetic Journey of Loss and Longing', '2024-04-24', 'IMG_0104.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which was released on film streaming giant MUBI on April 20th, making it the first Jordanian short film in MUBI&rsquo;s library, and one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a thought-provoking and emotionally charged short film that delves into the depths of grief, loss, and the search for solace, where the director masterfully combines elements of romance, psychological exploration, and historical context to create a captivating cinematic experience.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the film, the protagonist, Ida, portrayed by Clara Schwinning, who received Locarno&rsquo;s Best Performance award for her film A GOOD PLACE, embarks on a haunting journey to a coastal town in Southern Jordan where her partner disappeared in a final attempt to trace his last steps and seek closure for a longing within her that wouldn&rsquo;t let go.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting the inner turmoil and emptiness that Ida experiences in the aftermath of her loss, the choice of the town, presented in the film&rsquo;s prologue as the city of ghosts, adds a layer of symbolism that effectively conveys Ida\'s profound loneliness and suffering.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also subtly highlights the transformation of the town, once planned as an industrial hub, into a purgatory for souls in transit. This juxtaposition of the town\'s history with Ida\'s journey reflects the broader impact of conflict on both physical and emotional levels.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s poignant and relatable exploration of the psychological effects of grief and heartbreak is evident through Ida\'s suppressed emotions and her arduous journey to find peace amidst her loss, which strikes a deep chord with viewers who are offered an intimate first-hand experience of the intricate layers and complexities of excess love that has nowhere to go.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the film&rsquo;s notable strengths is its remarkable ability to stir profound emotions through its carefully crafted aesthetics. Shot by Tunisian German cinematographer Mahmoud Belakhel on 16mm, the film\'s visual composition takes cues from the captivating cinematic language of the mythical American West. This deliberate approach successfully evokes a strong sense of nostalgia, transporting viewers to a world filled with longing and sentimentality.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Demonstrating a keen eye for detail and a mastery of cinematic language, Alrjoob&rsquo;s experimental approach to form and texture adds a unique artistic dimension to the storytelling, which, coupled with the evocative score by Omar Fadel, creates a symphony of emotions that resonates long after the film concludes.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is a testament to the power of cinema to explore the depths of human experience. It captures the essence of longing, loss, and the complexities of grief in a way that transcends language and cultural boundaries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, the film is co-produced by Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh and stars burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, Clara Schwinning, Emmy-nominated journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil. The short film was also lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel and edited by Benedikt Strick, with worldwide sales and distribution by MAD Solutions.</span>', '2073206989'),
(641, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 6 films at Berlin’s ALFILM Festival ', '2024-04-25', 'Shorts-at-AlFilm.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; is sending six short titles from its distribution slate to the 2024 edition of the ALFILM - Arab Film Festival in Berlin, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scheduled to take place from April 24th to the 30th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lineup includes If THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS, LES CHENILLES, MANITY, NO KEY, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, and ZOO.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading the charge in the MAD lineup is Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s new short IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS, which will be screened twice &mdash;once on Thursday, April 25th, at 7 pm at Berlin&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City Kino Wedding Cinema, and again </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Friday, April 26th, at 9 pm at Kino Arsenal Cinema as part of Shorts 2 Program titled &lsquo;Those Who Remain.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, Lebanon, the story follows Raed &mdash; a security guard who must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters &mdash; or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Michelle and Noel Keserwany&rsquo;s Lebanese short film LES CHENILLES, which follows Asma and&nbsp; Sarah, two women originally from the Levant who find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, and still bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled for two screenings &mdash; the first on Thursday, April 25th, at 9 pm at Sinema Transtopia, and the second on Sunday, April 28th, at 7 pm at Wolf Kino.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in line is Hussen Ibraheem&rsquo;s fiction film MANITY, which will be featured twice, with screenings on Saturday, April 27th, at 9 pm at City Kino Wedding Cinema and on Monday, April 29th, at 9:30 pm at CineStar Kino in der KulturBrauerei Cinema as part of the Shorts 1 Program titled &lsquo;A Different Tomorrow.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie follows Firas &mdash; an 11-year-old boy &mdash; who accompanies his father Tayseer and his father\'s friend Rayan on a bird-hunting jaunt in the Lebanese mountainside. What is supposed to be a calm hunting trip turns into an unforgettable experience.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walid Messnaoui&rsquo;s NO KEY&mdash; which world premiered at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival&mdash;will be screened as part of the same program on Saturday, April 27th, at 9 pm at City Kino Wedding Cinema and on Monday, April 29th, at 7:30 pm at CineStar Kino in der KulturBrauerei cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The German-Jordanian short &mdash; which will be featured as part of the festival&rsquo;s Shorts 2 Program &mdash;will be screened twice; the first on Thursday, April 25th, at 7 pm at City Kino Wedding Cinema and the second on Friday, April 26th, at 9 pm at Kino Arsenal Cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s animation ZOO, which follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZOO will be featured as part of the festival\'s Shorts 2 Program, with screenings on Thursday, April 25th, at 7 pm at City Kino Wedding Cinema and on Friday, April 26th, at 9 pm at Kino Arsenal cinema.</span>', '1748892619'),
(642, '', 'THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY honored with Special Mention at Malmö Arab Film Festival', '2024-04-28', 'red sea... final poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The captivating short film, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, directed by Faris Alrjoob, has achieved yet another milestone in its illustrious journey. This time, the film has been honored with a Special Mention in the Short Film Competition at the esteemed Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, which ran from April 22nd to the 28th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh from its successful European tour and previous acclaim at the El Gouna Film Festival, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY continues to captivate audiences and critics alike with its gripping narrative and exceptional performances. The film tells the haunting tale of Ida, who embarks on a poignant journey to the site of her partner\'s disappearance, seeking closure and a final farewell.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the Jordanian short won the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award at the Ghent International Short Film Festival and the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star For Short Films. It also played at several prestigious film festivals, including the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Cinematographers\' Film Festival (Manaki Brothers) in Macedonia, the Festival du Nouveau Cin&eacute;ma in Canada, and Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis, where it was nominated for the Lola for Best German Short Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring the talented Mohamed Nizar, Clara Schwinning, Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil, the film has garnered praise for its profound storytelling and evocative cinematography.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob, and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, the film boasts an impressive lineup of creative talent, including Mahmoud Belakhel as the cinematographer and Benedikt Strick as the editor. Distributed worldwide by MAD Solutions and produced by the prestigious German film school Film-und Medienstiftung NRW, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY continues to make a lasting impact on audiences globally.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob is an interdisciplinary artist working within the fields of film, video art, and performance, based in Berlin, he is a graduate student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and previously at Emerson College in Boston.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, he directed his short film THE GHOSTS WE LEFT AT HOME, which world premiered at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany and screened at prestigious festivals like the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Red Sea International Film Festival, and the Internationales Frauenfilmfestival.</span>', '1273477461'),
(643, '', 'MAD Solutions sends 7 films to Beirut’s Arab Short Film Festival', '2024-05-09', '7-films-at-Beirut-s-Arab-Short-Film-Festival.png', 'MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s largest film distributor&mdash; is sending seven short films from its impressive and extensive distribution slate to the Arab Short Film Festival in Beirut, which will be running from May 13th to 17th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The MAD lineup includes the Keserwany Sisters&rsquo; LES CHENILLES, Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA, Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s MAR MAMA, Sami Saif Sirelkhatim&rsquo;s NAIMA&rsquo;S MOVIE, Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s animated short film ZOO, In&egrave;s Arsi&rsquo;s FLESH AND BLOOD, and Wisam Al-Jafari&rsquo;s BY THE SEA.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>First in the MAD lineup is the Keserwany Sisters&rsquo; French-Lebanese short film LES CHENILLES &mdash; laureate of the Golden Bear Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the first Arab film to win the award &mdash; which follows two female waitresses, Asma and Sarah: Two women originally from the Levant who find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, both bearing the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screening on Tuesday May 14th, at 7 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is Murad Abu Eisheh&rsquo;s Jordanian drama short A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA, which follows Ahlam, who, fearing that her younger sister will be married off just like she was, lures Yasmin to run away with her by telling a story of a mythical sea that lies beyond the desolate desert and its mountains.\r<br/>In search of this mystical sea, the two sisters journey far from their home, predetermined fate, and secluded life with their father, however, along the way, young Yasmin is forced to face her inner demons and further her understanding of the world she lives in.\r<br/>A CALLING. FROM THE DESERT. TO THE SEA will be screening onWednesday 15th at 9 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Third in the lineup is acclaimed filmmaker Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s Palestinian short film MAR MAMA, which delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death. As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes; she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.\r<br/>The film, which will be screening on Tuesday, May 14th at 7 pm, features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, and Lana Abu Srour.\r<br/>Fourth is Sami Saif Sirelkhatim&rsquo;s Moroccan short film NAIMA&rsquo;S MOVIE where Amir, following the unexpected death of a woman who had been his devoted supporter and muse in his filmmaking journey, feels compelled to honor her by creating a film as a tribute to her memory.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screening on Thursday, May 16th at 9 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Fifth is Tariq Rimawi&rsquo;s Jordanian-German animated short film ZOO, which follows Sami, who wanders through the worst zoo in the world while looking for his ball, and then crosses paths with a little tiger named Laziz, who follows him on his quest to find a safe place to play. Against all odds, they become friends. But the remnants of war harbor danger.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screening on Tuesday May 14th at 9 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Moving on to the second-to-last entry from MAD, we have FLESH AND BLOOD, a Tunisian short film directed by In&egrave;s Arsi. The story centers around Donia, a 19-year-old survivor of rape who learns that she is pregnant as a result of the assault committed by her young neighbor. With a singular objective in mind, Donia strives to obtain an abortion before it becomes too late.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Flesh and Blood will be screening on Thursday, May 16th at 7 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last, but certainly not least, is the Palestinian short film BY THE Sea by Wisam Al-Jafari, which follows Nahid, who wants to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday while he is on the run from Israeli soldiers, however, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it is really difficult for Nahid to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Will Nahid be able to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday with him in their secret hideout?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screened on Wednesday May 15th at 9 pm.', '1568762525'),
(644, '', 'Egyptian film RAT HOLE to hit Zawya and Akil cinemas', '2024-05-09', 'Rat_hole_4444.00_01_47_23.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After winning its second prestigious award during its auspicious festival tour, Mohamed El-Samman&rsquo;s feature film RAT HOLE is poised to hit Egypt&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema on May 15th at 7 pm, followed by a special Q&amp;A session with lead actress Rana Khattab and the director. Simultaneously, the film will grace the screens of Cinema Akil in Dubai for a limited 10-day run, starting from May 21st.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this exciting news, the film\'s lead actress earned the esteemed Best Actress Award during the closing ceremony of the BRICS Film Festival, which was held on April 23rd &mdash; an achievement that followed her previous recognition as a Special Mention for Best Actress at the Amman International Film Festival for her outstanding performance in the same film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its world premiere at the Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival, RAT HOLE has garnered widespread acclaim and recognition, being listed among the 14 must-see films at the Amman International Film Festival and receiving positive reviews from critics, including one from film critic Mohamed Nabil, who commended</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the director\'s choice of a dark and realistic approach that fits in perfectly with the overall tone of the film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a telemarketer for a non-profit organization who tries to convince people to make financial contributions. In order to assist her family, she is forced to violate her principles and act in a manner that exposes the seedy underbelly of the NGO in which she is employed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAT HOLE was </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shot over two days during the early morning hours in a real workplace before its actual employees arrived for work, with the film engagingly portraying working women while keeping the focus on a single character in one location for 94 minutes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written, produced, and directed by Mohamed El Samman and stars Rana Khattab, who worked as a radio presenter on Nogoum FM and appeared in several works, including the play RAYA AND SEKINA&rsquo;S GRAND CHILDREN, the TV series 100 WESH, LAMS AKTAF, and SARAYA ABDEEN. It also stars Mohamed Yorka, Kamal El-Asnawy, Hanan Helmy, among others.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian writer and director Mohammed El Samman is a member of the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate\'s Directing Department. He released two novels, UNEXPECTED MR. RIGHT and REMONDA. His script, EARTHMEN, also won the Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Script of 2022.</span>', '406656126'),
(645, '', 'Five MAD Shorts to compete at the Imedghassen Film Festival this May', '2024-05-07', 'mad-shorts-at-the-Imedghassen-Film-Festival.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s top film distribution agent &mdash; is sending five films from its remarkable short film slate to screen and compete at the Imedghassen Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition, which is taking place from May 11th to the 15th in Algeria.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s short film lineup includes Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s SIMO, Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s BUZZ, Bachir Abou Zeid&rsquo;s IDRIS, and Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s TRINOU.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting us off is Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s Canadian short SIMO, which held its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale and has since screened at over 25 prestigious film festivals worldwide, and won 8 awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short tells the compelling story of the complex brotherhood between Simo and Emad, filled with competition and jealousy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad\'s online gaming. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact their family\'s future.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMO was directed, written, and co-edited by Aziz Zoromba alongside Omar Elhamy, and lensed by Alexandre Nour Desjardins. The film stars Basel El-Rayes, Seif El-Rayes, and Aladeen Tawfeek known for his roles on X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMO will be screening on Tuesday, May 14th, at 11 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Ward Kayyal&rsquo;s Palestinian short HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, which kicked off 2024 with a brilliant tour of the festival circuit, with festivals such as the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, the Houston Palestine Film Festival, the Baghdad Film Festival, the First Independent Palestinian Film Festival, and El Ard Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drama &mdash; which has screened at over 20 film festivals &mdash; tells the story of Hamza, a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from Israeli jail; every day, he goes into the woods to hunt a lion that the locals don\'t believe exists.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short is headlined by award-winning actor Kamel El-Basha &mdash; one of the most prominent names in Arab cinema, known for THE INSULT, CURFEW, and ROOM 207 &mdash; alongside Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes, and Khulood Basel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Palestinian drama was also produced by Hiba Salameh of Hiba Production, written by Majd Kayyal, lensed by Ashraf Dowani, and edited by Saed Andoni.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screening on Sunday, May 12th, at 6 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the lineup is Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s Sudanese short BUZZ, which world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality as her health deteriorates.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which screened at 11 international film festivals &mdash; stars Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar. BUZZ was directed and co-written by Fawi alongside Ahmed Shaweesh and Noura Adil, the film was lensed by Mansour Omer, edited by Ahmed Shaweesh, and produced by Amjad Abualala known for YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY and GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUZZ will be screening on Sunday, May 12th, at 8 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourth is Bachir Abou Zeid&rsquo;s Lebanese short IDRIS, which world premiered at the Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival and recently won the Popular Jury Prize at the Bracciano International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s events unfold when, upon his return home, a young shepherd discovers that one of his sheep is missing. Fearful of punishment, he sets off with his friend in an attempt to find it, however, they soon find themselves in harm&rsquo;s way when they step into a forest full of landmines.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, edited, and directed by Bachir Abou Zeid and lensed by Hasan Salame, the film stars Fouade Salame and Karim Maanaki.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IDRIS will be screening on Monday, May 13th, at 4 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short TRINOU tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRINOU world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and screened at over 17 international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film was written and directed by Nejib Kthiri, lensed by Jamie Touche, and edited by Christian Radclyffe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRINOU will be screening on Monday, May 13th, at 3 pm</span>', '645464122'),
(646, '', 'Goodbye Julia  takes home its fourth Audience Award from Leeds Int’l Film Festival', '2023-11-20', 'goodbyejulia2011.jpg', 'Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA, which was honored with the Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has clinched yet another Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature from the Leeds International Film Festival in the UK.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This accolade marks the film\'s third award within the span of a week and the fourth Audience Award throughout its journey in the festival circuit, where it has been captivating audiences and garnering recognition for its compelling storytelling and cinematic excellence. With this latest achievement,&nbsp;GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;continues to make a significant impact and build a remarkable reputation within the global film community.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In other news, GOODBYE JULIA is set to hold its Asian premiere at the prestigious Horizon Section of the Singapore International Film Festival, which will run from November 30th to December 10th and will also be making its way to the Africa Rising International Film Festival.\r<br/>Moreover, the film is scheduled to release in the Gulf starting Thursday, December 7th, screening in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain before reaching the UAE on December 14th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;is also four weeks into its journey of success in Egypt, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 2.5m within the first three weeks of its commercial release on October 25th, outperforming blockbusters like Martin Scorcese&rsquo;s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON in the country&rsquo;s box office.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the widely praised and acclaimed title recently won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, the top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition, an Excellence Award and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The multiple-award-winning film &mdash;which now has 15 accolades under its belt and is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; was also recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Topping it all off, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer; and Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim, who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee, recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s other notable accomplishments include winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was also screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GOODBYE JULIA&nbsp;stars Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.', '1195990606'),
(647, 'GOODBYE JULIA to captivate Saudi audiences at VOX cinemas starting December 7th', 'GOODBYE JULIA arrives in UAE theaters on December 14th', '2024-05-07', 'goodbyejulia0705.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(SAUDI)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s gripping debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA and laureate of the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize is on the cusp of an exciting new chapter, as audiences in Saudi Arabia may look forward to seeing it in VOX Cinemas starting December 7th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(UAE)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s exceptional, multiple award-winning debut feature GOODBYE JULIA will be available for the viewing pleasure of Emirati audiences starting December 14th at Vox Cinemas.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA is also four weeks into its journey of success in Egypt, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 2.5m within the first three weeks of its commercial release on October 25th, outperforming blockbusters like Martin Scorcese&rsquo;s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON in the country&rsquo;s box office.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the widely praised and acclaimed title also won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Excellence and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as the Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the multiple-award-winning-film &mdash; which now has 15 accolades under its belt and is Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; was recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; who&rsquo;s most known for her role as Nakia in Marvel&rsquo;s BLACK PANTHER films, announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer in direct support of the film and its impactful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim &mdash; who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee &mdash; recently revealed that the film had been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA received several positive critical acclaim, with Variety magazine\'s Jessica Kiang stating, &ldquo;Telling the story of a fraught friendship between two very different women, Kordofani&rsquo;s intelligent, compassionate scripting ensures that the political never overwhelms the personal. Yet it also illuminates just how well the fault lines that divide a nation can map onto the rifts within a human heart divided against itself.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s other notable accomplishments include winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it was screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '894935225');
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(648, '', 'Wide-Ranging Debut Slate Announced for Dubai-based MAD World,  Arab Cinema’s First Global Sales Company', '2024-05-11', 'debut-slate-announced-for-mad.jpg', 'CANNES, May 8, 2024: MAD Solutions, the Arab World&rsquo;s largest independent film distribution studio and talent representation agency, has announced the launch of MAD World, Arab Cinema&rsquo;s first global sales company. <br />&nbsp; <br />Based in Dubai, MAD World will debut at this year&rsquo;s Cannes Film Festival, where it will handle the worldwide sales and international distribution of a slate of exciting new Arab-language feature films, operating out of the Arab Cinema Center stand within the March&eacute; du Film. <br />&nbsp; <br />MAD Solutions&rsquo; official move into international film sales builds on its success at last year&rsquo;s Cannes Film Festival with the Sudanese Un Certain Regard title GOODBYE JULIA, which scored a raft of sales to territories including France, Benelux, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and German- speaking territories. The company also enjoyed success last year with another Cannes festival title, the Directors&rsquo; Fortnight short film THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which became the first Jordanian film ever sold to the MUBI global streaming platform. In addition to acquiring worldwide rights to more international co-productions, the Cairo-based studio has become increasingly involved in packaging Arabic projects with international market potential. <br />&nbsp; <br />As well as offering brand new titles, MAD World will be handling sales on an extensive library of recent festival award-winners, documentary features, acclaimed shorts, back-catalog titles, and regional box office and streaming successes, many of which have not been seen by audiences outside the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The majority of these titles, including indie smash hit GOODBYE JULIA, were theatrically released across the Arabic-speaking world through MAD Distribution, the company&rsquo;s distribution division that will remain focused on the MENA marketplace. <br />&nbsp; <br />MAD WORLD will be spearheaded by MAD Solutions&rsquo; two Co-Founders, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, as well as its third Managing Partner, Colin Brown. All will assume Co-President titles at MAD World, with Karkouti serving as CEO. Also joining MAD World are two European executives experienced in the international licensing arena. Edin De Liancourt, whose career has encompassed roles at Hasbro Studios, Allrites and Film Seekers, joins MAD World as Vice President, Sales &amp; Acquisitions. Jeanne Deny, who assisted the sales teams at both SND/Groupe M6 and StudioCanal, joins as Director, Sales &amp; Acquisitions. <br />&nbsp; <br />MAD World&rsquo;s team arrives at this year Cannes with more than a dozen titles, in various stages of production and completion, that are entirely new to the international licensing marketplace. Among them are unexpected narratives from Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, Morocco, Iraq, Syria, Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia that span a multitude of storytelling tones and genres. Some of the newest additions to the MAD World slate will be announced shortly; already revealed titles include: <br /><br />● THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON (Egypt/Tunisia/France) - the winner of the top project prize at the most recent Red Sea Souk, Rani Massalha&rsquo;s film tells the story of an Egyptian pig farmer whose Coptic Christian community is thrown into turmoil during the swine flu epidemic that broke out during the Mubarak regime. In pre-production. <br /><br />● THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US (Palestine/Germany/Qatar) - After making a splash with her documentary ICE &amp; DUST, Palestinian filmmaker Laila Abbas returns with this female-empowerment drama about two sisters who concoct a scheme to divert their father&rsquo;s inheritance in defiance of sexist bequeathal rules dictated by Sharia Law. <br /><br />● THE LAST EXORCIST (Saudi Arabia) - Directed by award-winning Saudi writer Asim Altokhais, this horror feature is adapted from his own comic book about the battles of an exorcist to save a tribal leader&rsquo;s kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the djinn underworld spirits in 1890 Saudi Arabia. In pre-production. <br /><br />● BLUE CARD (Sudan) - From the visionary creators of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY and GOODBYE JULIA comes another tale of Sudanese resilience in the face of war and displacement. BLUE CARD follows a recently-settled Sudanese refugee attempting to make ends meet in a nursing home in Cairo until his application for asylum in Europe goes through. In pre- production. <br /><br />● A BIRD FROM PARADISE (Tunisia) - An exploration of the at times comically bizarre practices surrounding Tunisian weddings from the perspective of an outsider, now in post-production. It is directed by Murad Ben Cheikh, whose debut feature documentary NO MORE FEAR was selected as a Special Screening at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. <br /><br />● YELLOW BUS (India/Jordan/UAE/US) - Wendy Bednarz&rsquo;s completed &mdash; and already on the festival trail &mdash; feature narrative debut sheds light on the difficulties expats living in the UAE face in the wake of crises, following a mother shattered by grief in the aftermath of the loss of her daughter at the hands of her school&rsquo;s gross negligence. <br /><br />● LA ZONE (Tunisia/Germany/France/Luxembourg) - set in the murky underbelly of modern Tunisia, Lassaad Dkhili&rsquo;s completed thriller follows a cop whose small-town life is turned upside down when a gangster&rsquo;s girlfriend steals his gun. <br /><br />● THE LAST REHEARSAL (Morocco) - Yassine Fennane&rsquo;s completed drama lifts the curtain on both mental illness and show-business life. Tensions escalate when a stage director starts taking antidepressants ahead of the play\'s scheduled performance in front of a producer and a cultural manager from the French embassy. <br /><br />● THIS IS MY NIGHT (Syria/UAE) - Written, directed, produced and acted by young Syrian talent Jafra Younes, this completed film tackles what it is like to lose security after the Syrian revolution - all shot in a single take. <br /><br />● GIRL OF WIND (Tunisia) - transgression is a prevailing theme in Moufida Fedhila&rsquo;s female-driven coming-of-age film which follows a veiled teenage skateboarder faced with making life-changing choices when her ex-jihadist father suddenly reappears. In pre-production. <br />&nbsp; <br />Among the slate of recent festival discoveries are several documentaries including: DIARIES FROM LEBANON, which played in the Panorama section of this year&rsquo;s Berlinale; HIDING SADDAM HUSSEIN; VOYAGE AGAINST TIME; THE GOLDEN HARVEST and THE LEBANESE BURGER MAFIA. <br />&nbsp; <br />&ldquo;With the creation of MAD World we have created a dedicated platform for exporting Arabic cinema in all its diversity, both in terms of subject matter and local sensibilities,&rdquo; commented MAD World Co-Presidents, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab. &ldquo;MAD has a 15-year history of breaking new ground for Arab films; MAD World will take that boundary-pushing spirit to a whole new international level.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />MAD World Co-President, Colin Brown added: &ldquo;Until now, Arab filmmakers have been at the mercy of an international sales ecosystem with preconceived notions about what Arab cinema should be in order to travel. We intend to challenge those limitations, exploring all manner of distribution options around the world, even unconventional ones, in order to expand the global audience for a wider range of Arab storytellers.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />Founded in 2010, MAD Solutions boasts a rights library in excess of 500 film titles, and is prolific in the financing, production, packaging, sales, marketing and releasing of Arab entertainment that spans the gamut from festival prize-winners to commercial blockbusters. Headquartered in Cairo, MAD is also operational in the UAE, Lisbon and New York, with representatives in Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. The multi-pronged studio is known for its innovative marketing strategies and industry-building initiatives including the creation of the Arab Cinema Center and the annual Critics\' Awards for Arab Films, which are handed out each year at a special beach-side ceremony during the Cannes Film Festival. <br /><br />For more information contact: <br /><br />Alaa Karkouti, Co-President &amp; CEO, MAD World <br />Email: alaa@madworld.film <br />&nbsp; <br />Maher Diab, Co-President &amp; CEO, MAD World <br />Email: maher@madworld.film <br />&nbsp; <br />Colin Brown, Co-President &amp; COO, MAD World <br />Email: colin@madworld.film', '979456413'),
(649, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA to enchant Tunisian audiences starting May 8th', '2024-05-10', 'sdsds-vcdfdv-dfdfcwsc-c.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having clinched the Golden Horizon Award at the esteemed Hollywood Arab Film Festival, followed by an awe-inspiring debut at the 14th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, where it scooped both the Best Screenwriter Award and a Special Mention for Siran Riak &mdash; raising its tally to an impressive 30 awards &mdash; Mohamed Kordofani\'s Sudanese drama, GOODBYE JULIA, is set to hit Tunisian cinemas on May 8th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a double celebration, the Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize winner is poised to hold two avant-premieres: One on May 4th at Tunisia\'s Path&eacute; Cinema, and the second on May 5th at the esteemed Cin&eacute;Madart Theater, with the film\'s lead actress, Siran Riak, set to attend both screenings, adding a touch of star power to the whole affair.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, a constellation of prestigious Tunisian cinemas will serve as the host venues for this highly praised film. From the esteemed Path&eacute; Multiplexe in Tunis City, Path&eacute; Multiplexe in Azur City, and Path&eacute; Multiplexe Mall of Sousse to L\'agora la Marsa, L\'agora Djerba, and Cin&eacute;Madart Carthage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concurrently, Cin&eacute; Jamil Menzah 6, L\'Hambra Zephyr la Marsa, and the artistic haven of Centre Founoun Jemmel Monastir will further extend their embrace to the film\'s evocative story.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the film will also be playing at Cin&eacute; 350 in the heart of Downtown Tunis, the iconic Cin&eacute;ma ABC, Cin&eacute;ma RIO, Cin&eacute;ma el Manar, Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;tropole Menzel Bourguiba, and Cin&eacute;ma Majestic Bizerte.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULA has been enchanting audiences worldwide throughout its extensive tour of the festival circuit. From Baghdad to Pune, Ibiza and Dublin to Luxor &mdash; where it secured the Best Film Award &mdash; it has left a lasting impression on viewers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, GOODBYE JULIA mesmerized audiences at 25 international film festivals and award ceremonies, including the BFI London Film Festival, Septimius Awards, Festival Paysages de Cin&eacute;astes, and Chicago International Film Festival, and was Sudan&rsquo;s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the Academy Awards, collecting just as many awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '562793678'),
(650, '', 'MAD Solutions acquires the Arab World sales rights of Yasemin Şamdereli’s SAMIA & Jonathan Millet’s GHOST TRAIL', '2024-05-10', 'sdsdsvbghgfg.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the summer festival season draws near, MAD Solutions &mdash; the MENA region&rsquo;s leading film distribution agent &mdash; closed a deal with long-time French partner mk2 Films for the Arab World sales rights of two of their most promising titles on the horizon, both of which will be holding their world premieres soon; one at the esteemed Cannes Film Festival and the other at Tribeca.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carrying on in its mission to champion and present the untold stories of a side of the world that is oft-misunderstood and reduced to generalizations and stereotypes, MAD has this time set its sights on Jonathan Millet&rsquo;s French-Syrian thriller and Cannes Film Festival opener GHOST TRAIL and Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s Tribeca-bound Somali biopic SAMIA.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events, GHOST TRAIL explores how far one is willing to go for justice and redemption, following Hamid, a Syrian who is part of a secret group pursuing the regime&rsquo;s fugitive leaders.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His mission takes him to France, on the trail of his former torturer whom he must confront. But with his judgment clouded by pressure, doubt, and revenge, can he be certain of the righteousness of his own actions?</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GHOST TRAIL is written and directed by the accomplished Johnathan Millet &mdash; who has several credits to his name, including LA DISPARITION and TELL ME ABOUT THE STARS &mdash; and stars the French Tunisian star Adam Bessa, who won Best Actor at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard for his role in Lotfy Nathan&rsquo;s HARKA, and Palestinian actor Tawfeek Barhom.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, MAD&rsquo;s second exciting acquisition &mdash; which is based on the true story of the tenacious and determined Samia Yusuf Omar &mdash; SAMIA follows a young Somali athlete boldly moving toward her future of becoming an Olympic runner and a symbol in the fight for freedom and women&rsquo;s rights worldwide.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAMIA is a German-Italian co-production helmed and penned by Yasemin Şamdereli, who&rsquo;s known for directing the German dramedy ALMANYA: WELCOME TO GERMANY, which world premiered at the 61st Berlinale before going on an extensive tour of the festival circuit that netted 12 awards.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also co-written by Nesrin Şamderel and Giuseppe Catozzella; produced by Simone Catania, Dietmar G&uuml;ntsche, Anja Karina Richter, Francesca Portalupi, Michele Fornasero, Martin Roh&eacute;, Joseph Rouschop, David Herdies, Riccardo Russo, and Christoph Fisser; and stars Ilham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Waris Dirie, Riyan Roble, and Zakaria Mohamed.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on their latest acquisition, Co-Founders of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab expressed their excitement for this new chapter in their partnership with mk2 Films, saying, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s always a joy working with a company like mk2 Films that values both authenticity and good cinema. It&rsquo;s so easy in this industry to buckle under the weight of what sells and what the public wants to see that it has become increasingly rare to find a partner that values what we do: A certain universality to the stories we tell.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mk2 Films is a French co-producer, sales agent, and distributor that has worked on several award-winning titles around the globe, including Palme d&rsquo;Or winner ANATOMY OF A FALL, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, and COLD WAR.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French agent is a frequent collaborator of MAD, with both distribution giants partnering on international hits like OUR TIES, NEZOUH, and A SEASON IN FRANCE, among other titles &mdash; all of which have performed admirably in commercial and Art House theaters and in their respective festival runs.</span>', '1411094175'),
(652, '', 'MAD Short AFTER THE SUN to premiere at Cannes Film Festival', '2024-05-12', 'After-The-Sun.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayane Mcirdi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\'s eagerly anticipated short flick AFTER THE SUN is set to hold its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival\'s 77th edition, which is scheduled to run from May 14th to the 25th.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the evocative setting of the 1980s, AFTER THE SUN follows a young girl who embarks on her first summer journey without her newlywed sister. Amidst the backdrop of a nostalgic family road trip from France to Algeria, she endeavors to reignite the bonds with her heritage, delving into a homeland rich with cherished memories waiting to be rediscovered.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, set to grace the screens of the festival\'s Directors\' Fortnight, is scheduled for three screenings, with the first taking place on Thursday, May 23rd at 11:45 am at Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Croisette, while the second and third screenings are scheduled for Friday, May 24th &mdash; one at 12 pm at Olympia/Salle 8 and another at 7 pm at Alexandre III.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mcirdi, AFTER THE SUN stars Sonia Fa&iuml;di and Bellamine Abdelmalek, with co-production MALFAM&Eacute; by Walid Bekhti, Sherianne Le&iuml;la Bekhti, and Yannis Zaccharie Bekhti, while MAD Solutions handles the sales and distribution of the film in the Arab World.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1993 in Asni&egrave;res, Rayane Mcirdi is a French filmmaker and visual artist. He graduated from the &Eacute;cole Nationale Sup&eacute;rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2019, following his studies at the &Eacute;cole des Beaux-Arts in Angers. Mcirdi\'s distinctive work resides at the intersection of documentary and fiction, delicately exploring the connections between North Africa and the Parisian suburbs.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His pieces, characterized by characters and colors deeply rooted in both popular imagination and contemplative aesthetics, have graced prestigious galleries and institutions worldwide. Mcirdi distinguishes himself through his profound sensitivity and innovative approach, capturing the essence of his subjects and establishing himself as a prominent figure in contemporary cinema.</span>', '222598405'),
(653, '', 'Saif Hammash’s THE DEER’S TOOTH to hold its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival', '2024-05-12', 'the-deers-tooth.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Palestinian short film THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH by Saif Hammash will be holding its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which will be running from May 14th to the 25th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will premiere as part of the French festival&rsquo;s Cin&eacute;fondation Section, screening during La Cinef Program 2 on Wednesday, May 22nd at 11 am at the Bu&ntilde;uel Theatre on the fifth floor of the Palais.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother&rsquo;s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film&rsquo;s concept at length ahead of the film&rsquo;s debut at Cannes, Hammash explained that &ldquo;This film is an attempt to portray the internal conflict that Palestinians &mdash; especially those living in a refugee camp &mdash; live with between their inability to adapt to the imposed political and historical reality on one hand and their desire for self-fulfillment despite the dangers surrounding them.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and edited by Saif Hammash, THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH was lensed by Ibrahim Handal, with music by Victor Kawwas, and stars Wisam Al-Jafari, Reada Ghazaleh, and Yasmin Shalaldeh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was supervised by Majdi El-Omari, produced by Dar Al Kalima, with MAD Solutions handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif Hammash is a Palestinian filmmaking student based in the Dheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. While pursuing his degree, he directed a short fiction film as well as an experimental and documentary film. He has also worked on several other films as a scriptwriter, assistant director, editor, and camera assistant, and on the third edition of the Palestinian Refugees Film Festival as an editor in September 2022. </span>', '262363320'),
(654, '', 'Two MAD Shorts bag two awards at the Imedghassen Film Festival', '2024-05-16', 'Two-MAD-Shorts-bag-two-awards-at-the-Imedghassen-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two films from MAD Solutions&rsquo; extensive short film slate &mdash; Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s SIMO and Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s TRINOU &mdash; have grabbed a reward each at the Imedghassen Film Festival in Algeria, which ran from May 11th to the 15th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winning films were announced at the end of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition, with SIMO winning Best Scenario and TRINOU winning Best Editing.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s Canadian short SIMO &mdash; which held its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale &mdash; has screened at over 25 prestigious film festivals worldwide, and won 8 awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMO has also received support from the Soci&eacute;t&eacute; de D&eacute;veloppement des Entreprises Culturelles, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, CALQ-Government du Quebec, and CAC when it was still a project.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short tells the compelling story of the complex brotherhood between Simo and Emad, filled with competition and jealousy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad\'s online gaming. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact their family\'s future.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMO was directed, written, and co-edited by Aziz Zoromba alongside Omar Elhamy, and lensed by Alexandre Nour Desjardins. The film stars Basel El-Rayes, Seif El-Rayes, and Aladeen Tawfeek &mdash; known for his roles on X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT. MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s Arab-speaking region distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short TRINOU, the film tells the story of Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRINOU world premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and screened at over 17 international film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TRINOU also received a Special Mention at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, as well as winning a Jury Award for Best Short Arab Film at the Amman International Film Festival and a Special Mention for Best Actor at the Avanca International Film Festival among other things.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film was written and directed by Nejib Kthiri, lensed by Jamie Touche, and edited by Christian Radclyffe. The film is a co-production between Seventh Age Pictures Limited, SVP Tunisia, and London Film &amp; TV, with MAD World - A MAD Solutions company - handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide distribution.</span>', '570326474'),
(655, '', 'Hend Bakr’s THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M receives a Special Jury Mention for Humanity and Continuity at the Independent International Film Festival', '2024-05-28', 'THE-TEDIOUS-TOUR-OF-M-receives-a-Special.png', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful screening at the recently concluded Independent International Documentary Film Festival (OSA) in Moscow, Hend Bakr&rsquo;s Egyptian documentary THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M has won a Special Jury Mention for Humanity and Continuity at the Russian festival &mdash; which ran from May 23rd to the 25th in the Russian capital of Moscow.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated to the memory of famous Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky and his wife and muse Zoya Boguslavskaya &mdash; a novelist, essayist, and author of some of the largest cultural projects in Russia and internationally &mdash; OSА focuses on films about poetry, art, history, and memory.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M follows filmmaker Hend Bakr as she breaks through Mohamed Hafez Ragab&rsquo;s &mdash; one of the most renowned writers in the modern history of Egyptian literature &mdash; solitude to find out the reason behind his radical decision to self-isolate for the better part of 30 years, abandoning writing at the peak of his career.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film premiered at the Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival and received a Special Mention from the Gabes Art Festival in Tunisia. It also screened in Cairo&rsquo;s Downtown at the Goethe Institute&rsquo;s headquarters and Alexandria&rsquo;s Jesuit Cultural Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by Bakr, THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M is co-produced by Ahmed Nabil, edited by Peter Adel, and lensed by Tamer Nady. MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s Worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the MENA region.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film screened at last year&rsquo;s edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, with Bakr holding a post-screening Q&amp;A to discuss everything from meeting the man behind the myth in the flesh to the challenges she faced while filming the documentary.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it participated in the IDFA Academy, the DOX BOX e-course &mdash; mentored by Raed Andoni &mdash; as well as the Robert Bosch Project Market, the Thessaloniki Agora Doc Market, and the Visions du R&eacute;el VdR &ndash; Film Market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Bakr is a director and producer who is interested in exploring common territories between writing and cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon finishing her studies in filmmaking at the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, she co-founded Rufy&rsquo;s Films &mdash; a major film production company based in Alexandria.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, she co-directed and co-produced THE MICE ROOM &mdash;&nbsp; an omnibus feature-length film that was officially selected for international film festivals in Dubai, and Sao Paulo, among others.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later on, in 2023, she made her first documentary, THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She\'s currently directing and producing her second feature documentary, NAS EL KABAYEN, and producing the feature documentary (AND THERE WAS EVENING. AND THERE WAS MORNING. THE FIRST DAY.)</span>', '1756495071'),
(656, '', 'Firas Al-Taybeh\'s acclaimed short THE WOODLAND heading to Arab Film Festival Rotterdam', '2024-05-28', 'THE-WOODLAND.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh\'s THE WOODLAND is set to be featured at the upcoming edition of the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, which is set to take place from May 30th to June 2nd in the Netherlands.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the festival\'s Arab Shorts I Program, the captivating movie will be screened on June 1st at 12 pm, with Al-Taybeh himself scheduled to attend the event and answer any questions about the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE WOODLAND follows two estranged brothers who find themselves in the untamed wilderness as they embark on a journey to bury their father.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reunited in the wake of tragedy after years of tense separation, the two brothers find themselves at a crossroads where they need to confront their shared past before making a pivotal decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions&rsquo; sales arm MAD Distribution is handling the movie&rsquo;s sales in the Arab-speaking region.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh is a Jordanian filmmaker and actor who initially pursued his passion for the arts at Jordan University, before honing his skills in filmmaking at the prestigious Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over five years of experience teaching at SAE College Jordan, Al-Taybeh has written and directed a number of acclaimed fiction and documentary short films, including AL WADI and AN INVISIBLE FACE. As an actor, his diverse filmography spans features, drama series, and shorts such as FARHA, WHEN I SAW YOU, and KABREET 45.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>', '1864521850'),
(657, '', 'Amr Salama’s 60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS set to screen and compete at the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam', '2024-05-28', '60-POUNDS.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After making history by becoming the first-ever short film in history to open an Arab film festival and having its world premiere at the sixth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, Amr Salama&rsquo;s 60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS will be screening as part of the Arab Film Festival Rotterdam&rsquo;s Arab Shorts I Program, where it will also be competing. The festival is scheduled to take place from May 30th to June 2nd in the Netherlands.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short is set to screen at the festival on Saturday, June 1st at 12 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS &mdash; which is the first collaboration between multi-award-winning director Amr Salama and up-and-coming Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza in his debut acting role &mdash; recently held its International premiere as part of the International Competition at the Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows aspiring rapper Ziad and his family, who have long suffered at the hands of his abusive father. However, when tensions reach a boiling point, Ziad takes it upon himself to end his family&rsquo;s suffering once and for all.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Omar Gawdat and Omar El Safi of Beatroot Records and Cinerama Films, respectively, 60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS is lensed by Ahmed Tarek Bayoumi, edited by Ahmed Hafez, and stars trap artist ZIAD ZAZA, as well as Tarek El-Deweri, Hamza Diab, and Rawheya Salem. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions&rsquo; newly established international sales agent MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the MENA region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received generally favorable reviews after its El Gouna premiere for its bold subject matter, impeccable performances, beautiful cinematography, and masterful editing, with Farida Salem of What Woman Want Magazine hailing it as a &ldquo;thrilling film [that] advocates for all victims of violence and rebukes abusive parents,&rdquo; and describing it as &ldquo;raw, liberating, and moving.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most prominent trap artists in the current scene, ZIAD ZAZA has rapidly established himself in Egypt\'s rap scene thanks to his unique approach to drill music. Since the release of his debut album EL RAYS, the musician has developed a cult-like following thanks to his unconventional delivery and aggressive singing style.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Amr Salama is an Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began his career by primarily directing short movies and commercials before releasing his first feature film, ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, in 2008.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then worked on the AIDS-themed drama ASMAA, which earned him international attention when it premiered at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, where it won Best Arab Director before winning another two awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, Salama co-directed the documentary TAHRIR 2011: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE POLITICIAN, which scored UNESCO&rsquo;s CICT-IFTC Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival and numerous other international awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, Salama has worked on several Egyptian hits, including EXCUSE MY FRENCH, SHEIKH JACKSON, MADE IN EGYPT, TAYEA, the first Egyptian Netflix original series PARANORMAL, Shahid&rsquo;s original series BIMBO, and BARA EL MANHAG.</span>', '311951895'),
(659, '', 'SIMO to debut on Apple TV globally', '2024-05-30', 'simo-57698.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Zoromba&rsquo;s short SIMO is now available for streaming on Apple TV worldwide except in the Middle East.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Zoromba, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the short tells the compelling story of the complex brotherhood between Simo and Emad, filled with competition and jealousy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a desire to prove his popularity and his capabilities to his older brother, Simo sneakily takes over Emad\'s online gaming. However, his actions take a dangerous turn that may seriously impact their family\'s future.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basel El-Rayes, Seif El-Rayes, and Aladeen Tawfeek,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SIMO &mdash; which held its international premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere at the 73rd Berlinale &mdash; won numerous awards, including the Best Canadian Short Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Denis Villeneuve\'s Favorite Short at the 19th Prends &Ccedil;a Court! Gala, and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live-Action Short.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Zoromba is a Canadian Egyptian writer and director whose documentaries and feature films explore the themes of cultural identity, assimilation, and intergenerational trauma.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and an alumnus of the 2019 Sundance Ignite Fellowship.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoromba&rsquo;s first short documentary FARAWAY (2020) was screened at over 30 film festivals around the world, including Slamdance, Camerimage, and RIDM. He also co-produced the short documentary, NO CRYING AT THE DINNER TABLE, which won over 25 awards and screened at over 80 festivals, including the TIFF, SXSW, and IDFA.</span>', '233236060'),
(660, '', 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE receives rave reviews across the board ', '2024-05-30', 'the-village-next-to-paradise-receives.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mo Harawe&rsquo;s THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, the Un Certain Regard title that is the first Somalia-shot feature film to be selected for the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cannes</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Film Festival, has taken the internet by storm, receiving wide praise from critics all over the world and positioning it as a must-see film for all cinephiles.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a windy Somali desert village, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE revolves around a newly assembled family that must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust, and resilience will power them through their life paths - even amidst the throes of civil war and natural disasters.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the reviews the film has received so far is the one from critic Leila Latif of Indiewire, who hailed the film as \"extremely exciting\" and evidence of the \"myriad stories and talents that lie within Somalia\'s borders.\" Meanwhile, Les Inrockuptibles\' Marilou Duponchel wrote that Harawe \"delivers some invigorating news about young Somali cinema in an impressively masterful first feature.\"</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa\'s Fabien Lemercier also praised Harawe\'s work, praising it for its \"remarkable sense of framing\" and \"touching and laconic tale illustrating the misfortunes and resilience of the Somali people.\" And Screendaily\'s Nikki Baughan highlighted the film\'s \"striking visual literacy\" thanks to the cinematography of Mostafa El Kashef.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, Critic Adham Youssef of The Film Verdict called the film \"visually striking and masterfully told,\" while Dmovies\' Eoghan Lyng simply declared it \"a spellbinding drama from Somalia.\"</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most insightful critique came from The Hollywood Reporter\'s Lovia Gyarkye, who drew parallels between Harawe\'s approach and the works of acclaimed directors like Gabriel Martins and Mahamet Saleh Haroun. Gyarkye praised the film\'s \"unhurried pacing and tender focus on a single family\" as well as how it \"structures the film around a broader geopolitical conflict.\"</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Harawe as his feature-length directorial debut, the film is a poignant take on Somali life that features a cast of emerging Somali actors, including Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban, and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is an international co-production that brings together FreibeuterFilm (Austria), Kazak Productions (France), Niko Film (Germany), and Maanmaal ACC (Somalia), with Totem Films of France handling international sales. French theatrical distribution will be handled by Jour2F&ecirc;te and Mena distribution by MAD Distribution, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) distribution subsidiary of Cairo-based indie studio MAD Solutions.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is lensed by cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who returned to the Cannes Film Festival this year after his short film I PROMISE YOU PARADISE captivated the French festival&rsquo;s audiences last year, winning </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Valbonne Audience Award and Rail d\'Or for Best Short Film and</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> earning him eight Best Cinematography awards throughout its festival run</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also edited by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joana Scrinzi, who received the Best Film Editing prize from the Austrian Film Awards for her multi-award-winning film GREAT FREEDOM, with</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nuur Abdulkadir serving as production designer.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed at the Torino Film Script Lab, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received a post-production prize from the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech Film Festival and a Locarno Industry award. </span>', '89036822'),
(661, '', 'Mouloud Aït Liotna\'s THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM wins the Special Jury Award at the IndieLisboa - International Film Festival', '2024-06-06', 'The-House-Is-On-Fire,-Might-As-Well-Get-Warm-screener.00_20_08_19.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algerian director Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna\'s short drama film THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM has scored the Special Jury Award at the IndieLisboa - International Film Festival in Lisbon, the festival&rsquo;s 21st edition ran from May 23rd to June 2nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the award&rsquo;s announcement, the festival&rsquo;s jury released a statement that read:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Many of the films this year grapple with what it means to leave home. This anxiety takes on a specific shape when leaving is a choice. This film occupies the days before such a departure, when the most familiar actions &mdash; picking up milk at the shop, or drinking a morning coffee with your parents &mdash; transform into precious, existential experiences.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you stop and think for too long, you won&rsquo;t get on the bus, boat or plane. This ambivalence is felt in villages around the world, but in this case, it is a Kabyle village. For articulating this feeling with precision &mdash; both the humor and the heartbreak &mdash; we give the Special Jury Award to The House Is On Fire, Might As Well Get Warm.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting its journey on the festival circuit with a World premiere in the Directors\' Fortnight of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, the short film made history by competing in the National Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; one of the most prominent international short film festivals around the globe &mdash; last February.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After world premiering at Cannes&rsquo; Director&rsquo;s Fortnight, the film went on to make waves at several film festivals, including the Festival de Cin&eacute;ma de Douarnenez, Bejaia Film Encounters, Cinemed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en Montpellier, and the Festival des Cin&eacute;mas d\'Afrique du Pays d\'Apt.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM follows</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yanis &mdash; a young Kabyle man &mdash; who is leaving for Paris. To tie up some loose ends, he goes to the nearby village, where he learns of the death of a childhood friend and meets another at the funeral.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mishap in a caf&eacute; turns his last day in the backwaters of an earthy and soggy Algeria into a road movie &mdash; at first desperate, then thoughtful, and melancholic.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With magnificent cinematography and impressive cast performances, the film blends elements of drama and road movie genres to create a thought-provoking and melancholic experience for audiences. It also sheds light on the issue of Algerian immigration into France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it was in its production phase, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM received financial support from several prestigious institutions, including R&eacute;gion Occitanie, AFAC, and the Centre National du Cin&eacute;ma et de l\'Image Anim&eacute;e.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna and produced by Avant la Nuit of Benjamin Costes and Thibaut Amri, the film stars Mehdi Ramdani &mdash; well-known for UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN, which screened in Cannes&rsquo; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un Certain Regard &mdash; and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Lefkir.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was lensed by Jowan Le Besco and edited by Esther Frey. MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouloud A&iuml;t Liotna grew up in Algeria and left for France before his 18th birthday. There, he studied cinema and philosophy before working in documentary development.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MIGHT AS WELL GET WARM is his first short film.</span>', '1694096775');
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(662, '', 'YELLOW BUS earns rapturous applause at CineMAS Film Festival ahead of its release in UAE’s cinemas', '2024-06-09', 'yellow-bus-post-screen.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YELLOW BUS, starring Kinda Alloush and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bollywood Indian star Tannishtha Chatterjee, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">received a rapturous reception at the CineMAS Independent Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, where the film\'s Q&amp;A session with director Wendy Bednarz and producer Nadia Eliewat on May 26th attracted a full house of engaged and enthusiastic attendees.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailing it as one of the best films produced in the UAE, the audience was deeply moved by the emotional and powerful storytelling of YELLOW BUS, which explores themes of grief, forgiveness, and cross-cultural experiences. Moreover, they were captivated by the nuanced and empathetic portrayal of Kinda and Tanishtha, who formed an incredible onscreen duo.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This overwhelming response to the film at CineMAS is a testament to its artistic excellence and ability to touch the hearts of audiences, solidifying its place as one of the most emotionally resonant and impactful works to come out of the region in recent years.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Painting a world that highlights the textures of the desert landscape and the diversity of its people, YELLOW BUS </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">centers around a mother\'s journey to grieve the loss of her child and her quest for forgiveness while exploring themes of alienation and connection and reflecting on the experiences of individuals living in a multicultural environment.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the scorching heat of the Arabian Gulf, the daughter of an Indian family is accidentally left behind on a school bus, leading to her tragic death. As each family member reacts differently to the situation, the mother, shattered by grief, refuses to settle until she uncovers the truth about what happened to her daughter and ensures that those responsible are held accountable for their negligence. Will she ultimately succeed in her quest and find solace in accepting the accident?&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;YELLOW BUS &mdash; which is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OSN\'s first original feature, played in Saudi cinemas and will soon get its theatrical release across cinemas in UAE &mdash; won the prestigious Global Vision Award (Jury Award for Best Feature Film) at the Cinquest Film &amp; Creativity Film Festival. Before that, the film snagged the top prize at South Africa&rsquo;s Joburg Film Festival, marking its first award in a festival tour that started with a banging world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by American filmmaker Wendy Bednarz, the film stars Kinda Alloush alongside Bollywood Indian star Tannishtha Chatterjee, who won the Best Actress Award at several international festivals, including the British Independent Film Awards for her role in the British film BRICK LANE; as well as Bollywood star Amit Sial, known for the famous series INSIDE EDGE that was nominated for the International Emmy Awards in 2018; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Aarushi Laud, who plays the child that puts everything in motion.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a co-production between the US, India, Jordan, and the UAE that is written and directed by American filmmaker Wendy Bednarz and produced by Jordanian producer and founder of Screen Project Nadia Eliewat &mdash; who worked on the award-winning film WHEN MONALIZA SMILED &mdash; alongside Founder of Sikhya Entertainment </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guneet Monga</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose short documentary THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER won an Academy Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling the worldwide sales rights and MAD Distribution managing theatrical rights across the Arab-speaking region,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the film is a co-production between the US, India, Jordan, and the UAE that is written and directed by American filmmaker Wendy Bednarz and produced by Jordanian producer and founder of Screen Project Nadia Eliewat&mdash;who worked on the award-winning film WHEN MONALIZA SMILED&mdash;alongside Founder of Sikhya Entertainment </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guneet Monga</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whose short documentary THE ELEPHANT WHISPERER won an Academy Award.</span>', '640501693'),
(663, '', 'RAT HOLE to hold second screening at Zawya Cinema with director and lead actress present for Q&A session', '2024-06-10', 'Rat_hole_4444.00_05_37_00.Still008.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the remarkable success of Egyptian director Mohamed El-Samman\'s feature film RAT HOLE on the festival trail and its packed initial screening at Zawya Cinema, the highly acclaimed film is scheduled to screen once more at Cairo&rsquo;s most popular theater for indie-films on June 12th at 9 pm, with director Mohamed El-Samman and lead actress Rana Khattab set to attend and participate in a special post-screening Q&amp;A session.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, RAT HOLE held a successful world premiere at Egypt&rsquo;s Aswan International Film Festival, garnering widespread praise for its poignant storytelling and the exceptional performance delivered by Rana Khattab, which earned her a Special Jury Award for Best Actress at last year&rsquo;s Amman International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upcoming screening presents a unique opportunity for film enthusiasts to engage with the director and lead actress as they share insights into the making of RAT HOLE and the compelling narrative that has resonated with audiences globally. Attendees will have the chance to delve into the behind-the-scenes stories and gain a deeper understanding of the film\'s impact and significance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film delves into the gripping story of a telemarketer for a non-profit organization who is compelled to compromise her principles in order to support her family, shedding light on the darker side of the NGO in which she is employed. The film\'s compelling portrayal of the protagonist\'s moral dilemma and its exploration of social issues have earned it high acclaim and positive reviews from critics.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written, produced, and directed by Mohamed El Samman and stars Rana Khattab who appeared in several hit series, including Yasser Galal&rsquo;s LAMS AKTAF, Hamada Helal&rsquo;s AL MADDAH, and Ahmed El Sakka&rsquo;s Al ATAWLA as well as a number of films, including MOMMIES GROUP and 3AMMOHOM. It also stars Mohamed Yorka, Kamal El-Asnawy, and Hanan Helmy, among others, and is distributed in Arab-speaking countries by MAD Distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian writer and director Mohammed El Samman is a member of the Egyptian Cinema Syndicate\'s Directing Department. He released two novels, UNEXPECTED MR. RIGHT and REMONDA. His script, EARTHMEN, also won the Sawiris Cultural Award for Best Script of 2022.</span>', '369896387'),
(664, '', 'MAR MAMA and THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY selected to compete at 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival', '2024-06-10', 'photo-13_8.1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions, the MENA region&rsquo;s leading film distribution agent, is sending two films from its extensive short film slate to screen and compete at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (ShortFest), which is scheduled to take place from June 18th to the 24th in California, US &mdash; Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s MAR MAMA and Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY will be competing for two jury awards: Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes and Best Student International Short. The film will be screening on Wednesday, June 19th at 2:30 pm at Regal 1.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, MAR MAMA is in the running for the Bridging the Borders Jury Award and is set to screen on Thursday, June 20th at 3 pm at Regal 6.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alrjoob&rsquo;s Jordanian thriller THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY &mdash; which was recently released on film streaming giant MUBI, becoming the first Jordanian short in MUBI&rsquo;s library &mdash; recently screened at the Independent Film Festival in Boston and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, and won the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award at the Ghent International Short Film Festival and the El Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star for Short Films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, it held its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Quinzaine des Cin&eacute;astes and has since made its way to numerous renowned international film festivals worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic thriller &mdash; which is one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY is directed, written, and co-produced by Faris Alrjoob and co-written by Matthew LaPaglia, while Luisa Stricker and Luma Al Hamarneh co-produced it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, as well as Clara Schwinning, Emmy-nominated journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil. The short film was also lensed by Mahmoud Belakhel and edited by Benedikt Strick.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s Palestinian drama MAR MAMA recently held a special screening at Tulane University in New Orleans and screened at the Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, and the Houston Palestine Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short also recently took home the Best Fiction Short Award of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, where it held its MENA premiere as part of the festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which world-premiered at Ireland&rsquo;s Indie Cork Festival and screened at Italy&rsquo;s Al Ard Film Festival, delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes, and yet, she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s production is a collaboration between Marsam 301 and Phoenix Films, with support from the Palestinian Ministry of Culture through the Palestinian Cultural Fund and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, edited, and produced by El-Omari and lensed by Ashraf Dowani, MAR MAMA features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri &mdash; who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY &mdash; and Lana Abu Srour.</span>', '1094200473'),
(665, '', 'Six MAD Shorts heading to the Toronto Arab Film Festival', '2024-06-13', 'Six-MAD-Shorts-heading-to-the-Toronto.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is set to showcase six shorts from its distribution slate at the Toronto Arab Film Festival (TAF) &mdash; SIXTY EGYPTIAN POUNDS, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, CONDITIONAL DESIRE, NO KEY, THE POEM WE SANG, and BENEATH A MOTHER\'S FEET.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&rsquo;s important to note that the first four shorts will be screening at Toronto&rsquo;s Innis Town Hall, while the latter two will be available to watch online on the festival&rsquo;s website.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the first three shorts in the lineup will be screened as part of the same Short Film Program on Saturday, June 22nd, at 7 pm while NO KEY will be featured in another program on Thursday, June 27th, at the same timeslot.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s a quick rundown on every short heading to the TAF:</span> <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Salama&rsquo;s SIXTY EGYPTIAN POUNDS follows aspiring rapper Ziad and his family, who have long suffered at the hands of his abusive father. However, when tensions reach a boiling point, Ziad takes it upon himself to end his family&rsquo;s suffering once and for all.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film received generally favorable reviews after its El Gouna premiere for its bold subject matter, impeccable performances, beautiful cinematography, and masterful editing, with Farida Salem of What Woman Want Magazine hailing it as a &ldquo;thrilling film [that] advocates for all victims of violence and rebukes abusive parents,&rdquo; and describing it as &ldquo;raw, liberating, and moving.&rdquo;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the first two Jordanian films to make it to Cannes, Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from becoming available for streaming on MUBI this month, THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY also recently won the Best Connecting Cultures Film Award at the Ghent International Short Film Festival and the Gouna Film Festival\'s Silver Star for Short Films.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houcem Slouli\'s CONDITIONAL DESIRE is a 15-minute Tunisian drama that follows Ahmed and Salma, who, despite residing in a society that values conformity, strive to remain honest with themselves. However, they find themselves grappling with a heart-wrenching psychological burden as they sacrifice their happiness to meet the expectations of others.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film was featured as part of the Short Film Competition of the Silicon Valley African Film Festival and won the Best Short Film Award at Turkey&rsquo;s Accessible Film Festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walid Messnaoui&rsquo;s multi-award-winning short NO KEY follows a young burglar named Amine, who in his desperate hunt for a way out of his gloomy existence on the rough streets of Casablanca, discovers a sealed jewelry box that represents his ticket to a brighter future in Europe.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when other gangs find out what&rsquo;s in his possession, he must brave their treacherous terrain and face his own demons to keep his dream alive.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO KEY world premiered at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival and has 11 awards under its belt, five of which from the Indie Short Fest - Los Angeles International Film Festival &mdash; Best Crime Short (Outstanding Achievement Award), Best Short of the Season, Best First-Time Director, Best Sound Design, and Best Special Makeup.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annie Sakkab&rsquo;s documentary short THE POEM WE SANG follows a Palestinian director as she ruminates on the generational trauma caused by the loss of a family home and forced migration, transforming lifelong regrets into a healing journey of creative catharsis and bearing witness.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from premiering at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, THE POEM WE SANG has been on quite the festival tour, making its way to the Vancouver and Norwegian Short film festivals, to name but a few.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elias Suhail&rsquo;s BENEATH A MOTHER&rsquo;S FEET follows Wedad, a young mother burdened by the weight of motherhood and family duty, moving through her days with quiet resilience. As she navigates the crowded marketplace, the minutiae of her life speak of a yearning for something beyond the confines of her existence.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;', '1010312012'),
(666, '', 'Myriam El Hajj\'s DIARIES FROM LEBANON set to premiere at five different festivals this June', '2024-06-16', '1708952411460.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a show-stopping world premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival last February, Myriam El Hajj&rsquo;s Lebanese feature-length documentary DIARIES FROM LEBANON is poised to kick off quite the festival tour, with screenings lined up at five different festivals throughout the entirety of June.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s anticipated festival tour will kick off with an in-competition screening at the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival on June 13th at 6:30 pm with director Myriam El Hajj present.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will then make its way to the Arts of Lebanon Festival in the UK, where it will be screening on June 16th at 2:30 pm. After that, it will be taking a trip all the way to China for its Asian premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival&rsquo;s Panorama Section on June 19th at 6:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, DIARIES FROM LEBANON will head to France for two screenings at the Champs Elys&eacute;es Film Festival &mdash; where the film will be competing for the festival&rsquo;s Longs M&eacute;trages Fran&ccedil;ais Prix Du Jury &mdash; one on June 22nd, 8:30 pm, at Room 2 of PublicisCin&eacute;mas, and another on June 24th, 6 pm, at Room 1 of The Lincoln.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, the film will also be holding its Polish premiere at the Tofifest - Toruń International Film Festival as part of the festival&rsquo;s Independent Women section on June 26th at 7 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, DIARIES FROM LEBANON screened at two festivals in Canada: The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Doxa Documentary Film Festival. It also screened at the Visions du R&eacute;el International Film Festival in Switzerland.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The docudrama takes place in Lebanon, where, in the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIARIES FROM LEBANON was written, directed, and co-lensed by El Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. The documentary features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and Doha Film Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab World and the diaspora.</span>', '1058033537'),
(667, '', 'Moroccan Badass Girl ranks first in Morocco on Netflix', '2024-06-25', 'Moroccan-Badass-Girl.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri\'s satirical dark comedy MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL made it to the top of Netflix Morocco\'s viewership board from June 17th to the 23rd, making it the only Arab film to rank among the most viewed in Morocco over the past two weeks</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL, which held its world premiere at the prestigious Marrakech International Film Festival, follows Cathy as she approaches her 30th birthday. However, she is confronted with the harsh realities of her life. Her parents, fianc&eacute;, boss, and society have all treated her poorly, leading to a series of unfortunate events that unfold on what turns out to be the worst day of her life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of a sardonic Casablanca, Cathy finds herself in a dark and twisted comedy that will shape her future. Determined to start anew, she embarks on a journey to immigrate abroad, only to encounter unexpected obstacles along the way.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Hicham Lasri, MOROCCAN BADASS GIRL stars Fadoua Taleb, Salah Bensalah, Malek Akhmiss, and Karam Lamrani.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicham Lasri is a multi-talented artist based in Casablanca who is a director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and comic book writer. He has also recently started venturing into the world of music as a member of a band called the Chic Chocs.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His notable works in chronological order include (K) DREAM, TEARS OF JOY ONE DAY OF ZEMZEM, THE INVISIBLES &mdash; which he also directed &mdash; and F.A.Q.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In six years, Lasri has successfully sent six films to several prestigious film festivals, including THE END, THEY ARE THE DOGS, THE SEA IS BEHIND, STARVE YOUR DOG, HEADBANG LULLABY, and JAHILYA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, over the past few years, he has written, directed, and produced three short films &mdash; LOVE IN ALEPPO, WASTELAND, and THE MALE GAZE. And in 2021, he published his fourth novel titled THE LUCIFER EFFECT.</span>', '700701343'),
(668, '', 'Acclaimed Palestinian documentary LYD hits UAE\'s Cinema Akil after wowing global festivals and US universities', '2024-06-25', 'Lyd_TarteerFamily4.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award-winning documentary LYD from acclaimed filmmakers Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland will make its highly anticipated debut at the UAE&rsquo;s esteemed Cinema Akil, with the film running for a limited two-week release from June 28th to July 11th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a sci-fi documentary that follows the rise and fall of Lyd &mdash; a 5,000-year-old metropolis that was once a bustling Palestinian town until it was conquered when the State of Israel was established in 1948.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the film unfolds, a chorus of characters creates a tapestry of the Palestinian experience of this city and the trauma left by the massacre and expulsion.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the six-time-award-winning film clinched the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Houston Palestine Film Festival and the Audience Choice Award for Feature Films at the San Diego Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to this, LYD received the Best Asian Feature Award at the Pramana Asian Film Festival, earned two special mentions at the Sguardi Altrove International Women\'s Film Festival, and won both a Jury Award for Best Documentary and the inaugural FIPRESCI Award at the fourth edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LYD also captivated audiences at a string of celebrated festivals, including Pune, Middle East Now, Al Ard, Reel Palestine, Palestinian, and Melbourne Science Fiction. Moreover, it enjoyed multiple screenings worldwide, including extensive showings across the US, Jordan, Italy, and Australia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movie&rsquo;s executive producer is Roger Waters, the English musician, singer, songwriter, and composer best known for co-founding the progressive rock band Pink Floyd in 1965, where he served as its bassist. Waters, who often incorporates political themes in his work, has drawn controversy for his views, particularly his support for Palestine in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has likened Israel\'s treatment of Palestine to that of Nazi Germany and has steadfastly refused to perform in Israel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Younis is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from Lyd. Younis was also a 2019-20 Harvard Divinity School Fellow and worked as a journalist for the online magazine +972 and as the writer and editor of its Hebrew sister site Local Call &mdash; a journalistic initiative he co-founded to question Israeli conventional news sources.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Sarah Ema Friedland is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and media artist. Friedland\'s works have screened widely in the US and abroad and have been broadcast nationally on PBS.</span>', '1225678178'),
(669, '', 'Ali Ali’s SMOKEY EYES set to compete at 5th Amman International Film Festival', '2024-06-25', 'IMG_200sasasas1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Ali&rsquo;s short Egyptian thriller SMOKEY EYES will be making its Jordanian debut this summer at the fifth edition of the Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film (AIFF) &mdash; to be held from July 3rd to the 11th in the Jordanian capital &mdash; where the film will be competing in the festival&rsquo;s Arab Short Films Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMOKEY EYES world premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival and dives into the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, highlighting ongoing social issues such as police brutality, religious tensions, and restricted freedoms for women.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thriller &mdash; which marks Egyptian rapper Marwan Moussa&rsquo;s acting debut &mdash; follows Nour, who, despite her meticulous planning for a date, unforeseen circumstances derail her romantic outing in the restless streets of nighttime Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Malak Bazid, Marwan Moussa, Hassan Abouelrouss, Nourine Abouseada, and Mohamed Aboughali, SMOKEY EYES was directed by Ali Ali, written by Nancy Ali, lensed by Pierre Mouarkech, and edited by Nada Zag. The film was produced by Khaled Zaki of Good People Films, with the soundtrack composed by Sary Hany.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales while MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in the Arab-speaking region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Ali is an Egyptian film director and co-founder of Good People Films who transitioned from being a computer engineer to pursuing his passion for storytelling through film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After obtaining a degree in art direction from Miami-Ad-School, he made his directorial debut in advertising with the popular NEVER SAY NO TO PANDA ad, which amassed 100m YouTube views and earned him the prestigious Gold Lion Award at Cannes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, Ali has garnered numerous accolades, including four coveted Yellow Pencils in Direction from London\'s D&amp;AD and over eight Gold Lions from Cannes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also served as the President of the Direction Jury at London\'s D&amp;AD Awards in 2020, a member of the Film Jury at Cannes Lions International Festival in 2023, and has been recognized as one of the Ten Most Influential Advertising Directors in the World Today by Adweek and the Gunn Report.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMOKEY EYES marks Ali\'s impressive directorial debut.</span>', '122759934'),
(670, '', 'Official trailer for Amjad Al-Rasheed’s INSHALLAH A BOY goes live ahead of its screening at the Amman International Film Festival ', '2024-06-25', 'pic0200114896-copie.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s critically acclaimed drama INSHALLAH A BOY continues to make waves, the film &mdash; Jordan&rsquo;s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards &mdash; just released its official trailer ahead of its participation at the Amman International Film Festival &ndash; Awal Film this July, where it will be competing for Best Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer through this link</span>\r<br/><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/share/v/S2fGhGHB1LgX5AJc/?mibextid=WC7FNe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/share/v/S2fGhGHB1LgX5AJc/?mibextid=WC7FNe</span></a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is also poised to make its theatrical debut in its home country Jordan this summer ahead of its release in several cinemas across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the rest of the MENA region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a historic world premiere at the 76th Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week &mdash; where it was the first-ever Jordanian feature film to be selected for the French festival &mdash; the film scored two prestigious awards: The Gan Foundation Award and the Rail D\'Or Award for Best Feature Film before screening at over 100 prestigious film festivals and bagging over 25 awards during its highly successful festival tour.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most recent of these awards is the Best Narrative Feature Award from the Muslim International Film Festival, the Best Feature Fiction Award from the 7th Beirut International Women Film Festival, the Best First Film Award from the Bengaluru International Film Festival, the Best Performance Award from the Red Sea International Film Festival, the Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Award from the Mystic Film Festival, the Best Performance from the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Golden Frog for Best Directorial Debut at the esteemed Camerimage IFF in Poland, to name a few.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly praised by over 30 regional and international news outlets such as Screen Daily, the New York Times, Variety, Al Jazeera, and Independent Arabia, INSHALLAH A BOY tells the story of the recently widowed Nawal, who has to save her daughter and home following her husband&rsquo;s death in a society where having a son is a game changer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama (Everything Everywhere All at Once); edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez (Moon Knight); sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution all over the Arab-speaking world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY is the second collaboration between Amjad and MAD Solutions, as the company had distributed the short film THE PARROT &mdash; which he co-directed &mdash;, the film won many international awards, including the Jury Prize at the Twin Cities Arab Film Festivals in Minnesota and the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. It had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2016 and is currently showing on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Rula Nasser, she is an independent Jordanian producer with extensive experience in different aspects of the production of commercials, TV series, and low-budget films, all the way to big-budget studio films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kicked off her career working on projects with the BBC and Discovery and then worked for five years with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission before founding The Imaginarium Films in 2011. Since then, the company&rsquo;s productions have been selected for all manner of prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Toronto.&nbsp;</span>', '2074117034'),
(671, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature 5 shorts at Amman Int’l Film Festival', '2024-06-27', 'amman-festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is sending fiive short films from its distribution slate to screen at the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), which will be running from July 3rd to the 11th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD lineup includes IN THE WAITING ROOM, SMOKEY EYES, THE WOODLAND &mdash; all of which will be screened as part of the festival&rsquo;s Shorts competition &mdash; along with THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which will be showcased in the Jordanian program, and TRINOU, which will be getting a special screening.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming up first in the lineup is Moatasem Taha\'s compelling film IN THE WAITING ROOM, which follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IN THE WAITING ROOM is produced by Thekra Makalda and Mohammed Ibraheem and stars Marleen Bajjali, Jalal Masarwa, Drora Coren, Bayan Daher, and Maria Toama.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is Ali Ali&rsquo;s thriller SMOKEY EYES, which follows Nour, who, despite her meticulous planning for a date, unforeseen circumstances derail her romantic outing in the restless streets of nighttime Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Malak Bazid, Egyptian rapper Marwan Moussa for the first time, Hassan Abouelrouss, Nourine Abouseada, and Mohamed Aboughali, SMOKEY EYES was directed by Ali Ali, written by Nancy Ali, lensed by Pierre Mouarkech, and edited by Nada Zag. The film was produced by Khaled Zaki of GoodPeople Films, with the soundtrack composed by Sary Hany.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in the line is Firas Al-Taybeh\'s THE WOODLAND, which follows two estranged brothers who find themselves in the untamed wilderness as they embark on a journey to bury their father.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reunited in the wake of tragedy after years of tense separation, the two brothers find themselves at a crossroads where they need to confront their shared past before making a pivotal decision.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Shorts&rsquo; penultimate entry in Amman is Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s German-Jordanian short THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, which held its Arab world premiere at the sixth edition of El Gouna Film Festival, follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring burgeoning young Jordanian actor Mohamed Nizar, German actress Clara Schwinning, and Emmy-nominated American-Palestinian-Kuwaiti journalist-actor Ahmed Shihab Eldin, and Anwar Khalil, the short film was produced by top German film school Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but not least is Nejib Kthiri&rsquo;s British-Tunisian short TRINOU, which follows Omar &mdash; a young boy who escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he creates from magazines his mother used to give him.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast for TRINOU includes Max Pemberton &mdash; who guest-starred as Dalton in the first episode of Tim Burton\'s Netflix series Wednesday &mdash; as the lead, alongside Mohamed Grayaa, Kaouther Dhaouedi, and Eleanor Crowe.</span>', '1915087821'),
(672, '', 'GOODBYE JULIA still dominating Egyptian box office, gearing up for similar success in GCC', '2024-07-01', 'Screen-Shot-2023-04-10-at-9.07.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Kordofani\'s debut Sudanese drama feature GOODBYE JULIA continues to make waves as it forges a path of success in Egypt since its historic October 25th commercial release, recording the highest revenues for an Arab film at the Egyptian box office and amassing over EGP 3m throughout its six-week journey since then.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA has also triumphed over formidable contenders, outperforming blockbusters like Martin Scorcese\'s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON in the country\'s cinematic landscape.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it captivates audiences across Egypt, the anticipation grows for GOODBYE JULIA &mdash; which was selected as Sudan\'s official submission for Best Foreign Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards &mdash; upcoming release in the GCC, which is scheduled for Thursday, December 7th in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain before reaching the UAE on December 14th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also recently held a high-profile press screening at Jeddah&rsquo;s Red Sea Mall\'s VOX Cinema that glittered with the presence of esteemed A-list celebrities and influential public figures.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the film unfolded on the silver screen, its undeniable allure swept through the room, leaving an indelible impression on the audience. The consensus was unanimous, and the resounding success of the screening solidified GOODBYE JULIA as an absolute must-see masterpiece.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its groundbreaking success in Egypt and its imminent release in the Gulf, GOODBYE JULIA is poised to leave its mark on the international film landscape. This Sudanese gem not only showcases the rich talent emerging from the region, but also demonstrates the universal appeal of its storytelling, transcending borders and resonating with audiences worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, GOODBYE JULIA won its fifth Audience Award along with a Cineclub Jury Award for Best Film and a Special Mention at the Tarragona International Film Festival. It also won an Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature at the Leeds International Film Festival in the UK, raising its total tally to 17 awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the widely praised and acclaimed title won an Audience Award at the Mostra De Cinema Arab, t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he top prize for Best Film at the 2023 Belfast Film Festival\'s International Competition</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Excellence Award and Best Actress Award at Canada\'s Muslim International Film Festival, as well as Best Director and Best Leading Actress in a Debut Feature Film at the 18th Cyprus International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also recently released in 51 arthouse theaters across France, introducing French cinephiles to a vital new voice in global cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topping it all off, Lupita Nyong\'o &mdash; the Academy Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 YEARS A SLAVE &mdash; announced that she has joined the film&rsquo;s team as the film&rsquo;s executive producer; and Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim, who is a member of the 2024 Golden Globe Awards&rsquo; Voting Committee, recently revealed that the film has been selected to compete for the Best Non-English Language Film Award ahead of the shortlist&rsquo;s announcement in December.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA&rsquo;s other notable accomplishments include winning the Roger Ebert Award at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival and the Best African Film at the Septimius Awards, where it was also in the running for Best African Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Soundtrack.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also screened at the BFI London Film Festival and the Horizons Section of the 2023 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it enjoyed widespread popularity and packed screenings after its historic world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Freedom Prize.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film achieved major critical acclaim and received overwhelmingly positive reviews after its Cannes premiere, with DMovies website praising the movie, saying &ldquo;GOODBYE JULIA is a 120-minute enrapturing drama thanks to its effective script, blending elements of psychological thriller, melodrama, and music.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA follows the story of Mona &mdash; a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage &mdash; who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder. In an attempt to make amends, she takes in the deceased&rsquo;s Southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country&rsquo;s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOODBYE JULIA</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stars </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiman Yousif, Siran Riak &mdash; the former Ms. South Sudan &mdash; Nazar Goma, and Ger Duany; is written and directed by Kordofani; and produced by Station Films&rsquo; acclaimed Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; the director of Sudan&rsquo;s first-ever submission to the Academy Awards YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY &mdash; in collaboration with producer Mohamed Al-Omda, who co-produced Yemen&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival selection THE BURDENED.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kordofani is a Sudanese filmmaker whose short film NYERKUK won the Black Elephant Award for Best Sudanese Film, NAAS Award for Best Arab Film at the Carthage Film Festival, Jury Award at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, and Arnone-Belavite Pellegrini Award at the FCAAA in Milan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His second short KEJERS PRISON was screened during the Sudanese revolution at the sit-in square in front of thousands of protesters, and his documentary A TOUR IN LOVE REPUBLIC was the first pro-revolution film to be broadcast on Sudan\'s national TV.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His last film was THIS IS SUDAN, which was commissioned by Sudan&rsquo;s former prime minister </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdallah Hamdok</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote Sudan\'s potential for investment.</span>', '763059326');
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(673, '', 'IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS  wins Festival International de Courts Métrages d\'Aix-en-Provence’s Unifrance International Award', '2024-07-01', 'IF-THE-SUN-DROWNED-INTO.jpg', 'Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s French-Lebanese short&nbsp;IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS&nbsp;received the Unifrance International Award at the recently concluded 41st Festival International de Courts M&eacute;trages d\'Aix-en-Provence, which ran from November 28th to December 2nd in France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This award comes hot on the heels of the film&rsquo;s recent double win at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, where it won Best Short Film and the Emile Chahine Award For Cinematic Excellence, as well as a successful screening at the 23rd edition of the CinemaMed - Festival Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Bruxelles, which is taking place from December 1st to the 8th at various locations across Brussels, Belgium.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS&nbsp;world premiered in the Orizzonti section at the Venice International Film Festival, marking this as the second year in a row where Charaf featured at Venice, since his film DIRTY, DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS &mdash; also distributed by MAD Solutions &mdash; opened the Giornate degli Autori\'s Competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, and won the Europa Cinemas Award for Best European Film, making him the first Arab director to receive the award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also featured at several prestigious festivals, such as the Cinemed - Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention, as well as the Stockholm, Cork, Arab, and Ciudades Reveladas &ndash; Muestra Internacional de Cine y Ciudad film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; which is set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, Lebanon &mdash; is a poetic story about unfulfilled dreams; a universal tale about a man who will have to take an odd path to exist, and follows Raed &mdash; a security guard who must prevent passers-by from accessing the shoreline.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters &mdash; or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short film stars Raed Yassin, Rodrigue Sleiman, Said Serhan, and Hala Dabaji, and was lensed by Martin Rit, produced by Charlotte Vincent and Katia Khazak (Aurora Films), co-produced by Pierre Sarraf (N&eacute; &agrave; Beyrouth Films), with sound by Emmanuel Zouki, and music by The Incompetents. MAD Solutions handles the film&rsquo;s Arab World distribution and sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in Beirut in 1973, Wissam Charaf is a French-Lebanese director who has directed seven short films, including UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A FRIEND, which received an award at the 2019 Clermont-Ferrand Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that, Charaf&rsquo;s first fiction feature film HEAVEN SENT was selected for the ACID Section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and his second fiction feature DIRTY DIFFICULT DANGEROUS opened the Giornate degli Autori Section of the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Award, before being awarded at the 2023 Palm Springs Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS&nbsp;is the third collaboration between Charaf and MAD.', '565396919'),
(674, '', 'THE WOODLAND and the tragic inner workings of estranged families', '2024-07-10', 'the-woodlandfeaturefilm.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The global film industry is no stranger to films focused on conflicts around inheritance; and while these films may be more commonplace in the Middle East, where families feuding over scraps in the aftermath of a loved one&rsquo;s death are a regular occurrence, there&rsquo;s a universality to these issues that are brought about by humankind&rsquo;s natural tendency toward greed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter Firas Al-Taybeh&rsquo;s THE WOODLAND: A short that tackles a common issue with a new depth, reminding us all that family matters are never cut and dry, that there are often so many crucial details that some members of the family are not privy to that can be confusing and foster resentment, and that estrangement &mdash; while a diplomatic and at times peaceful option &mdash; sometimes does not heal nor address what has been said nor done in anger or grief.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unaddressed history is the focal point of THE WOODLAND, as two resentful brothers who haven&rsquo;t seen each other in years reunite on the fringes of the woods of their small agrarian town in Jordan to bury their recently passed father. As they drive their father&rsquo;s body up the hill in a rickety tractor to its final resting place, the two brothers bicker about their inheritance and what they should do about it, each thinking their claim more righteous or sensible than the other&rsquo;s based on what they&rsquo;ve contributed to the family and their shortcomings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, soon enough their heated debate is cut short when a mechanical failure sends the cart carrying their father flying into the treeline out of sight. As they separate to navigate the dense and oppressive woods in search of the misplaced body, they pick up where they left off, each one taking turns to reveal a family secret or a personal sacrifice the other is oblivious to.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they trade jabs, half-hearted attempts at reconciliation, and desperate pleas, we as viewers may be reminded of our own complicated family lives. And while the stories, sacrifices, points of contention, and outcomes may be different, what we all share is a mess of a dynamic that is at times equal parts love and hate and as difficult to navigate as the dark and disorienting woods.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE WOODLAND is set to hold its Jordanian premiere at the ongoing edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (running till the 11th), where it will be competing in its Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is written and directed by Al-Taybeh; produced by Majd Hijjawi and Ahmed Amer; lensed by Ghassan Nazmi; edited by Eyad Hamam; and stars Khaled Al-Ghwairi and &ldquo;O&rdquo; Oday Fawaz.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh is a Jordanian filmmaker and actor who initially pursued his passion for the arts at Jordan University, before honing his skills in filmmaking at the prestigious Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over five years of experience teaching at SAE College Jordan, Al-Taybeh has written and directed a number of acclaimed fiction and documentary short films, including AL WADI and AN INVISIBLE FACE. As an actor, his diverse filmography spans features, drama series, and shorts such as FARHA, WHEN I SAW YOU, and KABREET 45.</span>', '2067081747'),
(675, '', 'Maha Haj’s UPSHOT is a poignant exploration of grief, loss, and the enduring power of familial bonds', '2024-07-10', 'Upshot_still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Cambridge dictionary, UPSHOT is \"something that happens as a result of other actions, events, or decisions.\' Similarly, Maha Haj&rsquo;s latest Palestinian short, UPSHOT, seems to be set in the aftermath of a mysterious event.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which will have its world premiere at the Pardi di Domani &ndash; Corti d\'Autore Competition at the Locarno International Film Festival &mdash; starts off by introducing audiences to an aging couple living on a farm somewhere, isolated from the rest of the world, engaging in their daily routine, chopping wood, cooking, and busying themselves with all manner of chores.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each one works in isolation from the other, gathering only at their dining table three times a day for their meals. It&rsquo;s in these instances that they discuss their children\'s affairs. One of them is married and has a problem with his wife. Another is a 34-year-old daughter who hasn&rsquo;t gotten married and whose father is pushing to continue her education. And the other has a problem with his job and wants to focus on sketching.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With each meal, they raise a new issue about their children and debate what they should do about it. However, as the film progresses, we realize that there\'s this sad aura that looms around the aging couple who always seem to be dressed in black.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One day, their routine is interrupted by an unwelcome visitor whose insistence on visiting the couple presents us with a hidden truth the couple has been bearing for so long and yet can\'t hope to cope with.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending a strong message on the devastating effects of war on individuals and bringing to the surface the Palestinian issue and the Israeli invasion of Gaza, UPSHOT is a heartbreaking film that rightfully tugs at your heartstrings, visualizing how unaddressed wanton loss can remain a source of agony years after the death of a loved one, painting a haunting and prophetic picture of the state of Gaza.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is both a lamentation and a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit. In a world defined by suffering, Suleiman and Lubna\'s journey is a poignant reminder of the boundless resilience of the human imagination.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a narrative set in the future, this film confronts the stark reality of a nation scarred by decades of conflict. There are no easy answers, no political solutions to assuage the anguish of parents who have lost everything. And so, it unfolds in a realm unbound by time or place &mdash; a poignant reflection of the irreparable loss that defies earthly confines.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gripping drama is brought to life by a starry cast that features Mohammed Bakri &mdash; who received numerous awards for his works, including the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival, and Berlin\'s Free Speech Bear Award &mdash; Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also directed Maha El Haj, whose film, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won Best Screenplay at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard; produced by Hanna Atallah, who is known for the Seatle and Rotterdam winner REPORTS ON SARAH AND SALEEM; and lensed by Augustin Bonnet, who is known for the Oscar-nominated ANATOMY OF A FALL.</span>', '2100980177'),
(676, '', 'Maha Haj’s gripping short drama UPSHOT to world premiere at 77th Locarno Film Festival', '2024-07-10', 'Upshot_still-dddfd.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT, a poignant Palestinian short film about human loss and resilience, has been selected for the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, where it will be competing in the Pardi di Domani &ndash; Corti d\'Autore Competition. The prestigious Swiss festival runs from August 7th to the 17th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is the latest film written and directed by the acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Maha Haj, whose last feature film, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, UPSHOT is a gripping drama brought to life by a starry cast headlined by Mohammed Bakri, Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel. It tells the story of Suleiman and Lubna, a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss. Through the alchemy of storytelling, Suleiman and Lubna conjure a parallel reality free of their pain in which their lives unfold in vivid detail. But when a journalist intrudes upon their sanctuary, wielding the blunt force of truth, the fragile illusion they\'ve constructed threatens to unravel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is a joint production between Palestine, Italy, and France, and is produced by Ramallah-based company August Films with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel &mdash; the two of which are also co-producing THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US, which is in post-production and, like UPSHOT, will be distributed worldwide by MAD World and in all Arabic-speaking territories by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;UPSHOT is both a lamentation and a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit,&rdquo; says Haj. &ldquo;In a world defined by suffering, Suleiman and Lubna\'s journey is a poignant reminder of the boundless resilience of the human imagination. With a narrative set in the future, this film confronts the stark reality of a nation scarred by decades of conflict. There are no easy answers, no political solutions to assuage the anguish of parents who have lost everything. And so, it unfolds in a realm unbound by time or place &mdash; a poignant reflection of the irreparable loss that defies earthly confines.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haj is a filmmaker with a diverse background in English and Arabic literature. A graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she weaves her profound understanding of storytelling into each frame. After making her mark as an artistic designer on renowned productions such as THE ATTACK by Ziad Douairi and ON THE HILL by Rafael Natjari, she made her directorial debut in 2009 with the short film ORANGES, followed by the poignant documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS in 2010.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first foray into feature filmmaking came in 2015 with PERSONAL AFFAIRS &mdash; a critically acclaimed work that was also selected for Un Certain Regard in the 2016 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. MEDITERRANEAN FEVER followed up its success at Cannes in 2022 with an extended festival tour that included Edinburgh, Chicago, Palm Springs, Sydney, Melbourne, Sarajevo, Vancouver, Goa, Sao Paolo, Sevilla and Rotterdam international film festivals. The film won the Student Jury Prize at Tokyo FILMex and a Golden Firebird for Young Cinema at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. It was also Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards the following year.</span>', '593499324'),
(677, '', 'Palestinian short MAR MAMA to hold its world premiere at Indie Cork Festival', '2023-12-14', 'mar-mama-poster.jpg', 'MAR MAMA&nbsp;&mdash; an extraordinary drama short film directed by Majdi El-Omari &mdash; is gearing up for its highly anticipated world premiere in the 11th edition of the Indie Cork Festival, which will be taking place from December 15th to the 22nd in Ireland.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short is scheduled to screen twice as part of the third package of shorts of the World Shorts Program &mdash; the first on December 18th at 1:30 pm and once again on December, 22nd at 6 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAR MAMA is a deeply emotional and personal exploration of the struggles faced by parents in war zones as they strive to protect their children. It also offers a unique insight into the local traditions and beliefs surrounding the Palestinian national figure Mar Jeris (Saint George), who is a symbol of protection and resistance against evil.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Majdi El-Omari, the film delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death. As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes, and she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film\'s production is a collaboration between Marsam 301 and Phoenix Films, with Majdi El-Omari serving as the writer, producer, and director, and MAD Solutions handling worldwide distribution. MAR MAMA also features a talented cast, including the award-winning Palestinian actor Ziad Bakri, who is known for SCREWDRIVER and Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, and Lana Abu Srour.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before that, the film received support from the Palestinian Ministry of Culture through the Palestinian Cultural Fund and the Arab Fund For Arts And Culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Majdi El-Omari is a Canadian Palestinian filmmaker, editor, and scriptwriter whose work usually focuses on people&rsquo;s suffering from a world that excludes them, focusing on their alienation, desire to communicate, and search for solace while they confront political or social forces. Several of his shorts have been selected for several international festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In addition to shorts, his filmography includes several documentaries, such as STANDSTILL, BETWEEN ME AND YOU, AT THE WINDOW, A&rsquo; PROPS DE L\'AUTRE, and THE EVERGREEN OAK. He is currently writing his next feature film, THE WOMAN OF THE BEES.', '1996867157'),
(678, '', 'Maggie Morgan’s MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ and Sara Suliman’s HEROIC BODIES get another round of screenings at Zawya Cinema', '2024-07-24', 'Heroic-Bodies-x-extended-zawya.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the audience\'s enthusiastic reception and the impressive impressions left on critics and viewers alike, Maggie Morgan&rsquo;s riveting documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ has been extended for the fourth consecutive week at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya Cinema, while Sara Suliman&rsquo;s brilliant documentary HEROIC BODIES has been extended for a second round of screenings at Egypt&rsquo;s home for indie films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two film&rsquo;s additional screening times are as follows:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ: Friday, July 26th at 2 pm; Saturday, July 27th at 4:30 pm; and Monday, July 29th at 9:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES: Thursday, July 25th at 9:30 pm and Friday, July 26th at 4:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ, the film was hailed as &ldquo;one of the best films of the year in terms of idea, structure, and topic&rdquo; by esteemed Egyptian film critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour, who also commended the film\'s &ldquo;ability to touch both the mind and the soul&rdquo; and invited others to see it, expressing his hope to see it on television as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently earning two prestigious awards at the 2024 Aswan International Women Film Festival, the documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Crafted by Morgan and co-writer Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film delves into Draz\'s life through a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs discovered by his great-granddaughter, Noha ElKholy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From his humble beginnings in Mahallat Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, the film paints a vivid portrait of a man far ahead of his time, advocating for equal opportunities for his daughters and sons long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its world premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival earning the Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award, the film has solidified its status as a cinematic masterpiece.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ has garnered critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful narration by Sedky Sakr and the evocative musical score by Khaled Al Kammar, elevating the documentary to an unforgettable cinematic experience.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan and co-written alongside Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film was produced by Noha ElKhouly, lensed by Amgad Reyad, Olivier Dury, Emad Nabil, and Akram Mamdouh and edited by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdullah. MAD Distribution is responsible for the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world, while MAD World handles its worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Sara Suliman&rsquo;s Sudanese documentary HEROIC BODIES, the documentary recently held a special screening followed by a Q&amp;A with the director at the Cairo Opera House.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES held its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and was the first Sudanese feature film to be chosen for the festival\'s Frontlight Section. The film then went on to screen at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, besides winning the Shireen Abu Akleh Best Documentary Film Award at the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also screened at the SAFAR, Ismailia, Zanzibar, Amman, London, and Karama Beirut Human Rights film festivals, as well as Arab Film Week at Cinema Akil in the UAE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a powerful female documentary by women, for all women resisting and fighting for an equitable place in their societies</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES &mdash; which stars Aya Tariq, Yassin Raief, Ahmed Raief, and Aya Ahmed &mdash; follows Sudanese women across different eras, where ownership of their bodies was denied. However, a courageous group of women rises up, using their bodies as a form of resistance, ultimately transforming violated bodies into &lsquo;Heroic Bodies.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales while MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution in Arab-speaking countries.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span>', '1379590126'),
(679, '', 'Memoirs of M.A Draz Zawya run extended for third week', '2024-07-18', 'Draz-Final-Clear-Version.01_33_49_24.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a rousing, full-house premiere at Zawya Cinema earlier in July, a Q&amp;A with the director, and several extended screenings met with immediate, overwhelmingly positive reactions, Maggie Morgan&rsquo;s MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ has just received another round of extended screenings at Cairo&rsquo;s favorite indie cinema for the third week in a row.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s screening details are as follows:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, July 19th at 9:30 pm; Sunday, July 21st at 7 pm; and Tuesday, July 23rd at 2 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ was hailed as &ldquo;one of the best films of the year in terms of idea, structure, and topic&rdquo; by esteemed Egyptian film critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour, who also commended the film\'s &ldquo;ability to touch both the mind and the soul&rdquo; and invited others to see it, expressing his hope to see it on television as well.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently earning two prestigious awards at the 2024 Aswan International Women Film Festival, the documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Crafted by Morgan and co-writer Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film delves into Draz\'s life through a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs discovered by his great-granddaughter, Noha ElKholy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From his humble beginnings in Mahallat Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, the film paints a vivid portrait of a man far ahead of his time, advocating for equal opportunities for his daughters and sons long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its world premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival earning the Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award, the film has solidified its status as a cinematic masterpiece.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ has garnered critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful narration by Sedky Sakr and the evocative musical score by Khaled Al Kammar, elevating the documentary to an unforgettable cinematic experience.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan and co-written alongside Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film was produced by Noha ElKhouly, lensed by Amgad Reyad, Olivier Dury, Emad Nabil, and Akram Mamdouh and edited by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdullah. MAD Distribution is responsible for the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world, while MAD World handles its worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan reflects on the journey of crafting the film, stating, &ldquo;One day, my friend Noha ElKhouly invited me over. As we sat at her kitchen table, she shared old family photos and letters exchanged between Sheikh Draz and his daughters,&rdquo; adding that &ldquo;these elements, along with Noha&rsquo;s notes and a book gifted by a woman named Samia chronicling her grandfather&rsquo;s life, drew me into a compelling narrative that begged to be shared. Sheikh Draz\'s story represents a facet of Egypt unfamiliar to me, offering a glimpse into our heritage and a potential guide for the future.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why prominent journalist and academic Ibrahim Issa emphasizes that Dr.&nbsp; Draz\'s legacy extends beyond his scientific contributions.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan &mdash; an Egyptian filmmaker, festival programmer, and faculty member at the American University in Cairo &mdash; has a distinguished career in directing feature films and shorts. Her previous works have garnered accolades at various international film festivals, cementing her reputation as a visionary storyteller.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her filmography includes: FROM WITHIN THEIR STORIES (2009), ASHAM (2013), and FROM MEIR TO MEIR (2021), the latter of which received the prize for Best Egyptian Film at the Aswan International Film Festival Special Jury Prize at the National Film Festival, and the Ahmed Bakry Prize at the Al-Quds International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently the director of the Short Film Competition at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span>', '1677760945'),
(680, '', 'Highly acclaimed Jordanian Feature INSHALLAH A BOY hits Emirati cinemas ', '2024-07-29', 'UAE-CINEMAS.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh off its triumphant Audience Award win at the prestigious Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, the critically acclaimed Jordanian feature and the country&rsquo;s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards INSHALLAH&nbsp; A BOY is set to grace the big screens of the UAE.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This cinematic marvel, directed by the talented Amjad Al-Rasheed, has already captivated audiences in Jordan and France, and now it\'s the UAE\'s turn to be swept away by its powerful storytelling.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get ready to embark on an emotional journey as you and your loved ones witness the tale of Nawal, a recently widowed mother fighting to save her daughter and her home in a society where having a son can be a game-changer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film, which has been hailed by over 30 renowned news outlets, including Screen Daily, the New York Times, Variety, Al Jazeera, and Independent Arabia, is sure to leave a lasting impression.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s success is not just limited to the UAE, as it has already made history by becoming the first-ever Jordanian feature film to be selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics Week, where it won the Gan Foundation Award and Rail D\'Or for Best Feature Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, the film has graced the stages of over 100 prestigious film festivals, racking up more than 20 awards along the way, including the Best Narrative Feature Award from the Muslim International Film Festival, Best Feature Fiction Award from the Beirut International Women Film Festival, and Best First Film Award from the Bengaluru International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, it\'s your turn to be captivated by this cinematic masterpiece. Mark your calendars and catch INSHALLAH A BOY at the following screening times:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vox Yas Cinema:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, July 30 at 7:30 PM</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, July 31 at 4:30 PM</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novo Cinemas- Ibn Battuta Mall/Megaplex Cinema</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, July 28 to Wednesday, July 31 at 11:30 AM &amp; 11:30 PM</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novo Cinemas-Manar Mall, Ras Al Khaimah:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, July 28 to Wednesday, July 31 at 12:45 PM</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Cinema- Al Bawadi Mall:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, July 28 to Wednesday, July 31 at 5:00 PM</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the film was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama (Everything Everywhere All at Once); edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez (Moon Knight); sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution all over the Arab-speaking world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY is the second collaboration between Amjad and MAD Solutions, as the company had distributed the short film THE PARROT &mdash; which he co-directed &mdash;, the film won many international awards, including the Jury Prize at the Twin Cities Arab Film Festivals in Minnesota and the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. It had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2016 and is currently showing on OSN.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Rula Nasser, she is an independent Jordanian producer with extensive experience in different aspects of the production of commercials, TV series, and low-budget films, all the way to big-budget studio films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kicked off her career working on projects with the BBC and Discovery and then worked for five years with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission before founding The Imaginarium Films in 2011. Since then the company&rsquo;s productions have been selected for all manner of prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Toronto.&nbsp;</span>', '730596541'),
(681, '', 'John Fareed Zaki’s MADONNA selected for Tripoli Film Festival\'s Official Competition', '2024-08-03', '88111.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riding high on the heels of its world premiere at the prestigious Luxor African Film Festival, John Fareed Zaki\'s gripping short film MADONNA has been officially selected to hold its world premiere as part of the Arab Film Official Competition at the 11th Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon, taking place from September 19th to 25th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place in Egypt, abbots deliberately conceal the theft of an Italian painter\'s archeological artifact to avoid a scandal. This reignites an old conflict between Father Maurice and Francis due to their different views on life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suspicions fall on Suad, the monastery\'s chef, as her daughter needs surgery she cannot afford, prompting Maurice to suspect her involvement. However, a dramatic turn of events unfolds, surprising everyone.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the MENA region&rsquo;s distribution powerhouse, MAD Solutions, dropped the film&rsquo;s official trailer on YouTube. You can watch it </span><strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA4ihHBiLso\">here</a>.</strong>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the inspiration behind his film, director John Fareed said, &ldquo;Growing up in a Christian community, I witnessed untold stories and hidden struggles. A pivotal moment for me was seeing a poor woman ask a monk for money in a church filled with valuable antiques. This led me to question why we preserve such treasures while people in need go without help.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Madonna explores this dilemma: Should we value heritage over immediate human needs?&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by John Fareed Zaki from a screenplay co-written with Abanoub Nabil, MADONNA stars Abd El-Aziz Makhyoun, Karim Kassem, and Gerorge Sassine, and&nbsp; is produced by Karim Kassem, Adolph El-Asal, and the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, with support from the US Embassy in Cairo, the Goethe Institute, and the British Council in Alexandria.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also lensed by Filopater Morad and edited by Sara Abdullah, with MAD Distribution handling distribution and sales in the MENA region and MAD World in charge of worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian filmmaker John Fareed &mdash; a graduate of the Jesuit Film School in Alexandria &mdash; is passionate about telling the heartbreaking stories of those forced to flee their homelands.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, Fareed has created numerous commercials for high-profile organizations like Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, and Orascom.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fareed\'s filmography includes several acclaimed short films, such as PAPA TOLD ME, THE DREAM, PORT SAEED STREET, and OUR LAST JOURNEY TOGETHER.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking ahead, Fareed is developing a new project that has secured production funding from the Annaba Film Festival.</span>', '1707515562'),
(682, '', 'Hend Sohail’s A PROMISE TO THE SEA to world premiere at São Paulo International Short Film Festival', '2024-08-13', 'f5fc7589-efe2-4bb8-b95f-366b6a01a6b6.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail&rsquo;s Egyptian short drama A PROMISE TO THE SEA is set to hold its world premiere at the 35th S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival, scheduled to take place from August 22nd to September 1st in Brazil.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Zain, who, after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the lead-up to the film&rsquo;s premiere, film director Sohail revealed what she wanted to achieve with A PROMISE TO THE SEA, saying, &ldquo;Through this film, I want to tell the story of an extraordinary relationship between a son and his mother. When Zain loses his mother, he refuses to accept this closure and starts to think of another one, leading him to embark on a risky journey, during which he discovers that the world is much bigger than he had previously thought.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Hend Sohail alongside Omar Zinhom, A PROMISE TO THE SEA stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, edited by Samir Radwan, and produced by That&rsquo;s A Wrap&rsquo;s Nourhan Yasser and co-producers Younes Medhat, Mohammed Al-Omda, Ahmed El-Naggar, Dina Shokry, and Hussain Hamadi. Meanwhile, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World, while its distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world are handled by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating, she worked as a director&rsquo;s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is her directorial debut.</span>', '1085753539'),
(683, '', 'Michelle and Noel Keserwany’s LES CHENILLES scores Audience Award at Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival', '2024-09-10', 'les-chenilles-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French-Lebanese short film LES CHENILLES &mdash; directed by the Keserwany Sisters, Michelle and Noel &mdash; walked home with the Audience Award at the recently concluded eighth edition of the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, which took place in Lebanon from September 5th to the 8th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes after a string of awards over the past few months including the Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, Jury Award at the Mizna Arab Film Festival, Best Acting and Best Screenplay at the Mieres Film Festival, Best Script at the Festival du Film Libanais de France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES CHENILLES &mdash; which world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was the first Arab short ever to win its coveted to Golden Bear for Best Short Film &mdash; has also received the Jury Prize at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, Audience Award at the Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival, a Special Mention from the Kinmastik International Short Film Festival in Malta, and Best Short Film at the Arab Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award by the European Film Academy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, it has screened at over 20 prestigious international film festivals, including the Format Court, Lichter, Golden Harvest, Diaspora, Kurzfilm, SAFAR, Tetova, Concorto, Dokufest, Kerala, FIRST, and Golden Ger international film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES CHENILLES follows two waitresses, Asma and Sarah &mdash; two women originally from the Levant &mdash; who find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, and both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Michelle and Noel Keserwany, LES CHENILLES stars Noel Keserwany and Masa Zaher; is produced by Biennale de Lyon, Dewberries Film, and Marine Vaillant; is lensed by Karim Ghorayeb and edited by Konstantin Bock.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Italy-based distribution company Lights On acts as the film&rsquo;s international sales agent, while MAD Distribution handles its distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short drama was supported by the CNC - Aide au parcours d&rsquo;Auteur, la Cin&eacute;Fabrique de Lyon, and la Cit&eacute; Internationale des Arts de Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle and Noel Keserwany are Lebanese musicians, writers, and filmmakers who live between Beirut and Paris.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since Michelle co-wrote Academy Award nominee CAPERNAUM with director Nadine Labaki, the sisters started working on their own film projects, including the political documentary SLOW BURN &mdash; a co-production between France and Lebanon that is produced by Special Touch Studios and supported by the CNC.</span>', '1493777334'),
(684, 'AKH brings cosmic horror to the silver screen in Kuwait!', 'Hatem Hossam AlDeen’s AKH set for commercial release in Kuwaiti cinemas', '2024-09-12', 'akh-now-in-kuwaiti-theatres.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hatem Hossam AlDeen\'s horror feature AKH &mdash; the Arab World&rsquo;s first-ever cosmic horror flick &mdash; is set to release commercially on Thursday, September 12th in theaters across Kuwait following a successful premiere the day before at Cinescape 360 Mall, with the cast and crew in attendance.</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be released in the following Kuwaiti cinemas:</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape 360 </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Avenues </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Al Kout </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Al Assima </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Khiran </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Warehouse </span><a href=\"https://cinescape.com.kw/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://cinescape.com.kw</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Cinema Hamra Mall </span><a href=\"https://kw.grandcinemasme.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://kw.grandcinemasme.com</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Cinema Andalus Mall </span><a href=\"https://kw.grandcinemasme.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://kw.grandcinemasme.com</span></a> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grand Cinema Norma Complex Khiran </span><a href=\"https://kw.grandcinemasme.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://kw.grandcinemasme.com</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VOX Avenues </span><a href=\"https://kwt.voxcinemas.com/cinemas/the-avenues-kuwait\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://kwt.voxcinemas.com/cinemas/the-avenues-kuwait</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ozone Cinema Jahra Hayaween Mall </span><a href=\"https://ozonecinemas-kw.com/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://ozonecinemas-kw.com</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and produced by Ahmad M. Hamada, the cosmic horror feature follows the story of Shihab &mdash; a hustling, jaded taxi driver &mdash; and Suhail, his dependent wheel-chair-bound brother.&nbsp;</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an evening trip to the desert goes awry, the two brothers discover that things in the world aren\'t always what they seem to be, and their brotherly bond is put to the ultimate test.&nbsp;</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by AlDeen, AKH is penned by Ahmad M. Hamada, lensed by Mishary Al-Khawalid, and edited by Abbas Saeed. The film stars Hussain Al Haddad, Mohammed Noman, Jamal Al Radhan, Eman Al Hussainy, and Jassim Al Nabhan.</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Distribution also distributes the film across the Arabic-speaking region, with MAD World handling the film&rsquo;s international sales.</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hatem Hossam AlDeen is one of the founders of Dash Group and a well-known director and producer who has worked in the media industry in Kuwait for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience and insights.</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also worked with esteemed international brands directing TVCs, documentaries, and feature films in Kuwait and across the GCC while developing creative concepts with exceptional execution.</span> <br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World: </span> <a href=\"https://madworld.film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://madworld.film</span></a>', '172972053');
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(685, 'IT’S A MAD TRIPOLI FILM FESTIVAL!', 'Five MAD Shorts to screen at Tripoli Film Festival ', '2024-09-19', 'mad-five-films-in.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running from September 19th till the 25th, the exciting 11th Tripoli Film Festival is set to feature five ambitious short films &mdash; HABIBTI, MADONNA, NYA, LES CHENILLES, and IN BETWEEN &mdash; as part of the Arab Film Official Competition.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first short on our lineup is HABIBTI, a Tunisian-French film by Antoine Stehl&eacute;, exploring a complex relationship between a mother and her daughter. The story was inspired by the personal experience of the film&rsquo;s co-producer Sabrine Habassi, who also wrote the screenplay with Stehl&eacute;. It features actresses Farida Rahouadj and Leila Blier in &lsquo;an airy, wind-beaten huis clos where the unspoken reigns in a heavy but hushed atmosphere.&rsquo; The film was lensed by cinematographer Laurent Fleutot and scored by Florence Caillon, Marie Mifsud, and Mathieu Bigot.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up on our roster is MADONNA, a film that touches upon themes of heritage and humanity. Directed by John Fareed Zaki from a screenplay co-written with Abanoub Nabil, MADONNA stars Abd El-Aziz Makhyoun, Karim Kassem, and George Sassine and is produced by Karim Kassem, Adolph El-Asal, and the Jesuit Cultural Center in Alexandria, with support from the US Embassy in Cairo, the Goethe Institute, and the British Council in Alexandria.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third is Imene Ayadi&rsquo;s NYA; an Algerian-French film set at the cusp of the Algerian Civil War, which follows Anya, a carefree little girl who is blissfully unaware of the war tearing the country apart. Her one wish is that her father, a journalist on a mission, returns home in time for Mouloud celebrations. The troubles of reality seep into her life, however; causing her innocence to waver.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYA is directed by Imene Ayadi and produced by Marine Colomies and Pierre Herve with their company La Meriddiene. It features Melissa Benyahia, Meriem Medjkane, Amal Kateb, and Ghyzl&eacute;ne Ben Ali, with Nader Chalhoub serving as the cinematographer.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving on to LES CHENILLES, a short film by the Keserwany Sisters, Michelle, and Noel, which world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was the first Arab short ever to win the Golden Bear Award for Best Short Film.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This award-winning featurette follows two waitresses, Asma and Sarah, who both hail from the Levant. They find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, both bearing the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them, one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. Amid forced migration, can they move past animosity to find solace in each other?</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Michelle and Noel Keserwany, LES CHENILLES stars Noel Keserwany and Masa Zaher; is produced by Biennale de Lyon, Dewberries Film, and Marine Vaillant; lensed by Karim Ghorayeb; and edited by Konstantin Bock.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And last, though certainly not least, we have the title IN BETWEEN &mdash; a Saudi animated title directed by Ethar Baamer with a score from Zak Mcneil.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An abstract animation, the film depicts a woman\'s journey through her twenties who navigates societal expectations in the quest for self-discovery. Overcoming challenges, she forges her path to self-realization while the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred. Despite obstacles, her authentic self guides her toward her true self.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five shorts are set to grace the screen at the upcoming Tripoli Film Festival, running from September 19th to the 25th.&nbsp;</span> <br /><br /><img src=\"../assets/img/news/mad-five-films-in-tripol-1.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"185\" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src=\"../assets/img/news/mad-five-films-in-tripol-2.jpg\" width=\"324\" height=\"182\" /> <br />&nbsp; <br /><br /><img src=\"../assets/img/news/mad-five-films-in-tripol-3.jpg\" width=\"347\" height=\"173\" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src=\"../assets/img/news/mad-five-films-in-tripol-4.jpg\" width=\"323\" height=\"182\" /> <br />&nbsp;<br /><img src=\"../assets/img/news/mad-five-films-in-tripol-5.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"186\" />', '742519530'),
(686, 'Keserwany Sisters’ LES CHENILLES wins Best Short Film at Tripoli Film Festival', 'Michelle and Noel Keserwany’s LES CHENILLES scores the Best Short Film Award at the Tripoli Film Festival', '2024-09-25', 'chenille_poster_ENGLISH-w-logo.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French-Lebanese short film LES CHENILLES &mdash; directed by the Keserwany Sisters, Michelle, and Noel &mdash; took home the Best Short Film Award at the recently concluded Tripoli Film Festival in Lebanon &mdash; which ran from September 19th to the 25th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival continues to showcase Arab culture and talent to the world, despite the relentless terror attacks from the occupation. Ever fitting for the closing of the festival, LES CHENILLE is a movie that showcases Levantine identity.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES CHENILLES has earned a string of awards, including the Audience Award at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, the Gouna Star for Best Arab Short Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, Jury Award at the Mizna Arab Film Festival, Best Acting and Best Screenplay at the Mieres Film Festival, Best Script at the Festival du Film Libanais de France.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film premiered worldwide at the Berlin International Film Festival and was the first Arab short ever to win its coveted Golden Bear for Best Short Film. It also received the Jury Prize at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es Film Festival, and Best Short Film at the Arab Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award by the European Film Academy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LES CHENILLES follows two waitresses, Asma and Sarah &mdash; two women originally from the Levant &mdash; who find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France, and both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them &mdash; one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Michelle and Noel Keserwany, LES CHENILLES stars Noel Keserwany and Masa Zaher; is produced by Biennale de Lyon, Dewberries Film, and Marine Vaillant; is lensed by Karim Ghorayeb and edited by Konstantin Bock.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italy-based Lights On serves as the film&rsquo;s international sales agent, while MAD Distribution manages its distribution in the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short drama was supported by the CNC, Aide au parcours d&rsquo;Auteur, la Cin&eacute;Fabrique de Lyon, and la Cit&eacute; Internationale des Arts de Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle and Noel Keserwany are Lebanese musicians, writers, and filmmakers who live between Beirut and Paris.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since Michelle co-wrote Academy Award nominee CAPERNAUM with director Nadine Labaki, the sisters started working on their own film projects, including the political documentary SLOW BURN &mdash; a co-production between France and Lebanon that is produced by Special Touch Studios and supported by the CNC.</span>', '1618759522'),
(687, '', 'Acclaimed Jordanian film INSHALLAH A BOY extends successful run in Cairo’s Zawya Cinema', '2024-07-31', 'extended-screening-for-inshallah-a-boy.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riding the wave of its triumphant first week, the critically acclaimed Jordanian feature film INSHALLAH A BOY, by Amjad Al-Rasheed, has added seven new screenings at Zawya Cinema.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Described as &ldquo;a gripping social drama about systemic oppression that morphs into a masterful thriller,&rsquo;&rsquo;by Variety and &ldquo;a tense and accomplished directorial debut, by the New York Times, the film is still playing in Jordan and the UAE and is set to hit theaters in Saudi Arabia on August 8th.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><strong>Here are the seven new screenings at Zawya:&nbsp;</strong> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, July 31st at 7 pm</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, August 1st at 4:30 pm</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, August 2nd at 9:30 pm</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, August 3rd at 4:30 pm</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, August 5th at 2 pm</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, August 6 at 3 pm and 4:30 pm</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Al-Rasheed and co-written alongside Delphine Agut and Rula Nasser, the film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammad Al-Jizawi, Islam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab\'a. It has been hailed by over 30 renowned news outlets, including Screen Daily, the New York Times, Variety, Al Jazeera, and Independent Arabia.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s success has been further bolstered by its selection for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics Week, where it won the Gan Foundation Award and Rail D\'Or for Best Feature Film. Since then, INSHALLAH A BOY has graced the stages of over 100 prestigious film festivals, racking up more than 20 awards along the way.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the tale of Nawal, a recently widowed mother fighting to save her daughter and her home in a society where having a son can be a game-changer.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, INSHALLAH A BOY was produced by Nasser and Abu Ayyash; co-produced by Youssef Abdelnabi, Rapha&euml;l Alexandre, and Nicolas Lepr&ecirc;tre; associate produced by Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and Shahinaz El-Akkad; lensed by Kanam&eacute; Onoyama (Everything Everywhere All at Once); edited by the prolific Ahmed Hafez (Moon Knight); sound mixed by Nour Halawani; and scored by Jerry Lane. Also, Zeina Soufan and Nasser Zoubi served as the project\'s costume and production designers, respectively.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the larger companies at play, the film was produced by Imaginarium Films and co-produced by Georges Films and Bayt Al-Shawareb. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution and Lagoonie Film Production are in charge of the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution all over the Arab-speaking world, and Pyramide International is handling international sales and distribution in France.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INSHALLAH A BOY is the second collaboration between Amjad and MAD Solutions, as the company had distributed the short film THE PARROT &mdash; which he co-directed &mdash;, the film won many international awards, including the Jury Prize at the Twin Cities Arab Film Festivals in Minnesota and the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden. It had its world premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2016 and is currently showing on OSN.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, Al-Rasheed holds an MFA in cinematic arts with a focus on directing and editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of five Arab Stars of Tomorrow &mdash; a list highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He also attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes THE PARROT &mdash; a short film he co-directed in 2016 that was funded by the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung &mdash; HIT THE ROAD (2011), and BITTER DAYS (2010).</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Rula Nasser, she is an independent Jordanian producer with extensive experience in different aspects of the production of commercials, TV series, and low-budget films, all the way to big-budget studio films.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kicked off her career working on projects with the BBC and Discovery and then worked for five years with the Jordanian Royal Film Commission before founding The Imaginarium Films in 2011. Since then the company&rsquo;s productions have been selected for all manner of prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Toronto.</span>', '1357236583'),
(688, '', 'THE MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ captivates audiences at Egypt’s Zawya Cinema', '2024-07-06', 'Noha-ElKhouly-Sedky-Sakhr-Maggie-Morgan.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The captivating documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ by acclaimed director Maggie Morgan had a rousing premiere at Zawya Cinema last night, almost filling up the theater and receiving an immediate, overwhelmingly positive reaction along with a standing ovation.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening was followed by an engaging Q&amp;A session, where the audience expressed their appreciation for the film\'s captivating narrative and the team\'s dedication to preserving a significant historical figure, with many attendees highlighting the film\'s ability to shed light on an aspect of Egypt\'s past that was previously unknown to them.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were even calls for a sequel, which is a testament to the power of the film in sharing untold stories from Egypt\'s rich heritage.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, esteemed Egyptian film critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour praised the film after seeing it, describing it as &ldquo;one of the best films of the year, in terms of idea, structure, and topic.&rdquo; He also commended the film\'s &ldquo;ability to touch both the mind and the soul&rdquo; and invited others to see it, expressing his hope to see it on television as well.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The documentary will have two additional screenings at Zawya on Friday and Monday at 7 pm.</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span> <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently earning two prestigious awards at the 2024 Aswan International Women Film Festival, the documentary chronicles the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Crafted by Morgan and co-writer Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film delves into Draz\'s life through a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs discovered by his great-granddaughter, Noha ElKholy.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From his humble beginnings in Mahallat Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, the film paints a vivid portrait of a man far ahead of his time, advocating for equal opportunities for his daughters and sons long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ has garnered critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful narration by Sedky Sakr and the evocative musical score by Khaled Al Kammar, elevating the documentary to an unforgettable cinematic experience.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its world premiere at the Aswan International Women Film Festival earning the Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award, the film has solidified its status as a cinematic masterpiece.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan &mdash; an Egyptian filmmaker, festival programmer, and faculty member at the American University in Cairo &mdash; has a distinguished career in directing feature films and shorts. Her previous works have garnered accolades at various international film festivals, cementing her reputation as a visionary storyteller.</span>', '55643411'),
(689, '', 'TEDIOUS TOUR OF M, HEROIC BODIES, and Memoir of M.A. DRAZ extend successful run at Zawya Cinema', '2024-07-31', 'mad-films-at-zawya.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to a strong audience and critical reception, three acclaimed MAD documentary films &ndash; Hend Bakr\'s thought-provoking THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M in its second week, Maggie Morgan\'s riveting MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ in its fifth week, and Sara Suliman\'s brilliant HEROIC BODIES in its third week &ndash; have extended their successful runs at Cairo\'s Zawya Cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World handles the films&rsquo; worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution handles the films&rsquo; distribution in Arab-speaking countries.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case you&rsquo;re interested in going with your loved ones, check below the new screening times:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><strong>&nbsp;MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Wednesday, July 31st, at 9:30 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Friday, August 2nd, at 2:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, August 4th, at 7:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, August 6th, at 2:00 PM</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>HEROIC BODIES:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, July 31st, at 2:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Thursday, August 1st, at 9:30 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, August 3rd, at 7:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Monday, August 5th, at 4:30 PM</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, July 31st, at 7:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Saturday, August 3rd, at 7:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, August 4th, at 2:00 PM</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, August 6th, at 9:30 PM</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its premiere at the Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, THE TEDIOUS TOUR OF M has captivated audiences worldwide, earning a Special Mention from the Gabes Art Festival in Tunisia and screenings at prestigious venues including Cairo&rsquo;s Goethe Institute and Alexandria&rsquo;s Jesuit Cultural Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This captivating documentary takes audiences on a journey as Bakr delves into Ragab&rsquo;s solitary life, uncovering the profound reasons behind his radical decision to self-isolate for nearly three decades, abandoning his writing career at its pinnacle.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and produced by the visionary Bakr, the documentary has achieved international acclaim, participating in renowned film festivals such as the Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, IDFA Academy, DOX BOX e-course mentored by Raed Andoni, and Visions du R&eacute;el VdR &ndash; Film Market.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, HEROIC BODIES held its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and was the first Sudanese feature film to be chosen for the festival\'s Frontlight Section. The film then went on to screen at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award, besides winning the Shireen Abu Akleh Best Documentary Film Award at the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEROIC BODIES, which stars Aya Tariq, Yassin Raief, Ahmed Raief, and Aya Ahmed &mdash; follows Sudanese women across different eras, where ownership of their bodies was denied. However, a courageous group of women rises, using their bodies as a form of resistance, ultimately transforming violated bodies into &lsquo;Heroic Bodies.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, as for MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ, it recently earned two prestigious awards at the 2024 Aswan International Women\'s Film Festival and chronicles the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Crafted by Morgan and co-writer Taghreed El-Asfoury, the film delves into Draz\'s life through a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs discovered by his great-granddaughter, Noha ElKholy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From his humble beginnings in Mahallat Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, the film paints a vivid portrait of a man far ahead of his time, advocating for equal opportunities for his daughters and sons long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East.</span>', '1481816049'),
(690, 'The 7th El Gouna Film Festival is here with 3 MAD titles in tow! ', 'Three MAD films to hold their Arab World premieres at 7th El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-02', 'ALGIERS_.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indie Arab film distribution giant MAD Solutions is sending three brand new heavy-hitting narrative features from its slate to the 7th El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), where they will each be holding their Arab World premieres: ALGIERS, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, and GHOST TRAIL.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First on our lineup is Chakib Taleb-Bendiab&rsquo;s ALGIERS, a gripping narrative about a little girl\'s kidnapping, which ignites a whirlwind of tension and suspicion within the city. The film follows the dogged efforts of Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a dedicated police inspector, as they uncover the demons of Algeria&rsquo;s past and solve a perplexing mystery.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere at the Flickers&rsquo; Rhode Island Film Festival in the US, where it won Best Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up is the Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! by Laila Abbas, wherein a bond between two sisters unfolds, following the death of their father. After finding out that he left a huge sum of money behind, Mariam and Noura come up with an elaborate scheme to abscond with the money before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; finds out about their father&rsquo;s death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film\'s themes, director Laila Abbas said, &ldquo;This story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph&rdquo;. The film is set to world premiere soon at the BFI London Film Festival before making its way to the GFF.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally, we have Johnathan Miller&lsquo;s acclaimed French-Syrian thriller GHOST TRAIL, which opened the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s 63rd Critics&rsquo; Week.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the true story of a secret group who hunt down the regime&rsquo;s fugitive leaders, the film follows Hamid, as he journeys to France in pursuit of his former torturer.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on the much-lauded film, the director says that he, &ldquo;spent a year documenting these cells, meeting some of their members, and listening to accounts of how they would tail people. My characters were inspired and informed by my encounters,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;by documenting the situation as accurately as possible, I finally found the emotional angle of my film, where the theme of trauma could fit in with a plot based on bereavement and the different futures available to my character.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the film received a Golden Camera nomination at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, and won two awards; Best Feature at the Jerusalem Film Festival, and a Jury Prize at the La Ciotat Berceau Du Cin&eacute;ma in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seventh El Gouna Film Festival is scheduled to run from October 24th to November 1st.</span>', '1472463998'),
(691, 'A delightful blend of romance and comedy is coming to Algeria with Mourad Ben Cheikh’s A BIRD FROM PARADISE, world premiering at Oran International Arab Film Festival ', 'Mourad Ben Cheikh’s A BIRD FROM PARADISE world premieres at Oran International Arab Film Festival', '2024-10-03', 'A-Bird-from-Paradise-screener.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The romantic comedy A BIRD FROM PARADISE, written and directed by&nbsp; Mourad Ben Cheikh, makes its world premiere on Tuesday, October 8th, at 2 PM, as part of the official competition of the Oran International Arab Film Festival in Algeria, which runs from the 4th to the 10th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amadeus, a charming Italian antique dealer who finds himself smitten by Bardra, AKA Betty. After the two lovebirds decide to marry and flee to Tunisia, Amadeus finds himself in the clutches of an extremely religious and disapproving mother.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, as his in-laws pose another threat, our groom-to-be is pressured to part with something quite dear to him. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will the power of love prevail, or will family and tradition tear the couple apart?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film, Ben Cheikh notes, \"This social and cultural comedy creates a space for interaction between the North and the South, allowing us to laugh together at ourselves, far from all the tragedies that tend to divide us.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;A joint production between Italy and Tunisia, A BIRD FROM PARADISE is an adaptation of the novel La Marmite d\'Ayoubby by writer Mohamed Redha Ben Hamouda and is produced by Habib Attia, Silvia Innocenzi, and Giovanni Saulini for Alfa Multimedia and Cinetel Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring Italian actor Nicola Nocella, Amal Mana&iuml;, Jamal Madani, and Mounira Zakraoui, the film was shot by Giorgio Giancarlo, edited by Anes Saadi and Mahdi Barsaoui, sound edited by Tarek Tayba, and scored by Rabii Zamouri, with MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution managing sales and distribution rights across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourad Ben Cheikh studied fine arts in Tunisia before continuing his studies at DAMS in Bologna. In addition to being one of the founding members of ARFT (Association of Tunisian Filmmakers), he served as ARFT&rsquo;s longtime treasurer before becoming its president from 2020 to 2022.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His most notable works include the documentary NO MORE FEAR (Cannes 2011) and the TV drama YAWMYYAT IMRAA, which represents a turning point in the Tunisian history of TV dramas. </span>', '1010772819'),
(692, 'Amani Jaafer’s wistful tale of Palestinian diasporic identity A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER to debut at Amity', 'Palestinian short A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER to world premiere at International Amity Short Film Festival', '2024-10-03', 'lullaby---still-1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Jaafer&rsquo;s latest short film A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER is set to world premiere at the sixth International Amity Short Film Festival in Turkey, running from October 3rd to the 6th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is screening four times throughout the festival, with the first being held at 2 pm on October 3rd, the second at 5 pm on October 4th, third at 6 pm on October 5th as part of the Short Films Sending Peace to Palestine 2 Program, and the fourth at 6 pm on October 6th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the film has been selected for over 20 festivals worldwide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does it mean to be separated by seas, as atrocities against your homeland and loved ones continue to mount? These are the questions Jaafer poses in this experimental Swedish-Tunisian co-production, touching upon the importance of holding onto effigies of family and hope, amidst an overwhelming sense of chaos, dread, and powerlessness.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER follows Nour, a young Palestinian woman pursuing her studies in Sweden. She wanders the streets of Stockholm, retracing the steps of her life thus far; reminiscing over the trauma inflicted by the occupation, the memories of her family, and a lullaby long since lost. A melancholic exploration of Palestinian diasporic identity, it is notably an unscripted and improvised project.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on the featurette, director Amani Jaafer stated, &ldquo;It is a reaction to the pain felt during the first weeks of the 2023 genocide in Gaza. As a young woman who left her family to live abroad and finish her doctoral studies, I tried to put myself in the shoes of a Palestinian girl who wanted to study abroad like many others her age, only to find herself overwhelmed by concern for the safety of her family and loved ones&rdquo;.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Jaafer is a Tunisian artist and scientist based in Stockholm, whose directorial debut, JE TE FERAI UN FILM, screened at more than 15 festivals worldwide, winning several awards, including the Best Short Crystal Pine at the International Sound &amp; Film Music Festival.</span>', '1485528703'),
(693, 'TAKE MY BREATH is Tunisia’s contender at the 97th Oscars!', 'Tunisia’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 97th Academy Awards is TAKE MY BREATH', '2024-10-02', 'take-my-breath.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced on October 1st that Nada Mezni Hafaiedh&rsquo;s acclaimed film TAKE MY BREATH has been selected as Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the Best International Feature category at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This remarkable announcement comes on the heels of the film\'s recent triumph at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, where it was honored with the Best Feature Film Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TAKE MY BREATH has captivated audiences worldwide, holding its world premiere at the prestigious Warsaw International Film Festival and drawing critical acclaim for its poignant storytelling and powerful performances. It also made its way to the Geneva International oriental Film Festival, where it picked up its FIFOG d&rsquo;Or for Best Film and a Best Actress Special Jury Mention for the film\'s lead actress, Amina Ben Smail, whose talent has been widely recognized and is set to star in Pierro Mesina&rsquo;s upcoming sci-fi film ANOTHER END alongside renowned actors Gael Garc&iacute;a Bernal and Renate Reinsve.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the gripping story of 23-year-old Shams, whose life is enveloped in secrecy and profound pain. As she navigates a society that shuns her true self, TAKE MY BREATH explores themes of acceptance, love, and resilience against the backdrop of rigid societal expectations.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Nada Mezni Hafaiedh, with a screenplay co-written alongside Pascal Jousse, TAKE MY BREATH is produced by Leyth Production and Hamzeh Mystique Films, with Slim Hafaiedh and Ziad Hamzeh serving as producers. It also stars Mohammed Mrad, Sana Ben Cheikh Larbi, and Aymen Ben Hmida, and is distributed worldwide and in the MENA region by MAD World and MAD Distribution, respectively.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nada Mezni Hafaiedh is a passionate filmmaker with a diverse cultural background and a fearless approach to storytelling. Renowned for her courage in addressing taboo subjects and delving into issues of freedom, Nada\'s storytelling is both realistic and spontaneous.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, her work includes HEKAYAT TOUNISIA 2010 &mdash; a groundbreaking film that was released shortly after Tunisia\'s revolution. This film later evolved into a television series, capturing the spirit of the times.</span>', '1973607356'),
(694, 'The Arab World’s first cosmic horror title gets another round of screenings in Kuwait!', 'Hatem Hossam Aldeen’s AKH gets a third week of screenings in Kuwait', '2024-10-05', '_wlekfrgthyui.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab World&rsquo;s first cosmic horror title, AKH, is enjoying the cinematic equivalent of an encore in Kuwaiti cinemas, extending for a third week at audiences\' behest after selling out one theater after the next.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its astonishingly successful premiere, AKH has been performing admirably in the country&rsquo;s cinemascape, ranking fourth in the country&rsquo;s box office upon release.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story follows Shihab &mdash; a hustling, jaded taxi driver &mdash; and Suhail, his wheel-chair-bound brother.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an evening trip to the desert goes awry, the two brothers discover that things in the world aren\'t always what they seem to be, and their brotherly bond is put to the ultimate test.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by AlDeen, AKH is penned by Ahmad M. Hamada, lensed by Mishary Al-Khawalid, and edited by Abbas Saeed, with MAD World and MAD Distribution handling the film&rsquo;s distribution worldwide and within the MENA region, respectively. The film stars Hussain Al Haddad, Mohammed Noman, Jamal Al Radhan, Eman Al Hussainy, and Jassim Al Nabhan.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AKH is currently screening daily at the following Kuwaiti theaters:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape 360 8:50 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinescape Avenues at 7:45 pm</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warehouse at 6:35 pm</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hatem Hossam AlDeen is one of the founders of Dash Group and a well-known director and producer who has worked in the media industry in Kuwait for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience and insights.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World:</span><a href=\"https://madworld.film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://madworld.film/</span></a>', '1766586972'),
(695, '', 'Moroccan short film WHAT ELSE GROWS ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND wins International Women\'s Film Festival in Salé’s Audience Award ', '2024-10-03', 'what-else-grows---still-1.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After claiming the Best Director Award at the Marrakech Short Film Festival, Dhiaa Biya&rsquo;s short film just added an Audience Award to its trophy shelf from the 17th International Women\'s Film Festival in Sal&eacute;, which ran from September 23rd to the 28th.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Dhiaa Biya and produced by Kenza Alioua, this featurette follows the routines of two women as their repeated gestures and similarities fuse over time. Their hands intersect through their shared memory, telling a story one movement at a time.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on the film, Biya notes, &ldquo;I find repetition to be very comforting. I am constantly looking for the smallest gestures that get repeated enough to be familiar to the eye and mind. I believe that if one looks long enough, those little acts get more interesting, more complex, and therefore more valuable on many levels.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Women\'s Film Festival in Sal&eacute; celebrates films created by and about women, showcasing their contributions to cinema across an array of genres; including feature films, short films, and documentaries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhiaa Biya is a Moroccan photographer and filmmaker based in Brussels. She holds a bachelor\'s degree in image techniques from the Higher Institute of Audiovisual and Film Professions in Rabat and pursued her master\'s in filmmaking from Luca School of Arts.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by the beauty of human interactions and the normality of everyday life, Dhiaa crafts works that delve into these themes through precise lensing and careful composition. Her creations rely on visual materials, poetry, and keen observation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHAT ELSE GROWS ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND is being distributed across the Arab region by MAD Distribution, while MAD World is handling its worldwide sales.&nbsp;</span>', '136145155'),
(696, 'From Cairo to Alexandria, the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz to unfold at Goethe Film Week  ', 'Egyptian documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ to screen at Goethe Film Week', '2024-09-12', 'Draz-Final-Clear-Version.01_26_04_02.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its successful release at Cairo&rsquo;s Zawya cinema for three consecutive weeks, the highly acclaimed Egyptian documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ by Maggie Morgan will be screened during the Goethe Film Week (September 17th to the 23rd) at the Goethe Institute in Alexandria and Cairo.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings are scheduled for 5 pm on Friday, September 20th at the Goethe Institute in Alexandria and 7 pm on Saturday, September 21st at its Cairo branch, with both events featuring a Q&amp;A session with director Maggie Morgan, producer Noha El-Khouly, and co-writer Taghreed El-Asfoury, allowing audiences to engage with the creative team behind this powerful film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ is a poignant documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. After decades of his passing, his great-granddaughter uncovers a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs that piece together the life of a man she had only known through childhood stories.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film explores themes of education, equality, and the importance of preserving cultural heritage, showcasing Draz&rsquo;s progressive views on gender equality long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East while also taking viewers on a journey from Draz&rsquo;s humble beginnings in Mahallet Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, highlighting his commitment to providing equal opportunities for both his daughters and sons.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Days after the release of the film at Cairo&rsquo;s favorite indie cinema, Zaywa Cinema, the Egyptian documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ soon became the talk of the town, with critics highly praising it, including esteemed Egyptian film critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour, who hailed it as &ldquo;one of the best films of the year in terms of idea, structure, and topic.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taif El-Moslmany of What Women Want Magazine was also quick to react to the film&rsquo;s poignant storytelling, writing, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ unfolds a mesmerizing narrative that transcends time and place. The film paints a vivid portrait of a man ahead of his time.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ world premiered at the eighth Aswan International Women Film Festival, where it won the Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elevating the documentary to an unforgettable cinematic experience, the film has garnered critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful narration by actor Sedky Sakr and the evocative musical score by Khaled Al Kammar.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan and co-written alongside Taghreed El-Asfoury,&nbsp; MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ was produced by Noha El-Khouly; lensed by Amgad Reyad, Olivier Dury, Emad Nabil, and Akram Mamdouh; and edited by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdullah. MAD Distribution is responsible for the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world, while MAD World handles its worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan is an Egyptian filmmaker, festival programmer, and faculty member at the American University in Cairo.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has directed both feature films and shorts, including FROM WITHIN THEIR STORIES, ASHAM, and FROM MEIR TO MEIR, the latter of which received the prize for Best Egyptian Film at the Aswan International Film Festival Special Jury Prize at the National Film Festival and the Ahmed Bakry Prize at the Al-Quds International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Goethe Film Week, running from September 17th to the 23rd, offers residents a diverse lineup of recently released German and Arabic films, along with access to workshops, panel discussions, and cultural events.</span>', '757456386'),
(697, '', 'Jordanian Short Film WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? is set to go on a wide festival tour in four different countries ', '2024-10-04', 'MAD---TSR.00_05_13_17.jpg', 'Starting off its festival tour in Algeria, Mohammad Gotta&rsquo;s Jordanian short film WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?, which was supported by the Royal Film Commission-Jordan, is poised to world premiere on Sunday, October 6th, at 2:00 pm at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, which will be running from October 4th to the 10th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Immediately following its world premiere, the film will be screened simultaneously at two film festivals: the Sharjah International Film Festival (October 7-12), and the Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria (October 9-12), followed by a screening at the Middle East Now Festival in Italy (October 15-20).&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? follows a young artist in his twenties who abandons his family, refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.\r<br/><br />With a blend of humor and drama, the film raises awareness about the importance of supporting the elderly and advocates for empathy and acceptance toward those facing personal challenges while also celebrating the beauty and strength of vulnerability, and encouraging acceptance as a core aspect of humanity.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? features MAD Rising Celebrity Faris Al Babri and the veteran voice actress Reem Saadeh, marking their second time sharing the screen following Netflix&rsquo;s teen drama AL RAWABI SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Mohammad Gotta, the film is produced by Laura Haddadin, lensed by Zaher Jureidini, who is the cinematographer behind the Venice-bound SEA SALT, and edited by Eyad Hammam who worked on six episodes of AL RAWABI SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, with MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution managing the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Mohammad Gotta is an experienced filmmaker/writer who prides himself on his ability to bring stories of emotion and connection to life. He has a keen eye for detail, allowing him to bring high-quality work to every project he tackles.&nbsp;<br />From many award-winning feature films to short films, TV shows, digital videos, and reality shows, Gotta didn&rsquo;t leave off any part of the craft he didn&rsquo;t work on. Moreover, his previous experiences as a scriptwriter mainly focused on developing the creative aspect of the project, giving it novelty and originality. &nbsp;His debut short is THE SILENT RECORD, also distributed by MAD.', '971179038'),
(699, 'Palestinian cinema making the rounds internationally with IN THE WAITING ROOM', 'Palestinian short IN THE WAITING ROOM set for an extensive festival tour around the globe', '2024-10-10', 'WaitingRoom-10-1-768x576.jpg', 'After world premiering to astounding success at the Dublin International Film Festival, Moatasem Taha&rsquo;s dramedy short IN THE WAITING ROOM is set to captivate audiences once more with multiple screenings at several esteemed film festivals around the world.\r<br/><br />Going on an extensive festival tour, the film is currently scheduled to feature at the Sharjah International Film Festival (October 7th to the 12th), Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria (October 9th to the 12th), Curt\'Arruda Film Festival in Portugal (October 9th to the 13th), and Kaohsiung Film Festival in Taiwan (October 12th to the 27th).&nbsp;\r<br/><br />IN THE WAITING ROOM follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital.\r<br/>&nbsp;<br />As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.\r<br/><br />Discussing the film, director Moatasem Taha said, &ldquo;IN THE WAITING ROOM is a film rooted in a personal story that will captivate viewers with the simple desires of its characters. Hussein longs for solitude and isolation from others, while his mother, Rashida, yearns for connection with the people around her.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />&ldquo;These fundamental desires serve as the driving force behind the film, creating a compelling narrative that explores the complexities of human longing and the contrasting needs that shape our lives,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />The film explores the tension between life and death, highlighted through the waiting room setting and the characters\' emotional states, and other various paradoxes like the complex dynamics of Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, the contrast between social interaction and isolation, and the juxtaposition of empty spaces and busy hospital scenes.\r<br/><br />Written and directed by Moatasem Taha, IN THE WAITING ROOM &mdash; which is produced by Thekra Makalda and Mohammed Ibraheem &mdash; stars Marleen Bajjali, Jalal Masarwa, Drora Coren, Bayan Daher, and Maria Toama. Meanwhile, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s sales worldwide and MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Taha, a Palestinian filmmaker, graduated from the Cinema and Photography Program at Wizo College in Haifa, where he honed his craft. His first project was a documentary titled BURN, introducing him to the world of filmmaking.&nbsp;', '1198772384');
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(700, '15 YEARS OF MAD AT THE MIDDLE EAST NOW FESTIVAL', 'Fifteen MAD Shorts set to screen at the Middle East Now Festival', '2024-10-14', '15-fims-x-15-years.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Shorts &mdash; the short films division of leading film distribution and PR company MAD Solutions &mdash; is sending a whopping 15 films from its impressive slate to screen at the Middle East Now Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 15th to the 20th in Florence, Italy. This collaboration is parallel to MAD Solutions celebrating 15 years since its founding this year.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In celebration of the long-standing collaboration between MAD Solutions and the festival, the films are being presented through three programs titled MAD Stories, where each program follows a unified theme.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD shorts lineup for the Italian festival includes:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arwa Salem&rsquo;s Saudi short 1420 follows the story of Samia, who loses her vision and finds solace in music, and Salem who embraces extremism. When their marriage encounters a significant obstacle, it ultimately impacts their daughter Worood.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passant Ahmed&rsquo;s Egyptian short PAPA TOLD ME &mdash; which is holding its world premiere at the Italian festival &mdash; follows ten-year-old Emad who, living with an abusive father, finds solace in his obsession with ice cream, using his imagination to escape the harsh reality and carve out moments of peace.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Fawi&rsquo;s Sudanese short BUZZ follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality as her health deteriorates.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Shennawy&rsquo;s Tunisian short FORSAKEN follows the captivating journey of Meriem &mdash; a 30-year-old woman who embarks on a vacation only to stumble upon the lifeless body of a Sub-Saharan African man right in front of her balcony. Upon discovering the victim\'s identity, Meriem is faced with a conundrum.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yazid Eldaly&rsquo;s Egyptian short HOOKAH follows the story of Badreya &mdash; a poor housemaid trapped in an abusive marriage with the unemployed Hassanein. Determined to escape her grim existence, Badreya takes a bold step and buys herself a special gift. However, her husband\'s discovery of the present sets off a chain of events that unravel the narrative.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethar Baamer&rsquo;s animated Saudi short IN BETWEEN follows a young woman struggling to find her true self. Overwhelmed by societal expectations that dictate how she should look and who she should be, the central character responds by separating into multiple versions of herself, trying on different identities.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussein Hijazi&rsquo;s Lebanese short LEGACY takes place in a troubled country where politicians have drained people\'s savings; Rabih faces a crisis when his father needs urgent medical care. With time running out and money scarce, Rabih races against the odds to save his father\'s life.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majdi El-Omari&rsquo;s Palestinian short MAR MAMA delves into the story of a young girl haunted by her mother\'s death and the recurring attacks on her city. Faced with these traumas, she becomes obsessed with death. As her father attempts to distract her by creating a stop-motion film, reality intrudes, and yet, she finds solace in her imagination and fantasies.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salma Murad&rsquo;s Saudi short MATCHSTICK follows the story of Osama &mdash; a young man caught in a quarrel between his emotions and memory as he tries to find a thread leading to answers. He tries to awaken the part of himself that gives him reason, but his reasoning is brutal, maybe even abusive.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walid Messnaoui&rsquo;s Moroccan short NO KEY follows a young burglar named Amine, who in his desperate hunt for a way out of his gloomy existence on the rough streets of Casablanca, discovers a sealed jewelry box that represents his ticket to a brighter future in Europe. However, when other gangs find out what&rsquo;s in his possession, he must brave their treacherous terrain and face his own demons to keep his dream alive.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taqwa Ali Naser&rsquo;s Bahraini short THE GROCERY LIST tells the story of a mini, hidden, weird supermarket where only bottles of milk are displayed. Here, a young man named Jehad, sitting in a shopping cart, rebels against his mother after she rejects a bottle of milk of his own choice. In the end, will he go for his choice that clashes with societal expectations or submit to his mother&rsquo;s will?</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayder Dawood&rsquo;s Saudi short THE LAST WINTER follows Mohsen, who returns to visit his friend Hayder four years after his initial journey to Sweden while being filled with a deep longing for their shared homeland of Saudi Arabia. As they navigate through Hayder&rsquo;s final winter there, their friendship grows stronger, becoming a source of support and comfort amid a backdrop of longing and change.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniela Stephan&rsquo;s Lebanese short THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT follows Mounia, who searches for her lost cat among the ruins of the Beirut 2020 port explosion. Joined by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they navigate the remnants of their city on a quest to recover what\'s been lost.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh&rsquo;s Jordanian short THE WOODLAND follows two estranged brothers who find themselves in the untamed wilderness as they embark on a journey to bury their father. Reunited in the wake of tragedy after years of tense separation, the two brothers find themselves at a crossroads where they need to confront their shared past before making a pivotal decision.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Gotta&rsquo;s Jordanian short WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? follows a young artist in his twenties who abandons his family, refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy. Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '776288955'),
(701, 'From Egypt to Italy with love: Egyptian short PAPA TOLD ME takes center stage at Florence\'s Middle East Now Film Festival', 'Egyptian short PAPA TOLD ME to world premiere at Italy’s Middle East Now Film Festival', '2024-10-14', '01f5aeb01b-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking its festival circuit debut, Passant Ahmed&rsquo;s first narrative short film PAPA TOLD ME is set to world premiere at the 15th edition of the Middle East Now Film Festival, taking place from October 15th to 20th in Florence, Italy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Emad, a ten-year-old boy who lives with an abusive father and finds solace in his obsession with ice cream. One day, noticing his father is occupied with a sudden development, Emad seizes the opportunity to get his hands on some ice cream and gleefully consumes it in front of his father.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film, Ahmed said, &ldquo;In PAPA TOLD ME, I delve into the complex relationship between a son and his abusive father, portraying the struggles the child faces in such a challenging environment and how it shapes his responses.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, produced, and edited by Passant Ahmed, the film stars Osama Hawary, Hamza Haytham, and Omar Negm, and is lensed by Filopater Moard, with MAD WORLD handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution managing distribution across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passant Ahmed is an experimental filmmaker, video editor, and mixed media artist who was born in Alexandria and graduated from Pharos University\'s Arts and Design faculty in 2023, majoring in filmmaking and animation. Her filmmaking journey began in 2019 with her debut experimental film DON\'T BLAME THE APPLE.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known for her productions that blur the lines between reality and fiction, Passant has written and directed four short experimental films between 2020 and 2022, including UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING, GHATOM, and NEW PERSPECTIVE OF MAYA DEREN FILMS.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, Passant directed her first narrative short film, PAPA TOLD ME, marking a significant milestone in her career.</span>', '273128382'),
(702, 'A PROMISE TO THE SEA bags its first award!', 'Hend Sohail’s A PROMISE TO THE SEA wins Best Fiction Film at Linz International Short Film Festival', '2024-10-14', 'Promise-To-The-Sea-screener.00_00_21_22.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian short drama A PROMISE TO THE SEA &mdash; directed by Hend Sohail &mdash; walked home with its first award, Best Fiction Film, at the recently concluded Linz International Short Film Festival, which took place from October 9th to the 12th in Austria.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival&rsquo;s jury &mdash; made up of Wiltrud Katharina Hackl, Nozhat Badi, and Katharina Farnleitner &mdash; commented on the film&rsquo;s win saying, &ldquo;This film unfolds quietly and unobtrusively, much like its protagonist, who leads us on an intimate, emotional journey. A poetic road movie that reaches straight to the heart, it boldly addresses societal taboos and beautifully conveys the idea that saying goodbye is not a single moment, but a gradual process&hellip; For this deeply moving debut, the jury is proud to present the Best Fiction Film Award to director Hend Sohail for A Promise To The Sea.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which world premiered at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival and is set to hold its Arab World premiere at the upcoming 7th El Gouna Film Festival &mdash; follows Zain, who, after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s director Sohail revealed what she had hoped to achieve with A PROMISE TO THE SEA, saying, &ldquo;Through this film, I want to tell the story of an extraordinary relationship between a son and his mother. When Zain loses his mother, he refuses to accept this closure and starts to think of another one, leading him to embark on a risky journey, during which he discovers that the world is much bigger than he had previously thought.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Hend Sohail alongside Omar Zinhom, A PROMISE TO THE SEA stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, edited by Samir Radwan, and produced by That&rsquo;s A Wrap&rsquo;s Nourhan Yasser and co-producers Younes Medhat, Mohammed Al-Omda, Ahmed El-Naggar, Dina Shokry, and Hussain Hamadi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution handles its distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating, she worked as a director&rsquo;s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is her directorial debut</span>', '1895202982'),
(703, 'IN BETWEEN is coming to Europe through Italy’s Middle East Now Festival! ', 'Ethaar Baamer‘s IN BETWEEN to premiere to European audiences at Italy\'s Middle East Now Festival', '2024-10-15', 'acdb1f55-b2f0-40f9-8efb-2ce61c31dc3c_rw_1920.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etjaar Baamer&rsquo;s Saudi short flick IN BETWEEN is set to hold its European premiere at the Italian Middle East Now Festival, running from October 15th to the 20th&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Ithar Baamer, with a mesmerizing score by Zach McNeil, this abstract Saudi animation depicts a woman\'s journey through her twenties as she navigates societal expectations in the quest for self-discovery. Overcoming challenges, she forges her path to self-realization as the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred, relying on her authenticity to guide her toward her true self.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival before going on to participate in the 10th Saudi Film Festival and 11th Tripoli Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ithar Baamer is a Saudi artist and animation director who has a master\'s in fine arts and animation design from the Pratt Institute in New York. She deeply values ​​her Saudi culture and heritage and constantly seeks to integrate them into her work. The goal of her work is to translate subconscious thoughts into something tangible.</span>', '1097860679'),
(704, 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is crossing the Mediterranean and heading to Thessaloniki!', 'Palestinian feature THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! to compete at 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival', '2024-10-16', 'ThankYou_Stills-Editorial_HD_17.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Laila Abbas&rsquo; latest feature THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is scheduled to screen at the 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival (October 31st to the 10th of November), where it will be competing in the Meet The Neighbors+ Section.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before that, the film is set to have its MENA premiere at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt after the conclusion of its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a tale about the intricacies of sisterhood and family, which tackles the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; learns of their father\'s death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is the final film shot in the West Bank before the events of the ongoing genocide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The jury for this year&rsquo;s Meet The Neighbors+ Competition will feature Ukrainian filmmaker Maryna Er Gorbach, actress Manal Awad, and distributor Vassilis Sourrapas, who will be handing out a Golden Alexander for Best Film and a Silver Alexander for Best Director, with the former coming with a &euro;10,000</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cash prize and the latter &euro;5,000.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It is co-produced by Founder and Artistic Director of Palestine Cinema Days Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel through their company August Films and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas &mdash; a 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus &mdash; is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 65th Thessaloniki Film Festival runs from October 31st to the 10th of November.&nbsp;</span>', '1576306272'),
(705, 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is going to BFI and we’ve got screening dates!', 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! to screen twice throughout BFI London Film Festival', '2024-10-16', 'ThankYou_Stills-Editorial_HD_29.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas&rsquo; latest Palestinian tale on two sisters eschewing tradition and Islamic convention to take what they believe is rightfully theirs, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, is set to hold its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Laila Abbas, actors Yasmine Al Massri and Ahmed Khattar, as well as producers Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab are also poised to attend the festival&rsquo;s premiere.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is the first Palestinian film to premiere and compete at BFI London. It is also the last film shot in the West Bank before the ongoing genocide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to screen twice at the British festival&rsquo;s BFI Southbank; once on Thursday, October 17th, at 6 pm and another the following day at 1:20 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! will then be heading to the El Gouna Film Festival for its Arab World premiere before to the Thessaloniki Film Festival a few days later.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In anticipation of the film&rsquo;s premiere, MAD World &mdash; the film&rsquo;s world sales agent &mdash; has released the film&rsquo;s posters on their social media pages for all to see.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; learns of their father\'s death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film\'s themes, director Laila Abbas said, &ldquo;This story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph,&rdquo; further adding &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a story about sisters who, having gone through their respective tragedies and heartbreaks, bond together to become stronger.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It is co-produced by Founder and Artistic Director of Palestine Cinema Days Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel through their company August Films and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! has received support thus far from the El Gouna Film Festival in 2018 through four $10,000 grants from ART, Cedars Productions, O Three Productions, and Metafora, respectively. Moreover, it won the In-Development Award from the CineGouna Platform and was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture as well as the Doha Film Institute&rsquo;s 2023 edition of the Qumra Initiative.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With additional funding from German film funds (Mitteldeutsche Medienf&ouml;rderung, and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), and the Hubert Bals Plus Europe of International Film Festival Rotterdam, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! stands as a testament to the power of collective artistic vision. Notably, it was also among the winners of the Red Sea Fund&rsquo;s third cycle.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas &mdash; a 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus &mdash; is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BFI London takes place from October 9th to the 20th.</span>', '1489893630'),
(706, 'Buckle up, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is taking GFF audiences on one helluva ride', 'Laila Abbas’ THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! Screening times at 7th GFF revealed', '2024-10-17', 'ThankYou_Stills-Editorial_HD_10.jpg', 'Laila Abbas&rsquo; latest film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! Is slated to screen twice at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 24th to November 1st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; learns of their father\'s death.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will be screening at 7 pm on Thursday, October 31st at Festival Plaza and once more at 2:15 pm on the following day at the Al Bahr Cinema.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notably, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is the last film shot in the West Bank before the events of the ongoing genocide, which rapidly unfolded on October 7th, 2023.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The director, Laila Abbas, producer Hanna Atallah, actors Kamel El Basha and Adam Khattarl; composer Ahmed El Sawy and the film&rsquo;s editor Heba Othman will each be in attendance for the festival.\r<br/><br />&nbsp;<br />Discussing the film\'s themes, Abbas said, &ldquo;This story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph,&rdquo; further adding &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a story about sisters who, having gone through their respective tragedies and heartbreaks, bond together to become stronger.&rdquo;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It is co-produced by Founder and Artistic Director of Palestine Cinema Days Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel through their company August Films and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! has received support thus far from the El Gouna Film Festival in 2018 through four $10,000 grants from ART, Cedars Productions, O Three Productions, and Metafora, respectively. Moreover, it won the In-Development Award from the CineGouna Platform and was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture as well as the Doha Film Institute&rsquo;s 2023 edition of the Qumra Initiative.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With additional funding from German film funds (Mitteldeutsche Medienf&ouml;rderung, and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), and the Hubert Bals Plus Europe of International Film Festival Rotterdam, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! stands as a testament to the power of collective artistic vision. Notably, it was also among the winners of the Red Sea Fund&rsquo;s third cycle.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Laila Abbas &mdash; a 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus &mdash; is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.', '1738635664'),
(707, 'Spotlighting a nation\'s trauma, ALGIERS is set to dazzle at El Gouna', 'Chakib Taleb Bendiab’s ALGIERS to have Its Arab world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-17', 'ALGIERS-TempleProduction.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its triumph at the Flickers&rsquo; Rhode Island Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Best Film award, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chakib Taleb Bendiab&rsquo;s investigative thriller ALGIERS &mdash; Algeria&rsquo;s official submission to the 97th Academy Awards &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is set to make its Arab World premiere at the seventh edition of El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 24th to November 1st.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the presence of actors Nabil Asli and Chahrazad Kracheni, producer Khaled Chikhi, and director Chakib Taleb Bendiab, this gripping narrative is set for two screenings throughout the festival&rsquo;s runtime, one at 9:30 pm on October 29th at the Festival Plaza and another at 9:15 pm on October 31st at Sea Cinema 1.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALGIERS, which world premiered at the Flickers&rsquo; Rhode Island Film Festival to enthusiastic audience responses, delves into the gripping narrative of a little girl\'s kidnapping, which ignites a whirlwind of tension and suspicion within the city. The film follows the dogged efforts of Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a dedicated police inspector, as they uncover the demons of Algeria&rsquo;s past and solve a perplexing mystery.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film presents a societal awakening with a few shocking revelations and brilliantly engages in indirect criticism of Algerian society, which the director blames for the current situation. The film also doesn&rsquo;t neglect the emotional and psychological arc, keeping the audience engaged while shedding light on a pressing social issue that demands urgent attention and a transformative societal response.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between the Algerian Center for Cinema Development and Temple Production and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Arts, the film earned accolades not only for its gripping narrative but also for its artistic merit, with praise coming from various quarters, including the Algerian Minister of Culture and Arts, Dr. Soraya Mouloudji, who commended the film as a significant achievement for Algerian cinema, emphasizing its role in the revival of this vital sector.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Bendiab, ALGIERS features a star-studded ensemble cast including Meriem Medjkane, known for her appearances in Cannes entry ABOU LEILA and Venice hit THE LAST QUEEN, and Nabil Asli, acclaimed for his work in titles such as the short film KINDIL EL BAHR and the award-winning EL TAAIB, which earned the Europa Cinemas Label at the prestigious 2012 Cannes Film Festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the cast are Chahrazad Kracheni, Hichem Mesbah, Slimane Benouari, and Ali Namous.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALGIERS is produced by Khaled Chikhi and Yasmine Dhoukar, executive produced by Canadian award-winning filmmaker Patricia Chica (MONTR&Eacute;AL GIRLS), lensed by Ikbal Arafat &mdash; the award-winning DOP who earned the Best Cinematography Award for his work on BLACK SPIRIT in 2018 at the Satisfied Eye International Film Festival &mdash; edited by Bendiab and Fouad Benhammou, with international sales handled by MAD World and distribution in Arabic-speaking territories by MAD Distribution.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chakib Taleb-Bendiab\'s filmography includes several compelling short films. Among them are the award-winning short flick BLACK SPIRIT, which circulated several prestigious festivals across the globe and received the Programmers Delight Award at the 2018 Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market in Japan, and SANG FROID, which won the Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the 2013 Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market.</span>', '636218626'),
(708, 'Moroccan THE LAST REHEARSAL debuting at home!', 'Yassine Fennane’s THE LAST REHEARSAL set to world premiere at National Film Festival in Tangier', '2024-10-21', 'tft-tmp-st.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yassine Fennane&rsquo;s gripping Moroccan drama THE LAST REHEARSAL will be holding its world premiere in the presence of its cast and crew at 4 pm on Monday, October 21st, at the 24th National Film Festival in Tangier (October 18th - 26th), where it&rsquo;ll also be competing in the Official Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film lifts the curtain on both mental illness and show-business life and follows a play director as he prepares to train a troupe on Jean Genet\'s THE MAIDS, however, tensions escalate after he starts taking antidepressants and battling his own demons ahead of the play\'s scheduled performance in front of a producer and a cultural manager from the French embassy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Fennane, lensed by Adil Ayoub, and produced by Nadir Fijjaj of Morocco Films Makers, THE LAST REHEARSAL features a star-studded cast, including Nabil El-Mansouri, who also wrote the film&rsquo;s screenplay; Jamila El-Hawni, who is known for ACHING OF EARTH, THE STRANGER, and THE MISCREANTS; Hassna Tamtaoui, and Abdelilah Ajil, with MAD World handling the film&rsquo;s international sales and MAD Distribution its distribution across the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Rabat, Yassine Fennane is a Moroccan director and screenwriter with a degree in Performing Arts from the Sorbonne in Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wrote and directed his first short film LITTLE WOUND in 2002, and in 2004, he directed several short films such as THE DANGER MAN, THE FUTURE IS NOW, and WHITE SHIRT, BLACK TIE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also directed several successful series for national TV channels, including ONE HOUR IN HELL, BNAT LALLA MENANA, and WAADI.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, he directed his first feature film KARYAN BOLLYWOOD, which won several awards at the Tangier, Malm&ouml;, and Geneva film festivals.</span>', '1969237917'),
(709, 'Maha Haj’s poignant Palestinian short film UPSHOT set to make landfall in the Arab World!', 'Maha Haj’s UPSHOT to Arab World premiere at 7th El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-21', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After successfully premiering worldwide at the 77th Locarno Film Festival &mdash; where it won the Golden Pardino Award &mdash; Maha Haj&rsquo;s poignant Palestinian short UPSHOT</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now poised to contend in the El Gouna Official Short Film Competition, while simultaneously holding its Arab World premiere at the festival&rsquo;s seventh edition, which runs from October 24th to November 1st.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening details are as follows:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, October 28th, at 2:30 pm &ndash; Sea Cinema 1</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, October 29th, at 12 pm &ndash; Sea Cinema 2</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Maha Haj weaves a world where her characters can escape pain and loss, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">telling the story of Suleiman and Lubna &mdash; a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the alchemy of storytelling, they concoct a parallel reality free of pain; but when a journalist intrudes upon their sanctuary, wielding the blunt force of truth, the fragile illusion they\'ve constructed threatens to unravel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Palestinian-French-Italian co-production, UPSHOT stars renowned Palestinian actors </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Bakri&mdash; who received numerous awards for his works, including the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival and Berlinale&rsquo;s Free Speech Bear Award&mdash; Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel. The film is also lensed by Augustin Bonnet and edited by Veronique Lange with production design handled by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saher Dwairy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is produced by Ramallah-based company August Films with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel &mdash; who have also recently seen the premiere of another Palestinian title THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US &mdash; and is being distributed worldwide by MAD World and in all Arabic-speaking territories by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on her featurette, Haj said &ldquo;UPSHOT is both a lamentation and a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit. There are no easy answers, no political solutions to assuage the anguish of parents who have lost everything. And so, it unfolds in a realm unbound by time or place &mdash; a poignant reflection of the irreparable loss that defies earthly confines.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj is a filmmaker with a diverse background in English and Arabic literature who made her directorial debut with the short film ORANGES followed by the poignant documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first foray into feature filmmaking, however, came in 2015 with PERSONAL AFFAIRS &mdash; a critically acclaimed work that was selected for the 69th Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard. Her last feature, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the 75th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard and was selected to represent Palestine in the 94th Academy Awards&rsquo; Best International Feature race.</span>', '98524923'),
(710, 'A PROMISE TO THE SEA to debut in its home country', 'Hend Sohail’s A PROMISE TO THE SEA to hold its Arab World premiere at 7th El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-21', 'Promise-To-The-Sea-screener.jpg', 'Hend Sohail&rsquo;s Egyptian short A PROMISE TO THE SEA is set to hold its Arab World premiere as part of the Official Short Film Competition of the seventh edition of El Gouna Film Festival, which is scheduled to run from October 24th to November 1st.\r<br/><br />Screening details are as follows:\r<br/><br />Tuesday, October 29th, at 2 pm &ndash; Sea Cinema 1<br />Wednesday, October 30th, at 12 pm &ndash; Sea Cinema 2\r<br/><br />The film &mdash; which world premiered at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival &mdash; follows Zain, who, after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />The film&rsquo;s director Sohail revealed what she had hoped to achieve with A PROMISE TO THE SEA, saying, &ldquo;Through this film, I want to tell the story of an extraordinary relationship between a son and his mother. When Zain loses his mother, he refuses to accept this closure and starts to think of another one, leading him to embark on a risky journey, during which he discovers that the world is much bigger than he had previously thought.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />Directed and co-written by Hend Sohail alongside Omar Zinhom, A PROMISE TO THE SEA stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, edited by Samir Radwan, and produced by That&rsquo;s A Wrap&rsquo;s Nourhan Yasser and co-producers Younes Medhat, Mohammed Al-Omda, Ahmed El-Naggar, Dina Shokry, and Hussain Hamadi.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Meanwhile, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World, while its distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world are handled by MAD Distribution.\r<br/><br />Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />After graduating, she worked as a director&rsquo;s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is her directorial debut.', '1201978586'),
(711, 'Discover the drastic effects of poor communication between parents and sons before it is too late in the GFF-bound THE LAST MESSAGE', 'Seif Madbouly’s short THE LAST MESSAGE to world premiere at El Gouna Film Festival ', '2024-10-21', 'Snapshot_2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off its festival tour with a bang, Seif Madbouly&rsquo;s Egyptian short drama film THE LAST MESSAGE, starring Shereen Reda and Feras Said, is poised to world premiere at the seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival, which is running from October 24th to November 1st.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening details are as follows:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, October 31st, at 2pm &ndash; Sea Cinema 1</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, November 1st, at 11:30am &ndash; Sea Cinema 2</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film delves into family dynamics as a mother uncovers her son\'s hidden struggles and the devastating effects of miscommunication upon learning of his suicide attempt. This shocking revelation sets her on a profound journey of understanding and redemption as she explores the secrets hidden in his phone.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the film, director Seif Madbouly said, &ldquo;The film highlights the importance of family relationships, particularly between parents and their children. Parents need to listen to their kids, support them, and create a safe environment at home so that they don&rsquo;t need to seek comfort elsewhere, where they might encounter harm.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned Egyptian actress Shereen Reda, who plays the mother, is known for her award-winning performances in PHOTOCOPY, OUT OF ORDER, and THE GUEST, as well as her starring role in the highly successful TV series WE BENA MAAD. Joining her in the cast is Feras Said &mdash; known for his roles in blockbusters such as EL HAREEFA and THE BLUE ELEPHANT &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed El Saadany, Salma Ammar, and Mohamed Fathy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Seif Madbouly and written by Dina Maher, known for co-writing Netflix&rsquo;s first original Egyptian series PARANORMAL and THE 45 RULES OF DIVORCE, with editing by Raghda Essam of TAKE CARE OF ZIZI, this 16-minute film is lensed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Shahin and its sales worldwide is handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution manages its distribution across the Arab World.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seif Madbouly is a young director who graduated from the London Film School and began his career as an assistant director with the renowned director Hadi El Bagoury for six years, during which he worked on numerous projects, including the film FULL MOON, the play COCO CHANEL starring legendary actress Sherihan, and several ads.</span>', '952853853'),
(712, 'MAD Shorts THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT and THE LAST WINTER win big in Italy!', 'THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT, THE LAST WINTER win accolades at Middle East Now Film Festival', '2024-10-22', 'WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniela Stephan&rsquo;s THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT and Haidar Al-Shitaa Daoud&rsquo;s THE LAST WINTER each received a well-deserved award at the 15th Middle East Now Film Festival in Italy, with the former winning an honorable mention and the latter the festival&rsquo;s coveted Best Short Film Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT follows Mounia, played by Marilyne Naaman, searching for her lost cat amongst the ruins left in the wake of the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Joined by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they navigate the remnants of their city on a quest to recover what&rsquo;s been lost.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InterFilm Berlin Short Film Festival and </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opened for the 2022 Tripoli Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It has</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> already screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals, winning four awards, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Student Film at the Olhares do Mediterraneo International Women\'s Film Festival, Grand Prize and Jury Special Mention at Les Nuits Mediterraneennes du Court M&eacute;trage, and the Audience Vote Award at the Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, THE LAST WINTER takes viewers on a personal journey that intertwines the director\'s own story with the larger narrative of Saudi Arabia\'s cultural metamorphosis and the nascent cinema industry. The film captures the essence of being far from home while nurturing the dream to contribute to one\'s cultural heritage, exploring the bond between artists and their roots within the emerging cinematic landscape of Saudi Arabia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This captivating documentary, set against the serene backdrop of a Swedish winter, offers a lighthearted yet earnest critique of the artistic struggle and the broader challenges encountered within the film industry.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened at the Saudi Film Festival\'s National Competition and the Bahrain Film Festival\'s Documentary Competition in 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Distributions handles regional distribution for both films, while MAD World handles sales worldwide.</span>', '1974997256');
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(713, 'VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA generates vibrations at BFI London!', 'Rehab Nazzal’s VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA wins Best Short at the BFI London Film Festival', '2024-10-22', 'Snapshot_6.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal&rsquo;s gripping Palestinian documentary VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA walked home with the Best Short Film Award at the recently concluded BFI London Film Festival, which ran from October 9th to the 20th in the UK.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film previously held its world premiere at the Palestine Cinema Days Film Festival in its home country before screening at numerous festivals and winning several awards, including Best Short at the Iran International Film Festival and the Azur Phoenix Award for Short Films at the Middle East and South Africa Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA offers a glimpse into the lives of deaf children in the besieged and occupied Gaza Strip. Through the voices of children who have grown up under the relentless blockade and repeated Israeli aggression, it vividly conveys how they experience the bombings, destruction, and drone buzz overhead.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The children describe their perceptions of missile strikes by sensing vibrations in the air, tremors in the ground, and the echoes of collapsing buildings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film raises the question of whether the deafness these children face is a natural condition or a consequence of Israel\'s use of heavy weaponry, including sonic weapons.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival&rsquo;s Short Film Competition jury praised the film saying, &ldquo;We were astonished by the caliber of films in this competition and struggled to only award one film. Our winner is a film that uses sound to send reverberations through our bodies and souls.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Through its simplicity of storytelling, VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA demands our presence, urging us not only to bear witness but to deeply reflect on the impact of growing up deaf in Gaza &mdash; a reality that many of us could never fully comprehend.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the film&rsquo;s director, Nazzal, she thanked the jury and reflected on her film in a statement saying, &ldquo;I thank the BFI London Film Festival jury for honoring VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA with the Short Film Award and for recognizing the experiences of the Deaf children in Gaza - who have known only torment, a suffocating 17-year-long siege, and frequent onslaught by the settler-colonial state of Israel.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short documentary &mdash; which is one of the last documentaries to come out of Gaza before the ongoing war &mdash; features children Amani Iz Eldin, Musa and Mustafa Samour, and Isra Abuasr.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal is a one-woman show in this film, serving as its director, producer, and writer. She also lensed the film alongside Mohammed Abu Alkas, Mohammad Nateel, and Nawras Sameer; edited it alongside Rana Nazzal, Hamadeh, and Serene Alahmad; and worked on the film&rsquo;s sound with Bruno Belanger.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s world sales rights are handled by MAD World, while its Arab-world sales and distribution are handled by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal is a Palestinian-born multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Montreal, Canada; and Bethlehem, Palestine.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her work deals with the effects of settler and colonial violence on people, on land, and other non-human life in Palestine.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazzal&rsquo;s photography, videos, sound, and installations have been exhibited and screened in Palestine, across Canada, and internationally.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is currently teaching at Dar Al-Kalima University in Bethlehem, Palestine.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazzal has created multiple short videos, blurring the boundaries between documentary and video art, including DIMA, A NIGHT AT HOME, CANADA PARK, BODIES IN MOTION, MOURNING, and BIL&rsquo;IN.</span>', '1119876817'),
(714, 'Here’s when you can catch GHOST TRAIL at the 7th GFF!', 'Jonathan Millet’s GHOST TRAIL set to hold Arab World premiere at 7th El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-22', 'ghosttrail1-filmsgrandhuit-scaled.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Millet&rsquo;s French-Syrian feature film GHOST TRAIL will be holding its Arab World premiere as part of the Feature Narrative Competition at the upcoming seventh El Gouna Film Festival &mdash; which is scheduled to take place from October 24th to November 1st &mdash; with director Jonathan Millet and producer Pauline Siegland in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s screening details are as follows:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, October 25th at 5pm &mdash; Sea Cinema 1</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, October 26th at 2pm &mdash; Sea Cinema 3</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GHOST TRAIL held its world premiere as the opening film for the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s 63rd Critics&rsquo; Week earlier this year. It has since screened at the Sydney Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival, receiving widespread praise from critics and audiences alike, where IndieWire&rsquo;s Christian Zilko praised the film for being &ldquo;filled with beautiful shots that demonstrate how you don&rsquo;t need a single word to illustrate the pain in a human soul.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He went on to say that &ldquo;the film marries some of the best aspects of spy thrillers and slow cinema in a portrait of the ways that wars haunt us long after we escape them.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is a manhunt thriller inspired by true events, where the past and present collide, exploring themes of justice and redemption.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the true story of a secret group who hunt down the regime&rsquo;s fugitive leaders, the film starts off in Syria and follows Hamid, who joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between France and Syria, the film stars French-Tunisian star Adam Bessa, known for Netflix&rsquo;s EXTRACTION and EXTRACTION 2, and winner of the Best Actor Award at Canne&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard for HARKA, as well as Tawfeek Barhom, and Julia Franz Richter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Millet alongside Florence Rochat, GHOST TRAIL was lensed by Olivier Boonjing, edited by Laurent S&eacute;n&eacute;chal, and produced by Pauline Seigland and Philippe Logie.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was produced by Films Grand Huit, Nikofilms, and H&eacute;licotronc, while MK2 handles the film&rsquo;s World sales and MAD Distribution handles its Arab World sales and distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GHOST TRAIL was supported by several grants and organizations such as Canal+ Cin&eacute;+ &amp; Arte, Eurom&eacute;tropole de Strasbourg, Eurimages, Franco-German Mini-Treaty, the Images of Diversity Fund, Cofinova 20, Cin&eacute;mag 18, Ind&eacute;films 12, Cin&eacute;axe 5, BeTV, and the Berlin Regional Fund.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jonathan Millet was born in Paris. After studying philosophy, he spent many years filming distant or inaccessible countries for image databases. Alone with his camera, he crossed and filmed around fifty countries (Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, all of South America, the Middle East, and the length and breadth of Africa).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encouraged to go to the most remote regions, Millet learned to capture faces and spaces, in an attempt to transcribe an atmosphere in a few shots.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this experience, he directed three short films, OLD LOVE DESERT (2012), YOU GO ROUND IN CIRCLES IN THE NIGHT AND YOU ARE DEVOURED BY FIRE (2015), AND ALWAYS WE WILL WALK (2016) &mdash; which was nominated for the 2018 C&eacute;sar Award &mdash; and a medium-length film, LA VEILL&Eacute;E (2017). These films were selected in numerous festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Pantin, and Brest.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also directed the feature documentary CEUTA, SWEET PRISON, which was released in cinemas in January 2014 after more than 60 festival selections.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest film TELL ME ABOUT THE STARS (2017) was shot in Antarctica and nominated at the Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival.</span>', '1364907691'),
(715, 'THE LAST REHEARSAL gets a warm welcome in its home country!', 'Yassine Fennane’s THE LAST REHEARSAL praised after stellar world premiere at the National Film Festival in Tangier', '2024-10-22', 'Last-Rehearsal.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yassine Fennane\'s THE LAST REHEARSAL earned a great reception at its world premiere at the 24th National Film Festival in Tangier &mdash; running from October 18th to the 26th. The film captivated audiences with its compelling story and striking performances, winning over both critics and crowds.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE LAST REHEARSAL\'s debut screening in its native Morocco garnered an overwhelming reception and a standing ovation from everyone in attendance.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the film\'s successful premiere, several prominent figures from the film and entertainment industries attended alongside representatives from the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, including actors Nabil El-Mansouri, Abdelilah Ajil, Taha Benaim, and Said Miniouli &mdash; who&rsquo;s also the film&rsquo;s casting supervisor. The crew in attendance also included producers Nadir Fijjaj and Kawthar Tazrouti, as well as wardrobe supervisor Hussein Benbaza.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film lifts the curtain on both mental illness and show-business life and follows a play director as he prepares to train a troupe on Jean Genet\'s THE MAIDS, however, tensions escalate after he starts taking antidepressants and battling his own demons ahead of the play\'s scheduled performance in front of a producer and a cultural manager from the French embassy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Fennane, lensed by Adil Ayoub, and produced by Nadir Fijjaj of Morocco Films Makers, THE LAST REHEARSAL features a star-studded cast, including Nabil El-Mansouri, who also wrote the film&rsquo;s screenplay; Jamila El-Hawni, who is known for ACHING OF EARTH, THE STRANGER, and THE MISCREANTS; Hassna Tamtaoui, and Abdelilah Ajil, with MAD World handling the film&rsquo;s international sales and MAD Distribution its distribution across the Arab-speaking world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Rabat, Yassine Fennane is a Moroccan director and screenwriter with a degree in Performing Arts from the Sorbonne in Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wrote and directed his first short film LITTLE WOUND in 2002, and in 2004, he directed several short films such as THE DANGER MAN, THE FUTURE IS NOW, and WHITE SHIRT, BLACK TIE.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also directed several successful series for national TV channels, including ONE HOUR IN HELL, BNAT LALLA MENANA, and WAADI.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, he directed his first feature film KARYAN BOLLYWOOD, which won several awards at the Tangier, Malm&ouml;, and Geneva film festivals.</span>', '44293196'),
(716, 'A wave of MAD Shorts is about to wash over Montpellier', 'Three MAD Shorts to screen at Cinémed International Mediterranean Film Festival', '2024-10-24', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160_239_24.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Arab World&rsquo;s leading film distribution and PR giant MAD Solutions is set to make a splash in the French town of Montpellier with three shorts from its impressive distribution slate screening at the Cin&eacute;med International Mediterranean Film Festival running from October 18th to 26th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This MAD short lineup includes Maha Haj&rsquo;s poignant Palestinian short UPSHOT, Rehab Nazzal&rsquo;s gripping Palestinian documentary VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA, and Rayane Mcirdi&rsquo;s fascinating Algerian short AFTER THE SUN.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT, which will be holding its French premiere at Cin&eacute;med, world premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, walking home with the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film Award and the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the latest film written and directed by the acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Maha Haj &mdash; whose feature film, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, UPSHOT is a gripping drama that tells the story of Suleiman and Lubna, a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss. Through the alchemy of storytelling, Suleiman and Lubna conjure a parallel reality free of their pain in which their lives unfold in vivid detail. But when a journalist intrudes upon their sanctuary, wielding the blunt force of truth, the fragile illusion they\'ve constructed threatens to unravel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to have two screenings throughout the festival\'s runtime. The first will take place at 8 pm on October 21st at the Corum-Einstein Room, and the second at 2 pm on October 23rd at the Corum-Pasteur Room.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for VIBRATIONS FROM Gaza &mdash; which will be screening twice at Cinemed\'s Corum-Pasteur Room, once on October 22nd at 2 pm and another on October 24th at 6 pm followed by a Q&amp;A &mdash; it has just walked home with the Best Short Film Award at the recently concluded BFI London Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film offers a glimpse into the lives of deaf children in the besieged and occupied Gaza Strip. Through the voices of children who have grown up under the relentless blockade and repeated Israeli aggression, it vividly conveys how they experience the bombings, destruction, and drone buzz overhead.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last, but certainly not least, AFTER THE SUN &mdash; which world premiered at the 77th Cannes &mdash; will also screen twice, once on October 23rd at 6 pm followed by a Q&amp;A and the other on October 25th at 12:15 pm, with both screenings taking place at the Corum-Pasteur Room</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayane Mcirdi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the short film is set in the evocative 1980s and follows a young girl who embarks on her first summer journey without her newlywed sister. Amidst the backdrop of a nostalgic family road trip from France to Algeria, she endeavors to reignite the bonds with her heritage, delving into a homeland rich with cherished memories waiting to be rediscovered.</span>', '1432496111'),
(717, 'MAD shorts VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA and AFTER THE SUN win the day at Cinémed!', 'Two MAD Films win acclaimed prizes at the International Mediterranean Film Festival in Montpellier', '2024-10-29', 'Snapshot_222.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Shorts VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA and AFTER THE SUN made waves at the French town of Montpellier after winning two awards and receiving a special mention, respectively, at the latest edition of the Cin&eacute;med Mediterranean Film Festival, which ran from October 18th to 26th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directors Rehab Nazzal and Rayane Mcirdi have showcased their impressive merit by telling two distinct stories from the Arab World.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first of the two, Rehab Nazzal&rsquo;s VIBRATIONS FROM Gaza &mdash; which screened at Cinemed\'s Corum-Pasteur Room followed by a Q&amp;A &mdash; has started a bit of a streak, walking home with both the La Gazette Audience Award and Ville de Montpellier Young Audience Award at Cinemed after just winning the Best Short Film Award at the recently concluded BFI London Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film offers a glimpse into the lives of deaf children in the besieged and occupied Gaza Strip. Through the voices of children who have grown up under the relentless blockade and repeated Israeli aggression, it vividly conveys how they experience the bombings, destruction, and drone buzz overhead.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second, AFTER THE SUN, which notably world premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, also garnered a Special Mention at the event.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rayane Mcirdi</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the short film is set in the evocative 1980s and follows a young girl who embarks on her first summer journey without her newlywed sister. Amidst the backdrop of a nostalgic family road trip from France to Algeria, she endeavors to reignite the bonds with her heritage, delving into a homeland rich with cherished memories waiting to be rediscovered.</span>', '1898989750'),
(718, 'Palestinian short UPSHOT takes GFF by storm', 'Palestinian short UPSHOT takes GFF by storm', '2024-10-30', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160_239_24_R709.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj&rsquo;s moving Palestinian short film UPSHOT has garnered immense praise from both critics and audiences, captivating viewers during its Arab World premiere at the seventh edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), which is running from October 24th to November 1st.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now competing in the GFF&rsquo;s Short Film Competition, UPSHOT has left a lasting impression on the festival\'s audience, who were quick to shower it with thunderous applause and copious amounts of praise for its powerful storytelling.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, UPSHOT is a gripping drama that tells the story of Suleiman and Lubna, a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the alchemy of storytelling, Suleiman and Lubna conjure a parallel reality free of their pain in which their lives unfold in vivid detail. But when a journalist intrudes upon their sanctuary, wielding the blunt force of truth, the fragile illusion they\'ve constructed threatens to unravel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the rave reviews the film received was the one for Egyptian film critic Tarek El Shennawi, who said, &ldquo;This film conveyed a great deal without using words or direct imagery related to the Palestinian issue. The emotions and concepts gradually seeped into the audience\'s awareness, not through explicit dialogue or overt scenes, but in a manner that resonates more deeply and expresses more without relying on violence or bloodshed to discuss such a topic.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, renowned Egyptian actor Karim Kassem echoed this sentiment, calling the film &ldquo;extremely powerful and deeply humane, reflecting the current events and the ongoing loss,&rdquo; and recommending the film for everyone to watch it.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriter and producer Mohamed El Adl also made sure to state his admiration for Haj&rsquo;s artistry, stating: &ldquo;I commend director and writer Maha Haj for her outstanding work on this film. The cinematographer and the stunning location also deserve recognition. They addressed the issue without loudness. It\'s a true masterpiece. I thank the El Gouna Film Festival for bringing us this film.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding an emotional touch, Jordanian actress and singer Hasnaa Saif Aldeen also remarked that the film was so great it made her cry.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This exciting news comes hot on the heels of the film&rsquo;s successful world premiere at the 77th Locarno Film Festival where it walked home with the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film Award and the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT features a starry cast headlined by Mohammed Bakri &mdash; who received numerous awards for his works, including the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival and Berlinale&rsquo;s Free Speech Bear Award &mdash; alongside Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel. The film is lensed by Augustin Bonnet and edited by Veronique Lange, with production design handled by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saher Dwairy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between Palestine, Italy, and France, the film is produced by Ramallah-based company August Films with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel &mdash; the two of which are also co-producing THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US, which is in post-production with MAD World handling worldwide sales while MAD Distribution managing distribution in all Arabic-speaking territories.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj is a filmmaker with a diverse background in English and Arabic literature who made her directorial debut with the short film ORANGES followed by the poignant documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first foray into feature filmmaking, however, came in 2015 with PERSONAL AFFAIRS &mdash; a critically acclaimed work that was selected for the 69th Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard. Her last feature, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the 75th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard and was selected to represent Palestine in the 94th Academy Awards&rsquo; Best International Feature race.</span>', '1240384084'),
(719, 'A PROMISE TO THE SEA thrives by the sea at GFF!', 'Hend Sohail’s A PROMISE TO THE SEA receives praise after an outstanding Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival', '2024-10-31', 'PRL-Post-Arab-premier-A-Promise-to-the-sea.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail&rsquo;s Egyptian short A PROMISE TO THE SEA recently enjoyed a triumphant Arab World debut in its home country as part of the Official Short Film Competition at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which enjoyed two outstanding screenings on Tuesday, October 29th, and Wednesday, October 30th &mdash; held its MENA premiere with several of its crew in attendance, including director Hend Sohail, producer Nourhan Yasser, assistant producer Nadine Sohail, the film&rsquo;s protagonist Nabil Botros Talaan, and Caramel the dog, who won everyone\'s</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hearts at the festival&rsquo;s red carpet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both screenings of A PROMISE TO THE SEA were also attended by several critics and industry professionals, such as screenwriter Tamer Habib and director Sandra Nashaat, as well as a number of Egypt&rsquo;s elite actors, including Bushra, Ahmed Dash, Amr Abed, Amir El-Masry, Rakeen Saad, Mohamed Hatem, and Amina Khalil, who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is among the festival&rsquo;s Best Short Film jury.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film &mdash; which world premiered at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Short Film Festival and won the Best Fiction Film Award at the Linz International Short Film Festival &mdash; follows Zain, who, after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s director Sohail revealed what she had hoped to achieve with A PROMISE TO THE SEA, saying, &ldquo;Through this film, I want to tell the story of an extraordinary relationship between a son and his mother. When Zain loses his mother, he refuses to accept this closure and starts to think of another one, leading him to embark on a risky journey, during which he discovers that the world is much bigger than he had previously thought.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Hend Sohail alongside Omar Zinhom, A PROMISE TO THE SEA stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, edited by Samir Radwan, and produced by That&rsquo;s A Wrap&rsquo;s Nourhan Yasser and co-producers Younes Medhat, Mohammed Al-Omda, Ahmed El-Naggar, Dina Shokry, and Hussain Hamadi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World, while its distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world are handled by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating, she worked as a director&rsquo;s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is her directorial debut.</span>', '641044194'),
(720, 'Bahrain is about to get a MAD dose of short films', 'MAD sends 13 shorts to 4th Bahrain Film Festival', '2024-10-31', 'MAD-sends-13-shorts-to-4th-Bahrain-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions, the Arab World&rsquo;s leading film distribution and PR giant, continues to leave its mark on the festival circuit with 13 shorts from its extensive distribution slate, screening at the fourth edition of the Bahrain Film Festival, running from November 3rd to 7th at Marassi Galleria.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD shorts lineup will be showcased across various categories at the festival, featuring the short films MADE FOR BEAUTY...USED FOR UGLINESS in the Bahraini Competition, IN BETWEEN in the Animated Films category, and the remaining films &mdash; PALESTINE ISLANDS, EN ROUTE, CONDITIONAL DESIRE, 60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?, THE WOODLAND, MADONNA, NYA, FORSAKEN, BENEATH A MOTHER&rsquo;S FEET, and IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS &mdash; in the Short Narrative Film category.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some intriguing insights into the participating films, here&rsquo;s a quick overview of each short heading to the Bahrain Film Festival:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bahraini </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">director </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaffer Mohammed Al-Baqali&rsquo;s psychological thriller short MADE FOR BEAUTY...USED FOR UGLINESS follows a soldier who, after 28 years of exile, finally meets his daughter in his cabin just as he is on the verge of committing suicide.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethar Baamer&rsquo;s abstract Saudi animation IN BETWEEN depicts a woman\'s journey through her twenties as she navigates societal expectations in the quest for self-discovery. Overcoming challenges, she forges her path to self-realization as the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred, relying on her authenticity to guide her toward her true self.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau&rsquo;s drama Jordanian-French short follows a young Palestinian refugee girl who plans an elaborate ruse to make her blind grandfather believe the separation wall fell, giving him hope of returning to his homeland.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Munir Abbar&rsquo;s Moroccan drama short ENROUTE follows three friends walking along a road; one takes advantage of this desert path, the other succumbs to melancholy, and the third becomes rageful. As tension builds between them, a confrontation becomes inevitable.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houcem Slouli\'s Tunisian short CONDITIONAL DESIRE follows Ahmed and Salma, who, despite residing in a society that values conformity, strive to remain honest with themselves. However, they find themselves grappling with a heart-wrenching psychological burden as they sacrifice their happiness to meet the expectations of others.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amr Salama&rsquo;s short thriller, 60 EGYPTIAN POUNDS, follows aspiring rapper Ziad and his family, who have long suffered at the hands of his abusive father. However, when tensions reach a boiling point, Ziad takes it upon himself to end his family&rsquo;s suffering once and for all.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Gotta&rsquo;s Jordanian drama short, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? follows a young artist in his twenties who abandons his family, refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh&rsquo;s Jordanian drama short THE WOODLAND follows two estranged brothers who find themselves in the untamed wilderness as they journey to bury their father. Reunited in the wake of tragedy after years of tense separation, the two brothers find themselves at a crossroads where they must confront their shared past before making a pivotal decision.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;John Fareed Zaki\'s Egyptian short MADONNA revolves around the theft of an Italian painter\'s artifact, reigniting an old conflict between two Jesuit priests. When an investigation is launched, all suspicions fall on the monastery\'s chef. However, a confession is eventually made, and the real perpetrator is uncovered.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imene Ayadi&rsquo;s Algerian-French film NYA is set at the cusp of the Algerian Civil War and follows Anya, a carefree little girl who is blissfully unaware of the war tearing the country apart. Her one wish is that her father, a journalist on a mission, returns home in time for Mouloud celebrations. The troubles of reality seep into her life, however, causing her innocence to waver.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Shennawy&rsquo;s Tunisian drama short </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FORSAKEN follows the captivating journey of Meriem &mdash; a 30-year-old woman who embarks on a vacation only to stumble upon the lifeless body of a Sub-Saharan African man right in front of her balcony. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon discovering the victim\'s identity, Meriem is faced with a conundrum.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elias Suhail&rsquo;s Moroccan-British drama short BENEATH A MOTHER\'S FEET is set in a serene coastal town in southern Morocco, where young mother Wedad bears the weight of family duty with quiet resilience. Amidst the bustling marketplace, she yearns for something beyond her daily grind.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wissam Charaf&rsquo;s Lebanese-French drama short IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS is set on the waterfront of a construction site in Beirut, where Raed &mdash; a security guard &mdash; must prevent passersby from accessing the shoreline. Yet, as the horizon becomes more obscured with every passing day by the under-construction building, Raed begins finding himself in all manner of peculiar encounters; or maybe mere dreams and figments of his desires.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '199339634'),
(721, 'A story of defiant perseverance; THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT is lighting the horizon at Switzerland’s Kurzfilmtage', 'Daniela Stephan’s THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT to screen at 28th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Festival in Switzerland', '2024-11-04', 'WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-16.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniela Stephan&rsquo;s THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT, a short film on the aftermath of the 2020 Beirut Blast, is set to make an appearance at the 28th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur in Switzerland, which will run from November 5th to the 10th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is set to screen at the Maxx 6 venue, 3PM, on the 11th of November.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Festival acts as a prerequisite qualifier for entries to the Oscars, BAFTAs, and EFAs.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story follows Mounia, searching for her lost cat amongst the ruins left in the wake of the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Joined by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they navigate the remnants of their city on a quest to recover what\'s been lost.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on her short film, Stephan stated &ldquo;On August 4th, 2020, a part of me died, both as a person and as a director. The explosion of the strongest ever non-nuclear bomb &mdash; in the heart of Beirut &mdash; devastated the city; leaving millions homeless, claiming the lives of 400 people, and injuring thousands. The socio-political climate had been charged with so much corruption and uncertainty that somehow the explosion of August 4th didn&rsquo;t come as a complete surprise. It felt like a moment that we had been anxiously dreading for so many years.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SUN SETS ON BEIRUT world premiered at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">InterFilm Berlin Short Film Festival </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and opened for the 2023 Tripoli Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It has</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> already screened at over a dozen prestigious film festivals, winning four awards, including </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Student Film at the Olhares do Mediterraneo International Women\'s Film Festival, Grand Prize and Jury Special Mention at Les Nuits Mediterraneennes du Court M&eacute;trage, and the Audience Vote Award at the Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides Lebanese actress and singer Marilyn Naaman, who starred in France&rsquo;s THE VOICE in 2023 and headlined the feature film MOTHER VALLEY, for which she won Best Actress at the Amman International Film Festival, the cast includes Pio Chihane, Jo McGarry and Salma Chalaby.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD Distribution handling distribution in the MENA region and MAD World international sales, the film is a joint production between Lebanon and the UK, involving production companies London Film School and Sky Lantern Productions, and captured by Fatma Racha Shehadeh&rsquo;s camera.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniela Stephan is an accomplished writer-director and editor born in Beirut, Lebanon. From an early age, she immersed herself in the world of writing and storytelling. Her passion led her to pursue a degree in Cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts, refining her craft at the London Film School in the UK.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her short MUMMY BLUE earned her the prestigious title of Best Female Director at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival in 2022. </span>', '1731964601'),
(722, 'MY DRIVER AND I driving toward a debut in its home country', 'Ahd Kamel’s Saudi feature MY DRIVER AND I to world premiere at 4th Red Sea International Film Festiva', '2024-11-10', 'mdai2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off its festival tour on a high note</span><strong>, </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s Saudi feature MY DRIVER AND I has been selected to hold its world premiere as part of the Arab Spectacular Program at the fourth Red Sea International Film Festival, which is set to run from December 5th to the 14th in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Salma, a young, privileged, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day activities.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially adhering to a simple employer/employee dynamic, Salma and Gamar&rsquo;s relationship quickly evolves into an intimate personal friendship that bonds them through her teenage years and beyond, but their friendship is put to the test when Salma gets older and starts taking the wheel.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An OSN+ original, MY DRIVER AND I will air on OSN+ and OSNtv with co-productions by Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane from Caspian Films, Corniche Media, and Odd Kamel Films. Meanwhile, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales outside the MENA region.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on her film, director Ahd Kamed stated, &ldquo;The film opens a window on a certain strand of late 20th-century Saudi society, looking deep into the core of a privileged household where the hired-help become part of the family, and watching as a girl&rsquo;s universal journey through adolescence comes into contact with the reality of societal expectations.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY DRIVER AND I &mdash; which is Kamel&rsquo;s directorial feature debut &mdash; was supported by the Cairo Film Connection, the UK Global Screen Fund, and the Red Sea Film Foundation and is a heart-wrenching tale that shows the overlap of Sudanese society in Saudi Arabia like never before.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Roula Dakheelallah, Rana Alamuddin, and Qusai Kheder, the film also stars the young Sudanese actor with Egyptian roots, Mustafa Shehata, who made his debut in Amjad Abu Alala&rsquo;s film YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which received widespread critical acclaim at international film festivals, winning the Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival and was Sudan\'s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film in 2021.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Widely recognized for his impeccable acting talent, Shehata was also part of the Berlin International Film Festival&rsquo;s Talents in 2020, was part of Screen Daily&rsquo;s 2021 list of Arab Stars of Tomorrow, and served as a jury member at the Ajyal and Al-Ain film festivals.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the cast is the Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, the director behind YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY and the producer behind Yemen&rsquo;s official Oscar submission THE BURDENED, as well as the ground-breaking Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between Saudi Arabia and the UK, MY DRIVER AND I was directed and written by Ahd Kamel, lensed by Frida Marzouk, and edited by Andonis Tratto, with sound handled by Emmanuel Zouki and music by Marc Codsi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd Kamel is an award-winning actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who is best known for her starring role in the 2014 BAFTA-nominated film WADJDA, her role as Fatima in the 2018 BBC2/Netflix series COLLATERAL, and for co-starring in Amazon&rsquo;s 2022 thriller ALL THE OLD KNIVES alongside Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, and Laurence Fishburne.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to New York City in 1998, where she received a BFA in Animation &amp; Communication from Parsons School of Design in 2014 and a directing degree from New York Film Academy in 2015. She then went on to study acting under the personal tutelage of William Esper at the William Esper Studio.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd has written, directed, and acted in her two award-winning short films, THE SHOEMAKER (2009) and SANCTITY (2012), with the latter becoming the first Saudi film to compete at the Berlinale.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd was also selected as a Young Global Leader in 2019 by the World Economic Forum. MY DRIVER AND I is her directorial feature debut.</span>', '430532090'),
(723, 'Annie Sakkab’s THE POEM WE SANG is a poignant ode to Palestine set to be told at the Cairo International Film Festival', 'Palestinian poem-turned-short film THE POEM WE SANG to premiere regionally at 45th Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-10', 'The_Poem_We_Sang_2.JPG', 'Annie Sakkab&rsquo;s Palestinian short documentary THE POEM WE SANG is set to premiere regionally at Cairo&rsquo;s illustrious Opera House as part of the Short Film Competition of the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, which is set to kick off on November 13th until the 22nd.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />A Palestinian director ruminates on the generational trauma caused by the loss of a family home and forced migration, transforming lifelong regrets into a healing journey of creative catharsis and bearing witness.\r<br/><br />In this collaborative Canadian-Palestinian-Jordanian documentary short, Sakkab utilizes a verse by Palestinian poet and educator Khalil Al-Sakakini that her father and uncle used to sing to her during her childhood to narrate the story of her lost homeland, highlighting the pioneering role played by the Palestinians before the Nakba.\r<br/><br />Previously, the documentary held its world premiere at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Canada, before embarking worldwide to over ten international film festivals. It has since screened at the Vancouver Short, Norwegian Short, Toronto Arab, and Doc Edge film festivals, among others.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />THE POEM WE SANG has also garnered several prestigious awards, such as the Special Jury Award at the Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro and Best Experimental Short Film at the Nazra Palestinian Short Film Festival.\r<br/><br />The film was produced and co-written by Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee in collaboration with B707 Productions. Sakkab also directed, lensed, edited, and narrated the film, while Celina and Hanna Sakkab starred in it. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution in MENA while the National Film Board of Canada handles its distribution in Canada.\r<br/><br />A Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian, Annie Sakkab is an independent filmmaker and photojournalist. She seeks long-form narrative films with a focus on women&rsquo;s issues, identity, and social justice.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Her first short documentary HOLLIE&rsquo;S DRESS &mdash; which went to 48 festivals and won 15 awards &mdash; held its world premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2020 and was created in collaboration with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Her photographic work has been published in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, New York Times, Globe and Mail, Walrus Magazine, Washington Post, Bloomberg News, NBC News, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Annie is also a member of the Boreal Collective and Women Photograph and is represented by Middle East Images.', '1712510958');
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(724, 'What would you do if you were in her shoes? A question to be explored by Jordanian short ONE LAST WISH at CIFF', 'Jordanian short ONE LAST WISH to world premiere at 45th Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-10', 'One-Last-Wish-screener.00_00_39_08.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off its festival tour with a bang, COLORS OF RESISTANCE director Areeb Zuaiter&rsquo;s short drama film ONE LAST WISH is poised to hold its world premiere as part of the Short Film Competition of the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled to run from November 11th to the 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film revolves around Serine whose coaching skills are deeply influenced by her grandmother, Salma, who holds a special place in her heart despite the physical distance. Upon receiving distressing news of Salma\'s illness, Serine embarks on a long journey to reunite with her. Upon arrival, she realizes that while understanding her grandmother\'s wishes is tough, accomplishing them proves even more daunting.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on the director&rsquo;s personal experience, ONE LAST WISH takes viewers on an intense emotional journey as a granddaughter who has to make a hard decision to fulfill her grandmother&rsquo;s wish, posing a thought-provoking question for CIFF audiences to consider.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film, which received support from the Royal Film Commission - Jordan, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">features a star-studded cast, including Salwa Nakkara, known for JUNCTION 48 which won the Berlinale&rsquo;s Panorama Audience Award; Firas Taybeh, known for ALADDIN; Shaden Kanboura; and Mona AbdelHadi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Areeb Zuaiter, ONE LAST WISH is produced by A0 Productions and Tabi 360, lensed by Francisco G&oacute;zon, and edited by Rebekah Wingret with MAD World handling sales worldwide and MAD Distribution managing sales and distribution in the Arab World.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter is an independent filmmaker and advocate for emerging voices who was nominated for Sony&rsquo;s Outstanding Thesis Award. Her short film STAINED won the Jury Prize at the European Film Festival in Beirut, and her last short documentary, COLORS OF RESISTANCE, won the Best Documentary Short Award at the London Independent Film Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zuaiter&rsquo;s experience includes working as a Goldman Sachs fellow at the Smithsonian, a technology associate at the Associated Press, the head of the regional training department at the Royal Film Commission &ndash; Jordan, and teaching in multiple universities in Washington, DC.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zuaiter currently heads the Programming Department at the Amman International Film Festival and is working on her debut feature documentary.</span>', '805403533'),
(725, 'THE DEER’S TOOTH, a Palestinian tale of familial love in the wake of tragedy, is coming to both Egypt and the US!', 'Saif Hammash’s THE DEER’S TOOTH among Palestinian films screening at the Asian World and Cairo International Film Festivals', '2024-11-10', 'deer-s-tooth.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian short film THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH &mdash; directed, written, and edited by Saif Hammash &mdash; will be screening as part of the Spotlight on Palestinian Cinema Program at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), as well as the Asian World Film Festival (AWFF), both of which are scheduled to run from November 13th to the 22nd in Egypt and the US respectively.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held a brilliant world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Cin&eacute;fondation Section, then kicked off a long festival tour that included several prestigious destinations like the Oran Arab &mdash; where it held its Arab World premiere &mdash; Boston Palestine, Edinburgh Short, and Cyprus film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother&rsquo;s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot in the Dheisheh refugee camp, which was established in 1949 on an area of 0.31 square kilometers within the municipality of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Dheisheh is one of 68 Palestinian refugee camps scattered across the region and neighboring countries, housing residents who originally came from over 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the film&rsquo;s concept at length, Hammash explained that &ldquo;this film is an attempt to portray the internal conflict that Palestinians &mdash; especially those living in a refugee camp &mdash; live with between their inability to adapt to the imposed political and historical reality on the one hand and their desire for self-fulfillment despite the dangers surrounding them.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH was lensed by Ibrahim Handal, with music by Victor Kawwas, and sound by Saliba Rishmawi. The film stars Wisam Al-Jafari, Reada Ghazaleh, Yasmin Shalaldeh, and Jacir Abedrabou.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was supervised by Majdi El-Omari, and produced by Dar Al Kalima, with MAD World handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales and MAD Distribution handling both sales and distribution in the Arab-speaking region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif Hammash is a Palestinian filmmaking student based in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. While pursuing his degree, he directed a short fiction film as well as an experimental and documentary film. He has also worked on several other films as a scriptwriter, assistant director, editor, and camera assistant, and on the third edition of the Palestinian Refugees Film Festival as an editor in September 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif&rsquo;s filmography includes ESCAPE ATTEMPT and CLICK OF A BUTTON.</span>', '601400017'),
(726, 'MAD Solutions wins the night at Bahrain’s illustrious Film Fest!', 'Five MAD short films garner awards at the Bahrain Film Festival', '2024-11-10', 'WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-10-at-4.50.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running from November 3rd to the 7th, the Bahrain Film Festival screened five ambitious short films &mdash; PALESTINE ISLANDS, MADE FOR BEAUTY USED FOR UGLINESS, FORSAKEN, In BETWEEN, and BETWEEN A MOTHER&rsquo;S FEET &mdash; each of which won one or several awards at the event&rsquo;s closing ceremony.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaffer Al Baqali&rsquo;s MADE FOR BEAUTY USED FOR UGLINESS won Best Director; Best Actor, which went to Mubarak Khamis; as well as Best Cinematographer for Zohaib Latif.&nbsp; Meanwhile, PALESTINE ISLANDS won Best Narrative Short, FORSAKEN the Jury Award, IN BETWEEN a Special Mention, and Nisrine Adam of BENEATH A MOTHER&rsquo;S FEET won Best Actress.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALESTINE ISLANDS is a short by Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau, which follows a young Palestinian girl on her quest to make her blind grandfather believe the separation wall fell, giving him hope of returning to his homeland. It was directed by Nour Ben Salem in tandem with Julien Menanteau, and produced by Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles, and Rashid Abdelhamid. It stars Sama Idreesi, alongside the renowned Kamel El Basha, as well as Leen Saleh and Toleen Al Risheq.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MADE FOR BEAUTY USED FOR UGLINESS is a gripping Bahraini featurette by Jaffer Al Baqali, starring Aidma Alasmar and Mubarak Khamis, which highlights the horrors of war through the eyes of a soldier who, having been imprisoned for 28 years and in exile, now gets the chance to reunite with his daughter. He is consumed by suicidal ideation as his daughter visits him briefly in his humble cabin.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aziz Shennawy&rsquo;s Tunisian Film FORSAKEN follows Meriem who, on vacation, stumbles upon the lifeless body of an immigrant in front of her balcony. The film sheds light on the discrimination faced by Sub-Saharan immigrants in Tunisia, exploring the complex dynamics between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. It was produced by Tarek Marouani, lensed by Hatem Nechi, and stars Kmar Ben Soltane.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethar Baamer&rsquo;s IN BETWEEN is a Saudi abstract animation that depicts a woman\'s journey through her twenties, navigating societal expectations in the quest for self-discovery. Overcoming challenges, she forges her path to self-realization as the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred. Despite obstacles, her authenticity guides her toward her true self. The score for this short was composed by Zak McNeil.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BENEATH A MOTHER&rsquo;S FEET is a multiple award-winning British-Morrocan title by Elias Suhail about a single mother who, trapped in a mundane existence, confronts her dreams and fears; leading to the agonizing decision to forsake all she knows, even her children. It stars Nisrine Adam, Hamid Sabek, and Fatiha Zouine, and was produced by Arij Al Soltan.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bahrain Film Festival was held from the 3rd to the 7th of November.</span>', '1238997144'),
(727, 'GAZAN TALES at the Cairo International Film Festival tells stories of resilience and beauty amidst unfathomable odds', 'GAZAN TALES premieres to the Arab World at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-12', 'vlcsnap-2023-08-05-21h13m23s301.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Nabil\'s GAZAN TALES premieres to the MENA region is at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, November 13 and continues until Friday, November 22, where it is due to compete in the festivals Horizons of Arab Cinema competition.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film had its world premiere at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the film is shot in the heart of the Gaza Strip, prior to the events of the ongoing genocide, which tragically unfolded on October 7th, 2023.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As four men navigate distinct paths in pursuit of their own definitions of life, viewers are immersed in the daily lives of Gaza&rsquo;s denizens, observing their routines&mdash; alongside their families&mdash; in their beloved city by the sea.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by Mahmoud Nabil and written and photographed by the From Gaza to the World team. The documentary follows the lives of Fadel Sorour, Youssef Gad El Haq, Abdel Aziz Sobeih, and Hamdi El Ghorra. The film was edited by Yassine Tibisi, its score composed by Shahd Awawdeh and Basil Rahula, and its sound design was done by Rafid Shamrokhi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding the making of the film, director Mahmoud Nabil has stated, &ldquo;It\'s essential to acknowledge that during the inception of our workshop From Gaza to the World, our group of aspiring filmmakers endured over a week of relentless bombardment. Yet, rather than capturing destruction and despair, they chose to amplify life\'s enduring spirit.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Ahmed is a Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza. He earned a Bachelor\'s degree in directing and screenwriting from the prestigious Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Manuobah, followed by a Master\'s in film editing from the Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema in Gammarth.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nabil&rsquo;s cinematic workshop From Gaza to the World seeks to highlight humanity through the power of storytelling.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is being distributed worldwide by MAD World and across the MENA region by MAD Distributions.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo International Film Festival is being held from the 13th of November till the 22nd. </span>', '1417993142'),
(728, 'SAMIA: A tale of athletic triumph set to grace the CIFF’s screens', 'Sports female drama SAMIA to screen at 45th Cairo International Film Festival ', '2024-11-12', 'large_SAMIA-Clean-16x9-01.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuing its impressive run on the festival circuit, Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s sports drama SAMIA is set to hold its Arab World premiere as part of the International Panorama Program at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, running from November 13th to 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAMIA is based on the true story of Samia Yusuf Omar, whose journey inspired the bestselling book Don&rsquo;t Tell Me You&rsquo;re Afraid, published in over a dozen languages and winner of the Premio Strega Giovani Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a young Somali athlete as she boldly pursues her dreams, becoming a symbol in the fight for freedom and women&rsquo;s rights worldwide. Defying societal taboos, she races through the streets of Mogadishu, a city where women are not supposed to run. Her passion ultimately leads her to the Olympic Games.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressively, SAMIA portrays the fundamental issues facing the region, including the Islamist grip on women and the reasons behind the rising number of African refugees in Europe.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 96-minute feature film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the US, where it won a Special Mention, and has since traveled to several prestigious film festivals and won multiple awards, including the Golden Silk Road Award for Best Director at the Silk Road International Film Festival and the International Audience Award at the Munich Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between Belgium, Germany, and Italy, SAMIA features a talented cast, including Ilham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, and Elmi Rashid Elmi, known for his roles in DUNE and THE SWIMMERS.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Yasemin Şamdereli from a screenplay co-written with Nesrin Şamdereli and Giuseppe Catozzella, the film is produced by Simone Catania (Indyca), edited by Mechthild Barth &mdash; who garnered acclaim for the documentary ELFRIEDE JELINEK, winning Best Documentary and receiving a nomination for Best Editing at the German Film Awards &mdash; and lensed by Florian Berutti. mk2 Films handles worldwide distribution, while MAD Distribution manages distribution across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasemin Şamdereli is a German actress, screenwriter, and film director of Kurdish descent. After graduating from the University of Television and Film in Munich, she worked as a freelance collaborator for Bavaria-Film. Her graduation film, KISMET, was shown at several major film festivals and won the Short Tiger Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She previously worked as a directing assistant on two renowned Jackie Chan flicks; SPY AGAINST WILL and JACKY CHAN IS NOBODY, as well as the Turkish TV classic TURKISH FOR BEGINNERS.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Şamdereli also directed the acclaimed German dramedy ALMANYA: WELCOME TO GERMANY, which world premiered at the 61st Berlinale before going on an extensive tour of the festival circuit that netted 12 awards, including the 2011 German Filmpreis.</span>', '1476699946'),
(729, 'LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER to steal the spotlight at CIFF!', 'Fatema Yasser’s LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER to hold its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-13', 'Last-Nights-of-Summer-World-Premier.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema Yasser&rsquo;s Egyptian short drama LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER will be holding its world premiere at the upcoming 45th Cairo International Film Festival, scheduled to run from November 13th to the 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows cousins Farah, Rana, and Leila two years after their grandfather&rsquo;s death as they return to their childhood home in Jordan for one last time.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking about the inspiration behind the film, Yasser said, &ldquo;My cousins and I have a very strong relationship, one we thought could never be changed or challenged, even though we each lived in a different country and we only got to spend three months per year together. Still, our relationship felt unbeatable. If only we knew that no one can run from change.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;My eldest cousin got married and afterward my grandfather died. He was a father figure to the three of us, for the lack of our real ones; his house was our home, a place where we spent days we could never get back. We grew, cried, fell in and out of love, played, danced, watched films, fought, and made up there. One day it was all gone, and to this day I don&rsquo;t remember what our last time was like or when it was because we didn&rsquo;t know it was the last one. I guess this film is my love letter to my home, my way of saying goodbye to these days.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER is directed and written by Yasser, produced by Beshoy Ayman Kaldas, lensed by Mohamed Ashraf Koushi, and edited by Khaled Moeit, with music by Donia Wael and sound by Sameh Nabil.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars young actresses Tara Emad &mdash; who&rsquo;s also one of the film&rsquo;s executive producers &mdash; Shahd El Shater, and Farah Aboughattas.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s international sales while MAD Distribution handles its Arab-World sales and distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema Yasser is a visual artist who strives to express through the visual medium. She has worked on various projects as a one-woman crew, creating visual poems and experimenting with the film medium during college. She also has a major interest in photography, creating the Untold Stories About Everything &amp; Nothing Exhibition at Photopia in Egypt in 2019 in addition to other exhibitions and commercial photoshoots, all while also working as a cinematographer on multiple short films and ads.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema\'s films tend to explore the human state and emotions through a frozen moment in time. She is interested in films portraying complex relationships, mostly drawing from her personal experiences.</span>', '399682060'),
(730, 'From Palestine to the world, THE FIRST DINNER premieres at the prestigious Asian World Film Festival', 'Thekra Makalde’s Palestinian short THE FIRST DINNER marks its debut at the 10th Asian World Film Festival', '2024-11-13', 'The-First-Dinner-PRL-at-Asian-World-FF.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Thekra Makalde\'s ambitious short film THE FIRST DINNER is set to have its world premiere at the 10th Asian World Film Festival, running from November 13th to 21st, where it will be competing in the Short Film Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of this year&rsquo;s Short Film Competition is set to receive a Panavision camera package valued at $15,000.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the lineup for this year&rsquo;s main feature film competition includes 16 entries that have been submitted for the Oscars.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A somehow non existent relationship between a father and his little girl is redefined at the dinner table, this featurette follows Siwar and her father, as they sit together face to face, after a 15 year long period of estrangement. Could what once was, still be?</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring renowned actor Kamel El Basha, alongside Jiana Awwad and Elias Abboud, the film is written and directed by Thekra Makalde, with cinematography by Yuval Horowitz, editing by Mina Nabil, and a score composed by Yazid Eldaly.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thekra Makalde is an Arab Muslim director born in Palestine. She studied Filmmaking at Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts in occupied Beit Berl and has since worked as a director, editor and producer in advertising companies before making a foray into filmography.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her inspiration stems from the cultural challenges and issues marginalized people face on a daily basis, putting them to lens and shedding light on them through different and compelling storylines, that all the while remain simplistic.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are being handled by MAD World and MENA-wide distribution by MAD Distribution.&nbsp;</span>', '2127679330'),
(731, 'The poignant Sudanese short film NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT premieres first to the Arab World from Cairo', 'Ibrahim Omar’s NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT premieres to the Arab region at the Cairo International Film Festival ', '2024-11-17', 'nothing-happens-after-that.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sudanese short film NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT, directed by Ibrahim Omar, will make its Arab World Premiere at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, and is set to compete in the festival\'s Short Film Competition. The festival runs from November 13th to the 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film tells the heart wrenching story of a family, attempting to find a final resting place for their recently deceased and only child, highlighting the cruelty of indifference in times of hardship.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It had its world premiere at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, where it won the Ministry of Culture and Science Jury Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT was written, directed, and produced by Ibrahim Omar and Ahmed Bashari, in collaboration with the Sudan Film Institute; starring the director himself Ibrahim Omar, Amer Ahmed, Khaled Moeit, and Ahmed Bashari; having been lensed by Tarek Abdullah, and edited by Amer Ahmed and Khaled Moeit.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Distributions handles the film\'s sales in the Arab region, while MAD World manages its sales worldwide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibrahim Omar is a Sudanese director with a BA from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo and a diploma in cinema from the French University in Egypt. He is the founder of Short Film Brochures magazine and the creator of Port Sudan Cinema Days; an annual short film festival held in Port Sudan. Over the past decade, he has directed and produced numerous TV documentaries and worked as a director and producer for several TV channels. Additionally, he supervised the cinema page for the Sudanese newspaper Al-Tayyar, the first dedicated cinema page in Sudanese press history.</span>', '836317732'),
(732, 'Palestinian short BORN A CELEBRITY makes waves on the festival circuit with Arab world premiere at CIFF and world premiere at Asian World Film Festiva', 'Palestinian short BORN A CELEBRITY to hold its Arab world premiere at Cairo International Film Festival in conjunction with its world premiere at Asian World Film Festival', '2024-11-17', 'born-a-celebrity-asian.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Conjunction with its world premiere at the 10th Asian World Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Palestinian director Luay Awwad&rsquo;s comedy short film BORN A CELEBRITY is set to hold its Arab World premiere as part of the Spotlight on Palestinian Cinema Section of the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, running from November 13th to the 22nd at the Cairo Opera House.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BORN A CELEBRITY follows Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian, who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community and embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film challenges the dominant portrayal of Palestinians, often focused on conflict and occupation, by highlighting the everyday lives and struggles of young adults, while also addressing societal expectations and the pressure to conform to traditional norms, such as marriage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Luay Awwad comments, &ldquo;BORN A CELEBRITY is not just a film about Kamel; it\'s a film about the universal quest for freedom&hellip; Through Kamel&rsquo;s journey, this film attempts to reclaim the narrative of young adult Palestinians living in the 21st century by humorously presenting their current lives, dreams, and challenges that go beyond the headlines.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development, BORN A CELEBRITY was featured in the Short Film Market Picks of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. The film is written, directed, and edited by Awwad, stars Munther Bannourah and Khaled Masso, with cinematography by Nour Abukamal, who also serves as co-producer alongside Awwad. MAD World also handles its worldwide sales while MAD Distribution is in charge of sales and distribution across MENA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luay Awwad is a Palestinian director with a BFA in filmmaking from Dar Al Kalima University. He has directed several short films, including the award-winning SIRI MIRI, which received the Best Short Film Award at both the Palestine Cinema Days Festival and the Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine in Paris. Awwad has also contributed to several award-winning films, including IN VITRO and the Oscar-nominated THE PRESENT.</span>', '1156851376'),
(733, 'Afraid of missing out on the MAD titles heading to the 45th CIFF? We’ve got you covered!', 'MAD sending off 4 feature-length titles to 45th Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-17', 'MAD-sending-off-4-feature-length-titles-to-45th-CIFF.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions &mdash; the Arab World&rsquo;s largest and most prolific distributor and marketer of pan-Arab indie films &mdash; is sending off four exciting feature-length titles from its slate of recent acquisitions to the upcoming 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday, November 13th and run till the 22nd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The running themes of MAD&rsquo;s entries this year at the CIFF seem to be rebellion, perseverance, loss, and fighting for a better future, evident in Myriam El Hajj&rsquo;s documentary on Lebanon&rsquo;s recent years of unrest DIARIES FROM LEBANON, Mahmoud Nabil&rsquo;s exploration of life in Gaza before the ongoing genocide in GAZAN TALES, Mohamed Subahi&rsquo;s documentary on the struggle to establish a civil government in Sudan in MADANIYA, and Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s biopic tale on a Somali girl from humble beginnings&rsquo; journey to the Olympics in SAMIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those eager to find out more about MAD&rsquo;s titles at this year&rsquo;s CIFF and when they can catch them, here&rsquo;s a very brief rundown of each title:</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIARIES FROM LEBANON is a docudrama that takes place in Lebanon, where, in the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its own chains.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written, directed, and co-lensed by El Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli, and will be screening at 9 pm on November 19th at the Small Theater and once more at 6 pm on the 20th at Zamalek Cinema 2.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next in line is GAZAN TALES which follows four men as they navigate distinct paths in pursuit of their own definitions of life. Viewers are immersed in the daily lives of Gaza&rsquo;s denizens, observing their routines in their beloved city by the sea.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by Mahmoud Nabil, written and photographed by the From Gaza to the World Team, edited by Yassine Tibisi, scored by Shahd Awawdeh and Basil Rahula, with sound design handled by Rafid Shamrokhi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is scheduled for three screenings, with its Arab World premiere set for 6 pm at the CIFF&rsquo;s Small Theater on November 15th, its second screening at 4 pm on the following day at Zamalek Cinema 2, and the third at 4 pm on the 17th at VOX - Mall of Egypt&rsquo;s Hall 4.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third in line is MADANIYA, a documentary following three Sudanese youths struggling to change their circumstances in the wake of national upheaval, which will also be holding its Arab World premiere at this year&rsquo;s CIFF, screening at 6 pm on November 18th at the Small Theater, and once more at 6:30 pm on the 19th at Zamalek Cinema 1.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, SAMIA is based on the true story of Samia Yusuf Omar, whose journey inspired the bestselling book Don&rsquo;t Tell Me You&rsquo;re Afraid, published in over a dozen languages and winner of the Premio Strega Giovani Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows a young Somali athlete as she boldly pursues her dreams, becoming a symbol in the fight for freedom and women&rsquo;s rights worldwide. Defying societal taboos, she races through the streets of Mogadishu, a city where women are not supposed to run. Her passion ultimately leads her to the Olympic Games.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding its MENA premiere at the Hanager Theater on November 14th at 12 pm and a second screening at 9 pm on the 15th at the AUC&rsquo;s Ewart Hall, SAMIA is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">directed by Yasemin Şamdereli from a screenplay co-written with Nesrin Şamdereli and Giuseppe Catozzella, the film is produced by Simone Catania (Indyca), edited by Mechthild Barth, and lensed by Florian Berutti</span>', '295881539'),
(734, 'LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER gets a warm welcome at CIFF!', 'Fatema Yasser’s LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER enjoys great turnout at its Cairo International Film Festival world premiere', '2024-11-19', 'post-permier-last-nights-of-summer.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian short drama LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER &mdash; written and directed by Fatema Yasser &mdash; held a packed world premiere at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) on Thursday, November 14th at AUC&rsquo;s Ewart Hall, where it received a positively warm reception from audiences.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film&rsquo;s premiere was attended by its director/screenwriter Yasser, alongside producer Beshoy Ayman Kaldas, cast members Tara Emad and Shahd El-Shater, singer Donia Wael &mdash; who composed the film&rsquo;s soundtrack &mdash; cinematographer Mohamed Ashraf Koushi, colorist Nour Ibrahim, first assistant director Bothaina Khaled, and the film&rsquo;s second assistant director Habiba Ahmed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER is set to have a second screening before the CIFF is over at 12 pm on Tuesday, November 19th at the Cairo Opera House&rsquo;s Hanager Theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows cousins Farah, Rana, and Leila two years after their grandfather&rsquo;s death as they return to their childhood home in Jordan for one last time.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER is directed and written by Yasser, produced by Beshoy Ayman Kaldas, lensed by Mohamed Ashraf Koushi, and edited by Khaled Moeit, with music by Donia Wael and sound by Sameh Nabil.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars young actresses Tara Emad &mdash; who&rsquo;s also one of the film&rsquo;s executive producers &mdash; Shahd El Shater, and Farah Aboughattas.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s international sales while MAD Distribution handles its Arab World sales and distribution rights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema Yasser is a visual artist who strives to express through the visual medium. She has worked on various projects as a one-woman crew, creating visual poems and experimenting with the film medium during college. She also has a major interest in photography, creating the Untold Stories About Everything &amp; Nothing Exhibition at Photopia in Egypt in 2019 in addition to other exhibitions and commercial photoshoots, all while also working as a cinematographer on multiple short films and ads.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatema\'s films tend to explore the human state and emotions through a frozen moment in time. She is interested in films portraying complex relationships, mostly drawing from her personal experiences.</span>', '1944366433'),
(735, 'THE DEER’S TOOTH earns its first accolade!', 'Saif Hammash’s THE DEER’S TOOTH earns Special Mention for Best Palestinian Film at 45th Cairo International Film Festival', '2024-11-24', '3c98b81a-d802-49d9-8aa4-966e5cf92701.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a story from the heart of the Dheisheh Camp, Saif Hammash&rsquo;s Palestinian short THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH has won a Special Mention and a certificate of appreciation for the director as part of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation States Broadcasting Union awards for Best Palestinian Film at the just-concluded 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film screened as part of the Spotlight on Palestinian Cinema Program at the 45th CIFF, in tandem with being one of five Palestinian films screened as part of the 12th Asian World Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Films Program.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held a brilliant world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Cin&eacute;fondation Section, then kicked off a long festival tour that included several prestigious destinations like the Oran Arab &mdash; where it held its Arab World premiere &mdash; Boston Palestine, Edinburgh Short, and Cyprus film festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother&rsquo;s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was shot in the Dheisheh refugee camp, which was established in 1949 on an area of 0.31 square kilometers within the municipality of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Dheisheh is one of 68 Palestinian refugee camps scattered across the region and neighboring countries, housing residents who originally came from over 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH was lensed by Ibrahim Handal, with music by Victor Kawwas, and sound by Saliba Rishmawi. The film stars Wisam Al-Jafari, Reada Ghazaleh, Yasmin Shalaldeh, and Jacir Abedrabou.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was supervised by Majdi El-Omari, and produced by Dar Al Kalima, with MAD World handling the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales and MAD Distribution handling both sales and distribution in the Arab-speaking region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif Hammash is a Palestinian filmmaking student based in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While pursuing his degree, he directed a short fiction film as well as an experimental and documentary film. He has also worked on several other films as a scriptwriter, assistant director, editor, and camera assistant, and on the third edition of the Palestinian Refugees Film Festival as an editor in September 2022.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif&rsquo;s filmography includes ESCAPE ATTEMPT and CLICK OF A BUTTON.</span>', '563257104'),
(736, 'Fresh off winning Locarno, Palestinian featurette UPSHOT heralds this year’s Carthage Film Festival! ', 'Fresh off winning Locarno, Palestinian featurette UPSHOT heralds this year’s Carthage Film Festival! ', '2024-12-05', 'Upshot_PR4444_3840x2160_239_24_R70.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running from the 14th to the 21st of December, the 35th edition of the Carthage Film Festival has selected UPSHOT&ndash; a poignant Palestinian featurette by Maha Haj&mdash; as the festival\'s opening film.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before heading for the ancient and sublime Carthage, the featurette held a phenomenal world premiere at the celebrated 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland; where it won the Golden Pardino award, as part of the Corti d\'Autore Competition, as well as the Independent Youth Jury Award. It also recently won the Best Film Award at the Sharjah Film Festival, the Audience Award at the FrontDoc Film Festival in Italy, and the top prize&mdash; a Golden Star Award&mdash; in the Short Films competition at Egypt&rsquo;s esteemed El Gouna Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Maha Haj weaves a world where her characters can escape pain and loss, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">telling the story of Suleiman and Lubna &mdash; a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the alchemy of storytelling, they concoct a parallel reality free of pain; but when a journalist intrudes upon their sanctuary, wielding the blunt force of truth, the fragile illusion they\'ve constructed threatens to unravel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Palestinian-French-Italian co-production, UPSHOT stars renowned Palestinian actors </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Bakri&mdash; who received numerous awards for his works, including the Career Achievement Award at the El Gouna Film Festival and Berlinale&rsquo;s Free Speech Bear Award&mdash; Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel. The film is also lensed by Augustin Bonnet and edited by Veronique Lange with production design handled by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saher Dwairy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is produced by Ramallah-based company August Films with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel &mdash; who have also recently seen the premiere of another Palestinian title THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US &mdash; and is being distributed worldwide by MAD World and in all Arabic-speaking territories by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on her featurette, Haj said &ldquo;UPSHOT is both a lamentation and a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit. There are no easy answers, no political solutions to assuage the anguish of parents who have lost everything. And so, it unfolds in a realm unbound by time or place &mdash; a poignant reflection of the irreparable loss that defies earthly confines.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj is a filmmaker with a diverse background in English and Arabic literature who made her directorial debut with the short film ORANGES followed by the poignant documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first foray into feature filmmaking, however, came in 2015 with PERSONAL AFFAIRS &mdash; a critically acclaimed work that was selected for the 69th Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard. Her last feature, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the 75th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard and was selected to represent Palestine in the 94th Academy Awards&rsquo; Best International Feature race.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Carthage Film Festival is set to run from the 14th to the 21st of December.&nbsp;</span>', '1810460079'),
(737, 'CATCH THESE 7 MAD SHORTS AT CAIRO’S DESIGNATED SHORT FILM FESTIVAL!', 'MAD to send 7 shorts to 6th Cairo International Short Film Festival ', '2024-12-12', 'MAD to send 7 shorts to 6th Cairo International.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven short films distributed by MAD Solutions are to participate in the sixth edition of the Cairo International Short Film Festival, which will be running from December 16th to the 22nd, at the Cairo Opera House.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those screening as part of the festival&rsquo;s designated International Competition are the Palestinian featurette BORN A CELEBRITY by Loay Awwad, the Lebanese IF THE SUN DROWNED INTO AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS by Wissam Charaf, Sudan&rsquo;s NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT by Ibrahim Omar, and the Tunisian short film A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER by Amani Jaafar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the films set to compete in the Egyptian Film Competition are A PROMISE TO THE SEA by Hind Suhail and MADONNA by John Fred Zaki.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the Egyptian-Syrian short film LOSS by Rami Al-Qassab is participating in the Youth and Students Competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s a brief for each short, along with their screening times at the Cairo Opera House in Tahrir:&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luay Awwad&rsquo;s BORN A CELEBRITY follows Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community and embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The film challenges the dominant portrayal of Palestinians by highlighting the everyday lives and struggles of young adults while also addressing societal expectations, particularly the pressure to conform to traditional norms, such as marriage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and edited by Luay Awwad, BORN A CELEBRITY stars Munther Bannourah and Khaled Masso, with cinematography by Nour Abukamal who also produces the film alongside Awwad. BORN A CELEBRITY will screen on Wednesday, December 18th at 7:40 pm as well as on Thursday, December 19th at 6 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IF THE SUN DROWNED IN AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS is an award-winning French-Lebanese featurette by Wissam Charaf, which world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. The film follows Raed, a security guard who must prevent passersby from reaching the beach. However, as the horizon becomes more enigmatic with the passing days near the construction site, Raed begins to explore himself in every way through unfamiliar encounters; perhaps these are just dreams woven by his desires?&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Raed Yassin, Rodrigue Sleiman, Said Serhan, and Hala Dabaji, the short was lensed by Martin Rit, produced by Charlotte Vincent and Katia Khazak, co-produced by Pierre Sarraf, with sound by Emmanuel Zouki and music by The Incompetents. IF THE SUN DROWNED IN AN OCEAN OF CLOUDS screens Tuesday, December 17th at 7:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poignant Sudanese short NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT by Ibrahim Omar is about a father seeking to find a final resting place for his only child, only to face obstacles in the process of doing so. World premiering at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, it won the Jury Prize from the Ministry of Culture and Science. The film then premiered to the Arab World at the Cairo International Film Festival. NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT screens Friday, December 20th at 7:30 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Jaafer&rsquo;s A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER follows Nour, a young Palestinian woman pursuing her studies in Sweden. She wanders the streets of Stockholm recalling distant memories; retracing her steps, she reminisces over the trauma inflicted by the occupation, the memories of her family, and a lullaby long since lost.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Leen Hashisho, Fatma Jouda, and Ezzedine Ibrahim, the film was lensed by Harshad Gaikwad, composed by Nour Cherif, and sound mixed by Yazid Chebbi. A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER is set to screen on Friday, December 20th, at 6 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fred Zaki&rsquo;s MADONNA stars Abdel Aziz Makhioun and Karim Qassem. It takes place inside one of the Latin Catholic monasteries in Alexandria, where a crime of stealing an ancient painting turns into an intellectual dilemma between two Jesuit priests. The suspicion falls on the convent\'s cook, whose daughter needs to undergo surgery that she cannot afford. MADONNA screens Thursday, December 19th at 8 pm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A PROMISE TO THE SEA, directed by Hind Suhail, follows Zain, who, in a fit of grief, steals his mother\'s body during the burial preparations in order to fulfill a dream of hers she couldn\'t achieve in life. Zain drives away from his small, humble village to embark on a journey that will change his life forever, with an unlikely companion in tow; a dog.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently won the Gouna Star for Best Short Film at its Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival. It stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by the renowned Mostafa El Kashef, and produced by Nourhan Yasser. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is screening on Tuesday, December 17th at 6 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And last but certainly not least, we have LOSS, an Egyptian-Syrian film by Rami Al-Qassab. Based on true events, the story follows a group of migrants as they journey into Egypt inside the back of a pick-up truck. En route, in the middle of the desert, they crash; resulting in a loss that alters everything. The film is set to have its world premiere at the Carthage Film Festival before screening at Cairo Shorts on Friday, December 20th at 6 pm.</span>', '1150278480');
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(738, 'LOSS, a once untold true story unveiling at Carthage', 'Rami Al-Kassab’s LOSS to world premiere at 35th Carthage Film Festival', '2024-12-12', 'LOSS_4K_Master_25Fps.00_05_33_11.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Al-Kassab&rsquo;s Egyptian-Syrian short LOSS is set to world premiere at the 35th Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, where it is set to compete in the Official Competition. The 35th edition of the prestigious Carthage Film Festival will run from December 14th to the 21st.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on true events, the story follows a group of migrants as they journey into Egypt on the back of a pickup truck. En route, in the middle of the desert, they suffer a significant and harrowing loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on the inspiration behind his film, Al-Kassab said &ldquo;The story is based on a true event that took place in 2017. When I first heard about it, I was profoundly moved, fuelling my passion to bring the story to life through a cinematic lens, one that reinterprets the experience and delves into the complexities of loss, its causes, its impacts, and the search for meaning in its aftermath, documenting real-life moments that often go unnoticed.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Yara Qassem, Ayman Ta\'ma, Hala Sardah, Ammar Shamaa, and Mohannad Maki, with editing handled by Mikhael Michel, cinematography by Abdullah Ashri, and composition by Sami Martini. Also, MAD Distribution handles its distribution and sales in the Arab World while MAD World takes care of sales across the rest of the globe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Al-Kassab is a director, creative producer, and screenwriter who studied film at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo. His focus is on films that address the suffering of refugees and the psychological effects of war on immigrants and Syrians residing in their homeland. He directed the short films MEDALLION and THE BUTCHER AND THE CAT.</span>', '1115167593'),
(739, '13 MAD shorts for a MAD Carthage Film Festival!', 'MAD Solutions to screen 13 shorts at 35th Carthage Film Festival ', '2024-12-12', 'COLLAGE-CARTHAGE.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to 12 feature films, MAD Solutions is gearing up for a strong presence at the 35th Carthage Film Festival (December 14th to the 21st) with an impressive selection of 13 short films spanning various genres, from drama to thriller to social comedy. These films come from across the Arab World, including Palestine, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, and Mauritania, with the Palestinian short film UPSHOT opening the Tunisian festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MAD lineup features five shorts participating in the Short Narrative Film Competition: Palestine&rsquo;s IN THE WAITING ROOM, the Algerian-French AFTER THE SUN, Jordan&rsquo;s WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?, Sudan&rsquo;s NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT, and Mauritania&rsquo;s THE FATHER, PROBABLY.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the lineup includes THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY and THE WOODLAND, both showcased as part of the Focus on Jordan program; as well as BORN A CELEBRITY, LOSS, and DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH, all featured in Carthage Cine Promises; while the Palestinian short THE POEM WE SANG will screen as part of the Official Short Documentaries; and the Tunisian film FLESH AND BLOOD will screen as part of the Panorama 34 Program.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Read on for a quick glimpse into these captivating shorts :&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Palestinian dramedy short IN THE WAITING ROOM by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moatasem Taha follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital. As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The French-Algerian AFTER THE SUN by Rayane Mcirdi is set in the evocative setting of the 1980s and follows a young girl who embarks on her first summer journey without her newlywed sister. Amidst the backdrop of a nostalgic family road trip from France to Algeria, she endeavors to reignite the bonds with her heritage, delving into a homeland rich with cherished memories waiting to be rediscovered.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? by Mohammad Gotta follows a young artist in his twenties who abandons his family, refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy. Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT by Ibrahim Omar tells the heart-wrenching story of a family, attempting to find a final resting place for their recently deceased and only child, highlighting the cruelty of indifference in times of hardship.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE FATHER, PROBABLY by Sidi Mohamed Tolba and Tayib Tolb centers around a girl who\'s involved in a mysterious accident with no witnesses. Her parents handle the situation more casually than she anticipates.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faris Alrjoob&rsquo;s romantic thriller THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY, by &mdash; which is one of the two first-ever Jordanian films to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival &mdash; follows a haunted Ida, who travels to the liminal site of her partner&rsquo;s disappearance in an attempt to feel his presence one last time and to say goodbye.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firas Al-Taybeh&rsquo;s drama short THE WOODLAND follows two estranged brothers who find themselves in the untamed wilderness as they journey to bury their father. Reunited in the wake of tragedy after years of tense separation, the two brothers find themselves at a crossroads where they must confront their shared past before making a pivotal decision.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Luay Awwad&rsquo;s comedy short film </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BORN A CELEBRITY follows Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian, who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community and embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Al-Kassab&rsquo;s drama short LOSS is based on true events and follows a group of migrants as they journey into Egypt on the back of a pick-up truck. En route, in the middle of the desert, they crash; resulting in a loss that alters everything.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saif Hammash&rsquo;s drama short </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DEER&rsquo;S TOOTH centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother&rsquo;s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Annie Sakkab&rsquo;s Palestinian poem-turned-short film THE POEM WE SANG, a Palestinian director ruminates on the generational trauma caused by the loss of a family home and forced migration, transforming lifelong regrets into a healing journey of creative catharsis and bearing witness.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In&egrave;s Arsi&rsquo;s short FLESH AND BLOOD centers around Donia, a 19-year-old survivor of rape who learns that she is pregnant as a result of the assault committed by her young neighbor. With a singular objective in mind, Donia strives to obtain an abortion before it becomes too late.</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '170545479'),
(740, '', 'Ala Eddine Slim\'s AGORA wins Pardo Verde Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival', '2024-08-19', 'Agora_Jury-award_locarno.jpg', 'Marking its first award on the festival circuit, Ala Eddine Slim\'s mystery drama AGORA has won the Pardo Verde Jury Award at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where it world premiered to overwhelming success.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Pardo Verde Award is a prestigious accolade given to films that effectively address ecological issues. Launched in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund, this award is presented to the film that best reflects environmental themes and inspires audiences to engage with these critical topics. The award includes a bright-green statuette and a monetary prize of CHF 20,000.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This award marks the fifth award for MAD World at the festival after its Lebanon civil war documentary feature GREEN LINE by Sylvie Ballyot won the Mubi Award for Promising Debut Feature and Cinema &amp; Gioventu First Prize and the Palestinian short film UPSHOT by Maha Haj scored the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film and the Junior Jury Award for Best Auteur Short Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Delving into themes of family and community conflict while also addressing contemporary issues such as economic, social, health, and security challenges, mirroring the complex realities of today&rsquo;s Tunisia, AGORA is set against the backdrop of a remote town, where people who were previously thought to be missing make a sudden return, causing growing tensions within the families, community, and local police.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As a result, local police inspector Fathi, with the help of his doctor friend Amine, tries to understand the enigmatic and bizarre circumstances that led to their initial disappearance and unexpected return. As the investigation deepens, a police inspector from the capital, Omar, arrives to solve the mystery. Will Omar\'s arrival bring understanding or further complicate matters?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Well known for his two films, THE LAST OF US and TLAMESS, in which he used minimal dialogues and atmospheric images, Ala Eddine Slim had this to say about his latest film in his interview with Variety: &ldquo;It continues some of the themes explored in my other films but with many new aspects. It&rsquo;s the first time that I use more dialogue, although the film still remains very visual.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, edited, and produced by Slim, AGORA features a talented cast, including Neji Kanaweti, who starred in the Berlinale title WHO DO I BELONG TO?; Bilel Slatnia, known for his work in the Tunisian drama DACHRA; Majd Mastoura, who starred in the critically acclaimed HEDI; and Sonia Zarg Ayouna, a rising Tunisian star.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is a co-production between Tunisia, France, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, with funding from various sources, including the Tunisian National Center for Cinema and Image, AFAC, the Red Sea Fund, and the Franco-Tunisian Co-production Fund.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Distributed internationally by MAD World and in the Arab-speaking territories by MAD Distribution, AGORA, marks the second collaboration between MAD Solutions and Slim after TLAMESS, which was selected for the Directors&rsquo; Fortnight in Cannes.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ala Eddine Slim is a free-spirited Tunisian filmmaker who develops a singular universe in each of his films. He is particularly interested in exploring marginalization, wandering, change, and territory.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His filmography includes BABYLON, which he co-directed with Youssef and Isma&euml;l Chebbi and won the Grand Prize in the International Competition at FIDMarseille; THE LAST OF US, which won the Lion of the Future Prize at the Venice International Film Festival; and TLAMESS, which&nbsp;won him the Best Director Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival.', '1238873039'),
(741, 'AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY soaring to new heights; wins another post-production award', 'AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY wins Top Atlas Award at Marrakech International Film Festival', '2024-12-07', 'Aisha-Can-nott-fly-award-Marrakech.jpg', 'After making history by becoming the first Egyptian film to win the Jury Prize for Best Film in Post-Production at the Venice Film Festival\'s Final Cut, Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s tense African migrant drama AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY has been awarded the prestigious Atlas Award for Best Film in Post-Production at the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival\'s Atlas Workshops &mdash; an accolade that comes with a $25,000 sum dedicated to post-production efforts.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The award was presented in the presence of this year\'s Atlas Workshops patron, acclaimed American filmmaker Jeff Nicholas. The festival featured exclusive screenings of ten-minute extracts from nine films in production or post-production, providing a glimpse into the vibrant talent emerging from the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY follows the story of Aisha &mdash; a 26-year-old African immigrant caregiver residing in Ain-shams, a Cairo neighborhood with a large African migrant community. Through her eyes, the film explores the intricate dynamics of a world where the authorities&rsquo; indifference to the violent tensions between Egyptians and various African nationalities has allowed organized gangs to seize control. The situation quickly turns sour after one of them offers Aisha security in exchange for a favor.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In addition to the Jury Prize at Final Cut in Venice, the film won four other awards at Venice&rsquo;s side bar as well and received funding and support from the Red Sea Lodge, Doha Film Institute, AFAC Film Fund, Cultural Resource (Mawred), Cin&eacute;fondation, La Fabrique Cinema of Cannes, Cinemed Montpellier, Locarno Academy, and El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced through Yusuf&rsquo;s Bonanza Films, the film is a co-production involving Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic (Mohamed Hefzy), which is also handling the film\'s MENA-wide sales and distribution in partnership with MAD Distribution; Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images (Dora Bouchoucha); Egypt&rsquo;s MAD Solutions (Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab) &mdash; which is also handling international sales and distribution through its subsidiary MAD World &mdash; Lagoonie Film Production (Shahinaz El Akkad); Odeh Films (May Odeh); and Sudan&rsquo;s Station Films (Amjad Abu Alala and Mohammed Alomda).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The creative team behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY includes cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s I PROMISE YOU PARADISE along with this year&rsquo;s Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which also made its way to Toronto; art director Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS; costume designer Nayera Eldahshoury; and editor Mohamed Mamdouh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY also boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza in his first outing in a feature-length project, Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Morad Mostafa has an impressive repertoire of experience under his belt; working&nbsp;on several independent films, including Aytin Amin&rsquo;s SOUAD &mdash; serving as a first assistant director &mdash; which was an official selection of both the Cannes and Berlin international film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, and Locarno Academy, Mostafa wrote and directed three short films, all of which were selected in Clermont-Ferrand over three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide, winning several awards. His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 2023 edition of Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week and the C&eacute;sar Awards.', '1434943372'),
(742, 'Sudan and Palestine win well-warranted awards at this year’s Ajyal Film Festival', 'SUDAN, REMEMBER US and THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! win at Doha’s Ajyal Film Festival', '2024-11-24', 'MAD-Ajyal-Awards.jpg', 'Hind Meddeb&rsquo;s SUDAN, REMEMBER US and Palestinian director Laila Abbas&rsquo; latest feature THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! won the Ajyal Audience Award and the Bader Best Feature Film Award, respectively, at the closing ceremony of this year&rsquo;s Ajyal Film Festival in Doha, Qatar. The festival ran from the 16th to the 23rd of November.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>SUDAN, REMEMBER US is a political documentary by journalist and award-winning director Hind Meddeb that follows the stories of five young Sudanese activists as they struggle to overthrow the country\'s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival followed by a North American premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. &nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>SUDAN, REMEMBER US is produced by Abel Nahmias of Echo Films, Blue Train Films\' Michel Zana and Alice Ormi&egrave;res, and My Way\'s Tao Guiga. It is also edited by Gladys Joujou, known for her work on acclaimed projects like THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, ALEXANDER, and BYE BYE TIBERIAS. Paris-based Dulac Distribution is handling the worldwide sales for this captivating documentary while MAD Distribution is in charge of its distribution in the MENA region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Laila Abbas&rsquo; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a tale about the intricacies of sisterhood and family, which tackles the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; learns of their father\'s death.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notably, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is the last film that was shot in the West Bank, before the events of the ongoing genocide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently held its MENA premiere at the seventh El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, where it won the Golden Star for Best Arab Film. It also held its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival and netted a Silver Alexander Award for Best Director at Greece\'s Thessaloniki Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. Starring Yasmine Al Massri, Clara Khoury, and Kamel El Basha; the film is co-produced by Founder and Artistic Director of Palestine Cinema Days Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel through their company August Films and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.', '1315803007'),
(743, 'MY DRIVER AND I gets a warm welcome at its home country\'s festival!', 'Ahd Kamel’s MY DRIVER AND I world premieres to a standing ovation at 4th Red Sea Film Festival', '2024-12-08', 'MY-DRIVER-I-Post-screening--RSIFF.jpg', 'Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s MY DRIVER AND I held a phenomenal world premiere at this year&rsquo;s Red Sea Film Festival to a host of well known celebrities and media personalities as part of the Gala selection and the Arab Spectacular Program. The festival is running from December 5th till the 14th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Cast members Mustafa Shehata, Roula Dakheelallah, Rana Alamuddin, Tarah Al Hakeem, and Mishaal Tamer were also in attendance, along with Qusai Kheder and his Arabs Got Talent co-star, the well known presenter Raya Abirached of SCOOP WITH RAYA. The talented Egyptian actress Yousra El Lozy was also in attendance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Not only did the film premiere to a full house, but it also received a standing ovation from the audience after its conclusion.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MY DRIVER AND I is set to screen two more times throughout the duration of the festival; once more on the 7th and another on the 14th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MY DRIVER AND I follows Salma, a young, affluent, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day routines.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Initially adhering to a professional dynamic, Salma and Gamar&rsquo;s budding relationship soon blossoms into a friendship that binds them throughout her teenage years, yet their bond is put to the test as Salma gets older and starts taking the wheel.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An OSN+ original, MY DRIVER AND I will air on OSN+ and OSNtv with co-productions by Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane from Caspian Films, Corniche Media, and Odd Kamel Films. Meanwhile, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s sales outside the MENA region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Commenting on her film, director Ahd Kamed stated, &ldquo;The film opens a window on a certain strand of late 20th-century Saudi society, looking deep into the core of a privileged household where the hired-help become part of the family, and watching as a girl&rsquo;s universal journey through adolescence comes into contact with the reality of societal expectations.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MY DRIVER AND I &mdash; which is Kamel&rsquo;s directorial feature debut &mdash; was supported by OSN, Cairo Film Connection, the UK Global Screen Fund, and the Red Sea Film Foundation and is a heart-wrenching tale that shows the overlap of Sudanese society in Saudi Arabia like never before.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Featuring Roula Dakheelallah, award-winning actress Rana Alamuddin, Mishaal Tamer, and Qusai Kheder; the film notably also stars the young Sudanese actor Mustafa Shehata, who made his debut in Amjad Abu Alala&rsquo;s film YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, which became Sudan\'s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film in 2021, and won the Best Debut Feature at the Venice Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Rounding out the crew is the Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, the director behind YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY, and the producer behind Yemen&rsquo;s official Oscar submission THE BURDENED, and the renowned Sudanese feature GOODBYE JULIA.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A joint production between Saudi Arabia and the UK, MY DRIVER AND I was directed and written by Ahd Kamel, lensed by Frida Marzouk, and edited by Andonis Trattos, with sound handled by Emmanuel Zouki and music by Marc Codsi.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ahd Kamel is an award-winning actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, celebrated for her remarkable performances in both film and television. She gained international recognition for her role in the BAFTA-nominated 2014 film WADJDA. Kamel also portrayed <em>Fatima </em>in the critically acclaimed 2018 BBC and Netflix series COLLATERAL. In 2022, she co-starred alongside Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, and Laurence Fishburne in Amazon&rsquo;s thriller ALL THE OLD KNIVES. In addition to her acting, Kamel has directed two award-winning short films, SHOEMAKER and SANCTITY, the latter of which made history as the first Saudi film to compete at the Berlinale.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The 4th Red Sea International Film Festival runs from December 5th to the 14th.', '157324248'),
(744, 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE wins at Marrakech!', 'Mo Harrawe’s THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE wins Jury Award at the 21st Marrakech Film Festival', '2024-12-08', 'TVNTP-Award-Marrakech.jpg', 'Mo Harrawe&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE&nbsp;won a Jury Prize at the closing ceremony of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival on December 7th after holding its Arab World premiere at the Morrocan festival in the presence of its director and renowned Egyptian cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE has already made a name for itself throughout its international festival tour, enjoying widespread popularity and packed screenings at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it held its world premiere at the festival\'s Un Certain Regard.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also enjoyed successful screenings at the Toronto, Durban, and Melbourne international film festivals, earning a slew of awards, including the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Film at Cork, and Best Austrian Film at the Vienna Film Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE &mdash; the first Somali film to grace the screens at Cannes &mdash; stars Ahmed Ali Farah, Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, and Ahmed Mohamud Saleban.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Within the film\'s windswept landscapes of a Somali village emerges a newly assembled family\'s tale; one in which they must navigate between diverse dreams amidst society\'s complex weave. Viewers are treated to the village\'s charming heart, immersed in the lives of the residents as they pursue their hopes against the rolling tides.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A critical success, the film has received glowing reviews from some of the best entertainment news websites in the industry, with Leila Latif of IndieWire saying that &ldquo;Harawe&rsquo;s debut has shown some extremely exciting potential for both him and the myriad stories and talents that lie within Somalia&rsquo;s borders,&rdquo; and Nikki Baughan of Screen Daily praising the film&rsquo;s DOP, Mostafa El Kashef, for his &ldquo;striking visual literacy&rdquo; and Harawe for his &ldquo;strong sense of authorship in every scene.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed and written by Mo Harawe, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is edited by Joana Scrinzi and lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, who captivated Cannes&rsquo; audiences last year with his sensational short film I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, which won the festival\'s Critics\' Week Rail d\'Or for Best Short Film &mdash; making history as the first Egyptian film to win this award &mdash; and the Valbonne Audience Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is also edited by Joana Scrinzi, who received the Best Film Editing prize from the Austrian Film Award for her multi-award-winning film GREAT FREEDOM, with Nuur Abdulkadir serving as production designer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is an international co-production that includes FreibeuterFilm (Austria), Kazak Productions (France), Niko Film (Germany), and Maanmaal ACC (Somalia).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As for the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution, Totem Films handles international sales and Jour2F&ecirc;te is responsible for international distribution. MAD Solutions&rsquo; sales arm MAD Distribution is in charge of the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales rights in the MENA region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Developed at the Torino Film Script Lab, the film received a post-production prize from the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech Film Festival and a Locarno Industry award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Marrakech Film Festival ran from November 29th to December 7th.&nbsp;', '1131463465'),
(745, 'Laila Abbas’ THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! debuts to roaring applause at BFI!', 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! world premieres to a standing ovation at BFI London Film Festival', '2024-11-01', 'TY4BwU-post-BFI.jpg', 'Laila Abbas&rsquo; latest Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! held a resounding world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival (October 9th to the 20th) on October 17th, selling out its first and second screenings and earning its cast and crew a much-deserved standing ovation.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In attendance at the premiere were director Laila Abbas, actors Yasmine Al Massri and Adam Khattar, as well as producers Roshanak Behesht Nedjad, Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab along with a host of media personalities, international celebrities, and industry bigwigs.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notably, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is the first Palestinian film to premiere and compete at BFI London. It is also the last film shot in the West Bank before the ongoing genocide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Soon after BFI&rsquo;s conclusion, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! will be heading to Egypt, where it will be holding its Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival before going to Greece for the Thessaloniki Film Festival a few days afterward.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In honor of the film&rsquo;s premiere, MAD World &mdash; the film&rsquo;s world sales agent &mdash; released the film&rsquo;s posters on their social media pages for all to see.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling the challenges of remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother &mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; learns of their father\'s death.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Discussing the film\'s themes, director Laila Abbas said, &ldquo;This story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph,&rdquo; further adding &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a story about sisters who, having gone through their respective tragedies and heartbreaks, bond together to become stronger.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It is co-produced by Founder and Artistic Director of Palestine Cinema Days Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel through their company August Films and Roshanak Behesht Nedjad through her Berlin-based production outfit, In Good Company Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! has received support thus far from the El Gouna Film Festival in 2018 through four $10,000 grants from ART, Cedars Productions, O Three Productions, and Metafora, respectively. Moreover, it won the In-Development Award from the CineGouna Platform and was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture as well as the Doha Film Institute&rsquo;s 2023 edition of the Qumra Initiative.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With additional funding from German film funds (Mitteldeutsche Medienf&ouml;rderung, and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg), and the Hubert Bals Plus Europe of International Film Festival Rotterdam, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! stands as a testament to the power of collective artistic vision. Notably, it was also among the winners of the Red Sea Fund&rsquo;s third cycle.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Laila Abbas &mdash; a 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus &mdash; is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.', '695533128'),
(746, 'Two MAD Shorts leave Carthage spellbound ', 'Two MAD Shorts take home awards at Carthage Film Festival ', '2024-12-23', 'Two-MAD-Shorts-take-home-awards-CFF.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday&rsquo;s evening was a triumphant one for MAD Solutions, as two exceptional short films from its diverse distribution slate captured coveted awards at the closing ceremony of the 35th Carthage Film Festival, with NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT claiming the prestigious Golden Tanit Award for Best Short Film and IN THE WAITING ROOM garnering the Audience Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT tells the heart-wrenching story of a family, attempting to find a final resting place for their recently deceased and only child, highlighting the cruelty of indifference in times of hardship.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the short held its world premiere at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, where it won the Ministry of Culture and Science Jury Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was written, directed, and produced by Ibrahim Omar and Ahmed Bashari, in collaboration with the Sudan Film Institute; starring the director himself Ibrahim Omar, Amer Ahmed, Khaled Moeit, and Ahmed Bashari; having been lensed by Tarek Abdullah, and edited by Amer Ahmed and Khaled Moeit.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for IN THE WAITING ROOM, it</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> world premiered to astounding success at</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Dublin International Film Festival,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital. As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Moatasem Taha, IN THE WAITING ROOM &mdash; which is produced by Thekra Makalda and Mohammed Ibraheem &mdash; stars Marleen Bajjali, Jalal Masarwa, Drora Coren, Bayan Daher, and Maria Toama.</span>', '301495078'),
(747, 'Two MAD entries win big at Cairo International Short Film Festival', 'A PROMISE TO THE SEA and LOSS awarded at the Cairo International Short Film Festival', '2024-12-21', 'Cairo-shorts-awards-PRL.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two MAD distributed short films, A PROMISE TO THE SEA and LOSS, were lauded with praise and laurels alike at this year\'s Cairo Short Film Festival, running from December 14th to the 21st.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off with Hend Sohail\'s A PROMISE TO THE SEA, the captivating short film won one of the festival\'s most esteemed awards&ndash; a Golden Tower for Best Fiction Film&ndash; as well as an honourable mention for Best Woman Director. The film follows the character Zain, who, after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s lifeless body during funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, whereupon he chances upon an unexpected friend. Together, they journey towards the sea on a quest for closure.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Hend Sohail revealed what she had hoped to achieve with A PROMISE TO THE SEA, saying, &ldquo;Through this film, I wanted to tell the story of an extraordinary relationship between a son and his mother. When Zain loses her, he refuses to accept this, leading him to embark on a risky journey, discovering that the world is much bigger than he had previously thought.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Hend Sohail alongside Omar Zinhom, A PROMISE TO THE SEA stars Nabil Botros Talaan, is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, edited by Samir Radwan, and produced by That&rsquo;s A Wrap&rsquo;s Nourhan Yasser and co-producers Younes Medhat, Mohammed Al-Omda, Ahmed El-Naggar, Dina Shokry, and Hussain Hamadi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On to LOSS, a harrowing short tale by Rami El Kassab based on true events, the story follows a group of migrants as they journey into Egypt on the back of a pickup truck. En route, in the middle of the desert, they suffer a significant and harrowing loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film won an honourable mention for Filmmakers of Youth category.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on the inspiration behind his film, Al-Kassab said &ldquo;The story is based on a true event that took place in 2017. When I first heard about it, I was profoundly moved, fuelling my passion to bring the story to life through a cinematic lens, one that reinterprets the experience and delves into the complexities of loss, its causes, its impacts, and the search for meaning in its aftermath, documenting real-life moments that often go unnoticed.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short film stars Yara Qassem, Ayman Ta\'ma, Hala Sardah, Ammar Shamaa, and Mohannad Maki, with editing handled by Mikhael Michel, cinematography by Abdullah Ashri, and composition by Sami Martini.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Distributions is handling both film\'s regionally, while MAD World handles their respective rights worldwide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail is an Egyptian director and editor who studied editing at the High Cinema Institute, where she assisted a number of notable directors on several short films and commercials.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating, she worked as a director&rsquo;s producer for esteemed commercial directors, enriching her skills further before pursuing her dream of becoming a director and working on small social media projects and commercials. A PROMISE TO THE SEA is her directorial debut.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Al-Kassab is a director, creative producer, and screenwriter who studied film at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo. His focus is on films that address the suffering of refugees and the psychological effects of war on immigrants and Syrians residing in their homeland. He directed the short films MEDALLION and THE BUTCHER AND THE CAT.</span>', '753724062'),
(748, '', 'BOUGAINVILLEA to world premiere at Canada’s MENA Film Festival', '2025-01-23', 'BOUGAINVILLEA.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser Faiz&rsquo;s drama short BOUGAINVILLEA is set to hold its world premiere at the prestigious MENA Film Festival in Canada (January 25th - 30th), where it will be screening as part of the Revolutions Program at 6:45 pm on January 29th at the VIFF Center Cinema.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Sudan\'s 2018 revolution, BOUGAINVILLEA tells the poignant story of six women imprisoned during the revolution. The film explores themes of resistance, resilience, and the emotional toll of captivity, providing a raw and powerful look at the hardships faced by Sudanese women during this critical time in the country&rsquo;s history.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its unflinching portrayal of political struggle, the film sheds light on the resilience of these women and their unwavering commitment to freedom, even in the face of oppression.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discussing the story behind BOUGAINVILLEA and the film&rsquo;s emphasis on authenticity, Faiz said &ldquo;The extraordinary role of Sudanese women in public life and political activism, which reached its peak during the December 2018 revolution, inspired me to create this film.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;To capture the reality of political imprisonment, I conducted interviews with former detainees to shed light on their emotional and harrowing experiences. BOUGAINVILLEA delves into a sensitive topic in a country where women face numerous societal restrictions. Through the intense and isolated space of imprisonment, the film portrays their struggles, fears, and dreams, ultimately celebrating their inner strength and unwavering resistance. It is a tribute to their resilience, and I hope it inspires and empowers audiences worldwide by sharing the untold stories of these courageous women.&rdquo; </span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOUGAINVILLEA&nbsp; was written and directed by Yasser Faiz; produced by Indeep Vision; stars Linda Omar, Islam Mubarak, Sohanda Abu Bakr, and Shams Mubarak; lensed, edited, and produced by Ibrahim Ahmed; and scored by Amjad Abdullah. Moreover, MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the MENA region while MAD World is in charge of international sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser Faiz&rsquo;s journey as a filmmaker has spanned across journalism and filmmaking, working on internationally acclaimed projects like THE DOG\'S SHITTER and&nbsp; JOURNEY TO KENYA. In addition to his filmmaking career, Faiz has made significant contributions as a cultural manager, establishing successful cultural programs in Sudan, Egypt, and Ukraine. BOUGAINVILLEA marks his debut as a director.</span>', '128695257'),
(749, 'THE POEM WE SANG revives Palestinian memory on the birthdate of the late Palestinian poet Khalil Al-Sakakini ', 'Khalil Al-Sakakini\'s We Are a Proud Nation releases following THE POEM WE SANG screening in celebration of its author’s birthday', '2025-01-24', 'The_Poem_We_Sang_2.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Al-Sakakini\'s patriotic poem celebrating Palestinian nationhood We Are a Proud Nation (نحن قوم آبيونا) just released on YouTube and all music streaming platforms following a successful screening of Annie Sakkab\'s short THE POEM WE SANG &mdash; which enjoyed a lively Q&amp;A session with its director after its conclusion &mdash; at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center on January 21st in celebration of the revered Palestinian intellectual and revolutionary leader&rsquo;s birthday.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two days later, to signal the song\'s release, We Are a Proud Nation was performed live by an orchestral troupe at Ramallah\'s famed Forum of Expertise.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those interested in watching the modern rendition of this epic poem can watch it on the following link or tune in to their preferred platform: </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwT44bpU_pE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwT44bpU_pE</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Annie Sakkab, THE POEM WE SANG delves into the history behind We Are a Proud Nation, a nearly lost anthem of Palestinian pride and resistance. Inspired by her father and uncle, who sang the song to her as a child, Annie recreates the song from her memories as a gift to Palestine, offering a symbol of cultural reclamation. The 20-minute experimental film blends black-and-white and color visuals to reflect on themes of longing, displacement, and the healing power of art.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khalil Al-Sakakini&rsquo;s work continues to be a cornerstone of Palestinian identity. Shortly after the Balfour Declaration, his poem became a prophetic reflection of resistance. In a letter to his son in 1936, he wrote, &ldquo;We are a proud nation... when tyranny persisted, we became mad, and they faced from us what they had never anticipated.&rdquo; These words resonate deeply in the ongoing struggles for justice and freedom today.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This dual event highlights the enduring power of song, poetry, and film to preserve and reclaim cultural heritage. It will be streamed live across the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre&rsquo;s digital platforms, offering a global audience the chance to reflect on the unbreakable bond between memory, music, and homeland.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE POEM WE SANG held its world premiere at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Canada before screening at over 40 international film festivals, including the Vancouver Short, Kortfilm, Toronto Arab Film, DocEdge, and London film festivals. It has also earned several accolades, including the Jury Special Mention at the Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro and Best Experimental Short Film at the Nazra Short Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was produced and co-written by Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee in collaboration with B707 Productions. Sakkab also directed, lensed, edited, and narrated the film, while Celina and Hanna Sakkab starred in it. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution in MENA while the National Film Board of Canada handles its distribution in Canada.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Palestinian-Jordanian-Canadian, Annie Sakkab is an independent filmmaker and photojournalist. She seeks long-form narrative stories with a focus on women&rsquo;s issues, identity, and social justice.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first short documentary HOLLIE&rsquo;S DRESS &mdash; which went to 48 festivals and won 15 awards &mdash; held its world premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2020 and was created in collaboration with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her photographic work has been published in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, New York Times, Globe and Mail, Walrus Magazine, Washington Post, Bloomberg News, NBC News, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Annie is also a member of the Boreal Collective and Women Photograph and is represented by Middle East Images.</span>', '1828079963');
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(750, 'Palestinian director Maha Haj’s thrilling short UPSHOT competes at Clermont', 'Maha Haj’s award winning Palestinian short film UPSHOT competes at Clermont', '2025-01-29', 'upshoot-poster-crop.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT, an award-winning short title by Palestinian director Maha Haj, is set to feature in the International Competition of this year&rsquo;s Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France, with the director herself set to be in attendance. The 47th edition of the esteemed festival is taking place from January the 31st till February the 8th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film recently won top prizes at both the 77th Locarno Film Festival, as well as the seventh El Gouna Film Festival; a Golden Pardino and a Golden Star, respectively.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> UPSHOT tells </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the story of Suleiman and Lubna &mdash; a couple who retreat to a mist-shrouded, isolated farm as they try to cope with unspeakable loss.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Withdrawn from the world, their carefully constructed fantasy life is jeopardized by an uninvited guest who brings forth a devastating revelation from their past, challenging the delicate fabric of their reality.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With UPSHOT, Maja Jah weaves a world where her characters can escape pain and loss</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Commenting on her featurette, Haj said &ldquo;UPSHOT is both a lamentation and a testament to the indomitable power of the human spirit. There are no easy answers, no political solutions to assuage the anguish of parents who have lost everything. And so, it unfolds in a realm unbound by time or place &mdash; a poignant reflection of the irreparable loss that defies earthly confines.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Palestinian-French-Italian co-production, UPSHOT stars renowned Palestinian actors </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammed Bakri,&nbsp; Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel. It is lensed by Augustin Bonnet, and edited by Veronique Lange, with production design handled by </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saher Dwairy.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is produced by Ramallah-based company August Films in tandem with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel, who have recently worked on the award-winning title THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US. UPSHOT is being distributed worldwide by MAD World and in all Arabic-speaking territories by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj is a filmmaker with a diverse background in English and Arabic literature who made her directorial debut with the short film ORANGES followed by the poignant documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first foray into feature filmmaking, however, came in 2015 with PERSONAL AFFAIRS &mdash; a critically acclaimed work that was selected for the 69th Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard. Her last feature, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize in the 75th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard and was selected to represent Palestine in the 94th Academy Awards&rsquo; Best International Feature race.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 77th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is due to take place from January the 31st till February the 8th.</span>', '1998173044'),
(751, '', 'World Premiere of THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival', '2025-01-29', 'World-Premiere-of-THE-DEVIL-AND-THE-BICYCLE.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE from its catchy name to its compelling story&mdash;will have its world premiere at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, competing in the National Competition from January 31st to February 8th. Known as one of the most significant short film festivals globally, Clermont-Ferrand stands as the largest of its kind and the second most important festival in France, right after Cannes. With over 7,000 short films submitted annually, it draws filmmakers and industry professionals from around the world.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will be screening daily from February 1st to February 8th as a part of the festival&rsquo;s official program :</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, February 1st</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;10 pm &mdash; Horizon&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, February 2nd</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;9&nbsp; pm &mdash; Vian&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, February 3rd</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2&nbsp; pm &mdash; Cocteau&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, February 4th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12:30 pm &mdash; Yellow 4&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, February 5th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 pm&mdash; Agn&egrave;s Varda&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February 6th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;4 pm &mdash;Yellow 1&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, February 7th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 pm &mdash; Capitol&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, February 8th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;9:30 am &mdash; Cocteau</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s dive into the world Sharon Hakim brings to the screen. THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE follows 13-year-old Yasma, a Lebanese girl from an interfaith marriage, preparing for the ritual of her First Communion. However, as her sensuality awakens, an entirely different kind of ritual begins&mdash;one that transcends the bounds of religion and culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharon Hakim&rsquo;s cinematic journey began with writing and theater, which led her to study in Paris and New York. In 2020, she directed THE GREAT NIGHT, her first short film, a musical film inspired from an Egyptian puppet operetta and broadcasted on Arte. The film was selected at Clermont-Ferrand, Cinemed and received two awards in Cabourg and one in Brest.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, she directed two short films. Nostalgia for the Dodos, pre-acquired by Canal + and shot in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, and The Devil and the Bicycle, shot in Lebanon and adapted from the eponymous short story by Tamara Saade.Sharon is currently working on her debut feature film,Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written and directed by Sharon Hakim, with Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian as the producer</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in coproduction with Christelle Younes. The cast is led by M&eacute;lissa Succar, and the film features cinematography by Laetitia de Montalembert, editing by Cl&eacute;mence Samson, and sound design by Rawad Hobeika, Beno&icirc;t Gargonne, and Lionel Guenoun. The film&rsquo;s music was composed by Marc Codsi and Aghiad Ghanem. MAD World handles the worldwide sales for THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE.</span>', '152545459'),
(752, 'The French Institute in Egypt commemorates an Azharite icon with MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ', 'MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ to screen at the French Institutes in Cairo and Alexandria', '2025-02-05', 'Draz-Final-Clear-Version.02_25_55_19.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan&rsquo;s documentary on one of Egypt&rsquo;s most beloved Azharite icons MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ is to hold a special screening at both Cairo and Alexandria&rsquo;s French Institutes, with Cairo&rsquo;s screening set for Thursday, February 6th, at 9 pm, followed by a discussion with executive producer Noha ElKholy.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also be screening the following day at the Institute&rsquo;s Alexandrian branch on Friday, February 7th, at 7 pm.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ stands out as both an archival and cultural masterpiece, highlighting an icon of Islamic history in Egypt: Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz, who was noted for his progressive views that espoused tolerance and gender equality long before the rise of conventional feminism.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her great-grandfather. Through this archive, she embarks on a journey to illuminate M.A. Draz&rsquo;s life story, from his humble beginnings in the village of Mahallat Diyay to his formative years in Alexandria and his scholarly pursuits in Paris.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ held its world premiere at the Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, where it won both the Rashida Abdel Salam Award as well as the EU Prize for Best Euro-Mediterranean Film Addressing Women&rsquo;s Issues. The film also screened as part of the Goethe Film Week at the Goethe Institute in Cairo.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Maggie Morgan and written by Taghreed El Asfouri, the film was executive produced by Noha ElKholy, edited by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdallah, lensed by Emad Nabil, scored by Khaled Al-Kammar, and narrated by Sedki Sakhr. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution in the Arab World and MAD World handles its sales worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Morgan is an Egyptian filmmaker, festival curator, and film professor at the American University in Cairo. She previously directed the 2013 film ASHAM, and produced IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY. She also directed the film FROM MEIR TO MEIR; which won the Best Egyptian Film Award at the fourth Aswan International Film Festival, Special Jury Prize at the 23rd National Egyptian Film Festival, and Ahmed Bakri Award at the 38th Jerusalem International Film Festival.</span>', '199323965'),
(753, 'Here’s when you can catch TÊTES BRÛLÉES at the Berlinale!', 'Maja Ajmia Zellama’s TÊTES BRÛLÉES’ to screen 6 times at 75th Berlinale', '2025-02-05', '3_Safa_Gharbaoui-Mehdi_Bouziane.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maja Ajmia Zellama&rsquo;s debut narrative feature on loss and the grief that comes with it T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is set to screen six times throughout the upcoming 75th Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Generation 14plus Program.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scheduled to hold a limited market screening at 12:25 pm on February 15th at the DFFB - Kino (Sony Center, 9th Floor) before world premiering to the Berlinale&rsquo;s general audience at 7:15 pm on February 17th at the HKW 1 - Miriam Makeba Auditorium.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will then screen four more times at the following dates:</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, February 18th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7:15 pm &mdash; Cubix 6&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, February 20th</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 am &mdash; Zoo Palast 2&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday, February 21st&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9:30 am &mdash; Stage Bluemax Theater&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, February 23rd</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4:15 pm &mdash; Cubix 6</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Belgian production with a Tunisian flavor, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is a coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Youn&egrave;s, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Komoko and co-produced by Quetzalcoatl and 1080 Films, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is written and directed by the Belgian-Tunisian-Danish director and screenwriter Maja Ajmia Zellama. A graduate of the LUCA School of Arts, Zellama is the co-founder and president of the ASBL Bledarte &mdash; a Brussels-based association that promotes the expression and empowerment of immigrant youth through art and culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is produced by Marc Goyens (HERE, GHOST TROPIC) and Nabil Ben Yadir (ANIMALS), lensed by Grimm Vandekerckhove (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), edited by Dieter Diependaele (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), with Eve Martin handling production design, Marie McCourt casting, and David Vranken sound design. Additionally, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the talents in front of the camera, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES stars Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra (DIVINES), Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, and Monia Taieb.</span>', '664248567'),
(754, '', 'Maha Haj\'s UPSHOT Wins International Audience Award at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival', '2025-02-09', 'upshoot-poster-crop.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT, the powerful short film by Palestinian director Maha Haj, has added another accolade to its growing list of honors by winning the International Audience Award at the prestigious 47th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the short already garnered significant recognition, winning the Golden Pardino at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, Golden Star for Best Short at the El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film at the Sharjah Film Festival, and an Audience Award at the FrontDoc Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also been featured at the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine Filmer C\'est Exister, Carthage Film Festival, Cinemed Montpellier, and MedFilm festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Gaza\'s enduring strife, UPSHOT tells the story of Suleiman and Lubna, a couple who retreat to an isolated farm shrouded in mist as they grapple with profound loss. Their fragile escape is disrupted by an unexpected visitor who brings a harrowing revelation from their past, challenging the delicate fantasy they\'ve built.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPSHOT is a Palestinian-French-Italian co-production, produced by August Films in collaboration with Hanna Atallah and Ronza Kamel, with international sales being handled by MAD World and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution in Arabic-speaking territories.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film features renowned Palestinian actors Mohammed Bakri, Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel, with Augustin Bonnet handling the cinematography, Veronique Lange on editing, and Saher Dwairy overseeing production design.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maha Haj, known for her diverse background in English and Arabic literature, made her directorial debut with the short film ORANGES and followed it with the documentary BEHIND THESE WALLS. Her feature film debut, PERSONAL AFFAIRS, was critically acclaimed and selected for Cannes\' Un Certain Regard in 2015. Her subsequent feature, MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard and represented Palestine in the 94th Academy Awards&rsquo; Best International Feature category.</span>', '1590245610'),
(755, '', 'THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE Wins National Student Prize at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival', '2025-02-10', 'the-devil-and-the-bicycle-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharon Hakim&rsquo;s short film THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE has won the National Student Prize at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. The film had its world premiere in the festival&rsquo;s National Competition, marking a significant achievement for Lebanese cinema on an international stage.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Lebanon, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE follows 13-year-old Yasma, a Lebanese girl from an interfaith marriage, preparing for the ritual of her First Communion. However, as her sensuality awakens, an entirely different kind of ritual begins&mdash;one that transcends the bounds of religion and culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film was written and directed by Sharon Hakim, with Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian as the producer</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in co-production with Christelle Younes. The cast includes M&eacute;lissa Succar,Christine Choueiri, Roger Azar,Maria Hektor,and Taliana Succar.The film features cinematography by Laetitia de Montalembert, editing by Cl&eacute;mence Samson, and sound design by Rawad Hobeika, Beno&icirc;t Gargonne, and Lionel Guenoun. The film&rsquo;s music was composed by Marc Codsi and Aghiad Ghanem.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This award adds to Hakim&rsquo;s growing reputation as a filmmaker to watch. Her first short film,THE GREAT NIGHT, was selected at Clermont-Ferrand and Cinemed and won multiple awards. In 2024, she directed both Nostalgia for the Dodos, pre-acquired by Canal+, and THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE. She is currently developing her debut feature, Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD World handles international sales for THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE while MAD Distribution is in charge of MENA-wide distribution.</span>', '1170106525'),
(756, 'It’s a MAD Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films ', 'MAD shorts to send 19 shorts to Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films', '2025-02-19', 'mad-films-inYouth-film-festival-in-Iraq.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With an impressive selection of 19 short films from its extensive distribution slate, MAD Solutions is set to have a strong presence at the inaugural Iraq International Film Festival for Youth Films, taking place from February 19th to 22nd in Baghdad.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This diverse lineup features dramas, thrillers, and social comedies that tell stories from across the Arab World, including three films from Egypt, five from Palestine, three from Jordan, three from Saudi Arabia, two from Lebanon, and one each from Sudan, Algeria, and Tunisia.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Here are the 19 MAD shorts participating in the festival:&nbsp;</strong>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hend Sohail&rsquo;s A PROMISE TO THE SEA follows Zein, who, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after irrationally deciding to steal his mother&rsquo;s corpse during the funeral preparations, recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luay Awwad&rsquo;s </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BORN A CELEBRITY follows Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian who </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community and embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser Faiz&rsquo;s BOUGAINVILLEA is</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set against the backdrop of Sudan\'s 2018 revolution and tells the poignant story of six women imprisoned during the revolution.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moatasem Taha&rsquo;s IN THE WAITING ROOM follows Hussein &mdash; a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship &mdash; who escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother, Rashida, to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital. As they wait for their turn, Rashida, who hasn\'t left her house in three months, tries to socialize with the other patients in her limited Hebrew.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Fareed Zaki\'s MADONNA revolves around the theft of an Italian painter\'s artifact, reigniting an old conflict between two Jesuit priests. When an investigation is launched, all suspicions fall on the monastery\'s chef. However, a confession is eventually made, and the real perpetrator is uncovered.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rami Al-Kassab&rsquo;s LOSS, which is based on true events, follows a group of migrants as they journey into Egypt on the back of a pickup truck. En route, in the middle of the desert, they suffer a significant and harrowing loss.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imene Ayadi&rsquo;s NYA is set during the Algerian Civil War and follows Anya, a carefree little girl who is blissfully unaware of the war tearing the country apart. Her one wish is that her father, a journalist on a mission, returns home in time for Mouloud celebrations. The troubles of reality seep into her life, however, causing her innocence to waver.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehab Nazzal&rsquo;s VIBRATIONS FROM GAZA offers a glimpse into the lives of deaf children in the besieged and occupied Gaza Strip. Through the voices of children who have grown up under the relentless blockade and repeated Israeli aggression, it vividly conveys how they experience the bombings, destruction, and drone buzz overhead.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amani Jaafer&rsquo;s A LULLABY UNLIKE ANY OTHER follows Nour, a young Palestinian woman pursuing her studies in Sweden. She wanders the streets of Stockholm recalling distant memories; retracing her steps, she reminisces over the trauma inflicted by the occupation, the memories of her family, and a lullaby long since lost.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohammad Gotta&rsquo;s WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? follows a young artist in his twenties who abandons his family, refusing to submit to social constraints. Depressed, lonely, and stuck in his small derelict studio flat, he stumbles upon his elderly neighbor, a woman neglected by her family and in need of intimacy. Despite their differences, the two develop an unlikely connection through their shared experiences of hardship and love of music.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Areeb Zuaiter&rsquo;s ONE LAST WISH revolves around Serine, whose coaching skills are deeply influenced by her grandmother, Salma, who holds a special place in her heart despite the physical distance. Upon receiving distressing news of Salma\'s illness, Serine embarks on a long journey to reunite with her. Upon arrival, she realizes that while understanding her grandmother\'s wishes is tough, accomplishing them proves even more daunting.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussen Ibraheem&rsquo;s MANITY is set on a sunny day when Firas &mdash; an 11-year-old boy &mdash; accompanies his father Tayseer and his father\'s friend Rayan on a bird-hunting jaunt in the Lebanese mountainside. What is supposed to be a calm hunting trip turns into an unforgettable experience.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nour Ben Salem and Julien Menanteau&rsquo;s PALESTINE ISLANDS follows a young Palestinian refugee girl who plans an elaborate ruse to make her blind grandfather believe the separation wall fell, giving him hope of returning to his homeland.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hayder Dawood&rsquo;s Saudi short THE LAST WINTER follows Mohsen, who returns to visit his friend Hayder four years after his initial journey to Sweden, while being filled with a deep longing for their shared homeland of Saudi Arabia. As they navigate through Hayder&rsquo;s final winter there, their friendship grows stronger, becoming a source of support and comfort amid a backdrop of longing and change.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hussein Hijazi&rsquo;s LEGACY takes place in a troubled country where politicians have drained people\'s savings; Rabih faces a crisis when his father needs urgent medical care. With time running out and money scarce, Rabih races against the odds to save his father\'s life.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethar Baamer&rsquo;s IN BETWEEN follows a young woman struggling to find her true self. Overwhelmed by societal expectations that dictate how she should look and who she should be, the central character responds by separating into multiple versions of herself, trying on different identities.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arwa Salem&rsquo;s 1420 follows the story of Samia, who loses her vision and finds solace in music, and Salem, who embraces extremism. When their marriage encounters a significant obstacle, it ultimately impacts their daughter Worood.</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annie Sakkab&rsquo;s THE POEM WE SANG delves into the history behind We Are a Proud Nation, a nearly lost anthem of Palestinian pride and resistance.&nbsp;</span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wisam Al-Jafari&rsquo;s BY THE SEA follows Nahid, who wants to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday while he is on the run from Israeli soldiers; however, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, it is really difficult for Nahid to get all the ingredients needed to bake the birthday cake. Will Nahid be able to celebrate her husband&rsquo;s birthday with him in their secret hideout?</span></li>\r<br/></ul>', '1648122258'),
(757, 'THE SETTLEMENT checks into Berlinale to resounding applause', 'Egyptian workplace thriller THE SETTLEMENT holds successful world premiere at Berlinale with notable attendees', '2025-02-19', 'THE-SETTLEMENT-in-berlin.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s Egyptian working-class thriller meets family drama THE SETTLEMENT held a successful world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival (February 13th - 25th), captivating audiences and critics alike.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also at the screening were several notable attendees, like seasoned actor and President of the Cairo International Film Festival Hussein Fahmy, Egypt&rsquo;s Ambassador to Germany Mohamed El Badri, Minister Plenipotentiary Youmna Osman, and a host of filmmakers from around the globe.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the screening, director Mohamed Rashad engaged the audience in a lively Q&amp;A session, sharing insights into the film\'s challenging five-year journey, his choice to cast fresh actors, and the choice to film in authentic locations.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also received an overwhelmingly positive response from international critics, who have praised its poignant storytelling and Rashad\'s unique approach, with Massimiliano Schiavoni of Quinlan describing it as &ldquo;an excellent film, capable of portraying its setting and its struggles in a way that feels more human than material,&rdquo; and commending its focus on work-life, calling it &ldquo;a great aspect that has been absent from Western cinema for decades.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Verdiana Paolucci of Cinematografe highlighted the director\'s personal imprint that is evident in the film, describing his ability to portray his own experiences as &ldquo;something unique and original.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SETTLEMENT is set to have four additional screenings throughout the festival&rsquo;s remaining runtime, with the first scheduled for 1 pm on Wednesday, February 19th at Cubix 9; followed by a screening at 9:30 pm on Thursday, February 20th at Cubix 8; another at 3:30 pm on Friday, February 21st at Colosseum 1; and concluding with a final screening at 9:30 pm, on Saturday, February 22 at the Bluemax Theater.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by real events, THE SETTLEMENT follows two brothers&mdash;23-year-old troublemaker Hossam and his 12-year-old brother Maro&mdash;living in a marginalized community in Alexandria who are offered jobs by the local factory after their father\'s untimely death in a workplace accident as compensation for their loss in lieu of pursuing legal action. As they navigate their new roles, they begin to question whether their father&rsquo;s death was truly accidental.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prompted by a story shared with him by a law school graduate whose father died at a construction site, where the company pressured the family to waive their rights in exchange for offering the son a job in its legal department, Rashad &mdash; a native of Alexandria whose father worked in textile factories for over four decades &mdash; found the story a valuable opportunity to shed light on the safety issues prevalent in some factories and the illegal practices sometimes employed by their management.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars emerging talents Adham Shukr, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, and Emad Ghoneim; it is lensed by cinematographer Mahmoud Lotfi and edited by Heba Othman, whose credits include the acclaimed Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production involving Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, THE SETTLEMENT is produced by Hala Lotfy of Hassala Films (Cairo) and co-produced by Etienne de Ricaud of Caract&egrave;res Productions (Paris), Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films GmbH (Berlin), and ART (Jeddah). MAD World manages the film\'s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution oversees its distribution throughout the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the film received support </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a slew of prestigious international funding bodies, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFFR&rsquo;s Hubert Bals Fund Script and Development Initiative along with Hubert Bals Plus Co-Production Minority Support, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Red Sea Development Fund, FondsFunds Image De La Francophonie Fund, and El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s CineGouna Funding.</span>', '940246240'),
(758, 'YUNAN, Fakher Eldin’s next cinematic masterpiece, spreads its wings at Berlinale', 'Ameer Fakher Eldin’s YUNAN world premieres at 75th Berlin International Film Festival', '2025-02-20', 'yunan-post-premiere.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s YUNAN, the anticipated second installment to his anthology HOMELAND, held its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in the presence of its cast and crew on February 19th to a seven-minute ovation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, YUNAN is the only Arab entry among the festival&rsquo;s Official Competition contenders.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the lead-up to the event, Fakher El Din, as well as actors George Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Sibel Kekilli, Tom Wlaschiha, and Nidal Al-Achkar walked hand in hand at the festival&rsquo;s red carpet.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also at the premiere were Qatari ambassador to Germany Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab &mdash; the executive producers of the film and co-founders of MAD Solutions, the company handling the film\'s distribution in the Arab World &mdash;&nbsp; along with film composer Suad Bushnaq, the film\'s producers, and the heads of international funds that supported the film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a preamble held prior to the screening, the director expressed his gratitude for the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, as well as the festival, shouting out Bushnaq for her work on the film&rsquo;s score. He also touched upon the themes present in YUNAN as well as the future of his anthology HOMELAND.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A critical success, YUNAN has been receiving all manner of glowing reviews including one from Deadline&rsquo;s Jay Weissberg, who lauded the film for its cinematography and score saying that was &ldquo;evocatively shot&rdquo; and that the &ldquo;cinematography, alongside Suad Bushnaq&rsquo;s minor-key score&hellip; most effectively communicates the protagonist&rsquo;s mournful state of exile,&rdquo; while Lee Marshall of Screen Daily praised Eldin for his &lsquo;cinematic painting-esque storytelling.&rsquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marshall also praised the film&rsquo;s setting, which was&nbsp; shot in Italy&rsquo;s Puglia region but &ldquo;clearly supposed to evoke an archaic rural Palestine,&rdquo; saying that &ldquo;this fable is suggestive without being incisive.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing for Independent Arabia, Hauvick Hab&eacute;chian states &ldquo;The film is thoroughly poetic, filled with calculated camera movements and breathtaking and evocative shots of nature, to the point where the cinematography itself becomes a prominent protagonist.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN &mdash; directed, written, and edited by MAD Crew director Ameer Fakher Eldin &mdash; is a Canadian-German co-production, with France, Italy, Egypt, and Palestine also having a hand in its making.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film CAPERNAUM, which is notably the highest-grossing Arabic film of all time. The cast also includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, an iconic figure of New German Cinema who most recently starred in POOR THINGS; Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, known for his leading roles in 200 METERS and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film PARADISE NOW; as well as Lebanese actress Nidal El Ashkar; and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Thomas Wlaschiha.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by the multi-award-winning MAD Crew composer Suad Bushnaq, lensed by Ronald Plante, with production design by Marie-Luise Balzer, and sound design by Kuen-Il Song. It is also produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Tony Copti, and Jiries Copti, in collaboration with Alaa Alasad, Hind Anabtawi, and executive produced by Paola Corvino and Founders of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN was brought to life through the combined efforts of Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Metafora Production, Tabi360, Fresco Films, and Les Films Du Veyrier, with MAD Distribution overseeing its distribution in the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was supported by the Red Sea Fund and the Red Sea Souk, the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, MOIN Film Fund, the Council of Europe&rsquo;s Eurimages, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.</span>', '490015080'),
(759, 'YUNAN, the highly anticipated follow-up to THE STRANGER, kicks off its festival tour with a bang at 75th Berlinale', 'Ameer Fakher Eldin\'s YUNAN to world premiere at 75th Berlin International Festival', '2025-02-27', 'yunan-worldpremiere-berlinal.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the remarkable success of his film THE STRANGER, Ameer Fakher Eldin is set to captivate audiences once again with his eagerly anticipated drama YUNAN, which will have its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, running from February 13th to 23rd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN, which is the second film in Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s planned trilogy, HOME, on the theme of estrangement that began with his award-winning 2021 debut feature THE STRANGER, follows the story of a disillusioned Arab author who travels from his exiled existence in Hamburg to a remote island in the North Sea with thoughts of suicide. There he meets an elderly woman whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires in life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and edited by MAD Crew director Ameer Fakher Eldin, this life-affirming drama is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production, with Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia also having a hand in its making.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film CAPERNAUM, which is notably the highest-grossing Arabic film of all time. The cast also includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, an iconic figure of New German Cinema who most recently starred in POOR THINGS; Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, known for his leading roles in 200 METERS and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film PARADISE NOW; as well as Lebanese actress Nidal El Ashkar; and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Thomas Wlaschiha.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by the multi-award-winning MAD Crew composer Suad Bushnaq, lensed by Ronald Plante, with production design by Marie-Luise Balzer, and sound design by Kuen-Il Song. It is also produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, in collaboration with Alaa Alasad, Hind Anabtawi, and executive produced by Paola Corvino and Founders of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN was brought to life through the combined efforts of Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Metafora Production, Tabi360, and Fresco Films, with MAD Distribution overseeing its distribution in the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was supported by the Red Sea Fund and the Red Sea Souk, the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, MOIN Film Fund, the Council of Europe&rsquo;s Eurimages, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ameer Fakher Eldin is a Syrian director and writer based in Hamburg, Germany. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1991 to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His planned trilogy&rsquo;s first film, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE STRANGER, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Edipo Re Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film then went on to screen at the Cairo International Film Festival &mdash; where it won the Shadi Abdel-Salam Award for Best Film in the Critics&rsquo; Week Competition as well as Best Arab Film &mdash; along with the Durban, Melbourne, Hamburg, Vancouver, Sydney, and Valencia film festivals. It was also selected to be Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and won the award for Best Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Fakher Eldin is working on the final installment, NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN ITS FIRST CHAPTERS which is a joint international production between Syria, Palestine, Germany, and Italy and was awarded the Red Sea Fund for Development.</span>', '1385835495'),
(760, '', 'Annie Sakkab’s THE POEM WE SANG continues its global journey with new screenings across Europe', '2025-03-06', 'cfabdb3e-125d-4acd-81b3-fc7823c0b5c2.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a remarkable international run, the award-winning documentary short THE POEM WE SANG is set to captivate audiences once again as it embarks on a new tour with screenings scheduled across Europe throughout March and April.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After its successful run at prestigious festivals worldwide, THE POEM WE SANG will be featured in the International Short Film Week Regensburg in Germany, competing in its Family Ties International Competition. This category delves into the complexities of family relationships, examining themes of personal freedom, cultural expectations, and the weight of tradition.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film will also screen on March 22nd at Andreasstadel, March 23rd at W1 - Theatersaal, March 7th at the Spello International Short Film Festival, and March 23rd at the Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, it will be showcased at the Arab Film Festival Zurich on April 2nd, San Diego Arab Film Festival on April 4th, and Sundar Prize Film Festival on April 10th.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In THE POEM WE SANG, Palestinian director Annie Sakkab ruminates on the generational trauma caused by the loss of a family home and forced migration. Through this deeply personal documentary, Sakkab transforms a lifetime of regret into a healing journey of creative catharsis and testimony. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film centers around Khalil Al-Sakakini&rsquo;s &lsquo;WE ARE A PROUD NATION,&rsquo; a poem that the poet and teacher sang to his students at An-Nahda College in Jerusalem prior to Al Nakba and occupation.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from WE ARE A PROUD NATION &mdash; a song beloved by older generations of Palestinians &mdash; Al-Sakakini also wrote the &lsquo;Anthem of the Arab Revolution.&rsquo;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This poem and song are not only a historical testimony but are also a tribute to the pioneering role played by the Palestinians before the Nakba. Khalil Al-Sakakini was the founder of the Arabic curriculum in the Arab World, and perhaps remembering his genius in the poem sung in the film is some overdue tribute.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Sakkab, the film is more than just a documentary; it&rsquo;s a tribute to her family, her Palestinian identity, and the memories that shape both. &ldquo;Only when I grew older did I realize how important this poem was for them and how powerful it is,&rdquo; she reflects.&nbsp;</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE POEM WE SANG first premiered at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Canada before making its way to over ten global festivals, including the Vancouver Short Film Festival, Norwegian Short Film Festival, Toronto Arab Film Festival, and Doc Edge Film Festival. The film has garnered critical acclaim, winning the Special Jury Award at the Herceg Novi Film Festival in Montenegro and Best Experimental Short at the Nazra Palestinian Short Film Festival.</span> <br />&nbsp; <br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced and co-written by Annie Sakkab and Paul Lee in collaboration with B707 Productions, THE POEM WE SANG is a testament to resilience and remembrance. Directed, shot, edited, and narrated by Sakkab herself, with Celina and Hanna Sakkab starring, the film is a deeply personal act of artistic expression. MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution in the MENA region, while the National Film Board of Canada oversees its Canadian distribution.</span>', '1283208992');
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(761, 'From Berlin to Italy, THE SETTLEMENT shows no signs of settling down', 'Egyptian workplace thriller THE SETTLEMENT to screen at African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival', '2025-03-16', 'fescaaal_film_the-settlement_03.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its triumphant world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it garnered widespread critical acclaim, Mohamed Rashad\'s gripping Egyptian workplace thriller THE SETTLEMENT is poised to captivate audiences yet again as it competes in the official competition of the African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAL) in Italy from March 21st to 30th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the festival\'s runtime, the film is set to have two screenings: the first at 7 pm on March 27th at Cineteca Milano Arlecchino, and the second at 9 pm on March 28th at Cinema Teatro Cristallo in Cesano Boscone.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After each screening, director Mohamed Rashad will host an exclusive Q&amp;A session, where he will delve into the filmmaking process and share intriguing behind-the-scenes stories that brought this compelling narrative to life.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by real events, THE SETTLEMENT follows two brothers &mdash; 23-year-old troublemaker Hossam and his 12-year-old brother Maro &mdash; living in a marginalized community in Alexandria who are offered jobs by the local factory after their father\'s untimely death in a workplace accident as compensation for their loss in lieu of pursuing legal action. As they navigate their new roles, they begin to question whether their father&rsquo;s death was truly accidental.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prompted by a story shared with him by a law school graduate whose father died at a construction site, where the company pressured the family to waive their rights in exchange for offering the son a job in its legal department, Rashad &mdash; a native of Alexandria whose father worked in textile factories for over four decades &mdash; found the story a valuable opportunity to shed light on the safety issues prevalent in some factories and the illegal practices sometimes employed by their management.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars emerging talents Adham Shukr, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, and Emad Ghoneim; it is lensed by cinematographer Mahmoud Lotfi and edited by Heba Othman, whose credits include the acclaimed Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production involving Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, THE SETTLEMENT is produced by Hala Lotfy of Hassala Films (Cairo) and co-produced by Etienne de Ricaud of Caract&egrave;res Productions (Paris), Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films GmbH (Berlin), and ART (Jeddah). MAD World manages the film\'s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution oversees its distribution throughout the Arab World.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the film received support </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a slew of prestigious international funding bodies, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFFR&rsquo;s Hubert Bals Fund Script and Development Initiative along with Hubert Bals Plus Co-Production Minority Support, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Red Sea Development Fund, FondsFunds Image De La Francophonie Fund, and El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s CineGouna Funding.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Rashad is an Egyptian director, writer, and producer who graduated from the University of Alexandria with a degree in civil engineering. After completing a two-year filmmaking workshop at the Jesuit Cultural Film School of Alexandria, he directed two short fiction films: FROM AFAR (2005) and MAXIM (2007). He later served as an assistant director on several notable films, including COMING FORTH BY DAY, directed by Hala Lotfy, with whom he co-founded Hassala Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etienne de Ricaud returned to the Berlinale with THE SETTLEMENT after his film MY FAVORITE CAKE won the festival&rsquo;s FIPRESCI Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize, and Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films is known for REPORTING A REVOLUTION &mdash; which also premiered at the Berlinale &mdash; and ABO ZAABAL 89, which won Best Feature Documentary at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer Hala Lotfy\'s feature debut COMING FORTH BY DAY premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and won numerous awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize and Best Director from the Arab World at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. She also served as a jury member for the 70th Berlinale&rsquo;s Best First Feature Award.</span>', '1372736270'),
(762, 'ABU JUDY in the spotlight with Zawya’s Best Director Award', 'Egyptian short ABU JUDY wins Best Director at Cairo’s Zawya Short Film Festival', '2025-03-17', 'abu-judy-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its successful world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival, the gripping Egyptian short drama film ABU JUDY, by Adel Ahmed Yehia, has won the Best Director Award, which comes with a cash prize of EGP 25,000, at the ninth Zawya Short Film Festival in Cairo, highlighting the film\'s poignant storytelling and impressive filmmaking.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a jury consisting of film critic Essam Zakaria, screenwriter Heba Yousry, and director Bassam Mortada, the film competed against 26 other short films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABU JUDY tells the touching story of a 10-year-old girl who regularly accompanies her father to work. However, their relationship is put to the test when an unexpected event unfolds, challenging the dynamics between them. The film explores the complexities of the father-daughter relationship while delving into the theme of childhood, navigating the delicate balance between retaining innocence and confronting premature adulthood.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the film, director Adel Ahmed Yehia expressed that ABU JUDY is an exploration of the contrast within the father-daughter dynamic, emphasizing the weight of circumstances and the resilience of childhood. He questions whether the child in ABU JUDY has managed to hold onto her innocence or if her father has placed such a heavy burden on her that she feels compelled to save him by becoming part of his world. This tension &mdash; between protection and survival, innocence and awareness &mdash; is what he aimed to capture.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yehia further noted that with ABU JUDY, he does not seek to provide answers but rather to raise questions about the unseen emotional and moral complexities that exist in relationships, particularly in the margins of society. He also reflects that sometimes, a child remains a child, and at other times, they grow up too soon</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Adel Ahmed Yehia, the film features a talented cast, including Emad Ghoneim, Janna Farouk, and Nesma Bahy, with Disha Hesham as a DOP and Mohamed Mamdouh as an editor.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, Emad Ghoneim and editor Mohamed Mamdouh are recognized for their work on AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, which made history as the first Egyptian film to win the Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Jury Prize for Best Film in Post-Production at the Final Cut in Venice.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producers Baho Bakhsh and Safi Eldin Mahmoud of Red Star Films, alongside Moataz Abdel Wahab of Hawadeet Films, have brought this compelling story to life along with MAD World that handles worldwide sales and MAD Distribution that manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adel Ahmed Yehia is a young Egyptian filmmaker who graduated from Egypt&rsquo;s High Cinema Institute. He made his directorial debut with the short film NADA</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2018), his graduation project, which garnered numerous awards at regional and international film festivals. His second short film, ABU JUDY, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2024.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Adel ventured into television, directing six episodes of the successful true-crime series DATE AND TIME. He is currently developing his first feature film.</span>', '738296168'),
(763, 'Where fairy tales find a home: DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO to grace Aleppo\'s silver screen', 'Animated film DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO to screen in Aleppo as part of Echo of Freedom… Our Story Week ', '2025-03-23', 'Dounia_FTR_F-178_AR-XX_INT.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its extensive global festival tour, Marya Zarif and Andr&eacute; Kadi\'s Canadian-French animation DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO is set to screen in the Syrian city of Aleppo as part of the Echo of Freedom&hellip; Our Story Week, commemorating the Syrian revolution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized by Karasi Collective and Orshina Community, the screening will take place at 10 pm on Sunday, March 23rd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animated feature follows six-year-old Dounia, who, with a few nigella seeds delicately held in the palm of her hand, embarks on a journey from Aleppo, guided by the Princess of Aleppo, as they set off towards a new and unknown world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receiving rave reviews from international critics, DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO has been described as an \"enchanting, appealingly animated story\" and \"a picture of considerable charm\" by Wendy Ide from Screen Daily.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Maryam Philpott from Reviews Hub praised the film\'s \"humanity\" and its \"strength,\" noting that \"across the 70-minute running time, the good-humored and comedic characters, as well as the scale of their mission, is captivating, making DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO a meaningful and enchanting cinema experience.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animated feature world premiered as part of the Official Competition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and has since screened at over 60 international and Arab film festivals, including the Red Sea, Marrakech, Cinemamed, Hong Kong Kids, Ajyal, Troms&oslash;, Athens, Thessaloniki, and New York Children\'s Film Festivals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has also garnered several awards, including the Grand Prize at the Japan Prize and the Audience Award at the Jordan Children\'s Film Festival. Additionally, it received an Asia Pacific Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and a Prix Iris nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Marya Zarif and lensed by Marie-Michelle Laflamme, the film features voice performances by Rachaf Ataya, Elsa Mardorissian, Manuel Tadros, and Ra&iuml;a Haidar. With MAD Distribution handling the film\'s distribution and sales across the Arab world, DOUNIA AND THE PRINCESS OF ALEPPO was produced by Judith Beauregard of Tobo Studio.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marya Zarif is a multidisciplinary artist who has honed her expertise in multiplatform design, screenplay writing, and directing over a career spanning 15 years. With a background in communications and drama writing, she holds a degree from the National Institute of Image and Sound.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally from Syria, Marya grew up in Aleppo, which gave her intimate knowledge of the town that serves as the backdrop for Dounia, as well as the numerous challenges faced by Syrians since the onset of the war.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for Andre\' Kadi, he arrived in Canada in 2007 as a graphic novel author and musician, joining Frima Animation Studios, where he dedicated over 11 years of his career. As head of the artistic department, he established a branch of the studio in Bordeaux and pioneered a 2D animation studio in 2012. Notably, he created the series MAXI and AGENT JEAN before co-founding Du Coup Animation in 2018 with Marie-Michel le Laflamme, later expanding it into Du Coup Production in 2021.</span>', '839076608'),
(764, 'TÊTES BRÛLÉES is heading to Spain!', 'TÊTES BRÛLÉES set for D’A Barcelona Film Festival screenings', '2025-03-26', 'tetes-brulees-da-barcelona.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its acclaimed world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it received two Special Mentions in the Generation 14plus section, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES will continue its festival journey with screenings at the D&rsquo;A Barcelona Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screenings will be followed by a Q&amp;A session with director Maja Ajmia Zellama on March 28th at 5:15 pm and March 29th at 7:35 pm, both at Aribau 4.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Belgian production with a Tunisian flavor, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is a coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Youn&egrave;s, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Berlinale, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES received two Special Mentions, one from the official Generation 14plus jury and another from the Independent Jury of the AG Kino - Gilde - Cinema Vision 14plus, cementing its place as one of the standout titles in this year&rsquo;s festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their official statement, the Generation 14plus jury described the film as &ldquo;a remarkable debut that offers a rare glimpse into a world of solidarity and love through the eyes of a young girl. With visually fresh imagery and heartfelt storytelling, it brings grief&rsquo;s complexity to the forefront, showing how loss can be painful and transformative. A bold yet gentle work, it reminds us of the power of unity in difficult times.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has also received praise from critics, </span><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474297/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurore Engelen of Cineuropa</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> noting that &ldquo;T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is a film of few words but many gestures: Of hands reaching out and arms which embrace and console,&rdquo; and highlighting the sensitivity of the direction, stating that &ldquo;Maja Ajmia Zellama captures the strength and fragility of moments such as these.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Komoko and co-produced by Quetzalcoatl and 1080 Films, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is written and directed by the Belgian-Tunisian-Danish director and screenwriter Maja Ajmia Zellama. A graduate of the LUCA School of Arts, Zellama is the co-founder and president of the ASBL Bledarte &mdash; a Brussels-based association that promotes the expression and empowerment of immigrant youth through art and culture.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is produced by Marc Goyens (HERE, GHOST TROPIC) and Nabil Ben Yadir (ANIMALS), lensed by Grimm Vandekerckhove (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), edited by Dieter Diependaele (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), with Eve Martin handling production design, Marie McCourt casting, and David Vranken sound design. Additionally, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the talents in front of the camera, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES stars Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra (DIVINES), Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, and Monia Taieb.</span>', '649086902'),
(765, 'Yomna Khattab\'s 50 METERS: A powerful dive into a father-daughter relationship makes waves at its CPH:DOX premiere', 'Yomna Khattab’s 50 METERS holds successful world premiere at CPH:DOX', '2025-03-26', '50-Meters_1.144.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian director Yomna Khattab&rsquo;s introspective debut family documentary, 50 METERS, exceeded all expectations at its CPH:DOX world premiere yesterday, filling the venue to capacity and receiving enthusiastic praise from attendees for its emotional depth and poignant storytelling.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the screening, a vibrant Q&amp;A session unfolded with the Egyptian and Danish crew, delving into the film\'s various aspects and its profound themes while exploring the impactful collaboration between Egypt and Denmark in bringing this vital film to life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the festival, 50 METERS</span><strong> </strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will have two additional screenings: The first at 9 pm on March 26th at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, and the second at 2:15 pm on March 30th at Dagmar Teatret.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set by a fifty-meter training pool, Yomna, a first-time director, is struggling to make her film happen. She decides to turn her camera on her distant father and uses her developing film elements to approach him. Through writing fictional scenes, to drafting voice-overs, Yomna succeeds in breaching her father&rsquo;s shell and sharing with him her existential questions. By finally showing her vulnerability, Yomna is able to reconcile with her father and self before moving forward with her life choices.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Egyptian-Danish-Saudi co-production, 50 METERS brings together several notable talents under Khattab&rsquo;s helm, including award-winning composer Jonas Colstrup (THE GULLSP&Aring;NG MIRACLE), editors Gladys Joujou (BYE BYE TIBERIAS) and Khaled Moeit (SOUAD), along with producers Ahmed Amer of A.A. Films and Patricia Drati of Good Company Pictures. Additionally, the film\'s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of funding and support, 50 METERS won the IDFA Spotlight Award at the Durban Film Mart in 2022, participated at the IDFA Project Space in 2023, and won several development and production grants, such as the Red Sea Production Fund, Danish Film Institute Fund, Whickers Development Fund, and nine prizes at the fifth El Gouna Film Festival pitching forum.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomna Khattab is a filmmaker based in Cairo. She originally acquired an MA in economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Yomna&rsquo;s short stories book, VIDEOTAPE FROM THE NINETIES, was published in 2015 by Dar El Shorouk. As a scriptwriter, her feature film ROKAYA\' won Best Script From a Young Scriptwriter at the 2018 edition of the Sawiris Cultural Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also wrote and produced the short film LET US PLAY YESTERDAY, which won the Film Prize Robert Bosch 2021 Development Fund and premiered at the International Short Film Competition of the sixth El Gouna Film Festival. Yomna&rsquo;s main interest in her work is to explore the politics and economics affecting women&rsquo;s choices, in addition to modern family dynamics in contemporary times.</span>', '1780833292'),
(766, 'All aboard the MAD train to Malmö!', 'MAD Solutions to show 8 films at 15th Malmö Arab Film Festival', '2025-03-29', 'MAD-Solutions-to-show-8-films-at-15th-Malmo.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions, the leading film distribution company in the Arab World, is sending eight films from its extensive distribution slate to the 15th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival (April 29th to May 1st), including five shorts and three feature-length films, each in line for the festival\'s official competition with their directors in tow.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off with the feature-length films on the roster; DIARIES FROM LEBANON, written and directed by Myriam El Hajj, is a film in memoir form, where our director recounts four turbulent years in a nation in turmoil, struggling to break free from its shackles. As the country is rocked by unrest, a personal yearning for meaning and survival grows. How can we keep dreaming when the world is collapsing around us? The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US &mdash; written and directed by Palestinian director Laila Abbas &mdash;&nbsp; follows estranged sisters Mariam and Noura, whose father\'s passing leaves behind a substantial sum of fortune. The sisters\' plot to claim his inheritance before their younger brother finds out spirals into a chaotic heist, full to the brim with twists and turns. Aside from being wholesome and hilarious, the film is notable for being one of the last shot in Ramallah, prior to the events of the ongoing genocide. It stars Clara Khoury alongside Yassmine El Massry, and had its world premiere at BFI London, with a MENA premiere at El Gouna Film Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hind Meddeb\'s documentary SUDAN REMEMBER US captures fleeting moments of jubilant defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum, after the overthrow of a ruthless dictatorship. It then chronicles the subsequent military crackdown and political exiles that followed. This picture-esque and timelessly crucial film had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. It was notably lauded with praise from viewers and critics alike.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now onto the short films, UPSHOT by Maha Haj follows Suleiman and Lubna, an isolated couple living on a remote farm who are mired in quarrels regarding their children. One day, a stranger arrives at their home, delivering a horrifying truth. The film had its world premiere as part of the Official Short Film Competition at Switzerland\'s Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life Award (Jury Prize for Best Short Film), and an Independent Youth Jury Award. This Palestinian short film stars Mohamed Bakri, Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NYA by Imene Ayadi, is set against the backdrop of the Algerian civil war, in 1994; it follows the story of Anya, a 7 year old girl who has remained blissfully unaware of the turmoil that engulfs her country. Her only wish is that her father, a journalist on assignment, would return in time for Mouloud celebrations. The harsh realities of life, however, gradually begin to threaten the fragile fabric of her childhood. This featurette stars Melissa Benyahia, Meriem Medjkane, Amal Kateb, and Ghyzl&eacute;ne Ben Ali. It screened in festivals worldwide, including Algeria\'s Bejaia Film Festival, Maghreb Film Festival in the Netherlands, South Africa\'s FAME Short Film Festival, and Les Nuits M&eacute;diterran&eacute;ennes in France.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bougainvillea by Yasir Faiz is set in a cramped, isolated prison cell where six women are detained during Sudan&rsquo;s December 2018 revolution; enduring the oppression of imprisonment and grief, only to reclaim their resistance. The film had its world premiere at the MENA Film Festival in Canada.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABU JUDY written and directed by Adel Ahmed Yehia, is an Egyptian entry which tells the touching tale of a little girl who regularly accompanies her father to work. Their relationship is put to the test when an unexpected event unfolds. Much like NYA, the film explores the complexities of the father-daughter relationship while delving into the theme of childhood, navigating the delicate balance between retaining innocence and confronting premature adulthood. ABU JUDY had its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival. It stars Emad Ghoneim, Janna Farouk, and Nesma Bahy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally, LOSS by Rami Kassis, is a story based on true events which follows a group of migrants traveling to Egypt inside the trunk of an SUV through the desert. At dawn, as the car navigates a rough path, it violently hits a rock, leading to a significant loss. The film had its world premiere at Tunisia\'s Carthage Film Festival.</span>', '391582181'),
(767, 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE brings Somalia to Paris', 'The award-winning THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE to hit French cinemas April 9th', '2025-04-08', 'The-Village-next-to-paradise-cinema-release-in-Paris.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mo Harawe&rsquo;s THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is set to make its French debut in Paris on April 9th at Cin&eacute;ma l\'&Eacute;cran de Saint-Denis and Le Figuier Blanc.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already a standout on the international film festival circuit, the film recently won two prestigious awards at the Diagonale Austrian Film Festival: Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography, the latter of which MAD Crew Celebrity&rsquo;s mesmerizing Egyptian DOP Mostafa El Kashef.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE takes viewers to the idyllic setting of a Somali village, as a recently reunited family must navigate between their dreams and the complexities of societal expectations. We are treated to the village\'s charming heart, immersed in the lives of the residents as they pursue their hopes against the rolling tides.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s impossible not to highlight that THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE holds a historic achievement as the first Somali film ever selected for the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Featured in the official selection of Cannes&rsquo; 77th edition, the film garnered nominations for both the coveted Golden Camera and Un Certain Regard awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its Cannes debut, the film has won five major awards, including the Golden Hugo for New Directors at the Chicago International Film Festival, Vienna Film Award at the Viennale, and Best Actress for Anab Ahmed Ibrahim at the Sarajevo Film Festival. It also earned an honorable mention at the Munich Film Festival and received the Spirit of the Festival award at the Cork International Film Festival. Further solidifying its global recognition, the film was also chosen for the Toronto International Film Festival\'s Centerpiece Program, joining a prestigious selection of over 40 films from 41 countries.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mo Harawe, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE marks his feature directorial debut, offering a powerful portrayal of Somali life. The film stars Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mahmoud Suleiman, and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim. The film was also edited by Joana Scrinzi, who won Best Film Editing at the Austrian Film Awards for her work on the multi-award-winning GREAT FREEDOM, with Noor Abdulkadir handling production design.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is an international co-production involving Maanmaal ACC&nbsp; (Somalia), Freibeuter Film (Austria), Kazak Productions (France), and Niko Film (Germany). International sales are handled by Totem Films, with distribution managed by Jour2F&ecirc;te. MAD Solutions oversees the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales rights in the MENA region.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mo Harawe, a graduate of the Berlinale Talents program, is known for several acclaimed short films, including LIFE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA and WILL MY PARENTS COME AND SEE ME?, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.</span>', '1464802744'),
(768, 'With a second award in hand, El Kashef celebrated again for THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE', 'DOP Mostafa El Kashef wins Best Cinematography at Festival of Austrian Film for his film THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE', '2025-04-08', 'The-Village-next-to-paradise-awards-in-Austria.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking his second award for the film and further showcasing his exceptional talent, DOP Mostafa El Kashef has won the Best Cinematography Award for his work on the Somali film THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe, at the Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Film, held in Graz from March 27th to April 1st.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to this award, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE won Best Fiction Feature at the festival, with the jury praising it for its &ldquo;fine sense of nuance, developing its gentle impact in the process.&rdquo; It also received &euro;15,000 from the Culture Department of the Federal State of Styria, &euro;1,000 donated by streaming platform </span><a href=\"https://watchaut.film/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">watchAUT</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a &euro;3,000 coupon for ads on watchAUT,&nbsp; and a &euro;4,000 donation as a voucher by </span><a href=\"https://www.thegrandpost.com/en/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Post &ndash; Post Production House</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE previously won El Kashef the Best Cinematography Award at the Tunisian Carthage Film Festival and has garnered six other awards from various festivals, including Chicago, Sarajevo, Munich, Cork, and Marrakech, along with the Best Austrian Film Award at the Viennale.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in a windy Somali desert village, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE revolves around a newly assembled family that must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust, and resilience will power them through their life paths - even amidst the throes of civil war and natural disasters.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This film marks El Kashef&rsquo;s second feature-length film, which is the first ever film to be shot in Somalia to screen at Cannes and the recipient of a post-production prize from the Atlas Workshops of the Marrakech Film Festival and a Locarno Industry award, enjoyed widespread popularity and a packed world premiere at the festival\'s Un Certain Regard, with the general audience hailing the film and giving it a standing ovation.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also took the internet by storm, receiving widespread praise from prominent critics worldwide, who lauded its exceptional cinematography in their reviews. This included Lovia Gyarke of The Hollywood Reporter, who described El Kashef\'s cinematography as \"offering truly striking images,\" and Nikki Baughan of Screendaily, who highlighted the film\'s \"striking visual literacy.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Harawe as his feature-length directorial debut, the film is a poignant take on Somali life that features a cast of emerging Somali actors, including Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban, and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is an international co-production that brings together FreibeuterFilm (Austria), Kazak Productions (France), Niko Film (Germany), and Maanmaal ACC (Somalia), with Totem Films of France handling international sales. French theatrical distribution will be handled by Jour2F&ecirc;te and Mena distribution by MAD Distribution, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) distribution subsidiary of Cairo-based indie studio MAD Solutions.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Crew Celebrity Mostafa El Kashef &mdash; a renowned visual artist, producer, and DOP &mdash; has lent his creative prowess to 13 cinematic masterpieces, including his debut feature, 19 B, which earned him the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Cairo International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a cinematographer, El Kashef worked on a series of highly acclaimed short films, including Jaylan Auf&rsquo;s MY FESTIVAL and Sharine Atef&rsquo;s JEBEL BANAT. Following that, he collaborated on Yousuf Nouman&rsquo;s THIS IS MY NIGHT, which earned him Best Cinematography at Cinemaz Brasil.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El Kashef&rsquo;s breakthrough, however, came in 2021, when he worked on three compelling short films that further established his global renown as an accomplished DOP when they all premiered at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France &mdash; Ahmed Abdelsalam&rsquo;s CAI - BER, Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s KHADIJA, and WHAT WE DON&rsquo;T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM, which earned him Best Cinematography at the Galichnik Film Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then collaborated with Mostafa once again on the short film I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, which earned him eight Best Cinematography awards from different international film festivals and was screened at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for his recent projects, they include Joseph Adel&rsquo;s ENOUGH WATER TO DROWN, Jawaher Alamri&rsquo;s THE LAST DISMISSAL, Rasha Shahin&rsquo;s NAHAR ABER, and Hind Soheil&rsquo;s PROMISE TO THE SEA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides cinematography, El Kashef has his own production company Qaa&rsquo;23, which produced I PROMISE YOU PARADISE and ENOUGH WATER TO DROWN.</span>', '911004040'),
(769, '', 'MAD Solutions to feature XOFTEX and WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM at the 44th Istanbul Film Festival', '2025-04-08', 'MAD-Solutions-at-the-44th-Istanbul-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions is thrilled to announce the participation of two of its films at the prestigious 44th Istanbul Film Festival, taking place from April 11th to the 22nd &mdash; Noaz Deshe&rsquo;s XOFTEX and Amel Guellaty&rsquo;s WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening as part of the Mined Zone Program featuring unusual, extraordinary, unsettling, adventurous, and edgy films outside the mainstream with their style, form, or approach, appealing to cinephiles seeking thrills on screen is XOFTEX.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Palestinian Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin, who have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. In the meanwhile, they pass the time by recording comedy sketches, fantasizing about making zombie films, and moving to Sweden.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man&rsquo;s-land. With nowhere to escape, boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, shot, edited, scored, and produced by Deshe, XOFTEX stars first-time actor and rapper Abdulrahman Diab alongside actor and director Osama Hafiry.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>Screening Details:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Friday, April 18th</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 pm &mdash; Beyoğlu Sineması</span>\r<br/><strong>Sunday, April 20th</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 pm &mdash; Sinematek</span>\r<br/><strong>Monday, April 21st</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 am &mdash; Paribu Nautilus</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(GMT/UTC+3)</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM will be showcased in the Young Masters section, highlighting talented young directors whose first or second films bring a fresh breath to world cinema with original approaches and the potential to become future classics.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM follows </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub and Karim Aitouna, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM stars Eya Bellagha, Slim Baccar, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomene.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><strong>Screening Details:</strong>\r<br/><strong>Friday, April 12th</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:30 pm &mdash; Paribu Cineverse Nautilus</span>\r<br/><strong>Wednesday, April 16th</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 am &mdash; Cinematheque/Movie House</span>\r<br/><strong>Tuesday, April 22nd</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 pm &mdash; Cinewam City\'s 3</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(GMT/UTC+3)</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to catch them at the Istanbul Film Festival this April!</span>', '1393389848'),
(770, 'THE SETTLEMENT wins over Italian hearts at Miworld', 'Egyptian workplace thriller THE SETTLEMENT wins Audience award at Italy’s Miworld Young Film Festival', '2025-04-08', 'The-Settlement-award.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s riveting Egyptian workplace thriller, THE SETTLEMENT, has claimed its first accolade on the festival circuit, winning the prestigious Audience Award at the sixth Miworld Young Film Festival, held from March 24th to 31st in Milan, Italy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hot off its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it garnered widespread critical acclaim, THE SETTLEMENT has embarked on an ambitious festival journey, showcasing its powerful narrative at various international festivals, including the African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival and the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen in Italy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by real events, THE SETTLEMENT follows two brothers &mdash; 23-year-old troublemaker Hossam and his 12-year-old brother Maro &mdash; living in a marginalized community in Alexandria who are offered jobs by the local factory after their father\'s untimely death in a workplace accident as compensation for their loss in lieu of pursuing legal action. As they navigate their new roles, they begin to question whether their father&rsquo;s death was truly accidental.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prompted by a story shared with him by a law school graduate whose father died at a construction site, where the company pressured the family to waive their rights in exchange for offering the son a job in its legal department, Rashad &mdash; a native of Alexandria whose father worked in textile factories for over four decades &mdash; found the story a valuable opportunity to shed light on the safety issues prevalent in some factories and the illegal practices sometimes employed by their management.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars emerging talents Adham Shukr, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, and Emad Ghoneim; it is lensed by cinematographer Mahmoud Lotfi and edited by Heba Othman, whose credits include the acclaimed Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production involving Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, THE SETTLEMENT is produced by Hala Lotfy of Hassala Films (Cairo) and co-produced by Etienne de Ricaud of Caract&egrave;res Productions (Paris), Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films GmbH (Berlin), and ART (Jeddah). MAD World manages the film\'s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution oversees its distribution throughout the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During its development phase, the film received support </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a slew of prestigious international funding bodies, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the Berlinale World Cinema Fund, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFFR&rsquo;s Hubert Bals Fund Script and Development Initiative along with Hubert Bals Plus Co-Production Minority Support, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Red Sea Development Fund, FondsFunds Image De La Francophonie Fund, and El Gouna Film Festival&rsquo;s CineGouna Funding.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:</strong>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Rashad is an Egyptian director, writer, and producer who graduated from the University of Alexandria with a degree in civil engineering. After completing a two-year filmmaking workshop at the Jesuit Cultural Film School of Alexandria, he directed two short fiction films: FROM AFAR (2005) and MAXIM (2007). He later served as an assistant director on several notable films, including COMING FORTH BY DAY, directed by Hala Lotfy, with whom he co-founded Hassala Films.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etienne de Ricaud returned to the Berlinale with THE SETTLEMENT after his film MY FAVORITE CAKE won the festival&rsquo;s FIPRESCI Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize, and Kesmat Elsayed of Seera Films is known for REPORTING A REVOLUTION &mdash; which also premiered at the Berlinale &mdash; and ABO ZAABAL 89, which won Best Feature Documentary at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producer Hala Lotfy\'s feature debut COMING FORTH BY DAY premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and won numerous awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize and Best Director from the Arab World at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. She also served as a jury member for the 70th Berlinale&rsquo;s Best First Feature Award.</span>', '1170064147'),
(771, 'Beyond the surface: 50 METERS sparks powerful dialogue at CPH:DOX', 'Insightful panel discussion follows second screening of 50 METERS at CPH:DOX', '2025-04-08', '50-meters-second-screening-and-panel-with-the-director.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its successful world premiere at CPH:DOX, Egyptian director Yomna Khattab&rsquo;s introspective debut family documentary 50 METERS captivated audiences during a second screening at the festival, followed by a panel discussion titled &lsquo;Who Has the Right to Tell the Stories?&rsquo; featuring Yomna Khattab, filmmaker Marina Vorobyeva, and visual anthropologist Haena Laura Na Blankholm.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moderated by Jennifer Maria Matos Tonndorff, the panel sparked a thoughtful dialogue about the personal narratives woven into filmmaking. When asked, \"At what point did you realize your father was not just part of the film, but its core? And how did that realization shape the way you filmed him?\" Yomna provided rich insights into the evolving dynamics between her and her father throughout the filming process.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The moderator also inquired whether Yomna had planned the conversations with her father in advance, or how the scenes developed. Yomna replied, \"In both ways, I planned some discussions, but I just threw out the questions and followed what happened afterward. Other times, he surprised me &mdash; most of the scenes in our conversation, he sometimes surprised me with his comments and reactions, and that\'s when things became more interesting.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She continued, \"When I decided to make the scenes about writing scripts, that was planned, of course, because I wanted him to talk, since he doesn\'t talk in normal interviews. I had to play with him as well to find ways to express our emotions. The most interesting scenes were when he started to surprise me by asking different questions or having reactions that I hadn\'t anticipated.\"</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the panel concluded, the speakers were asked what they hoped audiences would take away from 50 METERS. Yomna expressed her desire for viewers to carry forward a sense of connection and understanding, while the others echoed the sentiment of fostering dialogue around personal and shared narratives.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set by a fifty-meter training pool, Yomna, a first-time director, is struggling to make her film happen. She decides to turn her camera on her distant father and uses her developing film elements to approach him. Through writing fictional scenes, to drafting voice-overs, Yomna succeeds in breaching her father&rsquo;s shell and sharing with him her existential questions. By finally showing her vulnerability, Yomna is able to reconcile with her father and self before moving forward with her life choices.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Egyptian-Danish-Saudi co-production, 50 METERS brings together several notable talents under Khattab&rsquo;s helm, including award-winning composer Jonas Colstrup (THE GULLSP&Aring;NG MIRACLE), editors Gladys Joujou (BYE BYE TIBERIAS) and Khaled Moeit (SOUAD), along with producers Ahmed Amer of A.A. Films and Patricia Drati of Good Company Pictures. Additionally, the film\'s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of funding and support, 50 METERS won the IDFA Spotlight Award at the Durban Film Mart in 2022, participated at the IDFA Project Space in 2023, and won several development and production grants, such as the Red Sea Production Fund, Danish Film Institute Fund, Whickers Development Fund, and nine prizes at the fifth El Gouna Film Festival pitching forum.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomna Khattab is a filmmaker based in Cairo. She originally acquired an MA in economics from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Yomna&rsquo;s short stories book, VIDEOTAPE FROM THE NINETIES, was published in 2015 by Dar El Shorouk. As a scriptwriter, her feature film ROKAYA\' won Best Script From a Young Scriptwriter at the 2018 edition of the Sawiris Cultural Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also wrote and produced the short film LET US PLAY YESTERDAY, which won the Film Prize Robert Bosch 2021 Development Fund and premiered at the International Short Film Competition of the sixth El Gouna Film Festival. Yomna&rsquo;s main interest in her work is to explore the politics and economics affecting women&rsquo;s choices, in addition to modern family dynamics in contemporary times.</span>', '1139421884');
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(772, 'MAD sends 5 women-centric titles to Beirut’s leading women’s film festival!', 'THE WOUND and MIRACLE OF LIFE to premiere at 8th Beirut Women\'s Film Festival, alongside 3 other MAD titles', '2025-04-14', 'THE-WOUND-and-MIRACLE-OF-LIFE-to-premiere.jpg', 'With heartfelt female narratives exploring themes of family, love, and resilience, five Arab women-centric films distributed by MAD Solutions are competing in the official selection of the eighth Beirut International Women\'s Film Festival (April 27th - May 3rd), which primarily showcases films produced by women or centered on women\'s issues with a particular impact. &nbsp;\r<br/><br />This exciting new edition also marks the Arab World premieres of Seloua El Gouni&rsquo;s Moroccan film THE WOUND as well as Sabreen Khoury&rsquo;s Palestinian short MIRACLE OF LIFE.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />The rest of the lineup includes the distinguished Palestinian sister-heist film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US by Leila Abbas, the Saudi entry MY DRIVER AND I by director and actress Ahd Kamel, and the poignant Tunisian film TAKE MY BREATH by Nada Mezni Hafaiedh. &nbsp;\r<br/><br />THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US stars Yasmine Al-Masri, Clara Khoury, Kamil Al-Basha, and Ashraf Barhoum. A joint Palestinian-German-Qatari production, it tells the tale of Mariam and Noura, whose father passes away, leaving behind a substantial inheritance. The sisters plot to claim the fortune before their brother learns of their father\'s death, as he is legally entitled to half the inheritance &mdash; a reality the sisters perceive as unjust.\r<br/><br />MY DRIVER AND I stars Rola Dakheelallah, MAD Rising Celebrity Mustafa Shehata, Rana Alamuddin, and Qusai Khidr. The crew also includes Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala &mdash; known for YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY and producer of THE FATIGUE and FAREWELL JULIA. Set in Jeddah during the 1980s and 1990s, the film follows the unconventional friendship between a Saudi girl and her Sudanese driver. Their bond is tested when the young woman begins to take the wheel herself. &nbsp;\r<br/><br />THE WOUND marks the directorial debut of Seloua El Gouni, whose background in production management includes work on both Hollywood features and TV series. Now completed, her film tells the story of Leila as she tries to pursue her passions and ambitions while navigating the thorny societal constraints imposed on women under the guise of tradition and cultural normalcy.\r<br/><br />MIRACLE OF LIFE follows a Palestinian mother-to-be navigating pregnancy\'s upheavals in the Netherlands, as she confronts societal norms and identity crises amidst the harrowing echoes of the Gaza genocide.<br />TAKE MY BREATH is co-written by Pascal Gausse and stars Tunisian actress Amina Ben Ismail alongside Mohamed Mourad, Sana Ben Sheikh Arabi, and Aymen Ben Hamida. It follows the story of Shams &mdash; a 23-year-old whose life is shrouded in unfathomable pain and secrecy. Stripped of her right to exist, she is betrayed by love and rejected by the rigid expectations of society.', '1915333100'),
(773, '', 'Belal Albader\'s GUM set to compete in Saudi Film Festival’s Official Competition', '2025-04-15', 'gum.jpeg', 'GUM, a deeply emotional and transformative film by Saudi director Belal Albader that recently premiered at the Red Sea Film Festival, is now set to compete in the Official Competition of the Saudi Film Festival from April 17th to the 23rd.\r<br/><br />Exploring love, self-discovery, and the human condition, GUM follows the story of Saad, a child with Down Syndrome who falls in love for the first time in his life. He begins to discover new feelings he didn\'t know existed, and because of them, he starts making decisions he&rsquo;s not ready to make.\r<br/><br />Director Belal Albader explains, &ldquo;I was certain I didn&rsquo;t want a traditional film filled with direct messages mimicking the needs of individuals with Down Syndrome. It was important that the film avoid falling into pity or exaggerated ideals. Finding the balance between the protagonist&rsquo;s challenges and moments of joy and triumph was one of the hardest parts of telling the story. I know the film won&rsquo;t change the world, but it may open a small window in the minds and hearts of those who watch it. Maybe it will make someone rethink their perspective on Down Syndrome.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />Written and directed by Belal Albader, the film stars Azzam Alkharaan, Ahmad Al-Turki, and Alanoud Abdullah. It features cinematography by Rita Hajjar, acting coaching by Sherwan Haji, and is produced by Ahmad Naboulsi and Belal Albader, with Fouad Mohammad overseeing the production line. The film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World, while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.\r<br/><br />Belal Albader is a Saudi director who began his career in 2009 and pursued higher studies in cinematography and film direction in Los Angeles. After returning to Saudi Arabia in 2017, he worked on various cinematic and television projects, earning numerous local and international awards. In 2019, he founded Rec Entertainment with the goal of raising the quality of local content to international standards. Albader holds a Master&rsquo;s degree in Cinematic Directing from the New York Film Academy.', '811916786'),
(774, 'COMMUNITY SERVICE takes center stage with a Saudi Film Fest debut!', 'Jaafar Al Ghalib’s short COMMUNITY SERVICE to world premiere at Saudi Film Fest ', '2025-04-15', 'Community-service3.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure to be the talk of the town, Jaafar Al Ghalib&rsquo;s latest short film COMMUNITY SERVICE is set to world premiere as part of the Official Competition of this year&rsquo;s 11th Saudi Film Festival, due to run from April 17th to the 23rd.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sultan faces termination from his job, forcing him to take desperate risks to save himself. But he soon discovers he\'s become a pawn in a revenge scheme far greater than he imagined, orchestrated by his manager, Salwa, as part of her plot to overthrow the corrupt businessman who looms over her life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced in tandem with Fawaz Gadri and Salem Shabl of Mazallah Studios, this short film stars Zara Al Balushi alongside Yasser Al Harbi. It is also directed by Saudi Arabian actor Jaafar Al Ghalib, written and produced by Salem Shabl, shot by Akbar Ali, edited by Khaled Faisal, and scored by Ziad Al-Anzi, with Salem Bakoor serving as the sound engineer. MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s sales and distribution.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on his short film, Al Ghalid expressed his delight, working with the production company Mizalla Studio. He states, &ldquo;for nearly nine years, I have been driven by the dream and passion to present a work adapted from the writings of the great author Abdulwahab Al-Sayed Al-Rifai</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\",</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he further expressed that he wanted COMMUNITY SERVICE to &ldquo;serve as a gateway to introduce this remarkable writer to filmmakers and, especially, to Saudi audiences&mdash;and to serve as a tribute to his fanbase.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jaafar Al Ghalib is a rising Saudi filmmaker with a passion for cinema, music, and literature. Previously, he produced and directed three shorts and co-wrote a fourth. He is also a member of Jeddah\'s Alwan Cinematic Club. With the support of Mizalla Studios, he now makes his professional directorial debut with COMMUNITY SERVICE. </span>', '823637686'),
(775, 'Last year\'s Cannes entry is coming to Zawya!', 'MAD Film THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE Screens at Zawya', '2025-04-20', 'tHE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE Screens at Zawya.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zawya Cinema invites Egyptian audiences to experience one of the most talked-about films of the year, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, screening for a full week starting April 23rd. THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is distributed by MAD and will be shown outside of the festival circuit in Egypt for the first time.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Distribution title THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE takes viewers to the idyllic setting of a Somali village, as a recently reunited family must navigate between their dreams and the complexities of societal expectations. We are treated to the village\'s charming heart, immersed in the lives of the residents as they pursue their hopes against the rolling tides.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Mo Harawe, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE marks his feature directorial debut. The film stars Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mahmoud Suleiman, and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim. It was edited by Joana Scrinzi, who won Best Film Editing at the Austrian Film Awards for her work on the multi-award-winning GREAT FREEDOM, with Noor Abdulkadir handling production design. The film recently received two major awards at the Diagonale Austrian Film Festival: Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography, the latter of which was awarded to Egyptian DOP Mostafa El Kashef.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, the first Somali film to screen at Cannes, marks El Kashef&rsquo;s debut as a feature film cinematographer. He returns to the festival this May with his latest project, AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, MAD Distribution continues its mission of spotlighting bold, boundary-pushing stories from across the Arab and African worlds, while championing homegrown talent like El Kashef on the international stage.</span>', '1525460755'),
(776, 'Echoes of Gaza in a Mother\'s Journey: THE MIRACLE OF LIFE debuts at BIWFF', 'Short documentary THE MIRACLE OF LIFE to world premiere at Beirut International Women Film Festival', '2025-04-23', 'THE-MIRACLE-OF-LIFE.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marking its debut on the festival circuit, Sabrine Khoury&rsquo;s short experimental documentary THE MIRACLE OF LIFE will hold its world premiere as part of the 8th Beirut International Women Film Festival&rsquo;s Short Experimental Competition from April 27th to May 3rd.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows the emotional and physical journey of a Palestinian mother-to-be in the Netherlands. Through intimate reflections, she confronts pain, uncertainty, fear of bodily changes, and an identity crisis, all while challenging societal norms around pregnancy and motherhood. Set against the backdrop of the Gaza War, her continuous questioning adds depth to her journey.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the film, the director shared, &ldquo;I discovered I was pregnant in September 2023. It was a planned pregnancy, and I was happy and excited about this new journey; however, that joy was overshadowed by pain and questions.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This film is born from these intense and conflicting emotions. It seeks to explore the complex realities of pregnancy and motherhood against the backdrop of the war in Gaza while questioning the legitimacy of my own feelings. I truly hope to honor the resilience and strength of women navigating these profound experiences,&rdquo; she added.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between Palestine and the Netherlands, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE is written, directed, and edited by Sabrine Khoury, produced by Nawl Productions, and lensed by Rashed Rashed, with Maen El Ghoul as music composer and Sami Merib as sound designer. MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution manages its distribution across the Arab world.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sabrine Khoury is a Palestinian filmmaker and producer born in Canada who later returned to her hometown of Nazareth, Palestine, and currently resides in the Netherlands. She currently lives in the Netherlands. After completing her studies in cinema, Khoury engaged in photography, writing, and filmmaking, primarily focusing on feminist and cultural themes.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is a co-founder of \"NAWL,\" a house of creativity, art, and production. Sabrine has directed and produced short films, music videos, commercials, and a musical theater, always striving to push the boundaries of storytelling and visual art.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her films include short films such as HIBA, which won the Jury President\'s Award at the Early Bird International Student Film Festival in 2013, and SANT&Eacute;, which was featured in international festivals including Cinemed Montpellier, IFVA Hong Kong (Special Mention), FIPA France, and more.</span>', '1182071402'),
(777, '', 'LOVE BITES by Mahmoud Zain to Premiere at Aswan International Women Film Festival', '2025-04-23', 'LOVE-BITES-by-Mahmoud-Zain.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOVE BITES is a 12-minute dramatic journey like no other, created by Egyptian filmmaker Mahmoud Zain. With its fresh narrative and bold perspective, this film offers a unique look at Egyptian storytelling. It stars famous Egyptian actor Sedky Sakhr and will have its world premiere at the Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, where it proudly stands as the only Egyptian film in the official competition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;The film follows two brothers, Zaher and Murad, who find themselves in conflict over how to perform the ritual washing and shrouding of their deceased sister, Hayam, after discovering love bites on her body. Fearing a scandal as well-wishers and mourners begin to arrive outside, the two brothers and their wives must make a decision that may affect the entire family.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars the well-known Egyptian actor Sedky Sakhr, who commented on his involvement in the film, saying, \"What inspired me to be part of this film is its bold subject matter and its approach to the issue from a different perspective. Its participation in a festival dedicated to films about women is a testament to its support for women\'s causes, as well as the film\'s strong impact and high artistic value.\"</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Sedky Sakhr, the cast includes Mahmoud Zain, Sohila Alanwar, Nadia Hassan, Mahmoud Yehia, Sara Alaaeldin, and Rowan Alaa Eldin. It was shot by cinematographer Moamen Alameldin and edited by Mohamed Mamdouh. Ali Soliman was the executive producer, and the art director was Mohamed Osama Hassan. Ramy Magdy recorded the sound, with sound design and mix by Amr Soliman. The colorist was Tarek Abdelkader.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film\'s Worldwide sales are handled by MAD World, with MAD Distribution managing distribution and sales across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Zain, the director, also shared his vision for the film, saying, \"The idea of death has always occupied my mind, particularly the thought of a person dying and those around them discovering something that subjects them to judgment, even though they are now a lifeless body, powerless and silent. That&rsquo;s where it all began, and the idea evolved until it raised a more pressing question: What if that body belonged to a woman in a male-dominated society? And even more troubling, what if the discovered matter concerned \"honor\"? Would this woman be granted her most basic rights: To be washed, shrouded, and buried according to religious customs? Or would those around her exercise their patriarchal authority and the power of tradition, driven by fear of scandal, disregard the sanctity of the deceased and her rightful rites?&rdquo;</span>\r<br/><br /><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Zain is an Egyptian filmmaker who earned his degree from the Faculty of Pharmacy in 2015. He later pursued film directing at the High Institute of Cinema in 2019. In 2024, he directed his short film LOVE BITES. Zain has also contributed as a screenwriter to various series through writing workshops, including the Egyptian series THE GODFATHER 1 and the Saudi series BADR&rsquo;S WILL.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span>', '308873785'),
(778, '', 'Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! successfully screens across the Arab World.', '2025-04-27', 'thank-you-for-banking-with-us.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas&rsquo; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is screening across the Arab World, simultaneously at the Beirut International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, Egypt&rsquo;s art house cinema Zawya, and the UAE&rsquo;s Hayy and Akil cinemas.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially screening on April 16th as part of Zawya&rsquo;s eighth edition of Cairo Cinema Days, the film has been extended for another week, due to popular demand, running from April 23rd to 29th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This witty Palestinian flick explores the intricacies of sisterhood and family, while tackling societal expectations around remittance laws. Upon discovering that their father left behind a substantial sum of money, two sisters devise an elaborate scheme to abscond with the funds before their brother&mdash; who is legally entitled to half the inheritance&mdash; does.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer, and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film and TV production at the Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she made a splash with her documentary ICE &amp; DUST, which followed a young Palestinian woman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to search for a better life in Canada. She also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling the film\'s worldwide sales and distribution rights, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas. It stars Yasmine Al Masry, Clara Khoury.</span>', '785553876'),
(779, '', 'Ahd Kamel’s MY DRIVER AND I Wins Golden Palm at the 11th Saudi Film Festival!', '2025-04-25', 'my-driver-and-i-award-at-saudi-film-festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd Kamel&rsquo;s film MY DRIVER AND I took home the Golden Palm for Best Narrative Feature at the prestigious closing ceremony of the 11th Saudi Film Festival, which took place from April 17 to 23.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its world premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, MY DRIVER AND I quickly gained recognition, especially after winning the Golden Palm at the Saudi Film Festival, and is set to continue its journey, with anticipation for future festival screenings.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY DRIVER AND I follows Salma, a young, affluent, and rebellious Saudi girl whose family hires a Sudanese man named Gamar to drive her to and from her day-to-day routines.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initially adhering to a professional dynamic, Salma and Gamar&rsquo;s budding relationship soon blossoms into a friendship that binds them throughout her teenage years, yet their bond is put to the test as Salma gets older and starts taking the wheel.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An OSN+ original, MY DRIVER AND I will air on OSN+ and OSNtv with co-productions by Georgie Paget and Thembisa Cochrane from Caspian Films, Corniche Media, and Odd Kamel Films. Meanwhile, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s sales outside the MENA region.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on her film, director Ahd Kamed stated, &ldquo;The film opens a window on a certain strand of late 20th-century Saudi society, looking deep into the core of a privileged household where the hired-help become part of the family, and watching as a girl&rsquo;s universal journey through adolescence comes into contact with the reality of societal expectations.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY DRIVER AND I &mdash; which is Kamel&rsquo;s directorial feature debut &mdash; was supported by OSN, Cairo Film Connection, the UK Global Screen Fund, and the Red Sea Film Foundation and is a heart-wrenching tale that shows the overlap of Sudanese society in Saudi Arabia like never before.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A joint production between Saudi Arabia and the UK, MY DRIVER AND I was directed and written by Ahd Kamel, lensed by Frida Marzouk, and edited by Andonis Trattos, with sound handled by Emmanuel Zouki and music by Marc Codsi.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Roula Dakheelallah, Rana Alamuddin, Qusai Kheder, and features rising Sudanese actor Mustafa Shehata, known for his breakout role in YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY. The production team includes Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, director of YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY and producer of Yemen\'s Oscar submission THE BURDENED, as well as the acclaimed GOODBYE JULIA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahd Kamel is an award-winning actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, celebrated for her remarkable performances in both film and television. She gained international recognition for her role in the BAFTA-nominated 2014 film WADJDA. Kamel also portrayed Fatima</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the critically acclaimed 2018 BBC and Netflix series COLLATERAL.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2022, she co-starred alongside Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, and Laurence Fishburne in Amazon&rsquo;s thriller ALL THE OLD KNIVES. In addition to her acting, Kamel has directed two award-winning short films, SHOEMAKER and SANCTITY, the latter of which made history as the first Saudi film to compete at the Berlinale.</span>', '355036445'),
(782, 'Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema welcomes GREEN LINE: A Lebanese story on home soil', 'Sylvie Ballyot’s Lebanese documentary GREEN LINE set for a Lebanese premiere at Ecrans Du Sud festival in Metropolis cinema', '2025-04-09', '209036a5-05e5-47a2-9ca6-f32a9db0dac8.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In memory of the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese civil war, the Locarno award-winning Lebanese documentary GREEN LINE is set to have its Lebanese premiere at 7:30 pm on April 11th at Metropolis Cinema, in the presence of the film&rsquo;s director, Sylvie Ballyot, star Fida Bizri, and the crew.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the premiere, there will be a Q&amp;A where audiences can engage in an insightful discussion with the film&rsquo;s cast and crew. An additional screening as part of the festival will take place at 4:30 pm on Saturday, April 19th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s other titles at Ecrans Du Sud include Mohamed Kordofani&rsquo;s Sudanese masterpiece GOODBYE JULIA, screening at 6 pm on Sunday, April 13th, and Mo Mo Harawe&rsquo;s first Somali-shot feature selected for Cannes, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which will screen at 8 pm on the same day.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also to be featured at the festival is Amr Gamal&rsquo;s brilliant Yemeni drama THE BURDENED, scheduled for 7 pm on Wednesday, April 16th, and Amjad Al-Rasheed&rsquo;s acclaimed Jordanian feature INSHALLAH A BOY, screening at 8:30 pm on Thursday, April 17th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed and co-written by Sylvie Ballyot alongside Fida Bizri, GREEN LINE is a unique animated documentary that reconstructs Fida&rsquo;s turbulent upbringing during the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990 using miniature sets of Beirut and figurines. Through these models, Fida confronts the ex-militiamen who operated during her 1980s childhood in West Beirut&mdash;militiamen who claimed to protect her but instead instilled fear.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film combines personal narrative with striking visuals, offering historical insight through interviews with fighters from various factions, providing diverse perspectives on the conflict. This emotional journey revisits the past in a way that resonates deeply with audiences, blending memory and history.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other news, inspired by her film GREENLINE, Sylvie Ballyot will hold an exhibition titled IN BETWEEN WORLDS, at 3 pm on Sunday, April 13th, at Beit Beirut (formerly the Barakat Building), as part of the Hakili exhibition, running until the end of June.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to see the models featured in the film up close, as well as view previously unseen excerpts depicting encounters between civilians and a former fighter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, IN BETWEEN WORLDS invites us to dive into our memories and connect with them, as well as with Teta, Daniel, Um Ghassan, and Nassim, through messages that any visitor can leave for them.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film world premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, winning two awards: The Mubi Award for a Promising Debut Feature and the Cinema &amp; Giovent&ugrave; First Prize. It has since screened at numerous festivals worldwide, including the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Festival International du Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier (Cinemed), Marrakech International Film Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it won the Atlas Distribution Award, &Eacute;tats G&eacute;n&eacute;raux Du Film Documentaire &ndash; Lussas, Cinema Du Reel Film Festival</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, and Ismailia International Film Festival, where it won Best Feature Film.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GREEN LINE is a French-Lebanese co-production between C&eacute;line Loiseau&rsquo;s TS Productions, Jean-Laurent Csinidis&rsquo;s Films du Force Majeure, and Luc Camilli&rsquo;s Xbox Films.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Arabic-speaking territories, the film is distributed by MAD Distribution, while MAD WORLD handles its worldwide sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A graduate of the F&eacute;mis Film School in Paris, Sylvie Ballyot directed several shorts and medium-length fiction films that explore love and family relationships, including ALICE, TEL P&Egrave;RE TELLE FILLE &mdash; selected for the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors&rsquo; Fortnight in 2007&mdash; MOI TOUT SEUL, and the award-winning 2008 documentary LOVE AND WORDS ARE POLITICS that was shot in Yemen.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to directing and co-writing GREEN LINE, Ballyot also lensed the film, alongside B&eacute;atrice Kordon, co-edited the film along with Charlotte Tourr&egrave;s, and also composed the music, along with Luc Meilland.</span>', '795834032'),
(783, 'After nearly a decade, Egypt touches down at Cannes’ with AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY', 'Egypt returns to Cannes’ Un Certain Regard after 9 years with AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY', '2025-04-10', 'image00001.jpeg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a triumphant breakthrough for Egyptian cinema, Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY &mdash; a gripping thriller set in Cairo\'s underworld &mdash; is due to compete as part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 78th edition of the world-renowned festival will run from May 13th to the 24th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Morad Mostafa, the milestone marks Egypt&rsquo;s first participation in the festival&rsquo;s second-most prominent competition in almost a decade since the 2016 film CLASH.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY follows the story of Aisha, a Sudanese girl living in the working-class neighborhood of Ain Shams, which hosts a large community of African migrants. When Aisha runs into trouble in her job as a caretaker, she finds herself hard-pressed to curry favor with Zuka &mdash; a gang member who controls the area &mdash; in exchange for her protection.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan, the film has garnered significant support; including grants from the Doha Film Institute, Cultural Resource Fund, El Gouna Film Festival, Locarno Academy, Cannes&rsquo; Cin&eacute;fondation and La Fabrique des Cin&eacute;mas du Monde, and Montpellier M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e M&eacute;tropole. It also notably swept a top award at Red Sea Lodge, five at Venice&rsquo;s Final Cut, as well as the Atlas Award at Marrakech International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creative team behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY features several returning faces from Mostafa&rsquo;s I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, including cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on last year&rsquo;s Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which also made its way to Toronto; production designer Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS; costume designer Nayera Eldahshoury; sound engineer Mostafa Shaban; and editor Mohamed Mamdouh.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is co-produced by Sawsan Youssef of Bonanza Films, alongside Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Shaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Amjad Abu Alala, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Ahmed Amer of A.A. Films, May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Co-Origins, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, as well as Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza &mdash; in his first feature-length appearance &mdash; Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian film director born in Cairo in 1988 who worked as an assistant director in the film industry for over ten years. He\'s also a graduate of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, Locarno Academy, and Cin&eacute;fondation Cannes, and has been named one of the Arab Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International Magazine in 2023. Last year, he was chosen as one of the top 100 influential cinema personalities in the Middle East in an annual list published by the Arab Cinema Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostafa has also participated in several international jury panels, the most recent of which was at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is most known for writing and directing WARD\'S HENNA PARTY, WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM, KHADIGA, and I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, all of which were selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; the most important short film festival in the world. These films have been screened at over 400 festivals worldwide and have won around 150 local and international awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 77th Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics\' Week, where it won the Rail d\'Or. It also participated in the Locarno International Film Festival and made it to the shortlist of the C&eacute;sar Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, won the Final Cut Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and will have its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard.</span>', '135927903'),
(784, 'The stars of Ameer Fakher Eldin’s YUNAN win big in the glittering city of Hong Kong', 'Lead actors of Ameer Fakher Eldin’s YUNAN win awards at the 49th Hong Kong International Film Festival', '2025-04-24', '202507003_1-H-2025.webp', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrian director Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s YUNAN brings a story set on a lofty windswept island, to the 49th edition of Hong Kong\'s renowned International Film Festival, where leading actors George Khabbaz and Hanna Schygula won Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. The festival was held from April 10th&nbsp; to the 21st.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festival jurist, speaking on their remarkable achievement, stated &ldquo;Georges Khabbaz&rsquo;s performance captures the alienation and ache of a lost soul yearning for the comfort of home. His nuanced portrayal reveals the inner turmoil of someone grappling with their identity in a foreign land, bringing emotional depth and authenticity to the character&rsquo;s struggle, while ​Hanna Schygulla&rsquo;s performance brings a warm, maternal presence to the film&mdash;offering comfort and tenderness in an otherwise harsh world. Her delightful humour adds a spark of levity, while her grounded strength asserts itself in a predominantly male environment. The result is a beautifully cohesive and emotionally resonant portrayal.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN, the second film in Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s HOME trilogy, continues his exploration of estrangement that began with his award-winning 2021 debut, THE STRANGER. The film follows a disillusioned Arab writer living in exile in Hamburg who travels to a remote North Sea island with thoughts of ending his life. There, he meets an elderly woman whose quiet humanity reawakens his will to live.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In reviews, Christoph Petersen of Filmstarts noted how actor George Khabbaz aptly conveyed a sense of sorrow, while Hauvick Hab&eacute;chian, writing of Independent Arabia, highlighted Schygulla&rsquo;s enduring legacy as an icon of German cinema.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and edited by Fakher Eldin, YUNAN is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production with additional support from Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The cast includes Lebanese star George Khabbaz of Oscar-nominated CAPERNAUM, German actress Hanna Schygulla, Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman of PARADISE NOW, and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Thomas Wlaschiha. The film features a score by Suad Bushnaq, cinematography by Ronald Plante, and production design by Marie-Luise Balzer.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ameer Fakher Eldin is a Syrian director and writer based in Hamburg, Germany. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1991 to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His planned trilogy&rsquo;s first film, THE STRANGER, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Edipo Re Award.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film then went on to screen at the Cairo International Film Festival &mdash; where it won the Shadi Abdel-Salam Award for Best Film in the Critics&rsquo; Week Competition as well as Best Arab Film &mdash; along with the Durban, Melbourne, Hamburg, Vancouver, Sydney, and Valencia film festivals. It was also selected to be Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and won the award for Best Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Fakher Eldin is working on the final installment, NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN ITS FIRST CHAPTERS which is a joint international production between Syria, Palestine, Germany, and Italy and was awarded the Red Sea Fund for Development.</span>', '297870190'),
(785, 'Erige Sehiri returns to Cannes with PROMISED SKY', 'Erige Sehiri\'s PROMISED SKY to opens 78th Cannes’ Un Certain Regard', '2025-04-30', 'MEJ_Photogrammes_00196554235.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s PROMISED SKY will open this year&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard at the 78th Festival de Cannes. The festival will run from May 13th to the 24th, and the film will be screened following the Un Certain Regard Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, May 14th, with the ceremony scheduled to begin at 7 pm. This marks an exciting start for the film, which brings a powerful and moving story to the global stage.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This marks Sehiri&rsquo;s second appearance at Cannes after her breakout debut UNDER THE FIG TREES, which premiered in Directors&rsquo; Fortnight in 2022 and was later selected as Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 95th Academy Awards. With a background in journalism and documentary, Sehiri has become known for blending realism with deeply personal narratives that resonate across borders.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of real events in Tunisia, PROMISED SKY explores &mdash; through a quiet yet powerful lens &mdash; the tension and solidarity that emerge in times of crisis. &ldquo;What interests me most is moving beyond the migrant archetype by creating characters who feel real, complex, unexpected, and capable of challenging the audience,&rdquo; says director Erige Sehiri.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist who lives in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, PROMISED SKY is directed and co-produced by Erige Sehiri, produced by Didar Domehri, lensed by Frida Marzouk, who has worked with Sehiri before on UNDER THE FIG TREES and was involved in all the JOHN WICK movies. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond filmmaking, Sehiri has long been active in media and civil society. She co-founded INKYFADA, a digital platform for investigative journalism, and the Tunisian NGO Al Khatt, which advocates for press freedom and media literacy. She is also a founding member of Rawiyat&ndash;Sisters in Film, a collective supporting women filmmakers from the Arab world and its diaspora.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With PROMISED SKY, Sehiri cements her voice as one of the most urgent and humanistic storytellers in contemporary Arab cinema&mdash;returning to Cannes with a film that speaks directly to the world&rsquo;s most pressing realities.</span>', '1639374126'),
(786, 'On a Roll: Palestinian film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! wins in Beirut and Malmö', 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! wins Best Feature at Beirut Women and Best Screenplay at Malmö', '2025-05-05', '1434591_tyfbwustill_443536.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Laila Abbas&rsquo; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! notably took home two back-to-back awards, winning Best Fiction Feature at the eighth Beirut International Women Film Festival (April 27th - May 3rd), as well as Best Screenplay at Sweden&rsquo;s 15th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival (April 29th - May 5th).&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a sister-heist comedy with a dose of social commentary.&nbsp; It stars Yasmine Al-Masri, Clara Khoury, Kamil Al-Basha, and Ashraf Barhoum. A joint Palestinian-German-Qatari production &mdash; with the acclaimed Hanna Atalla on board as a producer &mdash; the film tells the tale of Mariam and Noura, whose father passes away, leaving behind a substantial inheritance. The sisters plot to claim the fortune before their brother learns of their father\'s death, as he is legally entitled to half the inheritance; a reality the sisters perceive as unjust.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on her film, director Abbas states, &ldquo;A heist film? A thriller? A familial drama? A comedy? My film is all of these; its story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the film embarked on an extensive festival run, premiering globally at the BFI London Film Festival before screening at over 15 international festivals. Along the way, it earned a slew of awards, including a Golden Star at Egypt&rsquo;s&nbsp; El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film at China&rsquo;s Golden Rooster Awards, and a Silver Alexander for Best Director at Greece&rsquo;s Thessaloniki Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already quite the busy month for the film, it recently screened to eager audiences at Zawya Cinema, Cairo&rsquo;s designated art-house cinema hotspot, for the second consecutive week.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer, and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film and TV production at the Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2013, she made a splash with her documentary ICE &amp; DUST, which followed a young Palestinian woman who crossed the Atlantic to search for a better life in Canada. She also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University. Abbas founded the production company Young Oak Productions, and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival&rsquo;s Berlinale Talents Program to nurture emerging filmmakers.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanna Atallah is a filmmaker, producer, and cultural art manager based between Berlin and Jerusalem known for his work on UPSHOT &mdash; which world premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film Award and the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film &mdash; A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM, and STANDING ON THE WIND.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the creation of the non-profit organization Filmlab Palestine in 2014 located in Ramallah, Atallah developed a platform to activate cinema culture and professional knowledge exchange in Palestine that opened the door for a regional and international network for Palestinian film professionals.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laila Abbas &mdash; a 2019 Berlinale Talents alumnus &mdash; is a Palestinian filmmaker and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and film &amp; TV production at Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship. In 2013, she released her acclaimed film ICE &amp; DUST then worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University.</span>', '638611964'),
(787, 'Netting awards left, right, front, and center; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! wins at Houston', 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! wins Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at Houston Palestine Film Festival ', '2025-05-06', 'ThankYou_Stills-Editorial_HD_14.jpg', 'In the latest of its consecutive wins, Laila Abbas&rsquo; THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Houston Palestine Film Festival, which comes after recent wins at both the Beirut International Women Film Festival and the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, garnering Best Fiction Feature and Best Screenplay, respectively.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This comes as the film enjoys an extended second week of screening at Zawya Cinema, Cairo&rsquo;s designated art-house cinema hotspot.\r<br/><br />THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a sister-heist comedy with a dose of social commentary. &nbsp;It stars Yasmine Al-Masri, Clara Khoury, Kamil Al-Basha, and Ashraf Barhoum. A joint Palestinian-German-Qatari production &mdash; with the acclaimed Hanna Atalla on board as a producer &mdash; the film tells the tale of Mariam and Noura, whose father passes away, leaving behind a substantial inheritance. The sisters plot to claim the fortune before their brother learns of their father\'s death, as he is legally entitled to half the inheritance; a reality the sisters perceive as unjust.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Speaking on her film, director Abbas states, &ldquo;A heist film? A thriller? A familial drama? A comedy? My film is all of these; its story is about womanhood and the need for women to stay close emotionally and physically to triumph.&rdquo;\r<br/><br />Notably, the film embarked on an extensive festival run, premiering globally at the BFI London Film Festival before screening at over 15 international festivals. Along the way, it earned a slew of awards, including a Golden Star at Egypt&rsquo;s El Gouna Film Festival, Best Film at China&rsquo;s Golden Rooster Awards, and a Silver Alexander for Best Director at Greece&rsquo;s Thessaloniki Film Festival. It now adds three more to the collection.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer, and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film and TV production at the Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />In 2013, she made a splash with her documentary ICE &amp; DUST, which followed a young Palestinian woman who crossed the Atlantic to search for a better life in Canada. She also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Alquds University. Abbas founded the production company Young Oak Productions, and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival&rsquo;s Berlinale Talents Program to nurture emerging filmmakers.\r<br/><br />Hanna Atallah is a filmmaker, producer, and cultural art manager based between Berlin and Jerusalem known for his work on UPSHOT &mdash; which world premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film Award and the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film &mdash; A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM, and STANDING ON THE WIND.\r<br/><br />With the creation of the non-profit organization Filmlab Palestine in 2014 located in Ramallah, Atallah developed a platform to activate cinema culture and professional knowledge exchange in Palestine that opened the door for a regional and international network for Palestinian film professionals.', '1248829965');
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(788, 'Here are your 4 chances to see it ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA at Cannes!', 'Tarzan and Arab Nasser’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA to screen 4 times at 78th Cannes', '2025-05-13', 'once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-main-still.jpg', 'Tarzan and Arab Nasser&rsquo;s dark comedy ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is set to screen not once but four times as part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard, running from May 13th to the 24th.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />The film is scheduled to hold its world premiere at 11 am on May 19th at Salle Debussy. From thereon, the film will screen thrice more, once on the following day at 1:15 pm at Salle Bazin, again at 2 pm on the same day at Cinema Aurore, and finally at 9:15 am on May 21st at Cineum Screen X. &nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal &nbsp;with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services ( Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire. <br />&nbsp; <br />Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988. In 2013, their short film CONDOM LEAD was selected for the Main Competition at Cannes. Their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, also premiered as part of Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Horizons Program of the Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.&nbsp;', '1324762283'),
(789, 'PROMISED SKY’s Cannes Premiere has Got Everyone Talking!', 'Erige Sehiri’s Un Certain Regard Opener PROMISED SKY Gets a 15-Minute Standing Ovation', '2025-05-15', 'premiere-of--promised-sky.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY, Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s powerful new film, held its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival as the Opening Film of the Un Certain Regard to rapturous applause.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The screening took place at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, May 14th, at the iconic Salle Debussy, and from the moment the lights went down, PROMISED SKY made an impact, earning praise for its compelling narrative, strong performances, and powerful portrayal of feminine strength both on and off-screen, all of which garnered a 15-minute standing ovation &mdash; not a polite gesture, but a full-body release of emotion, energy, and awe.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even before the first frame, something electric was in the air. The full team walked the red carpet together &mdash; cast, crew, producers &mdash; united, proud, and glowing with purpose. Leading actresses A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, and rising star Deborah Lobe Naney stunned with their presence. Mohamed Grayaa, a legend of Tunisian cinema, also joined the celebration. Frida Marzouk, the film&rsquo;s cinematographer, arrived to well-earned attention, her work already being called &ldquo;poetic, powerful, and quietly radical.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Sehiri took the stage. Wearing a pin of the Palestinian flag &mdash; a quiet yet bold gesture &mdash; she stood in solidarity with those whose humanity is so often questioned. Brave, composed, and clearly moved, she delivered a speech that was equal parts gratitude and conviction. She thanked the Cannes team, her cast and crew, and wished all the other filmmakers the success they deserve. &ldquo;I am proud, and full of love for every single person who made this film with me,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I hope every film, in its own way, contributes to ending the dehumanization of the other.&rdquo; And to the audience, who had just witnessed the emotional journey she created, she closed with a heartfelt thank you.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has already garnered significant attention, with critics absolutely buzzing about its impact. The world premiere sparked immediate excitement, and early reviews have only fueled the buzz. </span><a href=\"https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/promised-sky-review-follow-up-to-under-the-fig-trees-opens-un-certain-regard/5204754.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screen Daily</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> summed it up perfectly, saying, &ldquo;Promised Sky becomes a bittersweet celebration of endurance and sacrifice, with notable newcomer Deborah Lobe giving a winning performance as a vibrant spirit, determined to survive everything that life throws at her.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outlet also praised Sehiri for shaping &ldquo;the story around the individual and collective challenges faced by the women.&rdquo;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, </span><a href=\"https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/477481/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cineuropa</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lauded the film\'s profound human depth, noting that &ldquo;Erige Sehiri wins viewers over with an incredibly human film, placing focus on an endearing trio of women from sub-Saharan Africa living in Tunis and developing a growing awareness of the world.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also said PROMISED SKY was &ldquo;wonderfully paced and endowed with an incredibly fluid sense of movement and varied d&eacute;cor,&rdquo; and &ldquo;slowly and skilfully lifts the veil on the different sides of its three protagonists.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These early reviews only confirm what was clear from the start: PROMISED SKY is a film that captivates and leaves a lasting impression. With its powerful performances and heartfelt storytelling, Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s latest work is already making waves and will undoubtedly continue to resonate with audiences worldwide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist who lives in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn&rsquo;t Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s first time at Cannes,her debut feature, UNDER THE FIG TREES, made waves in 2022. Now, she&rsquo;s back with PROMISED SKY, a story that resonates just as deeply. Directed and co-produced by Sehiri, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk (known for her work on John Wick), PROMISED SKY is a film that stays with you long after the credits roll.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those attending the festival, PROMISED SKY will have additional screenings. It will be shown again at 8:30 am on Thursday, May 15th, at Salle Debussy, 11:30 am at Licorne, and 5:15 pm at Cineum Imax. The final screening will take place at 2:15 pm on Friday, May 16th at Cineum Aurore.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY is produced by Didar Domehri and Erige Sehiri under Maneki Films and Henia Production. Distribution is handled by MAD Distribution in the Arab world, Jour2F&ecirc;te in France, and international sales are led by Luxbox, ensuring this powerful story finds its place on screens around the globe.</span>', '763969396'),
(790, 'Get your first good look at the Cannes contender AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY!', 'MAD Solutions drops teaser trailer for AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY ahead of Cannes premiere', '2025-05-15', 'Aisha-Cant-Fly-Away-Main-Still.jpg', 'Pan-Arab entertainment powerhouse MAD Solutions just released the teaser for Morad Mostafa\'s highly anticipated film, AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, on the company\'s Instagram page, MAD Films, along with global entertainment news website IndieWire, ahead of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (running from May 13th to the 24th). <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />The film, which is the first Egyptian film in Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard in close to a decade, is set to hold seven official screenings throughout the runtime of the festival.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />Aside from the market screenings at 9:15 am on Thursday, May 15th at PALAIS H and 1:30 pm on Saturday, May 17th at PALAIS J, AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY is set to world premiere at 11 am on Tuesday, May 20th at Salle Debussy in the presence of director Morad Mostafa, producer Sawsan Yusuf, DOP Mostafa El Kashef, and film leads Buliana Simon and Ziad Zaza. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />After that, it&rsquo;s expected to screen three more times on Wednesday, May 21st &mdash; once at 1 pm in Agn&egrave;s Varda Hall, another at 1:30 pm in Screen X Cinema, and the third at 1:30 pm in Licorne Hall. It&rsquo;s also set to screen one last time at 9:15 am on Thursday, May 22nd, at Cinema Cineum Hall 3. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />The film follows the story of Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in Cairo, who navigates the complexities of her life amidst the tension between African migrants and local gangs. The film delves into themes of belonging, survival, and the pursuit of dreams in the face of adversity. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />Director Morad Mostafa shares that &ldquo;AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY is not just a migration story; it is a universal tale about the sense of belonging and the need to be seen. It explores the loneliness of the ostracized, who are constantly in survival mode, yet still dare to dream and find light in the darkest of places.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />The film stars Buliana Simon, Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza, Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh. It is written by Morad Mostafa, Sawsan Youssef, and Mohamed Abdelader, with cinematography by Mostafa El Kashef, art direction by Eman Elelaby, costume design by Nayera Eldahshoury, and editing by Mohamed Mamdouh. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />The film is produced by Morad Mostafa and Sawsan Youssef\'s Bonanza Films, alongside co-producers Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Shaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, Ahmed Amer of A. A. Films, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales &mdash; May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Coorigins, Abellelah Al Ahmary of Arabia Pictures, as well as associate producer Amjad Abu Alala. <br />&nbsp; <br /><br />No stranger to Cannes, Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian director with an impressive repertoire of experience under his belt; working on several independent films, including Aytin Amin&rsquo;s SOUAD &mdash; serving as a first assistant director &mdash; which was an official selection of both the Cannes and Berlin international film festivals. An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, and Locarno Academy, Mostafa wrote and directed three short films, all of which were selected in Clermont-Ferrand over three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide, winning several awards. His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 2023 edition of Cannes&rsquo; Critics Week and the C&eacute;sar Awards.', '920119771'),
(791, '', 'Catch the Opening Film of Un Certain Regard: PROMISED SKY Screening Times at Cannes!', '2025-05-14', 'PROMIS_VIERGE2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY, the new film by Erige Sehiri, has been selected as the Opening Film for the Un Certain Regard section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. It will have its World Premiere on Wednesday, May 14 at 19:00 in Salle Debussy, one of the festival&rsquo;s most prestigious venues.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;re at Cannes, you definitely don&rsquo;t want to miss PROMISED SKY. The film will also be screening on Thursday, May 15 at 08:30 in Salle Debussy and 17:15 at Cineum Imax, with a final screening on Friday, May 16 at 14:15 in Cineum Aurore.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist who lives in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the success of Shiri\'s first feature UNDER THE FIG TREES, which was selected for the 54th Directors\' Fortnight and even represented Tunisia at the Oscars, Erige Sehiri is back with another powerful story that blends documentary-style realism with a compelling narrative. Directed and co-produced by Sehiri, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk, who also worked on John Wick, PROMISED SKY is a cinematic experience you won&rsquo;t forget.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Mohamed Grayaa, PROMISED SKY is produced by Didar Domehri and distributed in the Arab world by MAD Distribution. In addition to her filmmaking career, Sehiri is an advocate for media literacy and freedom of expression. She co-founded the media outlet INKYFADA and the NGO Al KHATT, and is a founding member of Rawiyat&ndash;Sisters in Film, a collective supporting women filmmakers across the Arab world.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s PROMISED SKY is sure to make waves, and its Cannes premiere is one you won&rsquo;t want to miss!</span>', '1445682476'),
(792, '', 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA  holds a successful world premiere at 78th Cannes', '2025-05-19', 'once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-main-still12.jpg', 'Tarzan and Arab Nasser&rsquo;s highly anticipated comedy-drama&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;world premiered on May 19th to resounding applause as part of the Uncertain Regard of the prestigious 78th Cannes Film Festival, captivating audiences and critics alike.\r<br/><br />Screened at the elegant Salle Debussy, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA was also met with a standing ovation and garnered widespread praise for its thought-provoking storytelling, powerful performances, and sharp humor, with twin directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser expressing heartfelt gratitude to the film&rsquo;s cast and crew for making it all possible.\r<br/><br />They also said, &ldquo;There are no words to express our feelings as Gazans. After more than a year, Gaza is enduring the most horrific genocide in modern history... Israel has killed more than 60,000 Gazans, and the killings continue every day. I don&rsquo;t know if we can keep speaking after this prolonged period of genocide, but silence is a crime.&rdquo; <br />&ldquo;We hope this genocide ends soon. My family and friends are there. By the way, we have two brothers who just survived and managed to escape from the North of Gaza, which they never left since the beginning of the war. The details are truly horrific. One day, this genocide will stop, and when we hear the details and stories, it will be a great shame on humanity,&rdquo; they added.\r<br/><br />The world premiere was attended by the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, including lead actors Nader Abd Alhay and Majd Eid. Also present at the screening were several renowned talents from across the Arab World, including producer Ahmed Amer, director Ameer Fakher Eldin, director Morad Mostafa, producer Dorra Bouchoucha, and celebrated actor Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, along with all the producers and co-producers who played a vital role in bringing this cinematic masterpiece to life. <br />Critics were also quick to write about the film, with Bahraini critic Tareq Al-Bahar stating in Al-Bilad news website, \"With ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, Tarzan and Arab Nasser demonstrate their masterful use of cinematic techniques in a stunning and, at times, lyrical film, showcasing their dynamic camerawork and captivating lighting.\" <br />The film will screen thrice more, once on May 20th at 1:15 pm at Salle Bazin, again at 2 pm on the same day at Cinema Aurore, and finally at 9:15 am on May 21st at Cineum Screen X.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego. <br /><br />An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/><br />Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/><br />Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/><br />MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.\r<br/><br />Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire.\r<br/><br />Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988. In 2013, their short film CONDOM LEAD was selected for the Main Competition at Cannes. Their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, also premiered as part of Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Horizons Program of the Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.', '383454317'),
(793, '', 'AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY premieres at 78th Cannes', '2025-05-20', 'AISHA premieres at 78th Cannes.jpg', 'AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY held a successful world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 20th, as part of the Un Certain Regard, with festival attendees, celebrities, and media personalities rushing ticketing booths over the past few days to secure their seats in any of the film&rsquo;s four screenings throughout the festival. <br /><br />The film also earned an extended round of rapturous applause along with a well-deserved standing ovation.<br />Attending the premiere alongside the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, director Morad Mostafa expressed how humbled he was to be at Cannes again before the film&rsquo;s screening, stressing that he wouldn&rsquo;t have made it this far as a director &ldquo;without the Egyptian film industry,&rdquo; and that he is &ldquo;very proud to be representing Egypt in the official selection of Cannes this year.&rdquo; He also thanked the film&rsquo;s co-producers, crew, along with &ldquo;paying a special tribute&rdquo; to the film&rsquo;s producer and his partner, Sawsan Yusuf. <br /><br />On stage with him were film stars Buliana Simon and Ziad Zaza&rsquo; producers Yusuf, Dora Bouchoucha, Sherif Fathy, Ahmed Amer, Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab; and crew members Mohamed Mamdouh and Mostafa Kashef. <br /><br />The film is set to have three additional screenings during the festival: two on Wednesday, May 21st, at 1 pm (Agnes Varda Hall) and 1:30 pm (Cin&eacute;ma ScreenX), followed by a third on Thursday, May 22th, at 9:15 am (Cin&eacute;um Salle 3).<br />Directed by Morad Mostafa, the premiere of the film marks Egypt&rsquo;s first participation in Un Certain Regard since the 2016 film CLASH by Mohamed Diab, almost a decade prior. <br /><br />Aisha is a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys so that they can rob them. <br /><br />A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan, the film has garnered significant support, including grants from the Doha Film Institute, Cultural Resource Fund, El Gouna Film Festival, Locarno Academy, Cannes&rsquo; Cin&eacute;fondation and La Fabrique des Cin&eacute;mas du Monde, and Montpellier M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e M&eacute;tropole. It also notably swept a top award at Red Sea Lodge, five at Venice&rsquo;s Final Cut, as well as the Atlas Award at Marrakech International Film Festival. <br /><br />The creative team behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY features several returning faces from Mostafa&rsquo;s I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, including cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on last year&rsquo;s Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which also made its way to Toronto; production designer Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS; costume designer Nayera Eldahshoury; sound engineer Mostafa Shaban; and editor Mohamed Mamdouh. <br /><br />Produced by Sawsan Yusuf&rsquo;s Bonanza Films, the film is co-produced alongside Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Shaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, Ahmed Amer of A. A. Films, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales&mdash; May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Coorigins, Abellelah Al Ahmary of Arabia Pictures, and associate producer Amjad Abu Alala. <br /><br />AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza &mdash; in his first feature-length appearance &mdash; Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh. <br /><br />Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian film director born in Cairo in 1988 who worked as an assistant director in the film industry for over ten years. He\'s also a graduate of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, Locarno Academy, and Cin&eacute;fondation Cannes, and has been named one of the Arab Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International Magazine in 2023. Last year, he was chosen as one of the top 100 influential cinema personalities in the Middle East in an annual list published by the Arab Cinema Center. <br /><br />Mostafa has also participated in several international jury panels, the most recent of which was at the Cairo International Film Festival. <br /><br />He is most known for writing and directing WARD\'S HENNA PARTY, WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM, KHADIGA, and I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, all of which were selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; the most important short film festival in the world. These films have been screened at over 400 festivals worldwide and have won around 150 local and international awards. <br /><br />His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 77th Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics\' Week, where it won the Rail d\'Or. It also participated in the Locarno International Film Festival and made it to the shortlist of the C&eacute;sar Awards.<br />His first feature film, AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, won the Final Cut Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and will have its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard.', '748094878'),
(794, 'Moroccan short AICHA is getting its start at Poland’s Krakow', 'Sanaa El Alaoui AICHA to world premiere at 65th Krakow Film Festival', '2025-05-24', 'aisha-still.jpg', 'AICHA, a short film by Sanaa El Alaoui, is poised to world premiere as part of the Short Film Competition of the Krakow Film Festival &mdash; one of Europe\'s oldest events dedicated to showcasing film in all its forms. Held continuously since 1961, the 65th edition of this time-honored festival is due to run from May 25th to April 1st.&nbsp; <br /><br />A once emotionally distant mother joins a mystical ceremony to face her grief and the lost bond with her 17-year-old daughter after the latter&rsquo;s life takes a tragic turn. <br /><br />Speaking on her featurette, Alaoui stated, &ldquo;Watching AICHA breaks the illusion of time&rsquo;s linearity, allowing you to see life and death unfold simultaneously&rdquo;, further adding that, &ldquo;Trauma shatters our perception of time and space; it reshapes our identities. It offers us either the chance to let go or to be reborn, and that is the journey of the daughter and her mother.&rdquo;<br />Starring Hind Dafer, Manal Bennani, Mohamed Amine Kihal, Sanaa El Alaoui, Kenza Fridou, Soumia Belkaria, and Mustapha Rachdi, AICHA is written and directed by Sanaa El Alaoui, produced by Piotr Kaczorowski, shot by Oskar Jan Kr&oacute;l, edited by Michał Buczek, and animated by Tomek Popakul &amp; Kasumi Ozeki. The film is distributed across Arab-speaking territories by MAD Distribution while its international sales are handled by MAD World. <br /><br />Moroccan director and screenwriter Sanaa El-Alaoui is a graduate of E&ouml;tv&ouml;s Lor&aacute;nd University in Budapest, where her research on the art of the long take in film earned her the Best Thesis of the Year Award, and the University of Oxford, where she explored the evolution of Moroccan cinema from its colonial past to the post-colonial present.&nbsp; <br /><br />El-Alaoui made her directorial debut with ICARUS &mdash; a Hungarian short documentary that received widespread acclaim, winning the Bronze Award for Best Short Documentary at the fourth Quarter of the Queen Palm International Film Festival in California, Best Short Documentary at the International Film Festival of Oued Noun, Grand Prize for Best Short Film at the National Film Festival of Cinema of the Margin in Guercif, and Jury Award for Best Short Film at the International Film Festival of Casablanca.', '720219292'),
(795, '', 'QAHER to world premiere at Krakow Film Festival', '2025-05-25', 'Qaher-stills.jpg', 'Debuting at home, Nada Khalifa&rsquo;s Polish-Palestinian short on the challenges to freedom of movement faced by Palestinians at home,&nbsp;QAHER, is set to hold its world premiere as part of the National Competition of Poland&rsquo;s 65th Krakow Film Festival, running from May 25th to June 1st. <br />&nbsp; <br />Filmed on the first day of the genocide in Palestine, Qaher follows Jason, a Canadian Palestinian returning to Palestine after years to surprise his sister with an unconventional gift in the form of a goat &mdash; a traditional offering for his newborn nephew. Upon Jason&rsquo;s homecoming, he rediscovers the true meaning of his homeland and identity once more. <br />&nbsp; <br />Speaking on the film&rsquo;s inspiration, Khalifa explained, &ldquo;In Palestine, Israeli checkpoints are a part of our daily existence, randomly blocking roads, denying movement, and dictating our lives. I once found myself waiting at one of these checkpoints, as I had countless times before.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />&ldquo;But this time, I watched as a stray dog casually crossed the border. And at that moment, a question burned in my mind, &lsquo;Why does this dog have more freedom than I will ever have?&rsquo; That thought became the foundation of QAHER &mdash; a film about the most fundamental and basic human right: The freedom of movement.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />Starring Nabil Al-Raee, Fadi Al-Ghoul, Odai Al-Saeedi, and Adel Al-Ghoul, QAHER is directed by Nada Khalifa, produced by Maciej Ślesicki, lensed by Oscar&nbsp;Lui, sound mixed by Denys Reva and Rami Talgi, edited by Hossam Hilmy, and scored by hip Egyptian music producer Sulisizer. The film is distributed across Arab-speaking territories by MAD Distribution while its international sales are handled by MAD World. <br />&nbsp; <br />Nada Khalifa is a Palestinian filmmaker whose early life was deeply influenced by the realities of living under occupation. Inspired by the resilience of her people, Nada always knew that art and film would be her medium to share these stories with the world. <br />&nbsp; <br />Nada&rsquo;s early filmmaking beginnings sprouted from Shashat Women&rsquo;s Cinema in Palestine &mdash; an organization that nurtured her talent and helped her take her first steps, where she is now a board member. <br />&nbsp; <br />Nada&rsquo;s most recent film was shot in Palestine during the first day of the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Left trapped and unable to escape, the experience strengthened her resolve to share a wider picture of Palestine with the world. <br />&nbsp; <br />Her work focuses on themes of social injustice, resilience, and the unyielding nature of the human spirit; in a pursuit to bring untold narratives to the forefront of global cinema.', '1578202725'),
(796, '', 'GHOST TRAIL and SUDAN, REMEMBER US  Extended for Second Week at Zawya', '2025-05-22', 'GHOST-TRAIL-and-SUDAN-REMEMBER-US--.jpg', 'Screenings of&nbsp;GHOST TRAIL&nbsp;by Jonathan Millet and&nbsp;SUDAN, REMEMBER US,&nbsp;Hind Meddeb will continue for a second week at Zawya Cinema in Cairo due to high public demand and sold-out sessions. <br />&nbsp; <br />GHOST TRAIL&nbsp;is based on the true story of a secret group that hunted down the regime&rsquo;s fugitive leaders. The film starts off in Syria and follows Hamid, who joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation. <br />&nbsp; <br />Screening Times &ndash; Ghost Trail: <br />Wednesday, May 21st &ndash; 4 pm <br />Thursday, May 22nd &ndash; 2 pm, 7 pm <br />Friday, May 23rd &ndash; 4 pm, 9:30 pm <br />Saturday, May 24th &ndash; 4 pm <br />Sunday, May 25th &ndash; 2 pm <br />Monday, May 26th &ndash; 7 pm <br />Tuesday, May 27th &ndash; 4 pm, 9:30 pm <br />&nbsp; <br />A joint production between France and Syria, GHOST TRAIL stars acclaimed French Tunisian actor Adam Bessa, known for Netflix&rsquo;s EXTRACTION and EXTRACTION 2, and winner of the Best Actor Award at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard for HARKA, as well as Tawfeek Barhom, and Julia Franz Richter. <br />&nbsp; <br />Directed and co-written by Millet alongside Florence Rochat, GHOST TRAIL was lensed by Olivier Boonjing, edited by Laurent S&eacute;n&eacute;chal, and produced by Pauline Seigland and Philippe Logie. In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was produced by Films Grand Huit, Nikofilms, and H&eacute;licotronc, while MK2 handles the film&rsquo;s World sales and MAD Solutions handles its Arab World sales. <br />&nbsp; <br />SUDAN, REMEMBER US,&nbsp;directed by the award-winning filmmaker Hind Meddeb, is a poignant French-Tunisian co-production that offers a collective portrait of a generation fighting for freedom through words, poems, and chants. <br />&nbsp; <br />The documentary follows five young Sudanese political activists as they struggle to overthrow the country\'s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile. <br />&nbsp; <br />Screening Times &ndash; SUDAN, REMEMBER US: <br />Wednesday, May 21st &ndash; 9:30 pm <br />Friday, May 23rd &ndash; 2 pm <br />Saturday, May 24th &ndash; 7 pm <br />Sunday, May 25th &ndash; 9:30 pm <br />Monday, May 26th &ndash; 2 pm <br />&nbsp; <br />SUDAN, REMEMBER US is produced by Abel Nahmias of Echo Films, Blue Train Films\' Michel Zana and Alice Ormi&egrave;res, and My Way\'s Tao Guiga. The film is edited by Gladys Joujou, known for her work on acclaimed projects like THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, ALEXANDER, and BYE BYE TIBERIAS. Paris-based Dulac Distribution is handling the worldwide sales for this captivating documentary, while MAD Distribution is in charge of its distribution in the MENA region. <br />&nbsp; <br />Hind Meddeb is a French-Tunisian-Moroccan journalist and documentary film director who wrote and co-directed DE CASA AU PARADIS, ELECTRO CHAABI, and PARIS STALINGRAD, which won her the World Cinema Award for Best International Director at the Documentary Edge Festival. <br />&nbsp; <br />Don&rsquo;t miss the chance to see GHOST TRAIL and SUDAN, REMEMBER US at Zawya Cinema. With their extended runs due to high demand, these films are a must-see. Catch them while you can!', '948781702'),
(797, '', 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA  wins Best Director at Cannes', '2025-05-24', 'once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-award.jpg', 'Palestinian cinema celebrates a landmark achievement as Tarzan and Arab Nasser&rsquo;s comedy-drama&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;claims the prestigious Best Director award at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard section, where it world premiered to resounding applause, captivating audiences and critics alike. <br />&nbsp; <br />Commenting on this triumph, Palestinian twin directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser expressed their gratitude for the recognition and the support they received all the way through. <br />&nbsp; <br />Following its world premiere, the film garnered widespread acclaim from critics worldwide, with Clotilde Chinnici (Loud and Clear Reviews) describing it as \"Necessary and remarkable, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is a beautifully shot and politically significant film, especially relevant today.\" Meanwhile, Jonathan Romney (Screen Daily) praised its impact, stating, \"This taut, succinct film should win widespread attention following its bow in Un Certain Regard.\" <br />&nbsp; <br />Also, Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter described Once Upon a Time in Gaza as &ldquo;Small-scale yet broad in its implications, especially considering what&rsquo;s happened since October 7th,&rdquo; highlighting how the film &ldquo;touchingly portrays characters doing their best in a place that grants them few options and even fewer opportunities.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />This victory marks yet another milestone for the Nasser brothers at Cannes. Their short film CONDOM LEAD was selected for the Main Competition, while their debut feature D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute; premiered at Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is their second feature, following GAZA MON AMOUR, which world premiered in the Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Horizons Program and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards. <br />&nbsp; <br />ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego. <br />&nbsp; <br />An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. <br />&nbsp; <br />Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions. <br />&nbsp; <br />Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart). <br />&nbsp; <br />MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights. <br />&nbsp; <br />Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire.&nbsp;', '1198597604'),
(798, '', 'AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY continues to soar with glowing reviews following its Cannes premiere', '2025-05-22', '48dd2ebe-7442-4326-b802-eccd230ba26e.jpeg', 'Following its powerful world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard section,&nbsp;AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY&nbsp;by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa is earning widespread critical acclaim from international film critics and audiences alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, which received a standing ovation and multiple sold-out screenings at Cannes, is now being hailed as a poignant and visually arresting debut feature that cements Mostafa&rsquo;s place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary Arab cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Critics have praised the film&rsquo;s emotional depth, political resonance, and standout performances. Allan Hunter of ScreenDaily described it as &ldquo;an involving human drama focusing on the plight of the vulnerable caught in a world that seeks to exploit them,&rdquo; drawing comparisons to CITY OF GOD for its raw depiction of Cairo&rsquo;s underbelly and its &ldquo;feeling of a lawless frontier.&rdquo; He also commended Mostafa&rsquo;s ability to weave a broader political narrative into the film&rsquo;s backdrop through &ldquo;background news bulletins and the ongoing gang wars.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Sara Clements of Next Best Picture lauded the film&rsquo;s lead, Buliana Simon, for her &ldquo;haunting performance,&rdquo; noting that &ldquo;she communicates so much with her eyes alone that this could be a silent film, and we would be able to understand everything.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Clements also highlighted Mostafa&rsquo;s unique directorial voice, stating, &ldquo;Mostafa blends magical realism with naturalism and fantastical elements, transforming Aisha&rsquo;s quiet suffering into something almost mythic,&rdquo; and called the film &ldquo;a quiet storm &ndash; a slow-burning, relentless elegy to the women who live in the margins and walk among us unseen.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, Egyptian critic Ahmed Shawky wrote in Fasla about the film&rsquo;s importance in the Egyptian cinematic landscape, stating that &ldquo;At a time when Egyptian filmmakers are imposing the highest levels of self-censorship on themselves &mdash; fearing bans on the one hand and the guillotine of public backlash on the other &mdash; a young artist has come along to disrupt this sickly, safe balance and throw a stone into stagnant waters. A bloody, violent stone named AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s success at Cannes marks a significant milestone for Egyptian cinema, being the first Egyptian film selected for Un Certain Regard since Clash in 2016. With its compelling narrative, international co-production backing, and a creative team of acclaimed talents, AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY is poised to continue its festival journey with momentum and meaning.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the film continues to resonate with audiences and critics alike, AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY is not just a cinematic achievement &mdash; it&rsquo;s a powerful statement on identity, resilience, and the invisible lives that shape our cities.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY follows the titular Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighborhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys so that they can rob them.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan, the film has garnered significant support, including grants from the Doha Film Institute, Cultural Resource Fund, El Gouna Film Festival, Locarno Academy, Cannes&rsquo; Cin&eacute;fondation and La Fabrique des Cin&eacute;mas du Monde, and Montpellier M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e M&eacute;tropole. It also notably swept a top award at Red Sea Lodge, five at Venice&rsquo;s Final Cut, as well as the Atlas Award at Marrakech International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The creative team behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY features several returning faces from Mostafa&rsquo;s I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, including cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on last year&rsquo;s Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which also made its way to Toronto; production designer Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS; costume designer Nayera Eldahshoury; sound engineer Mostafa Shaban; and editor Mohamed Mamdouh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Sawsan Yusuf&rsquo;s Bonanza Films, the film is co-produced alongside Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Shaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, Ahmed Amer of A. A. Films, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales&mdash; May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Coorigins, Abellelah Al Ahmary of Arabia Pictures, and associate producer Amjad Abu Alala.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza &mdash; in his first feature-length appearance &mdash; Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian film director born in Cairo in 1988 who worked as an assistant director in the film industry for over ten years. He\'s also a graduate of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, Locarno Academy, and Cin&eacute;fondation Cannes, and has been named one of the Arab Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International Magazine in 2023. Last year, he was chosen as one of the top 100 influential cinema personalities in the Middle East in an annual list published by the Arab Cinema Center.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mostafa has also participated in several international jury panels, the most recent of which was at the Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He is most known for writing and directing WARD\'S HENNA PARTY, WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM, KHADIGA, and I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, all of which were selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; the most important short film festival in the world. These films have been screened at over 400 festivals worldwide and have won around 150 local and international awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His last short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 77th Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics\' Week, where it won the Rail d\'Or. It also participated in the Locarno International Film Festival and made it to the shortlist of the C&eacute;sar Awards.&nbsp;', '1075181041');
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(799, 'MAD Solutions sends a powerful slate of short films to Rotterdam Arab Film Festival', 'Six MAD films to screen at 25th Rotterdam Arab Film Festival', '2025-05-28', 'Six-MAD-films-to-screen-at-25th-Rotterdam.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Solutions, the leading film distribution and sales agency in the Arab world, is bringing six powerful short films to this year&rsquo;s Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, running from May 28th to June 1st.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD&rsquo;s lineup this year includes LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER, LOVE BITES, MADONNA, UPSHOT, NYA, and BORN A CELEBRITY &mdash; films from across the Arab region that explore themes like family, identity, freedom, and memory.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kicking things off is LAST NIGHTS OF SUMMER, which follows three cousins &mdash; Farah, Rana, and Leila &mdash; as they return to their childhood home in Jordan for one final time, two years after their grandfather&rsquo;s death.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Yasser, the film explores how time and distance reshape relationships. It stars Tara Emad, who also serves as executive producer, alongside Shahd El Shater and Farah Aboughattas, with cinematography by Mohamed Ashraf Koushi and music by Donia Wael.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following that is LOVE BITES, which centers on two brothers who clash over how to prepare their deceased sister&rsquo;s body after discovering love bites, risking a family scandal as mourners gather outside. The film stars Sedky Sakhr, Mahmoud Zain, Sohila Alanwar, Nadia Hassan, Mahmoud Yehia, Sara Alaaeldin, and Rowan Alaa Eldin, with cinematography by Moamen Alameldin and editing by Mohamed Mamdouh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next comes MADONNA, set in Egypt, where monastery abbots cover up the theft of an archaeological artifact, sparking tension between Father Maurice and Francis. Suspicion falls on the chef, Suad, whose daughter urgently needs surgery &mdash; but a dramatic twist soon changes everything. Directed by John Fareed Zaki and co-written with Abanoub Nabil, the film stars well-known actor Karim Kassem, Abd El-Aziz Makhyoun, and George Sassine, with cinematography by Filopater Morad and editing by Sara Abdullah.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving into darker, more psychological terrain, UPSHOT transports viewers to an isolated farm in Gaza, where Suleiman and Lubna live in retreat, haunted by personal loss. When a stranger arrives, the fragile reality they&rsquo;ve built begins to unravel. Directed by Maha Haj and produced across Palestine, Italy, and France, the film features powerhouse performances from Mohammed Bakri, Areen Omari, and Amer Hlehel, exploring themes of memory, grief, and confrontation.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shifting perspectives, NYA invites audiences into the innocent world of seven-year-old Anya, who navigates everyday joys in a 1994 Algerian suburb, blissfully unaware of the civil war around her. But as violence begins to close in, her childhood slowly fractures. Directed by Imene Ayadi and featuring a standout young performance from Melissa Benyahia, NYA is a quiet, poetic reflection on the fragile boundary between innocence and reality.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rounding out the slate is BORN A CELEBRITY, a poignant portrait of Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian man suffocated by the constant attention of his tight-knit community. Longing for solitude and personal freedom, his journey becomes a subtle rebellion against social expectations and conformity. Directed by Luay Awwad, who also wrote, edited, and co-produced the film with Nour Abukamal, the short stars Munther Bannourah and Khaled Masso in nuanced, introspective roles.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of these six films is represented internationally by MAD World, with MAD Distribution handling sales across the Arab World, continuing the company&rsquo;s ongoing commitment to amplifying diverse, powerful voices in Arab cinema.</span>', '613312073'),
(800, 'AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY’s poster leaves an impression at Cannes’ Prix Luciole', 'Official poster for AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY reaches finals of 2nd Prix Luciole', '2025-05-29', 'aisha-poster.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official poster for Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY &mdash; which held a resounding world premiere on May 20th at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and three more well-watched screenings throughout the event &mdash; was one of 22 entries that reached the finals of the second edition of Cannes&rsquo; first independent award celebrating the art of film posters: The Prix Luciole.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Designed by Abanoub Shenouda and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions, the poster depicts the film&rsquo;s protagonist, Aisha, as she wears a cheap Batman mask on top of her hijab, framing the glaring absurdity within her life and displaying the convergence of cultural forces affecting her livelihood.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY received glowing reviews after its Cannes premiere, with Eoghan Lyng of Dirty Movies calling it a &ldquo;Filthy genius movie&rdquo; and Mohamed Tarek of Chroum lauding it as &ldquo;a landmark cinematic moment.&rdquo; Meanwhile, Olivia Popp praised its cinematography, calling it &ldquo;visually slick.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighborhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys so that they can rob them.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan, the film has garnered significant support, including grants from the Doha Film Institute, Cultural Resource Fund, El Gouna Film Festival, Locarno Academy, Cannes&rsquo; Cin&eacute;fondation and La Fabrique des Cin&eacute;mas du Monde, and Montpellier M&eacute;diterran&eacute;e M&eacute;tropole. It also notably swept a top award at Red Sea Lodge, five at Venice&rsquo;s Final Cut, as well as the Atlas Award at Marrakech International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creative team behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY features several returning faces from Mostafa&rsquo;s I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, including cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on last year&rsquo;s Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, which also made its way to Toronto; production designer Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS; costume designer Nayera Eldahshoury; sound engineer Mostafa Shaban; and editor Mohamed Mamdouh.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Sawsan Yusuf&rsquo;s Bonanza Films, the film is co-produced alongside Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Shaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, Ahmed Amer of A. A. Films, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales&mdash; May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Coorigins, Abellelah Al Ahmary of Arabia Pictures, and associate producer Amjad Abu Alala.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY boasts a stellar cast, with Buliana Simon taking on the lead role of Aisha alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza &mdash; in his first feature-length appearance &mdash; Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian film director born in Cairo in 1988 who worked as an assistant director in the film industry for over ten years. He\'s also a graduate of Berlinale Talents, Durban Talents, Locarno Academy, and Cin&eacute;fondation Cannes, and has been named one of the Arab Stars of Tomorrow by Screen International Magazine in 2023. Last year, he was chosen as one of the top 100 influential cinema personalities in the Middle East in an annual list published by the Arab Cinema Center.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mostafa has also participated in several international jury panels, the most recent of which was at the Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is most known for writing and directing WARD\'S HENNA PARTY, WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW ABOUT MARIAM, KHADIGA, and I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, all of which were selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival &mdash; the most important short film festival in the world. These films have been screened at over 400 festivals worldwide and have won around 150 local and international awards.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His latest short film, I PROMISE YOU PARADISE, was selected for the 77th Cannes Film Festival\'s Critics\' Week, where it won the Rail d\'Or. It also participated in the Locarno International Film Festival and made it to the shortlist of the C&eacute;sar Awards.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, won the Final Cut Award at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and will have its world premiere at the 78th Cannes Film Festival\'s Un Certain Regard.</span>', '1719617408'),
(801, 'MAD sends two films to Australia’s largest film festival!', 'MAD Films TETES BRULEES and YUNAN to screen at 72nd Sydney Film Festival', '2025-06-01', 'Yunan-and-Tetes-Brulees--in-Sydney.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two standout films from MAD Solution&rsquo;s distribution slate, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama and YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin, are heading to this year&rsquo;s Sydney Film Festival (June 4th &ndash; 15th), and both are getting not one, but two screenings each.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is set to screen at 2 pm on Saturday, June 14th at Palace Central Cinemas - Cinema 1, and again at 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 15th at Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, YUNAN is scheduled for 8 pm on Wednesday, June 11th at Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 11, and again at 8:30 pm on Sunday, June 15th at Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is a coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Younes, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film held its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received two Special Mentions, and later competed in the Talents Section of the D\'A Barcelona Auteur Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by Marc Goyens (HERE, GHOST TROPIC) and Nabil Ben Yadir (ANIMALS), lensed by Grimm Vandekerckhove (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), edited by Dieter Diependaele (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), with Eve Martin handling production design, Marie McCourt casting, and David Vranken sound design. Additionally, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the talents in front of the camera, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES stars Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra (DIVINES), Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, and Monia Taieb.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN follows the story of a disillusioned Arab author who travels from his exiled existence in Hamburg to a remote island in the North Sea with thoughts of suicide. There, he meets an elderly woman whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires in life.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN had its world premiere in the Official Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), marking a strong start to its international journey. The film was also selected for the FESCAAAL &ndash; the African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival in Italy, further solidifying its presence on the global festival circuit.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed, written, and edited by MAD Crew director Ameer Fakher Eldin, this life-affirming drama is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production, with Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia also having a hand in its making.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film CAPERNAUM, which is notably the highest-grossing Arabic film of all time. The cast also includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, an iconic figure of New German Cinema who most recently starred in POOR THINGS; Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, known for his leading roles in 200 METERS and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film PARADISE NOW; as well as GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Thomas Wlaschiha, with Lebanese theatre thespian Nidal El Ashkar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is scored by the multiple award-winning MAD Crew composer Suad Bushnaq, lensed by Ronald Plante, with production design by Marie-Luise Balzer, and sound design by Kuen-Il Song. It is also produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, in collaboration with Alaa Alasad, Hind Anabtawi, and executive produced by Paola Corvino and Co-Founders of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab. MAD Distribution oversees its distribution in the Arab World.</span>', '563284512'),
(802, 'MAD takes Rotterdam by storm!', 'MAD Solutions wins big at 25th Rotterdam Arab Film Festival', '2025-06-03', 'MAD-films-awards-in-Rotterdam.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 25th anniversary of the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival (May 28th - June 1st) saw a series of successful wins for four top MAD films: YUNAN, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, GREEN LINE, and MY DRIVER AND I, which collectively received four awards and two special mentions.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUNAN, by Ameer Fakher Eldin, won Best Film and Best Actor, the latter of which went to lead actor George Khabbaz.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, the film tells the tale of Munir who, on a remote island, seeks solitude to contemplate suicide, only to find solace in the quiet presence of Valeska, whose compassion reignites his fading will to live.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and edited by Ameer Fakher Eldin, YUNAN boasts a remarkable cast that includes Georges Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Ali Suliman, Sibel Kekilli, and Tom Wlaschiha.&nbsp; The film&rsquo;s stirring musical score is composed by the award-winning Jordanian-Canadian musician and MAD Crew Celebrity Suad Bushnaq.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by Laila Abbas, the Palestinian sister-heist film THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! nabbed a Best Screenplay Award.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In it, two sisters must get their hands on their inheritance before their brother finds out and claims half of the money. Both a drama and a comedy, it is notably the last film shot in the occupied territory of Ramallah before the events of the ongoing genocide.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lauded by critics and viewers alike, the film has had quite an extensive run at global film festivals; premiering at BFI London and winning a slew of awards since, including a Silver Alexander for Best Director at Thessaloniki Film Festival, a Golden Star at El Gouna Film Festival, the top prize at the Golden Rooster Awards, and another Best Screenplay at the M&auml;lmo Arab Film Festival. It stars Yasmine Al Massri, Clara Khoury, and Kamel El Basha.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GREEN LINE, which garnered a Special Mention, is a documentary by Sylvie Ballot that uses miniature sets to recount the events of the Lebanese Civil War. This encapsulating documentary notably won a MUBI Award, as well as a First Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival prior.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MY DRIVER AND I by Ahd Kamel received a Special Mention as well as a Best Actress Award, which went out to lead Roula Dakheelallah.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Mostafa Shehata, Roula Dakheelallah, Mishaal, and Raya Meddine, the film follows the friendship between Salma, a privileged Saudi girl, and Qamar, her Sudanese driver, whose relationship is tested when she starts taking the wheel. </span>', '2061318539'),
(803, 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA earns Cannes\' applause with a powerful premiere', 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA holds a successful world premiere at 78th Cannes ', '2025-05-20', 'onec-upon-a-time-in-gaza-permier-in-cannes-78.jpg', 'Tarzan and Arab Nasser&rsquo;s highly anticipated comedy-drama ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA world premiered on May 19th to resounding applause as part of the Uncertain Regard of the prestigious 78th Cannes Film Festival, captivating audiences and critics alike.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Screened at the elegant Salle Debussy, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA was also met with a standing ovation and garnered widespread praise for its thought-provoking storytelling, powerful performances, and sharp humor, with twin directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser expressing heartfelt gratitude to the film&rsquo;s cast and crew for making it all possible.\r<br/><br />They also said, &ldquo;There are no words to express our feelings as Gazans. After more than a year, Gaza is enduring the most horrific genocide in modern history... Israel has killed more than 60,000 Gazans, and the killings continue every day. I don&rsquo;t know if we can keep speaking after this prolonged period of genocide, but silence is a crime.&rdquo;&nbsp;\r<br/><br />&ldquo;We hope this genocide ends soon. My family and friends are there. By the way, we have two brothers who just survived and managed to escape from the North of Gaza, which they never left since the beginning of the war. The details are truly horrific. One day, this genocide will stop, and when we hear the details and stories, it will be a great shame on humanity,&rdquo; they added.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />The world premiere was attended by the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, including lead actors Nader Abd Alhay and Majd Eid. Also present at the screening were several renowned talents from across the Arab World, including producer Ahmed Amer, director Ameer Fakher Eldin, director Morad Mostafa, producer Dorra Bouchoucha, and celebrated actor Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, along with all the producers and co-producers who played a vital role in bringing this cinematic masterpiece to life.&nbsp;<br />Critics were also quick to write about the film, with Bahraini critic Tareq Al-Bahar stating in Al-Bilad new website, \"The film is also incredibly well shot, with many unforgettable sequences. With ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, Tarzan and Arab Nasser demonstrate their masterful use of cinematic techniques in a stunning and, at times, lyrical film, showcasing their dynamic camerawork and captivating lighting.\"\r<br/><br />The film will screen thrice more, once on May 20th at 1:15 pm at Salle Bazin, again at 2 pm on the same day at Cinema Aurore, and finally at 9:15 am on May 21st at Cineum Screen X. &nbsp;\r<br/><br />ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/><br />An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).&nbsp;\r<br/><br />MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire.&nbsp;\r<br/><br />Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988. In 2013, their short film CONDOM LEAD was selected for the Main Competition at Cannes. Their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, also premiered as part of Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Horizons Program of the Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.', '876954182'),
(804, '', 'Saudi film HAJEER to world premiere at 13th Dakhla Film Festival ', '2025-06-12', 'hajeer-film23.jpg', 'The highly anticipated Saudi drama&nbsp;HAJEER, directed by Sara Taleb, is set to make its world premiere as part of the official competition at Morocco&rsquo;s 13th Dakhla Film Festival, running from June 14th to 20th, alongside two other MAD Films selections&mdash;Cannes standout&nbsp;GHOST TRAIL&nbsp;and Tribeca entry&nbsp;SAMIA, both of which have also been chosen for the festival&rsquo;s official competition. <br />&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;HAJEER&nbsp;takes place at the heart of 1960s Jeddah, where a deaf child prodigy\'s passion for music drives him from adversity to acclaim; as he navigates love, betrayal, and prejudice in order to compose a symphony borne of resilience and redemption. Directed by Sara Talab, it stars Abdul Aziz Fiasal, Khaled Yaslem, Reem Al Habib, and Khaled Al Harbi. <br />&nbsp; <br />As for Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s&nbsp;SAMIA, it&rsquo;s a sports drama based on the story of Samia Yusuf Omar, a young Somali athlete who defied societal taboos by racing through the streets of Mogadishu, and ultimately aspiring to compete in the Olympic Games. <br />&nbsp; <br />Starring Ilham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, and Elmi Rashid Elmi, the film has had an extensive festival run, having world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the US, where it won a Special Mention. It also won the Golden Silk Road Award for Best Director at the Silk Road International Film Festival, as well as an International Audience Award at the Munich Film Festival, and was screened at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival to significant praise. <br />&nbsp; <br />Last but certainly not least,&nbsp;GHOST TRAIL&nbsp;by Johnathan Millet has become somewhat of a sensation, winning over six awards and kicking off with a world premiere as the opening film for the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s 63rd Critics&rsquo; Week. <br />&nbsp; <br />Based on the true story of a secret group that hunts down the regime&rsquo;s fugitive leaders, the film starts in Syria and follows Hamid, who joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation. The film is a manhunt thriller inspired by true events, where the past and present collide, exploring themes of justice and redemption. <br />&nbsp; <br />It stars French-Tunisian star Adam Bessa, known for Netflix&rsquo;s EXTRACTION and EXTRACTION 2, and winner of the Best Actor Award at Canne&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard for HARKA, as well as Tawfeek Barhom, and Julia Franz Richter.&nbsp;', '835920054'),
(805, '', 'THE WOUND to Hold National Premiere at Casablanca Arab Film Festival', '2025-06-11', 'the-wound-premiere.jpg', 'Following a critically acclaimed international festival journey,&nbsp;THE WOUND&nbsp;by Seloua El Gouni is set to make its Moroccan national premiere at the prestigious Casablanca Arab Film Festival, running from June 13th to the 20th. The screening marks a significant homecoming moment for the film, after notable appearances at Cannes, Beirut, Athens, and other global platforms.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE WOUND will also be released in theaters across Morocco shortly after its Casablanca premiere, giving local audiences the chance to engage with one of the year&rsquo;s most talked-about Moroccan films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Continuing its festival run, the film has been selected for the Official Competition of the Mediterranean Film Festival taking place from June 21st to 29th in Malta, further cementing its position as a standout debut on the international circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE WOUND is a drama that explores the complexities of culture, tradition, and personal identity in contemporary Morocco through the eyes of Leila &mdash; a young woman on the cusp of adulthood who has just entered the workforce and attempts to pursue her passions and ambitions while also navigating the thorny societal constraints imposed on women.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film offers a poignant insight into cultural complexities and women\'s challenges in contemporary Moroccan society.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Speaking on the film, the director has stated, \"In the heart of Morocco, where the echoes of tradition often override the aspirations of individualism, my film takes viewers on a journey through the winding complexities of culture, tradition, and personal identity, which all intertwine deeply with the struggle for autonomy.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most recently, THE WOUND held a successful Arab World premiere at the Beirut International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival. Before that, it premiered to global audiences at the Athens International Art Film Festival in Greece, where it impressively won a Best First Feature Award right off the bat.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It subsequently participated in several international festivals, including the Bridges International Film Festival, the Women and World International Film Festival in the UK, the Scandinavian International Film Festival in Finland, and the Lift-Off Sessions for New Directors in the UK, where it won an Audience Choice Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE WOUND is directed by Seloua El Gouni, which she produced in tandem with Taha Benghalem, who also worked as a screenwriter alongside brothers Brice and Brian Baxter. Its cast includes Oumaima Barid, Amal Ayouch, Mansour Badri, Brice Bexter, Soraya Azzabi, Abdelhak Saleh, and Sami Fekkak; each captured through the lens of DOP Travis Tips. International sales of the film is handled by MAD World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Seloua El Gouni is a Moroccan filmmaker who worked on large-scale films such as MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL and A HOLOGRAM OF A KING. Her film THE WOUND marks her directorial debut.', '1893717812'),
(806, '', 'THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!  to screen this entire month at Unseen Cinema in Kenya', '2025-06-05', 'thank-you-for-banking-with-us-still.jpg', 'Fresh off winning two awards in Malmo and Beirut, the hit Palestinian sister-heist flick&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!&nbsp;is set to screen month-round, with a total of 22 screenings from June 1st to the 30th at Nairobi&rsquo;s Unseen Cinema in Kenya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US! is a sister-heist comedy with a dose of social commentary, starring Yasmine Al-Masri, Clara Khoury, Kamil Al-Basha, and Ashraf Barhoum.\r<br/>&nbsp;A joint Palestinian-German-Qatari production&mdash;with the acclaimed Hanna Atalla on board as a producer&mdash;the film tells the tale of Mariam and Noura, whose father passes away, leaving behind a substantial inheritance. The sisters plot to claim the fortune before their brother learns of their father\'s death, as he is legally entitled to half the inheritance, a reality the sisters perceive as unjust.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Most notably, recently, it received an extended screening at Cairo&rsquo;s designated art house cinema Zawya, and received two back-to-back awards, winning Best Fiction Feature at the eighth Beirut International Women Film Festival as well as Best Screenplay at Sweden&rsquo;s 15th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film already had quite an extensive run at global film festivals, premiering at BFI London and winning a slew of awards since, including a Silver Alexander for Best Director at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, a Golden Star at El Gouna Film Festival, the top prize at the Golden Rooster Awards, and another Best Screenplay at the M&auml;lmo Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Laila Abbas is a Palestinian filmmaker, producer, and academic who studied cinema in Jordan and then film and TV production at the Royal Holloway University in the UK with a Said Foundation Scholarship.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2013, she made a splash with her documentary ICE &amp; DUST, which followed a young Palestinian woman who crossed the Atlantic to search for a better life in Canada. She also worked as an instructor at the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University. Abbas founded the production company Young Oak Productions and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival&rsquo;s Berlinale Talents Program to nurture emerging filmmakers.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hanna Atallah is a filmmaker, producer, and cultural art manager based between Berlin and Jerusalem known for his work on UPSHOT &mdash; which world premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life for Best Auteur Short Film Award and the Junior Jury Award for the Best Auteur Short Film &mdash; A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM, and STANDING ON THE WIND.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With the creation of the non-profit organization Filmlab Palestine in 2014, located in Ramallah, Atallah developed a platform to activate cinema culture and professional knowledge exchange in Palestine that opened the door for a regional and international network for Palestinian film professionals.', '632584872'),
(807, '', 'Cannes winner ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA set for release across France', '2025-06-17', 'once-upon-a-time-in-gaza-main-still.jpg', 'Fresh off winning the Best Director Award at Cannes, Tarzan and Arab Nasser&rsquo;s comedy-drama&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;is set to release in theaters across France this month, offering audiences a unique gripping narrative from the heart of Gaza.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The screenings, which will be held in the presence of one-half of the director duo Arab Nasser, will be held on the following dates:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Thursday, June 19th &ndash; Premiere in Marseille at Les Vari&eacute;t&eacute;s\r<br/>Friday, June 20th &ndash; Premiere in Toulouse at American Cosmo\r<br/>Sunday, June 22nd&ndash; Premiere in Saint-Ouen-l\'Aum&ocirc;ne at Utopia Stella\r<br/>Monday, June 23rd &ndash; Premiere in Paris at mk2 Gambetta\r<br/>Tuesday, June 24th &ndash; Premiere in Orl&eacute;ans\r<br/>Wednesday, June 25th &ndash; Premiere in Paris at Majestic Bastille\r<br/>Thursday, June 26th &ndash; Premiere in Saint-Denis at L&rsquo;Ecra\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988. In 2013, their short film CONDOM LEAD was selected for the Main Competition at Cannes. Their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, also premiered as part of Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Horizons Program of the Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.', '1929092962'),
(808, '', 'AGREB MAJNOUNA to screen at Portugal’s Heritage Film Festival', '2025-06-15', 'agreb-majnouna.jpg', 'Continuing its impressive festival run, Akram Moncer&rsquo;s social documentary&nbsp;AGREB MAJNOUNA&nbsp;captivated audiences at the Heritales-International Heritage Film Festival &mdash; part of the European Archaeology Days (EAD) &mdash; on June 13th in Portugal.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Dedicated to safeguarding both tangible and intangible heritage, Heritales operates under the UNESCO Chair for Peace and Sustainability and collaborates with institutions such as the University of &Eacute;vora and the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in Oudhref, a city in northern Gab&egrave;s, AGREB MAJNOUNA follows women weaving at their looms to assert their individuality and existence. Through their artistry, they preserve memory, shaping life itself as an act of survival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Authentically portraying the vital role of women in Tunisian society, the film has embarked on an impressive festival journey, world premiering at the Carthage Film Festival, where it earned the UGTT Award for Best Tunisian Feature Documentary and subsequently having its European premiere at the Afrika Film Festival Leuven in Belgium, and its Arab World premiere at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It has since been showcased at numerous international festivals, including the Human Rights Film Festival, where it received the Best Documentary Film Award, solidifying its critical acclaim and global recognition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Featuring a cast led by Yasmina Moncer, Tawaa Othman, Jannet Ismail, and Besma Mannoubi, the film is directed and written by Akram Moncer, with cinematography by Abdelmonem Ben Gaied and Helmi Ben Chahboun, and editing by Zied Ben Hassine. Artworks produced the film, with MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution managing distribution across the Arab World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A graduate of the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Manouba, Tunisia, specializing in audiovisual and cinema, Akram Moncer produced several documentaries for the Al Jazeera Documentary channel.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His first feature film, MIGRATORY BIRDS, was released in 2014. Since then, he has served as the general director of the 48 Hour Film Project Tunis festival. Akram Moncer&rsquo;s filmography includes seven films, with his latest being AGREB MAJNOUNA.', '1135656984'),
(809, '', 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE  wins five big awards at Austrian Film Awards ', '2025-06-15', 'THE-VILLAGE-NEXT-TO-PARADISE-stills.jpg', 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, a critically acclaimed Somali feature by Mo Hawarre, recently won five top awards at Austria Film Festival, and those include; Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Casting to Mohamed Mohamud Jamal , and Best Cinematography to Mostafa El Kashef.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Austrian Film Awards, held by the Austrian Film Academy, took place on the 12th of June.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE began its journey with a bang, premiering as part of the Official Selection in the 77th Cannes Film Festival, making history as the first film shot in Somalia ever selected for the festival. It was summarily nominated for both the prestigious Camera d\'Or and Un Certain Regard awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was later selected as part of the Centerpiece program for the Toronto International Film Festival, alongside more than 40 films from 41 countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film went on to screen worldwide, with its MENA (Middle East and North Africa) premiere at the Marrakech International Film Festival, and was also screened at South Africa&rsquo;s Durban International Film Festival and Australia&rsquo;s Melbourne International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>So far, the film has won over ten awards, including; a Gold Hugo Award for New Directors at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Austrian Film at the Vienna Film Awards, Best Actress to&nbsp;Anab Ahmed Ibrahim at the Sarajevo Film Festival, a Special Mention at the Munich Film Festival, and Best Film at Cork International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in an&nbsp;idyllic seaside Somali village, a family must navigate between their goals and the complexities of societal expectations. Viewers are treated to the charming thrum of the village, as they are immersed in the lives of residents pursuing their dreams against the rolling tides.\r<br/>It stars Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Ali Farah, and Ahmed Mohamud Saleban.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is an international co-production between Mamal Productions of Somalia, Freibeuter Films of Austria, Kazak Productions in France, and NiKo Films in Germany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>International sales are handled by Totem Films, with international distribution by Jour2F&ecirc;te. MAD Distribution, a division of MAD Solutions, handles the film&rsquo;s MENA distribution.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is shot&nbsp;by the acclaimed Mostafa El Kashef, who recently returned to Cannes&rsquo; red carpet with AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY; Egypts first film at the festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard category in almost a decade.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Editing for Hawarre&rsquo;s buzzing feature was done by Joana Scrinzi, who herself is known for her award-winning work.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in Mogadishu, Mo Harawe is an Austrian Somali writer and director and a Berlinale Talents alumni who won a prestigious scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts in 2019 and has been studying for a master&rsquo;s degree in Visual Communication at the Art University in Kassel since 2020.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His filmography includes several compelling short films, among them are LIFE ON THE HORN, which received a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Carthage Film Festival, and WILL MY PARENTS COME AND SEE ME, which held its world premiere at Berlinale Shorts, was nominated for the European Film Award, and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival as well as German LOLA and Austrian Film Award for Best Short Film in 2023.', '1292738487'),
(810, '', 'SAMIA wins Grand Prize and Best Actress at 13th Dakhla International Film Festival', '2025-06-19', 'samia.jpg', 'After a successful run at numerous international film festivals,&nbsp;SAMIA&nbsp;won two major awards at the closing ceremony of the 13th Dakhla International Film Festival, which took place from June 14th to the 20th, receiving the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film and Best Actress for Ilham Mohamed Osman&rsquo;s powerful lead performance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>SAMIA is based on the true story of Samia Yusuf Omar, whose journey inspired the bestselling book Don&rsquo;t Tell Me You&rsquo;re Afraid, published in over a dozen languages and winner of the Premio Strega Giovani Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows a young Somali athlete as she boldly pursues her dreams, becoming a symbol in the fight for freedom and women&rsquo;s rights worldwide. Defying societal taboos, she races through the streets of Mogadishu, a city where women are not supposed to run. Her passion ultimately leads her to the Olympic Games.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Impressively, SAMIA portrays the fundamental issues facing the region, including the Islamist grip on women and the reasons behind the rising number of African refugees in Europe.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The 96-minute feature film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the US, where it won a Special Mention, and has since traveled to several prestigious film festivals and won multiple awards, including the Golden Silk Road Award for Best Director at the Silk Road International Film Festival and the International Audience Award at the Munich Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A joint production between Belgium, Germany, and Italy, SAMIA features a talented cast, including Ilham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, and Elmi Rashid Elmi, known for his roles in DUNE and THE SWIMMERS.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Yasemin Şamdereli from a screenplay co-written with Nesrin Şamdereli and Giuseppe Catozzella, the film is produced by Simone Catania (Indyca), edited by Mechthild Barth &mdash; who garnered acclaim for the documentary ELFRIEDE JELINEK, which won Best Documentary and received a nomination for Best Editing at the German Film Awards &mdash; and lensed by Florian Berutti. mk2 Films handles worldwide distribution, while MAD Distribution manages distribution across the Arab World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Yasemin Şamdereli is a German actress, screenwriter, and film director of Kurdish descent. After graduating from the University of Television and Film in Munich, she worked as a freelance collaborator for Bavaria-Film. Her graduation film, KISMET, was shown at several major film festivals and won the Short Tiger Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She previously worked as a directing assistant on two renowned Jackie Chan flicks; SPY AGAINST WILL and JACKY CHAN IS NOBODY, as well as the Turkish TV classic TURKISH FOR BEGINNERS.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Şamdereli also directed the acclaimed German dramedy ALMANYA: WELCOME TO GERMANY, which world premiered at the 61st Berlinale before going on an extensive tour of the festival circuit that netted 12 awards, including the 2011 German Filmpreis.', '371569040'),
(811, 'BORN A CELEBRITY wins both hearts and awards at Morocco\'s capital', 'Palestinian film BORN A CELEBRITY wins Jury Award at sixth Rabat Comedy International Film Festival', '2025-06-22', 'born-a-celebrity.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian director Luay Awwad\'s latest comedy BORN A CELEBRITY won a Jury Award at the sixth edition of Morocco\'s&nbsp; Rabat Comedy International Film Festival, which ran from the 13th of June to the 17th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film follows Kamel, a 25-year-old Palestinian who feels confined in his small Palestinian town and close-knit community, and embarks on a journey to discover his personal freedom and privacy.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BORN A CELEBRITY challenges the dominant portrayal of Palestinians, which is often focused on conflict and occupation, by highlighting the everyday lives and struggles of young adults while also addressing societal expectations, particularly the pressure to conform to traditional norms, such as marriage.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on his film, Awwad said, &ldquo;BORN A CELEBRITY is not just a film about Kamel; it\'s a film about the universal quest for freedom&hellip; Through Kamel&rsquo;s journey, this film attempts to reclaim the narrative of young adult Palestinians living in the 21st century by humorously presenting their current lives, dreams, and challenges that go beyond the headlines.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, the film held its world premiere at the Asian World Film Festival, followed closely by its Arab World premiere at the 45th Cairo International Film Festival. During its development phase, the film was part of the Short Film Market Picks of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written, directed, and edited by Luay Awwad, BORN A CELEBRITY stars Munther Bannourah and Khaled Masso, features cinematography by Nour Abukamal, who also produces the film along with Awwad, and is represented by MAD World for worldwide sales and MAD Distribution for sales and distribution across MENA.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luay Awwad is a Palestinian director who holds a BFA in filmmaking from Dar Al Kalima University. He has written and directed several short films, including the award-winning SIRI MIRI, which earned the Best Short Film Award at both the Palestine Cinema Days Festival and the Festival Cin&eacute;-Palestine in Paris.&nbsp; Additionally, he has worked on several award-winning films, such as IN VITRO and the Oscar-nominated film THE PRESENT.</span>', '1684510057');
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(812, '', 'MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ  screens exclusively at London’s Aga Khan Library ', '2025-06-22', 'MEMOIRS-OF-M.A-DRAZ-still.jpg', 'Following its successful release in Egypt, screening at Cairo&rsquo;s Goethe and French Institutes as well as Zawya cinema, the highly acclaimed Egyptian documentary&nbsp;MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ&nbsp;by Maggie Morgan will be screened exclusively at London&rsquo;s Aga Khan Library on June 24th at 5 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The event will be attended by several noteworthy individuals, including the Egyptian ambassador to London and his wife, the consul general and his wife, producer Noha El Kholy, and the grandchildren of M.A. Draz.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ is a poignant documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. After decades of his passing, his great-granddaughter uncovers a treasure trove of letters, diaries, and photographs that piece together the life of a man she had only known through childhood stories.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film explores themes of education, equality, and the importance of preserving cultural heritage, showcasing Draz&rsquo;s progressive views on gender equality long before the rise of feminism in the Middle East while also taking viewers on a journey from Draz&rsquo;s humble beginnings in Mahallet Diyay to his scholarly pursuits in Paris, highlighting his commitment to providing equal opportunities for both his daughters and sons.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Days after the release of the film at Cairo&rsquo;s favorite indie cinema, Zaywa Cinema, the Egyptian documentary MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ soon became the talk of the town, with critics highly praising it, including esteemed Egyptian film critic Mahmoud Abd El Shakour, who hailed it as &ldquo;one of the best films of the year in terms of idea, structure, and topic.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ world premiered at the eighth Aswan International Women Film Festival, where it won the Rasheeda Abdelsalam Special Jury Award and the Euro-Mediterranean Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Elevating the documentary to an unforgettable cinematic experience, the film has garnered critical acclaim for its hauntingly beautiful narration by actor Sedky Sakr and the evocative musical score by Khaled Al Kammar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Maggie Morgan and co-written alongside Taghreed El-Asfoury,&nbsp;MEMOIRS OF M.A DRAZ was produced by Noha El-Khouly; lensed by Amgad Reyad, Olivier Dury, Emad Nabil, and Akram Mamdouh; and edited by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdullah. MAD Distribution is responsible for the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales in the Arab-speaking world, while MAD World handles its worldwide sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Maggie Morgan is an Egyptian filmmaker, festival programmer, and faculty member at the American University in Cairo.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She has directed both feature films and shorts, including FROM WITHIN THEIR STORIES, ASHAM, and FROM MEIR TO MEIR, the latter of which received the prize for Best Egyptian Film at the Aswan International Film Festival Special Jury Prize at the National Film Festival and the Ahmed Bakry Prize at the Al-Quds International Film Festival.', '385052610'),
(813, 'Portuguese shores welcome AGREB MAJNOUNA', 'Tunisian Documentary AGREB MAJNOUNA to screen at Portugal’s Heritage Film Festival', '2025-06-15', 'agreb-majnouna.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuing its impressive festival run, Akram Moncer&rsquo;s social documentary AGREB MAJNOUNA captivated audiences at the Heritales-International Heritage Film Festival &mdash; part of the European Archaeology Days (EAD) &mdash; on June 13th in Portugal.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated to safeguarding both tangible and intangible heritage, Heritales operates under the UNESCO Chair for Peace and Sustainability and collaborates with institutions such as the University of &Eacute;vora and the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in Oudhref, a city in northern Gab&egrave;s, AGREB MAJNOUNA follows women weaving at their looms to assert their individuality and existence. Through their artistry, they preserve memory, shaping life itself as an act of survival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authentically portraying the vital role of women in Tunisian society, the film has embarked on an impressive festival journey, world premiering at the Carthage Film Festival, where it earned the UGTT Award for Best Tunisian Feature Documentary and subsequently having its European premiere at the Afrika Film Festival Leuven in Belgium, and its Arab World premiere at the Jerusalem International Film Festival.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has since been showcased at numerous international festivals, including the Human Rights Film Festival, where it received the Best Documentary Film Award, solidifying its critical acclaim and global recognition.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring a cast led by Yasmina Moncer, Tawaa Othman, Jannet Ismail, and Besma Mannoubi, the film is directed and written by Akram Moncer, with cinematography by Abdelmonem Ben Gaied and Helmi Ben Chahboun, and editing by Zied Ben Hassine. Artworks produced the film, with MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution managing distribution across the Arab World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A graduate of the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts in Manouba, Tunisia, specializing in audiovisual and cinema, Akram Moncer produced several documentaries for the Al Jazeera Documentary channel.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His first feature film, MIGRATORY BIRDS, was released in 2014. Since then, he has served as the general director of the 48 Hour Film Project Tunis festival. Akram Moncer&rsquo;s filmography includes seven films, with his latest being AGREB MAJNOUNA.</span>', '283371811'),
(814, 'THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE takes Vienna by storm, winning 5 awards!', 'Somali film THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE wins five big awards at Austrian Film Awards', '2025-06-15', 'THE-VILLAGE-NEXT-TO-PARADISE-stills.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, a critically acclaimed Somali feature by Mo Hawarre, recently won five top awards at Austria Film Festival, and those include; Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Casting to Mohamed Mohamud Jamal , and Best Cinematography to Mostafa El Kashef.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Austrian Film Awards, held by the Austrian Film Academy, took place on the 12th of June.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE began its journey with a bang, premiering as part of the Official Selection in the 77th Cannes Film Festival, making history as the first film shot in Somalia ever selected for the festival. It was summarily nominated for both the prestigious Camera d\'Or and Un Certain Regard awards.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was later selected as part of the Centerpiece program for the Toronto International Film Festival, alongside more than 40 films from 41 countries.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film went on to screen worldwide, with its MENA (Middle East and North Africa) premiere at the Marrakech International Film Festival, and was also screened at South Africa&rsquo;s Durban International Film Festival and Australia&rsquo;s Melbourne International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the film has won over ten awards, including; a Gold Hugo Award for New Directors at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Austrian Film at the Vienna Film Awards, Best Actress to&nbsp; Anab Ahmed Ibrahim at the Sarajevo Film Festival, a Special Mention at the Munich Film Festival, and Best Film at Cork International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set in an&nbsp; idyllic seaside Somali village, a family must navigate between their goals and the complexities of societal expectations. Viewers are treated to the charming thrum of the village, as they are immersed in the lives of residents pursuing their dreams against the rolling tides.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stars Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, Ahmed Ali Farah, and Ahmed Mohamud Saleban.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is an international co-production between Mamal Productions of Somalia, Freibeuter Films of Austria, Kazak Productions in France, and NiKo Films in Germany.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International sales are handled by Totem Films, with international distribution by Jour2F&ecirc;te. MAD Distribution, a division of MAD Solutions, handles the film&rsquo;s MENA distribution.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is shot&nbsp; by the acclaimed Mostafa El Kashef, who recently returned to Cannes&rsquo; red carpet with AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY; Egypts first film at the festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard category in almost a decade.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing for Hawarre&rsquo;s buzzing feature was done by Joana Scrinzi, who herself is known for her award-winning work.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in Mogadishu, Mo Harawe is an Austrian Somali writer and director and a Berlinale Talents alumni who won a prestigious scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts in 2019 and has been studying for a master&rsquo;s degree in Visual Communication at the Art University in Kassel since 2020.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His filmography includes several compelling short films, among them are LIFE ON THE HORN, which received a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Carthage Film Festival, and WILL MY PARENTS COME AND SEE ME, which held its world premiere at Berlinale Shorts, was nominated for the European Film Award, and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival as well as German LOLA and Austrian Film Award for Best Short Film in 2023.</span>', '1175747876'),
(815, '', 'MAD Solutions sweeps awards at Casablanca Arab Film Festival', '2025-06-23', 'MAd-awards-at-Casablanca-Arab-Film-Festival.jpg', 'Cementing its status as a regional powerhouse, MAD Solutions dominated the awards at the closing ceremony of the sixth Casablanca Arab Film Festival last Friday night, taking home three top honors and a special mention for three of its standout films from its extensive roster.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Leading the charge was&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, which claimed the festival&rsquo;s Grand Prize along with the Best Actress Award for Clara Khoury;&nbsp;THIS IS MY NIGHT&nbsp;followed with a Best Screenplay win for Kifah Zainie; while&nbsp;SUDAN, REMEMBER US&nbsp;rounded out the accolades with a Special Mention from the jury.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!&nbsp;&mdash; which recently took home two back-to-back awards, winning Best Fiction Feature at the Beirut International Women Film Festival, as well as Best Screenplay at Sweden&rsquo;s 15th Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival &mdash; held its Moroccan premiere at the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;A joint production between Germany and Palestine that is written and directed by Laila Abbas, the film is a sister-heist comedy with a dose of social commentary, starring Yasmine Al-Masri, Clara Khoury, Kamil Al-Basha, and Ashraf Barhoum, and follows two sisters who, after their father\'s death, must get their hands on the inheritance before their brother finds out and claims half of the money\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Jafra Younes&rsquo;&nbsp;THIS IS MY NIGHT, which held its Arab World premiere at the Moroccan festival in the presence of the director, is a Syrian-Emirati co-production and follows Ruba, an artist grappling with severe depression, who lives with her retired military father. At noon, after she finishes cleaning the apartment, she confides in him about her intention to commit suicide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Having already world premiered at Spain&rsquo;s International Human Rights Festival, the drama film directed, produced, and starring Jafra Younes alongside Hassan Alsaleh, was written by Kifah Zainie, lensed by Abdulelah Alawamleh, and edited by Zaid Almomini and Osama Herzallah, with sound handled by Shakeeb Al Jaeousi and music by Babel.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last up,&nbsp;SUDAN, REMEMBER US&nbsp;by Hind Meddeb is a French-Tunisian documentary that offers a collective portrait of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. It follows five young Sudanese political activists as they struggle to overthrow the country\'s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film world premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, receiving wide praise from audiences and critics alike. It subsequently participated in over 20 festivals, including Ajyal, Marrakech, Carthage, Malm&ouml;, the Arab Film Festival in Berlin, and Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival.', '895777425'),
(816, '', 'XOFTEX wins Best Director at Transylvania International Film Festival', '2025-06-23', 'XOFTEX-wins-Best-Director-at-Transylvania.jpg', 'Noaz Deshe&rsquo;s&nbsp;XOFTEX, a tale about two Palestinian-Syrian brothers, won Best Director at this year\'s Transylvania International Film Festival, which ran from the 13th to the 22nd of June.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>XOFTEX tells the compelling story of Palestinian Syrian brothers, Nasser and Yassin, who are trapped in a Greek refugee camp as they await a decision on their asylum application. During this uncertain time, they engage in creative pursuits, making comedy sketches and dreaming of a future in Sweden, while Nasser grapples with feelings of entrapment as tensions escalate within the camp.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film started off its festival tour with a world premiere in the presence of its cast and crew at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it sold out all of its screenings and received a Special Mention in the Crystal Globe Competition. It has since won a Silver Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival as well.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Critics have lauded the film with praise, highlighting its unique narrative style and emotional depth. Damon Wise from Deadline describes it as &ldquo;an unorthodox, often oblique, but emotionally powerful attempt to recreate onscreen the disorientation of the stateless mind.&rdquo; Laurence Boyce of Screen Daily adds that the film &ldquo;eschewed heavy realism and straight narrative,&rdquo; offering a fresh perspective on refugee narratives.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, shot, edited, scored, and produced by Deshe, this film marks his continued exploration of complex themes surrounding identity and displacement. The rest of the talented production team includes Andro Steinborn, Jordan Tappis, Beau Willimon, and co-producer Christophe Audeguis.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>XOFTEX also features a diverse cast, led by first-time actor and rapper Abdulrahman Diab and actor-director Osama Hafiry, supported by a talented ensemble including Jalal Albaroudi, Hazem Saleh, and Lujain Mustafa.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Noaz Deshe is a talented film director, writer, and producer known for his powerful storytelling and visual style. Born in Romania and based in Berlin, his multicultural background influences his work, particularly in his acclaimed debut feature film, WHITE SHADOW, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.', '1261146741'),
(817, '', 'LYD and MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ  Eighth Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival', '2025-06-25', 'LYD-and-MEMOIRS-OF-M.A.jpg', 'MAD Solution&rsquo;s documentaries&nbsp;LYD&nbsp;and&nbsp;MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ&nbsp;are set to screen at the eighth edition of the Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival, running from June 27th to the 30th at the Sunflower Theater in Tayouneh, Beirut.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Organized by the Lebanese NGO Art Factory 961, this year&rsquo;s festival holds deep significance as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War. Under the central theme &lsquo;Remember,&rsquo; and the evocative subtitle &lsquo;Fifty Years of Amnesia,&rsquo; the festival invites audiences to confront the persistent silences surrounding past atrocities and the urgent need to preserve collective memory in the face of ongoing injustice.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This year&rsquo;s program highlights underrepresented narratives through film screenings followed by in-depth conversations with filmmakers. LYD will screen on Saturday, June 28 at 7:30pm,\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>followed by a Q&amp;A session with Palestinian researcher and writer Sakr Abou Fakher. Meanwhile, the festival&rsquo;s closing film, MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ, will screen on Monday, June 30 at 8pm followed by a discussion with director Maggie Morgan.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>LYD traces the rise and fall of the titular 5,000-year-old city that once stood as a vibrant Palestinian town before it was conquered in 1948 during the creation of the State of Israel. Through a layered narrative and a chorus of characters, LYD constructs a vivid tapestry of Palestinian memory and historical trauma, offering an unflinching look at massacre, expulsion, and survival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is co-directed by Rami Younis, a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and journalist from LYD, who currently hosts the news program On the Other Hand, which works to expose fake news and misinformation surrounding Palestinian citizens of Israel. He is joined by Sarah Ema Friedland, a New York-based documentary filmmaker and media artist whose work has been broadcast nationally on PBS and screened internationally.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ is a work that stands as both a historical archive and a tribute to a groundbreaking Islamic scholar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Abdallah Draz, a prominent Azharite thinker, was renowned for his progressive stance on tolerance and gender equality, advocating ideas that were well ahead of his time. Decades after his death, his great-granddaughter Noha ElKholy discovers an archive of letters, diaries, and photographs that offer a deeply personal window into his life. From his modest beginnings in the Egyptian village of Mahallat Diyay to his education in Alexandria and scholarly work in Paris, Draz&rsquo;s story is brought to life through this carefully constructed documentary.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by Maggie Morgan and written by Taghreed El Asfouri, MEMOIRS OF M.A. DRAZ had its world premiere at the Aswan International Women&rsquo;s Film Festival, where it received both the Rashida Abdel Salam Award and the EU Prize for Best Euro-Mediterranean Film Addressing Women&rsquo;s Issues. It was also featured in the Goethe Film Week at the Goethe Institute in Cairo.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is executive produced by Noha ElKholy, with editing by Amgad Shafik and Tamer Abdallah, cinematography by Emad Nabil, music by Khaled Al-Kammar, and narration by Sedki Sakhr. Distribution is handled by MAD Distribution for the Arab world and MAD World globally. Maggie Morgan, who also directed Asham and From Meir to Meir, is a filmmaker, festival curator, and professor at the American University in Cairo.', '538781467'),
(818, '', 'WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM  wins Best Film at Mediterrane Film Festival', '2025-07-01', 'where-the-wind-comes-from.jpg', 'Tunisian director Amel Guellaty has received her first major award for her debut feature film&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM, winning the Golden Bee for Best Film at the Mediterrane Film Festival held in Malta from June 21st to 29th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and has since been showcased at major international festivals, including Rotterdam and Istanbul, receiving praise for its emotional depth, strong performances, and striking visuals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has received wide praise from critics worldwide for its strong story, memorable characters, and beautiful visuals. Reviewers say director Amel Guellaty skillfully mixes themes of friendship, identity, and social issues in a road trip story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fP31IhYp_-8-J7UY3mgQ8JDmzK8pmXNNDeIlHQItE2D_WIXwVmsGrp-OhnYnu3hbyxYA3mhz2xC8uC8h33IMUlhvLSwQABjXi6CQVlb0cldnecJs8XXEnoSeJnfCfNfI1_dVn2FbVuAASsklX8Q_ee07VUNsfh8cdeiUEMhFaOswgkb13sJXmWF1k6QCQoAO4-nEFuxp0FLMq9VJv1h2qP8jyJ1jRwJicaZIRAsnI2kcG4vrhaQBjw==&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001fP31IhYp_-8-J7UY3mgQ8JDmzK8pmXNNDeIlHQItE2D_WIXwVmsGrp-OhnYnu3hbyxYA3mhz2xC8uC8h33IMUlhvLSwQABjXi6CQVlb0cldnecJs8XXEnoSeJnfCfNfI1_dVn2FbVuAASsklX8Q_ee07VUNsfh8cdeiUEMhFaOswgkb13sJXmWF1k6QCQoAO4-nEFuxp0FLMq9VJv1h2qP8jyJ1jRwJicaZIRAsnI2kcG4vrhaQBjw%3D%3D%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751528794416000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0j08frW2EJpcKjQ6JROv59\">Variety</a>&nbsp;called it &ldquo;a visually striking work&rdquo; that blends humor and emotion, while&nbsp;<a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fP31IhYp_-8-J7UY3mgQ8JDmzK8pmXNNDeIlHQItE2D_WIXwVmsGrp-OhnYnu3hboItkUhfGrPMOcfaqvjk9nTWjFQu2ZopPpidFZtVolmhuSTdKV2mGKL0TRvn74YjU0o1qazHJR1iLFHBgrOPJc0DuxLLW7KCG8ggG-nwmpURtZNNsenUoSg==&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001fP31IhYp_-8-J7UY3mgQ8JDmzK8pmXNNDeIlHQItE2D_WIXwVmsGrp-OhnYnu3hboItkUhfGrPMOcfaqvjk9nTWjFQu2ZopPpidFZtVolmhuSTdKV2mGKL0TRvn74YjU0o1qazHJR1iLFHBgrOPJc0DuxLLW7KCG8ggG-nwmpURtZNNsenUoSg%3D%3D%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751528794416000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1bCAdn8Ui7RR2iqO3kC2V4\">Cineuropa</a>&nbsp;said it &ldquo;captures the uncertainty, recklessness, and hope of young people on the cusp of transformation,&rdquo; balancing an exciting story with deep meaning. Many other reviews have also praised the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub, of Tunisia&rsquo;s Atlas Vision. It stars Slim Baccar, Eya Bellagha, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomane.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Cinematography is by Frida Marzouk, with editing by Amel Guellaty, Ghalya Lacroix, and Malek Kammoun. Music is composed by Omar Aloulou, and sound is by Aymen Labidi. MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales in the Arab World.', '1465723613'),
(819, '', 'Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Once Upon a Time in Gaza  to Compete at Golden Apricot Film Festival', '2025-07-07', 'aisha-once-upon-a-time.jpg', 'Hot on the heels of their well-received screenings at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, MAD Solutions&rsquo; AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by the Nasser Brothers have been selected to compete in the Regional Competition of the Golden Apricot Film Festival, running from July 13th to the 20th.\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, directed by Egyptian filmmaker Morad Mostafa, is a tense and emotional thriller set in central Cairo. The story follows Aisha, a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighbourhood in the heart of Cairo where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys so that they can rob them.\r<br/>The film stars Buliana Simon in the lead role, alongside Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza in his feature debut, with Emad Ghoniem and Mamdouh Saleh, all lensed by the award-winning cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef.\r<br/>A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Sudan, the film received major backing from institutions such as the Doha Film Institute, El Gouna Film Festival, and Cannes&rsquo; Cin&eacute;fondation. It also won several key awards, including at the Red Sea Lodge, Venice&rsquo;s Final Cut, and Marrakech International Film Festival.\r<br/>Also competing is ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, a dark comedy from the Nasser Brothers, Tarzan and Arab. Set in 2007 Gaza, where Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>This marks the Nasser Brothers&rsquo; third film to screen at Cannes. Their debut feature, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, premiered at the 68th Critics&rsquo; Week, followed by their short CONDOM LEAD, which was also selected by the festival. ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it earned the Best Director Award.\r<br/>An international co-production, the film brings together talent and support from Palestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Jordan, and Qatar. The cast includes Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi, and Majd Eid.', '906795544'),
(820, '', 'MAD Solutions launches MENA poster for TÊTES BRÛLÉES ahead of MENA premiere at AIFF', '2025-07-03', 'aya-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions proudly announces the launch of the official MENA poster for&nbsp;T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES, the compelling debut feature from acclaimed Belgian-Tunisian-Danish director Maja Ajmia Zellama. This release doubles the excitement ahead of the film&rsquo;s eagerly awaited MENA premiere at the prestigious Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, where audiences will have the opportunity to experience this moving coming-of-age drama on the big screen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is set to screen at the festival&rsquo;s Taj Cinemas 4 on July 6th at 10 pm and at the Royal Film CommissionComission on July 9th at 8 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Belgian production with a Tunisian flavor, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is a coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Youn&egrave;s, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES made its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale 2025), where it was featured in the renowned Generation 14plus program. The film garnered strong critical praise and played to sold-out audiences, earning two Special Mentions: from the Generation 14plus International Jury for Best Feature Film and the Independent Jury of the AG Kino-Gilde Cinema Vision 14plus.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its successful debut in Berlin, the film continued its international journey with official selections at the D&rsquo;A Barcelona Film Festival 2025 Talents Section and the Sydney Film Festival in Australia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Komoko and co-produced by Quetzalcoatl and 1080 Films, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES is written and directed by the Belgian-Tunisian-Danish director and screenwriter Maja Ajmia Zellama. A graduate of the LUCA School of Arts, Zellama is the co-founder and president of the ASBL Bledarte &mdash; a Brussels-based association that promotes the expression and empowerment of immigrant youth through art and culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Marc Goyens (HERE, GHOST TROPIC) and Nabil Ben Yadir (ANIMALS), lensed by Grimm Vandekerckhove (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), edited by Dieter Diependaele (HERE, GHOST TROPIC), with Eve Martin handling production design, Marie McCourt casting, and David Vranken sound design. Additionally, the film&rsquo;s international sales are handled by MAD World while MAD Distribution is in charge of its MENA-wide distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As for the talents in front of the camera, T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES stars Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra (DIVINES), Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, and Monia Taieb.', '168338542'),
(821, '', 'MAD Solutions flaunts its feathers at Durban International Film Festival with 4 titles', '2025-07-09', 'mad-solutions-at-durban-iff.jpg', 'Four MAD films are set to compete at the 46th edition of South Africa\'s well-established Durban International Film Festival:&nbsp;A PROMISED SKY,&nbsp;SUDAN REMEMBER US,&nbsp;SAMIA, and&nbsp;AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The festival will run from July 17th to the 27th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the Feature Competition lineup, we have Tunisian director Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s A PROMISED SKY &mdash; in its first screening after its Cannes premiere &mdash; which follows Marie, Naney, and Jolie: Immigrants who live together in Tunis. Together, they foster Kenza, a shipwreck survivor. As this unorthodox family forms, crises make each woman reconsider her place. The film stars A&iuml;ssa Ma&icirc;ga, Deborah Christelle Lobe Naney, Laetitia Ky. The film is scheduled to screen at 7:15 pm on the final day of the festival, July 27th, at Suncoast 8.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the lineup for the Documentary Competition, we have the poignant and reverberating SUDAN, REMEMBER US by Hind Meddeb, which follows Shajane, Maha, Khatab, and Muzamil: Young Sudanese activists who use their poetry as a means for revolution, fighting against an oppressive military dictatorship. The documentary will screen twice throughout the festival, once at 2:30 pm on July 20th at Suncoast 8, and again at 7 pm on the 23rd at Suncoast 5.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa &mdash; which is also holding its African premiere after its Cannes world premiere and screening out of competition &mdash; tells the tale of Aisha, a Sudanese caregiver with dreams of one day bettering her circumstances. She finds herself navigating migration, racism, and crime in the complex underworld of Cairo&rsquo;s Ain Shams.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars model Buliana Simon, Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza, Emad Ghoniem, and Mamdouh Saleh, and is lensed by award-winning cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef. The film is set to screen at 11:30 am on July 20th and at 7 pm on the 26th, both at Suncoast 5.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Based on a true story, SAMIA by Yasemine Şamdereli showcases the journey of a young Somali athlete who defies societal taboos by racing through the streets of Mogadishu, ultimately aspiring to compete in the Olympic Games. It stars llham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, and Elmi Rashid Elmi. The film screens at 5 pm on July 20th at Pavilion 12, and in the same time slot on the 27th at Ballito Junction.', '1515636207'),
(822, '', 'EXILE to world premiere at Locarno Film Festival', '2025-07-15', 'EXILE_Mehdi Hmili_Film.jpg', 'Following the success of his widely acclaimed film STREAMS, which had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, Tunisian filmmaker Mehdi Hmili returns to the same festival ( August 6th to the 16th) with his latest feature&nbsp;EXILE&nbsp;&mdash; a workplace drama thriller set to have its world premiere as part of the Fuori Concorso&rsquo;s lineup.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, EXILE follows Mohamed, a steel factory worker who survives a devastating explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head. Reassigned as a security guard and marginalized by the system, Mohamed embarks on a harrowing journey of revenge that unravels a deeper conspiracy &mdash; all while his physical condition deteriorates.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Moufida Fedhila under Yol Film House (Tunisia), in collaboration with Tarantula (Luxembourg) and Volte Film (France), EXILE features a stellar cast, including Ghanem Zrelli, Meriem Ben Mami, Mohamed Ghoulsi, Younes Farhi, Salim Baccar, and Mourad Gharsalli. The film&rsquo;s cinematography is by Farouk Laridha, with editing by Roshen Al-Mizouri and an original score by &Eacute;milie Legrand.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales, while MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The project received support from CNC Tunisia, CNC France, the Luxembourg Film Fund, AFAC, the Doha Film Institute, the Francophone Image Fund, and La Fabrique Cin&eacute;ma at Cannes. It also garnered four prestigious awards from the CineGouna platform at the El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili is a Tunisian director, producer, and screenwriter who studied cinema in Tunisia before graduating from the Paris Film School. While in France, he directed his short trilogy about love and exile &mdash; X-MOMENT (2009), LI-LA (2011), and THE NIGHT OF BADR (2012).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His first feature-length film, THALA MON AMOUR, was selected for several worldwide film festivals like the Torino and Carthage film festivals and won several prizes. And his last outing, STREAMS &mdash; which he directed and co-produced &mdash; premiered at the 74th Locarno Film Festival, where it received widespread critical acclaim before going on to win Best Director at Malm&ouml;, Best Actor at Cairo, and the Jury Prize at Kolkata, among others.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili is considered a key figure in the emerging generation of Tunisian filmmakers and producers. He plays a vital role in shaping the current Tunisian cinema landscape by supporting and promoting local talent through his company Yol Film House. He is also an alumnus of the Film Independent Global Media Makers and Torino Film Lab programs.', '66979454'),
(823, '', 'MADANIYA garners Special Mention at Jerusalem Arab Film Festival', '2025-07-17', 'madaniya-still.jpg', 'MADANIYA, a documentary by Mohamed Subahi that follows three youths in the wake of Sudan&rsquo;s December Revolution, received a Special Mention at this year&rsquo;s Jerusalem Arab Film Festival in Palestine. Initially set to run in June, though delayed due to the unstable political environment and Israel&rsquo;s unprecedented attack on Iran, the annual film festival instead held its fifth edition from July 9th to the 15th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The documentary follows the transformative journeys of three Sudanese youths &mdash; Django, Esra, and Moumen &mdash; as they each strive to effect change in their country amidst a backdrop of national turmoil. The film&rsquo;s poignant storytelling and authentic portrayal of youth activism resonated powerfully with the audience, further solidifying its reputation after a successful world premiere at the 2024 Sheffield DocFest, where it was nominated for a Youth Jury Award before holding its Arab World premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Subahi is a filmmaker from Khartoum, Sudan, who is passionate about documentaries. Having been born, raised, and completed his higher education in Sudan, Subahi worked closely with the Sudan Film Factory Initiative while also attending different filmmaking training sessions in Egypt, South Africa, India, and Germany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>While concentrating on his documentary work as a director, cinematographer, and editor, Subahi also worked with different Sudanese INGOs like UNICEF, UNDP, IOM, Goethe Institute, British Council, and the EU delegation to Sudan on topics ranging from education, development, youth, and women empowerment, among others. His work experience over the past decade allowed him to tackle MADANIYA as his first feature-length documentary.', '702478045'),
(824, '', 'GREEN LINE holds its theatrical premiere at Zawya Cinema', '2025-07-30', 'green-line-still.jpg', 'Sylvie Ballyot&rsquo;s GREEN LINE is holding its theatrical release at 5:45 pm on August 2nd at Zawya Cinema &mdash; Cairo&rsquo;s very own designated art-house cinema hotspot &mdash; before screening once more on the 5th at 7 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>GREEN LINE follows Fida, a girl who grew up in war-torn Beirut hearing her grandmother\'s stories of the &lsquo;red hell.&rsquo; The film&rsquo;s clever use of miniatures to tell a dark story of a childhood ravaged by war speaks volumes. With the help of stop motion, Fida confronts the realities of war that haunted her childhood.\r<br/>The film received a MUBI Award as well as the Junior Jury Prize at the Locarno festival, Grand Prize of the Ismailia Festival in Egypt, and Atlas Distribution Award at Marrakech.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written by Sylvie Ballyot and Fida Bizri, produced by C&eacute;line Loiseau, and animated by Nicolas Lem&eacute;e alongside Ballyot herself.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A graduate of the F&eacute;mis Film School in Paris, Sylvie Ballyot directed several shorts and medium-length fiction films that explore love and family relationships, including ALICE, TEL P&Egrave;RE TELLE FILLE &mdash; selected for the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Directors&rsquo; Fortnight in 2007&mdash; MOI TOUT SEUL, and the award-winning 2008 documentary LOVE AND WORDS ARE POLITICS that was shot in Yemen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In addition to directing and co-writing GREEN LINE, Ballyot also lensed the film, alongside B&eacute;atrice Kordon, co-edited the film with Charlotte Tourr&egrave;s, and composed the music, along with Luc Meilland.', '2092594417'),
(825, '', 'PALESTINE 36 set for Gala world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival Opening Weekend', '2025-07-29', 'palestine-36-stilles.jpg', 'Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir returns to the international spotlight with the world premiere of her latest feature,&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, set to make waves at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, which will run from September 4th to the 14th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A sweeping yet intimate historical drama set during the 1936 Arab Revolt in British-ruled Palestine, the film marks a bold cinematic interpretation of a pivotal moment that reshaped the future of the Middle East.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production involving Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, Mk Productions, and Snowglobe, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule. But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>When asked about the inspiration and vision behind the film, Jacir talked about how she&rsquo;d dreamed about making a film about the 1936 Revolt for years &ldquo;but in a way that is intimate, personal, and raw.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Annemarie Jacir, PALESTINE 36 is produced by Ossama Bawardi; co-produced by Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Azzam Fakhrildin, and Hamza Ali; lensed by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart (INVISIBLE LIFE), edited by Tania Reddin (DIRTY FILTHY LOVE), production design by Nael Kanj (WAJIB), costume design Hamada Atallah (SALT OF THIS SEA) and scored by Ben Frost (DARK).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It also features a cast with talents from Palestine, the Arab World, and the UK, including: Oscar-winning British actor Jeremy Irons (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN), prominent Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (SUCCESSION), veteran Palestinian actor Kamel El Basha (THE INSULT), Saleh Bakri (THE BLUE CAFTAN), Yasmine Al-Massri (THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), Jalal Altawil (BOY FROM HEAVEN), Billy Howle (DUNKIRK), Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine (TO MY SON), William Cunningham (GAME OF THRONES), Robert Aramayo (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS), and newcomers Ward Helo, Ward Aylebuni, Yafa Bakri, and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has received funding and support from a broad coalition of international and regional organizations, including the British Film Institute (BFI), BBC Film, Doha Film Institute, Katara Studios, Watermelon Pictures, Red Sea Fund, Roya Media Group, Metafora Productions, Cocoon Films, TRT, Jordan Film Fund, the Royal Film Commission, Koala VFX, Danish Film Institute, Film I V&auml;st, S&oslash;rfond, French Cinema Institution (CNC &ndash; Aide au Cinema du Monde), R&eacute;gion Ile-de-France, AFAC, Munib &amp; Angela Masri Foundation, Ghiath and Nadia Sukhtian Foundation, Khalid Shoman Foundation, Studio Rise, and TV11.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is distributed in the MENA region by pan-Arab entertainment powerhouse MAD Solution&rsquo;s distribution arm MAD Distribution, while French sales agents mk2 Films and Lucky Number are handling its international sales and distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All three features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA (2007), a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU (2012) won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB (2017) garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies, including AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '288656571'),
(826, '', 'THE BURDENED screenings extended at Zawya Cinema in Cairo', '2025-08-03', 'THE BURDENED screenings extended at Zawya Cinema in Cairo.png', 'After screening for a week since July 23rd, Amr Gamal&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE BURDENED&nbsp;run at Zawya Cinema &mdash; Cairo&rsquo;s designated arthouse theater &mdash; has been extended for another week, on the following dates:\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sat, Aug 2nd, 3:45pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sun, Aug 3rd, 9:30pm\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mon, Aug 4th, 4:15pm\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the award-winning Yemeni filmmaker Amr Gamal, THE BURDENED offers a deeply moving and intimate look at a middle-class family in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. After both parents lose their jobs due to the country&rsquo;s economic crisis, they discover they are expecting a fourth child &mdash; a development that pushes them to consider abortion, challenging the conservative beliefs of their community.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film won over 16 awards at top festivals worldwide; among its most notable wins were the Amnesty International Film Prize at the Berlinale, a Gold Hugo at Chicago, two Jury Prizes at Valencia, a Special Jury Prize at Taipei, and top awards at both Oran and Malm&ouml;.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amr Gamal is a Yemeni film and theatre director, producer, and writer. In 2005, he founded the Khaleej Aden Theater Troupe in Aden to revive commercial theater in Yemen after a long hiatus following the 1994 civil war.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2018, he directed his first feature film, 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING, which was a major success in Yemen and became the country\'s official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 91st Academy Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His second film, THE BURDENED, made history as the first Yemeni film to be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.', '895035419'),
(827, '', 'EXILE unveils powerful official poster ahead of Locarno world premiere tonight', '2025-08-11', 'exile-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions unveils the official poster for&nbsp;EXILE, Mehdi Hmili&rsquo;s new workplace drama thriller, just hours before its Locarno world premiere tonight at 7 pm at Teatro Kursaal. The screening will be followed by a Q&amp;A with director Mehdi Hmili and cast members Ghanem Zrelli, Maram Ben Aziza, Slim Baccar, Ilyes Belgacem, Mourad Gharsalli, and cinematographer Farouk Laaridh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The newly released poster captures the film\'s intense visual style with a muted color palette and burnt textures, reflecting themes of degradation, trauma, and isolation&mdash;key emotions in EXILE.&nbsp;This corroded look mirrors the protagonist&rsquo;s mental struggles and the conflict within himself. His partially hidden face highlights the tension between visibility and erasure, representing the film\'s central themes of exile from society and a fading sense of self.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, EXILE follows Mohamed, a steel factory worker who survives a devastating explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head. Reassigned as a security guard and marginalized by the system, Mohamed embarks on a harrowing journey of revenge that unravels a deeper conspiracy&mdash;all while his physical condition deteriorates.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Moufida Fedhila under Yol Film House (Tunisia), Mehdi Hmili, Donato Rotunno of Tarantula (Luxembourg), and Michel Balagu&eacute; under Volte Film (France), EXILE features a stellar cast, including Ghanem Zrelli, Maram Ben Aziza, Slim Baccar, Younes Farhi, Mohamed Kolsi, and Mourad Gharsalli. The film&rsquo;s cinematography is by Farouk Laridha, with editing by Rawchen Mizouri and an original score by Am&eacute;lie Legrand.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation and the Doha Film Institute are co-producing the film, with MAD World responsible for worldwide sales and MAD Distribution overseeing its distribution throughout the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The project received support from CNC Tunisia, CNC France, the Luxembourg Film Fund, the Doha Film Institute, the Francophone Image Fund, La Fabrique Cin&eacute;ma at Cannes, the Red Sea Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, and France TV. It also garnered four prestigious awards from the CineGouna platform at the El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and producer whose bold and compelling films have garnered international acclaim. In France, he directed a critically praised black-and-white trilogy exploring themes of love and exile: X-MOMENT (2009), LI-LA (2011), and THE NIGHT OF BADR (2012).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He directed and co-produced STREAMS (2021), which had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. The film received widespread praise and won numerous awards, including Best Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival, Best Director at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Kolkata International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the Plurielles Festival in France. Released theatrically in Tunisia, France, and Luxembourg, STREAMS was later acquired by Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Canal+ VOD.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili has also served as a jury member, consultant, and mentor at various festivals across Europe and the Arab world, including the Amman International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An alumnus of the prestigious Torino Film Lab and Film Independent&rsquo;s Global Media Makers program, he is also the showrunner of ALL ABOUT ADAM, a true-story-based series supported by the Series Lab of the Doha Film Institute. As a prominent figure in Tunisia&rsquo;s cinematic new wave, Hmili continues to champion bold storytelling that resonates globally.', '879093705');
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(828, '', 'Mehdi Hmili’s revenge thriller EXILE held a packed world premiere at 78th Locarno Film Festival', '2025-08-12', 'EXILE_Mehdi-Hmili_111.jpg', 'The 78th Locarno Film Festival lit up with thunderous applause and emotional resonance as Mehdi Hmili&rsquo;s gripping workplace thriller&nbsp;EXILE&nbsp;held its world premiere, leaving audiences breathless and critics raving. Presented in the festival&rsquo;s Fuori Concorso Program, the film drew a packed house and a standing ovation that echoed long after the credits rolled.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following the screening, a powerful Q&amp;A session featured director Mehdi Hmili alongside cast members Ghanem Zrelli, Maram Ben Aziza, Slim Baccar, Ilyes Belgacem, Mourad Gharsalli, and cinematographer Farouk Laaridh. In a poignant moment of solidarity, the cast and crew raised the flags of Palestine and Tunisia, drawing cheers and affirming the film&rsquo;s commitment to resistance and identity.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, EXILE follows Mohamed, a steel factory worker who survives a devastating explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head. Reassigned as a security guard and marginalized by the system, Mohamed embarks on a harrowing journey of revenge that unravels a deeper conspiracy &mdash; all while his physical condition deteriorates.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Moufida Fedhila under Yol Film House (Tunisia), Mehdi Hmili, Donato Rotunno of Tarantula (Luxembourg), and Michel Balagu&eacute; under Volte Film (France), EXILE features a stellar cast, including Ghanem Zrelli, Maram Ben Aziza, Slim Baccar, Younes Farhi, Mohamed Kolsi, and Mourad Gharsalli. The film&rsquo;s cinematography is by Farouk Laridha, with editing by Rawchen Mizouri and an original score by Am&eacute;lie Legrand.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Red Sea Film Festival Foundation and the Doha Film Institute are co-producing the film, with MAD World responsible for worldwide sales and MAD Distribution overseeing its distribution throughout the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The project received support from CNC Tunisia, CNC France, the Luxembourg Film Fund, the Doha Film Institute, the Francophone Image Fund, La Fabrique Cin&eacute;ma at Cannes, the Red Sea Fund, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, and France TV. It also garnered four prestigious awards from the CineGouna platform at the El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and producer whose bold and compelling films have garnered international acclaim. In France, he directed a critically praised black-and-white trilogy exploring themes of love and exile: X-MOMENT (2009), LI-LA (2011), and THE NIGHT OF BADR (2012).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>He directed and co-produced STREAMS (2021), which had its world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. The film received widespread praise and won numerous awards, including Best Actress at the Cairo International Film Festival, Best Director at the Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Kolkata International Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the Plurielles Festival in France. Released theatrically in Tunisia, France, and Luxembourg, STREAMS was later acquired by Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Canal+ VOD.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mehdi Hmili has also served as a jury member, consultant, and mentor at various festivals across Europe and the Arab world, including the Amman International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An alumnus of the prestigious Torino Film Lab and Film Independent&rsquo;s Global Media Makers program, he is also the showrunner of ALL ABOUT ADAM, a true-story-based series supported by the Series Lab of the Doha Film Institute. As a prominent figure in Tunisia&rsquo;s cinematic new wave, Hmili continues to champion bold storytelling that resonates globally.', '1070197990'),
(829, '', 'DIARIES FROM LEBANON by Myriam El Hajj hits Metropolis Cinema August 18th', '2025-08-14', 'diaries-from-lebanon-still.jpg', 'Following its celebrated world premiere at the 74th Berlinale and successful commercial screenings,&nbsp;Myriam El Hajj&rsquo;s&nbsp;DIARIES FROM LEBANON&nbsp;is set to return to Metropolis Cinema in Beirut beginning Monday, August 18th, the first of which will be followed with a discussion with Lebanese journalists Joumana Haddad and Ibrahim Totanji.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This run of screenings is made possible through a collaboration between MAD Solutions, Nadi Lekol Nas, and Metropolis Cinema, bringing this powerful Lebanese documentary back to local audiences.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DIARIES FROM LEBANON is an intimate docudrama in which, in the form of diaries, the filmmaker narrates four tumultuous years of a nation in turmoil, battling to break free from its chains.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the country is shaken by disruptions, personal quests for meaning and survival unfold. How can we continue to dream when the world around us is collapsing?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>DIARIES FROM LEBANON was written, directed, and co-lensed by El Hajj alongside Jihad Saad&eacute; and Mohamed Siam, produced by Sassine of Abbout Productions and Ruszniewski of GoGoGo Films, and edited by Anita Perez and St&eacute;phanie Sicard. The documentary features author and activist Joumana Haddad, Lebanese war veteran Georges Moufarej, and artist and activist Perla Joe Maalouli.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Myriam El Hajj is a Lebanese filmmaker whose first feature-length documentary, A TIME TO REST, premiered at Visions du R&eacute;el-Nyon in 2015 and screened at several international festivals, winning multiple awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She teaches cinema at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts and is a member of several film commissions, including the CNC and Doha Film Institute. She&rsquo;s also a founding member of Rawiyat-Sisters in Film &mdash; a collective of women filmmakers from the Arab world and the diaspora.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As Lebanon strives toward a brighter future, DIARIES FROM LEBANON offers a personal look at its people&rsquo;s resilience and hopes. This MAD Solutions, Nadi Lekol Nas, and Metropolis Cinema collaboration brings these vital stories home. Don&rsquo;t miss the documentary starting August 18th at Metropolis Cinema.', '1084576581'),
(830, '', 'Palestine throws its hat in the Oscar ring with Annemarie Jacir’s PALESTINE 36', '2025-08-19', 'palestine-36-stilles.jpg', 'Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s latest film&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;has officially been submitted by the country&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture to compete for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. The film is due to have its world premiere on September 5th at the 50th annual Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule. But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It includes a roster of A-List actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THE SEA), Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi and Azzam Fakhrildin, with co-production by Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Speaking on her film, director Annemarie Jacir has stated, &ldquo;The story follows a group of people who each find themselves in a position they never asked for, and with something so much bigger than they know hanging over them. Making PALESTINE 36 has been the most challenging endeavor of my life. I never imagined this past year of blood, violence, and death would be the year I would create something made with so many collective hands and hearts, and so much love and defiance.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All three features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '878047223'),
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(833, '', 'Brad Pitt, Phoenix & Mara Join as executive producers on Tunisia’s Oscar Entry, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, before Venice debut', '2025-08-31', 'the-voice-of-hend-ragab.jpg', 'Two-time Academy Award nominee Kaouther Ben Hania returns to the global spotlight with the world premiere of her latest feature,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, in the Venezia 82 Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27th-September 6th), where it is nominated for the Golden Lion, the festival&rsquo;s highest honor.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has also been officially selected to represent Tunisia at the upcoming Academy Awards, marking Ben Hania&rsquo;s third Oscar campaign and further cementing her status as one of the Arab world&rsquo;s most vital cinematic voices.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screenings at the Venice International Film Festival will begin on September 3rd, with public showings at 4:30 pm in Sala Grande and 8:00 pm in PalaBiennale. For accredited pass holders, the film will screen earlier that day at 8:30 am in Sala Darsena and at 11:15 am and again at 4:30 pm in Sala Grande. An additional screening will take place on September 4th at 9:00 am in PalaBiennale.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere in Venice, the film will continue its international trajectory with prestigious selections at the 73rd San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival (Perlak section), the 69th BFI London Film Festival (Official Competition), and the 30th Busan International Film Festival (World Cinema section), affirming its resonance across diverse audiences and global platforms.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film, written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, blends actual audio recordings with scripted performances to tell the harrowing true story of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire in Gaza, alongside the paramedics who desperately tried to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Back on January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from Hind, who was stranded in a shelled vehicle after her family was killed while fleeing Gaza City. She remained on the phone for hours, pleading for help, until both she and the paramedics were found dead on February 10th following an Israeli withdrawal.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ben Hania, known for THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN and FOUR DAUGHTERS, both Oscar-nominated, was moved to create the film after hearing Hind&rsquo;s voice during a layover at LAX. &ldquo;I immediately felt a mix of helplessness and overwhelming sadness,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;After listening to the full 70-minute audio, I knew, without a doubt, that I had to drop everything else. I had to make this film.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hollywood stars Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, and Jonathan Glazer joined the film as executive producers after viewing an early cut. Pitt, along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B, also received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits, as did Film4 and MBC Studios.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Other prominent public figures who joined the project as executive producers include journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Tunisia and France, the film was shot in Tunisia and produced by an international team including Nadim Cheikhrouha (Mime Films, Tanit Films), Oscar-winning Odessa Rae (RaeFilm Studios), and Oscar-nominated James Wilson (JW Films Production).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The cast features Amer Hlehel (PARADISE NOW), Clara Khoury (BODY OF LIES), Motaz Malhees (200 METERS), and Saja Kilani, whose first feature film performance, SIMSIM, earned her the Best First Time Lead Actress Award at the Amman International Film Festival in 2025, with cinematography by Juan Sarmiento G., editing by Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis, and Ben Hania herself, and an original score by Amine Bouhafa.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Distribution will handle cultural and theatrical rights in the Arab world,with Sunnyland (A.R.T Group) serving as the digital distributor in MENA, while The Party Film Sales will manage worldwide sales and co-represent North American rights with CAA Media Finance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers from the Arab world, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, AND CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Ben Hania continues her legacy of urgent, emotionally resonant filmmaking. &ldquo;Cinema can preserve a memory. Cinema can resist amnesia,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;May Hind Rajab&rsquo;s voice be heard.', '1678167573'),
(835, '', 'Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 sells out premiere screening and gets a 10-minute standing ovation', '2025-09-06', 'palestine-36-stilles23.jpg', 'Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s highly anticipated film&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;held its sold-out world premiere last night at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival to thunderous acclaim. The screening was attended by the film&rsquo;s cast and crew, who took to the red carpet and stage wearing pins of the Palestinian flag in a powerful gesture of solidarity.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The historic premiere was met with a rapturous reception, culminating in a ten-minute standing ovation that filled the theater with chants of &ldquo;Free Palestine.&rdquo; Following the screening, the audience engaged in a thought-provoking Q&amp;A session with Jacir and members of the ensemble cast, sparking dialogue about the film&rsquo;s themes and its resonance with the current moment.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Also, throughout the premiere, actor Karim Daoud carried a bag containing a camera and a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh, both stained with blood, as a powerful statement protesting the killing of numerous Palestinian journalists during the ongoing war in Gaza.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule. But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It includes a roster of A-List actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THE SEA), Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi and Azzam Fakhrildin, with co-production by Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Speaking on her film, director Annemarie Jacir has stated, &ldquo;The story follows a group of people who each find themselves in a position they never asked for, and with something so much bigger than they know hanging over them. Making PALESTINE 36 has been the most challenging endeavor of my life. I never imagined this past year of blood, violence, and death would be the year I would create something made with so many collective hands and hearts, and so much love and defiance.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All three features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '567602880'),
(836, '', 'Sudanese Drama COTTON QUEEN Holds a Stirring Debut at Venice Critics’ Week', '2025-09-04', 'COTTON-QUEEN.jpg', 'COTTON QUEEN, a poetic and politically charged debut feature by Suzannah Mirghani, had its world premiere this week at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival as part of the Settimana Internazionale della Critica (Critics&rsquo; Week). The screening was met with resounding applause, marking an emotional and resonant moment for Sudanese cinema on the global stage.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mihad Murtada (Nafisa), the star of the film, sent a heartfelt video message apologizing for not being able to attend the premiere due to visa issues. In the video, she thanked everyone, expressed her deep appreciation, and shared her love for all the people who made the moment so special.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN was warmly received by audiences and critics at Venice. The film is shot by cinematographer Frida Marzouk with an original score by Amine Bouhafa. The cast is led by Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud as Al-Sit, Talaat Fareed as Babiker, and Haram Bisheer as Aisha.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following her award-winning short AL-SIT &mdash; which garnered international acclaim, including the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand and is currently streaming on Netflix Middle East &mdash; Suzannah Mirghani makes a bold entrance into feature filmmaking.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;COTTON QUEEN is the story of a girl awakening to her sense of self and her power to challenge the politics of her society&mdash;whether it\'s circumcision, arranged marriage, or exploitation,&rdquo; said Mirghani. &ldquo;Growing up in Sudan, I was always curious about the spectrum of female power within a family. How does a girl evolve from being voiceless and vulnerable to gaining power and prestige within her lifetime?&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her director&rsquo;s statement, Mirghani adds, &ldquo;COTTON QUEEN highlights how Sudanese girls must navigate authority in all its forms&mdash;whether patriarchal or matriarchal&mdash;from the specter of colonialism, to familial authoritarianism, to the demands of contemporary capitalism. It touches on broad social and political issues, from feminism to colonialism to neoliberalism. Through cinema, audiences around the world can finally glimpse some of the fascinating stories that make up Sudanese society.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is an ambitious international co-production, bringing together talents and production support from Germany, France, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan. It is produced by Caroline Daube and Didar Domehri, with co-producers Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, Jutta Feit, Julia I. Peters, Stefanie Plattner, Suzannah Mirghani, Gordon Spragg, Michael Arnon, and Laurin Dietrich. Executive producers are Alexander Funk and Rasha Abu Rish.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN is a collaboration between Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, Storming Donkey Productions, Maneki Films, Philistine Films, and Film Clinic &ndash; MAD Solutions. The film is co-distributed in the Arab World by&nbsp;<a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001__FKMPCKiBJhR-_v0RM4sFxlqv-7EOcQD8EVxOu07GhkTHll4NSWXuDBc8RUHyh9Jdpc7GOj2QBDrWAQXZOGHcXMjJYi-gtJ4VEObQKcmiNzqyIyGlnE830nddI316fMc-n3oVljhgjFk5vJgpraOHuaLvXeHfGO&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001__FKMPCKiBJhR-_v0RM4sFxlqv-7EOcQD8EVxOu07GhkTHll4NSWXuDBc8RUHyh9Jdpc7GOj2QBDrWAQXZOGHcXMjJYi-gtJ4VEObQKcmiNzqyIyGlnE830nddI316fMc-n3oVljhgjFk5vJgpraOHuaLvXeHfGO%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757317395928000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1EYNCUTfpIgONorRm2JDRS\">MAD Distribution</a>&nbsp;and Film Clinic Indie Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The project was developed with the support of the Doha Film Institute (Qumra), the Cairo Film Connection (CIFF), the Hubert Bals Fund at Rotterdam, and the ArteKino Prize at Cannes&rsquo; L&rsquo;Atelier in 2022. With a successful launch in Venice now behind it, COTTON QUEEN is set to continue its journey across the international festival circuit, with additional screenings and regional premieres to be announced.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT, screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS, commissioned by Serpentine Galleries.', '262542766'),
(837, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB premieres at 82nd Venice Film Festival', '2025-09-04', 'the-voice-of-hend-ragab4-9.jpg', 'Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official admission to the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; had a historic world premiere at the 82nd edition of the renowned Venice Film Festival, running from August 27th to September 6th.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />Enjoying a sold-out first screening in the presence of its entire cast and crew, including lead actor Motaz Malhees, who held a photo of Hind Rajab on the red carpet and raised the Palestinian flag on the stage of the theater after the film&rsquo;s conclusion, and executive producers Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n and a hearty, 22-minute-long standing ovation &mdash; the longest in the festival\'s history, culminating in theater-wide chants to &ldquo;Free Palestine&rdquo; &mdash; THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is poised for a successful run throughout the rest of the festival and beyond.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />In a post-screening press conference, Kilani declared that &ldquo;the VOICE OF HIND RAJAB does not need our defence. This film is not an opinion or a fantasy; it is anchored in truth. Hind&rsquo;s story carries the weight of an entire people.&rdquo; Film director Ben Hania also commented on Trump&rsquo;s plans to turn Gaza&rsquo;s coastline into a &ldquo;Riviera,&rdquo; saying, &ldquo;When I think about Hind playing on the beach, and I think about this project, [I find myself asking] in what world do we live in?&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. The film uses real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent correspondents that attempted to rescue her from the unrelenting Israeli attack. <br />&nbsp; <br />Explaining her vision for the film, Ben Hania said, &ldquo;What I wanted was to focus on the invisible: The waiting, the fear, the unbearable sound of silence when help doesn&rsquo;t come. Sometimes, what you don&rsquo;t see is more devastating than what you do. At the heart of it is something very simple, and very hard to live with. I cannot accept a world where a child calls for help and no one comes. That pain, that failure, belongs to all of us.&rdquo; <br />&nbsp; <br />Earlier, Deadline announced the film&rsquo;s backing by Hollywood topshots Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, who are onboard as executive producers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />Details of the film&rsquo;s upcoming festival trajectory have also emerged, ensuring that the story of Hind is told on a worldwide platform as it heads to the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by the BFI London Film Festival, the Perlak section of the San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival in Spain, and the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. <br />&nbsp; <br />The film &mdash; a Tunisian-French co-production starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani filmed in Tunisia &mdash; is being handled for worldwide sales by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. <br />Meanwhile,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aCjcejIba258KRZE8z7FQVO_7ZZoeAKkTAjtRWLmdvVnHvhcWHce4Duv-xAYhCQNXVyWe5UjyWgKiBGYg3x4mHdwcUSXZL1NYUINt4lxa9qQS07KHeJ7OZOhTUsec-XBe3f4i-MMzakiBxVMv2K2IV0G97AQGlUA&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001aCjcejIba258KRZE8z7FQVO_7ZZoeAKkTAjtRWLmdvVnHvhcWHce4Duv-xAYhCQNXVyWe5UjyWgKiBGYg3x4mHdwcUSXZL1NYUINt4lxa9qQS07KHeJ7OZOhTUsec-XBe3f4i-MMzakiBxVMv2K2IV0G97AQGlUA%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1757317395997000&amp;usg=AOvVaw12vdoC78YWIqiIn58q8mc0\">MAD Distribution</a>&nbsp;is handling theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB brings together Mime Films (Tunisia), Tanit Films (France), is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha as well as Odessa Rae and James Wilson, and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent. <br />&nbsp; <br />Kaouther Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; <br />Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.', '1066669513'),
(838, '', 'PROMISED SKY secures a triple win in France', '2025-09-03', 'PROMISED-SKY-secures.jpg', 'After its acclaimed world premiere as the Opening Film of Un Certain Regard at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;has continued its award-winning journey by securing three major prizes at the Festival du Film Francophone d&rsquo;Angoul&ecirc;me in France.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film took home Best Directing, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Deborah Naney, marking a remarkable triple victory at this prestigious French festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Inspired by real events that unfolded in Tunisia, where sub-Saharan migrants were violently targeted in the media and on the streets, the film reflects a wave of hostility fueled by inflammatory political rhetoric, which led to arbitrary arrests and expulsions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set against this turbulent backdrop, the film explores &mdash; through a quiet yet powerful lens &mdash; the tension and solidarity that emerge in times of crisis. &ldquo;What interests me most is moving beyond the migrant archetype by creating characters who feel real, complex, unexpected, and capable of challenging the audience,&rdquo; says director Erige Sehiri.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist living in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, PROMISED SKY is directed and co-produced by Erige Sehiri, produced by Didar Domehri, lensed by Frida Marzouk, who has worked with Sehiri before on UNDER THE FIG TREES and was involved in all the JOHN WICK movies. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director, producer, and former journalist whose work blends documentary realism with narrative cinema. She began her career in documentary filmmaking, directing the critically acclaimed On the Track (2018), which shed light on the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2022, Sehiri wrote, directed, and produced her debut feature Under the Fig Trees, an intimate exploration of youth, work, and fleeting moments of connection in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the 54th Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at Cannes and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 2023 Academy Awards. Since then, it has screened at major international festivals and been released in over twenty countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside her cinematic work, Sehiri is a passionate advocate for freedom of expression and media literacy. She co-founded the media platform Inkyfada and the Tunisian NGO Al-Khat. She is also a founding member of Rawiat &ndash; Sisters in Cinema, a collective dedicated to supporting female filmmakers across the Arab World and its diaspora.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This triple win at Angoul&ecirc;me further cements PROMISED SKY&rsquo;s status as one of the most powerful and resonant films of the year, continuing to captivate audiences and critics alike.', '640253319'),
(839, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB wins Grand Jury Prize at 82nd Venice International Film Festival', '2025-09-07', 'the-voice-of-hend.jpg', 'The 82nd Venice International Film Festival concluded with a powerful and historic win for Palestinian cinema as&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; by acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania and Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; was awarded the prestigious Grand Jury Prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A harrowing docu-drama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, the film&rsquo;s victory follows a record-breaking 22-minute standing ovation at its sold-out world premiere &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; culminating in theater-wide chants to &ldquo;Free Palestine.&rdquo; Soon after, the film became not only the talk of the festival but also a focal point for press and media worldwide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ben Hania, who accepted the award on stage, delivered a stirring and impressive speech that served as a searing call to conscience, dedicating the prize to the Palestinian Red Crescent and the &ldquo;heroes&rdquo; of the first response teams who risked their lives in the face of unimaginable violence.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;Hind&rsquo;s voice was a cry for rescue the entire world could hear, but no one answered,&rdquo; Ben Hania said. &ldquo;Her voice will continue to echo until accountability and justice is served. Cinema cannot bring her back, nor can it erase the atrocity that was committed against her. But cinema can preserve her voice.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;This is not just Hind&rsquo;s story, it is the story of a criminal Israeli regime that acts with impunity&hellip; May Hind rest in peace, may the eyes of her killers never sleep, and free Palestine,&rdquo; she continued.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. The film uses real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent correspondents that attempted to rescue her from the unrelenting Israeli attack.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Earlier, Deadline announced the film&rsquo;s backing by Hollywood topshots Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, who are onboard as executive producers, along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B, also received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits, as did Film4 and MBC Studios.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Other prominent public figures who joined the project as executive producers include journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Details of the film&rsquo;s upcoming festival trajectory have also emerged, ensuring that the story of Hind is told on a worldwide platform as it heads to the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by the BFI London Film Festival, the Perlak section of the San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival in Spain, and the World Cinema section of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film &mdash; a Tunisian-French co-production starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani filmed in Tunisia &mdash; is being handled for worldwide sales by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, MAD Distribution is handling theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World.\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB brings together Mime Films (Tunisia), Tanit Films (France), is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha as well as Odessa Rae and James Wilson, and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kaouther Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.', '2119891419'),
(840, '', 'AMBUSH to world premiere at 50th Toronto International Film Festival', '2025-09-02', 'ambush.jpg', 'Yassmina Karajah&rsquo;s short film&nbsp;AMBUSH&nbsp;is set to have its world premiere at the 50th anniversary of this year&rsquo;s Toronto International Film Festival, which is running from September 4th to the 14th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A pop-up techno club ambushes the streets of downtown Amman, flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces. Jana arrives, newly sober and wrestling with intimacy. While across the street, Hasan watches from his family&rsquo;s rooftop, anticipating a long-overdue encounter. The film is an urban portrait of bodies and their fleeting pre-dawn desires.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Speaking on her film, Karajah stated: &ldquo;This film is my love letter to my hometown. A visual poem and a youth anthem for Amman: Urgent, fragile, and full of contradictions. We&rsquo;re celebrating and grieving the cities and people that have shaped and failed us. This is a film about Arab tenderness, in forms we rarely see: Arab men who are vulnerable and multidimensional; Arab women who are not victims, but complex protagonists.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AMBUSH stars Sereene Khass and Emad Al Kobari, is produced by Rula Nasser in tandem with her company The Imaginarium Films, shot by Farhad Ghaderi, edited by Abdallah Sada, and distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian Palestinian screenwriter and director whose short films have screened at the Toronto, AFI, Dubai, and Melbourne film festivals, among others. Her debut short LIGHT was released in 2015, and her subsequent 2018 short film RUPTURE premiered at Toronto and was part of the MoMA&rsquo;s New Directors/New Films. It also won the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, where she was the first recipient of the Russo Brothers&rsquo; Fellowship. Her 2025 short film AMBUSH seeks to blend documentary elements with fiction.&nbsp;', '1349408832'),
(841, '', 'Somali feature THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE commercially releases in Morocco', '2025-09-12', 'THE-VILLAGE-NEXT-TO-PARADISE-stills2.jpg', 'Following its successful commercial run in Paris and Cairo, the acclaimed Somali feature&nbsp;THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE&nbsp;&mdash; the first-ever film shot in Somalia to screen at Cannes &mdash; has kicked off its cinematic release in Morocco with 11 screenings at Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que de Tanger, running from through Saturday, September 27th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its widely acclaimed world premiere at Cannes, the film has screened at over 25 international festivals, including Toronto, BFI London, Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, and Durban, garnering more than 15 awards. Highlights include five wins at the Austrian Film Academy Awards, Best Austrian Film at Viennale, the Jury Prize at the Marrakech International Film Festival, the Golden Hugo Award in the New Directors Competition at the Chicago International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Cork International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A poignant take on Somali life that is written and directed by Mo Harawe as his feature-length directorial debut, THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is set in a windy Somali desert village and revolves around a newly assembled family that must navigate between their different aspirations and the complex world surrounding them. Love, trust, and resilience will power them through their life paths&mdash;even amidst the throes of civil war and natural disasters.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Featuring a cast of rising Somali talents, including Ahmed Ali Farah, Ahmed Mohamud Saleban, and Anab Ahmed Ibrahim, the film received widespread acclaim from international critics.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Leila Latif of Indiewire hailed it as &ldquo;extremely exciting&rdquo; for telling the &ldquo;stories and talents that lie within Somalia\'s borders.&rdquo; And Les Inrockuptibles\' Marilou Duponchel wrote that Harawe \"delivers some invigorating news about young Somali cinema in an impressively masterful first feature.&rdquo; Meanwhile, Adham Youssef of The Film Verdict called the film \"visually striking and masterfully told,\" and Dmovies\' Eoghan Lyng simply declared it &ldquo;a spellbinding drama from Somalia.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE is an international co-production that brings together FreibeuterFilm (Austria), Kazak Productions (France), Niko Film (Germany), and Maanmaal ACC (Somalia), with Totem Films of France handling international sales. French theatrical distribution is handled by Jour2F&ecirc;te and MENA distribution by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is lensed by Mostafa El Kashef, who has already won several Best Cinematography awards for his work on the film, including accolades at the Carthage Film Festival and the Austrian Academy Film Awards. His recent works also include Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s feature debut, AISHA CAN\'T FLY AWAY, a tense drama about African migrants, which made history as the first Egyptian film to win the Venice Film Festival&rsquo;s Jury Prize for Best Film in Post-Production at the Final Cut in Venice and competed in the Un Certain Regard section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, marking the first Egyptian film to do so in nine years.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is also edited by Joana Scrinzi, who received the Best Film Editing prize from the Austrian Film Award for her multi-award-winning film GREAT FREEDOM, with Nuur Abdulkadir serving as production designer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in Mogadishu, Mo Harawe is a Berlinale Talents alumni who won a prestigious scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts in 2019 and has been studying for a master&rsquo;s degree in Visual Communication at the Art University in Kassel since 2020.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His filmography includes several compelling short films. Among them are LIFE ON THE HORN, which received a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival and Best Short Film award at the Carthage Film Festival, and WILL MY PARENTS COME AND SEE ME, which celebrated its world premiere at Berlinale Shorts and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.&nbsp;', '1225243760'),
(842, 'BAADARANE’s Festival Journey Begins in Mexico', 'Samah El Kadi’s BAADARANE to world premiere at Shorts Mexico, Followed by Screenings at Vancouver International Film Festival', '2025-09-11', 'BAADARANE-to-world-premiere-at-Shorts-Mexico.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lebanese director Samah El Kadi&rsquo;s latest short film, BAADARANE, had its world premiere on September 10 at Shorts Mexico,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where it was featured in the International Fiction Competition. The film will next travel to Canada for its Canadian premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), with two official screenings scheduled:</span>\r<br/><ul>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday, October 4th &mdash; 8:30 pm at International Village 7</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span></li>\r<br/><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday, October 5th &mdash; 6:15 pm at International Village 7</span></li>\r<br/></ul>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAADARANE follows a young boy from Mount Lebanon who grapples with his mother&rsquo;s sudden death, questioning the foundation of his faith and whether God punishes or saves people. In a series of mischievous challenges spreading anarchy in his tight-knit village, he attempts to hear back from God, yet hears nothing. His growing frustrations turn sinister and violent, as he rejects the religious traditions that once shaped his life.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the absence of God&rsquo;s response, he realizes the absurdity of the world around him. His rebellion spirals into darkness in this modern spin on the myth of Prometheus through the eyes of an eight-year-old Druze child from Baadarane.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Nadim Chammas and Samah El Kadi, the film stars Karim Hani, Mounir Malaeb, and Adham Boukaroum. It is lensed by Lluis Ferrer and Marcel Pascual, edited by Gerard Daccache and Nicolas Khoury, with sound design by Tony Khoury. The film is produced by Darine Hotait and Hanna Atala (Cinephilia and Route 243), and supported by Frederic Ephrem at The Filmhouse MENA, and distributed worldwide by MADWorld.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samah El Kadi is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. A graduate of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, El Kadi has directed several short films and commercial work for clients including Samsung, Tesla, and Vodafone.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was recently part of the International Emmy-nominated series Stardust, produced by Shahid&rsquo;s acclaimed 6:07 series. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His upcoming projects include the short films Ghostland and Baadarane, as well as his debut feature The Olive Press, currently in development.</span>', '1578475974');
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(843, '', 'COMMUNITY SERVICE competes at Port Said Film Festival’s first-ever edition', '2025-09-15', 'Community-service-2.jpg', 'Following its acclaimed world premiere at the 11th Saudi Film Festival earlier this year, the short Saudi film&nbsp;COMMUNITY SERVICE&nbsp;by Jaafar Al Ghalib has been officially selected to compete in the Short Film Competition at the first edition of the Port Said Film Festival, taking place from September 18th to 22nd.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COMMUNITY SERVICE follows the story of Sultan, who faces termination from his job, forcing him to take desperate risks to save himself. But he soon discovers he\'s become a pawn in a revenge scheme far greater than he imagined, orchestrated by his manager, Salwa, as part of her plot to overthrow the corrupt businessman who looms over her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The short had its world premiere at the Saudi Film Festival in April 2025 (April 17th&ndash;23rd), where it was screened in the Official Competition and praised for its tight narrative and socially conscious storytelling. The film now continues its festival journey on an international stage with its selection at Port Said, a brand-new film festival set in one of Egypt&rsquo;s most culturally significant cities.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced in tandem with Fawaz Gadri and Salem Shabl of Mazallah Studios, this short film stars Zara Al Balushi alongside Yasser Al Harbi. It is also directed by Saudi Arabian actor Jaafar Al Ghalib, written and produced by Salem Shabl, shot by Akbar Ali, edited by Khaled Faisal, and scored by Ziad Al-Anzi, with Salem Bakoor serving as the sound engineer, and MAD World handling international sales, and MAD Distribution managing the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Commenting on his short film, director Al Ghalid states, &ldquo;For nearly nine years, I have been driven by the dream and passion to present a work adapted from the writings of the great author Abdulwahab Al-Sayed Al-Rifai.&rdquo;&nbsp;He further expressed that he wanted COMMUNITY SERVICE to &ldquo;serve as a gateway to introduce this remarkable writer to filmmakers and, especially, to Saudi audiences&mdash;and to serve as a tribute to his fanbase.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jaafar Al Ghalib is a rising Saudi filmmaker with a passion for cinema, music, and literature. Previously, he produced and directed three shorts and co-wrote a fourth. He is also a member of Jeddah\'s Alwan Cinematic Club. With the support of Mizalla Studios, he now makes his directorial debut with COMMUNITY SERVICE.&nbsp;', '1473715113'),
(844, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB to Open Doha Film Festival', '2025-09-17', 'the-voice-of-hend-ragab.jpg', 'Venice&rsquo;s Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize Winner, Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s docudrama THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, based on the real Palestinian story that shocked the world, will be the opening film of the inaugural edition of the Doha Film Festival (November 20th-28th), marking its Arab World premiere.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With Hollywood giants like Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n serving as executive producers, this Tunisian-French production was selected as Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards. The film has already claimed several additional awards at Venice, including the UNICEF Award, Edipo Re Award, Arca Cinema Giovani Award, and the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a harrowing docudrama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a six-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire, pleading for rescue. The film uses real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film had a thunderous world premiere at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, receiving&nbsp;20-minute standing ovation&mdash;the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history. It quickly became the talk of the world, garnering attention from regional and international press and receiving high ratings on film websites, including an overall rating of 85 on Metacritic with 100% positive reviews from over ten major media outlets.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Among the highly positive reviews was one by Nicholas Barber of the BBC, who rated the film a near-perfect 100, stating, &ldquo;No other film this year will get more people talking or more people crying.&rdquo; Kevin Maher of&nbsp;The Times&nbsp;also rated it 100, urging politicians and decision-makers to see it. Additionally, The Playlist&rsquo;s Marshal Shaffer rated the film 91, writing, &ldquo;Take out a thesaurus for any overused critical buzzword about political cinema &ndash; timely, urgent, necessary&mdash;and they all fail to capture the shattering impact of Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB.&rdquo;\r<br/>Following its premiere, the film has been selected for screening at prestigious festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside the above famed executive producers are Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner,through their company Plan B, also received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits, as did Film4 and MBC Studios. Other prominent public figures who joined the project as executive producers include journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani filmed in Tunisia, it is being handled for worldwide sales by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution is handling theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB brings together Mime Films (Tunisia), Tanit Films (France), is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha as well as Odessa Rae and James Wilson, and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kaouther Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.', '58294029'),
(845, '', 'WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM competes at 8th El Gouna Film Festival', '2025-09-17', 'WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM2.jpg', 'After winning rave reviews from critics during its international festival tour, the Tunisian comedy feature film&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM&nbsp;by Amel Guellaty is set to hold its Arab World premiere as part of the Feature Narrative Competition at the 8th El Gouna Film Festival, taking place from October 16th to 24th, with screening dates to be announced soon by the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Fresh off its booming world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has made its way to major international festivals, including Rotterdam and Istanbul, receiving praise for its emotional depth, strong performances, and striking visuals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also won the Golden Bee for Best Film at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Malta and the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Toronto Arab Film Festival during its international tour.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director Amel Guellaty expressed her excitement about the selection, stating, \"I am deeply honored to present my film at El Gouna Film Festival, a place that has supported it from the early stages of development through post-production. I feel proud and grateful to finally share the result of years of work here. Bringing the film back to the MENA region means a great deal to me, and I can&rsquo;t wait to present it to the audience.\"\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Throughout its international festival run, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has garnered widespread acclaim from critics across the globe. Variety&rsquo;s Murtada Elfadl praised it as &ldquo;a visually striking film that packs in many themes within the simple framework of the road trip movie,&rdquo; while Cineuropa&rsquo;s Martin Kudl&aacute;č highlighted its portrayal of &ldquo;a lost generation that wants to reinvent itself.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amel Guellaty&rsquo;s direction has also been especially celebrated for its balance of humor and poignancy, with Santanu Das of Hindustan Times describing the film as &ldquo;a small miracle of a film with a giant, giant heart.&rdquo; Ahmed Shawky of Fasllah hailed it as &ldquo;a fresh new voice in Tunisian cinema,&rdquo; adding that it is &ldquo;unlike most Tunisian films we\'ve seen in recent years,&rdquo; further cementing the film&rsquo;s status as a standout in contemporary Arab cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub, of Tunisia&rsquo;s Atlas Vision. It stars Slim Baccar, Eya Bellagha, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomane.\r<br/>Cinematography is by Frida Marzouk, with editing by Amel Guellaty, Ghalya Lacroix, and Malek Kammoun. Music is composed by Omar Aloulou, and sound is by Aymen Labidi, with Arab distribution and sales handled by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amel Guellaty, born in 1988, is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and photographer who transitioned to cinema after studying law at the Sorbonne, working as an assistant on films such as APR&Egrave;S MAI by Olivier Assayas and FOREIGN BODY by Raja Amari.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She made her directorial debut in 2017 with BLACK MAMBA, which was selected for over 60 international festivals and won 20 awards and was later acquired by Canal+ and Italy&rsquo;s RT Channel; her second short film, CHITANA (2022), received international acclaim, and she has also directed commercial campaigns for global brands including Dior, Montblanc, and IWC; WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM marks her first feature film.&nbsp;', '619799973'),
(846, '', 'MAD Solutions to screen three Oscar-submitted films at Cinémathèque Nationale du Maroc', '2025-09-18', 'MAD-Solutions-to-screen-three-Oscar-submitted-films.jpg', 'Three MAD-distributed films&mdash;GAZA MON AMOUR&nbsp;by Tarzan and Arab Nasser,&nbsp;THE BURDENED&nbsp;by Amr Gamal, and&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY&nbsp;by Amjad Al Rasheed, each selected as its country&rsquo;s official submission to the Academy Awards&mdash;will be screened over three consecutive months, from September 20th to December 20th, at Morocco&rsquo;s esteemed Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que Nationale du Maroc.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>To quote the institute, the Cin&eacute;math&egrave;que Nationale du Maroc is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and dissemination of national and international cinematic heritage.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Loosely based on a true story,&nbsp;GAZA MON AMOUR&nbsp;centers on Issa, a 60-year-old fisherman in Gaza who has never had the courage to tell Siham he\'s in love with her. When he finds a phallic sculpture of the Greek god Apollo in his fishing net, he believes his luck may have turned around.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring top Palestinian actors Hiam Abbas, Salim Daw, Maisa Abd Elhadi, and George Askander, the film&mdash;Palestine&rsquo;s official submission to the 93rd Academy Awards&mdash;world premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC Award for best Asian film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It has since gone on to screen worldwide, winning several awards, including the Best Feature Award at the Mons International Festival of Love Films, a Silver Spike at Valladolid, a Critics Choice Award at Fribourg, and Best Actor at Antalya, along with nominations at Thessaloniki and Stockholm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile,&nbsp;THE BURDENED&nbsp;offers a deeply moving and intimate look at a middle-class family in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. After both parents lose their jobs due to the country&rsquo;s economic crisis, they discover they are expecting a fourth child&mdash;a development that pushes them to consider abortion, challenging the conservative beliefs of their community.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Yemen&rsquo;s official entry for the 96th Academy Awards, this feature was also the country&rsquo;s first entry at Berlinale, where it impressively won the Amnesty International Film Prize right off the bat. Since then, it has garnered over 15 additional awards. It stars Abeer Mohammed, Khaled Hamdan, and Samah Alamrani.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Lastly, but certainly not least,&nbsp;INSHALLAH A BOY&mdash;an award-studded film in its own right&mdash;a recently widowed mother must pretend to be pregnant in order to protect herself and her daughter from Jordan\'s patriarchal inheritance laws, which would permit her husband\'s family to take everything she owned, leaving Nawal with nothing, solely because she did not bear him a son.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Winning over 13 awards worldwide, including two at Cannes, the film made quite the impression, receiving widespread critical acclaim. Naturally, it was chosen as Jordan&rsquo;s official submission to the 96th Academy Awards. It stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, and Yumna Marwan.', '496425564'),
(848, 'A love letter to Amman: AMBUSH hits El Gouna after Toronto premiere', 'Jordanian short AMBUSH by Yassmina Karajah to screen at eighth El Gouna Film Festival ', '2025-09-19', 'ambush-still2.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival and its international premiere at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, Yassmina Karajah&rsquo;s short film AMBUSH is set to hold its Arab World premiere at the eighth El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 16th to 24th.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blending documentary elements with fiction, the Jordanian short revolves around a pop-up techno club that ambushes the streets of downtown Amman, flooding a conservative neighborhood with heavy bass and unfamiliar faces. Jana arrives, newly sober, wrestling with intimacy. While across the street, Hasan watches from his family\'s rooftop, anticipating a long-overdue encounter.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on her film, Karajah has stated, &ldquo;This film is a love letter to my hometown. It&rsquo;s shaped like a visual poem but rooted in the everyday moments and tensions of Ammani youth. We&rsquo;re honoring and grieving the cities and the people that have shaped us and, perhaps at times, failed us. &ldquo;I hope this film reflects a sense of Arab tenderness, in forms we rarely see: Arab men who are vulnerable and multidimensional and Arab women who are not victims but complex protagonists,&rdquo; she added.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written and directed by Yasmina Karajah, AMBUSH stars Sereen Khass and Emad AlKobari, with supporting performances by Joanna Arida, Baha Sulieman, Moath Zakzook, and Mohammad Jayousi. It is produced by Aseel Abu Ayyash, Raya Abu AlRub, Yousef Abed Alnabi, and Joaquin Cardoner from Migmar Pictures, with MAD Distribution handling the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive production is led by Rula Nasser in collaboration with her company, Imaginarium Films. The cinematography is by Farhad Ghaderi, with editing by Abdallah Sada and sound design by Janis Ahnert.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yassmina Karajah is a Jordanian-Palestinian screenwriter and director whose work has screened at major international festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Melbourne International Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films at MoMA.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her short film RUPTURE (2018) was named to TIFF&rsquo;s Canada&rsquo;s Top Ten, acquired by The Criterion Channel, and awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, where she became the first recipient of the Russo Brothers Fellowship. Her latest short, AMBUSH (2025), premiered at TIFF and will compete in the Wide Angle Asian Short Film Competition at the Busan International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;She holds an LL.B. from the University of Bristol and a BFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Center&rsquo;s Directors&rsquo; Lab. She is currently developing her debut feature, set in Amman, Jordan.&nbsp;</span>', '109291679'),
(849, '', 'MAD Solutions: The Driving Force Behind Palestine’s Award-Winning Films in 2024–2025', '2025-09-21', 'The-Driving-Force-Behind.jpg', 'Between 2024 and 2025, MAD Solutions played a vital role in amplifying the global success of Palestinian cinema, contributing to the production, distribution, and support of 75% of the most diverse and celebrated Palestinian films, which made an exceptional impact on the international stage over the past year, receiving critical acclaim and prestigious awards at major global film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Among these notable titles are the feature films&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB,&nbsp;PALESTINE 36,&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, and&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; the short film&nbsp;UPSHOT; and the documentary&nbsp;GAZA TALES.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The latest film distributed by MAD Solutions through its subsidiary MAD Distribution across cinemas and cultural venues in the Arab world is&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, by Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the Oscars. The film made a striking impression during its world premiere at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize and received a standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes, solidifying Ben Hania&rsquo;s reputation as one of the most influential voices in global cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Also distributed by MAD Distribution in the Arab region,&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;is the latest work by pioneering Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir. Officially selected to represent Palestine in the race for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, the film premiered globally in the Gala Presentations section at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving enthusiastic applause for over ten minutes and generating strong expectations for a successful awards season.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The dark comedy&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!, by Laila Abbas and distributed by MAD Distribution in the Arab world and represented worldwide by MAD World, has achieved both critical and commercial success. Following its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, the film went on to win Best Feature Film at the El Gouna Film Festival, and earned multiple Arab Critics&rsquo; Awards for Best Film and Best Director, accumulating a total of 11 awards from 18 international festivals, while also performing strongly in Arab and African cinemas.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>One of the more celebrated Palestinian titles that MAD Solutions was also&nbsp; a catalyst behind is&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, by brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, which offers a poetic portrayal of life in Gaza and won Best Director in the &ldquo;Un Certain Regard&rdquo; section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, further establishing the Nasser brothers as leading figures in Arab and international cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>And on the short film side, MAD Solutions was there to help bring the short film Maha Haj&rsquo;s&nbsp;UPSHOT&nbsp;to the audience. The film made a striking world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, receiving the Pardino d&rsquo;Oro Swiss Life Jury Prize for Best Short Film and the Independent Youth Jury Award.&nbsp; Since then, it has had a successful awards season, winning the Golden Star of El Gouna for Best Short Film, Best Film at the Sharjah Film Festival, and the Audience Award at Italy&rsquo;s FrontDoc Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last but certainly not least among the Palestinian gems that experienced MAD success is the documentary&nbsp;GAZA TALES, by Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed, which presents firsthand testimonies from the heart of Gaza. After holding special screenings at European cultural institutions, the film is now gearing up for a global festival tour, amid receiving growing critical interest that reflects the world&rsquo;s deep desire to know more stories from Palestine.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With its steadfast commitment to championing Palestinian creators, MAD Solutions leverages its expertise in distribution and promotion, aiming to broaden the reach of their works and strengthen their presence in major festivals and theaters worldwide.', '312751283'),
(850, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB   to close 46th Cairo International Film Festival', '2025-09-21', 'the-voice-of-hend-ragab.jpg', 'An immensely powerful film that shook the Venice International Film Festival to its core,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;by Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania&nbsp;is poised to close off this year&rsquo;s edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (November 12th to 21st), under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a docudrama about the real shocking story of a girl from Gaza murdered by Israeli forces that uses real voice recordings from the victims and the Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Veteran actor and president of the festival Hussein Fahmy stated, &ldquo;Screening THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB as the closing film of this edition reflects the festival&rsquo;s belief in cinema&rsquo;s role in advocating human causes, first and foremost the Palestinian cause. It is a film that leaves a profound impact and turns art into a tool for expressing justice and freedom.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Mohamed Tarek, artistic director of CIFF, said, &ldquo;Selecting Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s film as the festival&rsquo;s closing night film is a celebration of Arab cinema&rsquo;s role in conveying the voice of Palestine to the world. It reaffirms that cinema can serve as a bridge to unite people and preserve shared memory.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Its prestigious Silver Lion win in Venice adds to its global significance and deepens our pride in presenting it in Cairo. We raise the voice of Hind and all children robbed of their childhood by violence, believing in the power of image and word to keep hope alive and offer humanity a new chance for solidarity and inspiration,&rdquo; he adds.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Back on January 29th in 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call. A 6-year-old girl, trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, was pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they did everything they could to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has already garnered significant acclaim in a short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival world premiere. It also received a thunderous over a 20-minute standing ovation, the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere catapulted the film into the international spotlight, drawing intense attention from global press and earning high ratings on critical sites. It currently holds an overall rating of 85 on Metacritic, with a 100% positive review score from over ten major media outlets.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notable among the reviews was Nicholas Barber&rsquo;s (BBC) near-perfect 100 score, writing, &ldquo;No other film this year will get more people talking or more people crying.&rdquo; Kevin Maher of The Times also awarded a 100, urging politicians and decision-makers to see it. The Playlist&rsquo;s Marshal Shaffer rated the film 91, stating, &ldquo;Take out a thesaurus for any overused critical buzzword about political cinema&mdash;timely, urgent, necessary&mdash;and they all fail to capture the shattering impact of Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its triumphant world premiere, the film has been selected for prestigious festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival, And now, it heads to as well the Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s executive producers also include Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B Entertainment, who received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits alongside Film4 and MBC Studios. Other prominent figures joining as executive producers are journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Filmed in Tunisia and starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are being handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World are managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a collaboration between Mime Films (Tunisia) and Tanit Films (France). It is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae, and James Wilson and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The director, Kaouther Ben Hania, is among the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling. Her previous film, FOUR DAUGHTERS, won the L&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2024. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor in the Horizons Section at Venice. Her earlier works, including BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS, have also earned international acclaim.', '1496968736'),
(851, 'Lebanese Short THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE Rides into El Gouna', 'Clermont-Ferrand winner THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE to screen at eighth El Gouna Film Festival', '2025-09-22', 'The-devil-still.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After winning the National Student Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and receiving t</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he CONCORTO Film Festival Young Jury Award 2025, S</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">haron Hakim&rsquo;s powerful dramatic comedy short film THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE is set to hold its Arab World premiere at the 8th El Gouna Film Festival, taking place from October 16th to 24th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set against the backdrop of Lebanon, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE follows 13-year-old Yasma, a Lebanese girl from an interfaith marriage, preparing for the ritual of her First Communion. However, as her sensuality awakens, an entirely different kind of ritual begins&mdash;one that transcends the bounds of religion and culture.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is an adaptation of a short story written by Tamara Saade in 2020. It fictionally recounts an intimate childhood experience related to the discovery of her body as a young girl in a Christian village in Lebanon. This story explores a dual initiation: into the rites of the Maronite Catholic religion and into sensual pleasure.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamara and Sharon, longtime collaborators since meeting on Sharon&rsquo;s first film, THE GREAT NIGHT in 2019, worked closely to translate the short story into a cinematic narrative. Together, they selected moments from the original text and crafted new scenes tailored to the language of film. Tamara also voices the adult Yasma in the film&rsquo;s voiceover, offering a reflective and omniscient perspective that deepens the emotional experience of the story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film has already captivated audiences during its extensive run at prestigious international film festivals, including BFI London, Les Nuits Med (Special Mention), C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Pantin, CONCORTO&nbsp; Young Jury Award 2025), the Namur Francophone Festival, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Cinemed.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, as it arrives in El Gouna, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE continues its journey with an upcoming screening at the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, inviting viewers to connect with its powerful story.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film is directed by Sharon Hakim, who co-wrote it with</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tamara Saade,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian as the producer in co-production with Christelle Younes. The cast includes M&eacute;lissa Succar, Christine Choueiri, Roger Azar, Maria Hektor, and Tatiana Succar.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling international sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE features cinematography by Laetitia de Montalember, editing by Cl&eacute;mence Samson, sound design by Rawad Hobeika, Beno&icirc;t Gargonne, and Lionel Guenoun and music by Marc Codsi and Aghiad Ghanem. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /><br /></span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tinted with social and political allusions to Lebanon in the 2000s, the film uses this backdrop not as its focus, but as a subtle layer beneath the inner awakening of a young girl exploring her identity. Through the delicate subject of sexual self-discovery, it favors suggestion over visibility&mdash;evoking emotion without explicitness. This choice reflects Sharon&rsquo;s intent to avoid sexualizing adolescent bodies and to center the story on what Yasma feels rather than what is shown.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Yasma&rsquo;s awareness deepens, the film draws a quiet parallel between physical and religious ecstasy. It becomes a celebration of love, pleasure, and the sacredness of the body&mdash;challenging the shame often attached to it.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its final scene, the film offers Yasma a space of welcome and resilience. Her desire prevails over inhibition, echoing the enduring vitality of the Lebanese people. She will grow, guided by her love for life and the freedom she carries within herself.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharon Hakim is a writer and director who studied in Paris and New York. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her first short film, THE GREAT NIGHT, was selected at Clermont-Ferrand and Cinemed and won multiple awards. In 2024, she directed both NOSTALGIA FOR THE DODOS, pre-acquired by Canal+, and THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE. She is currently developing her debut feature, Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>', '1928644148'),
(852, 'It\'s not a Halaloween without BUILDING 13 world premiering at the Arab American National Museum!', 'Horror featurette BUILDING 13 to world premiere at the Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival', '2025-09-28', 'building13.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUILDING 13, a frightful featurette by Meshal Almutairi, is set to world premiere at the Arab American National Museum in the US, as part of the aptly named Halaloween Muslim Horror Film Festival program.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driven by a love for horror and a thirst for adventure, 24-year-old Safwan ignores a warning and explores the infamous &lsquo;Building 13&rsquo; at his university. Once inside, he finds himself trapped and tormented by a supernatural entity that communicates through cryptic messages. To escape his newly-found purgatory, Safwan must solve each chilling riddle.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This short horror film boasts an all Arab cast and crew, produced by Fahad Alamri, written by Yazeed Alshareef, lensed by Abdulmalik Alqarni, and sound engineered by Qublan Alqarni. It stars Amr Gari alongside Abdullah Alsaggaf.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking on his spooky short, Meshal said, &ldquo;Working on this little film was really fun. I stumbled upon this abandoned building that immediately drew me in. It was scary! I told my friend Fahad, enlisted Yazeed\'s help to write a script, and next thing I knew, we were making a movie.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meshal Almutairi is an up-and-coming 23-year-old director and video editor from Saudi Arabia. Having graduated from the King Abdulaziz University, Meshal has worked on numerous short film projects and was nominated for a city-wide filmmaking prize in Jeddah. </span>', '2133681699'),
(853, '', 'AGORA Receives Special Mention Award at Tripoli Film Festival', '2025-09-25', 'agora-stills.jpg', 'Tunisian filmmaker Ala Eddine Slim&rsquo;s powerful drama&nbsp;AGORA&nbsp;has received a Special Mention Award at the 2025 Tripoli Film Festival, continuing its strong run on the international festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This comes after its Pardo Verde Jury Award win at the 77th Locarno Film Festival, an Arab World premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, and features at the Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain and Mostra de Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Delving into themes of family and community conflict while also addressing contemporary issues such as economic, social, health, and security challenges, mirroring the complex realities of today&rsquo;s Tunisia, AGORA is set against the backdrop of a remote town, where people who were previously thought to be missing make a sudden return, causing growing tensions within the families, community, and local police.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As a result, local police inspector Fathi, with the help of his doctor friend Amine, tries to understand the enigmatic and bizarre circumstances that led to their initial disappearance and unexpected return. As the investigation deepens, a police inspector from the capital, Omar, arrives to solve the mystery. Will Omar\'s arrival bring understanding or further complicate matters?\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>According to Eddine Slim, &ldquo;AGORA deals with the relationship between law enforcement/secular and religious institutions and the ambiguity that results from the juxtaposition of these two powers.&ldquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, edited, and produced by Slim &mdash; known for THE LAST OF US and TLAMESS &mdash; AGORA features a talented cast, including Neji Kanaweti, who starred in the Berlinale title WHO DO I BELONG TO?; Bilel Slatnia, known for his work in the Tunisian drama DACHRA; Majd Mastoura, who starred in the critically acclaimed HEDI; and Sonia Zarg Ayouna, a rising Tunisian star. Also, MAD World handles the film&rsquo;s international sales while distribution in Arabic-speaking territories is managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ala Eddine Slim is a free-spirited Tunisian filmmaker who develops a singular universe in each of his films. He is particularly interested in exploring marginalization, wandering, change, and territory.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>His filmography includes BABYLON, which he co-directed with Youssef and Isma&euml;l Chebbi and won the Grand Prize in the International Competition at FIDMarseille; THE LAST OF US, which won the Lion of the Future Prize at the Venice International Film Festival; and TLAMESS, which won him the Best Director Award at the Marrakech International Film Festival.', '1287739843'),
(854, '', 'MAD Solutions to screen four powerful Arab films at 69th BFI London Film Festival ', '2025-09-29', 'mad-films-in-bfi.jpg', 'Following its extensive participation at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, MAD Solutions steps onto the international stage once more with four powerful films set to screen at the 69th BFI London Film Festival, taking place from October 8th to the 19th in London and across the UK.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The MAD lineup includes Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s internationally acclaimed docu-drama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the Oscars,&nbsp;and a contender in the festival&rsquo;s prestigious Official Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Joining it in the thematic strand &lsquo;Journey&rsquo; are Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, officially submitted by Palestine&rsquo;s Ministry of Culture for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards; Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY, which opened the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard section; and Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama&rsquo;s affecting feature debut&nbsp;T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES&nbsp;&mdash; a tender exploration of grief and resilience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, is a harrowing docu-drama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film incorporates real-life voice recordings between Hind and Red Crescent volunteers during her final moments, offering an unflinching portrayal of innocence lost in conflict.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani filmed in Tunisia, the film will screen at 9 pm on Thursday, October 16th, at BFI Southbank, NFT1, and at 12:15 pm and 12:30 pm&nbsp;on Saturday, October 18th, at Curzon Soho Cinema, Screens 2 and 3, respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Also featured in the Journey strand is the historical drama&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;by Annemarie Jacir, which explores the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936. The film will screen at 6:10 pm on Friday, October 17th, at Curzon Mayfair, Screen 1, and at 7 pm on Sunday, October 19th, at Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1.\r<br/>A co-production involving Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>But history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It includes a roster of A-List actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THE SEA), Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anay.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up is Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY, which will also be part of the Journey strand. A co-production between France, Tunisia, and Qatar starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Mohamed Grayaa, the film tells the story of Marie, Naney, and Jolie, who live together in Tunisia, sheltering Kenza, a shipwreck survivor. As this unorthodox family forms, crises make each woman reconsider her place.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its acclaimed world premiere as the Opening Film of Un Certain Regard at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and its triple win at the Festival du Film Francophone d&rsquo;Angoul&ecirc;me, PROMISED SKY will screen at 8:45 pm on Thursday, October 9th, at BFI Southbank, NFT2, and at 12:15 pm and 12:30 pm on Saturday, October 11th, at Curzon Soho Cinema, Screens 2 and 3.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Last, but certainly not least on MAD Solutions&rsquo; lineup, is&nbsp;T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES, the affecting feature debut by Maja-Ajmia Yde Zellama, which world premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received two Special Mentions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Belgian production with a Tunisian flavor, the film is a coming-of-age story shaped by tragedy that follows 12-year-old Eya as she comes to grips with the sudden loss of her older brother Youn&egrave;s, with whom she shared an intense and inseparable bond. Immersed in a deeply codified and intense grieving process, she draws on her creativity, resilience, and the support of Youn&egrave;s&rsquo; friends to come to terms with his passing and carve out her own path toward adulthood. The film stars Safa Gharbaoui, Mehdi Bouziane, Mounir Amamra (DIVINES), Adnane El Haruati, Saber Tabi, Nicolas Makola, Mehdi Zellama, and Monia Taieb.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;T&Ecirc;TES BR&Ucirc;L&Eacute;ES will screen at 6:20 pm on Saturday, October 18th, at BFI Southbank, NFT3, and at 2:45 pm, on Sunday, October 19th, at Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1.', '691065033'),
(855, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB  wins Audience Award at San Sebastián International Film Festival', '2025-09-29', 'hend-ragab-voice.jpg', 'Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s hard-hitting film&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;recently won an Audience Award at the 73rd edition of the accredited San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, which took place from September 19th to the 27th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB &mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; is a docudrama that tells the shocking true story of a girl from Gaza who was murdered by Israeli forces. The film uses real voice recordings from the victim and Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a six-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they did everything they could to dispatch an ambulance to her location. Her name was Hind Rajab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, the Tunisian-French co-production has already garnered significant acclaim in an exceedingly short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award,\r<br/>an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival world premiere. The film also received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes, the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere catapulted the film into the international spotlight, drawing intense attention from global press and earning high ratings on critical sites. It currently holds an overall rating of 85 on Metacritic, with a 100% positive review score from over ten major media outlets.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notable among the reviews was Nicholas Barber&rsquo;s (BBC) near-perfect 100 score, writing, &ldquo;No other film this year will get more people talking or more people crying.&rdquo; Kevin Maher of The Times also awarded it a 100, urging politicians and decision-makers to see it. The Playlist&rsquo;s Marshal Shaffer rated the film 91, stating, &ldquo;Take out a thesaurus for any overused critical buzzword about political cinema &mdash; timely, urgent, necessary &mdash; and they all fail to capture the shattering impact of Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its triumphant world premiere, the film has been selected for prestigious festivals, including the Toronto, Chicago, Cairo, and BFI London film festivals.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The rest of the film&rsquo;s crew includes executive producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B Entertainment, who received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits alongside Film4 and MBC Studios. Other prominent figures joining as executive producers are journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a collaboration between Mime Films (Tunisia) and Tanit Films (France). It is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae, and James Wilson and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Filmed in Tunisia and starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World are managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania is among the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World. Known for her bold storytelling, her previous film, FOUR DAUGHTERS, won the L&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2024. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor in the Horizons Section at Venice. Her earlier works, including BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS, have also earned international acclaim.', '1666501367');
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(856, 'Unforgetting helpless Palestine: Poland\'s Warsaw festival to showcase FIN', 'Palestinian director Ward Kayyal’s short FIN to world premiere at Warsaw International Film Festival', '2025-09-25', 'fin-and.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well known for his short HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, which world premiered last year at the Cairo International Film Festival, Palestinian director Ward Kayyal is set to captivate Egyptian audiences once again with his latest short, FIN</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set to hold its world premiere at the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival, running from October 9th to 19th in Warsaw, Poland.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ziad Bakri, best known for SCREWDRIVER, which was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND AWAY, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIN is a gripping single-take short that explores the numbing helplessness felt by those outside Gaza in the face of ongoing genocide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a stormy night, a man walks through Haifa&rsquo;s empty streets, trying to light his cigarette in vain under the heavy rain. As the flame fails him again and again, something happens that he does not foresee.</span>\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on his film, director Kayyal says, &ldquo;FIN is a small film we made with a small crew, but it carries something heavy: a sense of numbness and helplessness of watching a genocide unfold and feeling unable to stop it. We made this film as a way to face our own silence, our distance and the painful truth that we have left our people in Gaza to face this alone.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I know a film cannot end a war; it cannot bring back the dead or rebuild what was destroyed, but maybe it can do something else. Maybe it can break the silence, spark a question, or shift something inside us that leads to action. Maybe it can turn the act of watching into something real, something that protects lives rather than simply observes their loss,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, the Palestinian short features cinematography by Ashraf Dowani, editing by Nour Abu Kamal, and sound design by Elias Abd El Malek. It is produced by Donna Hawwa under WK Production.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward Kayyal is a 29-year-old film director from Palestine. He completed his cinema studies in 2022. His first short film, HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and went on to screen globally. Currently writing his first feature and developing his third short film, Kayyal is dedicated to enriching the Palestinian art scene by addressing political and social issues through the lens of community engagement.&nbsp;</span>', '1934545208'),
(857, 'FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT then a striking premiere at Warsaw!', 'Short film FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT to world premiere at 41st Warsaw International Film Festival', '2025-09-28', 'First-The-Blush.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acclaimed for her performance in BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was directed by Oscar-nominated Kaouther Ben Hania, </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariam Al Ferjani&rsquo;s captivating Tunisian-Italian drama short FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT is due to hold its world premiere as part of the International Competition of the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival, running from October 10th to the 19th.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore&rsquo;s undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. In a tale of blood and transgression, Layla and Ettore refuse to be the victims of a past they couldn\'t control.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo; Crossing through time and imaginations, life compels all human beings to transform into something other than themselves,&rdquo; said Al Ferjani, in regard to her film. &ldquo;This condition is inherently subjective and often unconscious. Yet, we free ourselves from alienation when, through the gaze of another, we reconcile with what has happened to us and with what we have become. The film is rich in symbolic value yet approached in a way that is realistic: the emotions are raw, primitive and unrefined, like reality. Then I rephrase them into visual metaphors, and figurative images in the protagonists&rsquo; poems.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring the director herself Mariam Al Ferjani, alongside Bartolo Casiraghi and Bruno Casiraghi, the short is shot by Simone Mazzoleni, edited by Marco Longo, with sound design by Lucia Grazzola, and a licensed score by the late Umberto Bindi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT is produced by Marco Longo in tandem with the company Berenice.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariam Al Ferjani is a Tunisian actress, scriptwriter, director, and artist. She studied film direction at the Luchino Visconti Cinema School in Milan while also attending acting classes at the Paolo Grassi Theater School. Al Ferjani made her debut as a photographer/performer in Paris. Acclaimed for her performance in the Cannes-premiering BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, which was directed by acclaimed Oscar nominee Kaouther Ben Hania.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ferjani has since garnered six international awards, including the 2018 Arab Critics\' Award for Best Performance. She expanded her repertoire with directorial and scriptwriting roles in the short film OMERT&Agrave;, which was screened at the Directors\' Fortnight in 2018. Her on-screen presence continued with roles in REBORN, AMAL, and OMAYMA, CAIRO-BERLIN, HARGA, and SAMRA&rsquo;S DOLLHOUSE.</span>', '742705925'),
(858, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB and 4 other MAD films to showcase at Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival ', '2025-10-02', 'mad-at-Rio-de-Janeiro-International-Film-Festival.jpg', 'Five films are set to fly under the MAD banner at this year&rsquo;s Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, with Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s Venice-premiering and multiple award-winning THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB taking the lead in the World Panorama section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD&rsquo;s other entries at the festival include the unforgettable political documentary SUDAN REMEMBER US by Hind Meddeb, Cannes&rsquo; premiering AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY by Morad Mostafa, acclaimed film THE SETTLEMENT by Mohamed Rashad, and the poignant A PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB &mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; is a docudrama that tells the shocking true story of a girl from Gaza who was murdered by Israeli forces.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a 6-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they did everything they could to dispatch an ambulance to her location. Her name was Hind Rajab. The film uses real voice recordings from the victim and Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, the Tunisian-French co-production has already garnered significant acclaim in a short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival world premiere. It also received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes, the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has been selected for a multitude of festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, and the Doha Film Festival, thus far.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB screens at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 7th, at the festival&rsquo;s Cine Odeon; 4:30 pm on Wednesday, October 8th, at Cinesystem Belas Artes 6; 7 pm on Saturday, October 11th, at Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o Hall 1; and finally 4:30 pm on Sunday, October 12th, at the Kinoplex Sao Luiz 2.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hind Meddeb&rsquo;s documentary SUDAN REMEMBER US, which also premiered at Venice, is a collective portrait of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants, offering a form of resistance. It follows five young Sudanese political activists as they struggle to overthrow the country\'s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Winning multiple awards, the film has since screened at Toronto, Casablanca, Malmo, Carthage, Arab Film Festival Berlin, Movies that Matter at The Hague, Goteborg, and DocPoint-Helsinki, to name a few.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The documentary is screening at 7:15 pm on Saturday, October 4th, at Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o NET Rio 4 Hall, and 1:45 pm on Saturday, October 11th, at the CineCarioca Jos&eacute; Wilker 2 Hall.\r<br/>Morad Mostafa&rsquo;s AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, which notably premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, follows a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver living in a neighborhood in the heart of Cairo, where she witnesses the tension between her fellow African migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys so that they can rob them.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently won the top award at Colombia&rsquo;s Festival Villa del Cine, prior to which, it garnered a FIPRESCI win at the Golden Apricot Yerevan Film Festival in Armenia. The film has also screened at the Durban International Film Festival, S&atilde;o Paulo\'s Festival De Filmes Incr&iacute;veis, and is scheduled for a European premiere at Filmfest Hamburg.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars South Sudanese model Buliana Simon as the eponymous lead Aisha, and Egyptian rapper Ziad Zaza in his feature-film debut, alongside stellar supporting actors Emad Ghoniem and Mamdouh Saleh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The crew behind AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY includes renowned Egyptian cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef, who also worked on Cannes entry THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, as well as art director Eman Elelaby, who earned a FIPRESCI Prize for her work on FEATHERS.\r<br/>The film screens at 4:30 pm on Friday, October 3rd, at the Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o NET G&aacute;vea 4 Hall; 9 pm on Monday, October 6th, at the Cinesystem Belas Artes 2 Hall; 2 pm on Tuesday, October 7th, at the Reserva Cultural Niteroi 2 Hall; and finally at 9 pm on Saturday, October 11th, at the Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o NET Rio 4 Hall.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s THE SETTLEMENT is a true story about two brothers &mdash; 23-year-old troublemaker Hossam and his 12-year-old brother Maro &mdash; living in a disenfranchised community in Alexandria, who are offered jobs by the local factory after their father\'s untimely death in a workplace accident as compensation for their loss in lieu of pursuing legal action. As they navigate their new roles, they begin to question whether their father&rsquo;s death was truly accidental.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars Adham Shukr, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, and Emad Ghoneim, with the film being shot by cinematographer Mahmoud Lotfi and edited by Heba Othman, known for her work on the acclaimed Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Marking Rashad&rsquo;s narrative-length debut, the film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been lauded by critics ever since. It won an Audience Award at the Mi World Young Film Festival in Italy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE SETTLEMENT screens at 1:45 pm on Thursday, October 2nd, at the CineCarioca Jos&eacute; Wilker 2 Hall, and again at 6:45 pm on Monday, October 6th, at the Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o NET Rio 4.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A PROMISED SKY by Erige Sehiri &mdash; which also premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard section &mdash; is ultimately a tale about sisterhood and its bonds. Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Shortly after its prestigious premiere, the film went on to score three top prizes at the Festival du Film Francophone d&rsquo;Angoul&ecirc;me in France &mdash; Best Director, Best Actress for Deborah Naney, and Best Screenplay, respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, with production by Didar Domehri, and cinematography by Frida Marzouk, who previously worked with Sehiri on her acclaimed UNDER THE FIG TREES, also worked on the John Wick films, as well as the surreal psychological horror BLACK SWAN.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Catch the screenings at 2 pm on Saturday, October 4th, at the Kinoplex in S&atilde;o Luiz 2 Hall; 6:30 pm on Tuesday, October 7th, at the Cinesystem Belas Artes 2 Hall; and finally at 9 pm on Thursday, October 9th, at the Esta&ccedil;&atilde;o NET Rio 4 Hall.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival runs from October 2nd to the 12th.', '1834287526'),
(859, '', 'Lebanese Short film BAADARANE wins Best Short Film at Shorts Mexico', '2025-10-02', 'baadarane11.jpg', '<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kicking off its festival tour with a bang, Lebanese director Samah El Kadi&rsquo;s latest short film&nbsp;BAADARANE&nbsp;&mdash; a poignant philosophical exploration of the Druze community and Lebanese social intricacies &mdash; has just crossed the finish line at Shorts Mexico, winning Best Short Film following its world premiere in the festival&rsquo;s International Live Action Competition. <br />&nbsp; <br />A joint production between Lebanon and the US, BAADARANE follows a young boy from Mount Lebanon who grapples with his mother&rsquo;s sudden death, questioning the foundation of his faith and whether God punishes or saves people. In a series of mischievous challenges spreading anarchy in his tight-knit village, he attempts to hear back from God, yet hears nothing. His growing frustrations turn sinister and violent, as he rejects the religious traditions that once shaped his life. <br />&nbsp; <br />In the absence of God&rsquo;s response, he realizes the absurdity of the world around him. His rebellion spirals into darkness in this modern spin on the myth of Prometheus through the eyes of an eight-year-old Druze child from Baadarane. <br />&nbsp; <br />Next on the film&rsquo;s international journey is the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it will hold its Canadian premiere. <br />&nbsp; <br />Written by Nadim Chammas and Samah El Kadi, the film stars Karim Hani, Mounir Malaeb, and Adham Boukaroum. It is lensed by Lluis Ferrer and Marcel Pascual, edited by Gerard Daccache and Nicolas Khoury, with sound design by Tony Khoury. The film is produced by Darine Hotait and Hanna Atala (Cinephilia and Route 243), and supported by Frederic Ephrem at The Filmhouse MENA. MAD World handles worldwide sales and MAD Distribution is in charge of its distribution across the Arab World. <br />&nbsp; <br />Samah El Kadi is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. A graduate of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, El Kadi has directed several short films and commercial work for clients including Samsung, Tesla, and Vodafone. He was recently part of the International Emmy-nominated series STARDUST, produced by Shahid&rsquo;s acclaimed 6:07 series. His upcoming projects include the short films GHOSTLAND and BAADARANE, as well as his debut feature THE OLIVE PRESS, currently in development.', '242489039'),
(861, '', 'COTTON QUEEN to MENA premiere at Doha Film Festival after Venice and Chicago acclaim', '2025-10-08', 'COTTON-QUEEN-to-MENA-premiere.jpg', 'Following its celebrated world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week and a North American screening at the Chicago International Film Festival, Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s debut feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;is set to hold its MENA premiere at the upcoming Doha Film Festival, running from November 20th to the 28th, where it will be competing in the International Feature Film Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As part of the Doha Film Festival&rsquo;s commitment to spotlighting bold regional voices and diverse narratives, this screening marks a powerful entry to the Arab World for the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s journey began with a world premiere in Venice, where it earned standing ovations and critical acclaim for its poetic, politically resonant storytelling. It then made its North American debut at the Chicago International Film Festival and is now making its way to the Arab World with a highly anticipated screening at the Doha Film Festival, further cementing its place on the global festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, the film is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.', '189593681'),
(862, '', 'MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, COTTON QUEEN, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, and PALESTINE 36 at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival', '2025-10-13', 'mad-at-the-61st-Chicago-International-Film-Festival.jpg', 'MAD Solutions is thrilled to announce that three of its previous Venice titles&mdash;Jihan K&rsquo;s&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN, and Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&mdash;alongside Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, which will screen at the 61st edition of the Chicago International Film Festival, running from October 15th to 26th, across the Documentary, New Directors, International Feature, and Spotlight sections, respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Notably, MY FATHER AND QADDAFI and COTTON QUEEN will have their North American premieres at the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Chicago International Film Festival is North America&rsquo;s oldest competitive film festival and a major platform for world cinema, screening over 100 films from across the globe each year. It champions both new and established voices through a rich program of screenings, discussions, and Q&amp;As. As an Academy Award&reg;, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen Award-qualifying event and a Film Festival Alliance member, it&rsquo;s a crucial launchpad for films aiming for global recognition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already held its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, Jihan K&rsquo;s&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, which will be screening in Chicago&rsquo;s Documentary Competition, takes us on a raw and reflective journey as the director pieces together the memory of her father, Mansur Rashid Kikhia&mdash;Libya&rsquo;s former foreign minister, UN ambassador, and human rights lawyer who disappeared mysteriously in Egypt in 1993 after defecting from Qaddafi&rsquo;s regime.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starting with the Documentary Competition, Jihan K&rsquo;s MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, which already held its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, takes us on a raw and reflective journey as the director pieces together the memory of her father, Mansur Rashid Kikhia&mdash;Libya&rsquo;s former foreign minister, UN ambassador, and human rights lawyer who disappeared mysteriously in Egypt in 1993 after defecting from Qaddafi&rsquo;s regime.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film begins with Jihan&rsquo;s mother, Baha Al Omary, who began a decades-long search that uncovered political intrigue and family loss. Through interviews, archives, and personal reflection, Jihan confronts her father&rsquo;s legacy and her own Libyan identity. The film will be screened on Thursday, 16 October at 8:15 pm and Friday, 17 October at 2:45 pm, both at AMC 4.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next up in the New Directors Competition is Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s feature debut,&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN, which had its world premiere in the Critics&rsquo; Week section of the Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, the film follows teenage Nafisa, raised on heroic tales of resistance told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a businessman arrives with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle. As she awakens to her own strength, she fights to protect her community and its future. COTTON QUEEN will be shown on Saturday, 18 October at 5:30 pm and Sunday, 19 October at 12:00 pm, both at AMC 1.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the International Feature section, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the 2026 Academy Awards, Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, has already made waves with its world premiere at Venice, where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Supported by executive producers including Brad Pitt and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is set on January 29th, 2024, when Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call from 6-year-old Hind Rajab, trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. The film uses real audio and reenactments to tell her harrowing story. It will be screened on Friday, 17 October at 5:00 pm, GSFC 1, and Saturday, 18 October at 5:45 pm, AMC 13.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Rounding out the selection in the Spotlight section is Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, which follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This film explores a decisive historical moment as villages rise up against British rule amid increasing Jewish immigration and Palestinian calls for independence, all spiraling toward an inevitable collision shaping the region&rsquo;s future. PALESTINE 36 will screen on Tuesday, 21 October at 8:00 pm, AMC 6, and Thursday, 23 October at 8:00 pm, GSFC 1.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>From Libya to Sudan to Palestine, these films showcase MAD Solutions&rsquo; commitment to elevating powerful Arab voices. Their presence at the Chicago International Film Festival highlights the vibrant and diverse stories coming from across the region and their growing impact on world cinema.', '1965898647'),
(863, '', 'VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, EXILE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, DEAD DOG  MAD Solutions to feature 4 films at 46th Cairo International Film Festival', '2025-10-13', '4-films-at-46th-Cairo-International-Film-Festival.jpg', 'From Berlin to Cannes to Venice to Toronto to BFI and El Gouna, MAD Solutions is ready to touch ground with four feature films at the Arab World&rsquo;s biggest and most prominent meeting of filmmakers and cinephiles &mdash; the Cairo International Film Festival, running from November 12th to 21st under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD&rsquo;s lineup this year boasts Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s internationally acclaimed docu-drama, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards Oscars, which will be closing the festival as an Out-of-Competition Official Selection.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Joining it will be Mehdi Hmili\'s workplace revenge drama thriller&nbsp;EXILE, showcased in the international competition alongside the Cannes-winning comedy-drama&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, and Sarah Francis&rsquo; tense Lebanese family drama&nbsp;DEAD DOG, featured in the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition &mdash; all three titles are holding their Arab World premieres at the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Leading the lineup is Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s internationally acclaimed docu-drama THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The film has been moving nonstop through the festival circuit, getting selected at the likes of BFI, Toronto, and San Sebasti&aacute;n &mdash; where it won the Audience Award &mdash; and is set to open the inaugural edition of the Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film was shot in Tunisia. It is a harrowing docu-drama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film incorporates real-life voice recordings between Hind and Red Crescent volunteers during her final moments, offering an unflinching portrayal of innocence lost in conflict.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Lauded as &ldquo;a powerful ode to Palestinian resilience&rdquo; by William Mulally of The National, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, the film is an international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, Portugal, Qatar, and Jordan. The cast includes Nader Abd Alhay (known for his role as Sami in FARAH, now streaming on Netflix), Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (HOLY SPIDER), DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE), and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already world-premiered at Locarno and screened at multiple festivals, including CINEMED,&nbsp;EXILE&nbsp;is a co-production between Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. It follows Mohamed, a steel factory worker who survives a devastating explosion that leaves a slowly rusting piece of metal embedded in his head. Reassigned as a security guard and marginalized by the system, Mohamed embarks on a harrowing journey of revenge that unravels a deeper conspiracy &mdash; all while his physical condition deteriorates.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>EXILE features a stellar cast including Ghanem Zrelli, Maram Ben Aziza, Slim Baccar, Younes Farhi, Mohamed Kolsi, and Mourad Gharsalli. The film&rsquo;s cinematography is by Farouk Laridha, with editing by Rawchen Mizouri and an original score by Am&eacute;lie Legrand.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Rounding out the MAD lineup is Sarah Francis&rsquo; DEAD DOG, which world premiered as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam&rsquo;s Harbor Program.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is set on a rainy evening, where Aida drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house. Only Walid, her husband &mdash; who has been living abroad for years &mdash; is not expecting to find her there. Temporarily reunited in the same space, they face the status of their lives together and apart.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Lebanon, France, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, DEAD DOG stars Chirine Karameh and Nida Wakim, the latter of whom starred in last year&rsquo;s award-winning Lebanese thriller ZAMAN DARK by George Khattar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film was shot by VALLEY OF EXILE cinematographer Mark Khalife, edited by AS ABOVE, SO BELOW editor Zeina Aboul-Hosn, and scored by Rabih Gebeile.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Stay tuned for when the festival announces the screening dates and venues soon.', '1682844283'),
(864, 'FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT to have its Arab premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', 'Mariam Al Ferjani’s FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT to have its Arab premiere at Cairo International Film Festival, following a striking world premiere at Warsaw', '2025-10-14', 'First-The-Blush-then-the-habit.JPG', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a successful world premiere at the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival, the Tunisian-Italian short film FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT, directed by Mariam Al Ferjani, is set for its Arab premiere in the Official Short Film Competition at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival, taking place from November 12 to 21.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Layla has a fierce journey before landing in the same city where Ettore lives. Ettore, decades earlier, had an unforgettable passage to escape war. Since then, Layla and Ettore&rsquo;s undead bodies cruise the city every night in search of food. In a tale of blood and transgression, Layla and Ettore refuse to be the victims of a past they couldn\'t control.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring the director herself Mariam Al Ferjani, alongside Bartolo Casiraghi and Bruno Casiraghi, the short is shot by Simone Mazzoleni, edited by Marco Longo, with sound design by Lucia Grazzola, and a licensed score by the late Umberto Bindi.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, FIRST THE BLUSH THEN THE HABIT is produced by Marco Longo in tandem with the company Berenice.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mariam Al Ferjani is a Tunisian actress, scriptwriter, director, and artist. She studied film direction at the Luchino Visconti Cinema School in Milan while also attending acting classes at the Paolo Grassi Theater School. Al Ferjani made her debut as a photographer/performer in Paris. Acclaimed for her performance in the Cannes-premiering BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, which was directed by acclaimed Oscar nominee Kaouther Ben Hania.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Ferjani has since garnered six international awards, including the 2018 Arab Critics\' Award for Best Performance. She expanded her repertoire with directorial and scriptwriting roles in the short film OMERT&Agrave;, which was screened at the Directors\' Fortnight in 2018. Her on-screen presence continued with roles in REBORN, AMAL, and OMAYMA, CAIRO-BERLIN, HARGA, and SAMRA&rsquo;S DOLLHOUSE.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br /></span>', '1086991525'),
(865, 'More than a team, a whole people: The Palestinian-Chilean BAISANOS screens at Cairo’s designated Short Film Festival!', 'Chilean-Palestinian short film BAISANOS to screen at Cairo International Short Film Festival', '2025-10-14', 'Baisanos-at-Cairo-International-Film-Festival.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directed by the Palestinian-Chillean siblings Andr&eacute;s and Francisca Khamis Giacoman, BAISANOS is a unique blend of diasporic and cultural camaraderie, due to screen at this year&rsquo;s Cairo International Film Festival.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the Baisanos &mdash; the passionate fans of Club Deportivo Palestino, a Chilean first-division football team founded in 1920 &mdash; the film moves between two narrators who embody Chile and Palestine, reflecting on identity, the meaning of return, and the many ways of going back. Set within a space of celebration and dreams, the bond between two distant territories emerges, weaving together past and future, homeland and diaspora, and opening a dialogue on community and resistance.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film also explores how diasporas shape the places where they find a new home and, in turn, how they transform these environments. Through the baisanos\' activities, football reveals itself as more than sport: It becomes a living symbol of shared heritage, belonging, and resilience. As their motto declares: &ldquo;More than a team, a whole people.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This celebratory short stars Lina Meruane, Muhammed Abdelnaim, and Khader Odeh. It is produced by Joaqu&iacute;n Echeverr&iacute;a, lensed by Lucas Garc&iacute;a, edited by Sebasti&aacute;n Salfate, with sound design by Claudio Carrasco. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution, with international sales handled by MAD World.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAISANOS has previously screened at the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, DOCS Mexico, Spain\'s Gijon International Film Festival, and Sweden&rsquo;s Uppsala Short Film Festival, among many others.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andr&eacute;s and Francisca Khamis Giacoman are siblings born into the Palestinian diaspora in Chile. They are third-generation descendants of a family originally from Beit Jala (on their father&rsquo;s side) and Bethlehem (on their mother&rsquo;s side). Their work seeks to explore and portray the nuances of the Palestinian diaspora in Chile. BAISANOS is their first film working together as directors.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cairo International Film Festival is set to run from November 12th to the 21st.</span>', '1266782126'),
(866, '', 'WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM  gets a new poster ahead of GFF Arab World premiere', '2025-10-19', 'where-the-wind-come-from-poster.jpg', 'MAD Solutions is excited to reveal the official poster for&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES From&nbsp;&mdash; the much-awaited Tunisian feature film by director Amel Guellaty, which will have its Arab World premiere in the Narrative Competition of the eighth El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 16th to 24th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The poster shows the two main stars, Eya Bellagha and Slim Baccar, standing in a wide, windy desert. Their open shout breaks the quiet around them. The soft colors of sand and sky match the film&rsquo;s calm and thoughtful mood. This image reflects the movie&rsquo;s themes of freedom, identity, and the energy of young people.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following glowing reviews from its international festival run, including premieres at Sundance, Rotterdam, and Istanbul, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has earned multiple accolades, including the Golden Bee for Best Feature Film and Best Performance for Eya Bellagha at the Mediterranean Film Festival Malta, the Nakheel Award and Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival, the Behind the Scenes Award at MOOOV, and the Generation Jury Award at Galway Film Fleadh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM is written, directed, and edited by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub of Tunisia&rsquo;s Atlas Vision. The film stars Eya Bellagha, Slim Baccar, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Mlika. Cinematography is by Frida Marzouk. Music is composed by Omar Aloulou, and sound design is by Aymen Labidi. MAD Distribution is proud to handle the film&rsquo;s Arab distribution and sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amel Guellaty, born in 1988, is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and photographer. While studying law at the Sorbonne, she worked as an assistant on films such as APR&Egrave;S MAI by Olivier Assayas and FOREIGN BODY by Raja Amari.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2017, she made her directorial debut with BLACK MAMBA, selected at over 60 international festivals and winner of 20 awards, later acquired by Canal+ and Italy&rsquo;s RT Channel. Her second short, CHITANA (2022), also received wide international recognition. Her debut feature, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2025 and has since screened at major festivals worldwide.', '985442684'),
(867, 'FIN Wins Best Short in Poland! ', 'Palestinian Director Ward Kayyal’s FIN Wins Short Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival', '2025-10-20', 'fine-award-at-warsaw.jpg', '<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestinian filmmaker Ward Kayyal has won the Short Grand Prix at the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival for his moving short film FIN, which captivated audiences and jurors alike with its haunting portrayal of numbness, distance, and collective helplessness in the face of atrocities in Gaza.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starring Ziad Bakri &mdash; best known for SCREWDRIVER, which was nominated for Best Film at the Venice International Film Festival, as well as Netflix&rsquo;s THE WEEKEND Away &mdash; </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIN is a gripping single-take short that explores the numbing helplessness felt by those outside Gaza in the face of ongoing genocide.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a stormy night, a man walks through Haifa&rsquo;s empty streets, trying to light his cigarette in vain under the heavy rain. As the flame fails him again and again, something happens that he does not foresee.</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While receiving the award in Warsaw, Ward Kayyal added ,&ldquo;Thank you to the jury. The war in Gaza may be over, but the genocide is not. Gaza is still under siege. Humanitarian aid is not entering. No food, no water, no schools, no hospitals, and no homes in Gaza. For 30 years, the people of Gaza will sleep under the rain, and we all know that Israel will return to the war. That&rsquo;s why we must not leave Gaza alone at this time. Free Palestine.&rdquo;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With MAD World handling worldwide sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, the Palestinian short features cinematography by Ashraf Dowani, editing by Nour Abu Kamal, and sound design by Elias Abd El Malek. It is produced by Donna Hawwa under WK Production.&nbsp;</span>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward Kayyal is a 29-year-old film director from Palestine. He completed his cinema studies in 2022. His first short film, HAMZA: CHASING THE GHOST CHASING ME, premiered at the Cairo International Film Festival and went on to screen globally. Currently writing his first feature and developing his third short film, Kayyal is dedicated to enriching the Palestinian art scene by addressing political and social issues through the lens of community engagement.&nbsp;</span>', '474762921'),
(868, '', 'Palestine 36 by Annemarie Jacir successfully screens at BFI London with director, cast, and crew in tow', '2025-10-21', 'palestine-36-image.jpg', 'Having made waves worldwide,&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;&mdash; Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for the Academy Awards &mdash; held a successful screening at London&rsquo;s BFI Festival, taking place from October 8th to the 19th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director Annemarie Jacir was in attendance, along with actors Yasmine Al Massri, Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, Jeremy Irons, Aya Khalaf, Ward Helou, and Charles Dance; as well as crew members Ossama Bawardi, Azzam Fakhreddin, Hani Farsi, Cat Villiers, and Nils Astrand.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The renowned Jeremy Irons gave a speech, stating that he was \"delighted to be part of this film,\" and&nbsp;\"proud to have been a part of the story\", further going on to reiterate the importance of retelling history in the face of the atrocities and injustice being waged against Palestine now, and since 1936.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, where it sold out right off the bat. It has since screened at the AFI Fest, Rome Film Festival, and the Red Sea International Film Festival, with selections at major international festivals like Chicago, Tokyo, S&atilde;o Paulo, Cork, and Thessaloniki. The film has also been submitted to the 98th Academy Awards and is set to compete at the 38th European Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the film includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin; including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already with several films under her belt &mdash; four of which, now, were Palestine&rsquo;s official Oscar entries &mdash; Annemarie Jacir describes PALESTINE 36 as &ldquo;the most challenging endeavor of my life.&rdquo; Reflecting on &ldquo;this past year of blood, violence, and death,&rdquo; she adds, &ldquo;It was the year I would create something made with so many collective hands and hearts, and so much love and defiance.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA&mdash;a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '1333048048');
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(869, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, PALESTINE 36, PROMISED SKY   Three MAD films to screen at AFI Fest in Los Angeles', '2025-10-22', 'Three-MAD-films-to-screen-at-AFI-Fest.jpg', 'Three hard-hitting MAD films are set to screen at the American Film Institute&rsquo;s Festival in Los Angeles &mdash; taking place from October 22nd to the 26th &mdash; including the award-winning docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;by the Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania, Annemarie Jacir\'s Academy-Awards-submitted&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, and the Cannes premiering&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;by Erige Sehiri.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; is a docudrama that tells the shocking true story of a girl from Gaza who was murdered by Israeli forces.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a 6-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they did everything they could to dispatch an ambulance to her location. Her name was Hind Rajab. The film uses real voice recordings from the victim and Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, the Tunisian-French co-production has already garnered significant acclaim in a short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival world premiere. It also received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has been selected for a multitude of festivals worldwide, including the Toronto, Chicago, San Sebasti&aacute;n, BFI London, Cairo,&nbsp;&nbsp;Rio de Janeiro, and Doha film festivals thus far.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is set to screen at 6:45 pm on October 25th at Chinese 6 Hall.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36&nbsp;takes place in 1936 Mandate Palestine, as several villages were rising up against British rule. Thousands of Palestinians were imprisoned, beaten, and exiled as rising numbers of Jewish immigrants fled fascism in Europe to settle in Palestine, forcing Palestinians to fight fascism in their own homeland, marking a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation. It is also poised to be Palestine&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It features a stunning roster of A-List international and Palestinian actors; including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THE SEA), Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!); alongside top shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi and Azzam Fakhrildin, with co-production by Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Director Annemarie Jacir has stated, &ldquo;The story follows a group of people who each find themselves in a position they never asked for, and with something so much bigger than they know hanging over them. Making PALESTINE 36 has been the most challenging endeavor of my life. I never imagined this past year of blood, violence, and death would be the year I would create something made with so many collective hands and hearts, and so much love and defiance.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 screens at 2:30 pm on October 25th, at Chinese Hall 3, where an exclusive Q&amp;A session with the director will be held.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY&nbsp;by Erige Sehiri &mdash; which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard &mdash; is ultimately a tale about sisterhood and its bonds. Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist, has lived in Tunisia for ten years. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Shortly after its prestigious premiere, the film went on to score three top prizes at the Festival du Film Francophone d&rsquo;Angoul&ecirc;me in France &mdash; Best Director, Best Actress for Deborah Naney, and Best Screenplay, respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, with production by Didar Domehri, and cinematography by Frida Marzouk, who previously worked with Sehiri on her acclaimed UNDER THE FIG TREES, also worked on the John Wick films, as well as the surreal psychological horror BLACK SWAN.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>You can catch its screening at 3 pm on October 23rd, at Chinese 2 Hall.&nbsp;', '696239324'),
(870, '', 'Tunisian Gem WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM Premieres to a Star-Studded Audience at El Gouna Film Festival', '2025-10-23', 'WHERE-THE-WIND-COMES-FROM-Premieres-to-a-Star-Studded-Audience-at-El-Gouna-Film-Festival.jpg', 'After making waves at major international festivals, Amel Guellaty&rsquo;s Tunisian feature&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM&nbsp;received an enthusiastic welcome at its Arab World premiere in the Feature Narrative Competition at the 8th El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The screening drew a packed house and heartfelt reactions from the audience, who connected with the film&rsquo;s humor, emotion, and poetic take on youth, freedom, and belonging.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere was met with warm applause and was attended by a group of stars and notable industry figures, among them Sameh Sawiris, Tamer Habib, Ahmed Malek, Hassan Malek, Tarek El Arian, Lina Sophia, Rula Nasser, and Salwa Mohamed Ali, alongside the film&rsquo;s talented team including director Amel Guellaty, DOP Frida Marzouk, and lead actress Eya Bellagha.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the USA, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has been traveling across the globe, screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the Istanbul International Film Festival in Turkey, and the Malta Mediterranean Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bee for Best Feature Film and the Best Performance Award for Eya Bellagha.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also received the Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival in Canada before holding its Arab World premiere in the Feature Narrative Competition at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub, of Tunisia&rsquo;s Atlas Vision. It stars Slim Baccar, Eya Bellagha, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomane. Cinematography is by Frida Marzouk, with editing by Amel Guellaty, Ghalya Lacroix, and Malek Kammoun. Music is composed by Omar Aloulou, and sound is by Aymen Labidi, with Arab distribution and sales handled by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amel Guellaty, born in 1988, is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and photographer who transitioned to cinema after studying law at the Sorbonne, working as an assistant on films such as APR&Egrave;S MAI by Olivier Assayas and FOREIGN BODY by Raja Amari.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She made her directorial debut in 2017 with BLACK MAMBA, which was selected for over 60 international festivals and won 20 awards and was later acquired by Canal+ and Italy&rsquo;s RT Channel; her second short film, CHITANA (2022), received international acclaim, and she has also directed commercial campaigns for global brands including Dior, Montblanc, and IWC; WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM marks her first feature film.', '1986093976'),
(871, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB and WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM receive their flowers at the CINEMED! ', '2025-10-27', 'THE-VOICE-OF-HIND-RAJAB-and-WHERE-THE-WIND-COMES-FROM.jpg', 'Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s phenomenal&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; which received a record-breaking 20-minute standing ovation at its Venice premiere &mdash; and the Sundance premiering&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM&nbsp;by Amal Guellaty received glittering accolades at this year&rsquo;s Cinemed Awards, held by the accredited Festival International Cin&eacute;ma M&eacute;diterran&eacute;en de Montpellier.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An immensely powerful film that shook the Venice International Film Festival to its core,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;by Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania won Cinemed\'s Audience Award for Feature Film, the Energy Social Activities Award, and a &euro;2,000 grant.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB &mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; is a docudrama that tells the shocking true story of a girl from Gaza who was murdered by Israeli forces. The film uses real voice recordings from the victim and Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, the Tunisian-French co-production has already garnered significant acclaim in a short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival premiere alone, to only name a few. It stars Palestinian actors Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The ever charming WHERE&nbsp;THE WIND COMES FROM&nbsp;by Amel Guellaty, which premiered at Sundance and has since gone on to screen in festivals far and wide, won the Cinemed JAM Award for Best Music, as well as a &euro;1,200 cash prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It follows rebellious 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi, who dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming obstacles along the way.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently won the El Gouna Star for Best Arabic Narrative at Egypt&rsquo;s eighth El Gouna Film Festival. Its previous accolades include a Golden Bee for Best Feature Film and Best Performance at the Mediterranean Film Festival, as well as a Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars Slim Baccar, Sondos Belhassen, Eya Bellagha, and Lobna Noomane; with production by Karim Aitouna and Asma Chiboub; cinematography by Frida Marzouk; a score composed by Omar Aloulou, with sound engineering by Aymen Labidi.&nbsp;&nbsp;', '1380929036'),
(872, '', 'THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE  wins top award at 8th El Gouna Film Festival', '2025-10-25', 'THE-DEVIL-AND-THE-BICYCLE.jpg', 'Lebanese film&nbsp;THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE&nbsp;by Sharon Hakim won a Golden Star for Best Arab Short Film at this year&rsquo;s El Gouna Film Festival, running from October 16th to the 24th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is notably fresh off of winning awards at both the Clermont-Ferrand and CONCORTO Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set against the backdrop of Lebanon, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE follows 13-year-old Yasma, a Lebanese girl from an interfaith marriage, preparing for the ritual of her First Communion. However, as her sensuality awakens, an entirely different kind of ritual begins &mdash; one that transcends the bounds of religion and culture.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is an adaptation of a short story written by Tamara Saade in 2020. It fictionally recounts an intimate childhood experience related to the discovery of her body as a young girl in a Christian village in Lebanon. This story explores a dual initiation: into the rites of the Maronite Catholic religion and into sensual pleasure.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Tamara and Sharon, longtime collaborators since meeting on Sharon&rsquo;s first film, THE GREAT NIGHT in 2019, worked closely to translate the short story into a cinematic narrative. Together, they selected moments from the original text and crafted new scenes tailored to the language of film. Tamara also voices the adult Yasma in the film&rsquo;s voiceover, offering a reflective and omniscient perspective that deepens the emotional experience of the story.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has already captivated audiences during its extensive run at prestigious international film festivals, including BFI London, Les Nuits Med (Special Mention), C&ocirc;t&eacute; Court Pantin, the aforementioned CONCORTO&nbsp;Young Jury Award 2025), as well as the Namur Francophone Festival, and Cinemed.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is directed by Sharon Hakim, who co-wrote it with Tamara Saade, with Astrig Chand&egrave;ze-Avakian as the producer in co-production with Christelle Younes. The cast includes M&eacute;lissa Succar, Christine Choueiri, Roger Azar, Maria Hektor, and Tatiana Succar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD World handling international sales and MAD Distribution in charge of distribution across the Arab World, THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE features cinematography by Laetitia de Montalember, editing by Cl&eacute;mence Samson, sound design by Rawad Hobeika, Beno&icirc;t Gargonne, and Lionel Guenoun and music by Marc Codsi and Aghiad Ghanem.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Sharon Hakim is a writer and director who studied in Paris and New York. Her first short film, THE GREAT NIGHT, was selected at Clermont-Ferrand and Cinemed and won multiple awards. In 2024, she directed both NOSTALGIA FOR THE DODOS, pre-acquired by Canal+, and THE DEVIL AND THE BICYCLE. She is currently developing her debut feature, Mermaid Avenue, produced by Les Films du Tambour.&nbsp;&nbsp;', '241184274'),
(873, '', 'WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM Crowned Best Arab Film at GFF! ', '2025-10-25', 'WHERE-THE-WIND-COMES-FROM-Crowned-Best-Arab-Film-at-GFF.jpg', 'After turning heads and winning hearts on its global festival tour,&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM, the stunning debut feature by Tunisian director Amel Guellaty, has just won the Gouna Star for Best Arab Narrative Film at the eighth El Gouna Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>After a celebrated international journey, the Gouna Star for Best Arab Narrative Film winner made its Arab World premiere in Gouna&rsquo;s Feature Narrative Competition, earning a standing ovation and heartfelt reactions from the audience. Viewers were swept away by its mix of humor, emotion, and poetic storytelling, a beautiful ode to youth, freedom, and finding where you truly belong.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Cheers filled the red carpet as Amel Guellaty, Eya Bellagha, and the WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM team celebrated the win surrounded by familiar faces and festival stars. It was a full-circle moment for a film that has touched hearts since its very first screening, marking a night of joy, pride, and Tunisian cinema magic.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>While receiving the award, Amel Guellaty expressed her gratitude, saying:\r<br/>&ldquo;I would like to thank the Gouna Film Festival. They supported this movie since pitching, then post-production, and now here in the closing.I\'m really grateful for your support. Thank you to the jury. Thank you to my amazing actress. If you saw the movie, you saw how amazing she is. To my DOP, Frida Marzouk, and to the whole crew, my producer Asma Chiboub. She produced my first short and all my movies. She believed in me. I\'m really honored. Thank you so much.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi as they dream of escaping their reality. Upon discovering a contest offering a chance to flee, they embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia, overcoming several obstacles along the way.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the US, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM has been traveling across the globe, screening at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the Istanbul International Film Festival in Turkey, and the Malta Mediterranean Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bee for Best Feature Film and the Best Performance Award for Eya Bellagha.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film also received the Nakheel Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto Arab Film Festival in Canada before holding its Arab World premiere in the Feature Narrative Competition at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Amel Guellaty and produced by Asma Chiboub, of Tunisia&rsquo;s Atlas Vision. It stars Slim Baccar, Eya Bellagha, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomane. Cinematography is by Frida Marzouk, with editing by Amel Guellaty, Ghalya Lacroix, and Malek Kammoun. Music is composed by Omar Aloulou, and sound is by Aymen Labidi, with Arab distribution and sales handled by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amel Guellaty, born in 1988, is a Tunisian director, screenwriter, and photographer who transitioned to cinema after studying law at the Sorbonne, working as an assistant on films such as APR&Egrave;S MAI by Olivier Assayas and FOREIGN BODY by Raja Amari.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She made her directorial debut in 2017 with BLACK MAMBA, which was selected for over 60 international festivals and won 20 awards and was later acquired by Canal+ and Italy&rsquo;s RT Channel; her second short film, CHITANA (2022), received international acclaim, and she has also directed commercial campaigns for global brands including Dior, Montblanc, and IWC; WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM marks her first feature film.', '1548702040'),
(874, '', 'PALESTINE 36 by Annemarie Jacir nets Audience Award at 49th São Paulo International Film Festival', '2025-11-01', 'PALESTINE-36-by-Annemarie-Jacir.jpg', 'Making waves worldwide in a markedly short span of time,&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;wins an Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, the 49th edition of which was held from October 16th to the 30th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film held a spectacular world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, where it sold out right off the bat. It has since screened at the AFI Fest and Rome Film Festival, with selections at major international festivals like Chicago, Tokyo, Cork, Red Sea, and Thessaloniki. The film has also been submitted to the 98th Academy Awards and is set to compete at the 38th European Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the film includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin; including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already with several films under her belt &mdash; four of which, now, were Palestine&rsquo;s official Oscar entries &mdash; Annemarie Jacir describes PALESTINE 36 as &ldquo;the most challenging endeavor of my life.&rdquo; Reflecting on &ldquo;this past year of blood, violence, and death,&rdquo; she adds, &ldquo;It was the year I would create something made with so many collective hands and hearts, and so much love and defiance.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '2000759946'),
(875, '', 'Top MAD films of the year walk home with trophies from Spain’s Mostra de Valencia Film Festival', '2025-11-03', 'Top-MAD-films-of-the-year-walk-home-with-trophies.jpg', 'Three top MAD films of the year &mdash;&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB,&nbsp;AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, and&nbsp;A PROMISED SKY&nbsp;&mdash; won an Audience Award, a Golden Palm Grand Jury Award, and Best Screenplay, respectively, at Spain&rsquo;s acclaimed Mostra de Valencia Film Festival, held from October 23rd to November 2nd.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Oscar-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s historic film&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; which received a record-breaking 20-minute standing ovation at its Venice premiere, and has been officially submitted for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; is a docudrama that tells the shocking true story of a girl from Gaza who was murdered by Israeli forces. The film uses real voice recordings from the victim and Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, the Tunisian-French co-production has already garnered significant acclaim in a short span of time, winning a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, an Edipo Re Award, an Arca Cinema Giovani Award, as well as the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award at its Venice Film Festival premiere alone, to only name a few. It stars Palestinian actors Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, which notably premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard section,&nbsp;follows a 26-year-old Sudanese caregiver named Aisha who lives in the heart of Cairo, where she witnesses tensions between migrants and other groups. Unwittingly, she becomes involved with an Egyptian gang that blackmails her into stealing her patients&rsquo; keys in order to rob them.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film received acclaim worldwide; screening at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa; the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia, where it won a FIPRESCI Award; the Festival Villa del Cine in Colombia; both the Festival De Filmes Incr&iacute;veis S&atilde;o Paulo, where it won the top prize; as well as the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival in Brazil, and most recently Filmfest Hamburg in Germany.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced through Sawsan Yusuf&rsquo;s Bonanza Films, the film is a co-production involving Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaaban of Tunisia&rsquo;s Nomadis Images, Sherif Fathy of Shift Studios, Ahmed Amer of A.A. Films, Faisal Baltayour from Cinewaves, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab of MAD Solutions &mdash; the subsidiary of which, MAD World, is handling the film&rsquo;s world sales &mdash; May Odeh and Zorana Musikic of Mayana Films, Laura Nikolov of Coorigins, Abellelah Al Ahmary of Arabia Pictures, as well as executive producer Amjad Abu Alala.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY&nbsp;by Erige Sehiri follows the story of Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist living in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Premiering in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes, where it was nominated for the top award, the film stars A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa. It is directed and co-produced by Erige Sehiri, produced by Didar Domehri, lensed by Frida Marzouk, who has worked with Sehiri before on UNDER THE FIG TREES and was involved in all the JOHN WICK movies.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It recently won three awards at the Festival du film francophone d\'Angoul&ecirc;me and has screened at the BFI, AFI, and Karlovy Vary, to name a few.&nbsp;', '848989975'),
(876, '', 'MAD Solutions sends four bold Films to 5th Red Sea International Film Festival', '2025-11-04', 'MAD-Solutions-sends-four-bold-Films-to-5th-Red-Sea.jpg', 'With themes of exile, isolation, war, colonialism, and revenge, MAD Solutions caps off a festive and busy year by sending four standout films from its extensive distribution slate to the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival, held from December 4th to 13th in Al-Blad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The lineup includes Ameer Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s&nbsp;YUNAN, competing in the Red Sea Competition, and Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, featured in the Arab Spectacular Program &mdash; both holding their Arab World premieres &mdash; alongside Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, presented in the Special Screenings, and Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE SETTLEMENT, showcased in the Festival Favorites Program.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Opening the lineup in the festival\'s Red Sea competition is&nbsp;YUNAN&nbsp;&mdash; a meditative exploration of exile and isolation. On a remote island, Munir seeks solitude to contemplate a final act, only to find solace in the quiet presence of Valeska, whose compassion reignites his fading will to live. A Canadian-German-Italian co-production with contributions from Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, the film world premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to win Best Film and Best Actor at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and edited by Fakher Eldin, YUNAN stars Georges Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Ali Suliman, Sibel Kekilli, and Tom Wlaschiha, with a stirring score by Canadian Jordanian composer Suad Bushnaq.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36, Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards, revisits the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936. The film premiered to sold-out acclaim at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival and is a co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Its star-studded cast includes Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri, Yasmine Al-Massri, Jeremy Irons, Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, Liam Cunningham, Robert Aramayo, Jalal Altawil, and newcomers Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anay.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, is a harrowing docu-drama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film incorporates real-life voice recordings between Hind and Red Crescent volunteers during her final moments, offering an unflinching portrayal of innocence lost. A Tunisian-French co-production, it stars Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani. The film screened last month at the BFI London and will open the upcoming Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Closing the MAD slate is&nbsp;THE SETTLEMENT, a workplace thriller and the only Egyptian film featured in the Perspectives section at this year&rsquo;s Berlin International Film Festival. Inspired by true events, the film follows two brothers who begin to question the circumstances surrounding their father&rsquo;s death at the factory where they now work.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Egypt, France, Germany, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, the film stars Adham Shukr, Ziad Islam, Hajar Omar, Mohamed Abdel Hady, and Emad Ghoneim. It is shot by Mahmoud Lotfi and edited by Heba Othman (GOODBYE JULIA). THE SETTLEMENT won the Audience Award at the sixth Miworld Young Film Festival and held its Arab World premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival.', '1898388150'),
(877, '', 'PALESTINE 36 to hold its Arab World premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival\'s Grand Gala', '2025-11-05', 'palestine36-arab-world-premiere-at-red-sea.jpg', 'Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s historical drama&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;&mdash; Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; will finally be unveiled to Arab audiences with its grand gala Arab World premiere screening, presented as part of the Arab Spectacular Program at the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival, which will take place in Jeddah from December 4th to 13th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This news follows the film winning an Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, getting shortlisted for the 38th European Film Awards, Best Screenplay nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and winning Best Film at the Tokyo Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Eager to see the film screening closer to home, director Jacir said, &ldquo;We are thrilled to finally announce our Arab Gala premiere at the Red Sea Film festival, and to finally bring the film to our own audiences.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the film premiered to sold-out acclaim at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. It has since screened at AFI Fest, Rome, Chicago, Cork, and Thessaloniki.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '655518783'),
(878, '', 'THE SETTLEMENT, SAMIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!  Three wins for MAD at Oran International Film Festival', '2025-11-07', 'Three-wins-for-MAD-at-Oran.jpg', 'MAD Films celebrates another milestone as three of its acclaimed titles took home top honors at the 13th Oran International Arab Film Festival, held in the coastal Algerian city of Oran.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This year&rsquo;s edition saw Mohamed Rashad&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE SETTLEMENT&nbsp;win the Silver Wihr Award, Yasemin Şamdereli&rsquo;s&nbsp;SAMIA&nbsp;receive the Bronze Wihr Award, and Clara Khoury honored with the Best Actress Award for her performance in Laila Abbas&rsquo;s&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!&nbsp;&mdash; marking a powerful recognition of diverse Arab storytelling.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Founded in 2007, the Oran International Arab Film Festival remains a leading celebration of Arab cinema, showcasing regional talent across feature, documentary, and short film competitions. Following its strong 2024 comeback, the 13th edition reaffirmed the festival&rsquo;s role as a vital platform connecting cultures and amplifying Arab voices.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Winner of the Silver Wihr Award,&nbsp;THE SETTLEMENT&nbsp;by Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Rashad continues to make waves on the international scene following its Bronze Star win at the El Gouna Film Festival and screenings at the Berlin International Film Festival, FESCAAL, and Bolzano.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Inspired by true events, the film follows two brothers from Alexandria who begin to question the truth behind their father&rsquo;s death in a workplace accident &mdash; a gripping story that delves into justice, loss, and resilience. The film is produced by Hala Lotfy (Hassala Films) with co-producers from France, Germany, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, and is handled by MAD World for international sales and MAD Distribution for Arab world release.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Bronze Wihr Award went to&nbsp;SAMIA, a moving sports drama directed by Yasemin Şamdereli, based on the true story of Somali runner Samia Yusuf Omar, whose courage inspired the bestselling novel Don&rsquo;t Tell Me You&rsquo;re Afraid.\r<br/>The film traces her fearless pursuit of athletic dreams amid the restrictions of Mogadishu and her symbolic struggle for women&rsquo;s freedom. Having premiered at Tribeca and collected multiple accolades worldwide, SAMIA continues its inspiring journey, representing a powerful statement on endurance and empowerment.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Clara Khoury earned the Best Actress Award for her remarkable role in&nbsp;THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!&nbsp;&mdash; the debut feature from Palestinian filmmaker Laila Abbas.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in Ramallah, the film follows two estranged sisters who, after their father&rsquo;s death, embark on a daring plan to claim the family inheritance before their brother intervenes. With Khoury and Yasmine Al-Massri delivering emotionally charged performances, the film stood out for its authentic portrayal of sisterhood and inheritance under occupation. Co-produced by MAD Solutions, Lagoonie Film Production, and In Good Company Films, it world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival, where it competed for Best Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Each award stands as a testament to MAD Films&rsquo; vision of celebrating creativity and diversity in Arab cinema, bridging cultures and expanding global horizons through MAD World and MAD Distribution.', '1370247439'),
(879, '', 'PALESTINE 36 wins Grand Prize at 38th Tokyo International Film Festival', '2025-11-06', 'palestine36-arab-world-premiere-at-red-sea.jpg', 'Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s historical drama&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;&mdash; Palestine&rsquo;s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; won the Grand Prize at the accredited Tokyo International Film Festival, the 38th edition of which was held from October 27th to&nbsp;November 5th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently received an&nbsp;Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, got shortlisted for the 38th European Film Awards, and garnered a Best Screenplay nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the film premiered to sold-out acclaim at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. It has since screened at AFI Fest, Rome, Chicago, Cork, and Thessaloniki.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '114667045'),
(880, '', 'COTTON QUEEN Wins Golden Alexander for Best Feature Film at 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival', '2025-11-10', 'COTTON-QUEEN-Wins-Golden-Alexander.jpg', 'Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s debut feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;has taken home the Golden Alexander &ldquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rdquo; Award for Best Feature Film in the International Competition of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) in Greece, one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in Southeast Europe, marking a historic win for Sudanese cinema on the global stage.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This prestigious recognition follows the film&rsquo;s celebrated world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week and its North American screening at the Chicago International Film Festival, further establishing Mirghani as one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary world cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Next, COTTON QUEEN is set to make its MENA premiere at the upcoming Doha Film Festival, running from November 20th to the 28th, where it will compete in the International Feature Film Competition. As part of the festival&rsquo;s commitment to spotlighting bold regional voices and diverse narratives, this screening marks a powerful entry to the Arab World for the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields &mdash; and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s journey began with a world premiere in Venice, where it earned standing ovations and critical acclaim for its poetic, politically resonant storytelling. It then made its North American debut at the Chicago International Film Festival and is now making its way to the Arab World with a highly anticipated screening at the Doha Film Festival, further cementing its place on the global festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, the film is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at L&rsquo;Atelier de la Cin&eacute;fondation at Cannes Film Festival in 2022, and is Suzannah&rsquo;s debut feature film.', '2101027312'),
(881, '', 'BAADARANE wins two awards at Beirut Shorts International Film Festival', '2025-11-11', 'baadarane11.jpg', 'Samah El Kadi&rsquo;s&nbsp;BAADARANE&nbsp;won Best Short Live Action Film and Best Lebanese Short Film at the Beirut Shorts International Film Festival &mdash; an Academy Award-qualifying film festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film world premiered at Shorts Mexico, where it was featured as part of the festival\'s International Fiction Competition and won Best Short. It then went on to screen at the Baku International Film Festival as well as the Vancouver International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>BAADARANE follows a young boy from Mount Lebanon who grapples with his mother&rsquo;s sudden death, questioning the foundation of his faith and whether God punishes or saves people. In a series of mischievous challenges spreading anarchy in his tight-knit village, he attempts to hear back from God, yet hears nothing. His growing frustrations turn sinister and violent as he rejects the religious traditions that once shaped his life.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In the absence of God&rsquo;s response, he realizes the absurdity of the world around him. His rebellion spirals into darkness in this modern spin on the myth of Prometheus through the eyes of an eight-year-old Druze child from Baadarane.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written by Nadim Chammas and Samah El Kadi, the film stars Karim Hani, Mounir Malaeb, and Adham Boukaroum. It is lensed by Lluis Ferrer and Marcel Pascual, edited by Gerard Daccache and Nicolas Khoury, with sound design by Tony Khoury. The film is produced by Darine Hotait and Hanna Atala (Cinephilia and Route 243), supported by Frederic Ephrem at The Filmhouse MENA, distributed regionally by MAD Distribution, while MAD World handles its international sales.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Samah El Kadi is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. A graduate of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, El Kadi has directed several short films and commercial work for clients including Samsung, Tesla, and Vodafone.He was recently part of the International Emmy-nominated series Stardust, produced by Shahid&rsquo;s acclaimed 6:07 series. His upcoming projects include the short films Ghostland and Baadarane, as well as his debut feature The Olive Press, currently in development.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Beirut Shorts International Film Festival ran from November 2nd to the 7th.', '1147083519');
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(882, '', 'Official trailer for ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA drops ahead of Arab World premiere at Cairo International Film Festival', '2025-11-13', 'Official-trailer-for-ONCE-UPON-A-TIME-IN-GAZA.jpg', 'MAD Solutions has just unveiled the official trailer for the Cannes-winning comedy-drama&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, ahead of its Arab World premiere as part of the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival, running from November 12th to 21st.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Trailer link:&nbsp;&nbsp;\r<br/><a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001hljXGhJzJWInll6g-RMEY2tK_8kFug5gHXqO70NKmJLbLwE1ZbpV7h2GY8HOhEsjESep4vVFzX62eln23jW9QXqF6wS5tHiEWzoRK18MYKVdcd4xzREu5CpV1Sx8fW6WAXGHcwxPiQ3zYaBzTWdXhSA1Pp-qE6T-GFxy345dq4TBgOPSAvr59xgiYpjq8yvOg8R6DQCa0mVjzxoh0qY8naOScIukCpsK&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001hljXGhJzJWInll6g-RMEY2tK_8kFug5gHXqO70NKmJLbLwE1ZbpV7h2GY8HOhEsjESep4vVFzX62eln23jW9QXqF6wS5tHiEWzoRK18MYKVdcd4xzREu5CpV1Sx8fW6WAXGHcwxPiQ3zYaBzTWdXhSA1Pp-qE6T-GFxy345dq4TBgOPSAvr59xgiYpjq8yvOg8R6DQCa0mVjzxoh0qY8naOScIukCpsK%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1763127765457000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3G6Q2YotoKVvHf7O7klc99\">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr />share/v/1BHQJPXhMV/?mibextid=<wbr />wwXIfr</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The trailer for ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA opens with what appears to be a film within a film, featuring car chases, armed Palestinians, and weapons, seemingly transitioning into scenes with the main protagonists &mdash; the student, the drug dealer, and the corrupt police officer &mdash; before cutting back to the film within the film. Set entirely in Gaza, the trailer reveals that the protagonist (the student) is being persuaded to lead the first action film ever made in the city.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, set in 2007 Gaza, explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Best Director Award. Since then, it has toured over 20 international festivals across more than 10 countries, including Warsaw, Thessaloniki, S&atilde;o Paulo, Rome, and Toronto, where it opened the Toronto Palestine Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, which premiered in the 68th Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.', '300041745'),
(883, '', 'PROMISED SKY and MY FATHER AND QADDAFI win three awards at MedFilm Festival ', '2025-11-12', 'win-three-awards-at-MedFilm-Festival.jpg', 'Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;and Jihan&rsquo;s&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, both distributed by MAD Solutions, won three awards at the 31st MedFilm Festival held in Rome from November 6th to 16th, with the former receiving the Piuculture Award and the Ecumenical Award, and the latter earning the Valentina Pedicini Award.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a joint statement, the Jury praised&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI&nbsp;and outlined the reasons behind its selection for the Valentina Pedicini Award, saying &ldquo;For its ability to draw the viewer into the intimate sphere of the author&rsquo;s personal story through the narration of a violent and powerful historical context &mdash; one deeply rooted in Libyan, but also Italian and global history &mdash; combined with the use of archival and journalistic material capable of tracing the nuances of terror that emerged both from the sudden loss of a father and from the increasingly violent and dictatorial rise of Gaddafi&rsquo;s regime.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;For the melancholy tenderness with which it seeks, through historical traces, the lines that shaped the strong and fearless profile of a father who refused to bow before certain death. Because it teaches us all that each of our lives can become an experience and testimony of revolution,&rdquo; they continued.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jihan&rsquo;s MY FATHER AND QADDAFI follows a daughter as she unravels the disappearance of her father, the opposition leader to Qaddafi, and pieces together her mother&rsquo;s 19-year search to find him. Without any memory of her father, she tries to reconnect with him and reconcile with her Libyan identity.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A US and Libyan production, MY FATHER AND QADDAFI had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; becoming the first Libyan film in 13 years to do so &mdash;and has since screened at numerous film festivals, including Chicago, Middle East Now, and the Arab Film Festival in the USA.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Featuring Jihan herself, Baha Sobhi Al Omary, and the late Rashid Mansur Kikhia as main characters, the 88-minute documentary is lensed by Micah Walker and Mike McLaughlin, and edited by Alessandro Dordoni, Chloe Lambourne (of the Oscar-nominated FOR SAMA), and Nicole Halova.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile, Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;is a co-production between France, Tunisia, and Qatar, starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Mohamed Grayaa and lensed by Frida Marzouk, who has worked with Sehiri before on UNDER THE FIG TREES and was involved in all the JOHN WICK movies. The film tells the story of Marie, Naney, and Jolie, who live together in Tunisia, sheltering Kenza, a shipwreck survivor. As this unorthodox family forms, crises make each woman reconsider her place.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its acclaimed world premiere as the Opening Film of Un Certain Regard at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and its triple win at the Festival du Film Francophone d&rsquo;Angoul&ecirc;me, the film made its way to several film festivals, including Mostra de Valencia &mdash; where it won the Best Screenplay Award &mdash; Durban, Rio de Janeiro, and Munich.', '469365068'),
(884, '', 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA invites rousing applause at CIFF', '2025-11-16', 'ONCE-UPON-A-TIME-IN-GAZA-at-CIFF.jpg', 'The Arab World premiere of&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, the latest feature from acclaimed Palestinian filmmakers Tarzan and Arab Nasser, marked a powerful moment at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and received enthusiastic responses from audiences.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Ahead of the screening, the film was warmly introduced by a distinguished lineup of creatives and industry leaders, including filmmaker Rani Massalha, filmmaker Dessil Mekhtigian, directors Mohammed Abu Nasser (Arab Nasser) and Ahmed Abu Nasser (Tarzan Nasser), filmmaker Amer Nasser, actor Majd Eid, producer Ziad Srouji, CEO and founder of Rise Studios Amanda Turnbull, and MAD Solutions co-founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab. Their heartfelt words set the stage for an unforgettable cinematic experience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere drew an impressive roster of celebrities and cultural icons, including the French Ambassador to Egypt, Eric Chevallier; CIFF President and actor Hussien Fahmy; veteran actress Lebleba; directors Karim El Shenawy and Kamla Abouzekri; DOP Nancy Abdelfattah; actors Mustafa Shehata, Ebram Saeed, Ahmed Radwan, and Ali El Sabaa; as well as actresses Tuana El Gohary, Rania Mansour, Rakeen Saad, and Gehad Hossam ElDin, along with actor Sedky Sakhr.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following the screening, audiences were invited to an engaging Q&amp;A session with directors Arab and Tarzan Nasser, joined by actor Majd Eid, where they discussed the film&rsquo;s story, themes, and creative process.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, set in 2007 Gaza, explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Best Director Award. Since then, it has toured over 20 international festivals across more than 10 countries, including Warsaw, Thessaloniki, S&atilde;o Paulo, Rome, and Toronto, where it opened the Toronto Palestine Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>During its festival tour, the film received rave reviews from critics across the board, including Clotilde Chinnici of Loud And Clear Reviews, who described it as &ldquo;necessary and remarkable,&rdquo; and William Mulally of The National, who called it &ldquo;a powerful ode to Palestinian resilience.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Throughout its production phases, the film received support from prestigious institutions, including Aide aux Cin&eacute;mas du Monde - CNC, Eurimages, Moin Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Fundo CNC-Ica De Apoio A Coproducao Franco-Portuguesa, the Doha Film Institute, the Royal Film Commission&rsquo;s Jordan Film Fund, and Ciclic And R&eacute;gion Centre-Val De Loire.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, which premiered in the 68th Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.', '1343105252'),
(885, '', 'ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, DEAD DOG  MAD Solutions sweeps four awards at 46th Cairo International Film Festival', '2025-11-22', 'once-upon-a-time-and-dead-dog.jpg', 'MAD Solutions celebrated a major victory at the 46th Cairo International Film Festival &mdash; held from November 12th to 21st &ndash; with two of its titles earning four prestigious awards: The acclaimed dramedy&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser won Best Arab Feature Film, Best Actor for Majd Eid, and the Silver Pyramid Award for Best Director; and Sarah Francis&rsquo; tense Lebanese family drama&nbsp;DEAD DOG&nbsp;received the Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Film in the Horizons of Arab Cinema competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Stepping on stage to receive the awards for ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA were Founder of MAD Solutions Alaa Karkouti, co-writer Amer Nasser, producer Rani Massalha, and associate producer Ahmed Amer, the latter two of whom thanked the festival for the recognition and their honor to have had the film premiere in Cairo &mdash; the film capital of the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Prior to this achievement, DEAD DOG leading actress Chirine Karameh received industry recognition with the Next Generation Award, presented by The Film Verdict during the seventh Cairo Industry Days, held as part of the festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, set in 2007 Gaza, explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Best Director Award. Since then, it has toured over 20 international festivals across more than 10 countries, including Warsaw, Thessaloniki, S&atilde;o Paulo, Rome, and Toronto, where it opened the Toronto Palestine Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meanwhile,&nbsp;DEAD DOG&nbsp;follows Aida, a woman who drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house. Only Walid, her husband, who has been living abroad for years, is not expecting to find her there. Temporarily reunited in the same space, they face the status of their lives together and apart. Is there anything left to be saved? Dead Dog is a measured dissection of a marriage that is simultaneously breathing and decomposing.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film previously world premiered to critical acclaim in the Harbor program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and has since screened at the Lebanese Film Festival in France, the Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, and the Sarajevo Film Festival, with an upcoming screening set for the S&atilde;o Paulo Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Lebanon, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, DEAD DOG is written and directed by Sarah Francis, who also produces the film with Lara Abou Saifan, along with production companies Placeless Films, and the Red Sea Film Foundation, with Marine Vaillant on as a co-producer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars Chirine Karameh, alongside Nida Wakim, with cinematography by Mark Khalife; editing by Zeina Aboul Hosn; sound by Ralph Atallah, Victor Bresse, and Lama Sawaya; and music by Rabih Gebeile.&nbsp;', '1705623071'),
(886, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB by Kaouther Ben Hania concludes regional premiere at Doha Film Festival ', '2025-11-21', 'THE-VOICE-OF-HIND-RAJAB-premiere.jpg', 'Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, based on a true story from Gaza that shocked the world, Arab World premiered to warm acclaim at the Doha Film Festival (November 20th-28th) in the presence of its cast and crew, including the director; producer Nadim Cheikhrouha; cast members Amer Hlehel, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani; alongside Hind Rajab\'s mother Wessam Hamada.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In a speech after the screening, Ben Hania thanked the Doha Film Institute and said, &ldquo;When I heard Hind&rsquo;s voice a year ago and started thinking about creating a work, I reached out to Wissam because it was important to speak with her. I also contacted the Red Crescent &mdash; the real heroes who did everything they could to save Hind, and who are with us here today in the hall. It was a huge responsibility, and I was afraid to make a film like this in such a difficult time. I want to thank the Doha Film Institute because they were among the first to believe in the project.&rdquo; She added, &ldquo;Today, for the first time, Doha has brought together everyone connected to the film.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her remarks, Hamada thanked Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad, the Qatar Film Festival, the film&rsquo;s team, and Kaouther for her care in reaching out to her as a mother, to share her pain and her daughter&rsquo;s voice, something that brings her comfort.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>She added, &ldquo;My message today is not just words &mdash; it is the pain of a mother who lost her daughter and then found, in the world&rsquo;s love for her, a message from God. I realized that my role is to carry the voices of the children of Gaza to the world; children living at the heart of war, in darkness, deprived of their most basic rights, their dreams stolen before they even grow&hellip; But I have not lost my humanity or my purpose. That is why I stand before you today: To be their voice, to tell the world to save Gaza&rsquo;s childhood before its last light goes out.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With Hollywood staples Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n serving as executive producers, this Tunisian-French production was selected as Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the 98th Academy Awards. The film has already claimed several additional awards at Venice, including the festival&rsquo;s Silver Lion, the UNICEF, Edipo Re, Arca Cinema Giovani, and the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Awards respectively.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a harrowing docudrama based on the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from a six-year-old girl trapped in a car under fire, pleading for rescue. The film uses real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Recently, the film had a thunderous world premiere at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, receiving a 20-minute standing ovation marking the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history. It quickly became the talk of the world, garnering attention from regional and international press and receiving high ratings on film websites, including an overall rating of 85 on Metacritic with 100% positive reviews from over ten major media outlets.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Among the highly positive reviews was one by Nicholas Barber of the BBC, who rated the film a near-perfect 100, stating, &ldquo;No other film this year will get more people talking or more people crying.&rdquo; Kevin Maher of&nbsp;The Times&nbsp;also rated it 100, urging politicians and decision-makers to see it. Additionally, The Playlist&rsquo;s Marshal Shaffer rated the film 91, writing, &ldquo;Take out a thesaurus for any overused critical buzzword about political cinema &ndash; timely, urgent, necessary&mdash;and they all fail to capture the shattering impact of Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its premiere, the film has been selected for screening at prestigious festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, San Sebasti&aacute;n International Film Festival, and BFI London Film Festival; along with the Ghent International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, and the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside the above famed executive producers are Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, through their company Plan B, also received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits, as did Film4 and MBC Studios. Other prominent public figures who joined the project as executive producers include journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewelry designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani filmed in Tunisia, it is being handled for worldwide sales by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Meanwhile, MAD Distribution is handling theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB brings together Mime Films (Tunisia), Tanit Films (France), is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha as well as Odessa Rae and James Wilson, and is made in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kaouther Ben Hania is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling and cinematic innovation. Her 2023 film FOUR DAUGHTERS won the l&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor at Venice&rsquo;s Horizons Section.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Earlier works like BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS have also earned international acclaim.', '407951655'),
(887, '', 'COTTON QUEEN Delights Audiences with Enthusiastic Applause at Sold-Out Doha Film Festival Premiere', '2025-11-27', 'cotton-queen-delights.jpg', 'Following its acclaimed world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival&rsquo;s Critics&rsquo; Week and a North American screening at the Chicago International Film Festival, Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s debut feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;made a remarkable MENA premiere at the Doha Film Festival, running from November 20th to the 28th, where it is competing in the International Feature Film Competition.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Audience demand was extraordinary, with both the premiere and the second screening selling out early in the day.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Before the screening, director Suzannah Mirghani took the stage to proudly introduce her cast &mdash; Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Haram Basheer, Talaat Fareed, Hasan Mohieldin, Fatma Farid, Mohamedelgaili, Ali Mahdi Nouri, Mohamed Salah, and Rayab Ebrahim &mdash; setting a warm and celebratory tone for the evening.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere also welcomed notable industry figures, including Annemarie Jacir, director of PALESTINE 36, and acclaimed filmmaker Elia Suleiman, who joined in honoring the film. The screening concluded to a long, enthusiastic applause, with Sudanese audience members reacting joyfully to the film&rsquo;s music and songs, creating an unforgettable atmosphere.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film&rsquo;s journey began with a world premiere in Venice, where it earned standing ovations and critical acclaim for its poetic, politically resonant storytelling. It then made its North American debut at the Chicago International Film Festival and is now making its way to the Arab World with a highly anticipated screening at the Doha Film Festival, further cementing its place on the global festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, the film is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at L&rsquo;Atelier de la Cin&eacute;fondation at Cannes Film Festival in 2022, and is Suzannah&rsquo;s debut feature film.', '1011754883'),
(888, '', 'PROMISED SKY Shows its Promise at MENA Premiere in Marrakech! ', '2025-12-01', 'promised-sky-at-festival.jpg', 'Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY, fresh from its triple win at Angoul&ecirc;me, premiered at the Marrakech International Film Festival, which took place from November 29th to December 7th, to an enthusiastic audience. From the first frame, the film held viewers&rsquo; attention, drawing them into its rich narrative and concluding with heartfelt applause.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere was attended by director Erige Sehiri and actress A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, who both introduced the film to the audience. The screening was met with great applause, and festivalgoers eagerly took photos with them, showcasing the film&rsquo;s impact and resonance with the audience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist living in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, PROMISED SKY is directed and co-produced by Erige Sehiri, produced by Didar Domehri, lensed by Frida Marzouk, who has worked with Sehiri before on UNDER THE FIG TREES and was involved in all the JOHN WICK movies. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director, producer, and former journalist whose work blends documentary realism with narrative cinema. She began her career in documentary filmmaking, directing the critically acclaimed On the Track (2018), which shed light on the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In 2022, Sehiri wrote, directed, and produced her debut feature Under the Fig Trees, an intimate exploration of youth, work, and fleeting moments of connection in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the 54th Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at Cannes and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 2023 Academy Awards. Since then, it has screened at major international festivals and been released in over twenty countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside her cinematic work, Sehiri is a passionate advocate for freedom of expression and media literacy. She co-founded the media platform Inkyfad a and the Tunisian NGO Al-Khat. She is also a founding member of Rawiat &ndash; Sisters in Cinema, a collective dedicated to supporting female filmmakers across the Arab World and its diaspora.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This triple win at Angoul&ecirc;me further cements PROMISED SKY&rsquo;s status as one of the most powerful and resonant films of the year, continuing to captivate audiences and critics alike.', '158874378'),
(889, '', 'Four MAD Films Take Top Honors at Doha Film Festival', '2025-12-01', 'Four-MAD-Films-Take-Top-Honors-at-Doha.jpg', 'MAD Solutions celebrates a remarkable night at the Doha Film Festival as four of its films earned top honors across major competitive categories.&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;won the Best Feature Film Award in the Ajyal Film Competition; Majid Eid and Nader Abd Elhay received the Best Performance Award in the International Feature Film Competition for their roles in&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA;&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI&nbsp;claimed the Best Documentary Award; and&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;captured the festival&rsquo;s coveted Audience Award, underscoring the diverse artistic power of MAD&rsquo;s regional and international slate.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, was honored with the Best Feature Film Award in the Ajyal Film Competition, cementing its critical acclaim and impact at the festival. The film tells the harrowing true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. On January 29th, 2024, Red Crescent volunteers received an emergency call from Hind, trapped in a car under fire, pleading for rescue. The film incorporates real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent correspondents who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, and Amer Hlehel, with cinematography by Juan Sarmiento G., editing by Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxime Mathis, and Kaouther Ben Hania, music by Amine Bouhafa, and production design by Bassam Marzouk, the film was the closing feature of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, directed by Tarzan and Arab Nasser, earned the Best Performance Award in the International Feature Film Competition, awarded jointly to actors Majid Eid and Nader Abd Elhay for their outstanding roles. Set in 2007 Gaza, the film explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego. The film also follows Yahya being persuaded to lead the first action film ever made in the city.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Nader Abd Elhay, Ramzi Maqdisi, and Majid Eid, with cinematography by Christophe Graillot, editing by Sophie Reine, and music by Amine Bouhafa, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard section, where it won Best Director, and has since screened at over 20 international festivals, including Yerevan Golden Apricot and Cairo International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, directed by Jihan, won the Best Documentary Award, adding a significant milestone to its journey. The documentary follows a daughter as she unravels the disappearance of her father, Mansour Rashid Kikhia &mdash; former Libyan Foreign Minister, UN ambassador, and opposition leader to Muammar Qaddafi &mdash; and pieces together her mother&rsquo;s 19-year search to find him. Without any memory of her father, she tries to reconnect with him and reconcile with her Libyan identity.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and screened at multiple festivals, including the Chicago International Film Festival and Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Cinematography was handled by Jihan, Micah Walker, and Mike McLaughlin; editing by Alessandro Dordoni, Chloe Lambourne, and Nicole Halova; and music by Tiago Correa Paulo.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN, written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, captured the Audience Award following a highly praised screening to capacity audiences. Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Basheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hasan Mohieldin, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk, the film premiered at Venice Critics&rsquo; Week and recently won the Theo Angelopoulos Golden Alexander for Best Feature at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Each award highlights MAD Films&rsquo; growing influence in celebrating visionary Arab storytellers, while MAD World and MAD Distribution continue to expand the reach of bold, authentic, and transformative regional cinema on the global stage.', '473226793'),
(890, '', 'BEHIND THE PALM TREES successfully world premieres at Marrakech International Film Festival', '2025-12-01', 'BEHIND-THE-PALM-TREES-successfully.jpg', 'The world premiere of Meryem Benm&rsquo;Barek&rsquo;s highly anticipated feature&nbsp;BEHIND THE PALM TREES&nbsp;captivated audiences at the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival (Nov 28th-Dec 6th), drawing a full house and receiving warm applause and a standing ovation, with Benm&rsquo;Barek joined by the cast&nbsp;introducing the film before the screening.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The event marked a triumphant return for Benm&rsquo;Barek, whose debut SOFIA won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes&rsquo; Un Certain Regard in 2018.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An extensive co-production involving France, Morocco, Belgium, and Qatar, along with Tessalit Productions and Furyo Films, in association with MAD Solutions, BEHIND THE PALM TREES is set in Tangier, where Mehdi\'s relationship with Selma is shaken when he meets Marie, a wealthy French girl. Drawn to her glamorous lifestyle, he begins to neglect Selma, pretending not to see that his choices will catch up with him.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Meryem Benm&rsquo;Barek, the film is produced by Jean Br&eacute;hat (WEST BEIRUT) and Emma Binet (THE INSULT), shot by Son Doan (VIET AND NAM), and edited by Christel Dewynter (HIPPOCRATES: DIARY OF A FRENCH DOCTOR). MAD Distribution handles the film&rsquo;s distribution across the Arab World.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Sara Giraudeau (THE BUREAU), Driss Ramdi (ESCAPE FROM RAQQA), Nadia Kounda (RALTAT), Carole Bouquet (THE OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE), and Olivier Rabourdin (TAKEN).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, BEHIND THE PALM TREES received funding from the Doha Film Institute and made its way to the Atlas Workshops and the Red Sea Souk, where MAD Solutions awarded it with its coveted Distribution Prize, offering distribution, sales, and marketing services valued at $50,000.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Meryem Benm&rsquo;Barek was born in Rabat, Morocco, and grew up between Morocco, France, and Belgium. In 2010, she joined a directing program in Belgium&rsquo;s INSAS, where she directed several short films, including JENNAH, which was selected for several international festivals and shortlisted for the 2015 Oscars.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Her debut feature SOFIA (2018) won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival&rsquo;s Un Certain Regard before garnering several international awards, including the New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.', '1386597040'),
(891, '', 'PALESTINE 36 receives a triumphant Arab World premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival', '2025-12-07', 'palestine-36-receives.jpg', 'Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;lit up the Red Sea International Film Festival with a packed and warmly received Arab World premiere, marking an unforgettable night for the team and audience alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Presented as part of the festival&rsquo;s Arab Spectacular Program, the screening drew an enthusiastic crowd that burst into generous applause as Jacir stepped onstage to introduce the film. Joining her were cast members Karim Daoud Anaya, Mariam Abu Khaled, Sofia Asir, Jalal Altawil, and Yahya Mahyani. Also in attendance at the event were Ziad Srouji and Amanda Turnbull from Rise Studios.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The energy in the room was unmistakable &mdash; a lively mix of pride, curiosity, and excitement as regional audiences finally encountered a story that has already traveled the world, building momentum and acclaim.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Red Sea premiere comes on the heels of a standout festival run. The film won the Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, earned a place on the shortlist for the 38th European Film Awards, received a Best Screenplay nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and claimed Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival was a complete sell-out, with subsequent screenings at AFI Fest, Rome, Chicago, Cork, and Thessaloniki.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, the film includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA, THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is also produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '1229688022'),
(892, '', 'YUNAN receives great applause during Arab World premiere at Red Sea International Film Festival', '2025-12-08', 'YUNAN-receives-great-applause.jpg', 'The Arab World premiere of&nbsp;YUNAN, the highly anticipated second feature by Ameer Fakher Eldin, took place yesterday as part of the Official Competition of the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival (December 4th-13th) to resounding applause.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The premiere was attended by Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz and producer Dorothe Beinemeier, with Khabbaz introducing the film on stage. Syrian actor and director Jamal Soliman was among the distinguished guests who graced the event.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following the screening, audiences engaged in a lively Q&amp;A session with Khabbaz and Beinemeier, underscoring the film&rsquo;s powerful resonance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Distribution handling Arab World distribution, YUNAN continues Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s ambitious trilogy HOME on the theme of estrangement, which began with his award-winning 2021 debut, THE STRANGER. The film follows Munir, who, after many years in exile, lives haunted by a cryptic story his ailing mother &mdash; suffering from Alzheimer&rsquo;s &mdash; keeps repeating. As he travels to a remote island in the North Sea to end his life, an unexpected flood disrupts everything he thought would mark his end.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and edited by MAD Crew director Ameer Fakher Eldin, this life-affirming drama is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production, with Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia also having a hand in its making.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film had its world premiere to rave reviews at the Berlin International Film Festival and has since screened at over 25 international film festivals, winning numerous awards, including Best Film at the FESCAAAL African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival in Italy; the Golden Firebird, awarded to George Khabbaz and Hanna Schygulla, at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in China; Best Film and Best Actor at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands; Best Cinematography at the Bari International Film &amp; TV Festival in Italy; and Best Film at the Arab Critics Awards for European Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film CAPERNAUM, which is notably the highest-grossing Arabic film of all time. The cast also includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, an iconic figure of New German Cinema; Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, known for his leading roles in 200 METERS and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film PARADISE NOW; and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Tom Wlaschiha, along with Lebanese theater thespian Nidal El Ashkar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is scored by the multiple award-winning MAD Crew composer Suad Bushnaq, lensed by Ronald Plante, with production design by Marie-Luise Balzer and sound design by Kuen-Il Song and Marcus Stemler. It is also produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Alaa Assad, Hind Anabtawi, and Paola Corvino, who also executive-produced the film with the founders of MAD Solutions, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.\r<br/>YUNAN was brought to life through the combined efforts of Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Fresco Films, Metafora Productions, and Tabi360.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was supported by the Red Sea Fund, the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, MOIN Film Fund, the Council of Europe&rsquo;s Eurimages, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights, Ameer Fakher Eldin is a writer and director whose work has earned international acclaim. His debut feature, THE STRANGER, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Edipo Re Award, and was later selected as Palestine&rsquo;s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. The film went on to continue its success at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, winning the Best Arab Film Award and the Shadi Abd El Salam Prize for Best Film in the International Critics&rsquo; Week Competition. It also received recognition at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, with a nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Cinematography.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Currently, Fakher Eldin is working on the final installment, NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN ITS FIRST CHAPTERS, which is a joint international production between Syria, Palestine, Germany, and Italy and was awarded the Red Sea Fund for Development.', '1843089400');
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(893, '', 'PROMISED SKY and MY FATHER AND QADDAFI Take Top Honors at Marrakech', '2025-12-08', 'promised-sky-dsd.jpg', 'At the closing of the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival, MAD Solutions&rsquo; films were awarded three prestigious prizes, with Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;winning the L&rsquo;&Eacute;toile d&rsquo;Or Grand Prize and Best Performance for Deborah Lob&eacute; Naney, and Jihan&rsquo;s&nbsp;MY FATHER AND QADDAFI&nbsp;receiving the Jury Prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jihan, accepting the Jury Prize for MY FATHER AND QADDAFI, thanked the jury, the festival, the audience, and her family, saying, &ldquo;Returning here after several years to share the story of my father and family and receiving this honor is incredibly meaningful to me. Thank you very much,&rdquo; adding that everyone who saw the film helped carry her father&rsquo;s story, as well as the justice and love he fought for.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Fresh off its triple win at Angoul&ecirc;me, Erige Sehiri&rsquo;s PROMISED SKY arrived in Marrakech for its MENA premiere and emerged as one of the festival&rsquo;s most celebrated titles. The premiere &mdash; held during the festival&rsquo;s run from November 29th to December 7th &mdash; stunned audiences from its opening frame and concluded with heartfelt applause. Director Erige Sehiri and actress A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga attended the screening, with festivalgoers eagerly taking photos and engaging with them, reflecting the film&rsquo;s strong resonance among viewers.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY follows Marie, an Ivorian pastor and former journalist living in Tunis. Her home becomes a refuge for Naney, a young mother seeking a better future, and Jolie, a strong-willed student carrying her family&rsquo;s hopes. The arrival of a little orphan girl challenges their sense of solidarity in a tense social climate, revealing both their fragility and strength.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Deborah Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, PROMISED SKY is directed and co-produced by Erige Sehiri, produced by Didar Domehri, and shot by Frida Marzouk &mdash; whose work spans UNDER THE FIG TREES and all JOHN WICK films. It is distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Erige Sehiri is a French-Tunisian director, producer, and former journalist whose work blends documentary realism with narrative cinema. She began her career in documentary filmmaking,\r<br/>directing the critically acclaimed On the Track (2018), which shed light on the daily struggles of Tunisian railway workers. In 2022, Sehiri wrote, directed, and produced her debut feature Under the Fig Trees, an intimate exploration of youth, work, and fleeting moments of connection in a rural fig orchard. The film premiered at the 54th Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at Cannes and was selected to represent Tunisia at the 2023 Academy Awards. Since then, it has screened at major international festivals and been released in over twenty countries.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside her cinematic work, Sehiri is a passionate advocate for freedom of expression and media literacy. She co-founded the media platform Inkyfada and the Tunisian NGO Al-Khat. She is also a founding member of Rawiat &ndash; Sisters in Cinema, a collective dedicated to supporting female filmmakers across the Arab World and its diaspora. This triple win at Angoul&ecirc;me further cements PROMISED SKY&rsquo;s status as one of the most powerful and resonant films of the year, continuing to captivate audiences and critics alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Adding to MAD&rsquo;s strong presence at the festival, MY FATHER AND QADDAFI by Libyan filmmaker Jihan received the Jury Prize, marking another milestone in the film&rsquo;s acclaimed journey. Following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; the first Libyan film in 13 years to do so &mdash; the documentary&rsquo;s recognition in Marrakech underscores its emotional force and political urgency. The award also comes ahead of its MENA premiere at the Doha Film Festival, taking place from November 20th to 28th, where anticipation continues to build.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MY FATHER AND QADDAFI by Libyan director Jihan is due to screen at Qatar&rsquo;s Doha Film Festival, marking its Arab World premiere. The documentary follows a daughter as she unravels the disappearance of her father, the opposition leader to Qaddafi, and pieces together her mother&rsquo;s 19-year search to find him. Without any memory of her father, she tries to reconnect with him and reconcile with her Libyan identity. The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival &mdash; becoming the first Libyan film in 13 years to do so &mdash; and has participated in the Red Sea and Chicago International Film Festivals prior.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A US and Libyan production, MY FATHER AND QADDAFI is produced by Jihan (Desert Power) in association with Quiet. It is co-produced by Andreas Rocks&eacute;n and William Johansson Kal&eacute;n of Laika Film &amp; Television AB, with executive producers Dave Guenette, Mohamed Soueid, and Sol Guy, and associate producers Shahla Karkouti Elms and Austin Ray. Featuring Jihan herself, Baha Sobhi Al Omary, and the late Rashid Mansur Kikhia as main characters, the 88-minute documentary is lensed by Micah Walker and Mike McLaughlin, and edited by Alessandro Dordoni, Chloe Lambourne (of the Oscar-nominated FOR SAMA), and Nicole Halova.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Throughout its production, the film received funding from several international sources, including Quiet, the Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, International Documentary Association, CineGouna Funding, International Media Support, Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund, Malm&ouml; Arab Film Festival, and the Swedish Film Institute. It also participated in several labs, including Close Up Lab, DFI QUMRA, Durban Filmmart, Between Women Filmmakers Caravan Consultancy, Medimed Euro-Med Doc Market &amp; Pitching Forum, and First Cut Lab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jihan earned her BA in International and Comparative Politics, concentrating on Human Rights, Philosophy, and International Law, from the American University of Paris. She holds an MA from New York University&rsquo;s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, focusing on art education and storytelling. In 2012, her article &lsquo;Libya, My Father, and I&rsquo; was published in Kalimat Magazine: Arab Thought and Culture. Jihan is dedicated to exploring how free expression can serve as a vehicle for empowerment and understanding.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With PROMISED SKY and MY FATHER AND QADDAFI both achieving major recognition at Marrakech, MAD continues to amplify bold, resonant, and boundary-pushing cinema from the Arab world and beyond. These victories highlight the filmmakers&rsquo; artistic vision and the growing global appetite for stories rooted in identity, justice, community, and memory.', '1565733196'),
(894, '', 'Life-affirming drama film YUNAN wins two awards at fifth Red Sea International Film Festival', '2025-12-13', 'yunan-wins-two awwards--.jpg', 'Following its Arab World premiere at the festival,&nbsp;YUNAN, the highly celebrated second feature by Ameer Fakher Eldin, just took home two major awards at the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival &mdash; the Yusr Best Actor Award for George Khabbaz and the Yusr Best Director Award for Ameer Fakher Eldin &mdash; held from December 4th to 13th in Jeddah&rsquo;s historic Al Balad district.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Distribution handling Arab World distribution, YUNAN continues Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s ambitious trilogy HOME on the theme of estrangement, which began with his award-winning 2021 debut, THE STRANGER. The film follows Munir, who, after many years in exile, lives haunted by a cryptic story his ailing mother &mdash; suffering from Alzheimer&rsquo;s &mdash; keeps repeating. As he travels to a remote island in the North Sea to end his life, an unexpected flood disrupts everything he thought would mark his end.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and edited by MAD Crew director Ameer Fakher Eldin, this life-affirming drama is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production, with Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia also having a hand in its making.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film had its world premiere to rave reviews at the Berlin International Film Festival and has since screened at over 25 international film festivals, winning numerous awards, including Best Film at the FESCAAAL African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival in Italy; the Golden Firebird, awarded to George Khabbaz and Hanna Schygulla, at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in China; Best Film and Best Actor at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival in the Netherlands; Best Cinematography at the Bari International Film &amp; TV Festival in Italy; and Best Film at the Arab Critics Awards for European Films.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated film CAPERNAUM, which is notably the highest-grossing Arabic film of all time. The cast also includes German actress Hanna Schygulla, an iconic figure of New German Cinema; Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, known for his leading roles in 200 METERS and the Oscar-nominated Palestinian film PARADISE NOW; and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Tom Wlaschiha, along with Lebanese theater thespian Nidal El Ashkar.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is scored by the multiple award-winning MAD Crew composer Suad Bushnaq, lensed by Ronald Plante, with production design by Marie-Luise Balzer and sound design by Kuen-Il Song and Marcus Stemler. It is also produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Alaa Assad, Hind Anabtawi, and Paola Corvino, who also executive-produced the film with the founders of MAD Solutions, Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>YUNAN was brought to life through the combined efforts of Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Fresco Films, Metafora Productions, and Tabi360.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was supported by the Red Sea Fund, the Jordanian Royal Film Commission, MOIN Film Fund, the Council of Europe&rsquo;s Eurimages, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine, to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights, Ameer Fakher Eldin is a writer and director whose work has earned international acclaim. His debut feature, THE STRANGER, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Edipo Re Award, and was later selected as Palestine&rsquo;s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. The film went on to continue its success at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, winning the Best Arab Film Award and the Shadi Abd El Salam Prize for Best Film in the International Critics&rsquo; Week Competition. It also received recognition at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, with a nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Cinematography.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Currently, Fakher Eldin is working on the final installment, NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN ITS FIRST CHAPTERS, which is a joint international production between Syria, Palestine, Germany, and Italy and was awarded the Red Sea Fund for Development.', '279585834'),
(895, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB releases in 12 Arab countries', '2025-12-17', '1.jpg', 'As part of CineMAD, a pioneering three-month pan-Arab film season showcasing high-profile Arab films celebrated on the festival circuit, Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;&mdash; Tunisia&rsquo;s official submission to the Oscars and recently nominated for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language at the Golden Globes &mdash; has been set for a wide theatrical release in Egypt and Palestine, and will open across the rest of the Arab world starting today.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Already released in 22 cinemas in Egypt, the film is set to expand its run today with releases in 51 cinemas in Saudi Arabia, 37 in the UAE, 12 in Qatar, 12 in Iraq, 9 in Oman, 9 in Bahrain, 8 in Kuwait, 6 in Jordan, and 1 in Syria, with additional cinemas in Lebanon to be announced soon.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>CineMAD was launched by Cairo-based Mad Solutions to bring high-profile Arab films celebrated on the festival circuit to cinemas across the Middle East and North Africa. The initiative is presented in partnership with Premiere, Empire Entertainment, Filmlab Palestine, and Easy Distribution, with additional partners to be announced soon.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is based on the shocking true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, incorporating real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent volunteers who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; and won multiple awards including the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, the Edipo Re Award, the Arca Cinema Giovani Award, and the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award, the film went on to make a remarkable success on the international festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was notably selected as the closing film of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival, and continued to garner accolades including the Audience Award at the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival in France (Cinemed), the Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, and the Warsaw International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize for Best Film of 2025 at the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, in addition to Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B Entertainment, who received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits alongside Film4 and MBC Studios, with other prominent figures joining as executive producers such as journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewellery designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Filmed in Tunisia and starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are being handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World are managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is produced by Tanit Films and Mime Films (Nadim Cheikhrouha), RaeFilm Studios (Odessa Rae), and Jw Films Production (James Wilson) in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The director, Kaouther Ben Hania, is among the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling. Her previous film, FOUR DAUGHTERS won the L&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2024. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor in the Horizons Section at Venice. Her earlier works, including BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS, have also earned international acclaim.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>See below the list of cinemas screening THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB according to each country:\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Egypt</strong>\r<br/>&bull;&nbsp;Cairo (Zamalek Cinema, Zawya Cinema, Nile City Cinema, Cairo Festival City Cinema, Scene Cinema &ndash; District 5, City Stars Cinema, VOX Cinemas Almazah, Tahrir Cinema, Sun City Cinema, Madinaty Cinema, Dandy Mall Cinema, Point 90 Cinema, Americana Plaza Cinema, Arkan Cinema, VOX Cinemas &ndash; Mall of Egypt, Qasr El Thaqafa &ndash; Garden City)\r<br/>&bull; Alexandria (San Stefano Mall Cinema, City Center Alexandria Cinema)\r<br/>&bull; Banha (Nile View Banha Cinema)\r<br/>&bull; Zagazig (Al Masrya Plaza)\r<br/>&bull; El Fayoum (Sea Cinema)\r<br/>&bull; Shebin El Kom (Sea Cinema)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>UAE</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Abu Dhabi (Truth Cinema, Cine Royal [Dalma, Al Dhannah/Ruwais, Khaldiya], Novo Cinemas [Baniyas], Star Cinemas [Al Raha, Al Wahda, Khalifa], Vox Cinemas [Yas Mall, Al Maryah Island &ndash; The Galleria Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dubai (Cinema City [Arabian Center Mirdiff, Al Qana], Novo Cinemas, Reel Cinemas [The Dubai Mall], Roxy Cinemas [Box Park, Al Khawaneej, Dubai Hills Mall], Star Cinemas [Al Ghurair], Vox Cinemas [Mall of the Emirates, Mirdiff City Center, Nakheel Mall &ndash; The Palm], Cinema Akil)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sharjah (Al Shaab, Cinema City [Zero Six Mall, Rahmaniya], Cinepolis Cinemas [Oasis Mall], Novo Cinemas [Buhaira], Vox Cinemas [Al Zahia City Centre])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fujairah (Safeer Group [Safeer Cinema], Galaxy Cinemas [Galaxy Cinema], Star Cinemas [Century Mall], Vox Cinemas [Fujairah City Center])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ras Al-Khaimah (Novo Cinemas [Manar])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Ain (Star Cinemas [Bawadi, Barari, Al Foah])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Umm Al Quwain (Star Cinemas [Umm Al Qum])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Qatar</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Doha (Cineco [Grand Cine Center], Flik Cinemas [Lagoona Mall, Mirqab Mall], Novo Cinemas [Mall of Qatar, The Pearl, 01 Mall, Vendome Mall, Mshereib Galleria Mall, Tawar Mall, Centro Mall, Doha Oasis Mall], Vox Cinemas [Doha Festival City])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Oman</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Muscat (Cinepolis Cinemas [Avenues Mall], Vox Cinemas [Muscat City Center, Mall of Oman], Wow Cinemas [Wow Cinemas])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Salalah (Cinepolis Cinemas [Garden Mall, Oasis Mall &ndash; Salalah])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sohar (Cinepolis Cinemas [Oasis Mall], Vox Cinemas [Sohar City Center])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Buraimi (Star Cinemas [Star Cinemas Ibri])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Kuwait</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kuwait City (Cinescape [360 Mall, Al-Kout, Assima, Khiran], Grand Cinemas [Hamra], Ozone Cinemas [Jahra Mall], Sky Cinemas [Sky Cinema], Vox Cinemas [The Avenues])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>KSA</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jeddah (Play Cinemas [Jameah Plaza], Grand Cinemas [Grand Obhur, Al Masarrah], AMC Cinemas [Stars Avenue], Vox Cinemas [Jeddah Park, Al Jamea (Town Square)], Muvi Cinemas [The Village, Yasmin Mall, Mall of Arabia, Haifa Mall, Aziz Mall], Empire Cinemas [Andalus Mall], Hayy Cinema [Hayy Cinema])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dhahran (Play Cinemas [Dhahran], Muvi Cinemas [Mall of Dhahran])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Khafji (Noir Cinemas [Noir Khafji])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Haffar Al Batin (Noir Cinemas [Noir Haffar])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dammam (Noir Cinemas [Noir Dammam])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unaizah (Noir Cinemas [Noir Unaizah], Muvi Cinemas [Uzainah Boulevard])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mithnab (Noir Cinemas [Noir Mithnab])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Riyadh (Reel Cinemas [Grenada], Cine House [Cine House], AMC Cinemas [Panorama Mall, Riyadh Gallery], Vox Cinemas [Riyadh Park, Al Qasr Mall, The Roof Mall, Kingdom Tower, Century Corner, Atyaf Mall, Riyadh Front Mall, Esplanade], Muvi Cinemas [Al Hamra Mall, U-Walk, Nakheel Mall Riyadh, Riyadh Boulevard, Park Avenue, The View Khaleej Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Taif (Grand Cinemas [The Park T], Muvi Cinemas [City Walk])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Ahsa (Grand Cinemas [Al Ahsa])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Khobar (AMC Cinemas [Ajdan Walk], Empire Cinemas [Al Rashid Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tabuk (Vox Cinemas [Tabuk Park Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Hail (Vox Cinemas [Al Hail Strip Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Khamis (Muvi Cinemas [Mujan Park])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Buraidah (Muvi Cinemas [Nakheel Plaza])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jaazan (Empire Cinemas [Al Rashid Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Abha (Empire Cinemas [Al Rashid Mall])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Madina (Empire Cinemas [Medinah])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Bahrain</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Manama (Vox / Cineco [Bahrain City Center], Cinepolis [Amwaj Bahrain], Epix Cinema [Al Liwan, Dana Mall], Vox [The Avenue])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rifa (Cineco [Wadi Al Sail Cinemas])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Juffair (Cineco [Oasis Mall Juffair])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seef (Cineco [Seef Megaplex])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Janabiyah (Cinepolis [Atrium Mall Cinemas])\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Iraq</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Erbil: (Empire Cinemas &ndash; Family Mall)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Baghdad: (Iraqi Cinemas[Mansoor Mall, Al Amria Mall, Cairo Mall, Al Jadriya Mall, Zayoona Mall, Babylon Mall, Baghdad Mall, Dream City Mall, Dijlah Village ])\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hillah: (Iraqi Cinemas &ndash; Summer Cinema)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Basra: (Mini Basra Cinemas &ndash; Mini Basra)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Jordan</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amman: (Taj Cinemas &ndash; Taj Mall, Grand Cinemas &ndash; City Mall, Prime Cinemas &ndash; Baraka Mall, Rainbow Theatre &ndash; Rainbow Theatre)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Abdali: (Prime Cinemas &ndash; Abdali Mall)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Irbid: (Prime Cinemas &ndash; Irbid City Centre Mall)\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/><strong>Syria</strong>\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Damascus:&nbsp;(Cinema City-Cinema City)', '679733957'),
(896, '', 'MAD’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB and PALESTINE 36 make the 98th Oscars’ shortlist', '2025-12-17', 'hind-palestine36.jpg', 'MAD proudly announces that two films from its slate,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;by Kaouther Ben Hania and&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;by Annemarie Jacir, have been officially shortlisted for the Academy Awards, marking a historic moment for Palestinian and Arab cinema on the global stage.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This announcement coincides with both films&rsquo; participation at the 36th Carthage Film Festival, as well as their inclusion in CineMAD, MAD Solutions&rsquo; initiative bringing Arab films to cinemas across the region. THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is now available in cinemas in Egypt and Palestine, with other Arab territories following tomorrow, Thursday, while PALESTINE 36 will premiere in Egypt on Wednesday, December 31st, followed by screenings across the GCC starting the following Thursday.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Solutions&rsquo; track record in distributing films representing Arab countries at the Oscars includes a remarkable lineup of distinguished titles. Among them are the Palestinian film OMAR (2013), the Palestinian short AVE MARIA (2015), Jordan&rsquo;s first Oscar shortlist nominee THEEB (2014), the Saudi film BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAH (2016), the Palestinian film 3000 NIGHTS (2015), the Egyptian film CLASH (2016), the Italian film A CIAMBRA (2017), the Iraqi film THE JOURNEY (2019), the Polish film CORPUS CHRISTI (2019), the Palestinian film GAZA MON AMOUR (2021), THE STRANGER (2022), the Tunisian film UNDER THE FIG TREES (2023), the Sudanese film GOODBYE JULIA (2024), the Jordanian film INSHALLAH A BOY (2024), and the Algerian film ALGIERS (2025).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, based on the harrowing true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab from Gaza, continues its powerful international journey following its acclaimed MENA premiere at the Marrakech International Film Festival. The film recently made its Arab World debut at the Doha Film Festival, where it once again deeply moved audiences with its emotional intensity and urgent human narrative.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Executive produced by Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, alongside Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Jemima Khan, Frank Giustra, and Sabine Getty, the film was screened to packed houses and received sustained applause for its devastating portrayal of Hind&rsquo;s final hours and the heroic efforts of the Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers who tried to save her. Drawing on real-life voice recordings between Hind and the volunteers, the film offers an unflinching and intimate account of a tragedy that resonated worldwide.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB has already garnered major international recognition, winning multiple awards at the Venice Film Festival, including the Silver Lion, UNICEF Award, Edipo Re Award, Arca Cinema Giovani Award, and the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award. Starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film was shot in Tunisia and is handled for worldwide sales by The Party Film Sales, with CAA Media Finance co-representing North American rights. MAD Distribution manages theatrical and cultural rights across the Arab World. The film is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, Odessa Rae, and James Wilson through Mime Films and Tanit Films, in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alongside it, Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s historical epic&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;has also been officially shortlisted for the Academy Awards, following its celebrated Arab World premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival, where it was met with a packed house and enthusiastic reception.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set against the backdrop of Mandate Palestine, PALESTINE 36 revisits the events leading up to the Arab Revolt of 1936, following Yusuf as he navigates between his rural village and Jerusalem amid rising unrest, British colonial rule, and mounting historical tensions that would reshape the region&rsquo;s future. The film&rsquo;s Red Sea premiere followed a standout festival journey, including a sold-out world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Audience Award at S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Best Film at Tokyo International Film Festival, and a shortlist placement for the European Film Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A major international co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, PALESTINE 36 features an exceptional ensemble cast including Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri, Yasmine Al-Massri, Jeremy Irons, Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, Liam Cunningham, Robert Aramayo, Jalal Altawil, alongside emerging Palestinian talent. The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi with an international team of co-producers, cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart, music by Ben Frost, and is distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With both films advancing in the Oscars shortlist, MAD celebrates a moment of collective pride &mdash; one that underscores the power of Arab cinema to tell urgent, human stories with global impact. Together, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB and PALESTINE 36 stand as bold cinematic testaments to resilience, memory, and the enduring strength of Palestinian voices on the world stage.', '992549466'),
(897, '', 'PALESTINE 36 Is Now on the Big Screen Across the Arab World', '2026-01-03', '2.png', 'Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s historical drama&nbsp;PALESTINE 36, recently shortlisted for the Oscars,&nbsp;is now screening in cinemas across Egypt, Bahrain, Oman, and Jordan, as part of CineMAD, a pioneering three-month pan-Arab film season celebrating Arab films recognized and celebrated on the international festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film opened in Egypt on December 31, followed by its release across the Gulf and Jordan on January 1, with upcoming releases scheduled for Morocco on January 4, Tunisia on January 7, and Saudi Arabia on January 8.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 is currently screening across Egypt at Zawya, Nile Cinema, Cima Arkan, Madinaty, Dandy Mall, Point 90, Americana Plaza, Vox Mall of Egypt, and Zamalek, offering audiences nationwide the opportunity to experience the film on the big screen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Expanding its regional theatrical run, the film is now playing in Bahrain at Bahrain City Center &ndash; Cineco 20, Wadi Al Sail Cinemas, Oasis Mall Juffair, and The Avenues.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The release continues in Oman, where audiences can watch PALESTINE 36 at Muscat City Center, Mall of Oman, and Sohar City Center.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In Jordan, the film is currently screening at Taj Mall, City Mall, Abdali Mall, Irbid City Centre Mall, Baraka Mall, and the iconic Rainbow Theatre\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This regional release comes as part of CineMAD, an initiative by Cairo-based Mad Solutions, presented in partnership with Premiere, Empire Entertainment, Filmlab Palestine, and Easy Distribution. CineMAD brings acclaimed Arab films from the festival circuit to cinemas across the Middle East and North Africa, giving audiences the chance to engage with award-winning stories on the big screen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its sold‑out world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film went on an extensive festival run, winning the Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, being shortlisted for the 38th European Film Awards, receiving a Best Screenplay nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and claiming Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Most recently, it held a successful Arab World premiere at the Red Sea International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA,\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.', '1362625287'),
(898, '', 'PALESTINE 36 Celebrates Jordan Premiere at Rainbow Theatre Cinema in Amman', '2025-12-23', 'PALESTINE-36-Celebrates-Jordan.jpg', 'Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s acclaimed historical epic&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;held its Jordanian premiere at Rainbow Theatre Cinema in Amman, marking a powerful and emotional evening attended by prominent cultural figures, artists, and the film&rsquo;s cast and crew.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The special screening was honored by the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, underscoring the film&rsquo;s cultural and historical significance. The premiere also welcomed celebrated artist Saint Levant, alongside members of the cast and creative team, who gathered with audiences for a night that reflected both solidarity and cinematic excellence.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Jordan premiere comes as PALESTINE 36 continues its remarkable international journey, having recently been shortlisted for the Oscars, further cementing its status as one of the most celebrated Arab films of the year.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The Jordan premiere follows the film&rsquo;s most recent screening at the Red Sea International Film Festival, marking the latest stop in PALESTINE 36&rsquo;s successful regional journey.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has enjoyed an exceptional international festival run. It won the Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, was shortlisted for the 38th European Film Awards, received a Best Screenplay nomination at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and claimed Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival was completely sold out, followed by screenings at AFI Fest, Rome, Chicago, Cork, and Thessaloniki.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A co-production between Palestine, the UK, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, PALESTINE 36 features a distinguished ensemble cast including Hiam Abbass, Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri, Yasmine Al-Massri, Jeremy Irons, Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, Liam Cunningham, Robert Aramayo, Jalal Altawil, alongside newcomers Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-producers Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre, through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe. Cinematography is by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart, with an original score by Ben Frost. PALESTINE 36 is distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Annemarie Jacir has written, directed, and produced over 16 films, with premieres at prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride. All four features she directed were Palestine\'s Oscar entries. She also directed the first feature by a Palestinian female director, the acclaimed SALT OF THIS SEA &mdash; a FIPRESCI winner and her second work to debut at Cannes. WHEN I SAW YOU won Best Asian Film at the Berlinale, and WAJIB garnered 36 awards, including those at Mar Del Plata, Dubai, and London.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>As the founder of the independent production company Philistine Films, Jacir frequently collaborates with Arab filmmakers in roles including editor, screenwriter, and producer. She is deeply committed to working with local crews and nurturing emerging Arab talent through mentorship and training, actively supporting the growth of independent cinema across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Jacir lives in Palestine and has served on juries for major film festivals, like Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance. She is a member of several prestigious film academies,&nbsp;including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BAFTA, and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>In her hometown of Bethlehem, she co-founded Dar Jacir, an independent, artist-run cultural space. Her work has been celebrated in retrospectives at venues like the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and the Toronto International Film Festival.', '815124017'),
(899, '', 'MAD Solutions walks home from Carthage with 6 awards', '2025-12-22', 'MAD-Solutions-walks-home-from-Carthage-with-6-awards.jpg', 'MAD proudly celebrates a remarkable showing at the 36th Carthage Film Festival, where four films from its slate took home a total of six awards, highlighting the creativity, talent, and storytelling power of Arab cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;earned the Best Actress Award for Saja Kilani and an Honorary Jury Award,&nbsp;PROMISED SKY&nbsp;received a Special Mention for Actress Debora Lobe Naney,\r<br/>WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM&nbsp;captured both the Audience Award and Best Screenplay Award, and&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;was honored with the TV5 MONDE Prize for Best First Feature-Length Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, winner of Best Actress for Saja Kilani and an Honorary Jury Award at the 36th Carthage Film Festival, and shortlisted for the Oscars, also won the Silver Lion for Best Jury at its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. The film stars Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, and Amer Hlehel, with cinematography by Juan Sarmiento G., editing by Qutaiba Barhamji, Maxim Mathis, and Kaouther Ben Hania, music by Amine Bouhafa, and production design by Bassam Marzouk.\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB follows the true story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who becomes trapped in a car under fire in Gaza on January 29, 2024, while Red Crescent volunteers try desperately to save her. The film previously closed the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PROMISED SKY&nbsp;by Erige Sehiri, winner of Special Mention for Actress Debora Naney at Carthage, was co-written with Anna Senik and Malika Cecile Lobet, produced by Didar Domehri, and stars A&iuml;ssa Ma&iuml;ga, Laetitia Ky, Debora Naney, and Tunisian actor Mohamed Grayaa, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk.\r<br/>Based on true events, the film follows Marie, Naney, and Jolie, who live together in a house that also serves as a church. The arrival of a little orphan girl forces them to confront hidden wounds and fragility in their lives. PROMISED SKY premiered in the Directors&rsquo; Fortnight at Cannes, screened at the Francophone Film Festival in Angoul&ecirc;me, winning Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Debora Naney, and most recently earned Best Screenplay at the Mostra Valencia Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Amal Guellaty&rsquo;s&nbsp;WHERE THE WIND COMES&nbsp;FROM, winner of Audience Award and Best Screenplay Award at Carthage, is produced by Asma Chiboub of Atlas Vision and stars Slim Baccar, Aya Bellagha, Sondos Belhassen, and Lobna Noomane, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk, editing by Amal Guellaty, Ghalya Lacroix, and Malek Kammoun, and music by Omar Aloulou.\r<br/>The Tunisian comedy follows 19-year-old Alyssa and shy 23-year-old Mehdi, who embark on a road trip to southern Tunisia after discovering a contest offering a chance to escape their reality, overcoming obstacles along the way. The film premiered at Sundance and screened at Rotterdam and Istanbul International Film Festivals, and recently won the Golden Bee for Best Film at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Malta and Best Narrative Feature at the Toronto Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s debut feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN, winner of the TV5 MONDE Prize for Best First Feature-Length Film at Carthage, was written and directed by Mirghani, with cinematography by Frida Marzouk, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din. The film premiered at Venice Critics&rsquo; Week and won the Alexander &ldquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rdquo; Golden Award for Best Feature at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, it follows teenage Nafisa, raised on heroic tales of resistance by her grandmother, as she faces a power struggle over the village&rsquo;s future when a young businessman arrives with genetically engineered cotton. COTTON QUEEN celebrates female strength and resilience while portraying the cultural and social transformations within the village.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The 36th Carthage Film Festival results highlight MAD&rsquo;s continued commitment to bringing Arab cinema to the forefront of international recognition, championing stories that resonate deeply with audiences while showcasing the region&rsquo;s remarkable creative talent.', '1387614896'),
(900, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB longlisted for the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards', '2026-01-11', 'hind-ragab-longlisted-for-2026.png', 'Acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has added another milestone to her remarkable career as her latest film,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, has been officially longlisted for the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in two major categories: Best Director and Film Not in the English Language. The BAFTA nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 27th, ahead of the prestigious awards ceremony on Sunday, February 22nd.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This recognition comes on the heels of the film&rsquo;s recent Oscar shortlist and its Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture in a Non-English Language, further cementing its place as one of the most celebrated international films of the year. The film has also been set for a wide theatrical release across the Arab World as part of the CineMAD initiative, launched by Cairo-based MAD Solutions to bring high-profile Arab films celebrated on the festival circuit to cinemas.\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is based on the shocking true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, incorporating real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent volunteers who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; and won multiple awards including the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, the UNICEF Award, the Edipo Re Award, the Arca Cinema Giovani Award, and the CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award, the film went on to make a remarkable success on the international festival circuit.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was notably selected as the closing film of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival, and continued to garner accolades including the Audience Award at the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival in France (Cinemed), the Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, and the Warsaw International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize for Best Film of 2025 at the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, in addition to Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B Entertainment, who received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits alongside Film4 and MBC Studios, with other prominent figures joining as executive producers such as journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewellery designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Filmed in Tunisia and starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are being handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World are managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is produced by Tanit Films and Mime Films (Nadim Cheikhrouha), RaeFilm Studios (Odessa Rae), and Jw Films Production (James Wilson) in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The director, Kaouther Ben Hania, is among the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling. Her previous film, FOUR DAUGHTERS won the L&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2024. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor in the Horizons Section at Venice. Her earlier works, including BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS, have also earned international acclaim.', '48251522'),
(901, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB nominated for Best International Feature Film for 98th Academy Awards', '2026-01-25', '1.jpg', 'Following her 2020 feature THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN and her 2023 documentary FOUR DAUGHTERS, acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has earned her third Oscar nomination with her latest docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, which has just been nominated for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards &mdash; marking a significant triumph for Palestinian cinema.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This also marks the fourth time MAD Solutions has had a film nominated for the Oscars, following OMAR in 2013 and THEEB in 2014 in the Best Foreign Language Film category, as well as AVE MARIA in 2015 in the Best Short Film category.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The nomination crowns a remarkable journey for THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, which has already garnered international acclaim. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture &ndash; Non-English Language category, and longlisted for the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in two major categories: Best Director and Film Not in the English Language.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is based on the shocking true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, incorporating real-life voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent volunteers who attempted to save her.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Having already garnered 15 awards during its extensive festival run, the film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a thunderous standing ovation lasting over 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; and won multiple honors, including the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was notably selected as the closing film of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival, and continued to garner accolades including the Audience Award at the Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival in France (Cinemed), the Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia-Cinema del Mediterrani, and the Warsaw International Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prize for Best Film of 2025 at the Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium, and most recently, it received the Best Actress Award for Saja Kilani and an Honorary Jury Award at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is executive produced by Hollywood luminaries including Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, in addition to Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their company Plan B Entertainment, who received &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits alongside Film4 and MBC Studios, with other prominent figures joining as executive producers such as journalist and producer Jemima Khan, Canadian businessman and Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra, and jewellery designer and social figure Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Filmed in Tunisia and starring Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, the film&rsquo;s worldwide sales are being handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is co-representing the North American rights with CAA Medi\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>a Finance. Theatrical and cultural rights in the Arab World are managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is produced by Tanit Films and Mime Films (Nadim Cheikhrouha), RaeFilm Studios (Odessa Rae), and Jw Films Production (James Wilson) in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The director, Kaouther Ben Hania, is among the most acclaimed filmmakers of the Arab World, known for her bold storytelling. Her previous film, FOUR DAUGHTERS, won the L&rsquo;Oeil d&rsquo;Or at Cannes and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar in 2024. Her 2020 feature, THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN, was nominated for Best International Feature and won Best Actor in the Horizons Section at Venice. Her earlier works, including BEAUTY AND THE DOGS, ZAINEB HATES THE SNOW, and CHALLAT OF TUNIS, have also earned international acclaim.', '628683731');
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(902, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB earns BAFTA nomination for Film Not in the English Language', '2026-01-27', 'THE-VOICE-OF-HIND-RAJAB-weew.jpg', 'After an extraordinary awards-season journey that has already included nominations from the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards, Kaouther Ben Hania&rsquo;s powerful docudrama&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;has now been officially nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Film Not in the English Language category.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The nomination marks another major milestone for the film, further cementing its global impact and critical acclaim, while underscoring its resonance with international audiences and voting bodies alike.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania &mdash; whose previous works include THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN and FOUR DAUGHTERS &mdash; THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB continues a historic run that has positioned it as one of the most significant non-English language films of the year.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A Tunisian-French co-production, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is based on the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The film incorporates real voice recordings between Hind and the Red Crescent volunteers who attempted to rescue her, forming the emotional and moral core of the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The BAFTA nomination follows an already remarkable year for the film. In addition to its Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture &ndash; Non-English Language and its Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film, the film has received widespread international acclaim throughout its festival run.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a thunderous standing ovation lasting more than 20 minutes &mdash; the longest in the festival&rsquo;s history &mdash; and went on to win multiple honors, including the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has since screened at major international festivals worldwide, serving as the closing film of the 46th Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival. Its awards include the Audience Award at Cinemed Montpellier, honors at the Mostra de Val&egrave;ncia&ndash;Cinema del Mediterrani and the Warsaw International Film Festival, and the Grand Prize for Best Film of 2025 at the Ghent International Film Festival. Most recently, it received the Best Actress Award for Saja Kilani and an Honorary Jury Award at the Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is executive produced by Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, alongside Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through Plan B Entertainment, with Film4 and MBC Studios receiving &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits. Additional executive producers include Jemima Khan, Frank Giustra, and Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, and was filmed in Tunisia. Worldwide sales are handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, co-representing North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Distribution across the Arab World is managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Tanit Films, Mime Films (Nadim Cheikhrouha), RaeFilm Studios (Odessa Rae), and JW Films Production (James Wilson), in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB continues to stand as one of the most urgent and talked-about films of the year.', '1638024892'),
(903, '', 'CIFF and Cannes Winner ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA hits Cairo screens on February 4th', '2026-02-03', 'once-upon-a-time.jpg', 'Following its triple win at the latest Cairo International Film Festival, the acclaimed dramedy&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser will screen for a wider audience in Cairo on February 4th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Screenings will take place at Plaza Cinemas (Thursday 5th, 9:30 pm, Screen 4; Friday 6th, 1:30 pm, Comfort 1; Saturday 7th, 6:45 pm, Screen 1), Nile Cinemas (Thursday 5th, 9:30 pm, Screen 6; Friday 6th, 6:45 pm, Screen 6), and Arkan Cima (Friday 6th, 6:45 pm, Screen 6; Saturday 7th, 9:30 pm, Screen 6,).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This special release is part of CineMAD, a pioneering three‑month pan‑Arab film season launched by Cairo‑based MAD Solutions to bring festival‑celebrated Arab films to cinemas across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hailed by The National&rsquo;s William Mulally as &ldquo;a powerful ode to Palestinian resilience,&rdquo; ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, set in 2007 Gaza, explores the gripping story of Yahya, a young student who forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they begin peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Emphasizing that their vision goes beyond stereotypes often associated with Gaza, the Nasser brothers stated: &ldquo;We want to present an authentic portrait of our city, one that&rsquo;s free from the stereotypes and exaggerations that have become the accepted global narrative.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Previously, the film world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Best Director Award. Since then, it has toured over 20 international festivals across more than 10 countries, including Warsaw, Thessaloniki, S&atilde;o Paulo, Rome, and Toronto, where it opened the Toronto Palestine Film Festival, and Cairo, where it earned Best Director, Best Actor for Majd Eid, and Best Arab Feature Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal with Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film boasts a stellar cast that includes Nader Abd Alhay, who is known for his role as Sami in FARAH, which is streaming now on Netflix; Ramzi Maqdisi (GHOST HUNTING, awarded Best Documentary at the Berlinale), Majd Eid (Cannes Winning title HOLY SPIDER); DOP Christophe Graillot (RIDE ABOVE) and editor Sophie Reine, who won the Best Editing Award at the C&eacute;sar Awards for her work in THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>MAD Distribution manages the film&rsquo;s distribution and sales across the Arab world, The Party Film Sales oversees international sales, while Dulac Distribution handles the French distribution rights.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by the Nasser Brothers from a screenplay co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand from Les Films du Tambour and Muriel Merlin of Lyly Productions.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Additionally, the film was co-produced with Rise Studios (Amanda Turnbull and Ziad Srouji), Made in Palestine Project (Rashid Abdelhamid), Red Balloon Film (Dorothe Benemeier), Riva Filmproduktion (Mickael Eckelt and Lena Zimmerhackel), Ukbar Filmes (Pandora Da Cunha Telles and Pablo Iraola), and executive produced by Jordan Pioneers Multi Media &amp; Slate Films Services (Khaled Haddad) in association with A. A. Films (Ahmed Amer), Cocoon Films (Sawsan Asfari), Radio e Televisao De Portugal, and Kometa (Edyta Janczak-Hiriart).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser were born in Gaza in 1988 and started their filmmaking careers with their Cannes-selected short CONDOM LEAD before making their first feature film, D&Eacute;GRAD&Eacute;, which premiered in the 68th Cannes&rsquo; Critics&rsquo; Week. Their second feature, GAZA MON AMOUR, premiered in the Orrizonti Section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival and was Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the 93rd Academy Awards.', '439193163'),
(904, '', 'THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB wins Best Arab Film at Egyptian Film Critics Association Awards', '2026-02-10', '1.jpg', 'In a powerful endorsement from one of the Arab world&rsquo;s most respected critical institutions,&nbsp;THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB&nbsp;has been awarded Best Arab Film by the Egyptian Film Critics Association (EFCA) at their annual critics&rsquo; awards for films released in 2025. The honor marks yet another major accolade in the film&rsquo;s extraordinary global journey.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Directed by acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB beat out fellow regional contenders to secure the critics&rsquo; top honor in the Arab film category, capturing a strong majority of votes from the jury of seasoned critics.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Building on its remarkable international trajectory &mdash; from a historic standing ovation and multiple awards at the Venice International Film Festival to a slate of major nominations at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Academy Awards &mdash; the EFCA recognition underscores the film&rsquo;s deep resonance with audiences and critics alike across the Arab world and beyond.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a Tunisian-French docudrama that blends v&eacute;rit&eacute; and cinematic storytelling to bring to life the harrowing true events surrounding Hind Rajab, a young Palestinian girl killed in Gaza. Using authentic voice recordings between Hind and Red Crescent volunteers who tried to save her, the film transforms a single voice into a powerful testimony of humanity and endurance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania &mdash; whose previous films include The Man Who Sold His Skin and Four Daughters &mdash; THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB continues a historic run that has positioned it as one of the most significant non-English language films of the year.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where it received a record-breaking standing ovation and won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. It has since screened at major international festivals worldwide, including as the closing film of the Cairo International Film Festival and the opening film of the inaugural Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film has earned numerous honors across Europe and the Arab world, including audience awards and jury prizes at leading festivals, as well as recent recognition at the Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is executive produced by Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuar&oacute;n, alongside Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through Plan B Entertainment, with Film4 and MBC Studios receiving &ldquo;In Association With&rdquo; credits. Additional executive producers include Jemima Khan, Frank Giustra, and Sabine Getty.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, and Saja Kilani, and was filmed in Tunisia. Worldwide sales are handled by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, co-representing North American rights with CAA Media Finance. Distribution across the Arab World is managed by MAD Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Tanit Films, Mime Films (Nadim Cheikhrouha), RaeFilm Studios (Odessa Rae), and JW Films Production (James Wilson), in collaboration with the Palestinian Red Crescent, THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB stands as one of the most urgent and talked-about films of the year.', '562194172'),
(905, '', 'PALESTINE 36 to screen 25 times at Kenya’s Unseen Nairobi ', '2026-04-01', 'ppalestine-36-stills.jpg', 'After a wide theatrical release across the Arab world and an extensive festival run, Annemarie Jacir&rsquo;s historical drama&nbsp;PALESTINE 36&nbsp;&mdash; shortlisted for both the Oscars and the European Film Awards &mdash; will be showcased at Kenya&rsquo;s Unseen Nairobi, with 25 screenings scheduled throughout April.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film will begin screening on Wednesday, April 1st at 9 pm and will then be shown on Friday, April 3rd at 9 pm; Saturday, April 4th at 7 pm; Sunday, April 5th at 7 pm; Monday, April 6th at 7 pm; Tuesday, April 7th at 9 pm; Thursday, April 9th at 9 pm; Friday, April 10th at 7 pm; Saturday, April 11th at 9 pm; Sunday, April 12th at 7 pm; and Monday, April 13th at 9 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Further screenings will be on Tuesday, April 14th at 7 pm; Wednesday, April 15th at 9 pm; Thursday, April 16th at 7 pm; Friday, April 17th at 9 pm; Saturday, April 18th at 9 pm; Sunday, April 19th at 7 pm; Monday, April 20th at 7 pm; Tuesday, April 21st at 9 pm; Thursday, April 23rd at 9 pm; Friday, April 24th at 7 pm; Saturday, April 25th at 9 pm; Monday, April 27th at 9 pm; Tuesday, April 28th at 7 pm; and concluding on Thursday, April 30th at 9 pm.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>A revisit of the events leading to the Arab Revolt of 1936, PALESTINE 36 follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine, where several villages were rising up against British rule.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>However, history is relentless; with rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping an increasingly fascist Europe and Palestinian calls for independence, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its sold‑out world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film embarked on an extensive festival tour, winning numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the S&atilde;o Paulo International Film Festival, Best Film at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Snow Leopard Special Jury Award at the Asian World Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It was further distinguished on some of the world&rsquo;s most prestigious awards platforms, including the Academy Awards &mdash; where it was shortlisted for Best International Feature Film &mdash; the European Film Awards, where it was also shortlisted, and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, where it earned a nomination for Best Screenplay.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>PALESTINE 36 includes a roster of A-list actors, with many of Palestinian origin, including Hiam Abbass (PARADISE NOW, BLADE RUNNER 49), Palestinian cinema and theater icon Kamel El Basha, Saleh Bakri (SALT OF THIS SEA), and Yasmine Al-Massri (Netflix&rsquo;s CASTLEVANIA.\r<br/>THANK YOU FOR BANKING WITH US!), alongside top-shot British actor Jeremy Irons, the acclaimed Tunisian actor and model Dhafer L&rsquo;Abidine, Billy Howle, GAME OF THRONES stars Liam Cunningham and Robert Aramayo, Syrian actor Jalal Altawil, as well as the debuting Yafa Bakri and Karim Daoud Anaya.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Ossama Bawardi, with co-production by Azzam Fakhrildin, Cat Villiers, Hani Farsi, Nils &Aring;strand, Olivier Barbier, Katrin Pors, Hamza Ali, and Elissa Pierre (through Philistine Films, Autonomous, Corniche Media, MK Productions, and Snowglobe); cinematography by H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Louvart; and music by Ben Frost. It is also distributed in the Arab World by MAD Distribution.', '1178500922'),
(906, '', 'COTTON QUEEN wins Jury Prize for Best Film at Luxor African Film Festival', '2026-04-05', 'COTTON-QUEEN-has-been-awarded.jpg', 'Marking yet another milestone on its acclaimed international journey, Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s debut feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;has been awarded the Jury Prize for Best Film at the 15th Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), held in Luxor, Egypt from March 29th to April 4th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the film went on to screen at more than a dozen prestigious festivals worldwide, winning awards, including the Golden Alexander &lsquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rsquo; Award for Best Feature Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, the TV5 Monde Award for Best First Feature Film at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, the Audience Award at the Doha Film Festival in Qatar, and the Grand Award at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields &mdash; and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, the film is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at L&rsquo;Atelier de la Cin&eacute;fondation at Cannes Film Festival in 2022, and is Suzannah&rsquo;s debut feature film.', '2030997039'),
(907, '', 'YUNAN Wins Another Best Director Notch at Malmö', '2026-04-16', 'yunan-film-still1.jpg', 'Following its remarkable international festival run,&nbsp;YUNAN, the acclaimed second feature by Ameer Fakher Eldin, has been awarded Best Director at the Malm&ouml; Film Festival in Sweden, further cementing its status as one of the most celebrated Arab films on the global stage.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This latest recognition adds to an already impressive list of accolades for Fakher Eldin, whose visionary direction continues to resonate with audiences and critics alike. The Malm&ouml; Film Festival honor highlights the film&rsquo;s powerful storytelling and distinct cinematic voice, as it continues to travel across major international platforms.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>With MAD Distribution handling Arab World distribution, YUNAN is the second installment in Fakher Eldin&rsquo;s ambitious HOME trilogy, which explores themes of estrangement and belonging, following his award-winning 2021 debut, THE STRANGER.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film follows Munir, a man burdened by exile and haunted by a cryptic story repeatedly told by his ailing mother, who suffers from Alzheimer&rsquo;s. His journey to a remote island in the North Sea &mdash; intended as a final act &mdash; takes an unexpected turn when a sudden flood disrupts his plans, opening the door to unforeseen possibilities.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Written, directed, and edited by Ameer Fakher Eldin, the film is a Canadian-German-Italian co-production, with contributions from Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Since its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, YUNAN has screened at over 25 international festivals, garnering numerous awards, including Best Film at the FESCAAAL African, Asian, and Latin American Film Festival in Italy; the Golden Firebird at the Hong Kong International Film Festival; Best Film and Best Actor at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival; Best Cinematography at the Bari International Film &amp; TV Festival; Best Film at the Arab Critics Awards for European Films; and Best Actor and Director at the Red Sea International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Lebanese actor, director, and producer George Khabbaz, alongside German cinema icon Hanna Schygulla, Palestinian actor Ali Suleiman, and GAME OF THRONES stars Sibel Kekilli and Tom Wlaschiha, in addition to renowned Lebanese actress Nidal El Ashkar.\r<br/>The score is composed by Suad Bushnaq, with cinematography by Ronald Plante, production design by Marie-Luise Balzer, and sound design by Kuen-Il Song and Marcus Stemler.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Produced by Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Alaa Assad, Hind Anabtawi, and Paola Corvino, the film is executive produced by MAD Solutions founders Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>YUNAN is a collaboration between Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Fresco Films, Metafora Productions, and Tabi360, and was supported by the Red Sea Fund, the Royal Film Commission &ndash; Jordan, MOIN Film Fund, Eurimages, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Born in 1991 in Kyiv to Syrian parents from the occupied Golan Heights, Ameer Fakher Eldin is an internationally acclaimed writer and director. His debut feature, THE STRANGER, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, winning the Edipo Re Award, and was later selected as Palestine&rsquo;s submission to the Academy Awards.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Fakher Eldin is currently working on the final chapter of his trilogy, NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN ITS FIRST CHAPTERS, a major international co-production that continues to build on his exploration of identity, exile, and memory.', '836486248'),
(908, '', 'Cannes-winning ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA returns to Cairo screens at Zawya starting April 29th', '2026-04-23', 'once-in-gaza.jpg', 'Following its acclaimed festival run and multiple award wins, the dramedy&nbsp;ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA&nbsp;by twin brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser is set to screen at Zawya Cinema starting April 29th as part of the CineMAD film season.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The screening will be followed by a Q&amp;A with actor Majd Eid and producer Rani Massalha.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This special screening is part of CineMAD, a pan-Arab film season launched by Cairo-based MAD Solutions to bring critically acclaimed Arab films to cinemas across the region, offering audiences a rare chance to experience festival hits on the big screen.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in Gaza in 2007, the film follows Yahya, a young student who forms an unlikely friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner. Together, they begin dealing drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, only to find themselves entangled with a corrupt cop and his inflated ego.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Hailed by The National&rsquo;s William Mulally as &ldquo;a powerful ode to Palestinian resilience,&rdquo; the film offers a fresh and human portrayal of life in Gaza. Speaking about their vision, the Nasser brothers shared: &ldquo;We want to present an authentic portrait of our city, one that&rsquo;s free from the stereotypes and exaggerations that have become the accepted global narrative.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film world premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Best Director Award. It has since screened at over 20 international festivals across more than 10 countries, including Warsaw, Thessaloniki, S&atilde;o Paulo, Rome, and Toronto. It also triumphed at the Cairo International Film Festival, winning Best Director, Best Actor for Majd Eid, and Best Arab Feature Film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>An international co-production between France, Palestine, Germany, and Portugal, with support from Qatar and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the film features a standout cast including Nader Abd Alhay, Ramzi Maqdisi, and Majd Eid. Directed by the Nasser brothers and co-written with Amer Nasser and Marie Legrand, the film is produced by Rani Massalha and Marie Legrand.', '1908768772'),
(909, '', 'Festival-Acclaimed COTTON QUEEN to Release in Cinemas Across Egypt Starting May 6', '2026-04-26', 'cotton-queen-release.jpg', 'Following a successful international festival run, Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;is set to release in cinemas across Egypt starting May 6, as part of CineMAD, an initiative by MAD Solutions showcasing acclaimed Arab films to regional audiences.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film recently won the Jury Prize for Best Film at the Luxor African Film Festival, and also won the Grand Prize for Best Feature at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), marking its fourth award in a successful festival run that began with its world premiere at the Critics&rsquo; Week of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It also won three additional awards: the Audience Award at the Doha Film Festival, where it had its Arab premiere; the Golden Alexander &ldquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rdquo; Award for Best Feature Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival; and the TV5 Monde Award for Best First Feature at the Carthage Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, Nafisa grows up on heroic stories of resistance against British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically modified cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power struggle over the village&rsquo;s future. As she awakens to her strength, she sets out to save the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Nothing will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN is a co-production between Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia. MAD Distribution handles its distribution in the Arab world in collaboration with Film Clinic Indie Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, shot by Frida Marzouk, the cinematographer behind PROMISED SKY, which opened the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year. The score is composed by Amine Bouhafa, known for AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, both Cannes contenders, with editing by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, and Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Caroline Daube and Didar Domehri, with co-producers Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, Jutta Feit, Julia Peters, Stephanie Plattner, Suzannah Mirghani, Gordon Spragg, Michael Arnon, and Laurine Dietrich, alongside executive producers Alexander Funk and Rasha Abu El Reesh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian-Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), available on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and marks her debut feature.', '1994652771'),
(910, '', 'Suzannah Mirghani’s award-winning COTTON QUEEN drops official trailer before Cairo release ', '2026-04-29', 'cotton-queen-cairo-release.jpg', 'Ahead of its release in cinemas across Egypt starting May 6, Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s acclaimed feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;unveils its official trailer, offering a visually rich and emotionally resonant glimpse into a young girl&rsquo;s world shaped by tradition and quiet resilience.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Trailer link:\r<br/><a href=\"https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012SaxwkVvrF_ldSkB5RHU9N90Ckos8Px_n97QopgZ_Z_i4e_np14Kf6vY0oyGCGcvHcXF5uFhPPy062ELg4F52tIRGgEmFvKEz8hwQDJ2OiQESmFJa-FBKi0ltIa5hGHatPynhB2BfnBi-1VEjrFPEeg2ak19gBWxOcaPzQinFyaGLX0GM1VxYn3VYjVJTefTd9JtkRm5JxzCz-0VLqo7DzTufkM9NXjN&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://4jlczxdab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0012SaxwkVvrF_ldSkB5RHU9N90Ckos8Px_n97QopgZ_Z_i4e_np14Kf6vY0oyGCGcvHcXF5uFhPPy062ELg4F52tIRGgEmFvKEz8hwQDJ2OiQESmFJa-FBKi0ltIa5hGHatPynhB2BfnBi-1VEjrFPEeg2ak19gBWxOcaPzQinFyaGLX0GM1VxYn3VYjVJTefTd9JtkRm5JxzCz-0VLqo7DzTufkM9NXjN%26c%3D%26ch%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1777621782802000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iL4YNDP7xZ1OUAT4BlYkS\">&nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/<wbr />share/v/1C4ci9baXs/?mibextid=<wbr />wwXIfr&nbsp;</a>\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN follows teenage Nafisa, who is raised on heroic tales of resistance against British colonizers, told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. When a young businessman arrives from abroad with a development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a power struggle over the future of her community. As she awakens to her own strength, she sets out to protect the cotton fields &mdash; and herself. Neither she nor her village will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the film went on to screen at more than a dozen prestigious festivals worldwide, winning awards, including the Golden Alexander &lsquo;Theo Angelopoulos&rsquo; Award for Best Feature Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, the TV5 Monde Award for Best First Feature Film at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, the Audience Award at the Doha Film Festival in Qatar, and the Grand Award at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, the film is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY, Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, and Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube and Didar Domehri and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian-Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at L&rsquo;Atelier de la Cin&eacute;fondation at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and is Suzannah&rsquo;s debut feature film.', '1940669319'),
(911, '', 'COTTON QUEEN to screen commercially across Cairo, Alexandria starting May 6th as part of CineMAD', '2026-05-05', 'COTTON-QUEEN-to-screen-commercially-across-Cairo.jpg', 'Following a successful festival run, Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s award-winning feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;will be released across cinemas in Cairo and Alexandria starting Wednesday, May 6, as part of CineMAD &mdash; the pan-Arab film initiative by MAD Solutions bringing acclaimed festival films to wider audiences.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Where to watch in Egypt:\r<br/>Cairo:\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zawya Cinema\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zamalek Cinema\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Metro Cinema (Downtown)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VOX Almaza\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VOX Mall of Egypt\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cairo Festival City\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;City Stars Cinema\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renaissance Madinaty\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renaissance Rehab\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Americana Plaza\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Galaxy El Manial\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Galaxy Cineplex Maadi\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cairo Mall\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Alexandria:\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;San Stefano Cinema\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a rural cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN is a visually lush coming-of-age story that balances sharp wit with psychological depth. We follow teenage Nafisa, a girl caught between the formidable legends of her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit, and the arrival of a slick businessman promising a modern future and bags of genetically engineered cotton seeds. As a power struggle erupts over the community&rsquo;s land and Nafisa&rsquo;s own autonomy, she must find her own voice amidst the rustling cotton fields.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film manages a rare feat: It is a serious, nuanced exploration of identity and heritage, yet it remains refreshingly light, engaging, and often humorous. It is a story where the texture of the cotton and the weight of tradition are palpable in every frame.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN does not travel light; it arrives in Egyptian theaters with a suitcase full of international trophies. Kicking off its journey with a world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the film quickly became a juggernaut on the circuit. Its impressive list of accolades includes the Jury Prize for Best Film at the Luxor African Film Festival, Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki, and Audience Award at the Doha Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film\'s stunning aesthetic is crafted by an international dream team that includes DOP Frida Marzouk (PROMISED SKY, JOHN WICK) and composer Amine Bouhafa (AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY) &amp; (ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA).\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This international co-production &mdash; spanning Sudan, Egypt, France, Germany, Palestine, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia &mdash; features an ensemble cast that includes Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer. It is definitive proof that authentic regional stories are the real blockbusters of 2026.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Capturing a version of Sudan that is rarely seen &mdash; bold, stylish, and fiercely human. Cotton Queen is a must-watch. It is intellectual enough to spark a two-hour caf&eacute; debate about the politics of progress, yet visually dazzling and charming enough to be the perfect night out with friends.', '1391354966'),
(912, '', 'MAD Solutions Acquires MENA Rights to South African Feature LAUNDRY (Uhlanjululo)', '2026-05-21', 'LAUNDRY.jpg', 'Cairo-based&nbsp;MAD Solutions&nbsp;has acquired all Middle East and North African rights to the South African feature LAUNDRY (Uhlanjululo), written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi. The deal was negotiated by Alaa Karkouti on behalf of MAD Solutions and Francesca Manno for Rome-based Summerside Media, who handles international sales of the film.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The acquisition marks a milestone for MAD Solutions, widely recognized as the world&rsquo;s leading distributor of Arab cinema, and represents the first time the company has acquired a non-Arab title for theatrical release across the MENA region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in apartheid-era South Africa, LAUNDRY is an intimate portrait of family, resistance, and artistic ambition. The film has drawn attention for its emotional storytelling, striking cinematography, and evocative soundtrack, combining to create a cinematic experience of unusual depth and resonance.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;We have been following this film since its world premiere in Toronto and its subsequent success on the international festival circuit,&rdquo; said Alaa Karkouti of MAD Solutions. &ldquo;We recognized its potential to connect with audiences across the MENA region. This is a new step for us, and we believe LAUNDRY is the right film to help expand our reach beyond the Arab world and, we hope, serve as the first step toward building a stronger pipeline for pan-African cinema.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>&ldquo;LAUNDRY marks a powerful new chapter for African cinema, and Zamo Mkhwanazi is a bold new voice with a universal story to tell,&rdquo; said Francesca Manno. &ldquo;We are thrilled to have MAD Solutions come aboard. Their understanding of and enthusiasm for the film give us great confidence as LAUNDRY begins this historic journey to audiences across the MENA region.&rdquo;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>LAUNDRY, written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi, is a Switzerland&ndash;South Africa co-production from Akka Films and Kude Media, produced in association with RTS &ndash; Radio T&eacute;l&eacute;vision Suisse and Mojo Entertainment. Producers include Philippe Coeytaux, Zamo Mkhwanazi, Jim Stark, and Nicolas Wadimoff, with Marco Orsini serving as co-producer.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>About&nbsp;MAD Solutions\r<br/>Headquartered in Cairo, MAD Solutions is the Arab world\'s first independent entertainment studio. Comprised of five subsidiaries, MAD is home to the world&rsquo;s leading distributor of Arab films; the world&rsquo;s largest promotional agency and management company for Arab creative talent; the Arab world&rsquo;s first dedicated international film sales company; as well as a fully integrated marketing and creative consultancy.&nbsp;\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Boasting a rights library of more than 1,000 feature films, documentaries, and shorts, MAD is prolific in the financing, production, packaging, marketing, and releasing of Arab entertainment content that spans the gamut from festival prize-winners to commercial blockbusters.', '1143706038'),
(913, '', 'COTTON QUEEN set for an exclusive UAE screening at Cinema Akil', '2026-06-08', 'cotton-queen-8.jpg', 'Cinema Akil, the GCC&rsquo;s first independent cinema platform, in partnership with MAD Solutions, is proud to announce the exclusive UAE screening of the critically acclaimed feature film&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Following its world premiere at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and a triumphant win of the prestigious Golden Alexander for Best Feature Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, COTTON QUEEN marks the powerful feature directorial debut of Russian Sudanese writer and director Suzannah Mirghani. The screening will be followed by an interactive Q&amp;A session with the filmmaker over Zoom, offering audiences a rare, behind-the-scenes look into the film&rsquo;s poignant themes and its remarkable, resilient production journey.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>This release is part of CineMAD, a pioneering pan‑Arab film season launched by MAD Solutions to bring festival‑celebrated Arab films to cinemas across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set against the sweeping landscapes of a remote cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN is a politically charged, magical realist coming-of-age story. The film follows Nafisa, an intelligent and sensitive teenager caught between the comforting weight of tradition and the jarring onset of modernity. Raised on her grandmother Al-Sit&rsquo;s fiery tales of historical resistance, Nafisa finds herself at the center of a modern corporate struggle when a young businessman arrives with a development plan centered around genetically modified cotton seeds.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Beyond its compelling narrative, COTTON QUEEN carries immense real-world weight. Originally scheduled to shoot entirely on location in Sudan, production was forced to relocate to Egypt following the outbreak of the 2023 conflict. The film was ultimately made over an intense 25 days, cast entirely with Sudanese refugees, making the final product a deeply emotional, living testament to displacement, creative endurance, and the unyielding spirit of Sudanese women.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Experience one of the most vital new works of contemporary Arab cinema. Secure your seats for the opening night screening and live discussion by purchasing your tickets today.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, and Haram Bisheer, COTTON QUEEN is a co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film and Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It is written and directed by Mirghani; lensed by the prolific DOP behind this year&rsquo;s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY Frida Marzouk; scored by Amine Bouhafa, the composer behind Cannes contenders AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA; and edited by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>It&rsquo;s also produced by Caroline Daube, Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, and stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT, screening on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries.', '284793292'),
(914, '', 'CineMAD is bringing COTTON QUEEN to the UAE', '2026-06-14', 'cotton-queen-still.jpg', 'MAD Solutions is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed feature film&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;will officially launch its theatrical release across the UAE starting Thursday, June 11th.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Audiences can experience this vital piece of contemporary Arab cinema at the country\'s premier theater locations. This release is part of CineMAD, a pioneering pan‑Arab film season launched by MAD Solutions to bring festival‑celebrated Arab films to cinemas across the region.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Cinema AKIL &mdash; the GCC&rsquo;s first independent cinema platform &mdash; will also host exclusive screenings in partnership with MAD Solutions, bringing this award-winning masterpiece to the heart of the region\'s arthouse community.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The full list of participating premier theater locations includes:\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reel Cinemas&nbsp;&ndash; The Dubai Mall\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VOX Cinemas&nbsp;&ndash; Mall of the Emirates\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VOX Cinemas&nbsp;&ndash; Yas Mall (Abu Dhabi)\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roxy Cinemas&nbsp;&ndash; City Walk\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Roxy Cinemas&nbsp;&ndash; Al Khawaneej\r<br/>●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cinema Akil&nbsp;&ndash; Alserkal Avenue\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The feature directorial debut of Russian-Sudanese writer and director Suzannah Mirghani, COTTON QUEEN arrives in the Gulf following a stellar international run. The film celebrated its world premiere at the prestigious 82nd Venice International Film Festival before going on to capture the coveted Golden Alexander for Best Feature Film at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set against the sweeping landscapes of a remote cotton-farming village in Sudan, COTTON QUEEN is a politically charged, magical realist coming-of-age story. The narrative follows Nafisa, an intelligent and sensitive teenager caught between the comforting weight of heritage and the jarring onset of modernity. Raised on her grandmother Al-Sit&rsquo;s fiery tales of historical resistance, Nafisa finds herself thrust into a modern corporate struggle when a young businessman arrives with a development plan centered around genetically modified cotton seeds.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Beyond its compelling narrative, COTTON QUEEN carries immense real-world weight. Originally scheduled to shoot entirely on location in Sudan, production was forced to relocate to Egypt following the outbreak of the 2023 conflict. Made over an intense 25 days and cast entirely with Sudanese refugees, the final product stands as a deeply emotional, living testament to displacement, creative survival, and the unyielding spirit of Sudanese women.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film boasts an exceptional global crew. It is lensed by the prolific Director of Photography Frida Marzouk (the visionary behind this year\'s Cannes Un Certain Regard opener PROMISED SKY), scored by acclaimed composer Amine Bouhafa (AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY, ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA), and edited by the powerhouse trio of Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, and Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN features a stellar ensemble cast starring Mihad Murtada as Nafisa, alongside Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is a major global co-production involving Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film und Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia. It is produced by Caroline Daube and Didar Domehri, and co-produced by Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, and Maher Diab.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Secure your seats for the opening week screenings by purchasing your tickets directly through the respective theater platforms today.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a celebrated Russian-Sudanese filmmaker. Her acclaimed short film AL-SIT, currently streaming on Netflix Middle East, won the prestigious Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among numerous other international accolades. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021 Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries.', '550574518');
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(915, '', 'COTTON QUEEN Wins Two Awards at the Durban International Film Festival Following Its Screening at the Amman International Film Festival', '2026-08-02', 'cotton-queen-release.jpg', 'Sudanese filmmaker&nbsp;Suzannah Mirghani&rsquo;s&nbsp;feature&nbsp;COTTON QUEEN&nbsp;continues its successful international festival journey, winning&nbsp;Best Feature Film&nbsp;and the&nbsp;South African Guild of Editors Award for Best Edit&nbsp;at the&nbsp;47th Durban International Film Festival, just days after screening at the&nbsp;Amman International Film Festival.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The two awards add to the film&rsquo;s growing list of international accolades since its&nbsp;world premiere at the Critics&rsquo; Week of the Venice International Film Festival. It previously won the&nbsp;Audience Award&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Doha Film Festival, where it had its Arab premiere; the&nbsp;Golden Alexander \"Theo Angelopoulos\" Award for Best Feature Film&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Thessaloniki International Film Festival; the&nbsp;TV5 Monde Award for Best First Feature&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Carthage Film Festival; the&nbsp;Grand Prize&nbsp;at the&nbsp;International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH); and the&nbsp;Jury Prize for Best Film&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Luxor African Film Festival, further cementing its place as one of the most celebrated Arab and African films of recent years\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Set in a cotton-farming village in Sudan, Nafisa grows up on heroic stories of resistance against British colonizers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically modified cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power struggle over the village&rsquo;s future. As she awakens to her strength, she sets out to save the cotton fields&mdash;and herself. Nothing will ever be the same again.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>COTTON QUEEN is a co-production between Germany&rsquo;s Strange Bird GmbH, Jip Film Verleih, and Storming Donkey Productions; France&rsquo;s Maneki Films; Palestine&rsquo;s Philistine Films; Egypt&rsquo;s Film Clinic and MAD Solutions; Qatar; and Saudi Arabia. MAD Distribution handles its distribution in the Arab world in collaboration with Film Clinic Indie Distribution.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is written and directed by Suzannah Mirghani, shot by Frida Marzouk, the cinematographer behind PROMISED SKY, which opened the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year. The score is composed by Amine Bouhafa, known for AISHA CAN&rsquo;T FLY AWAY and ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA, both Cannes contenders, with editing by Amparo Mej&iacute;as, Simon Blasi, and Frank M&uuml;ller.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film stars Mihad Murtada, Rabha Mohamed Mahmoud, Talaat Fareed, Haram Bisheer, Mohamed Musa, and Hassan Mohi El Din.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>The film is produced by Caroline Daube and Didar Domehri, with co-producers Annemarie Jacir, Ossama Bawardi, Jessica Khoury, Mohamed Hefzy, Alaa Karkouti, Maher Diab, Jutta Feit, Julia Peters, Stephanie Plattner, Suzannah Mirghani, Gordon Spragg, Michael Arnon, and Laurine Dietrich, alongside executive producers Alexander Funk and Rasha Abu El Reesh.\r<br/>&nbsp;\r<br/>Suzannah Mirghani is a Russian-Sudanese filmmaker. Her short film AL-SIT (2020), available on Netflix Middle East, won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021, among other international prizes. Her recent shorts include VIRTUAL VOICE (2021, Tribeca Film Festival) and KAMALA IBRAHIM ISHAG: STATES OF ONENESS (2022), commissioned by Serpentine Galleries. COTTON QUEEN (2025) won the ArteKino Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and marks her debut feature.', '1812753514');

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) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `register_admin`
--

INSERT INTO `register_admin` (`id`, `username`, `password`) VALUES
(1, 'salah', 'salah@183927'),
(2, 'admin', 'reg@1511');

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `screener`
--

CREATE TABLE `screener` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `film_id` int(30) NOT NULL,
  `film_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `screener_link` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `screener`
--

INSERT INTO `screener` (`id`, `film_id`, `film_name`, `screener_link`, `password`) VALUES
(4, 40, 'Chaos, Disorder (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/269346707', 'dsfg32'),
(5, 51, 'The Gate of Departure (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/407559603', 'bawabatt2'),
(6, 22, 'Theeb (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/298374131', 'beehtbeeht1'),
(7, 3, '3000 Nights (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/185193876', 'm43000scR'),
(8, 44, 'Love Theft and Other Entanglements (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/142777175', 'vADLOVEMADTHEFT'),
(9, 44, 'Love Theft and Other Entanglements (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/408392539', 'cmnsht530'),
(10, 50, 'The Curve (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/224087593', 'Curvynv'),
(11, 10, 'Go Home (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/412026066', 'hjklhiouhy5'),
(12, 15, 'Like a Matchstick (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/170286572', 'madmatchstick2'),
(13, 18, 'Before The Summer Crowds (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/210410544', 'askjdhbscmad#^%5'),
(14, 5, 'Ali, The Goat and Ibrahim (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/195601325', 'sajhalime3zR'),
(15, 43, 'Kiss Me Not (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/264279388', 'kiss2017pasn'),
(16, 43, 'Kiss Me Not (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/277473628', 'fftyy234sdf&*hghh'),
(17, 6, 'Barakah Meets Barakah (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/409494111', 'xergfG'),
(18, 21, 'Hedi (AR + Eng Subs) ', 'https://vimeo.com/250503381', 'kdfg34t#%^'),
(19, 20, 'Foreign Body (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/250410395', 'kg435fd^%@!'),
(20, 4, 'Abdullah (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/407598442', 'abdomp4eM'),
(21, 187, 'Kilikis the Town of Owls (French Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/343913514', 'sfd8lg8lftiukz'),
(22, 46, 'My Uncle (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/251454116', 'dfdgdfghgghdgf'),
(23, 41, 'Heaven Sent (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/407624680', 'hvnsntm42'),
(24, 114, 'The Well (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/408369109', 'elbeer2'),
(25, 54, 'The Miscreants (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/394155711', 'Themiscreants'),
(26, 48, 'Only Men Go To The Grave (AR + Eng Subs) ', 'https://vimeo.com/231531001', 'asfu%44dfdggfg'),
(27, 34, 'A Mile In My Shoes (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/257861392', 'meelfehezaet'),
(28, 7, 'The Guest Aleppo (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/262713585', 'deef7alab2'),
(29, 115, 'Untill The Birds Return (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/295018146', 'toyorelgan'),
(30, 144, 'The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/334852446', 'saleemandsar'),
(31, 131, 'Thala My Love (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/409467397', 'TMLFSk'),
(32, 146, 'Tunis by Night (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/285272319', 'TBNFSAEW'),
(33, 132, 'The Journey (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/258473388', 'kenzFEre7l'),
(34, 130, 'Musk (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/254187662', 'mu2018uaepp'),
(35, 138, 'A Season in France (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/384313069', 'Mosemfrance'),
(36, 137, 'The House by the Sea (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/384316108', '3alba7rR'),
(37, 145, 'The Train Of Salt and Sugar (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410147477', 'atreltamween'),
(38, 171, 'Rojo (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/394733427', 'reg43sfd'),
(39, 172, 'The Good Girls (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/378768564', 'banat3a2la'),
(40, 178, 'Invasion (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410168967', 'bnjhgV'),
(41, 140, 'Mustafa Z (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/282676545', 'dfdsfdsmsutagzk233nj'),
(42, 160, 'Dreamaway (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410189525', 'polkmw'),
(43, 147, 'Weldi (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/304778497', 'mysonv'),
(44, 150, 'Benzine (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/399674008', 'gasflmvK'),
(45, 157, 'The Healer (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410220497', 'elmo3afyR'),
(46, 157, 'The Healer (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/344789110', 'elshafyH'),
(47, 158, 'The Tower (AR Dubbed with Eng Subs Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/313142588', 'borgelqaher'),
(48, 158, 'The Tower (AR Dubbed with FR Subs Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410569955', 'm3mlelborg2'),
(49, 154, 'Mafkoud (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/345896094', '43e2ftrdw8'),
(50, 153, 'Haifa Street (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/373904519', 'ergdfv453455'),
(51, 151, 'Between Two Seas (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/322582404', 'r4yfghnM'),
(52, 156, 'The Giraffe (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/305700873', 'ElgirrafaE'),
(53, 186, 'Roll\'em (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/385018666', 'dtg34gdft'),
(54, 179, 'Good Morning (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/410626966', '15641udd'),
(55, 185, 'Screwdriver (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/392207138', 'madsolu556'),
(56, 191, 'Tlamess (AR + FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/395661658', 'talames20'),
(57, 191, 'Tlamess (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/395468504', 'tlam2032'),
(58, 169, 'Timeless Beauty (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/321281440', 'beautytimeles'),
(59, 173, 'The Third Wife (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/412336116', 'elzoogaeltalt'),
(60, 143, 'The Jaida (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/412638885', 'adiajjaidaA'),
(61, 175, 'Fataria (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/412672745', 'ftrsasd5'),
(62, 87, 'My Love Awaits Me By The Sea (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/233653323', 'sdfgas87*&dsda'),
(63, 24, 'Egyptian Jeanne D\'arc (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/247672088', 'k56sd@$'),
(64, 24, 'Egyptian Jeanne D\'arc (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/267827221', 'sdf23@j'),
(65, 215, 'Nomad\'s Home (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/255702694', 'mt45tdbkyu12@'),
(66, 95, 'The Dream Of Shahrazad (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/152137941', 'e7kyyashahra'),
(67, 88, 'Nearby Sky (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/330318808', 'erg42@$#sgs'),
(68, 102, 'The Band (AR+EN Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/255242039', 'Elfer2aa'),
(69, 118, 'From Under The Rubble (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/293974536', 'dfg34ndfdfd'),
(70, 162, 'I have A Picture (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/314507024', 'yuj56erLL'),
(71, 33, 'Nanny Culture (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/285257512', 'sdfg3w24r@#'),
(72, 91, 'Separation (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/254200367', 'fgn45%$ddfgfgf'),
(73, 104, 'Ya Omri (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/231530460', 'ymfsess'),
(74, 103, 'The Borrowed Dress (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/634437997', 'fostann2'),
(75, 161, 'Railway Men (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/339367255', 'erg234cdidi'),
(76, 227, 'Beyond The Raging Sea (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/363780320', '6t5ghrfS'),
(77, 209, '76 Minutes and 15 Seconds (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/409443176', '76F4scrn'),
(78, 13, 'Ave Maria (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/255556685', 'Kfg543xcdfave@34%jj!'),
(79, 164, 'Nightshift (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/316400768', 'rhgh4tgsbd'),
(80, 65, 'Bahiya and Mahmoud (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/186150636', 'madbahiafina5'),
(81, 31, 'The Parrot (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/269833104', 'ba8b8a22'),
(82, 16, 'Five Boys And a Wheel (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/284770899', 'FBAAWMAD5'),
(83, 16, 'Five Boys And a Wheel (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/342978717', 'eth5r4yrR'),
(84, 30, 'Submarine (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/199794417', 'kghsubmadmar'),
(85, 14, 'Ayny (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/221557683', 'GKJDH12838!#$'),
(86, 63, 'Ahmad (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/519089087', 'somegenarictitlB'),
(87, 243, 'Tariq (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/404617980', 'knocker5'),
(88, 66, 'Bonboné (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/297931422', 'kdtyh75df2'),
(89, 71, 'Nocturne In Black (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/254470676', 'gt6@YGsdfdfdfd'),
(90, 28, 'Karouma (Clear Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/287900410', 'dsds4gsdf'),
(91, 125, 'Rupture (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/251118562', 'ashr345#dfdfd'),
(92, 72, 'One Minute (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/287886594', 'sdfg34a'),
(93, 106, 'Abraham (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/230322732', 'wsvsABD123%'),
(94, 108, 'Lilacs (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/283966096', 'Hsdf8977$%^&'),
(95, 105, 'A Drowning Man (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/262222596', 'metalaabeashf'),
(96, 124, 'Lollipop (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/260949833', 'sdfg233'),
(97, 120, 'Before We Heal (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/282880851', 'sddsfd3467hkjndH'),
(98, 218, 'The Remaining Time (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/284615788', 'mafeeshwa22'),
(99, 210, 'Just Another Accent (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/287898098', 'sdg34sdz'),
(100, 119, 'Astra (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/256316853', 'q324r23fvfdgastrL'),
(101, 217, 'Sarmad (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/297710941', '6y6rsaf'),
(102, 167, 'Sunday Market: Tripoli (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/333517622', 'rf34tsdf@'),
(103, 122, 'Detained (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/256299542', 'dof87fgdfgdfgfd5'),
(104, 241, 'Bolbol (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/346842447', 'dsfv89uiN'),
(105, 234, 'Fatum (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/387685108', 'we4t5sdf58'),
(106, 26, 'Les Petits Chats (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/392684212', 'madsolu55HH'),
(107, 94, 'The Council (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/415102665', 'BritishCouncil'),
(108, 86, 'Monir (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/415153537', 'xasfxd555'),
(109, 92, 'Tagnawittude (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/415445739', 'tagensitty2'),
(110, 17, 'Five O\'clock (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/415904747', 'opfdest5'),
(111, 62, 'Beirut of the Balkans (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/417171927', 'blbblk3'),
(113, 98, '17 (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/417572566', 'scrflN17'),
(114, 89, 'Obscure (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/287050122', 'rfgh435@'),
(115, 109, 'Mare Nostrum (AR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/285256630', 'ghj345@#'),
(116, 129, 'Disappearance (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/409830815', 'dfrffhj5'),
(117, 136, 'A Ciambra (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/409764166', 'chambram2'),
(118, 222, 'A Day for Women (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/185656227', 'qd4wenscrn'),
(119, 222, 'A Day for Women (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/186257905', 'd3wmnfrn'),
(120, 25, 'Gaza Surf Club (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/417625856', 'rxtnnmg'),
(121, 96, 'The Lights of Rome (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/248176400', 'allroadstorom'),
(122, 35, 'Al Medina (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/425697506', 'mdna2458'),
(123, 45, 'Majid (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/425686362', 'tgyyhgQ'),
(124, 260, 'About Her (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/469477192', 'xsfwefgrD'),
(125, 156, 'The Giraffe (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/426704374', 'ElZarrafT'),
(126, 111, 'Zahraa (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/426728160', 'Zahraaaarh'),
(128, 39, 'Factory Girl (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/426946304', 'fktrygirL5'),
(130, 19, 'Clash (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/427005695', 'eshtbakflL'),
(131, 127, 'Behind Closed Doors (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/427327039', 'xcrdf5'),
(132, 37, 'Bloody Boys (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/427752324', 'vgbxrV'),
(133, 211, 'Melbourne (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/428060220', 'krxl00tr'),
(134, 141, 'Taranta On the Road (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/284624717', '3altaree2g'),
(136, 67, 'Central Market (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/428994241', 'cmrkts5'),
(137, 73, 'Pick up (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/429278990', 'pcpscr5'),
(138, 97, 'Atlantic (AR + Eng Subs)	', 'https://vimeo.com/429542128', 'atlntcx5'),
(139, 242, 'On a Road', 'https://vimeo.com/429589067', 'fdrtvxf'),
(140, 76, 'Souls', 'https://vimeo.com/429601683', 'xczrtfdx'),
(141, 69, 'Mirrors of Silence (Clear Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/430339937', 'nxioprdd'),
(142, 107, 'Discipline (AR+ENG Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431175738', 'dsc554r'),
(145, 126, 'Sacrilège (AR+ENG Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431193637', 'scrlge00x5'),
(146, 61, '300 KM (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431173238', '300mp4scR'),
(147, 166, 'Wasteland (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431201850', 'ardday3aa'),
(148, 75, 'Shrimp (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431401937', 'sh005q'),
(149, 212, 'Lebanon Wins The World Cup (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431421754', 'lbnankasala5'),
(150, 163, 'Abdullah And Leilah (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431750652', 'abdowlailam4eH'),
(151, 165, 'Adam (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/431762093', 'ynhascm'),
(153, 235, 'Mosul 980 (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/432124093', 'msl0999'),
(154, 236, 'Give up The Ghost (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/433325976', 'ghostbyeE'),
(155, 29, 'Kindil El Bahr (AR+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/433603937', 'starfish00b'),
(156, 249, 'The Circle (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/433925752', 'dwayer22'),
(157, 184, 'Jahilya (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/434275304', 'gahlia09K'),
(158, 184, 'Jahilya (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/434302956', 'gdhilya00w'),
(159, 55, 'The Sea Is Behind (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/436406043', 'elbahrwrayab'),
(160, 55, 'The Sea Is Behind (FR Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/437604700', 'elbahrwray'),
(161, 187, 'Kilikis the Town of Owls (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/438191520', 'kilikeeovw'),
(163, 251, 'Nada (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/444584042', 'ndamusicf'),
(164, 255, 'Baghdad Photographer', 'https://vimeo.com/444554738', 'mswrbg5'),
(165, 245, 'Son of A Dancer (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/444517428', 'soadflmt'),
(166, 274, 'The Bomb (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/444608106', 'bombakbera'),
(167, 248, 'From Inside (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/448249044', 'frmnsidee'),
(168, 259, 'The Servants (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/451175119', 'shaghale'),
(169, 288, 'Abou Leila (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/512274694', 'abolelaaraeH'),
(170, 272, 'Parkour (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/454433307', 'prkrmp45'),
(171, 254, 'Khamis 1948 (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/481191915', '19kha8h'),
(172, 237, 'Nina WU (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/481227186', 'ninAwool'),
(173, 233, 'Happy Ending (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/481289423', 'ohyeahattheenkk'),
(174, 228, 'The Golden Harvest (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/478540955', 'el7asadD'),
(175, 252, 'Last Tape (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/483512513', 'sheretakheeK'),
(177, 258, 'The Morphine Melody (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/510697281', 'Melody'),
(179, 244, 'Between Heaven and Earth (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/483022718', 'ganawardxs5'),
(180, 250, 'A Job and a Film (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/483970605', 'jbnflmenm1'),
(181, 247, 'Manara (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/485037257', 'mMnara%'),
(182, 294, 'Under The Concrete (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/485062081', 'qd4wenscU'),
(183, 287, 'Between Two Brothers (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/485089128', 'ngmtxsobheK'),
(184, 287, 'Between Two Brothers (Fr Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/485426287', 'ngmetxsobhfF'),
(185, 283, 'The Visit (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/485879276', 'elka7kyG'),
(186, 304, 'Trapped (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/516195384', 'hmamsokhnn'),
(187, 269, 'The Alleys (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/644737624', 'zo2a2elmda'),
(188, 264, 'Daughters of Abdulrahman (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/398794247', 'GHfgr25'),
(189, 332, 'Arnoos (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/468246616', 'arnm4ooN'),
(190, 246, 'Who are you (Clear Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/500397295', 'cocacolaa'),
(191, 297, 'When the Sea Was Blue (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/500401133', 'bahrahmrr'),
(192, 341, 'Customary Session (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/500448471', 'a#adaoH'),
(193, 286, 'Idris (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/502210021', 'id*&#riK'),
(194, 273, 'Unspoken', 'https://vimeo.com/502232734', 'maktoo'),
(195, 300, '18/11 (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/478063853', 'm41811N'),
(196, 303, 'Tala\'vision (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/528357581', 'televesion2'),
(198, 279, 'Life on the horn (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/456547699', 'hornlifEE'),
(199, 276, 'Noor (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/526863372', 'nourenm45'),
(202, 239, 'A one Month Old Devil (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/528313847', 'littledvy'),
(203, 257, 'Contact (2019) Sryia', 'https://vimeo.com/285826980', 'contact2019'),
(204, 308, 'Goin South (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/520866147', 'south.wayy'),
(205, 309, 'Bond (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/335207628', 'LastSilah'),
(207, 280, 'Barakat (2019) Lebanon', 'https://vimeo.com/352909582', 'barakat0901'),
(208, 155, 'My Favorite Fabric (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/504099539', 'fav#fabf'),
(209, 0, 'Blue Elephant: Dark Whispers', 'https://vimeo.com/360116071', '!@#$%%$#@!'),
(210, 277, 'Fiela\'s Child (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/505233096', 'childo.fela55'),
(212, 238, 'The Orphanage (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/542181590', 'TheOrphanag'),
(214, 292, 'Girls Mountain (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/453062139', 'gblgrlsG'),
(215, 256, 'Athel (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/465822108', 'asm4eeH'),
(216, 262, 'Gaza Mon Amour (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/465741022', 'gza#amorl'),
(217, 293, 'The Furnace - (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/509449015', '3yar245'),
(222, 320, 'Soula (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/654857367', 'sosaidnoo'),
(223, 326, 'Streams', 'https://vimeo.com/663934197', 'sstreemzq'),
(226, 336, 'Lovesick in the West Bank (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/727688868', 'lvsckws5'),
(227, 275, 'The Ghosts We Left at Home (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/528368987', 'TGWLATMAd'),
(228, 281, 'Above', 'https://vimeo.com/519069227', 'abvm4shrY'),
(229, 168, 'The Exile (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/519437668', 'sa3dza8lok'),
(230, 306, 'Al-Sit (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/519474911', 'The*woman'),
(231, 253, 'Amin (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/519510510', 'fenfilmyyaleG'),
(232, 282, 'Awakening (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/520531256', 'sahayan9'),
(233, 327, 'Bint Werdan (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/520538147', 'sorsaremlaB'),
(234, 284, 'Coma (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/520555447', '$ghaybob2'),
(236, 296, 'Escape (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/404965699', 'scpflmvdd'),
(237, 285, 'The Last Scene (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/521147363', 'theEndfinN'),
(238, 299, 'Berries Island (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/521362772', 'toothazeeK'),
(239, 311, 'Aya (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/521874274', 'Hea%*-'),
(241, 302, 'Black Medusa (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/523414056', 'blk-mdsA'),
(242, 307, 'Palmyra (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/533738530', 'tadmur#5'),
(243, 314, 'Istrupya (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/522391990', 'stropiascT'),
(244, 319, 'The Waiting List (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/453226545', 'estana2'),
(245, 295, 'Watermelon Club (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/537194299', 'rememberbat'),
(246, 312, 'Zeina (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/542160670', 'ZeinaZeina'),
(247, 182, 'Until the end of Time (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/417968810', 'a5erayamel2'),
(248, 331, 'Northern Lights (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/558055830', 'shafaqyarage'),
(250, 278, 'Corpus Christi (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/573907154', 'chri+stG'),
(251, 298, 'Hold Up Moroccan (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/574466766', 'salem$nafsakk'),
(252, 315, 'Roadblock (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/588789947', 'rdblk55'),
(254, 313, 'Our River...Our Sky (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/575498744', 'kulo#tama5'),
(255, 334, 'The Anger (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/641148641', '8adbfh'),
(256, 321, 'Space Woman', 'https://vimeo.com/654512738', 'h77_spacewoman'),
(258, 335, 'Ambience (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/587752526', 'hout*life'),
(259, 290, 'Experimental Summer (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/588843975', 'xper>menta5'),
(260, 328, 'Nights of Hell (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/588911129', 'gahanam#elhamra'),
(261, 330, 'Look at Me (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/589438869', 'qmthecaptainnow'),
(262, 0, 'Shorts Directed by Women (Part 1)', 'https://vimeo.com/580310300', 'shrtsxw122'),
(263, 0, 'Shorts Directed by Women (Part 2)', 'https://vimeo.com/591733523', 'srtsxwp27'),
(264, 0, 'Oscars Shorts', 'https://vimeo.com/283650384', 'kujh7687'),
(265, 0, 'Stars Shorts', 'https://vimeo.com/270952714', 'fdgdg1234rfdszx'),
(266, 0, 'Palestinian Short Films', 'https://vimeo.com/591694778', 'plstprgrm5'),
(267, 0, 'Lebanese Short Films', 'https://vimeo.com/554270685', 'lebnani#proH'),
(268, 0, 'UAE Short Films', 'https://vimeo.com/539576241', 'UAEUAE'),
(269, 232, 'Amid Summer and Winter (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/609029410', 'Between.seasons'),
(270, 38, 'Coming Forth by Day (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/88631389', 'Forth2014wqe240'),
(272, 325, 'Communion (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/649102958', 'kommyounioL'),
(273, 333, 'Hummus and Chips (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/535531549', 'humchip2022'),
(274, 323, 'I\'ll Go to Hell (Ar + Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/612780904', 'haro7elnaF'),
(275, 347, 'Farah (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/557184085', 'fa*ra-h5'),
(276, 345, 'Salma\'s House', 'https://vimeo.com/666484907', 'baitslmaf'),
(277, 271, 'The Sea Ahead (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/654712138', 'elbahrodamyy'),
(278, 261, 'Huda\'s Salon', 'https://vimeo.com/644785259', 'hudsmp4scr55'),
(279, 342, 'A Tale of Love and Desire (AR+ENG Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/667722867', 'tlolvendezirN'),
(281, 342, 'A Tale of Love and Desire (Eng subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672701732', 'mgnonfraN'),
(282, 310, 'Life Suits Me Well - (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672698366', 'lifeizgud2'),
(283, 352, 'The Day He Died (Eng subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/671708552', 'LMAmattk'),
(284, 340, 'From Meir, To Meir (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672857309', 'eopifjxc5'),
(285, 324, 'An Attempt (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672803379', 'rpktcegfhD'),
(286, 305, 'The Woodman (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672770426', 'elnagars'),
(287, 339, 'The Life After (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/673141263', 'AfterLifee'),
(288, 343, '90 Days (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/673175915', '90m4daeR'),
(289, 351, 'By the Sea (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/673254017', 'mkeawisA'),
(290, 317, 'Angeliena (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/674408338', 'ndpoewdj'),
(291, 317, 'Angeliena (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/674408338', 'ndpoewdF'),
(292, 354, '1+1', 'https://vimeo.com/671686859', 'asgbkjwvr'),
(294, 360, 'Achoura (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/679713486', 'asho.rav'),
(295, 359, 'Lost (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/681207745', 'wersvxdd7'),
(296, 356, 'Yusif (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/686276740', '11Planetsr'),
(297, 364, 'I\'m Not Lakit (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/686310104', 'xjdsioV'),
(298, 0, 'Khaleej Shorts (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/688381657', 'klgshrta'),
(299, 322, 'Amira (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/643892709', 'm5miranglish'),
(300, 367, 'The Exam (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/691422045', 'emt7an2'),
(301, 0, 'One Location Program', 'https://vimeo.com/693755348', 'one266mad'),
(302, 344, 'Hookah (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/688440155', 'hgarmeasele'),
(303, 365, 'Overcast (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/688511128', 'ghaimensc81'),
(304, 358, 'Abed (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/671695593', 'eshtaghalyK'),
(305, 363, 'El Remaya House (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/690985305', 'shtingous5'),
(306, 373, 'Behind the Scenes (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/686613657', 'btsflmm42'),
(307, 0, 'Egyptian Program (Part1)', 'https://vimeo.com/694495077', 'egshrtspj'),
(308, 0, 'Egyptian Program (Part2)', 'https://vimeo.com/694569207', 'egshrtsp5'),
(309, 0, 'Shorts Starring Children (Part1)', 'https://vimeo.com/675962671', 'ulkbinufq'),
(310, 0, 'Shorts Starring Children (Part2)', 'https://vimeo.com/707491221', 'chldrnshrts'),
(311, 375, 'Neighbours (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/737292215', 'geranmp4are'),
(312, 372, 'Suhail (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/699378725', 'sohaelmp4q'),
(313, 98, '17 (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/230445744', 'm417doR'),
(314, 318, 'Truce (Eng subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/745359234', 'trucebruc'),
(315, 376, 'Blooming Dalia (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/746610065', 'blmngdliN'),
(317, 388, 'Moez (Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/749149878', 'moezmp4d'),
(318, 362, 'Buzz (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/756175149', 'buzzmp4eB'),
(319, 367, 'The Exam (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/761030042', 'emt7andorta'),
(320, 390, 'As for the Weather (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/753916543', 'hlttksclK'),
(321, 224, 'Breath (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/271102905', 'nfsengscrM'),
(322, 363, 'El Remaya House (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/690985305', 'shtingousg'),
(323, 183, 'Simulation (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/286744679', 'simir77q'),
(324, 357, 'Stateless (Ar Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/710034707', 'blamoutenaro'),
(325, 386, 'Akh (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/766550908', 'a5hscreJ'),
(326, 389, 'Laila (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/770645963', 'engscrlailA'),
(328, 368, 'Under the Fig Trees (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/775453436', 'teenbarshoo'),
(329, 391, 'Matchstick (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/772421507', 'mtchstkenarm42'),
(330, 394, 'Casting (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/774808476?share=copy', 'Castingcasting'),
(331, 349, 'Nezouh (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/756121154', 'nzohcsen5'),
(332, 384, 'Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/759590437', 'ciffhmzaa'),
(333, 387, 'Neb Tawy (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/755146667', 'nbtawym'),
(334, 355, 'Alam (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/777610984', 'flagmp4eA'),
(335, 395, 'Light upon Light (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/777592331', 'noralanorenQ'),
(336, 396, 'From the Work of the Devil (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/778125951', 'dessilftwotd5'),
(337, 378, 'Road to El Kef (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/778161652', 'rdtlkf5'),
(338, 385, 'Homeless (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/778550223', 'felinek9resc2'),
(339, 383, 'EVEN GOD WON\'T FORGIVE (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/778584163', 'safahnabelenl'),
(340, 400, 'Lyd (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/778626918', 'l.ydscren8'),
(341, 113, 'Red Satin (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/290155865', 'dfhdjfh7hufh'),
(342, 393, 'The New Tenant (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/780327170', 'TNTscreener2'),
(343, 348, 'Dirty, Difficult, Dangerous Screener', 'https://vimeo.com/742214306', 'dddclsceene5'),
(344, 392, 'Halal Kiss (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/780842411?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'filmw3alehbosa'),
(345, 374, 'Hemingwhy (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/780862348', 'heminglehx'),
(346, 399, 'A Long Breath (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/781085254', 'lngbrthm0'),
(347, 381, 'Trinou (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/759795421', 'uonirty'),
(350, 377, 'Swing', 'https://vimeo.com/837919955', 'margohaen'),
(351, 398, 'Our Ties (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/790079117', 'lesmiensare'),
(352, 406, 'Story (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/794872224', 'stenoryscrq'),
(353, 413, '10 (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/795191780', 'ahgsxchgdvr'),
(354, 423, 'The Island of Forgiveness (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/796085756', 'jzeertnesya'),
(355, 420, 'An Evening with Laila (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/796638210', 'nwlengsWE'),
(356, 421, 'Killing Bagheera (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/796723282', 'amowglireference253a'),
(357, 435, 'The Birds Have Left Beirut (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/796729812', '3adWlYa3od25'),
(358, 401, 'Ajab (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/796797137', 'ajmp4eH'),
(359, 366, 'A House in Jerusalem (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/797018585', 'HousEnjerusll'),
(360, 426, 'Deserted (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/798332714', 'inzadezer5'),
(361, 405, 'Sons of Ramses - Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/798424084', 'sorprivenb'),
(362, 301, 'Samia', 'https://vimeo.com/799115362', 'smiamp4nw'),
(363, 402, 'Light Blue (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/800554081', 'azrakmeshkateK'),
(364, 416, 'The Burdened (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/800830583', 'morhakonaren'),
(365, 425, 'Rat Hole (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/801008987', 'rtholen5'),
(366, 380, 'Flesh and Blood (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/801173308', 'lahmiwdami00'),
(367, 403, 'For My Country (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/794635103', 'fmcm4aren5'),
(368, 404, 'The Damned Don\'t Cry - Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/767856423', 'WeDontCryd'),
(370, 429, 'Polygamous (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/804877676', 'zringeng5'),
(371, 436, 'Qaragh (Wake Up) (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/805109939', 'qaragawalmyaod225'),
(373, 369, 'Badass Moroccan Girl - Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/809772252', 'punkfitnaengsck'),
(374, 432, 'The Lebanese Burger Mafia (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/814195413', 'krustyburge'),
(375, 371, 'Goodbye Julia (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/912289549?share=copy', 'bgddffjrygbk'),
(376, 431, 'Fractus (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/815135328', 'fructosee20'),
(377, 289, 'Bethlehem 2001 (Eng Subs).', 'https://vimeo.com/815316159', '20btlhm06'),
(378, 427, 'The Last Rehearsal (Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/822069454', 'Nrehearsal '),
(380, 142, 'The Eternal Feminine (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/345432008', 'neswanbn'),
(381, 23, 'Challat of Tunis (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/672264654', 'chlttoniK'),
(382, 101, 'Room for a Man (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/253104798', 'sdf345&$fdgfdg'),
(383, 240, 'Song Without a Name (Ar + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/510635657', 'son#gwdq'),
(384, 112, 'Buried Secrets (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/583330408', 'asrarxmadfon5'),
(385, 438, 'No Key (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/827993372', 'nokenmp42522'),
(386, 441, 'Black Rainbow (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/829381151', 'blkrnbwen2520'),
(387, 379, 'Insulated Door (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/830056243', 'baBmazolen'),
(389, 439, 'Far from the Nile (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/833985709', 'fftnen55'),
(390, 443, 'Beneath Her Lipstick (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/837338807', 'bhlsmp4eD'),
(393, 337, 'The Room (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/835418336', 'elouda2'),
(394, 440, 'Concrete Valley (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/835768075', 'cnkrtvlG'),
(395, 377, 'Swing (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/837919955', 'margohaen2'),
(396, 216, 'Passengers (AR + Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/436818595', 'psngrzxf5'),
(397, 110, 'The Rifle, The Jackal, The Wolf and The Boy (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/841691898', 'eldeeb2'),
(398, 446, 'Phone Breaker (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/842178090', 'phbscren2525'),
(399, 428, 'Halim El Raad (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/842421811', 'hlimraadenv'),
(400, 81, 'In My Mother\'s Arms (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/842456713', 'immaengscK'),
(401, 316, 'Ban Hour (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/574945690', 'Aurfewoclock'),
(402, 447, 'Heroic Bodies (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/848046796', 'hroicbdil'),
(403, 448, 'Simo (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/849907255', 'smosren2525'),
(404, 449, 'Forsaken (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/849890443', 'frsknen25'),
(405, 450, 'Behind the Mountains (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/849901432', 'btmengscK'),
(406, 451, 'Zoo', 'https://vimeo.com/849906809', 'wanat2525'),
(407, 452, 'Where Have You Been? (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/848001194', 'skootskoot22'),
(408, 453, 'Les Chenilles (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/849880559', 'leschnieng2530'),
(409, 454, 'MADE FOR BEAUTY ... USED FOR UGLINESS (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/849910415', 'mfbufuen2528'),
(410, 455, 'Naima\'s Movie (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/850099489', 'nimasmovien252'),
(411, 457, 'The Tedious Tour of M (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/856153879', 'tdiostorom2'),
(412, 412, 'Dark Clouds (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/863231018', 'drkclodF'),
(413, 419, 'The Last Breakfast (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/863285653', 'tlbscrenV'),
(415, 463, 'A Promise to the Sea (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/875966203', 'waadelbahr225'),
(416, 464, 'The Woodland (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/870720219', 'woodpecker4545'),
(417, 465, 'In the Waiting Room (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/876848380', 'Mrenscr4578'),
(418, 462, 'En Route (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/876853379', 'enrotenscr2520'),
(419, 437, 'The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/870662119', 'trsmmwc55'),
(421, 458, '60 Egyptian Pounds (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/870654458', '60egKm4'),
(422, 470, 'Mar Mama (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/880295411', 'maramp47778'),
(423, 476, 'The Last Winter (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/883981835', 'wintercoming2525'),
(424, 477, 'The House Is on Fire, Might As Well Get Warm (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/880157219', '7aree2a78'),
(425, 475, 'Yellow Bus (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/886447787', 'Autobeess'),
(426, 456, 'Deserts (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/887297008', 'saharyef'),
(427, 479, 'Manity (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/887335149', 'sscrenenmnt1245'),
(428, 382, 'Inshallah a Boy (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/887690376', 'nshllahwldeN'),
(429, 469, 'Unknown Number (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/893349989', 'Fic@ab112'),
(430, 369, 'Moroccan Badass Girl (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/890749099', 'mbgar+enf'),
(431, 478, 'Conditional Desire (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/889942266', 'cndtnldezire7880'),
(432, 480, 'Take My Breath (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/891017422', 'dementors8'),
(433, 460, 'Six Feet Over (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/891036688', 'sxftovarq'),
(434, 481, 'Loss (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/889951485', 'loxxss6567'),
(435, 482, 'The First Dinner (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/894578592', 'thelatupper25'),
(436, 461, 'If the Sun Drowned into an Ocean of Clouds (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/903285620', 'iftsdrwnd'),
(437, 486, 'The Mirror Screener', 'https://vimeo.com/905511455', 'meraytygv'),
(438, 492, 'A Day (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/909729064', 'adym2scr5'),
(439, 12, 'Starve Your Dog  (English Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/591615584?share=copy', 'kalbakyahalellah'),
(440, 42, 'In the Sands of Babylon (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/588401445?share=copy', 'remal*babeK'),
(441, 52, 'The Last Friday (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/268813002?share=copy', 'sadf2344'),
(442, 338, 'Hania  (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/594129376?share=copy', 'h$neas'),
(443, 490, 'Diaries From Lebanon (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/908168451?share=copy', 'Lebanon2@5'),
(444, 152, 'Fatwa (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/593903858?share=copy', 'ft#mp.45'),
(445, 190, 'Rags and Tatters (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/263140172?share=copy', 'fgdfragstatt@hdf'),
(446, 353, 'Sheikh Al Jinany  (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/877842047?share=copy', 'skaljinscrn5'),
(447, 15, 'Mica (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/828917784?share=copy', 'micaengscrr'),
(448, 445, 'A Calling . From the Dessert . To the Sea  (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/837391333', 'Mclngfrmthe'),
(449, 474, 'The Day Before the Volcano  (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/894046985?share=copy', 'borkan445'),
(450, 485, 'The Sun Sets On Beirut  (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/908203728?share=copy', 'shamosafelenon255'),
(452, 407, 'Pomegranates and Myrrh (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/911173118?share=copy', 'pommyrrh5'),
(453, 472, 'Coming Home (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/911988976', 'cmngho2'),
(454, 495, 'Rose Water (Eng Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/912551939?share=copy', 'RW20232'),
(455, 483, 'Nya - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/915537473?share=copy', 'NYANYA77'),
(456, 488, 'La Zone - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/915490356?share=copy', 'LALAZONE5'),
(457, 471, 'The Sun In My Shadow - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/916652130?share=copy', 'shamsWdell7'),
(458, 496, 'The Grocery List - Festival Screener (Eng sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/914760124?share=copy', 'TGL2024252'),
(459, 57, 'Villa Touma (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/917042224', 'vllatomaenm'),
(460, 499, 'Sanctity - Festival Screener (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/222990661?share=copy', 'sanmadctitylsjdhfpoi3'),
(461, 366, 'A House in Jerusalem (Ar+Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/917440796', 'Mad@House1'),
(463, 0, 'Palestinian Shorts - Part 2', 'https://vimeo.com/912561019', 'plstnprgp'),
(464, 345, 'Salma\'s Home - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/666484907?share=copy', 'baitslmaa5'),
(465, 228, 'The Golden Harvest - UCLA', 'https://vimeo.com/926779771?share=copy', 'TGH4UCLAQ'),
(466, 487, 'Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/927455092?share=copy', 'DATPOh'),
(467, 500, 'Ladies Coffee - Festival Screener (Eng Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/918871301?share=copy', 'Aetat2ahwa2525'),
(468, 502, 'Gazan Tales - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/927488738?share=copy', 'KESASGAZA5'),
(469, 489, 'One Last Wish - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/908581649?share=copy', '1lstwsha'),
(470, 508, 'Bougainvillea - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/927524887?share=copy', 'Bougainvillea2520'),
(471, 506, 'Legacy - Festival Screener ( Eng subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/921731545?share=copy', 'legacymerath255F'),
(472, 505, 'The Poem We Sang - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/927537910?share=copy', 'TPWS20240'),
(473, 504, 'The Memoirs of M. A. Draz (Ar+Eng)', 'https://vimeo.com/930186461', 'moirsmadra'),
(474, 507, 'Papa Told Me - Festival Screener (En Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/925854011?share=copy', 'ppatldm3252'),
(475, 510, 'Smokey Eyes - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/937347572?share=copy', 'SMOKEYEYESMAD8'),
(477, 503, 'This Is My Night (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/937372571', 'timnightt'),
(478, 511, '1420 - Festival Screener (En Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/936246821?share=copy', '1420FSMR7'),
(480, 515, 'Crawling Birds - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/940702752?share=copy', 'TOYORZA7IFA20242122'),
(481, 516, 'Ghost Trail - Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/937654903?share=copy', 'GTFMTCH'),
(482, 501, 'Ghost of Spacetime - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/943963314?share=copy', 'ghostofinterstellaR'),
(483, 518, 'In Between', 'https://vimeo.com/945782140', 'bainbainain87888'),
(485, 514, 'You, Teenegers (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/945718280', 'YASHABAB'),
(490, 520, 'The War Inside Us - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/949134825?share=copy', 'TWIUMAD20'),
(491, 521, 'Palestine Islands - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/941958009?share=copy', 'ADPALESTINEISFREE2024'),
(492, 519, 'Building 13 - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/949149763?share=copy', 'RABNA1320247887'),
(494, 522, 'Behind The Sun - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/951501146?share=copy', 'waraa2elshams2025'),
(495, 265, 'South of Hope Street (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/951890109', 'sohsmpen'),
(496, 512, 'The Day of the Seagull - Screener ', 'https://vimeo.com/941913209?share=copy', 'scatteringthorns20'),
(497, 524, 'A Voyage Against Time (Preview)', 'https://vimeo.com/953486216', 'avogagnstU'),
(498, 525, 'Madonna - Festival Screener (En Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/938629408?share=copy', 'BADROMANCE20242527'),
(499, 533, 'Only the Ocean Between Us (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/951841526', 'OTOBU20245'),
(500, 529, 'A Lullaby Unlike Any Other - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/956480814?share=copy', 'ALUAOMAD2024111'),
(501, 531, 'The Wound (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/956628171', 'THEWOUND2024'),
(502, 528, 'Last Nights Of Summer - Festival Screener (En Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/956995284?share=copy', 'LNOFMAD202431M'),
(503, 536, 'Born A Celebrity - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/957029656?share=copy', 'BACMAD2024222'),
(504, 537, 'Hajeer - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/957572288?share=copy', 'filmw3alehbossa'),
(505, 538, 'Beneath mother\'s feet - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/957595529?share=copy', 'BMFMAD20251215'),
(510, 517, 'The Deer\'s Tooth - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/946624908?share=copy', 'TDTCANES2024'),
(511, 5, 'Aziza - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/561318962?share=copy', 'azienternlscH'),
(512, 459, 'Colors of Resistance (Eng Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/911233446?share=copy', 'COR00R'),
(513, 467, 'Besieged Bread Screener (Clear)', 'https://vimeo.com/561388895?share=copy', 'kobzhesrintrnscK'),
(514, 513, 'But You Won\'t Notice - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/966457194', 'BYWNMAD2024780'),
(515, 526, 'Samia - Feature Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/974988548?share=copy', 'SAMIAMADPRq'),
(517, 473, 'From Sudan to Argentina (English Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/976647069', 'fstargengd'),
(519, 534, 'A Bird from Paradise screener', 'https://vimeo.com/957075073?share=copy', 'ABFmMAD'),
(521, 491, 'After the Fire - Festival Screener (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/983873179', 'Aftrdfire'),
(522, 544, 'Love Bites (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/983898675', 'laazalesayedat3130'),
(523, 540, 'The village next to paradise - Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/992702121?share=copy', 'TVNTPMAD11'),
(525, 554, 'Last Chance - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/997630398?share=copy', 'LCMAD20255'),
(526, 530, 'After The Sun - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/946610520?share=copy', 'ATSCANNES24898'),
(527, 556, 'The Vanishing - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/998152372?share=copy', 'THEVANISHINGMAD'),
(528, 539, 'The Miracle of Life - (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/957062361?share=copy', 'tmolenm4331'),
(529, 560, 'From Abdul to Leila (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/1001565338', 'abdultolela5'),
(531, 565, 'Vibrations from Gaza (Eng Subs)', 'https://vimeo.com/1021726873', 'vfgmp4en21'),
(532, 570, 'Nothing Happens After That - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1028106194?share=copy', 'NHATMAD202'),
(533, 578, '10 Minutes Younger - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1037434969?share=copy', '10minyourMAD'),
(534, 573, 'All Over Again - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1044318906?share=copy', 'AOASC2030'),
(535, 574, 'The Last Message - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1044592969?share=copy', 'TMMAD2024'),
(538, 564, 'Baadarane - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1046361818?share=copy', 'BAADARANEMAD'),
(539, 575, 'Habibti- FESTIVAL SCREENER (EN-SUBS)', 'https://vimeo.com/1048540603?share=copy', 'HABIBTIMAD2025S5'),
(541, 577, 'The Devil And The Bicycle - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1049282787?share=copy', '3abdwanw3agalaMAD'),
(542, 572, 'Madaniya - Screener Preview', 'https://vimeo.com/1052723415?share=copy', 'MadaniyawooooSCRMAD'),
(543, 543, 'Matchstick (Tunisian) 2024 - Festival screener (EN SUB)', 'https://vimeo.com/1052736395?share=copy', 'KABhREETMAD2024'),
(544, 576, 'What Else Grows on the Palm of Your Hand - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1057213082?share=copy', 'ONTPOYHMAD2025'),
(546, 588, 'Community Service ', 'https://vimeo.com/1010886965?share=copy', 'CSMAD20242121'),
(547, 569, 'The Boy Inside The Cocoon', 'https://vimeo.com/1047079724?share=copy', 'TBITCMADPR'),
(549, 591, 'Home Bitter Home', 'https://vimeo.com/1008750556?share=copy', 'HBH_2025'),
(551, 545, 'The Damned Don\'t Cry', 'https://vimeo.com/767856423?share=copy', 'WeDontCry'),
(552, 552, 'Agreb Majnouna - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1059640290?share=copy', 'AGREBMAGMAD2025'),
(553, 527, 'Journal Intime - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1059640046?share=copy', 'PERSDIAMAD2024'),
(554, 584, 'The Father Probably - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1059681802?share=copy', 'TFPMAD2025'),
(556, 601, 'Janin Jenin - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1060924953?share=copy', 'JANINJENINMADDIS2025'),
(558, 582, 'The Settlement', 'https://pro.festivalscope.com/i/6746/42mJCPRDy/df0d23641', ''),
(560, 585, 'AICHA', 'https://vimeo.com/1061732682?share=copy', 'Aicha02'),
(561, 589, 'Amaal', 'https://vimeo.com/1061734687?share=copy', 'Amaal02'),
(562, 592, 'Milk Brothers', 'https://vimeo.com/1065033444?share=copy', 'Milkbrothers123'),
(563, 602, 'Qaher', 'https://vimeo.com/1062319817?share=copy', 'Qaher44'),
(564, 606, 'Abu Judy', 'https://vimeo.com/1065071919?share=copy', 'Abujudy1234'),
(567, 546, 'The Ditch - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069160362?share=copy', 'ditchmad2025'),
(568, 597, 'Fist - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069174841?share=copy', 'fistmad2025fist'),
(569, 595, 'Flat Belly Syndrom - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069188836?share=copy', 'FBSMAD2025'),
(570, 600, 'Portrait - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069219053?share=copy', 'PORTRAITSORAMAD2025'),
(572, 598, 'The Advice of Kayad - Festvial Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069499724?share=copy', 'TAOKMAD2025'),
(573, 599, 'Marqam - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069512408?share=copy', 'MAQRAMMAD2025'),
(574, 594, 'Masculine Unsound Plurel - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069540600?share=copy', 'MUPSSCMAD2025'),
(575, 596, 'Flower on the wall - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1069559018?share=copy', 'FOWMAD2025'),
(576, 542, 'Girl\'s House', 'https://vimeo.com/1069875610?share=copy', 'GIRLSHOUSE12345'),
(577, 603, 'Gum - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1076093160?share=copy', 'GUM12345MAD'),
(578, 587, 'Post Trauma - Festival Screener (En Sub)', 'https://vimeo.com/1076117596?share=copy', 'POSTTRUMA12345MAD'),
(579, 605, 'First The Blush Then The Habit', 'https://vimeo.com/1077623571?share=copy', 'firsttheblush@mad12345'),
(581, 549, 'Green Line', 'https://vimeo.com/1100979964?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'greenlineformad'),
(582, 611, 'Fin', 'https://vimeo.com/1089650574?share=copy', 'FINANDMAD'),
(583, 468, 'The Day I Lost My Shadow', 'https://vimeo.com/1090766104?share=copy', 'ThedayIlostmy@MAD'),
(584, 614, 'They Call Me Mr Happy', 'https://vimeo.com/1095603672?share=copy', 'TheycallmemrhappyandMAD'),
(585, 610, 'EXILE', 'https://vimeo.com/1083824747?share=copy', 'EXILEANDMAD@12345'),
(586, 615, 'Ship Of Fools', 'https://vimeo.com/1103112927?share=copy', 'shipoffoolsonmad'),
(587, 617, 'You\'re Delivery, Sir', 'https://vimeo.com/1103138930?share=copy', 'Yourdeliverytomad'),
(589, 616, 'Everywhere The Light', 'https://vimeo.com/1108808493?share=copy', 'EverywheretheMAD'),
(590, 624, 'Ambush', 'https://vimeo.com/1125509776?share=copy', 'AMBUSHANDMAD'),
(591, 627, 'Letters', 'https://vimeo.com/1141086803?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'GAWABMAKTOOB'),
(592, 628, 'Baisanos', 'https://vimeo.com/1141133121?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'Baisanos1940'),
(593, 629, 'Last Call', 'https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1162119550', 'Lastcall2025'),
(595, 634, 'At Mother Eve Cemetery, Kadi Awaits', 'https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1166333870', 'KADIATOMNAHAWA2026'),
(596, 635, 'wedding, berlin', 'https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1166337228', 'WeddingBerlin2026'),
(597, 618, 'Silent Storms', 'https://vimeo.com/1172476380?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'SilentStorms2026'),
(598, 633, 'Mossoul Campus', 'https://vimeo.com/1172503557?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'MossoulCampus2026'),
(599, 636, 'Simsim', 'https://vimeo.com/1193244303?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', 'Si@ma43'),
(600, 637, 'Laundry', 'https://vimeo.com/1197396375', 'Laundrywithmad1234'),
(601, 642, 'We Are Entitled to Love Autumn', 'https://vimeo.com/1218853895', '@MADWITHAUTUMN12345'),
(602, 590, 'Leaving Baghdad', 'https://vimeo.com/1220577460?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci', '@MADWITHBAGHDAD12345');

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(1, 'Lebanese Shorts', 'An exquisite collection of 107 minutes of Lebanese films tapping on daring themes.\r<br/>Helmed by award-winning filmmakers in Lebanon.\r<br/>The programme features cherry-on-the-top homegrown films from the heart of Lebanese cinema.\r<br/>Involving plots inspired by unique real-life stories.\r<br/>Features up-and-coming talents whose acting performances have been awarded in several international film festivals.\r<br/>The programme extends over the duration of 107 minutes.', '120 , 66 , 108 , 164 , 71 , 167', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0LGiekmihc&feature=emb_logo', '9937', 'lebanon-online.jpg'),
(2, 'UAE Short Films', 'A 97-minute manifestation of UAE\'s finest eccentric cinematic creations.\r<br/>Multiple award winning films which are on the circuit year-round.\r<br/>Diverse themes tapping on a variety of social issues in the UAE and the Arab world.', '210 , 28 , 217 , 75 , 218', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9HVCpXMibg', '2023083266', 'Poster UAE Short.jpg'),
(3, 'Stars in Shorts', 'Features A-list of the Arab world\'s super stars: Hend Sabri, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman, Nadira Omran, Youmna Marwan..etc.\r<br/>A 99-minute ride of multiple award-winning films.\r<br/>The films earned international recognition in international film festivals.\r<br/>Helmed by award-winning Arab directors; Said Zagha, Mounia Akl..etc.\r<br/>Brings together Arab films that screened in the world\'s most prestigious festivals and made full house screenings.', '16 , 29 , 30 , 31', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P05El1VcpEw', '18596287', 'strz.jpg'),
(4, 'Oscars Shorts', 'A handful of home-grown official submissions to the Oscars from across the Arab world.\r<br/>Exceptional Arab films involving untapped themes.\r<br/>The programme features films helmed by prominent film directors.\r<br/>A 81-minute programme of compiled Academy-Awards submissions.\r<br/>Featuring award-winning Arab filmmakers and burgeoning acting talent that were submitted to the Oscars.\r<br/>Be the first to watch the finest of the Arab world&#39;s Oscar submissions.', '13 , 14 , 65 , 71 , 110', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgExD9Cxkds', '2069464026', 'oscrz p.jpg'),
(5, 'Shorts Directed by Women (Part 1)', 'A 83-minute of superb drama by brilliant female filmmakers that brought nuance to the Arab cinema.\r<br/>The program features a plethora of award-winning films that toured several prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>Many of the program’s films are based on true stories.\r<br/>A well-knit presentation of diverse themes tapping on daring issues in the Arab world.', '119 , 108 , 72 , 125 , 166', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9OakHJIAlg', '1898638860', 'woman director part 1.jpg'),
(6, 'Shorts Directed By Women (Part 2)', 'A 95-minute of award-winning short films that created some buzz at the festivals’ circuit.\r<br/>The program brings raw stories that all Arabs can relate to.\r<br/>Several of the films feature stellar international and Pan-Arab casts.\r<br/>Helmed by award-winning female filmmakers.', '256 , 241 , 122 , 236 , 246', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6kAq_VsKI', '353294864', 'woman director part 2.jpg'),
(7, 'Palestinian Shorts (Part 1)', 'A 79-minute manifestation of the finest short films from Palestine.\r<br/>Multiple award-winning films that landed their world premiere at prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>Featuring A-list stars with diverse themes tapping on a variety of social issues that all Palestinians can relate to.', '335 , 14 , 289 , 16 , 31', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bloHiDfSp04&ab_channel=MADSolutions', '1480813956', 'palestinian shorts updated poster.jpg'),
(8, 'Shorts Starring Children (Part 1)', 'A fine selection of award-winning films that toured several prestigious international film festivals\r<br/>Features some of the Arab world’s most significant stars, including Saba Mubarak and Ziad Bakri \r<br/>Tapping on issues related to children, including domestic violence and war \r<br/>Starring children is a powerful message for all ages\r<br/>Funded by prestigious institutions, including the Royal Film Commission-Jordan \r<br/>The duration of all the films combined, amounts to 67 minutes', '332 , 248 , 286 , 303', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsUl5oEy-g', '566237631', 'poster kids-011.jpg'),
(9, 'Khaleej Shorts', 'A selection of Khaleeji short films that have toured international film festivals, like Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France, Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden, to name a few, and reaped a plenty of awards, including the Best Muhr Emirati Short at Dubai International Film Festival and others.\r<br/>Starring a number of well-known actors from across the Arab world, including Egyptian actess Hala Shiha, Emirati superstar Mansoor Alfeeli, and Saudi actress Fatima Albanawi.\r<br/>Exploring some unusual topics, like the discrepancies between generations within the modern-day Saudi community.', '256 , 327 , 309 , 296 , 308', '', '1384842277', 'khaliji shorts (1).jpg'),
(10, 'One Location Shorts', 'Features a fine selection of one-location short films that have toured international film festivals, including Venice International Film Festival, Malmo Arab Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival (JCC), and Rotterdam Arab Film Festival.\r<br/>Involving award-winning films that previously reaped prestigious awards, like Best Short Film at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, and Best Actor at the Casablanca Short and Documentary Film Festival, among others.\r<br/>Showcasing films inspired by classic plays by great novelists, and personal experiences from the lives of the directors.\r<br/>Starring well-known actors, like Charbel Ziade, a well-known Lebanese actor with a career spanning over 25 years.\r<br/>Tackling some of the Arab world’s most silenced  topics, like the stigmatization of mental illnesses in the Arab world, the relationship between Arab women and the psychiatrist, and the depression and oppression the servants suffer.', '284 , 247 , 259 , 283 , 318 , 297', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHj9BjoRYpM', '890713334', 'one location.jpg'),
(11, 'Egyptian Shorts (Part 1)', 'Screened at several significant film festivals like the BAFTA Student Film Awards and Shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival.\r<br/>Received Best Film award at several film festivals, including Best Film at LA Femme International Film Festival and Best International Short Film at the Minsk International Short Film Festival.\r<br/>Offers an insightful look on different types of relationships like the employer-employee relationship and the mother-son relationship.\r<br/>Sheds lights on societal issues like Egyptian superstitions and family violence against children.', '354 , 316 , 299 , 248 , 251 , 312', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD6jKvNqz4o', '685049859', 'eg shorts 1 poster u.jpg'),
(12, 'Egyptian Shorts (Part 2)', 'Screened at number of prestigious festivals like Luxor African Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival and Karama Human Rights Film Festival\r<br/>Tackles vital issues like the social status of Arab women and reasons behind the increase of divorce rates in the Arab world. \r<br/>Featuring Simone, a well-known actress and \'90s singer who starred in lots of plays opposite Mohamed Sobhi.\r<br/>Featuring talented costume designer Reem El Adl.', '232 , 252 , 352 , 297', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsSFBx8L5M', '311735222', 'eg shorts 2.jpg'),
(13, 'Shorts Starring Children (Part 2)', 'Selected at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including Locarno, Cairo, Zurich, Carthage, among others. \r<br/>One of the films won Golden Tanit for Best Short Film at Carthage Film Festival and another got nominated for the Golden Pardino-Leopards of Tomorrow at the Locarno Film Festival.\r<br/>Featuring the Israeli-Palestinain conflict and explores the psychological and social changes in the Tunisian community, in addition to other topics.', '311 , 299 , 289 , 276', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylGno5QNHc', '809780659', 'ch poster part 2.jpg'),
(14, 'Palestinian Shorts (Part 2)', 'A 77-minute manifestation of the finest short films from Palestine.\r<br/>Multiple award-winning films that landed their world premiere at prestigious international film festivals.\r<br/>Featuring A-list stars with diverse themes tapping on a variety of social issues that all Palestinians can relate to.', '335 , 289 , 351 , 384 , 336', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXh35a-iDvo&ab_channel=MADSolutions', '13244426', 'palastine poster 2-online.jpg');

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(1, 'Alaa Karkouti', 'Co-Founder | Managing Partner | Film Analyst', 'One of the most internationally recognised figures across the Arab film, media and entertainment sectors, Alaa Karkouti has been a tireless champion of Arab cinema and film culture across the world stage for nearly two decades.\r\n<br><br>\r\nAs the co-founder and CEO of MAD Solutions, the Arab world’s most prolific distributor of Arabic film content, Karkouti has expanded the global audience for Arab storytellers by building business and creative relationships across the worldwide industry map. Several landmark co-productions between MENA and countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia have resulted from his energetic advocacy and networking initiatives.\r\n<br><br>\r\nKarkouti’s involvement with Arab entertainment extends beyond the packaging, production, distribution and marketing of feature films, series and shorts. MAD Solutions is also the Arab world’s pre-eminent talent management company, with a mission to nurture and burnish the careers of Arab industry professionals, actors and filmmakers both regionally and globally.\r\n<br><br>\r\nHe is also one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) , the networking hub that serves as the gathering point for Arab professionals and their international peers at major events such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Toronto and Locarno. As part of its activities, ACC publishes Arab Cinema Magazine, an English-language quarterly that shines a spotlight on Arab film culture, talents and business. ACC also pioneered the Arab Film Critics’ Awards for Arab cinema - a concept that was also expanded to European cinema too through an annual award presented at the Cairo film festival.\r\n<br><br>\r\nA journalist and magazine publisher by background – one who compiled comprehensive archives on the economics of filmmaking – Karkouti is acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost authorities on the workings of the Arab film industry, drawing on his years as a business analyst and film critic. His expertise has given him opportunities to serve on panels and juries at film festivals throughout the world.\r\n<br><br>\r\nAlaa Karkouti\'s participation in the film industry includes a year-round commitment to workshops and seminars at major film festivals, as well as networking sessions held from 2015 to 2020 by the European Film Commission as part of the Arab Cinema Center.\r\n<br><br>\r\nBefore co-founding MAD Solutions in 2010 with Maher Diab, Karkouti worked in film distribution, production, and theatre management. He has also served as the publisher for several prominent publications including Good News Cinema and Vodafone Ten Magazine.\r\n<br><br>\r\nAs a journalist, Karkouti had the opportunity to cover and interview major movie stars at various film festivals. He has written articles on the Arab film industry for a variety of prestigious publications, such as Forbes Middle East, Variety, and Screen International, and also published the first-ever list of the 50 most powerful people working in the film business across the Arab world.', 'alaa.karkouti@mad-solutions.com', 'https://www.facebook.com/alaakarkouti', 'https://twitter.com/alaakarkouti', 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaakarkouti', '', 'alaa.jpg', 1, 1),
(2, 'Maher Diab', 'Co-Founder | Creative Director | Managing Partner', 'Maher Diab is the creative beating heart behind MAD Solutions, the company he co-founded and built into the Arab world’s leading distributor of Arabic film content. Combining his celebrated skills as a visual artist with a keen eye for storytelling talent, Diab has been instrumental in turning MAD Solutions into Arab cinema’s most expressive marketing platform in the global marketplace. He has given Arab films and filmmakers a self-confident, colourful identity that smashes through stereotypes and presents them in all their progressive shades and subtle sensibilities.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    An acclaimed illustrator, photographer, sculptor and painter, Diab began his career as an art director in the advertising industry. He worked for several years at some of the world’s leading ad agencies – including BBDO, Y&R, and JWT – deploying everything from photo-montage and layout design to digital illustration on behalf of their demanding clientele.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    With the creation of MAD Solutions, which he co-founded with Alaa Karkouti in 2010, Diab helped to usher in an exciting, bold new wave for Arab cinema while also elevating MENA’s marginalized entertainment industry to a level comparable to its worldwide counterparts. Central to this was the realization of Arab Cinema Center (ACC), which he conceived in 2015 as a worldwide promotional and networking platform for Arab cinema. Visible at every major film festival and market event on the industry calendar, ACC serves as the global hub for all those around the world with a vested interest in Arab stories and talents. So many landmark co-productions and international collaborations were born out of discussions initiated at the ACC.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Diab has served as a jury member at a number of key film festivals and events, including the BBC Arabic Festival\'s Feature Documentary Panel, the main competition of the Cape Town International Film Market and Festival, and the Latin Arab International Film Festival.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    He recently showcased his artistry with the opening of his first solo exhibition, Beyond Sleep and Wakefulness, at Cairo’s prestigious Zamalek Art Gallery, which was attended by many well-known celebrities and Arab artists.\r\n                                ', 'maher.diab@mad-solutions.com', 'https://www.facebook.com/maherdiab', 'https://twitter.com/maherdiab', 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/maherdiab', 'https://www.instagram.com/maherdiabart/', 'maher.jpg', 1, 2),
(3, 'Colin Brown', 'Managing Partner and Director of International Operations', ' Based in New York City, Colin is part of the senior team of Slated as Editorial Director, the private marketplace for accredited investors to track independent film projects online. He also teaches \"The Future of Film\" class to graduate film and business students at New York University\'s Tisch School, affiliated with The Cinema Research Institute.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    He is also a strategic advisor in Slated\'s international expansion plans. Colin was an award-winning Editor in Chief in Screen International, the leading publication business authority on the international film industry. He has also been Contributing Editor at CNBC Business. Brown launched the essential news service Screen Daily in 2000, and presided over the publication\'s push into film industry conferences targeted at global dealmakers and financiers.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    As a Film Critic, Colin has been invited on numerous film festival juries including that of the Sundance Film Festival 2009. Colin remains a longstanding industry consultant for the Dubai International Film Festival.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Colin recently joined the board of New York University\'s Cinema Research Institute (cri.nyu.edu). They give out research fellowships to ideas that will transform the global film industry. He also facilitates \"Salons\"- a filmed roundtable discussion on burning film topics in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival and Illy, the Italian coffee company. Colin\'s blog \"Filmonomics\" (info.slated.com/filmonomics/) is widely syndicated across film websites including Indiewire and Hope for Film. It has become the leading forum for discussion about film economics and future trends in the film industry.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    In terms of his Arab world credentials, Colin is regularly asked by his former paper Screen International to write their feature analyses on the Arab Film Industry. The latest series appeared as part of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival coverage. Brown was asked by the Sundance Institute to join a panel discussion in New York on the future of independent film finance and has been interviewed extensively for radio shows including those for Monocle Radio and CIO Radio.\r\n                               ', 'colin-brown@mad-solutions.com', 'https://www.facebook.com/colinmlbrown', 'https://twitter.com/filmonomics', 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmlbrown', '', 'colin.jpg', 1, 3),
(4, 'Moshira Farouk', 'Cultural and Theatrical Distribution Manager', ' Moshira Farouk is the Culture and Theatrical Distribution Manager of MAD Solutions. She has been part of the MAD family for ten years, spending five of which fully dedicated to film distribution.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Driven by her passion for cinema, Moshira took part in distributing many Arab and international hit films both theatrically and at several major film festivals. Moshira also pays great attention to distributing Arab films across cinemas both regionally and internationally. Being a master of her trade, Moshira covers all aspects of the films’ theatrical distribution starting from contacting cinemas to strategizing the right plan for the release of the films at those cinemas. However, her work doesn’t end here as she follows up on those films offering her insight to come up with the best marketing strategy for each film. All this while keeping an eye out to haunt for new film projects that deserve a chance to see the light of day.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    With extensive experience in public relations, E-publishing, multimedia and distribution, she has been representing the company in several Arab film festivals to name a few: Dubai International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Karama Beuirt Human Rights and Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival. She has also been part of several film juries, seminars, workshops, and panel discussions on film distribution.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Moshira holds a B.A. in Journalism from Helwan University. Throughout her career, she worked as an editor in several Cinema and TV magazines and publications, including; Good News Cinema, Good News TV and Satellite and Shereet website, in addition to several TV shows.\r\n                                    <br><br>', 'moshira.farouk@mad-solutions.com', '', '', '', '', 'moshira.jpg', 1, 4),
(5, 'Ahmed Mahmoud', 'Financial, Administrative Manager, and Theatrical Distribution Manager', 'Ahmed Mahmoud is the Financial Manager and Theatrical Distribution Manager in Egypt at MAD Solutions since 2013.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Henceforth, Ahmed\'s effective communication skills have greatly benefited the company in expanding MAD\'s network of theatres across Egypt.\r\n                                    <br><br>\r\n                                    Driven by his passion for cinema, Ahmed also handles different sales operations and negotiations with an extensive roster of TV channels and VOD platforms in the Arab world, and takes care of the legal contracting process for MAD Solutions and its list of clients.\r\n                                    <br><br>', 'ahmed.mahmoud@mad-solutions.com', '', '', '', '', 'ahmed.jpg', 1, 5),
(6, 'Abdelrahman Amin', 'Head of Sales and Acquisitions', 'Abdelrahman is currently the Head of Sales & Acquisitions at MAD Solutions. He is deeply immersed in the vibrant world of film distribution, marketing, sales, and acquisitions, with a strong passion for the independent film industry. Abdelrahman is dedicated to connecting exceptional films with diverse audiences, focusing on promoting and distributing unique cinematic experiences. He strives to contribute to the growth and appreciation of independent cinema worldwide.\r\n<br><br>\r\nHe holds a Bachelor\'s degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting from the University of Bedfordshire. Abdelrahman has experience working both onset and offset in the film and entertainment industry, exploring roles in marketing, as an assistant director, and as an editor for ads and commercials. His French educational background has enabled him to speak Arabic, French, and English fluently.\r\n<br><br>', 'abdelrahman.amin@mad-solutions.com', '', '', '', '', 'abdelrahman.jpg', 1, 7);

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