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October 2013

1. NATION ESTATE in Sofia, Montpellier and Osnabrueck
2. LEAVING BAGHDAD opening film of Yalla Shabab Film Festival in Lecce/Italy
3. Boston Palestine Film Festival shows NATION ESTAE; THE DINNER and HANDSOM GROOM
4. THE FACEBOOK OF MY FATHER at Dokfest Kassel
5. FIDAI in international competition at Human Rights Film Festival Nuernberg
6. DVD of the month: LEAVING BAGHDAD
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1. NATION ESTATE in Sofia, Montpellier, Boston and Osnabrueck

Larissa Sansour’s dystopian sci-fi short NATION ESTATE continues travelling festivals. This month at Fimini Sofa/Bulgaria, Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier/France, Boston Palestine Film Festival and Independent Film Festival Osnabruek/Germany.

Content
Nation Estate is a 9-minute sci-fi short offering a clinically dystopian, yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East.
The film explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood: One colossal skyscraper housing the entire Palestinian population – now finally living the high life.
Larissa Sansour, Palestine/Denmark 2012, 9 min, digital, Arabic with English subtitles
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2. LEAVING BAGHDAD opening film of Yalla Shabab Film Festival in Lecce/Italy

We are proud to announce that Koutaiba al-Janabi’s award winning feature LEAVING BAGHDAD is selected as opening film for the Yalla Shabab Film Festival in Lecce/Italy.

... this is a chilling insight into the nightmare of having to live with the consequence of one's actions. (Empire)

Koutaiba Al-Janabi introduces his first long feature film with a sensitive, penetrating eye... (Abu Dhabi International Film Festival web-magazine)

Content
Baghdad in the early 2000s: Sadik, a personal cameraman to Saddam Hussein escapes Iraq. Hoping to join his estranged wife in London, he traverses several countries, is passed on from one smuggler to the next. The disappearance of his son, who did not share his father’s enthusiasm for the regime, and scenes Sadik had filmed for work, haunt him alike whilst he tries to find his way out of the omnipresent and tormenting shadows of the regime.
As footage shot by fictional Sadik, Koutaiba Al-Janabi weaves real footage from Saddam Hussein’s now accessible archive into his documentary style, slow paced fiction.
Koutaiba Al-Janabi, Iraq/UAE/UK 2010, 85 min, HDCAM, Arabic/Hungarian/English with English subtitles
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3. Boston Palestine Film Festival shows THE DINNER, HANDSOM GROOM and NATION ESTATE

The two Palestinian shorts of the omnibus film FAMILY ALBUMS: THE DINNER by Mais Darwazeh and HANDSOM GROOM by Sameh Zoabi are presented at this year’s edition of Boston Palestine Film Festival.

The Dinner
Mais Darwazeh lives alone. In Amman, a city of uprooted people, she creates her own identity by gathering around her table close friends, chosen ingredients, and old recipes.
Maïs Darwazah, France, Palestine, United Arab Emirates / 2012 / Documentary / 22'

Handsome Groom
Ahmad, Sameh Zoabi’s childhood friend, is a handsome 35-year-old guy and still single - quite a problematic situation in this Palestinian village of northern Israel. When his mother gives up trying to find him a wife, Sameh decides to take charge.
Sameh Zoabi, France, Palestine, United Arab Emirates / 2012 / Documentary / 22'
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4. THE FACEBOOK OF MY FATHER at Dokfest Kassel

Erige Sehiri’s part of FAMILY ALBUMS, THE FACEBOOK OF MY FATHER, was selected for the Documentary Film Festival in documenta city Kassel.

The Facebook of my Father
Erige Sehiri sets off to meet her father. It seems that the Tunisian revolution and his new addiction to Facebook completely changed him, driving him away, perhaps forever. He even left his family and went back to his small Tunisian village.
Erige Sehiri, France, Palestine, United Arab Emirates / 2012 / Documentary / 21'
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5. FIDAI in international competition at Human Rights Film Festival Nuernberg

Damien Ounuri’s award winning feature documentary FIDAI still travels festivals. This time it is showing in the international competition of Human Rights Film Festival in Nuernberg/Germany.

A lyrical, informative, engaging testimony about one of the 20th century's most influential revolutions. (Indiwire)

Content
During the Algerian revolution, my great-uncle joined his sister in France and integrated a secret FLN armed group. Settling of scores, attempted murder, hiding, imprisonment and finally expulsion in 1962, his personal journey tells the story of countless ex-fighters for Algerian independence, and echoes the current effervescence of the Arab World. Today, at the age of seventy, El Hadi reveals this dark part of his life.
Damien Ounouri, Algeria/France/China/Qatar/Kuwait/Germany 2012, 83 min
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6. DVD of the month: LEAVING BAGHDAD

... this is a chilling insight into the nightmare of having to live with the consequence of one's actions. (Empire)

Koutaiba Al-Janabi introduces his first long feature film with a sensitive, penetrating eye... (Abu Dhabi International Film Festival web-magazine)

Content
Baghdad in the early 2000s: Sadik, a personal cameraman to Saddam Hussein escapes Iraq. Hoping to join his estranged wife in London, he traverses several countries, is passed on from one smuggler to the next. The disappearance of his son, who did not share his father’s enthusiasm for the regime, and scenes Sadik had filmed for work, haunt him alike whilst he tries to find his way out of the omnipresent and tormenting shadows of the regime.
As footage shot by fictional Sadik, Koutaiba Al-Janabi weaves real footage from Saddam Hussein’s now accessible archive into his documentary style, slow paced fiction.

Koutaiba Al-Janabi, Iraq/UAE/UK 2010, 85 min, Arabic/Hungarian/English
Subtitles: English
PAL, no regional code

Subjects
Iraq, political violence, film, propaganda, Saddam Hussein, exile

Awards
Gulf Film Festival Dubai: First Prize
British Independent Film Awards: Winner of the Raindance Award
Monaco Charity Festival: Special Jury Award

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