ISMAIL
Short Film | 2013
Short/HD/28min
Jordan/UK/Palestine/Qatar
Bumpy Road Films / Greyscale Films
Directed by: Nora Alsharif
Written by: Hatem Alsharif
Produced by: Ana Moreno & AbdelSalam Akkad
Cinematography: Felix Wiedemann
Art Direction: Salim Shehade
Costume Design: Jamila Aladdin & Jessica Snyder
Original Music: Mohammed Sidiq
Sound Design: Victor Bresse
Edited by: Hans Lucas & Nora Alsharif
Ismail is a short film set in Palestine in 1949 and inspired by the late Palestinian Painter Ismail Shammout (1930-2006). The film is a social drama that explores the ideas of exodus, survival, escape, and brotherhood. It talks about Ismail’s daily life struggle to support his family after their expulsion to a refugee camp in 1948 by the Israeli forces, and his dream to go to Rome one day to learn painting.
AWARDS
Best Short Film | Arab Camera Festival 2013 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
Best Supporting Actor, Short Film | Evolution Film Festival 2013 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Best Film for Short Mediterranean Film Competition | Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival 2014 | Alexandria, Egypt
Best Film for Arab Short Competition | Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival 2014 | Alexandria, Egypt
Audience Award - US Shorts | Film Festival of Columbus 2014 | Columbus, OH USA
FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
2015
Reel Palestine Film Festival | Dubai, UAE
Palestinian Film Festival | Strasbourg, France
Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival | Ann Arbor, MI USA
Festival du Cinéma européen de Lille | Lille, France
Madrid Palestine Film Festival | Madrid, Spain
2014
London Short Film Festival | London, England
Muscat Film Festival | Muscat, Oman
Eyes on Palestine Film Festival | Brussels, Belgium
European Film Festival of Lille | Lille, France
Chicago Palestine Film Festival | Chicago, IL USA
Arab Film Festival Dallas | Dallas, Texas USA
Ismailia International Film Festival | Cairo, Egypt
Palestine Film Week | Turkey
MidEast Art Festival | Greece
Arab Women's Film Festival | Oman
International Uranium Film Festival | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cannes Film Festival | Short Film Corner | Cannes, France
Asian Film Festival | Tish, Morocco
ONE Country ONE Film, Apchat International Film Festival | Apchat, France
Middle East Alternative Sound and Arts Festival | Athens, Greece
Alexandria Mediterranean Countries Film Festival | Alexandria, Egypt
Evolution Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA USA
Chicago Arab American Festival | Chicago, IL USA
Film Festival of Columbus | Columbus, OH USA
Zochrot International film festival | 48MM - International Film Festival on Nakba and return | Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
2013
Editing Studio | Berlinale Talent Campus | Berlin International Film Festival | Germany
Palm Springs ShortFest | California, USA
Arab Film Festival - Jordan | Amman, Jordan
Evolution International Film Festival | Hollywood, California USA
Waharn Film Festival | Algeria
Washington Palestine Film Festival | Washinton DC USA
Toronto Palestine Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
Arab Film Festival | California, USA
Boston Palestine Film Festival | Boston, MA USA
Evolution International Film Festival | Mallorca, Spain
Arab Camera Festival | Rotterdam, Netherlands
Al-Kasaba International Film Festival | Ramallah, West Bank
Rendezvous Istanbul Film Festival | Istanbul, Turkey
2012
Doha/Tribeca Film Festival | Doha, Qatar
