Amman Film Industry Days at its Busiest
As Amman’s Film Industry Days explode with some 400 participants signed on, Industry head Bassam Alasad assesses, “Arab cinema has gotten bolder and wilder – no rules can hold back its creativity.”
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Author: Deborah Young
Tales from the Magic Garden
A delightful bouquet of children’s tales, told in stop-motion animation, gently broaches the theme of accepting death and loss in ‘Tales from the Magic Garden’, adapted from the stories of beloved Czech playwright Arnost Goldflam.
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Songs of Adam
A magical film about time and history, told through the eyes of a Peter Pan farm boy who refuses to grow up, Oday Rasheed’s ‘Songs of Adam’ masterfully evokes a timeless Iraqi society of Mesopotamian farmers from post-WW2 to the present.
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Amman Int. Film Festival Navigates an Unscripted World
Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film (AIFF) raises the curtain on Arab and international films for the 6th time, during a pause in Mideast hostilities and the ongoing tragedy in Palestine.
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