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Roshmia

Spring Grant 2014 - Post-Production Stage

Salim Abu Jabal / Feature Documentary / Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Syria, Qatar / 2014 / 70 min / Colour / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Creative Documentary

Synopsis

Since 1956, when he became a refugee from downtown Haifa’s Wadi Alsaleeb neighbourhood, 80-year-old Yousef has lived with his wife Amna, a refugee from Yasoor, in a shack in Roshmia Valley. Life is quiet until the Municipality of Haifa plans to build a road across the valley to connect the Mediterranean to Mount Karmel – which will mean the couple’s shack will be demolished, forcing them to find a new home. Their sponsor, acting as middle man between them and the municipality, attempts to negotiate compensation for them, but this will lead to tension among the three individuals.

Credits

Screenwriter

Salim Abu Jabal

Producer

Salim Abu Jabal

Production Company

Boujabel Productions

Production Company

Boujabel Productions

About the Director

Salim Abu Jabal was born in the occupied Golan Heights in 1971, and has worked in cinema and television as a production manager and casting director on several Palestinian and international films. He has also worked as a writer, journalist, critic and producer.

Awards and Festival History

Festivals

IDFA 2015, Panorama
Arab Film Festival 2016
Latin Arab Fest 2016, Arab Features Competition
Boston-Palestine Film Festival
Malmo Arab Film Festival
International 1001 Documentary Film Festival
Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival 2015
DC Palestinia

Awards

Jury Prize, Dubai International Film Festival 2014 , Muhr Feature (WP)
Grand Prix du Documentaire, Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan 2015
Best Documentary, Open Eyes Award, Medfilm Festival 2015

Contacts

• Main Contact

  Salim Abu Jabal

  Company: 

  Boujabel Productions

  Phone: 

  +972 599 525 977

  Email: 

  salimabujabal@gmail.com

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