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Malmö Arab Film Festival
Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) is an Arab film festival based in Malmö, Sweden. MAFF is widely regarded as the most influential and largest Arabic film festival in Europe, and is the only one in Scandinavia. The first edition was held in 2011 and today the festival presents a broad selection of films made by Arab filmmakers or that in some way connects with questions of the Arab world or culture. Winners Best Film *2011: '' Messages from the Sea'', directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed (Egypt) *2012: '' Cairo Exit'', directed by Hesham Issawi (Egypt) *2013: '' Blind Intersections'', directed by Lara Saba (Lebanon) *2014: '' Adiós Carmen'', directred by Mohamed Amin Benamraoui (Morocco) *2015: ''Theeb'', directed by Naji Abu Nowar (Jordan) *2016: '' 3000 Nights'', directed by Mai Masri ( Palestine) *2017: '' Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim'', directed by Sherif El Bendary (Egypt) *2018: ''Wajib'', directed by Annemarie Jacir ( Palestine) *2019: '' Exterior/Night'', directed by Ahmad Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of or , with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca. In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic Era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Barsaoui
Mehdi M. Barsaoui (born 23 May 1984), is a Tunisian filmmaker. He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed shorts and feature films ''A Son'', ''Sideways'' and ''Bobby''. Personal life He was born on 23 May 1984 in Tunis, Tunisia. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Multimedia Arts of Tunis (ISAMM). After graduation, he moved to Italy and completed his training and graduated from DAMS in Bologna. Career During the life in Italy, he directed three short films: ''Sideways'' (2010), ''Bobby'' (2014) and ''We Are Just Fine Like This'' (2016). All three short film received critical acclaim and then selected in several international festivals where they won several prizes. The short ''We Are Just Fine Like This'' won the Best Muhr Short award at the Dubai International Film Festival. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the film, ''Un fils'' (A Son) which was produced as a collaborative work of Tunisia, France, Lebanon and Qatar. The film had its premiere at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Son
''A Son'', also known as ''Bik Eneich: Un fils'' (a combination of the original Arabic and French titles: ar, بيك نعيش, Byk n'eysh; french: Un fils) is a 2019 film directed by Mehdi Barsaoui in his feature film debut and co-produced between France, Lebanon, Tunisia and Qatar. Starring Sami Bouajila and Najla Ben Abdallah as middle-class Tunisian parents, film is about a family trip soon after the Tunisian Revolution that is disrupted after terrorists shoot their car and gravely injure their son, who needs a liver transplant to survive. References 2019 films French drama films Lebanese drama films Tunisian drama films Qatari drama films 2010s French-language films 2010s Arabic-language films 2019 multilingual films French multilingual films Lebanese multilingual films Tunisian multilingual films 2010s French films Films featuring a Best Actor César Award-winning performance Films featuring a Best Actor Lumières Award-winning performance {{Tunisia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annemarie Jacir
Annemarie Jacir ( ar, آن ماري جاسر) is a Palestinian filmmaker, writer, and producer. Career Filmmaker She has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Two of her films have premiered as Official Selections in Cannes, one in Berlin and in Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, and Telluride. All three of her feature films were selected as Palestine's Oscar Entry for Foreign Language Film. Her short film, '' like twenty impossibles'' was the first Arab short film to ever be an official selection of the Cannes International Film Festival and went on to be a Student Academy Awards Finalist, winning more than 15 awards at International festivals including Best Film at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, Chicago International Film Festival, Institute Du Monde Arabe Biennale, Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, and IFP/New York. ''like twenty impossibles'' was named one of the ten b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wajib (film)
''Wajib'' ( ''Wājib'', "Duty") is a 2017 Palestinian drama film directed by Annemarie Jacir. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Wajib (2017) won 36 international awards including Best Film in Mar Del Plata, Dubai, Amiens, DC Film Festival, Kerala and the London BFI Festival. Plot In this road movie, a father and son travel amid wedding preparations in the lead-up to Christmas in Nazareth. Cast * Mohammad Bakri as Abu Shadi * Saleh Bakri as Shadi * Maria Zreik as Amal Reception Critical reception On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 35 reviews with an average rating of 7.6/10. Awards *Muhr Awards for Best Fiction Feature Film and for Best Actor (for Mohammad Bakri and Saleh Bakri), Dubai International Film Festival 2017 *Golde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherif El Bendary
Sherif El Bendary ( ar, شريف البنداري; born 29 September 1978) is an Egyptian film director, writer and producer. His debut feature film was '' Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim''. Life and career Sherif graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in 2001 then worked in textile factories. Later, he joined the Egyptian Film Institute in 2002 and graduated in 2007, where he currently teaches film directing. His directorial debut was the 2006 short film '' Rise and Shine'' starring Hend Sabry and produced by the National Film Center, the film won numerous awards locally and internationally including Tribeca Film Festival. In 2008, El Bendary wrote and directed '' At Day's End'' based on a short story by the acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ibrahim Aslan. In 2011, he directed the feature-length documentary '' On the Road to Downtown'' and the short film ''Curfew'' which is a part of the anthology film '' 18 Days'' – official selection Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, his short f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali, The Goat And Ibrahim
''Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim'' ( ar, علي معزة وابراهيم, transliterated: ''Ali Mizah wa Ibrahim'') is a 2016 Egyptian film directed by Sherif El Bendary. Plot Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat named Nada. Ali, his goat and his friend Ibrahim embark on a journey of friendship and self-discovery across Egypt to reverse the curse. Cast * Ali Subhi – Ali * Ahmed Magdy – Ibrahim * Salwa Mohamed Ali – Nousa * Nahed El Sebai – Sabah * Ibrahim Ghareib – The train collector Reception The film was dubbed "a weirdly likable firecracker" in a review in ''The Hollywood Reporter''. It received a mostly positive review in the ''Variety''. It won the award for Best feature film at the 2017 Malmö Arab Film Festival. Awards * Best Feature Film, Malmö Arab Film Festival * Best Actor, Dubai International Film Festival The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Palestine
Palestine ( ar, فلسطين, Filasṭīn), Legal status of the State of Palestine, officially the State of Palestine ( ar, دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn, label=none), is a state (polity), state located in Western Asia. Officially governed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), it claims the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip as its territory, though the entirety of that territory has been Israeli-occupied territories, occupied by Israel since the 1967 Six-Day War. As a result of the Oslo Accords of 1993–1995, the West Bank is currently divided into 165 Palestinian enclaves that are under partial Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rule; the remainder, including 200 Israeli settlement, Israeli settlements, is under Area C (West Bank), full Israeli control. The Gaza Strip has been ruled by the militant Islamic group Hamas and has been subject to Blockade of the Gaza Strip, a long-term blockade by Egypt and Israel since 2007. After W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Masri
Mai Masri ( ar, مي المصري; born April 2, 1959) is a Palestinian filmmaker, director and producer. Her films are primarily documentaries which focus on the real life struggles of the women and children living in the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon. She has received over 60 international awards for her films and is hailed as a pioneer in the Middle Eastern film industry. Early life Masri was born in Amman, Jordan on April 2, 1959. She is the daughter of Munib Masri from Nablus and an American mother from Texas. She spent her early childhood in Amman and Nablus moving to Beirut when she was in the first grade. Masri was introduced to politics early in her life through her father, Munib al-Masri. Her father was close friends with the leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization including Yasser Arafat and Khalil al-Wazir who would often visit them in their home. Politics played a large role in her family as her father acted as a minister in Jordan in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3000 Nights
''3000 Nights'' is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Mai Masri. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film focuses on a Palestinian woman, who whilst in jail, gives birth to a son. It was selected as the Jordanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. Plot Layal is a young schoolteacher who lives with her husband, Farid in the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, Palestine. They are preparing to leave for Canada in search of a new life when Layal is arrested and falsely accused of helping a teenage boy suspected of attacking a military checkpoint. When she refuses to testify against the boy in court, Layal is charged with being an accomplice and sentenced to 8 years in prison despite the staunch defense put up by her human rights defense lawyer. Layal is transferred to a high-security Israeli women's prison where she encounters a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
