Displays Palestinian Narrative Film “Alam” Directed by Firas Khoury, within the activities of the ninth edition of the festival ReelPalestine The cinema in the Emirates, whose activities began on Friday and will continue until February 5.
It is scheduled that the movie “Alam” will be held 3 screenings within the festival’s activities, starting tomorrow, Sunday, at 7 pm, followed by a live discussion with the director, and again getting a presentation and discussion with the director on Monday, January 30 at 7 pm, and then the festival’s activities will conclude on Monday. February 5th at 4:30 p.m.
ReelPalestine Film Festival
Referred to as a festival ReelPalestine The Cinema presents a series of the latest Palestinian independent and non-commercial films in the United Arab Emirates.
The film witnessed its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in its career it has won 6 awards so far, 3 awards in the latest sessions of the Cairo International Film Festival, where it won its first Arab show, which is the Golden Pyramid Award for Best Film in the International Competition, and the Audience Vote Award ( Youssef Sharif Rizkallah), and the best actor for Mahmoud Bakri. It also won the Youth Jury Prize at the Mediterranean Film Festival in Brussels, and the Best First Work and Netback Awards for Best Asian Work at the Kerala International Film Festival. He participated in the Rome Film Festival and the Red Sea International Film Festival.
Critically, the film received a lot of acclaim in the Arab and international media, as Alyssa Simon wrote in Variety, “A smart and sensitive treatment of the daily lives of Arabs at home that we rarely see on screen.” As Fionnuala Halligan wrote in Screen Daily, “Alam offers a fresh perspective on the Palestinian situation.” Farid Rustom wrote, “The makers of the work understood that the discourse of the new generations needs development and daring, not invoking the catastrophe and crying over it for the sake of pity.”“.
The story of the movie “Alam”
The events revolve around Tamer, a Palestinian teenager who lives a traditional life with his high school friends until their beautiful classmate, Maysa, appears. To impress her, Tamer agrees to participate in a mysterious operation called “Alam” that turns his life upside down..
Alam, written and directed by Firas Khoury, starring Mahmoud Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohamed Karaki, Ahmed Zaghmouri, and Mohamed Abdel Rahman. Filmed by Farida Marzouk, and edited by Nadia Bin Rashid.
Firas Khoury is a Palestinian director who graduated with a BA in Cinema. He has many short films to his credit, including films that won many awards: Seven Days in Deir Boulis (2007) and Sfeir (2010), and it was shown in many festivals and on television channels, including until AndVVD. In 2019, he finished his short film Agrin Maradona, which had its world premiere at the Palm Springs Film Festival, and has been showing on Netflix since October 15, 2021..
