A Stroll Down Sunflower Lane (Zakerat Abad El Shams) - ذاكرة عبّاد الشمس
Fiction/Experimental - 14' - 2016
Director/Producer/Editor
Mayye Zayed
DOP/Colorist
Mohamad El-Hadidi
Sound Designer & Mixing
Samir Nabil
Art Director
Ahmed Abul-Nasr
Line Producer
Ahmed Zayan
AD & Production Manager
Nesreen Talaat
Poster & Press Kit Designer
Mohamad El-Hadidi
Production
Rufy's Films
Analogue Zone #3 Workshop
Distribution
Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art
SYNOPSIS
An old grandfather, a little granddaughter, an old house and some glimpses of memory. She was growing up building hers. He was getting old losing his.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The film is a reenactment of the filmmaker's own memories with her late grandfather, using actors, Super 8, VHS cameras and TK tape recordings recorded by members of her family during her childhood. It was made within Analogue Zone #3 workshop, that was mentored by Michel Balagué and Islam El-Azzazi and organised by LaborBerlin (Berlin) and Cimatheque (Cairo) in partnership with LabA (Athens).
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Fiction/Experimental
Format: HD 1440x1080
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Duration: 14 mins
Language: Arabic
Country: Egypt
Year: 2016
SCREENINGS
Feb. 2016 - Berlinale 2016 (Forum Expanded) in Germany
Apr. 2016 - Rencontres de l’Image Film Festival in Egypt
Jun. 2016 - FEST New Directors/New Films Festival in Portugal
July 2016 - Moscow Int. Experimental Film Festival in Russia
Oct. 2016 - Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema in France
Nov. 2016 - AFI Fest in USA
Nov. 2016 - Kassel Dokfest in Germany
Mar. 2017 - Beirut Cinema Days in Lebanon
Apr. 2017 - Fajr International Film Festival in Iran
Jun. 2017 - Chicago Underground Film Festival in USA
Jan. 2019 - Sharjah Film Platform in UAE
AWARDS
Best Experimental Film in Sharjah Film Platform, UAE 2019
Best Independent Short in the National Film Festival for the Egyptian Cinema, Egypt 2018
2nd Prize in Nasser Bin Hamad International Youth Creativity Awards, Bahrain 2016.
Hama Film Production Award in Rencontres de l'image Film Festival, Egypt 2016.
REVIEWS & ARTICLES
Mar. 2016 - ida - Written by: Sevara Pan
Arab Docs at the Berlinale: Straddling between Fiction and Non-Fiction
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