{"id":203258,"date":"2018-10-25T18:13:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=203258"},"modified":"2018-10-26T20:21:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T23:21:02","slug":"sao-paulo-film-festival-has-5-first-time-arab-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/sao-paulo-film-festival-has-5-first-time-arab-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00e3o Paulo film festival has 5 new Arab directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 When checking out the list of new directors at the 42nd<\/sup> S\u00e3o Paulo International Film Festival, names of Arab origin stand out. In the festival, directors that are in their first or second feature film will be in the New Directors category. The festival placed 104 feature films in the category and, from this list, five directors are of Arab origin. The winner will get the Bandeira Paulista Trophy, on October 31, at Ibirapuera Auditorium, in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

The festival is ongoing and runs until October 31. In addition to New Directors, the other categories are: Special Screening, Tributes, Restorations, Mostra Brasil and International Perspective, all adding up to 331 titles.<\/p>\n

One of the feature films with Arab directors is \u201cSofia\u201d (picture above)<\/em>, by Meryem Benm\u2019Barek, who also wrote the script. The director was born in Morocco and the movie is a France-Qatar co-production. The title character lives with her parents in Casablanca, Morocco. At 20 years old, Sofia break the law in her country when she gives birth without being married. The story begins at this point, with the hospital setting a 24-hour deadline for her to come up with the father\u2019s ID before turning her to the authorities. The feature won for Best Script at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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Moroccan director Meryem Benm\u2019Barek is competing in the New Directors section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to Meryem Benm\u2019Barek\u2019s film, the other movies directed by Arab directors vying for the trophy are \u201cThe Reports on Sarah and Saleem\u201d, by Palestinian director Muayad Alayan; \u201cDear Son\u201d, by Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia; \u201cPoisonous Roses\u201d, by Egyptian director Ahmed Fawzi Saleh; \u201cYomeddine\u201d, by Egyptian director A. B. Shawky.<\/p>\n

Arab co-productions<\/strong><\/p>\n

The S\u00e3o Paulo film festival has included other films linked, one way or another, to the Arab universe, but not directed by Arabs. These are feature films produced or shot at Arab countries. That\u2019s the case of \u201cThe Load\u201d, by Ognjen Glavonic, a Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran and Qatar co-production; \u201cDeslembro\u201d, by Brazilian director Flavia Castro (Brazil, France and Qatar co-production); and \u201cHayati: My Life\u201d, by Sofi Escud\u00e9 and Liliana Torres (Spain, France and Qatar co-production).<\/p>\n

The New Directors competition will play out in two phases. In the first, the movies will be judged by the viewers of the event\u2019s first week. From the over 100 movies initially selected, the best-rated by the audience will then be rated by an international jury. The jurors are Astrid Adverbe, Edgard Tenembaum, Ferzan \u00d6zpetek, S\u00e9rgio Machado and Teresa Villaverde. In over two decades, the competition has awarded directors such as Iranian Jafar Panahi, for \u201cThe White Balloon\u201d, at the 19th<\/sup> edition of the festival, in 1995.<\/p>\n

Translated by S\u00e9rgio Kakitani <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wiame Haddad\/ Press Release<\/div>\n
Divulga\u00e7\u00e3o \/ Mostra Internacional de Cinema em S\u00e3o Paulo<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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