Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All Films

My Father is Still a Communist - Intimate Secrets to be Published (Abi Ma Zala Sheuaayan, Asrar Hamema Leljameea)

Arab Short Film Competition

Ahmad Ghossein / Short Documentary / United Arab Emirates, Lebanon / 2011 / 32 min / Colour / HDCAM
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Intimate Doc
International Premiere

Synopsis

All that remains of Rashid Ghossein and Maream Hmadeh's relationship is a large collection of recorded messages, which capture their 10 years together during the height of the Lebanese civil war.

About the Directors

Ahmad Ghossein is a filmmaker and video artist who graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from the Lebanese University. He won Best Director at the Beirut International Film Festival 2004 for his short “Operation N”. He has since directed several films and documentaries including “My Father Is Still a Communist” commissioned by Sharja Art Foundation; “210m” commissioned by AshkalAlwan, “An Arab Comes to Town” a documentary shot in Denmark and produced by DR2. He is preparing for his first fiction film.

Credits

Director
Ahmad Ghossein
Screenwriter
Ahmad Ghossein
Producer
Commissioned by Sharja Art Foundation,Ahmad Ghossein
Editor
Vartan Avakian
Music
Ramzi Mady
Cinematographer
Karam Ghossein
Sound
Mazen Hashem
Cast
Maream Hmade, Rachid Ghossein

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