Jordanian producer Rula Nasser has boarded Egyptian filmmaker Kasem Kharsa’s feature debut Shelter.
The project, which has been developed through the Sundance Institute, Binger FilmLab and Torino screenwriting workshops, revolves around an amnesiac stranded in the ghettoes of Beirut. In the process of trying to piece his life back together, he discovers his connection to a genocide that took place decades earlier.
“It’s strong story from an interesting talent who is living between the Us and the Middle East,” explained Nasser, who plans to structure the project as a co-production and shoot in Jordan in 2016. Kharsa’s credits include well-received short films such as Paper Dress. Shelter received a development grant from Doha Film Institute in 2012.
Nasser, who produces under Amman-based banner The Imaginarium Films, has two films in Diff’s Muhr feature competition – Rifqi Assaf’s The Curve, a co-production with Egypt’s Film Clinic and France’s Eaux Vives Productions; and Omar Shargawi’s [link...
The project, which has been developed through the Sundance Institute, Binger FilmLab and Torino screenwriting workshops, revolves around an amnesiac stranded in the ghettoes of Beirut. In the process of trying to piece his life back together, he discovers his connection to a genocide that took place decades earlier.
“It’s strong story from an interesting talent who is living between the Us and the Middle East,” explained Nasser, who plans to structure the project as a co-production and shoot in Jordan in 2016. Kharsa’s credits include well-received short films such as Paper Dress. Shelter received a development grant from Doha Film Institute in 2012.
Nasser, who produces under Amman-based banner The Imaginarium Films, has two films in Diff’s Muhr feature competition – Rifqi Assaf’s The Curve, a co-production with Egypt’s Film Clinic and France’s Eaux Vives Productions; and Omar Shargawi’s [link...
- 12/13/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Dubai festival opens with Room and anti-extremist message.
The 12th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival kicked-off on Wednesday evening (Dec 9) on a defiantly anti-extremist note.
“We open Diff tonight amid stormy clouds and difficult times in a burning world of conflicting visions, reactionary ideologies and fear,” Diff chairman Abdulhamid Juma said in his opening remarks.
“In the name of cinema we gather to say no, no to all that is inhuman. Here in the United Arab Emirates we choose beauty and hope and resolve to fight extremism in all its shapes and forms. Long live cinema and let hope endure.”
His words follow a series of brutal terror attacks by extremists in Beirut, Paris, the Malian capital of Bamako and San Bernardino in California in the weeks before Diff.
Like the rest of the world, the UAE is also concerned about the rise of the so-called Islamic State (Isil) and other extremist groups in the...
The 12th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival kicked-off on Wednesday evening (Dec 9) on a defiantly anti-extremist note.
“We open Diff tonight amid stormy clouds and difficult times in a burning world of conflicting visions, reactionary ideologies and fear,” Diff chairman Abdulhamid Juma said in his opening remarks.
“In the name of cinema we gather to say no, no to all that is inhuman. Here in the United Arab Emirates we choose beauty and hope and resolve to fight extremism in all its shapes and forms. Long live cinema and let hope endure.”
His words follow a series of brutal terror attacks by extremists in Beirut, Paris, the Malian capital of Bamako and San Bernardino in California in the weeks before Diff.
Like the rest of the world, the UAE is also concerned about the rise of the so-called Islamic State (Isil) and other extremist groups in the...
- 12/10/2015
- ScreenDaily
Mad Solutions has acquired pan-Arab rights to seven films in this year’s Diff line-up, including The Curve and Before The Summer Crowds, which receive their world premieres in the Muhr feature competition today.
The Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based distributor has also picked up two other Muhr feature titles – Omar Shargawi’s Al Medina, which also receives its world premiere at Diff, and Mai Masri’s 3,000 Nights, which premiered in Toronto.
Mad’s distribution slate also includes Arabian Nights title Love, Theft And Other Entanglements, directed by Muayad Alayan, and short films Ave Maria and 5th Floor Room 52.
Mad, which deals directly with cinemas across the region, is planning limited releases of up to 20 screens for each film. “Our strategy is to prolong the life of each film in the cinema, which is easier to manage when you have a smaller number of screens,” said Mad CEO Alaa Karkouti.
Mai Masri’s 3,000 Nights will be rolled out across...
The Cairo and Abu Dhabi-based distributor has also picked up two other Muhr feature titles – Omar Shargawi’s Al Medina, which also receives its world premiere at Diff, and Mai Masri’s 3,000 Nights, which premiered in Toronto.
Mad’s distribution slate also includes Arabian Nights title Love, Theft And Other Entanglements, directed by Muayad Alayan, and short films Ave Maria and 5th Floor Room 52.
Mad, which deals directly with cinemas across the region, is planning limited releases of up to 20 screens for each film. “Our strategy is to prolong the life of each film in the cinema, which is easier to manage when you have a smaller number of screens,” said Mad CEO Alaa Karkouti.
Mai Masri’s 3,000 Nights will be rolled out across...
- 12/10/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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