LYANA SALEH
Our Memory Belongs to Us by Rami Farah and produced and co-directed by Signe Byrge Sørensen screens at Centre Pompidou this Sunday nigth as part of a series dedicated to the Arte slot "La Lucarne". Commissioning editor Rasha Salti is moderating a Q & A with director Rami Farah.
Read more about the screening here: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/programme/agenda/evenement/JTHK2Fd
A Comedian In A Syrian Tragedy by Rami Farah will premiere at Al Jazeera
Read More‘A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy’ has been selected by DR, for a collection of important Syrian documentaries
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that the film A Comedian in a Syrian Tragedy by Rami Farah has been selected for Qumra 2021.
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Once again Final Cut for Real will be well represented at IDFA – the following Final Cut for Real productions and co-productions can be found at IDFA 2019:
SCREENINGS
A Comedian in A Syrian Tragedy by Rami Farah will have its world premiere at this year’s IDFA and will have four screenings in total. It is an intimate portrait of the Syrian film and television actor Fares Helou, who is forced into exile after standing by the pro-democracy protestors in Syria, 2011. With his family he starts a new chapter in France full of questions, disappointments and alienation, but also of hope and cultural confusion that calls for laughter. The film is produced by Lyana Saleh for OSOR (France) and Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real (Denmark) in co-production with Cindy Le Templier for SHASHAT Multimedia Productions (Jordan) and Anita Rehoff Larsen for Sant & Usant (Norway).
SCREENING TIMES AND LOCATIONS
23/11 – 18:30 – at Munt 13 - w/ Q&A
25/11 – 17:30 – at De Balie - Grote Zaal - w/ Q&A
26/11 – 22:00 – at Brakke Grond Grote Zaal - w/ Q&A
30/11 – 10:00 – at Tuschinski 6
Purchase tickets here.
Furthermore, this year two Final Cut for Real productions are selected for Rough Cut Screenings at IDFA Sunday November 24.
The Art of Repression by Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga focuses on a small German colony in Chile that has transformed a grim, sectarian past into a beautiful tourist resort. The filmmakers explore how the inhabitants have developed different narratives in order to survive 45 years of traumas. The film is produced by Heidi Elise Christensen and Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real.
I See for You by Cille Hannibal & co-director Christine Hanberg describes the challenges of being without all of your senses. Most people have five senses, but Peter only has three. Having lost both his sight and hearing as a newborn, his family must see and hear the world for him. The film is produced by Monica Hellström for Final Cut for Real.
ROUGH CUT SCREENINGS TAKE PLACE 24/11 AT TUSCHINSKI 5
The Art of Repression – 11:00-11:45
I See for You – 16:45-17:25
PLEASE NOTE: Only access with IDFA Forum pass
Final Cut for Real will be represented at IDFA by producers Signe Byrge Sørensen, Heidi Elise Christensen and Monica Hellström.
Documentary feature On Screen Off Record by Final Cut for Real producer Signe Byrge Sørensen, director Rami Farah and co-director by Lyana Saleh has been awarded the 2014 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund development grant at a ceremony held in Brisbane, Australia, on December 11th.
Read MoreAt this year's CPH:FORUM, Final Cut for Real producer Signe Byrge Sørensen, director Rami Farah and co-director Lyana Saleh won The Eurimages co-production development award for the documentary film project On Screen Off Record.
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