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巴比倫之子
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director
Mohamed Al-Daradji
screenwriter
Jennifer Norridge, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Mithal Ghazi
Cast
Yasser Talib, Shazda Hussein, Bashir Al-Majid
executive producer
Antonia Bird, Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Hugo Heppell
producer
Isabelle Stead, Atia Al-Daradji, Mohamed Al-Daradji, Dimitri de Clercq
composer
Kad Achouri
cinematographer
Mohamed Al-Daradji, Duraid Al-Munajim
editor
Pascale Chavance, Mohamed Jabarah
Co-producers
Danny Evans, Rashid Mashawari, Bader Ben Hirsi
Northern Iraq, 2003. Two weeks after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Ahmed, a 12-year-old Kurdish boy begrudgingly follows in the shadow of his grandmother.
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Mohamed Al-Daradji Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the Year, Abu Dhabi IFF, 2010
2010
Official Selection Sundance IFF WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Official Selection Berlin IFF PANORAMA & GENERATION X
Winner of Berlin IFF Amnesty Film Award
Winner of Berlin IFF Peace Award
Winner of NETPAC Award Karlovry Vary IFF
Official Selection, Closing Film Raindance FF
Winner of Best International Feature Raindance
Winner of Seattle IFF Emerging Master Award
Official Selection COMPETITION Edinburgh IFF
Special Mention Edinburgh IFF
Winner of Artistic Artistic Achievement Award, Cinema City IFF
Winner of European Co-Production Award Zadar Film Festival
Official Selection Hawaii IFF
Winner of Grand Jury Prize Best Film Hawaii IFF
Official selection Pusan IFF
Official Selection COMPETITION Abu Dhabi IFF
Official Selection Gulf IFF
Official Selection COMPETITION Istanbul IFF
Official Selection Seattle IFF
Official Selection COMPETITION San Francisco IFF
Official Selection Syndey IFF
Official selection Cinema City IFF
Official selection Melbourne IFF
Opening Film: Rabat IFF
Special Screening Karlovry Vary IFF
Special Screening Sarajevo IFF
Official Selection, Seville IFF
Official Selection, Closing Film Rekjevik IFF
Official Selection
Official Selection Franco Arab Festival Palestine
ICMP -- International Day of the Missing -- Sarajevo IFF -- Memorial screening
Official Selection Ayam Beirut Al Cinema'iya FF
Official Selection & Gala Screening Festival do Rio
The Closing Film: The Netherlands Film Festival
Official Selection Warsaw IFF
Official Selection & UNICEF Screening Ghent FF 37th Edition
The Closing Film: Films from the South
Official Selection Arab Washington DC IFF
Opening Film & Official Selection Third Eye Asian IFF
Official Selection & Spotlight on Mohamed 51ST Thessalonki IFF
2011
Official Selection Goteborg IFF
On hearing news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, she is determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from the Gulf war.
From the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon, they hitch rides with strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims, on all too similar journeys.
Struggling to understand his grandmother's search, Ahmed follows in the forgotten footsteps of a father he never knew. This journey will lead the boy to come of age.
World Premiered at The Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, October 2009
Son of Babylon premiered at MEIFF on Friday 9th October at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi at 18:30 and had its second screening in the Marina Mall Cinestar screen 4 on Saturday 10th October at 16:00
WINNER - Amnesty International Film Prize, Berlin International Film Festival, February 2010 http://www.meiff.com/2010/02/son-of-babylon-wins-at-berlin/
WINNER - Peace Film Award, Berlin International Film Festival, February 2010
Nominated - World Cinema, Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival (USA), January 2010 http://sundance.bside.com/2010/films/sonofbabylon_sundance2010;jsessionid=142...
Official Selection: Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea -- October 2010
Official Selection: San Francisco International Film Festival -- April 2010 http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=85
Official Selection: Kalovy Vary International Film Festival - Czech Republic
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Son of Babylonby CairoFilmFest1,822 views
this is a kurdish film... peace be up on the kurds. i hope god has a special place for them in heaven
jamalak74u 11 months ago
I've reviewed this here - whatsnewinfilm.blogspot.com/
emmasfilms1 1 year ago