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This is not a catalogue.

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taking you through our distribution lineup, the
current and the upcoming. The magazine also
serves as a portfolio of all the Arab film projects
we’ve designed, packaged and marketed
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CONTENTS

4 MAD Library: Features


14 MAD Library: Documentaries
21 MAD Library: Shorts
30 MAD Projects
32 MAD Marketing
37 MAD International Films
42 MAD Numbers

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MUSK (2018) WELDI(2018) THE REPORTS THE JAIDA (2017) TUNIS BY NIGHT
Drama|108 min| UAE, Feature, Drama| 90 min| ON SARAH AND Drama | 113 min | (2017)
Qatar Tunisia, France, Belgium, Qatar SALEEM (2018) Tunisia Drama| 91 min| Tunisia,
Director: Director: Drama| 127 min| Director: France
Humaid Alsuwaidi Mohamed Ben Attia Palestine, Netherlands, Selma Baccar Director:
After giving up a Riadh and Nazli are in their Germany, Mexico Set in 1954, four Elyes Baccar
promising career in sixties and have an only Director: women meet at Dar Working at the
museum son, Sami, who is preparing Muayad Alayan Joued, a correction Tunisian national radio,
management to to sit for his baccalaureate. Set in Jerusalem, facility for women who the story of burning
attend to his ailing One day Sami disappears; a Sarah and Saleem are disobey their Mohamed Bouazizi for
father, Ahmed spends vague Facebook message having an extramarital husbands. Despite himself turns Youssef’s
his days managing the explains that he has joined affair that ignites a tough daily living professional life upside
family’s dying perfume friends in Syria. Riadh dangerous game of conditions, they find down when he find
business. This decides to set out in search deceit between those hope and joy in their himself under pressure
sacrifice and his for his son. who hold power and emerging friendship. from to conceal the
divorce have made Highlights: The film is those who don't. Highlights: World news and talk about
him cynical about the second feature film by Highlights: The film premiered at the the achievements of
human nature and Ben Attia, winner of the landed world premiere Carthage Film Festival former Tunisian
that manifests itself in Best Feature Award for his at the IFFR 2018 in the (JCC). The film President Zine El
his relationship with film HEDI at the Berlinale, main Hivos Tiger discusses many Abidine Ben Ali.
Abdulrahman, his and marks his second competition and won controversial social Highlights: Released
aloof 12-year-old boy. collaboration with Tunisian the Special Jury Award issues such as for seven weeks in
producer Dora Bchoucha. for Best Screenplay marriage and Tunisians cinemas.
The film has been selected and the Audience inheritance. Took part in Cairo
to world premiere at the Award (Hubert Bals) at International Film
Directors’ Fortnight at the the festival. Festival where actor
Cannes Film Festival. Raouf Ben Amor won
the Best Actor Award.
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THE JOURNEY (2017) UNTIL THE BIRDS KISS ME NOT THE GUEST: THE WELL (2016)
Drama | 82 min | Iraq RETURN (2017) (2017) ALEPPO - ISTANBUL Drama | 96 min | Algeria
Director: Drama | 113 min | Algeria Drama, Comedy | 103 (2017) Director:
Mohamed Al Daradji Director: min | Egypt Drama | 83 min | Turkey, Lotfi Bouchouchi
As Sara stands on the Karim Moussaoui Director: Jordan During the Algerian
cusp of committing an Algeria today. Past and Ahmad Amer Director: War of Independence,
unthinkable act, an present collide in the A hot movie star Andaç Haznederoğlu the French army
unforeseen and lives of a newly decides to pursue a The film follows the surrounds a southern
awkward encounter wealthy property more religious path, journey of the Syrian Algerian village forcing
gives her the developer, a young but the entertainment refugees Lena and the inhabitants to
opportunity to witness woman and an world and her fans Meryem during their either confront the
the potential ambitious neurologist. have different escape from the war in issue or die of thirst.
consequences of her Highlights: Official opinions about her Syria, facing challenges Highlights: Winner of
destructive action. Selection at Cannes choice(s). in the city of Istanbul. eleven international
Highlights: The film Film Festival’s Highlights: A daring Highlights: The film awards.
received a Post prestigious Un Certain film that follows the stars Jordanian star
Production Grant from Regard section. The rise and fall of the kiss Saba Mubarak, whose
Doha Film Institute. film criticizes the in Egyptian Cinema in repertoire includes a
World premiered at double standards in a comedy that blurs number of Arab and
the Contemporary modern Arab the line between international films such
World Cinema section societies. documentary and as the Swedish films
of the Toronto fiction. AGENT HAMILTON: BUT
International Film NOT IF IT CONCERNS
Festival. YOUR DAUGHTER and
HAMILTON: I
NATIONENS INTRESSE
Most of the cast are real
refugees acting for the ALGERIA'S OFFICIAL
first time in their lives. SUBMISSION
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A MILE IN MY HEAVEN SENT ONLY MEN GO HEDI (2016) ALI, THE GOAT
SHOES (2016) (2016) TO THE GRAVE Drama | 88 min | AND IBRAHIM
Crime, Thriller |110 min | Comedy | 70 min | (2016) Tunisia, Belgium, (2016)
Morocco France, Lebanon Drama | 80 min | UAE France, Qatar, UAE Drama, Comedy | 90 min |
Director: Director: Egypt, Qatar, France,
Director: Director:
Said Khallaf Wissam Charaf Abdulla Al Kaabi Mohamed Ben Attia UAE, Germany
A psychological thriller After 20 years of When a blind mother Hedi, a young man with Director:
that tells the story of separation, Samir, accidentally dies, her great dreams, is Sherif El Bendary
child who, born and former alleged militia family tries to uncover struggling his way through Ali believes his late
bred in misery and death reappears in social conventions in girlfriend’s soul has been
her secret past during
suffering, decides to Tunisia. While his mother reincarnated in a goat. Ali,
Omar’s life, his little the traditional 3-day
tries to decide his life for his goat and his friend
take revenge on the brother who became a funeral. him, Hedi meets Rym and Ibrahim embark on a
society that has bodyguard in Beirut. Highlights: The film is journey of friendship and
suddenly he discovers
marginalized him. Between drama and tackling taboo issues that his world goes self-discovery across
Highlights: The film comedy, Samir in Arab society such as beyond and above Egypt to reverse the curse.
offers sensitive insight confront a country feminism and conventions. Highlights: The goat
into the lives of children that belongs to him. transgenderism. Highlights: The film’s has a main role in the film
on the street. Highlights: World Premiered at the DIFF lead actor Majd that also introduces two
Participated in more Premiere at the where it won the Best Mastoura won the acting prodigies; Ali Sobhi
than 25 film festivals Association du Muhr Emirati Feature Silver Berlin Bear at the and Ahmed Magdy. The
around the world reaping Cinéma Indépendant Award. Director Berlinale, as an film received 7 funds and
20 awards including the pour sa Diffusion unprecedented grants from different
Abdulla Al Kaabi’s
Grand Prize at the Luxor (ACID) within Cannes achievement for an international
debut feature film organizations. Ali Sobhi
Arab and European Film Film Festival. Arab film at the festival.
after his short film, It also took part in won the Best Actor Award
Festival. THE PHILOSOPHER, at the Dubai International
several festivals around
with famed French the world reaping Film Festival.
actor Jean Reno. different awards. Distributed by:
MOROCCO'S
Film Clinic-Indie Distribution
OFFICIAL SUBMISSION & MAD Solutions
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MY UNCLE (2016) FOREIGN BODY GO HOME (2016) ABDULLAH (2016) THE CURVE (2016)
Drama, Comedy | 107 (2016) Drama | 98 min | Drama | 97 min | UAE Road Trip, Mystery | 81
min | Morocco Drama | 92 min | France, France, Switzerland, Director: min | Jordan, Egypt,
Director: Tunisia Belgium, Lebanon, UAE Humaid Al Suwaidi France, UAE
Nassim Abassi Director: Director: Growing up in a very Director:
Alia, a struggling Raja Amari Jihane Chouaib conservative family Rifqi Assaf
Moroccan actress, strives Like hundreds of illegal When Nada comes where many things are Radi, who leads a
to achieve her dream of immigrants, Samia lands back to her homeland, ‘haram’ (forbidden in reclusive life in his own
becoming a great actress. on European shores. Lebanon, she strives Islam), Abdullah van, finds himself on a
Her uncle, Abderraouf, Haunted by the fear of to rehabilitate her
comes for a visit and stays struggles over the road trip with three
being followed by her family’s abandoned .
with her in her small flat. Islamist brother whom years to hide his love strangers, against the
During her journey
Soon, Alia's professional she had denounced to for music. backdrop of a
searching for her
and personal life plunges the authorities, Samia identity, dark secrets Highlights: turbulent Arab world.
into total disarray. first finds refuge at resurface. ABDULLAH was filmed Highlights: World
Highlights: The main Imed’s home, a former Highlights: The film on a shoestring premiere at the DIFF
character of the film is acquaintance from her stars the budget over 34 days in 2015. The film stars
inspired by the celebrated village, before ending up award-winning Iranian Ajman and Abu Dhabi, Ashraf Barhoum (THE
Chaplin-style character, working for the rich star Golshifteh while Creative Lab and KINGDOM, CLASH OF
often known as widow Leila. Farahani, who starred Twofour54 provided THE TITANS) who
Abderraouf, created by Highlights: Director alongside Leonardo the equipment for received the Best
actor Abderrahim Tounsi, Raja Amari approached Dicaprio in BODY OF filming. Actor Award for his
which was hugely popular themes like jihadism, LIES, becoming the
in the 1970s and the early role at the MAFF 2016.
power games, complex first Iranian actress to
1980s. The film offers a family relationships, take part in a
behind-the-scenes view unexpected sexual Hollywood production
of darker sides of the affinity, and unstoppable since 1979.
Moroccan film industry. waves of illegal
The film had a successful immigration of North
theatrical run in Morocco African youths to
for six consecutive weeks. Europe.
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STARVE YOUR AL MEDINA (2016) BARAKAH MEETS CLASH (2016) BEFORE THE
DOG (2016) Thriller | 90 min | Jordan, BARAKAH (2016) Action, Thriller | 97 min SUMMER
Thriller | 94 min | Morocco Denmark Comedy | 88 min | | Egypt, France, CROWDS (2016)
Director: Saudi Arabia Germany, UAE Drama | 90 min | Egypt
Director:
Hicham Lasri Omar Shargawi Director: Director: Director:
An experimental Yusif decides to go Mahmoud Sabbagh Mohamed Diab Mohamed Khan
back to his hometown, Two lovers who are The events take place Set in a seaside resort,
cinematic essay in an 8-meter police
rewrites the facts of along with his Danish united in an environment the film tracks a group
hostile to dating of any truck, crammed with
Morocco, by revealing pregnant wife Sarah. detainees of people who meet
kind and both defy
dark secrets of Driss His faith is shaken to customs and traditions, representing different each other by the
Basri, the man the core when he as well as the religious sects of society, their beginning of summer
responsible for mistakenly kills a child police, using modern interaction with each season.
countless human communication other full of madness, Highlights: 300.000
beggar. violence, romance,
rights abuses under technologies and fans on Facebook
Highlights: The first traditional dating and comedy.
King Hassan II’s
Arab film to refer to methods. Highlights: Screen page, World premiere
regime.
trafficking in children's Highlights: The first International magazine at DIFF 2015,
Highlights: STARVE selected CLASH as
organs through Israeli Saudi film to screen at theatrical release in
YOUR DOG and THE Berlinale where it one of the most
SEA IS BEHIND come intermediators. World Egypt, Iraq Tunisia, and
received the Ecumenical anticipated films in
as chapters of Hicham premiere at the DIFF international festivals UAE. Won three
Jury Award within the
Lasri's trilogy that 2015. Forum Section. Received during 2016. The DIFF awards at the Cairo
started with the a Certificate of had chosen to present Film Society Festival.
award-winning film Appreciation at Cairo Clash to the Hollywood Late director Khan
C'EST EUX LES International Film Foreign Press directed 26 films since
CHIENS (THEY ARE Festival. Association (HEPA) for
Golden Globe Award 1979 and his
THE DOGS), which Distributed by:
consideration. FACTORY GIRL
Film Clinic-Indie Distribution
received the Muhr Arab & MAD Solutions reaped 17 awards.
Special Jury Prize at
the Dubai International
Film Festival. SAUDI ARABIA'S EGYPT'S
OFFICIAL OFFICIAL
SUBMISSION SUBMISSION
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LIKE A THALA MY LOVE 3000 NIGHTS LOVE, THEFT AND THEEB (2014)
MATCHSTICK (2016) (2015) OTHER Adventure, Thriller |
(2016) Drama |87 min|France, Prison Drama | 103 min ENTANGLEMENTS 100 min | Jordan, Qatar
Comedy | 90 min | Germany, Tunisia | Palestine, France, (2015)
Director:
Egypt Jordan, Lebanon Thriller | 90 min | Naji Abu Nowar
Director:
Director: Mehdi Hmili Palestine A young Bedouin boy
Director:
Hussien El Imam During the Tunisian Mai Masri Director: and his elder brother
A comedic tale Revolution, the film A young Palestinian Muayad Alayan as they leave the
invented by the late follows the fate of two schoolteacher gives birth Life of a poor safety of their tribe to
filmmaker, Hussein Al lovers who are seeking to her son in an Israeli Palestinian is turned venture on a
Imam, to pay tribute to to meet; Mohamed, a prison where she fights upside down after treacherous journey
the super stars of the political prisoner on to protect him, survive stealing a car and at the dawn of the
Egyptian cinema's the run and Hourya, a and maintain hope. discovering a Great Arab Revolt.
Golden Era. courageous factory Highlights: Shot in a kidnapped Israeli Highlights: Abu
Highlights: Hussein Al worker. real prison with an soldier in its trunk. Nowar a BAFTA award
Imam's last film and Highlights: Received almost entirely female Highlights: One of the recipient, won more
only directorial work. the SANAD (Abu Dhabi cast, won over 35 awards Best Films in 2015 by than 20 awards
The film brings back Film Fund) and and more than 60 critic Mohammed worldwide. First Arab,
black and white films to Cinemed Montpellier participations at world Rouda and late critic non-Egyptian to top
the cinema. Development Grant of Samir Farid. World
the French Ministry of film festivals. Masri won the Arab box office
Foreign Affairs. The over 60 awards from film premiere at the since 2007.
film was released in festivals worldwide. Berlinale, over 15
Tunisia in 2017 and Palestine’s official participations in
played in theaters for festivals worldwide.
eleven consecutive submission for the
weeks. Golden Globe Awards.

JORDAN'S
OFFICIAL
SUBMISSION NOMINATION
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WARDA (2014) VILLA TOUMA ATLANTIC (2014) THE GATE OF THE SEA IS
Horror | 75 min | Egypt (2014) Sea Drama | 94 min | DEPARTURE (2014) BEHIND (2014)
Director: Family, Romance | 85 Morocco, Holland, Biography, Family | 65 Fantasy | 88 min |
Hadi El Bagoury min | Palestine Belgium, Germany, France min | Egypt Morocco, France, UAE,
A video blogger Director: Lebanon
Director: Suha Arraf Director:
returns to his Egyptian Jan-Willem van Ewijk Karim Hanafy Director:
Three unmarried After watching Hicham Lasri
countryside home to A young man dreams
sisters have shut European tourists A cross-dressing
investigate strange of exploring the world
themselves in their come and go for many dancer is hunted by
happenings that have as he grows up locked
villa, until their years, Fettah takes off troubles in a city where
been disturbing his up in home by his
orphaned niece walks on an epic ocean drinking water has
family. mother.
into their life and turns journey along the been contaminated
Highlights: One of the Highlights: World
their world upside Moroccan Atlantic and may be driving
few horror films in the premiere at the Cairo
down. coast to Europe on a people crazy.
Arab world. Sold-out International Film
Highlights: More than windsurf board. Highlights: Official
premiere screenings Festival in 2014. Six
50 international Highlights: Tackles selection at the
in 3 Arab countries. awards at the Egyptian
festival the issue of illegal Berlinale 2015 in
First Arab Film Association
participations. The immigration, took part Panorama section,
found-footage film. Festival 2016 and
director was listed in in the Toronto DIFF 2014 and Cairo
topped Mohamed
Variety Magazine's International Film International Film
Rouda’s list of 10 Best
“Top 10 Screenwriters Festival and the Festival 2015. Critics'
Arab Films at 2014
to Watch" and earned Marrakech Award for Best
festivals. Two awards
the Best Female International Film Feature Film at the
at the Egyptian
Award at Los Angeles Festival, and received Festival National Du
National Film Festival
Women’s International a development grant Film De Tanger (FNF)
2016.
Film Festival. from the Netherlands in Tangier, Morocco
Film Festival and and Special Jury Prize
FILMMORE. at the Luxor African
Film Festival (LAFF).
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BEHIND CLOSED OMAR (2013) FACTORY GIRL RAGS AND THE MICE ROOM
DOORS (2013) Romance, Drama | 96 (2013) TATTERS (2013) (2013)
Drama | 102 min | min | Palestine Romance | 92 mins | Biography, Drama | 87 Drama | 85 min | Egypt,
Morocco Egypt min | Egypt UAE
Director:
Director: Hany Abu Assad Director: Director: Director:
Mohammed Bensoud Omar, a young baker, is Mohamed Khan Ahmad Abdalla
Ahmed Magdy Morsy,
Samira is an attractive, interrogated by the A poor working girl A prison inmate who Mohamed El Hadidi,
young Moroccan Israeli intelligence after goes through a escapes from jail Mohamed Zedan,
woman who is happily a soldier is killed. He is romantic experience following the incidents Mayye Zayed,
only to find herself that took place on Nermeen Salem, and
married to a banker. then tortured and Hend Bakr.
A new director comes offered a deal to trade alone against a society January 28th, 2011, in
Egypt when police Six intertwined stories
in the company where his freedom in return that fears love and
forces were withdrawn of different characters
Samira works who for his help in capturing adheres to cruel
from the streets and living in the city of
begins to harass her. the soldier's killer. traditions.
chaos prevailed during Alexandria struggling
That turns the Highlights: World Highlights: Won more
the Revolution. with their emotions of
couple’s life upside premiere at Cannes than 20 awards and
Highlights: A new fear, despair, and the
down. Film Festival. Recipient certificates of merit
experience in Egyptian compulsion of
Highlights: The film of multiple awards, from a number of local
cinema as the story experimentation.
led to a national including; Critics Award and international
builds up with minimal Highlights: Six
movement to change in the Un Certain festivals. More than 30
dialogue between the directors and six
Moroccan law about Regard category at the festival participations
characters based on actors projecting the
sexual harassment. Cannes Film Festival, around the world.
visual narration within spirit of the city of
The first Moroccan Arab Muhr Award for Alexandria. The first
film distributed in Best Feature Film at a balanced equation of
documentation and Alexandrian
Qatar and the Gulf. the DIFF. independent feature
narration.
film with little-to-no
budget.
EGYPT'S
OFFICIAL
NOMINATION SUBMISSION
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IN THE SANDS OF ASHAM (2012) COMING FORTH HARAG W' MARAG THE MISCREANTS
BABYLON (2013) Social | 87 min | Egypt BY DAY (2012) (2012) (2011)
History, War | 92 min | Director: Drama | 96 min | Egypt Fantasy | 87 min | Egypt Drama | 89 min |
Iraq Maggie Morgan Morocco
Director: Director:
Director: Six intertwined stories Hala Lotfy Nadine Khan Director:
Mohamed Al Daradji about aspiration, A young girl finds it Two Guys competing Mohcine Besri
An escaped Iraqi disappointment, and difficult to express her to win a girl’s heart, Three young Islamists
soldier caught and hope are tied together feelings and dreams, decide to play a kidnap a group of
subjected to torture in loosely through the as she spends most of football game as a bet, actors who are about
prison, till the people character of Asham. her time taking care of where the winner gets to go on tour with
strike out a revolution Highlights: Four her poor family. to marry her. their latest show.
which lights up a spark awards from film Highlights: Selected Highlights: World Ensues a 7-day no exit
of hope in the eyes of festivals worldwide, by Dubai International premiere at Dubai situation, in which
the prisoners. commercially released Film Festival as one of International Film both sides are forced
Highlights: First Iraqi in Egyptian cinemas. the 100 Most Festival, won 8 awards to live together,
film to be nominated Important Arab Films, and over 20 confront each other
for the Peace Award at won 10 awards from participations in and challenge their
Berlinale, won The City over 20 international international film mutual prejudices.
of Venice Award from film festivals. The festivals and cinema Highlights:
Venice Film Festival distribution of the film programs. Participated in more
and Best Film from the was supported by the than 20 film festivals
Arab World at Abu Berlinale World and received more
Dhabi Film Festival, Cinema Fund in than 10 awards.
took part in San Germany through the
Sebastian Berlinale, screened in
International Film 5 German cities, in
Festival. addition to Austria and
Switzerland.
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THE LAST FRIDAY MAJID (2010) TRANSIT CITIES BURIED SECRETS RED SATIN (2002)
(2011) Drama | 116 min | (2010) (2009) Drama, Musical | 100
Comedy, Family | 88 Morocco Drama | 71 min | Jordan Drama | 91 min | Tunisia min | Tunisia
min | Jordan Director:
Director: Nassim Director: Mohammad Director:
Director: Raja Amari Raja Amari
Abassi Hushki
Yahya Alabdallah A teenager unwittingly A lonely widow gets
A ten year old After separating from
A divorced old father reveals a terrible involved with her
Moroccan orphan her husband, Laila
is forced to reconnect family secret to her daughter's lover and
called Majid can't returns from the USA
with his family after a new neighbors. befriends a belly
remember his to her hometown
long time of Highlights: This dancer in a cabaret.
parents’ faces Amman only to find
separation, due to his psychological thriller Highlights: Starring
anymore and he starts that the Jordan she
serious illness, to ask screened at over 20 acclaimed Palestinian
looking for a picture of left long ago is now
for help. film festivals including actress Hiam Abbas.
them. completely different
Highlights: The first the Arab Film Festival Winner of four
Jordanian film to Highlights: Official and has a hard time
selection at Dubai adjusting to these Rotterdam and the international awards,
participate in the Warsaw International The first feature film
Berlinale, starring International Film changes.
Festival 2010 and Highlights: The entire Film Festival. by the award-winning
Jordanian superstar Tunisian director Raja
Ali Suliman who has Warsaw International film was shot over the
Film Festival 2011, course of 7 and a half Amari.
been in many big
Hollywood movies, Abassi is the first days only. The film’s lead
Suliman won two Best director from Morocco stars, Saba Mubarak and
Actor awards for his to present the Mohammad
role, took part in over Tamazight in his films. Al-Qabbani, donated
12 international their entire paycheck for
festivals and won 13 the film. The film won
awards. two awards after its
world premiere at the
DIFF.
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THE BORROWED 17 (2017) FROM UNDER ROOM FOR A BOODY: THE


DRESS (2018) 73 min | Jordan THE RUBBLE (2017) MAN (2017) SUMO PHARAO
54 min| UAE, Jordan, Director: 85 min | Australia, 77 min | Lebanon, USA (2017)
Lebanon Widad Shafakoj Palestine Director: 60 min | Egypt
Director: A team of young Director: Anthony Chidiac Director:
Leen Alfaisal women footballers Anne Tsoulis A young filmmaker, who Sarah Riad
Since all of her seven embark on the biggest During the Gaza War in shares a Beirut apartment Boody, AKA Osunaarashi
children left Syria step of their athletic 2009, the Israeli ensuing with his mother, sister and (The Great Sand Storm),
seeking refuge career as they go on raids, which sparked a pet dog, sets about is the first Sumo wrestler
wider humanitarian crisis reconstructing his identity of his kind ever to make it
worldwide, to play in the FIFA U17
and the collapse of by renovating his to the professional Sumo
80-year-old Susu Women's World Cup. bedroom. But, as the
found herself with no Highlights: A social infrastructure and basic world in Japan. The
services, caused 1,417 male construction documentary brings out
choice but to move to exploration into the workers come and go in
Palestinians were killed Boody's journey from a
Dubai. However, she lives of young women the freshly embattled
and thousands more small village in the
remains in constant who are passionate were injured and many household, new countryside of Egypt, all
conflict with her about a sport they left permanently disabled. questions, old arguments the way to Tokyo right
children to convince have been told was The majority were women and unexpected passions into the one-of-a-kind
them of returning her only for men. The film and children. get stirred. professional Sumo world.
to her now-empty, worked with an Highlights: The film is a Highlights: Received Highlights: The film
lifelong home in all-Jordanian crew and high impact documentary the AFAC Grant and follows the journey of the
Damascus. Will Susu was shot in quite a that prompts us to Received the Grand first pro sumo wrestler
have a chance to see feminine, raw, examine the personal, Prix at Montreal from the African
her lifelong home empowering way, emotional and International continent and one of the
again? using the impeccable psychological toll of Documentary Festival. most noted strong
ARRI Alexa and Amira armed conflict on wrestlers who is gaining
models. defenseless civilian Award at the the interest of Japanese
Malmo Arab Film
populations, in particular, Festival (MAFF) in media and popularity
women and children. Sweden. among sumo fans.
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THE BAND (2017) OBSCURE (2017) SEPARATION (2016) YA OMRI (2016) GAZA SURF CLUB
67 min| Iraq, Lebanon 57 min | Syria, Lebanon 69 min | Iraq Autobiography | 83 min (2016)
| Lebanon 87 min | Germany
Director: Director: Director:
Albaqer Jafeer Soudade Kaadan Hakar Abdulqader Director: Directors:
A band wants to Ahmad is a Syrian child After fleeing their town Hady Zaccak Philip Gnadt,
organize a concert in who doesn’t want to which is under siege from Hady follows his Mickey Yamine
Sadr city, Iraq, where remember that he is Isis, thousands of Yazidi grandmother Trapped in “the world’s
music is prohibited. Syrian. Half Kurds find themselves Henriette as she ages largest open-air
without food or water at and crosses the prison” and ruled by
Even time is not traumatized, half
the top of Shingal centenarian milestone war, a new generation
suitable to listen to trying to escape his Mountain. Three men leave
music because ISIS reality, he prefers to to reach 104 years. He is drawn to the
to seek sustenance for
threatens Baghdad, be silent and asleep. In witnesses the beaches. Sick of
their families. The
will they achieve their his silence and refusal documentary reveals the transformation of her occupation and
dream and organize a to talk, he takes us in a story of their wives and memory, her political gridlock, they
concert in Sadr city to journey where children who, having emigration from find their own personal
prove that music individual and reached the refugee camp, Lebanon to Brazil and freedom in the waves
expresses life? collective Syrian remain anxiously awaiting the stories of love, of the Mediterranean.
Highlights: The first memories collapse. news of their husbands, children and They are the surfers of
documentary about Highlights: The film while at the same time suspended time. Ya Gaza.
music to be filmed in learning to adapt to life in a Omri is a journey Highlights: World
project received
new setting. about ageing, premiere at the
Sadr city in Iraq, award at the Fribourg
Highlights: The film is memory and life. Toronto International
despite the violence International Film
based on true events Highlights: World Film Festival where it
and conflicts there. Festival.
experienced by the premiere at the Dubai received a wide critical
The film received a
director himself. International Film acclaim.
Special Mention at the
Oran International Award within the Award within the Festival with the Muhr
Venice Final Cut Venice Final Cut Feature Competition.
Arabic Film Festival in workshop at the workshop at the
73rd Venice 72nd Venice
Algeria 2017. International Film International Film
Festival in 2016. Festival in 2015.
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NANNY CULTURE EGYPTIAN THE LIGHTS OF LES PETITS ROSHMIA (2015)


(2016) JEANNE D’ARC ROME CHATS (2015) 70 min | Palestine
80 min | UAE (2016) (2016) 80 min | Egypt Director:
Director: 85 min | Egypt 61 min | UAE Director: Salim Abu Jabal
Paul James Driscoll Director: Director: Sherif Nakhla An elderly Palestinian
An Emirati family in Iman Kamel Ali Khalid Named after the couple has a final
Abu Dhabi temporarily Follows in the The true underdog legendary rock band in standoff against Israeli
hires the services of a footsteps of the story of how the UAE the era of the 60s and authorities to maintain
British nanny to help filmmaker in her National Football Team 70s. The band their natural lifestyle in
them organize their journey to the western pulled off a miracle by
members, who are Wadi Roshmia.
six children’s daily deserts where she qualifying for the 1990
activities and study now major celebrities Highlights: Won Muhr
discovers a diary World Cup in Italy.
schedules. This leads written by a Bedouin Making it to the world and musicians, are Special Jury Prize at
to resentment girl named Jehanne. cup was a dream in reunited to perform Dubai International
between the nanny The filmmaker 1990, and only one one last time in a night Film Festival 2014.
and the children attempts to trace the team made it a reality. to remember in spring
especially after whereabouts of Highlights: The first 2010.
changing their daily Jehanne by reaching Emirati documentary Highlights: This
routines. out to fellow Egyptian about the World Cup Rockumentary
Highlights: The film artists and their own featuring a number of showcases interviews
reveals the details of stories of aspiration the 1989's UAE stars at that time and
the relationships and and resistance. National Team nowadays including:
interactions between Highlights: The film is including.
Ezzat Abu Ouf, Omar
different cultures in a documentary with Commercially released
one household. mythic story elements, in seven screens Khairat, Sobhi
Participated in more poetic narration and across the UAE, Bedair…etc.
than 50 film festivals dance to convey marking the biggest
around the world. intimate, true stories number of screens for
of resistance by the release of a
Egyptian women since documentary film in
the Revolution in 2011. the Arab world.
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BEIRUT OF THE AS ONE: THE THE DREAM OF UNKNOWN THE COUNCIL


BALKANS (2015) AUTISM PROJECT SHAHRAZAD SOLDIERS (2014) (2014)
54 min | Lebanon (2014) (2014) 52 min | Palestine 93 min | Jordan – UAE
Director: 80 min | UAE 110 min | South Africa Directors: Director:
Nicolas Khoury Director: Director: Sara Dhedel, Hamza Yahya Alabdallah
An amazing discovery Hana Makki Francois Verster Khalifa, Oday Al A journey of three
will determine Ahmad An emotional Depicting the political Taneeb, Rawan Tamimi, young Palestinians
Jaber Abu Rahmeh,
to take a difficult and documentary for and social Mahmoud Hathaleen, running for the
important decision, children on the Autism developments in Ahmad Amro student council in a
which will change the spectrum. Egypt and Turkey in a Eight short films by refugee school in
course of his life and Highlights: The unique musical Palestine first-time Jordan, from
the life of his family Autism Project is framework based on directors with their announcing the
and create an based on an initiative the tales of 1001 own perspective of life election till the end of
exceptional portrayal started by Her Nights. under occupation. the academic year.
of Beirut today that Highness Sheikha Highlights: Filming Highlights: The Highlights: Alabdallah
gives Ahmad the Shamsa bint between 2010 and directors are Won 7 awards and 15
opportunity to enter Mohamed bin Zayed 2012 and ran parallel volunteers of the nominations,
again the world of the Al Nahyan, in UAE. to the events of the Popular Struggle supported by the Final
old Beirut. Arab Spring in Egypt Coordination Cut workshop at the
Highlights: Granted and Turkey. Received Committee and Youth Venice International
the Doha Film support from 6 film against Settlements, Film Festival.
Institute’s Fall Grant funding institutions which are partners of
2013 and took part at and won more than 6 KURVE Wustrow
the Oran Arab Film awards from Centre.
Festival. international film
festivals. Verster is an
independent Emmy
awarded filmmaker.
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MONIR (2014) NEARBY SKY (2014) UNDERGROUND/ CHALLAT OF MY LOVE AWAITS


54 min | Iran, UK 85 min | UAE ON THE SURFACE TUNIS (2013) ME BY THE SEA
Director: Director: (2013) 89 min | Tunisia (2013)
Bahman Kiarostami Nujoom Alghanem 68 min | Egypt Director: 80 min | Jordan,
The autobiography of The first Emirati Director: Kaouther Ben Hania Germany, Palestine,
the Iranian artist Monir female camel owner Salma El Tarzi A filmmaker Qatar
Shahroudy to enter her camel in The film traces the investigates the Director:
Farmanfarmaian who the country’s camel rise of the Mahraganat mystery behind a man Mais Darwazah
created an artistic beauty pageant music genre by closely who slashes women A director takes a
language that was competition and following the lives of with a razor in the first-time journey back
informed by traditional participate in Abu Okka and Ortega and streets of Tunisia in to her homeland,
Iranian craft and Dhabi’s camel their journey to the 2003. Palestine. She finds
architecture. auctions. An inspiring groundbreaking Highlights: Sold-out everyone holding on
Highlights: The film film about a woman’s success. screenings in Tunisian to their dreams in a
provides a close-up courage and Highlights: The first theatres, won 6 land exhausted by
view into a woman’s pioneering spirit. Egyptian awards through over endless war.
artistic career that has Highlights: Won the documentary to be 15 festival Highlights:
spanned over half a Best Non-fiction commercially released participations. Participated in more
century. Feature award within in cinemas since 2011. than 30 festivals and
the Muhr Features won 4 awards.
Competition at the
DIFF 2014.
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IN SEARCH OF OIL TAHRIR 2011: THE DIARIES (2011) IN MY MOTHER’S LIVING SKIN (2010)
AND SAND (2012) GOOD, THE BAD 53 minutes | Palestine ARMS (2011) 52 min | Egypt
58 min | Egypt AND THE 89 min | Iraq
Director: Director:
POLITICIAN (2011) May Odeh Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Director: Directors:
Wael Omar, Philip L. Dib 90 min | Egypt Three young women Atea Al Daradji, Stories of children
Egyptian historian Directors: living on the Gaza strip Mohamed Al Daradji who live and work in
unveils the story Tamer Ezzat, Ayten facing a “double siege” Husam establishes an the tanneries to
Amin, Amr Salama orphanage in Baghdad
behind a film shot a one emanating from highlight the inhuman
Months after Hosni and faces a rent
few weeks before the the Israeli occupation, living conditions they
Mubarak stepped increase problem; the
royal Egyptian family and the other from face.
down; Egyptians were orphans perform a
was overthrown in religious authority. Highlights: An official
determined to concert to express
1952. Highlights: Screened selection in film
maintain the their yearning for her
Highlights: Based on a at many film festivals festivals worldwide,
insurgency until their love.
rare 8mm film includes including, ADFF 2011, won 3 awards and
demands are met. In Highlights:
an interview with the PriMed 2011 and screened on BBC
three chapters, the Documents the daily
surviving members of MAFF 2012. network and Catalonia
film playfully debunks life in an orphanage
the royal court. television.
misconceptions and during 9 months,
stereotypes. winner of the Best
Highlights: Documentary Feature
Contended at 8 film Film at Asia Pacific
festivals and won 4 Screen Awards 2012,
awards. official selection at
CPH:DOX 2011.
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TAGNAWITTUDE NOMAD'S HOME


(2010) (2010)
80 min | France 61 min | Egypt,
Director: Germany, Kuwait, UAE
Rahma Benhamou El Director:
Madani Iman Kamel
The traditional A portrait of two Arab
practice of trance has women, who come
captivated the from entirely different
director ever since she social and cultural
was a small girl backgrounds within
watching her mother Egypt: Iman Kamel, an
meditate and enter a Egyptian filmmaker,
state of self-induced and Selema Gabaly, a
hypnosis. Fascinated, Bedouin social
El Madani delves deep entrepreneur.
into the heart of Highlights: Winner of
traditional Moroccan a Special Mention in
and Algerian culture in the Muhr Arab
a fascinating journey Documentary
of custom and rituals category at the Dubai
across the Maghreb International Film
and Mali. Festival (DIFF) and
Highlights: World recipient of Best
premiere at the Dubai Director and Best
International Film Cinematography at
Festival 2010. Cairo Independent
Film Festival.
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BEFORE WE HEAL ZAHRAA (2018) LILACS (2018) WAINKON? (2017) DETAINED (2017)
(2018) Drama|16 min| France, Drama | 24 min| Fiction, Drama | 28 min Drama, Thriller| 25 min |
Drama|16 min| Iraq Lebanon, Germany | Kuwait USA
Lebanon Director: Director: Director: Director:
Director: Wareth Kwaish Mira Shaib Mohammad Al Saeed Hajar Alnaim
Nadim Hobeika Zahraa is a A 34 years old woman A coming of age story Lara, a Syrian refugee
Two ex-lovers are 13-year-old girl who comes back to of two young sisters, who has fled to USA.
having trouble goes to the mosque Lebanon from Rama and Rasha, living However, when
communicating in the on a normal day to Germany where she in Syria during the 90s detained by the US
same space, when a learn Quran reading. lived with an abusive and how a game of authorities due to her
separat-ing door She reaches maturity husband for 12 years. hide and seek and a father's alleged
allows them to inside the mosque! Hanna goes on a mirror's reflection terrorist activities, she
express themselves at journey for all of the alter their lives forever. struggles to prove her
last. Lebanon calendar's innocence.
four seasons, to look Highlights: A stellar
for her twin brother international cast
Firas who got such as Maria Zriek
kidnapped in the (Oscar Nominated
Lebanese civil war. Short AVE MARIA) and
Devastated by the American star Bradley
loss, Hanna continues Gregg. The film
her search after her premiered at the
mother passes away. Dubai International
Film Festival.
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DIMMED LIGHT SARMAD (2017) THE REMAINING SACRILÈGE (2017) ASTRA (2017)
(2017) Fiction, Drama | 28 min TIME (2017) Drama| 14 min| Drama| 17 min| Tunisia
Stop Motion Animation | UAE Drama, Sci-Fi | 16 min | Switzerland, France Director:
| 7 min| UAE Director: UAE Director: Nidhal Guiga
Director: Abdullah Alhemairi Director: Christophe M. Saber Dali takes care of his
Waleed Al Shehhi Omran finds himself at Mohammed Al Saoud is the king of his daughter Douja, who
An extinguished wick a hospital with no idea Hammadi neighborhood in Saint has Down’s syndrome.
and a broken lantern how he got there. He After the earth was Etienne, France. A One day, against his
sit in a devastated finds a car in the invaded by aliens, a girl rumor comes up that wife’s advice, Dali
space. Will the wick be parking lot under his is held in a room with a he might have stolen takes Douja to Astra,
able to repair the name and with a new stranger trying to money from the local an amusement park
lantern and bring it to home address inside. survive a mysterious mosque. Saoud faces where a bizarre new
what it once was, a Once he’s out of night. a violent series of world is revealed to
source for light in the hospital, he finds a film Highlights: World accusations which will them.
darkness? recorded especially premiered at Dubai lead to his fall and Highlights: The film
Highlights: The film for him, which International Film exile. ilanded world
world premiered at contains some Festival (DIFF). Highlights: The film premiere at the Dubai
Dubai International surprises. toured a number of International Film
Film Festival (DIFF). Highlights: The film film festivals around Festival.
Directed by landed its world the world, including
award-winning Emirati premiere at Dubai the Carthage Film
director Waleed Al International Film Festival and
Shehhi, whose script Festival (DIFF). Thessaloniki
for Dolphins won him International Film
the IWC Filmmaker Festival.
Award at DIFF.
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CITY SOUL (2017) THE RIFLE, THE LOLLIPOP (2017) ONE MINUTE (2017) BONBONÉ (2017)
Drama, Allegory| 32 JACKAL, THE Drama| 13 min| Saudi Drama | 10 min | Jordan Drama | 15 min |
min| Morocco WOLF AND THE Arabia, UAE, Morocco, Director: Palestine, Lebanon
Director:
BOY (2017) USA Dina Naser Director:
Drama | 19 min| Lebanon Director: In 2014 Gaza, Salma is Rakan Mayasi
Hicham Lasri
The story of a child Director: Hanaa Saleh Alfassi taking her home as a It is thought that wars
who walks with a Oualid Mouaness A 14-year-old Muslim shelter from the and conflicts conquer
mirror through the A parable that considers girl experiences the bombing and the essence of body
sprawling the ethics of seemingly onset of puberty, shooting, trying to and soul, like the
innocuous violence in a protect her daughter, heaving of waves on a
Casablancan meaning she must
warning against the perils rough sea. An
metropolis in order to of telling lies, misjudging begin wearing a full but with a text
imprisoned Palestinian
capture its soul. The enemies and engaging in black niqab. When her message she will be from the resistance
living, breathing soul actions that perpetuate tormentor at school informed about her forces is serving his
of Casablanca is found the cycle of violence. swipes her jacket, a destiny. time in an Israeli jail.
within the parade of Highlights: It features a case of mistaken Highlights:Third film Yearning to see his
human life the beautifully filmed identity exposes the by Jordanian director offspring, he contrives
youngster encounters cautionary tale about perversity of the Dina Naser, director of a plot with the help of
along the way. violence and how it can bully's father. the highly acclaimed his spouse. Will his
Highlights: The film spiral out of control even Highlights: The film film TINY SOULS. attempt pan out as
landed world premiere with the best of landed world premiere planned?
at the Dubai intentions. The film at the Dubai Highlights: The film is
toured more than 20 based on true events
International Film International Film
international film about the alternative
Festival. Festival within the ways of survival that
festivals including the
Cannes Film Festival. Muhr Gulf Short Palestinian inmates
competition. have to devise while
locked up in Israeli
prisons.
SHORTLISTED
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A DROWNING RUPTURE (2017) JUST ANOTHER ABRAHAM (2016) MARE NOSTRUM


MAN (2017) Drama| 18:30 min| ACCENT (2016) Drama| 8 min| Italy, Iraq, (2016)
Drama | 15 min| Jordan, Canada Short Documentary | UAE Drama, Thriller| 13 min|
Denmark, UK, Greece Director: 15 min | UAE Director: France, Syria
Director: Yassmina Karajah Director: Ali Kareem Obaid Director:
Mahdi Fleifel The film follows the Khadija Kudsi, Samia Set against the Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf
Alone and far from journey of four Arab Ali backdrop of ISIS’ A taut thriller about a
home, The Kid makes teens on their quest to A young Emirati imposition of the Syrian father’s
his way through a find the public pool in woman uses her “jizya” or tax on decision on the shore
strange city looking for their new Canadian city speech impediment non-Muslims in its of the Mediterranean
the means to get of Surrey, BC. as the catalyst to help territories, a Christian that could endanger
through his day. Introducing a cast of others in the United family devises a plan his daughter’s life.
Surrounded by young first-time actors Arab Emirates. to protect its only Highlights: Toured
predators he is forced and war survivors who Highlights: Got daughter. However, more than 30 film
to make compromises channel their personal selected to screen at their “perfect” solution festival around the
merely to survive, his experiences of loss and prestigious film might end up having world, receiving
life of exile grows one new beginnings through festivals; the Cannes more tragic several awards.
day longer. a fictional narrative. Film Festival and the consequences than
Highlights: Mahdi Highlights: The film is Malmo Arab Film intended.
Fleifel’s debut fiction introducing a Syrian Festival. Highlights: The film
film. The film landed cast of young first time touches upon the
its world premiere at actors and war survivors struggles and
the Cannes film who channel their hardships faced by
festival where it was personal experiences of Arab Christian families
nominated for the loss and new under the heavy hand
short film Palme d'Or. beginnings through a of ISIS in the Arab
fictional narrative world.
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SHRIMP (2016) 300 KM (2016) THE PARROT AYNY (2016) SUBMARINE (2016)
Comedy | 26 min | UAE Drama | 24 min | Saudi (2016) Stop Motion Animation| Drama | 21 min |
Director: Arabia Social | 18 min | Jordan, 11 min | Germany, Lebanon, USA
Germany Jordan, Palestine
Yaser Alneyadi Director: Director:
A group of people is Mohammed Alholayyil Director: Director: Mounia Akl
brought together Hailing from a Darin J. Sallam, Ahmad Saleh Under the imminent
under absurd conservative Amjad Al-Rasheed Two young boys run threat of Lebanon’s
circumstances and community, a man, A Jewish family from away from their mother's garbage crisis, Hala, a
Morocco, who tries to protection and slack line
they express their woman and child are wild child inside of a
settle in to their new on the danger of war to
darkest, most twisted forced to travel play music with the woman is the only one
desires. together in a small car life in 1948 Haifa, to refuse evacuation,
Palestine, is haunted instrument they always
Highlights: Director to undertake the dreamt to have. The film clinging to whatever
by a disturbing house
Yaser Alneyadi won journey over a 300-km is based on a tragic remains of home.
guest, a big red parrot
the Best Director long stretch of road. from the former Arab incident that the director Highlights: Official
award at the Dubai Highlights: Director residents. experienced in a refugee Selection at the 69th
International Film Mohammed Alholayyil Highlights: Funded by camp near the city of Cannes Film Festival -
Festival, within the received the Special the German Robert Nablus in Palestine. Cinefondation
Muhr Emirati Wards. Jury Prize within the Bosch Stiftung Highlights: Saleh’s Competition. Mounia
Taking part of Cannes Muhr Gulf Short Foundation as it Academy of Media Arts won the Special Jury
Film Festival within the Awards at the Dubai received the Film Prize Cologne graduation film. Prize in the Muhr
of RBS in the short World premiere at the
Short Film Corner. International Film Short competition at
fiction category. The DIFF and won the Gold
Festival (DIFF). the DIFF.
Tunisian Star Hend Medal for the Best Foreign
Sabry is in the Lead Animation in 2016 at the
role. Vogue Arabia (AMPAS) in Los Angeles.
listed the film among
the Must-See Arab
Films at the 2016 DIFF.
STUDENT ACADEMY
AWARDS WINNER
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NOCTURNE IN FIVE BOYS AND A KINDIL EL BAHR KAROUMA (2016) FIVE O'CLOCK
BLACK (2016) WHEEL (2016) (2016) Animation |12 min | (2016)
War, Drama | 23 min | Lebanon Drama | 20 min | Horror | 40 min | UAE Fiction | 14 min | Iraq
Director: Jordan, Palestine Algeria, Kuwait, USA Director: Director:
Jimmy Keyrouz Director: Director: Boubaker Boukhari Ayman Al-Shatri
In a war-ravaged Arab Said Zagha Damien Ounouri Karouma is a unique A suicidal person
neighborhood, a A young father has to A young mother is gift striving to break believes everyone
young musician help his son out of a drowned by a group of through and to leave deserves to die, but he
struggles to rebuild his petty conflict with the men while swimming his parent’s nest to live soon discovers that he
piano after it is offshore. Anxiety and pursue his dreams and desperately needs
neighbors when the
destroyed by Jihadists.
discussions begin to fear take hold of her live his life in its full help. Death is not a
Highlights: The film
quickly spin out of family and also the potential. solution.
won a Gold Medal at
the Student Academy control and putting townspeople especially Highlights: Touring Highlights: World
Awards that qualified it the values of the as others mysteriously more than 70 around the premiere at the Dubai
to compete at the father to test. start to die. world and receiving more international Film
Live-Action Short Film Highlights: The Highlights: A bold and than 20 awards. Festival within the
category at the 89h Arabic-language realistic treatment of Muhr Gulf Short
Academy Awards. It adaptation of the violence against competition. Al-Shatri
received the Jury Raymond Carver's women in the society is participated in the
Award at the Long Bicycles, Muscles, that has never seen Arab Stars of
Beach International Cigarettes. Funded by before in the Algerian Tomorrow programme
Film Festival in New cinema. World organized by Screen
the Royal Film
York, USA and took part
Commission- Jordan premiere at the International at the
in seven film festivals
around the world. and Palestinian private Cannes Film Festival. DIFF.
sector firms. World More than five awards
premiere at the 13th from festivals around
DIFF. the world.
• STUDENT ACADEMY
AWARDS WINNER
• SHORTLISTED
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AHMAD (2016) UNDER THE 5TH FLOOR AVE MARIA (2015) CENTRAL
Drama |10:39 min | Iraq ROBES (2015) ROOM 52 (2015) Comedy | 14 min | MARKET (2015)
Director: Comedy | 20 min | Drama | 25 min | Palestine Social | 11 min | UAE,
Amer Ahsan Lebanon Jordan, Lebanon Director: Bahrain
Ahmad is confined to Director: Director: Basil Khalil Director:
home by his father, but Michel Zarazir Yahya Alabdallah Five nuns in the West Saleh Nass
when his brother Monsignor Isidore Layla is on a date with Bank have their daily A boy works at the
comes back from gives a visit to an a construction worker routine of silence local market carrying
abroad, Ahmad is isolated convent in in room 52, on the fifth disrupted when a and delivering
encouraged to rise up order to announce its floor. Silence prevails Jewish family comes groceries. An
against his father. closing down. During and a surprise is going knocking at their door opportunity arises to
Highlights: The film is the visit, he steps on a beyond this for help. make 'serious cash' by
considered one of the landmine. The panic is mysterious Highlights: More than trying to milk a goat.
rare Iraqi pictures that installed and the faith rendezvous. 30 awards from more Highlights: The only
breaks the taboos of becomes Highlights: World than 130 international Arab film in official
the Iraqi and Arab questionable. premiere at the DIFF film festivals. Most selection at the
society. Highlights: Won 5 2015. watched short film at Valencia International
awards including the the Cannes Film Film Festival and
Best Short Film at the Festival. contended in more
European Film Festival than 20 film festivals.
in Lebanon

NOMINATION
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PICK-UP (2015) DISCIPLINE (2014) BLUED (2013) DON'T JUDGE A TROUBLED


Social | 10 min | Bahrain Comedy| 11 min| Thriller | 20 minutes | SUBJECT BY ITS WATERS (2013)
Director: Switzerland Palestine, Norway, PHOTOGRAPH (2013) Drama | 25 min |
Saleh Nass Director: Qatar Drama | 19 min | UAE Lebanon
A girl who is ashamed Christophe M. Saber Director: Director: Director:
to face the 9:30 pm, a grocery Rama Mari Ali Mostafa Toufic Khreich
embarrassment of store in Lausanne: In a With nowhere in the Gallerist Maha is trying Twenty-seven years
being picked up from moment of anger, a village to hide their to make a good away, Eskandar comes
school by her father in father loses patience evidence, Yassine and impression on Dubai's back. Once in Beirut,
his dusty pick-up and disciplines his his mother throw a most infamous art he is haunted by his
truck. disobedient child. A dead body over their critic who is yet to childhood memories,
Highlights: The film shocked customer backyard near the write a good review on which bounce him
won Best Screenplay immediately military checkpoint. any local gallery based between the past and
at Bahrain Film Days intervenes. The Highlights: in Dubai. A the present.
Festival. situation gradually Participated in many photographer Highlights: World
gets out of hand and film festivals including manages to capture premiere at the 10th
into chaos. the DIFF 2013 one photograph which DIFF where it a Special
Highlights: Since its Won the Sunbird changes the critic’s Mention at Muhr Arab
world premiere in TIFF, Award for Best Short view on Maha's gallery, Short competition.
the film has been Feature Film at the 3rd and the local art scene
screened in 35 Days of Cinema as a whole.
countries, winning Festival. Highlights: Took part
more than 80 awards. in the 10th DIFF and
the 1st European Film
Screenings in UAE.
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SANCTITY (2012) SABBAT EL AÏD BAHIYA & MIRRORS OF SOULS (2004)


Drama | 37 min | Saudi (MY SHOES) (2012) MAHMOUD (2011) SILENCE (2006) Psychological Thriller | 4
Arabia, France Drama | 20 min | Comedy | 14 min | USA, Fantasy, Music | 15 min | min | UAE
Tunisia, France Jordan, UAE, Lebanon UAE
Director: Ahd Kamel Director: Nawaf
A young widow lives in Director: Anis Director: Zaid Abu Director: Nawaf Al-Janahi
Jeddah and tries her Lassoued Hamdan Al-Janahi Prisoners enter a dark
best to protect her Nine-year-old Nader A married couple who In a modern city, a room that has only
unborn child. loves to run, as if he have fallen into a young man is one chair. They have
Highlights: The first wants to defy gravity. reliable routine of confronted by a to say the right words,
Saudi director to make While shopping for Eid bickering at one distressing loneliness. or die.
it to the official Shorts clothes with his another until one day Highlights: Highlights:
Competition at parents, he sets his Mahmoud wakes and Contended in more Contended in 5 film
Berlinale 2013. heart on a pair of finds his wife gone. than 20 international festivals and received
Contended at more expensive shoes, Highlights: film festivals. a Special Mention at
than 5 film festivals beyond what his father Contending at more the Emirates Film
and won 2 awards. can afford. than 10 film festivals Competition.
Highlights: World winning 3 awards.
premiere at the DIFF,
won 8 awards at film
festivals around the
world.

JORDAN'S OFFICIAL
SUBMISSION
30 PROJECTS MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

SUMMER IN THE GIRAFFE A HAND FULL


BOUJAD (Un Ete à Feature, Drama |75 min OF STARS
Boujad) |Egypt Feature, Drama|
Feature, Drama| Lebanon
Director:
Morocco, France Director:
Ahmed Magdy
Director: Ahmed is swallowed Michael Schäfer

WE'RE Omar Mouldouira


13-year-old Karim
into the madness of
the city, as he embarks
Sami has a dream; he
wants to become a

GOING TO BE comes home to spend


the summer in Boujad
on a surreal journey.
He finds what he
journalist, in a country
where a totalitarian

BUSY OVER in the South of


Morocco. There he
seeks when he gets
involved with a group
regime fights every
attempt at an

THE COMING finds Aïcha, his


mother-in-law, Tarek,
of young people led by
an enigmatic girl, who
independent press
with prison and

MONTHS, his half-brother, and


his father Messaoud.
Karim makes friends
is trying to uncover
the mystery behind
torture. Yet, being an
ingenious and brave
boy with the healthy
WORKING with other teenagers
in the neighbourhood
the allegedly dead
Giraffe hidden at the
zoo.
naivety of a teenager,
Sami holds on to his
ON GETTING where friendship and
rivalry mix with the first
Highlights: The film
received the
dream, no matter
what.
THOSE NEW flutters of emotion. A
famous haunted
Development Grant
from SANAD at the
ARAB FILM house, a corpse dug
up from a cemetery…
Abu Dhabi Film
Festival and the
GEMS READY they gradually uncover
a terrible secret.
Production Grant from
AFAC. The film is

FOR A Highlights: The film


received the Avance
directed by
actor/filmmaker

SCREEN sur Recettes from the


CCM (Centre
Ahmed Magdy who
previously starred in

NEAR YOU! Cinématographique


du Maroc) in
development.
the award-winning
films Mawlana and Ali,
the Goat and Ibrahim.

Award at the Tangier


International Film Festival
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CLOUDS MARADONA'S INTO THE MIST JOINT DAUGHTERS OF


Documentary, War, LEGS Documentary, War, POSSESSION ABDUL-RAHMAN
History| Oman, Qatar Short, Sports| Oman, History| Lebanon, USA Feature, Drama| Feature, Comedy | Jordan,
Director: Qatar Director: Morocco, France, UAE, USA, Qatar
Muzna Almusafer Director: George Tarabay Qatar Director: Zaid Abu
The film’s events take Firas Khoury Two bakers work in the Director: Hamdan
place in 1978, in the Raa'fat and Fadil steal same bakery in Beirut; Leila Kilani A story of four women
south of Oman money from their one is Lebanese and The film is set on the and how they deal with
sometime after the father and buy lots of the other is a Syrian hills around Tangier a male dominated
Dhofar Rebellion. stickers of soccer refugee. In the midst where rapacious real society to make their
Ghafali is a widower and players to tape inside of the crisis, they estate developers are own decisions and
war veteran who lives the "World Cup discover that they are tearing up the facing their own
with his daughter and album". If they friends who do not landscape and a family insecurities.
son in a traditional complete the album, admit that they are must decide whether Highlights: Received
village on Samhan they will be crowned as friends. to sell a large plot of the Spring Grant 2011
Mountain. Ghafali faces the first people in their land on which their old - Development Stage
pressure from his tribe village to do so, and manor house lies. from the Doha Film
to kill a leopard that has they will receive a Institute and the
threatened the village – valuable prize. The Tribeca All Access
pressure that becomes road to finding (TAA) in 2016. Zaid
all the greater when he "Maradona's legs" Abu Hamdan’s last
decides not to kill the leads them to short BAHIYA &
animal, instead setting discovering their MAHMOUD was the
it free. passion for football official Jordanian
Highlights: Received and realizing the submission to the
the Fall Grant - meaning of life. Academy Awards, and
Production Stage from won the Best Film
the Doha Film Award at the Palm
Institute. Springs International
ShortFest in 2011.

Award at the Sunbird Award the Malmö Arab Film Award at the Final Cut in
Production Awards during Festival in Sweden Venice within the Venice
Days of Cinema in Palestine International Film Festival
32 PROJECTS MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

RUQYA MY DRIVER AND I TINY SOULS


Feature, Horror | Algeria,
France
Feature, Drama | Saudi
Arabia
Documentary | Jordan,
Lebanon
HERE IS
Director: Yanis
Koussim
Director: Ahd Kamel
The film revolves
Director: Dina Naser
At the Zaatari Refugee
A SELECTION
Slimane is one of the
five survivors of the
around a story of a
paternal friendship
camp in Jordan,
Marwa carries her OF THE FILMS
Sidi-Salem massacre, a
little farming village lost
that bonds a Saudi girl
and her driver through
family through crisis,
balancing such chores WE'VE DONE
in the dry high plateau
of Eastern Algeria. Many
her childhood,
teenage years and
as collecting rations
and bailing out her THE MARKETING
years later, Slimane has
become a Raqi, an
after.
Highlights: The film is
flooded tent with
playing outside and FOR, FROM
Islamic exorcist. Later
on, a woman knocks on
director Ahd Kamel's
debut feature film.
singing with her
friends. THE IDENTITY
Slimane’s door who is
convinced that her son,
an autistic teenager, is
Ahd is the first Saudi
filmmaker to take part
in Berlinale through
Highlights: Won the
DigiColors Award for
Color Correction at
PHASE ALL
possessed. She slowly
gets into the Raqi’s life.
her award-winning
short film Sanctity.
the TAKMIL Workshop
during the 27th
THE WAY
Meanwhile, Slimane fails
to exorcise the
Carthage Film Festival
in 2016.
TO FILM
teenager, and it’s
becoming more and
PACKAGING
more difficult for him to
practice Ruqyas.
FOR FILM
FUNDS,
FESTIVALS,
THEATRES &
NON-THEATRICAL
Award at the Locarno Film
Festival in Switzerland within
the Open Doors Initiative.
Award at the Malmo Arab
Film Festival (MAFF) in
Sweden.
CHANNELS.
MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM MAD MARKETING 33

DIAMOND DUST THE GUEST (2018) GUNSHOT (2018) SHEIKH A DAY FOR
(2018) Feature, Crime / Egypt Feature, Drama|90 mins| JACKSON (2017) WOMEN (2016)
Feature, Thriller, Mystery /
Director: Egypt Drama | 95 min | Egypt Feature, Drama | 111 min |
Egypt Hadi El Bagoury Director: Director: Egypt
Director: After opening your Karim El Shenawy Amr Salama Director:
Marwan Hamed front door to a guest, A mysterious murder Back to 2009 as the Kamla Abouzekri
Taha is a medical your whole life changes, connects the news of Michael In a shabby
representative in a destinies of a number Jackson's death took the neighborhood in Egypt,
facing an unexpected world by storm affecting a youth center decides
reputable destiny. The guest, who of people and many, especially a to allocate one day on
pharmaceutical sits with you at your changes their beliefs preacher who is dubbed the swimming pool for
company, who leads a dinner table turns your about the concept of "Jackson" during his women only. The film
normal life with his life upside down. The truth. school days. But, what follows the
chairbound father, Highlights: This is the does a preacher have in consequences of this
happy moment you common with the King of decision on the social,
who finds out about a have been waiting for debut feature film of Pop? Can he go back to psychological and
mysterious murder turns into a Karim El Shenawy who his normal life, or will his emotional life of the
with no traces. After confrontation with an has worked as 1st memories and women living in the
his own father is enemy. The enemy is assistant director on relationships with his neighborhood.
murdered by a bully, many award-winning loved ones raise the Highlights: World
not as far away as you most prominent premiere at the BFI
Taha discovers his thought; he is siting films, including: question in his mind? London Film Festival
aged fathers' now with you at your CLASH and NAWARA. Highlights: Director 2016. The opening film
notebook that would dinner table, praising Amr Salama has a strong of the CIFF 2016
unleash a chain of your wife and hitting on record in the Arab world's where Nahed El Sebai
even more mysterious your daughter. He is box office and received the Best
international film Actress Award. A cast
killings. smiling at you and festivals as well. The film and crew of
giving you his present… is a a bittersweet drama outstanding women,
the present of death. about an Islamic including Elham Shahin
fundamentalist Sheikh as an actress and
with a secret passion for producer (Shahin Film).
Michael Jackson's music.
34 MAD MARKETING MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

THE OTHER HEPTA: THE LAST SUKKAR MOR OUT OF ORDER DECOR (2014)
LAND (2016) LECTURE (2016) (2015) (2014) Feature, Drama | 116 min |
Feature, Drama | 99 min | Feature, Drama, Romance Feature, Romance, Social | Feature, Psychological Egypt
Egypt | 120 min | Egypt 100 min | Egypt thriller | 92 min | Egypt Director:
Director: Director: Director: Director: Ahmad Abdalla
Aly Edries Hadi El Bagoury Hani Khalifa Mahmoud Kamel Being a set designer
The stories of a group The seven stages of love Several characters A dark and twisted and expert at creating
come to pass through relationship between
of young Egyptians, four paralleled love witness unexpected imaginary worlds,
who escape Egypt's dramatic changes due two different people; Maha walks a fine line
stories. The film is based
underprivileged rural on Mohamed Sadek’s to political and social a hustler leading a between her parallel
best-seller book. miserable life almost
villages to immigrate turmoil, which reflects lives, and must decide
Highlights: Through like a tramp, and a
to Italy without having on their romantic for the first time what
its marketing woman living alone
any official campaign, the film relationships. and all she does in her she truly desires.
documents aboard a reached $112, 5936 in Highlights: life is watching. Highlights: Received 4
ramshackle old ship. only one week in the Participated in several Highlights: The film is awards at
Highlights: Filmed in Egyptian box office. international festivals Ahmad Al Fishawy’s International Women’s
Spain, Italy and For seven consecutive including; MAFF debut film as a Film Festival of Salé in
weeks, it topped the producer through his
Romania, and Egypt Egyptian box office (Sweden), Sousse Morocco, shot in black
with a professional with revenues that (Tunisia), and Calgary company Crystal Dog and white in a tribute
international crew. surpassed 27 million (Canada). Egyptian and marks the strong to the golden era of
EGP, becoming the box office total come back for Egyptian cinema.
highest-grossing revenues $400,000. Shereen Reda after a
romantic film in the long hiatus. The crew
history of Egyptian includes the
cinema. More than Venezuelan/British
400.000 fans on the award-winning
official Facebook fan Cinematographer
page. 15 stars in the Arturo Smith.
cast of the film.
MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM MAD MARKETING 35

OUT OF THE FROM A TO B THE BLUE THE DOUBLE VILLA 69 (2013)


ORDINARY (2014) (2014) ELEPHANT (2014) (2013) Feature, Drama | 120 min |
Feature, Fantasy | 133 min Feature, Adventure, Feature, Thriller, Mystery | Feature, Comedy, thriller| Egypt
| Egypt Comedy, Road Trip | 148 170 min | Egypt 93 min | UK, UAE Director:
Director: MIN | UAE, Egypt, Director: Director: Ayten Amin
Daoud Abdel Sayed Lebanon Marwan Hamed Richard Ayoade Characters from
Yehia takes a forced Director: Yehia returns to work Simon, an Hussein’s past begin
vacation from his work Ali Mostafa in a psychiatric undervalued man who to invade his solitary
and regular life to Feeling guilty over his hospital, where he is driven to near lifestyle causing
settles in a seaside friend’s death, Omar meets an old friend breakdown by the drastic changes to his
resort inhabited by a decides to go on a who brings back bitter appearance of his dogmatic view of life.
clan of quirky road trip with his memories he tried ambitious Highlights: Toured
characters, where he childhood friends.
believes something hard to forget. doppelganger who international film
Highlights: Highlights: Currently gets a job at the same festivals including, Abu
out of the ordinary
seems to exist within Nominated at Abu rates 8.2 on IMDb by company. Dhabi Film Festival,
them all, and perhaps Dhabi Film Festival 20,571 users, reaped Highlights: Adapted Hong Kong
also within himself. 2014, official selection $5 million in Egyptian from Fyodor International Film
Highlights: Helmed by at Cairo International box office, a cinematic Dostoevsky’s novella. Festival, and Trophees
Daoud Abdel Sayed, Film Festival, and adaptation of Ahmed The film cast includes Francophones du
one of Egypt’s most Dubai International Mourad's best-seller Hollywood stars Jesse Cinema 2015.
notable film directors Film Festival. which was listed on Eisenberg and Mia
whose films stood as the Man Booker Prize Wasikowska, the film’s
landmarks in Egyptian
2012 shortlist. producer Amina
and Arab cinema,
nominated for the Dasmal was listed on
Muhr Award for Best the 50 most powerful
Fiction Feature at business women in
DIFF. the Arab world in 2008
by Forbes Magazine.
36 MAD MARKETING MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

½ REVOLUTION CAIRO 678 (2010) HAWI (2010) MICROPHONE (2010) AN IDEAL FAMILY
(2011) Feature, Social | 100 min | Feature, Social | 110 min | Feature, Music | 120 min | (2010)
Documentary, Reality | 72 Egypt Egypt, Qatar Egypt Feature, Comedy | 120
min | Denmark Director: Director: Director: min | Egypt
Directors: Mohamed Diab Ibrahim El Batout Ahmad Abdalla Director:
Omar Shargawy, The story of 3 women Set in the The film highlights the Akram Fareed
Karim El Hakim who search for justice Mediterranean city of underground music A typical Egyptian
The film documents from the daily plight of Alexandria, Hawi tells productions and family is shortlisted to
the experiences of sexual harassment in the story of survival of underground art win the “Ideal Family”
two filmmakers in Egypt. unique people living in scene in Alexandria prize, as preparations
Cairo streets during Highlights: The first hardships and and the mysterious begin for the
the 2011 Egyptian Arab film to achieve struggles. trend that manifested competition, the
revolution. great success in Highlights: Competed itself during the unexpected occurs.
Highlights: Won French cinemas, in Valencia and revolution. Highlights: Premiered
Danish Dox Award at participated in more Rotterdam, Doha Highlights: Official at the World Film
the CPH:DOX 2011, than 6 film festivals Tribeca international selection at 19 Festival in Montreal as
and was an official gathering 9 awards, film festivals and Fajr international film part of Regards sur les
selection at Paulo Coelho tweeted International Film festivals, listed on Cinemas du Monde
Sundance, Dubai and saying, ”CAIRO 678 is Festival in Iran, winner DIFF’s 100 Most (Focus on world
Thessaloniki film probably the best of the Grand Prize for Important Arabic films. cinema).
festivals. movie about sexual the Best Film Doha
harassment I saw in Tribeca Festival.
many years. Brilliant.”
MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM INTERNATIONAL FILMS 37

BRINGING FILMS
FROM THE GLOBE
TO THE ARAB WORLD

NEW MAD FILMS FROM


FRANCE . SWEDEN . THE NETHERLANDS . ITALY .
MOZAMBIQUE . SOUTH AFRICA . MEXICO . IRAN . CHINA
38 INTERNATIONAL FILMS MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES

WRATH OF TARANTA ON AVA (2017) SIMULATION INVASION (2017)


SILENCE (2017) THE ROAD (2017) Drama |102 min| Iran, (2017) Drama| 102 min| Iran
Thriller, Crime | 119 min Comedy, Drama, Canada, Qatar Drama| 84 min| Iran Director:
| China Musical | 80 min | Italy Director: Director: Shahram Mokri
Director: Director Sadaf Foroughi Abed Abest In a very long eclipse of
Xin Yukun Salvatore Allocca The life of a high Three young friends the sun, an unknown
There are rich mineral A man and a woman, school girl in Iran are planning for a party disease has been
resources in endless illegal immigrants with becomes more during the weekend at widespread. Ali is
mountains. The nothing in common, complicated after her an old man’s house. accused of the murder
owners make great find themselves mother catches her in Little did they know, of Saman in a club and
fortune, but bring travelling together, an act of rebellion. this gathering will lead the police is going to
disasters to mountain having to pretend to be Highlights: The film to a tragic turn of stage a reconstruction
farmers. They are married in the eyes of won an Academy events for them all. of the murder.
unconscious of darks three Italian musicians, Award for the Best Highlights: The film Highlights: Selected
and dangers until a whom have decided to Debut Feature Film at toured a number of for the Berlinale, the
shepherd boy help them reach Paris. the Canadian Screen prestigious film film is director Mokri’s
disappears. Highlights: Starring Awards, in addition to festivals including the third feature film since
Highlights: Helmed by French-Tunisian actress an Honorable Mention Berlinale and the FISH AND CAT that
award-winning Nabiha Akkari, who within the International Transilvania turned to be the
Chinese filmmaker Xin starred in successful Critics' Award International Film phenomenon of
Yukun, whose 2014 international films, (FIPRESCI) at the Festival. Iranian cinema in 2013
film The Coffin in the including Michael Toronto International and 2014 and
Mountain won the Haneke's film, HAPPY Film Festival. screened in more than
AKAI International Film END, which was 80 prestigious films
Fest Award for Best selected to compete festivals collecting
Revelation at the for the Palme d'Or at awards.
Venice Film Festival. the Main Completion at
Cannes Film Festival.
MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM INTERNATIONAL FILMS 39
FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES

A CIAMBRA (2017) THE ETERNAL A SEASON IN THE HOUSE BY DISAPPEARANCE


Drama | 120 min| Italy, FEMININE (2017) FRANCE (2017) THE SEA (2017) (2017)
US, France, Sweden Biography, Drama | 85 Drama | 97 min| France Drama | 107 min| Drama|102 min|
Director: min| Mexico Director: France Netherlands, Norway
Jonas Carpignano Director: Mahamat-Saleh Director: Director:
Pio is a 14-year-old Natalia Beristain Haroun Robert Guediguian Boudewijn Koole
brat who is desperate An introverted Abbas, a high school An old man, who lives Roos visits her mother
to grow up fast. He student university is teacher in the Central nearby the shores of in Norway yearly, but
follows his older fighting her way to African Republic, has Marseille in his villa, this time it is different,
brother everywhere. leave an impact in a fled his war-torn gathers his 3 children as she brings bad
When he disappears, man dominated country with his two by his side for his last news. However, old
Pio sets out to prove society. When she's children. They now live days. When some pain and numerous
he’s ready to step into about to gain a in France, where unexpected guests reproaches keep Roos
his big brother’s foothold, her Abbas works at a food arrive, the three sons from sharing anything
shoes. tumultuous love story market, while applying find themselves with her mother. With
Highlights: It was exposes her fragility. for political asylum. A forced to weigh up the help of her
screened in the Highlights: The film French woman, what they inherited of half-brother and an old
Directors' Fortnight won the Audience Carole, falls in love their father's ideals. love, the two women
section at the 2017 Award for Mexican with him and offers a Highlights: The film reconcile, and Roos is
Cannes Film Festival, Fiction Feature Film roof for him and his competed at several ready to take her next
winning the Europa and Special Mention family. When Abbas’ festivals; Venice, and inescapable step.
Cinemas Label Award. for an Actress in a application is rejected, Toronto and San Highlights: The film
Mexican Feature Film they face a crucial Sebastian. had its world premiere
(Karina Gidi) at the decision. at the Toronto
Morelia International Highlights: The film International Film
Film Festival 2017. premiered at the Festival, in addition to
Toronto International taking part in other
ITALY'S OFFICIAL Film Festival. eight film festivals.
SUBMISSION
40 INTERNATIONAL FILMS MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM

FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES

THE TRAIN OF BREATH (2016) MELBOURNE BLOODY BOYS JOE BULLET (1973)
SALT AND SUGAR Drama, Fantasy| 112 (2014) (2012) Action| 77 min | South Africa
(2016) min| Iran Drama| 93 min| Iran Drama | 81 min | Sweden Director:
Drama | 93 min | Director: Director: Director: Louis de Witt
Mozambique Narges Abyar Nima Javidi Shaker K. Tahrer When a mysterious
Director: Bahar is an Iranian girl Amir and Sara are a The interwoven gangster starts
Licinio Azevedo who is living with her young couple who are stories of three boys sabotaging soccer
In the midst of war-torn father, Ghafour and going to Melbourne to and their families team The Eagles'
Mozambique, a perilous Grandmother during continue their higher whose lives overlaps, chance at winning the
train journey through the the 70s. She is living in education. Only a few and all the characters upcoming
country encompasses her childish and surreal hours before their are influenced by each championship final,
civilian passengers, who world, filled with their flight, they find other’s lives and there is only one man
are both protected and dreams and fantasies. themselves actions. who can save the
harassed by a troop of Highlights: The film unintentionally Highlights: The film day...Joe Bullet.
ill-disciplined soldiers on toured more than 40 involved in tragic stars a number of Highlights: Official
board to fight off a rebel prestigious film event. stars including; Elin selection at the
army in the bush. festivals around the Highlights: The film Klinga who appeared Durban International
Highlights: world reaping a toured more than 50 in five of Bergman's Film Festival, Berlinale,
Mozambique's first-ever number of awards. prestigious film late stage and Sydney Film
official entry to the Academy festivals around the productions; and Festival. The film was
Awards for Best Foreign world reaping a Marika Lagercrantz, banned in 1973 by the
Language Film. The film won number of awards. one of the most well Apartheid
the Silver Pyramid for Best known actresses in Government, and has
Director at the Cairo Sweden. The film took been digitally
International Film Festival part in more than 10 re-mastered and will
and was named Best Film at film festivals and be seen for the first
the 1st Joburg Film Festival received several time in 40 years.
and was part of Locarno awards.
International Film Festival.
MAD-DISTRIBUTION.FILM INTERNATIONAL FILMS 41
DOCUMENTARIES DOCUMENTARIES DOCUMENTARIES

76 MINUTES AND BEZNESS AS BETWEEN


15 SECONDS USUAL (2016) SISTERS (2016)
WITH ABBAS 93 min| Netherlands 78 min | Italy, Belgium,
KIAROSTAMI Qatar
(2016) Director:
Alex Pitstra Director:
Documentary| 76 min| Manu Gerosa
Alex, a 25-years-old
Iran Two Italian sisters,
Dutch filmmaker who
Director: receives a letter from Teresa and Ornella,
Seifollah Samadian his Tunisian father, have cared for each
The film shares 76 other through their
minutes and 15 whom he hadn’t seen
seconds of since his early whole lives. Before life
undiscovered moments childhood. Alex tries to runs out, Ornella
of Abbas Kiarostami’s build a relationship decides to confront her
life and work, in with his newly found aging sister Teresa with
commemoration of his a painful untold story
76 years and 15 days of family in Tunisia and his
creative journey. Dutch mother. What that might change their
Highlights: The shots role should he play as a close forever.
of the film are selected son of two cultures? Highlights: The film
out of hundreds of Highlights: The film received two grants
hours of footages, and won five
filmed during 25 years, toured more than 15
inside and outside Iran film festivals around international awards.
in various occasions: the world including the The film is a warm
film festivals, photo Locarno International portray of an Italian
exhibitions, Film Festival, Toronto family that brings out
photography sessions, what it means to build
artistic events, International Film
workshops and some Festival and Dubai a life upon a secret
unique moments of International Film with humor and
Kiarostami’s daily life. Festival. tenderness.
MAD NUMBERS
180+ 9067
3
films made it
to the final
Oscar
films made it to cinema nominations:
screens (or on process minutes is the total THEEB, OMAR
to) with the help of running time of MAD and
MAD Solutions through films. AVE MARIA.
its marketing,

1000+
distribution & PR
services. MAD films were
official national
selections for the

400+
Academy Awards:

11
flights to participate in THEEB, FACTORY
the world most GIRL, RAGS &
prestigious film festivals TATTERS, OMAR,
including Cannes, AVE MARIA, 3000
is the total number of NIGHTS, CLASH,
awards and Berlinale, Venice,
BARAKAH MEETS
appreciations that MAD London, Sundance, San BARAKAH, A MILE
films have received so Sebastian and Hong IN MY SHOES, A
far at festivals. Kong as well as all the CIAMBRA, SHEIKH
Arab festivals regional JACKSON.
and worldwide.

150+
grants MAD films $26,000,000+
Received from film
funding institutions is the total theatrical box office revenues for the
and organization films distributed or marketed by MAD worldwide.
around the world.

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