exclusive: Jordanian producer Alaa Alassad joins Zain Durayeh in Red Sea sinkis preparing to shoot the film next summer with Palestinian Ameen Naifeh and Lebanese-Canadian director Lalla Zeidan.
joe from montreal This is the second feature for Naifa, who appeared at Giornate degli Autori in Venice in 2020. 200 meters and won numerous festival and critics’ awards.
His sequel is a youth drama set in a village threatened by commercial development. The story is about a spoiled 12-year-old gamer who is sent to a remote village, where he becomes fascinated by an old Crusader-era castle and eventually becomes involved in a local effort to protect the community’s heritage.
“The story is rooted in the geography and history of the village of Shaubak in southern Jordan and the Chateau de Montréal, and draws on Naifeh’s own childhood experiences and relationship with her grandparents, and will be filmed on site,” Alassad said.
The project is a co-production between Alassad’s Amman-based Tavi360 and his brother Bassam Alassad’s Dubai-based Creative Media Solutions, and co-produced by Leipzig-based Georg Neubert’s Reynard Film. It had previously secured development support from Film AlUla and the Red Sea Fund.
Zeidan will make his feature debut with his next film. birthday. Set in May 2008, it depicts a young girl celebrating her 14th birthday.th As he celebrates his birthday in Beirut, gunfire erupts throughout the city.
Supported by the Jordan Film Fund, the feature was produced by Severine Tibi of Severna Film in France, and co-produced by Julie Grolleau of Couronne Nord (Canada), Cynthia Choucair of Road 2 Film (Lebanon), May Odeh and Zorana of Mushkić Mayana Film (Germany), and Alassad of Tabi360 (Jordan).
Funded by Telefilm Canada, SODEC, AFAC, Red Sea Film Fund, and supported by the Sundance Institute. This product has previously won special awards at the Red Sea Souk, as well as the Rotterdam Lab Award and the CNC Development Award.
“These are two powerful and unique stories from the Arab world, and we are excited to bring them to life with our regional and international partners,” said Alassad.
The Jordanian producer is behind award-winning Arabic films, most recently “Think,” which premiered in Toronto, and directed by Amir Fakelaluddin. greekwhich debuted in Berlin earlier this year.
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