An exquisitely shot and very moving film about an aging couple who appear to exist alone on the edge of the world, stoically surviving on the arctic tundra in a way of life that may be about to end. Giornate degli autori was born in 2004, as an independent event on the fringes of the venice film festival, modeled on the prestigious directors fortnight of the cannes film festival and promoted by the associations of italian film directors and authors. Forty two years after her death, oum kulthum continues to be the undisputed greatest artist. Oum kulthum is neshats first film since women without men, which won the silver lion at venice in 2009. Her new film, looking for oum kulthum, debuted at the 2017 venice film festival and begins its theatrical run in new york this week. With looking for oum kulthum, neshat focuses on a film director iranian actress neda rahmanian making a biopic about the famed egyptian singer oum kulthum, one of 20 th century musics most broadly popular talents and an undisputed legend in the arab world. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroines, she has to.
Renowned iranian photographer and filmmaker shirin neshat is back with looking for oum kulthum, a film tracing the life of a legendary egyptian. With neda rahmanian, yasmin raeis, mehdi moinzadeh, kais nashif. Drama a film within a film, looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artistfilmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the arab world, oum kulthum. Looking for oum kulthum is a 2017 internationally coproduced drama film about the egyptian. The doha film institute has further strengthened its roster of international film projects with three new cofinanced films that not only highlight emerging and established voices in global filmmaking talents, but are also. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroines, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to.
Looking for oum kulthum has previously screened at the toronto international film festival, among several other notable festivals, and makes its debut at an american festival at siff. Jun 22, 2018 cairo iranian director shirin neshats looking for oum kulthum, a movie that looks at the past and present of womens lives in the middle east, has received a warm welcome from international and regional critics ever since its debut but not in egypt. The actual movie not the film a film was made by two iranian filmmakers. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on. Looking for oum kulthum 2017 stream and watch online. Looking for oum kulthum, a new film revolving around the life and work of the renowned egyptian singeractress and arab icon, had its world premiere on the 7th edition of the venice international film festival earlier this month. Looking for oum kulthum by shirin neshat in collaboration with shoja azari. Like those before her who have made films about filmmaking, neshat includes the frustrations with actors and the struggles to manifest the film the director sees. Soon she finds herself struggling with the daunting task of capturing the essence of the great diva but also with working in a male dominated film industry and then, on top of that. Buy cinema tickets for looking for oum kulthum bfi. A film within a film, shirin neshats second feature film, looking for oum kulthum, captures the plight of an iranian woman. Looking for oum kulthum info a film within a film, looking for oum kulthum is the plight of an iranian woman artistfilmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the arab world, oum kulthum.
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