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January 2008 2. SBS acquires broadcast rights of Dana Goldberg's ALPHA 3. RECYCLE in Sundance and Rotterdam, German theatrical release in September 4. Arab Fund for Arts and Culture supports PORT OF MEMORY 5. TEHILIM opens in German theatres March, 6th ---------------------------------- 1. Now on DVD: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL by Sobhi al-Zobaidi Sobhi al-Zobaidi's emphatic documentary LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL is now available on DVD. Content According to many sources, over half a million Palestinians have been arrested and imprisoned by Israel since 1967. This film reflects on some of the problems that Palestinian detainees face after their release from Israeli (and Palestinian Authority) prisons. Six ex-detainees, two women and four men, talk about their life after being released. Some were unable to bridge the gap between them and their families, some feel that they came out from one prison only to enter another. Palestine 2001, Sobhi al-Zobaidi, documentary, 52’, colour, Arabic, Subtitles in English and French more information --------------------------------- 2. SBS acquires broadcast rights of Dana Goldberg's ALPHA Australian Public TV SBS buys broadcast rights of Dana Goldberg's black and white short ALPHA. Content The final minutes of an intimate night between two women. One is fifty years old and the other is twenty three. What seems to be a fragile promise of harmony brings about the relationship’s demise. "In Alpha, not only two women meet; each meets an individual created to suit the other’s needs. The game they play is the pattern of their lives. The mythical mother-daughter relationship is a role play they will always seek for, and will always have to hide. I decided to make Alpha when I found a peace of paper stuck to a board in a women's bar. The note said: /Looking for an adopting mother. Demands: Money, Food, Car, Sex." (Dana Goldberg) Israel 2007 | 12 min | video |black & white | Hebrew / English subtitles more information ----------------------------------------- 3. RECYCLE in Sundance and Rotterdam, German theatrical release in September Mahmoud al-Massad's documentary RECYCLE (I'adat Khalq) will be screened at Sundance Film Festival in competition and by the end of this month at Rotterdam Film Festival Content What makes a terrorist? In Zarqa, Jordan’s second largest city with close to 1,000,000 people, it is a much-debated question. Zarqa’s political Islamists are a powerful force in this industrial center, and Zarqa was the birthplace of Abu Musa al Zarqawi, the brutal leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia before being killed by American forces in 2005. Many in town knew al Zarqawi, many in his family remain, and Zarqa continues to be a source of new recruits to the jihadist cause. Inspired by his reporting on al Zarqawi and Al Quaeda for international news agencies, filmmaker al Massad returned to Zarqa, where he grew up, to make RECYCLE. With ravishing cinematography that belies the unforgiving landscape, Jordanian/Palestinian filmmaker Mahmoud al Massad charts the daily life of a religious Islamic man trying to survive in one of Zarqa’s poorest neighborhoods. With a deceptively calm demeanor, the film slowly unravels the hidden agents of terrorism as poverty, humiliation, lack of opportunity and religious doctrine define the daily rhythms of a man and his family, against the backdrop of an age of jihad that spans the globe. Unlike the daily bombardment of frighteningly dramatic headlines about Islam and the war on terror, Recycle suggests that evil acts can emerge from the most ordinary of circumstances. Jordan/The Netherlands/Germany/France/Switzerland 2007, 35mm, Arabic with subtitles (French and English) The Film is internationally represented by Wide Management in Paris Theatrical release in Germany by mec film is planned for September 2008. more information ---------------------------- 4. Arab Fund for Arts and Culture supports PORT OF MEMORY Kamal Aljafari's Production PORT OF MEMORY that takes us to Palestinian cost city Jaffa was supported by the new Arab Fund for Arts and Culture which is based in Jordan. The film is a mec film co-production. More information about the film ----------------------------- 5. TEHILIM opens in German theatres March, 6th Raphael Nadjari's TEHILIM, which was officially selected to the competition in Cannes in 2007 is opening in German theatres March, 6^th , 2008. Content In today’s Jerusalem, a Jewish family leads an ordinary life. But following a car accident, the father mysteriously disappears. They all deal with his absence and the difficulties of everyday life as best they can. While the adults take refuge in silence or traditions, the two children, Menachem and David, try in their own way to find their father. Rahphael Nadjari, Israel/France 2007, 96 min, 35mm, Hebrew with subtitles |
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