Wajib
Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage
Annemarie Jacir / Feature Narrative / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, France, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, Qatar / 2017 / 100 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Comedy, Drama, Politics, Road Trip, Based on a True Story, Identity, Satire
Synopsis
Shadi returns to his hometown to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations. He has spent the last several years abroad and there is little he misses about this place he left a long time ago. As the two men drive around Nazareth, Abu-Shadi tries to connect with his son. Drily humorous, ‘Wajib’ takes place over the course of one day as these two men travel from house to house beginning a new relationship, while at the same time trying to deal with old tensions.
Credits
- Director
- Annemarie Jacir
- Screenwriter
- Annemarie Jacir
- Producer
- Ossama Bawardi
- Production Company
- Philistine Films
About the Director
Annemarie Jacir has written, directed and produced 16 films, two of which premiered at the Festival de Cannes, one at the Venice Film Festival and one at the Berlin International Film Festival. ‘Like Twenty Impossibles’ was the first Arab short film to screen in the Official Selection at Cannes, and it continued to break ground when it became a finalist for the Academy Awards. Jacir’s first feature, ‘Salt of this Sea’ (2008), premiered at Cannes, was Palestine’s 2008 Oscar Entry, won the FIPRESCI Prize, and was named Best Film in Milan and Traverse City. ‘When I Saw You’ was named Best Asian Film at Berlin, and Best Film at Abu Dhabi, Olympia, Amiens and Phoenix Film Festivals.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Ossama Bawardi
- Company:
- Philistine Films
- Phone:
- +972584198080
- Email:
- ossama_b@hotmail.com