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