Editor

The Araguaney Foundation is honoured to present you the 3rd edition of AMAL‘06 , the International Euro-Arab Film Festival, that will take place from the 20th to the 26th of October in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

This year’s official selection comprises 35 films: 27 films on the official selection: 12 short films, 11 documentaries and 4 long feature films plus other 8 invited films that will be screened. Please find attached a file with the list of the selected films.

The exhibited films come from a wide range of countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Morocco, Qatar, Lebanon, Palestina, Tunisia, Holland, France, Italy, US, UK and Spain. These films will compete for the prizes of: best long feature film, best actor, best actress, best director, best script, best documentary and the special audience award.

AMAL International Euro-Arab Film Festival blossoms from the will of offering a different cinema that brings closer the audience to the current Arab reality and opens frontiers to future collaborations in the audiovisual field.

More information about the festival on www.festivalamal.es y www.amalfestival.com.

Complete program listing below:

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LONG FEATURE FILMS
1. MARÍA Y ASSOU
Director: Silvia Quer.
País: Spain/ Morocco.
Length: 90´.
Year: 2005.
2. LAS HIJAS DE MOHAMED
Director: Silvia Munt.
País: Spain.
Length: 97´.
Year: 2003.
3. ROOM TO RENT (non-official selection)
Director: Khaled El Hagar.
País: Egipto.
Length: 93´.
Year: 2001.
4. DREAMY VISIONS
Director: Waha Al-Raheb.
Country: Siria.
Length: 110´.
Year: 2002.
5. LISTENERS CHOICE
Director: Mohamed Al Ahmed.
Country: Siria.
Length: 89´.
Year: 2003.
6. PARADISE NOW (non-official selection)
Director: Hany Abu-Assad.
Country: Palestine/Holanda/Germany/France.
Length: 90´.
Year: 2005.
7. SYRIANA (non-official selection)
Director: Stephen Gaghan.
Country: USA.
Length: 126´.
Year: 2005.
8. LOS NIÑOS DEL PARAÍSO (non-official selection)
Director: Majid Majide.
Country: Irán.
Length: 89´.
Year: 1997.
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9. LA VIDA PERRA DE JUANITA NARBONI (non-official selection)
Director: Farida Benlyazid.
Country: Morocco/Spain.
Length: 101´.
Year: 2005.
10. HAMAM, EL BAÑO TURCO (non-official selection)
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek.
Country: Italy/Turkey/Spain.
Length: 101 m.
Year: 1997.
11. LA ESCURRIDIZA O CÓMO ESQUIVAR EL AMOR (non-official
selection)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.
Country: France.
Length: 117´.
Year: 2002.
12. CÉSAR Y ZAIN (not confirmed)
Director: Larry Levene
Country: Spain
Length: 86’
Year: 2005
SHORT-FILMS
1. LIKE TWENTY IMPOSSIBLES
Director: Annemarie Jacir.
Country: Palestine.
Length: 17´.
Year: 2003.
2. WIDE POWER
Director: Khaled Ramadan.
Country: Lebanon.
Length: 12´.
Year: 2006.
3. CAB DRIVER
Director: Hafiz Ali Abdulla.
Country: Qatar.
Length: 19´.
Year: 2005.
4. LES YÉMÉNITES
Directores: Cyril y Metodi Matut.
Country: Spain.
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Length: 12´.
Year: 2004.
5. T´SAWER
Director: Néjib Belkadhi.
Country: Tunisia.
Length: 12´.
Year: 2005.
6. LA PELOTE DE LAINE
Director: Zohra Zamoum.
Country: France.
Length: 14´18´´.
Year: 2005.
7. PAPELES
Director: Eliazar Arroyo Fraile.
Country: Spain.
Length: 17´.
Year: 2005.
8. JAMILA
Director: Ingeborg Jansen.
Country: Holand.
Length: 14´.
Year: 2004.
9. LE TRAIN
Director: Brahim Fritah.
Country: France.
Length: 17´30´´.
Year: 2005.
10. MOBILE WAR ZONES
Directores: Larissa Sansour y Khaled Ramadan.
Country: Palestine/Lebanon.
Length: 16´.
Year: 2006.
11. HIYAB
Director: Xavi Sala.
Country: Spain.
Length: 8´.
Year: 2005.
12. DESALMADOS
Director: Pablo Álvarez.
Country: Spain.
Length: 25´.
Year: 2005.
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DOCUMENTALES
1. SOÑAR EN NABLUS
Directores: Sergio Sandua y Carlos Delfa.
Country: Spain.
Length: 71´.
Year: 2006.
2. MEDITERRANOVA
Director: Othman Naciri.
Country: Morocco.
Length: 53´.
Year: 2006.
3. SINCE YOU LEFT
Director: Mohamed Bakri.
Country: Palestine.
Length: 50´.
Year: 2005.
4. LA HABITACIÓN DE ELÍAS
Director: Emma Tusell.
Country: Spain.
Length: 80´.
Year: 2005-6.
5. CYCLE OF PEACE
Director: María Argueta.
Country: Inglaterra.
Length: 88´.
Year: 2005.
6. VOYAGE EN SOL MAJEUR
Director: Georgi Lazarevski.
Country: France.
Length: 54´.
Year: 2006.
7. ARAFAT, MY BROTHER
Director: Rashid Masharawi
Country: France.
Length: 52´.
Year: 2004-5
8. ERTIJAL
Director: Raed Andoni.
Country: Palestine.
Length: 60´.
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Year: 2005.
9. PALESTINE BLUES
Director: Nida Sinnokrot.
Country: Palestine.
Length: 72´.
Year: 2006.
10. EN ATTENDANT BEN GURION
Director: Norma Marcos.
Country: Palestine.
Length 30´.
Year: 2006.
11. IBN BATUTA, EL VIAJE DEL ISLAM
Director: Fernando Santiago Muñoz.
Country: Spain.
Length: 26´.
Year: 2006.