Talking About Trees
Fall Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage
Suhaib Gasmelbari / Feature Documentary / France, Sudan, Germany, Chad, Qatar / 2019 / 94 min / Original Language: Arabic, English, Russian / Interests: Documentary, Social Issues, Identity
Synopsis
Filmmakers Ibrahim, Soliman, Manar and Altayeb have been friends for over 45 years, idealists and intensely human. After long years of distance and exile, they are reunited to breathe life back into their old dream: make cinema a reality in Sudan. They are determined to leave a trace of their passage and to inspire the love of cinema across the country. Throughout the images they created, those that have been lost or remain a desire, the beautiful and horrific sides of their country appear.
Credits
- Director
- Suhaib Gasmelbari
- Screenwriter
- Suhaib Gasmelbari
- Producer
- Marie Balducchi
- Executive Producer
- Marie Balducchi
- Production Company
- AGAT Films & Cie
About the Director
Suhaib Gasmelbari Mustafa was born in 1979 in Sudan, where he lived until the age of 16. He attended Cinema Studies in France at the University Paris VIII and has worked as a freelance cameraman and editor, collaborating with journalists to direct reports for Al Qarra, Al Jazeera and France 24. He has written and directed multiple short films, both fiction and documentary. 'Talking About Trees' is his first feature film. Suhaib Gasmelbari is also a researcher and was able to find precious lost Sudanese films and took part in saving and digitising them through his work.
Awards and Festival History
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival 2019 - Glasshütte Original Documentary Award, Panorama Audience Award
Istanbul International Film Festival 2019 - FIPRESCI Prize, Special Prize of the Jury
Contacts
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Main Contact
Marie Balducchi
- Company:
- AGAT Films & Cie
- Phone:
- 0153363242
- Email:
- marie.balducchi@agatfilms.com