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SHARAF
Based on Sonallah Ibrahim’s famous novel, SHARAF is the story of a modern Candide in a dystopian Arab World. He is one of the millions of people living at the poverty line who longs for a better future. When he kills a man in self-defense he has to wake up from his dreams of wealth and consumption. The microcosm of prison mirrors the complex situation of Arab societies living under dictatorship and poverty, dependent on an unjust global economic system.
Director - Samir Nasr
Scriptwriters - Sonallah Ibrahim & Samir Nasr
Producer -Silvana Santamaria
Head of Production - Bilal Athimni
Associate Producer ARTE / ZDF - Simon Ofenloch
Funded by MFG Film Fund, Sanad Film Fund, Le Fonds Image de la Francophonie, Medienboard Berlin
Production - SOILFILMS
Co-Production - ZoneArt Films (Tunisia), Teamwerk.Die Filmproduktion (Germany), Wady Films (Luxembourg), Les Contes Modernes (France)
Awards and Festivals:
– Official selection - Jerusalem Arab Film Festival 2023
– Crédit Agricole prize - Festival Cinéalma 2023
– Official selection - Red Sea Film Festival 2021
– Official selection - Hofer Filmtage 2022
– Official selection - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Rotterdam Arab Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Aruhus Arab Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival 2022
– Official selection - Festival International du Film Panafricain |
Cannes 2022
– Official selection - L'Afrique fait son cinéma, Paris 2022
– Best film in bronze - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
– Best Production Design - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
– Two post-production awards at Malmö Arab Film Festival 2020
NEW RELEASE
SHARAF
Based on Sonallah Ibrahim’s famous novel, SHARAF is the story of a modern Candide in a dystopian Arab World. He is one of the millions of people living at the poverty line who longs for a better future. When he kills a man in self-defense he has to wake up from his dreams of wealth and consumption. The microcosm of prison mirrors the complex situation of Arab societies living under dictatorship and poverty, dependent on an unjust global economic system.
Director - Samir Nasr
Scriptwriters - Sonallah Ibrahim & Samir Nasr
Producer -Silvana Santamaria
Head of Production - Bilal Athimni
Associate Producer ARTE / ZDF - Simon Ofenloch
Funded by MFG Film Fund, Sanad Film Fund, Le Fonds Image de la Francophonie, Medienboard Berlin
Production - SOILFILMS
Co-Production - ZoneArt Films (Tunisia), Teamwerk.Die Filmproduktion (Germany), Wady Films (Luxembourg), Les Contes Modernes (France)
SHARAF NOW IN GERMAN CINEMAS
PRESS REVIEWS
„Eine Parabel – bestürzend“
Süddeutsche Zeitung
„SHARAF funktioniert, weil der Regisseur in vielen kleinen Szenen und flüchtigen Momenten die Grausamkeit des Systems offenlegt“
IndieKino
„Ein Lehrstück der gesellschaftlichen Realität in der arabischen Welt“
Cinema
„SHARAF funktioniert als Parabel – ein politisch wichtiger Film“
epd film
„… ausgezeichnet inszeniert und gespielt“
Kunstundfilm.de
„Ein Film mit feiner Ironie“
Moviepilot
„Eine gelungene Adaption von Sonallah Ibrahims gleichnamigen Roman“
Spießer.de
„Exzeptionell und sehr sehenswert“
cinemoenti
Awards and Festivals:
– Official selection - Red Sea Film Festival 2021
– Official selection - Hofer Filmtage 2022
– Official selection - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Rotterdam Arab Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Aruhus Arab Film Festival 2022
– Official selection - Calgary Arab Film Nights Festival 2022
– Official selection - Festival International du Film Panafricain | Cannes 2022
– Official selection - L'Afrique fait son cinéma, Paris 2022
– Best film in bronze - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
–Best Production Design - JCC Carthage Film Festival 2022
– Two post-production awards at Malmö Arab Film Festival 2020