The second edition of the Amman International Film Festival kicks off on Monday evening with more than fifty films from 26 countries competing in feature, documentary and short film competitions.
Festival director Nada Dou Mani said, “More than 51 films from 26 countries are participating in this year’s festival, which will run until August 31 to win the Black Iris Shield (Jordan’s National Flower) Award for Best Arabic Film, Best Long Documentary and Best Arabic Short Film.”
Films “Three locations in Amman, namely Drive-in Cinema in Abdali Park, Central Cinema, Taj Cinema and the Royal Film Commission’s Outdoor Theater and Istikana Site in the Jabal Amman Region. For live broadcast”, Irbid (89 km north of the capital), Salt (northwest of the capital) In addition to the screenings of 30km) and Wadi Rum (230km south of the capital), the festival director says.
Dominy revealed that “after the show is over, about 65 guests, most of the film directors, will come for a discussion with the audience.”
She continued, “We expected the festival to have a big opening, but we made sure there were no more than 100 people in the open, so the opening ceremony would be briefly controlled.”
“We will take into account all the preventive measures taken to maintain the social space and wear masks,” he stressed.
In parallel to the film screenings, Tomani explained, “workshops, seminars and meetings on various topics will be organized, as well as two sites in support of projects under development or in the post-production phase.”
Heavy production
The festival kicks off on Monday with the joint Palestinian-French-German-Portuguese production “Gaza Monmore” by Tarzan and Arab Nasser.
Films featuring Tawfiq Baba from Morocco include “Oliver Black”, “The Man Who Soul His” from Tunisia, “Under the Sky of Alice” by French-Lebanese director Chloe Maslow and “Baat Chokna” from Egypt.
In the feature documentary section, there is a rivalry between “The Guevara Land” by Qudaiba Barhamji from Syria, “The Fifth Story” by Ahmed Abdin from Iraq and “Their Algeria” by Lina Svillem from Algeria.
Despite the global health crisis this summer, the session, which lasted from August 23 to August 31, featured more than nine Arab short films, as well as about 30 films and Arabic and international documentaries at the first Amman Film Festival last summer. 19 Infection.
Domney said, “The films shown in this edition of the festival and the projects in production are only evidence that the effects of global health conditions or other restrictions have not been able to control art production.”
“Thanks to the magic of vaccines, we can say for sure that we are one step closer to achieving normalcy,” the ceremony’s president Princess Reem said in a statement.
“Our audience can watch films of a different, non-commercial nature, which we hope will be an international success,” he added.
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