Ceff screens feature length and short films by foreign, local and young filmmakers. Sweden 30 january 2017 goteborg film festival france. Israeli movies win audience awards at berlin film festival. Japanese film festival comes to town the myanmar times. The unlikely story behind a palestinian hiphop film from. The 15th annual tribeca film festival has announced its winners, with top honors going to dean, junction 48 and do not resist. Junction 48 is a classic example, starring palestinian rapper tamer. Junction 48 official trailer 1 2017 tamer nafar movie youtube. Film palestinian rap dramas should be more singular than the familiar junction 48 by kenji fujishima. The 48th international film festival of india was held on 20 to 28 november 2017 in goa. Palestinian hiphop movie junction 48 picked up by the orchard.
The 48 hour film project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie write, shoot and edit it in just 48 hours. The unlikely story behind a palestinian hiphop film from israel. Junction 48 is the love story of two young palestinian hiphop artists who use their music to fight against both the external oppression of israeli society and the internal repression of their own crimeridden, conservative community. Celebrating the future of cinema was set as the festival s theme and registrations were opened in early october 2017. Palestinian rapper tamer nafar stars as a fictionalized version of himself, dreaming of crossover success in israel in this vibrant musical drama. Following indepth discussions with the local council and emergency services, we have decided to postpone junction 2s 5th anniversary to 4th 5th june next summer. Anyone interested film, music, or media production. The worlds largest student film festival, held annually at over 30 universities. A scene from udi alonis junction 48 starring samar qupty, left, and tamer nafar.
Tribeca film festival announces dean, junction 48 and. The settlers and benguiron, epilogue at film forum. An arabiclanguage hiphop film featuring mostly palestinian actors and directed by an israeli won a prize as an audience favorite on saturday at the berlin international film festival. The berlinale thrives on the audiences enthusiasm for cinema film, which is presently facing grave difficulties in. Tamer nafar, samar qupty, salwa nakkara, saeed dassuki, adeeb safadi, tarik copti, sameh saz zakout, michael moshonov, elan babylon, maryam abu khaled, ayed fadel, hisham suliman, maysa daw. Palestinian rap dramas should be more singular than the. Amc is home to many movie festivals across the country. The government helped with financing for junction 48 but is now taking. Israelipalestinian hiphop movie wins audience prize in. Junction 48 official trailer 1 2017 tamer nafar movie. The bow wow film fest is a joyful, traveling, dog centric collection of short films that celebrates the human canine bond. When they perform, separately or together, the movie soars.
At indiana university cinema, we celebrate film in all its forms. Junction 48 is more than a mere crowdpleaser, and it refuses easy catharsis, ending with a cliffhanger. Released in 2017 containing music from junction 48 2017. Revealing the 2020 into film awards nominees 27 jan 2020 in into film awards. Worldfest is really ten festivals in one because we believe in the synergy of the many facets of filmmaking. Junction 48 ep soundtrack from 2017, composed by tamer nafar, itamar ziegler. Were proud to bring people together for the common goal of celebrating great films. Bea the broadcast education association festival of. Hanoi international film festival usa 7 january 2017 palm springs international film festival germany 19 january 2017. List of film festivals in north and central america. Filmmaker sujoy ghosh, who was appointed head of the jury of the indian panorama section, resigned from the position on 14 november after alleging that the ministry of information and.
Amnon zalaita, ap netflix has acquired the broadcasting rights to the awardwinning israeli movie junction 48, and will start streaming it worldwide this summer. Worldfesthouston where films take offthe oldest indie. Set against a backdrop of the israelipalestinian conflict, junction 48 charts the musical ambitions of kareem, an aspiring rapper from the town of lod. Tamer nafar in juncton 48, a narrative movie about israeli arabs that made its u. Netflix buys israeli film junction 48, bringing palestinian hiphop to. Junction 48 2016 udi aloni and samar qupty at an event for junction 48 2016 tamer. Kareem leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crimeridden arab ghetto of the mixed city of lyd. New york, april 23 upi dean, a movie written and directed by demetri martin, has won the founders award for best narrative feature at new yorks tribeca film festival.
It depicts a new generation of young arabs who seek normality through their love and music and against all odds. After a year in which most successful israeli films were predominantly in arabic notably sand storm, the countrys 2017 academy awards submission junction 48 arrives in the. We couldnt be more excited to share this years into film awards nominees. His compatriots tomer and barak heymann also received a. Filmmakers are given 48 hours to create a film from assigned film elements. Winner international feature film competition award, best actor. Top awards went to dean, junction 48, and do not resist. A heartbreaking portrayal of the intersection of personal and political tragedies, junction 48 questions to what extent music can be dissociated from politics. Udi is an awardwinning filmmaker, the director of producer of. Best international narrative feature at the 2016 tribeca film festival. The most celebrated dog film festival in north america. All winners will be spotlighted at the bea annual convention in las vegas, april 1821, capped off with our best of festival awards, april 20th, showcasing the top 21 entries of the entire festival. A screening of udi alonis new film, followed by a conversation with world renowned critic and philosopher, slavoj zizek.
Given its evertopical subject matter, junction 48 should attract a curious niche. The japan foundation in cooperation with the embassy of japan in myanmar will host the film festival to be held in nay pyi taw cinema hall and jcgv cinema junction city from january 25 to february 3 in yangon and in win lite cinema in mandalay from february 8 to 10. March 2, 2017 familiar genre trappings do little to dispel the groove of junction 48, which does for the israeli city of lod what 8 mile aimed to do for the suburbs of detroit. Palestinian hiphop star tamer nafar fights racist israeli. Junction 48 2017 stream and watch online kareem tamer nafar leads an aimless life between odd jobs and hanging out with his buddies in a crimeridden arab ghetto of the mixed city of lyd. View the full list of films featured at the 2017 2018 banff mountain film and book festival. Junction 48 palm springs international film festival. March tba, 2021in the historic, beloved boulder theater where dancing, drinking, eating and watching movies are all acceptable behaviors the boulder international film festival has earned the reputation as one of the most influential young film festivals in the country.
We feature the years best pooch themed shorts all wrapped up in one beautiful, 90 minute, funloving package. Junction 48 info and ticket booking, bristol watershed. To talk more about the film, we are joined by the films director, udi aloni, israeliamerican film director, and the lead actor and musical director, tamer nafar. The orchard has acquired north american rights to director udi aloni s junction 48, which won the panorama audience award at the berlin film festival, and plans a 2017 theatrical release. The event invites international filmmakers to show their work for an audience.
Berlin winner junction 48 set for us release in 2017. Last week i published the results of my study of almost 10,000 film festivals. Bow wow film festival short films for the love of dog. Feature film about palestinian musicians and documentary on gay mans struggle with hiv win first round of prizes in festival. The colorado environmental film festival ceff is an exciting, inspiring, and energizing event that includes worldclass environmental films with representatives from local and national organizations. June 6, 2018 junction 48 added a shop now button to their page. Dean, junction 48 win top awards at tribeca film festival.
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