Jordan, 1967. Having been separated from his father in the chaos of war, Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees. Placed in "temporary" refugee camps until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948 Tarek, eccentric and unbounded, runs away from home in this search for freedom. A journey of the human spirit that knows no borders.

A film by Annemarie Jacir

Palestine, 2012, Fiction, color, 93'

starring Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri

Producer: Ossama Bawardi

Director: Annemarie Jacir
Screenwriter: Annemarie Jacir
Director of Photography (Cinematographer): Hélène Louvart
Sound Recordist: Raja Dubayah
Music (Composer): Kamran Rastegar
Editors: Annemarie Jacir - Panos Voutsaras
Art Director: Hussein Baydoun
Costume Designer: Hamada Atallah
Sound Designer & Mixer: Kostas Varibopiotis
1st AD: Rami Yasin

CAST
Tarek: Mahmoud Asfa
Ghaydaa: Ruba Blal
Layth: Saleh Bakri
Abu Akram: Ali Elayan
Majed: Firas Taybeh
Zain: Ruba Shamshoum
Toussaint: Ahmad Srour
Mr. Nasser: Anas Qaralleh
Asad: Ahmad Massad

Production: Philistine Films

World Sales:
The Match Factory GmbH
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50670 Cologne / Germany
Tel +49 221 539 709-0
Fax +49 221 539 709-10
www.matchfactory.de

Middle East Sales:
Philistine Films
PO BOX 910901, 11191
Amman / Jordan
Email: lamma.shoftak@gmail.com
www.philistinefilms.org

For festival requests excluding the Middle East please contact The Match Factory.

AWARDS & SELECTIONS:
Winner BEST ASIAN FILM - BERLIN INT. FILM FESTIVAL NETPAC AWARD, Winner BEST ARAB FILM - ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL, Winner AUDIENCE AWARD (Prix du Public) - AMIENS INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Winner SIGNIS Award Best Film - AMIENS INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Nomination Best Children's Film - ASIAN PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS, Winner World Cinema BEST PICTURE - PHOENIX INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Mahmoud Asfa nominated for YOUNG ARTIST AWARD for Leading Performance in Foreign Film, Winner BEST ACTOR (Mahmoud Asfa) - Olympia International Film Festival, Winner UNICEF Award - Olympia International Film Festival, Winner SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - ORAN FESTIVAL OF ARAB CINEMA, Winner JURY PRIZE - CAIRO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Winner - Tunisian Film Critics Don Quixote Award - CARTHAGE INT. FILM FESTIVAL, PALESTINE's 2013 OSCAR ENTRY for Foreign Language Film

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الأردنّ 1967: افترق طارق (11 سنة)عن والده في خضمّ فوضى الحرب. وكان وأمّه غيداء من بين الموجة الأخيرة من اللاّجئين الذين وُضعوا في مخيّمات وقتيّة حتّى يتمكّنوا من العودة. فهم ينتظرون العودة انتظار السابقين الذين وصلوا اليها في 1948. أمّا طارق فقد كان شابّا منحرفا غريب الأطوار ولا ضوابط له ودائم البحث عن الحريّة

(فلسطين 2012)

بالألوان: روائيّ بالألوان 93

الإخراج : آن ماري جاسير

السيناريو : آن ماري جاسير

التصوير : هيلين لوفار

الصوت : رجاء دبيح

الموسيقى : كمران رستقار

التركيب : آن ماري جاسير-بانوس فوتساراس

التمثيل : محمود أصفى-ربا بلال-صالح بكري

إنتاج : فلسطين فيلم