After a car accident that claimed her mother’s (Rebecca Calder) life, but spared her own, Rebecca (Miley Locke) relocates to Israel with her father Michael (Johnny Harris) to live in his deceased parents’ house. In this completely new environment, abruptly cut off from her life in England and facing a new language, new school and her father’s futile attempts to fight depression, Rebecca deals with her grief all alone. This is the core story of “A House in Jerusalem”, a debut feature by Palestinian film director, producer and cinematographer Muayad Alayan that has its world premiere in the Limelight program of International Film Festival Rotterdam.
A House in Jerusalem is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The script is co-written by the director and his brother Rami Musa Alayan and is influenced by their family’s experience. As the residents of the city which...
A House in Jerusalem is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The script is co-written by the director and his brother Rami Musa Alayan and is influenced by their family’s experience. As the residents of the city which...
- 1/31/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
The prolific Greek outfit has arrived in Berlin with multiple new projects which it is either producing, coproducing or selling.
Prolific Greek outfit Heretic has arrived in Berlin with multiple new projects which it is either producing, coproducing or selling.
Greek director Vassilis Katsoupis’ first English language project Inside, scripted by British screenwriter Ben Hopkins and which Heretic is producing, has just received German funding from The Film and Media Foundation, Nrw. The film will shoot in Cologne and Berlin. Backers thus far include Gfc, Nrw and Mmc studio. Coproducers are Schiwago Films and Borde Carde. A sales agent is yet to be announced.
Prolific Greek outfit Heretic has arrived in Berlin with multiple new projects which it is either producing, coproducing or selling.
Greek director Vassilis Katsoupis’ first English language project Inside, scripted by British screenwriter Ben Hopkins and which Heretic is producing, has just received German funding from The Film and Media Foundation, Nrw. The film will shoot in Cologne and Berlin. Backers thus far include Gfc, Nrw and Mmc studio. Coproducers are Schiwago Films and Borde Carde. A sales agent is yet to be announced.
- 2/21/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Opening June 12 at Film Forum in New York and June 14 in Los Angeles by Dada Films.
Sarah, an Israeli café owner living in West Jerusalem, has a clandestine relationship with Saleem, her Palestinian bread vendor, who lives in East Jerusalem. When their spouses discover the affair, two lives — already divided by politics, culture, class, and marital commitments — are made infinitely more complicated.
Based on true events, Palestinian director/writer brothers Muayad and Rami Alayan’s psychological thriller is shot through with dark, intrigue that gives new meaning to the adage that the personal is political.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem is a riveting, suspenseful drama of adultery that breaches the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
“We wanted to move away from the romanticized works in cinema or other art forms that use idealized narratives about Palestinians and Israelis coming together that all-too-often ignore the reality that sets people apart in the first place,...
Sarah, an Israeli café owner living in West Jerusalem, has a clandestine relationship with Saleem, her Palestinian bread vendor, who lives in East Jerusalem. When their spouses discover the affair, two lives — already divided by politics, culture, class, and marital commitments — are made infinitely more complicated.
Based on true events, Palestinian director/writer brothers Muayad and Rami Alayan’s psychological thriller is shot through with dark, intrigue that gives new meaning to the adage that the personal is political.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem is a riveting, suspenseful drama of adultery that breaches the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
“We wanted to move away from the romanticized works in cinema or other art forms that use idealized narratives about Palestinians and Israelis coming together that all-too-often ignore the reality that sets people apart in the first place,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Rotterdam 2018: Interview with the Special Jury Award and Hubert Bals Audience Award Winning Filmmaker of ‘The Reports on Sarah and Saleem’Rami Alayan was awarded the Special Jury Award for exceptional artistic achievement for his screenplay of Muayad Alayan’s film ‘The Reports on Sarah and Saleem’. The film also won the Hubert Bals Fund Audience Award.Muayad Alayan is a Palestinian filmmaker and cinematographer based in Jerusalem. He studied film in San Francisco and his graduation project, the documentary ‘Exiles in Jerusalem’ (2005), won the Kodak Award in the same city. His short film debut ‘Why Sabreen?’ (2009), made with and about the youth of his home village, was screened and won awards at film festivals worldwide. Alayan is co-founder of Palcine Productions, a collective of filmmakers and audiovisual artists in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. In addition, he has worked as a film and cinematography instructor at several academic institutions in Palestine.
- 3/20/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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