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TV SERIES

FrIBourGInTErnATIonALFILm FESTIVAL24TH EdITIon 13–20 mArCH 2010

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AVODA ARAVIT (ARAB LABOR)

Comedy-drama television series

Israel, 2007

Producer: Danny Paran

(Participating in the Forum)

Director: Roni Ninio

Writer: Sayed Kashua

Language: Arabic/Hebrew with English

subtitles

Amjad is an Arab journalist in Israel. In order to mingle with the cool Israeli crowd,

Amjad is willing to lie, flatter and conceal all of his Arab traits. Meanwhile, he

vehemently denounces the suffering of Arabs at public congresses. Avoda Aravit

explores the daily conflicts faced by Arabs as they struggle to integrate along with

their own values and traditions.

“…A groundbreaking TV Show that finds humor in sharing a homeland.”

The Chicago Tribune

“Kashua has managed to barge through cultural barriers and bring an Arab point of

view into the mainstream of Israeli entertainment.”

The New York Times

“Sayed Kashua, a noted satirist, offers a wry take on the challenges and foibles of an

Arab family loosely based on his own.”

The Los Angeles Times

Contact

Paran Production, Ltd.: [email protected]

Go2Films Distribution & Marketing: [email protected]

www.go2films.com

FRIBOURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Forum@FIFF CATALoGuE24th EDITION 13-20 MARCH 2010

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ALMOST

Comedy television series

Saudi Arabia, 2010

Production Company: AB Media

Director: Todd Albert Nims


Writer: Ali Kalthami & Todd Albert Nims

(both participating in the Forum)

Language: Arabic/English with

English subtitles

They may never become stars, but that doesn’t dampen the lively imagination of four

Arab boys whose fantasies clash with the realities of their life in Riyadh on a daily

basis. Almost is a perfect microcosm of the issue at hand. The creators of the series

claim that it deals with the way in which cultural police discourage young dreamers

from aspirations that represent a threat to the Arab society.

“Almost is almost as daring as it wants its audience to be. Rather than transgressing

unwanted boundaries outright, the filmmakers say they hope that just getting the

series made and non-chalantly pushing the hand-scripted linen envelope will serve

as inspiration enough to the Saudi people. i.e. It’s not what the show is about, but the

fact that we can make a show at all.”

Elan - The Global Guide of Muslim Culture

Contact

Todd Albert Nims

[email protected]

Ali Kalthami

[email protected]


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BETIpUL (IN TREATMENT)

Drama television series

Israel, 2005-2008

Producer: Hagai Levi

Directors: Hagai Levi, Nir Bergman,

Eitan Tzur, Sivan Arbel, Ori Sivan

Writer: Ori Sivan


Language: Hebrew with English subtitles

A half-hour drama, BeTipul focuses on a therapist who is calm, smooth, insightful,

and non confrontational with his patients, yet who turns into a testy, insecure and

seething individual when he confronts his own shrink. In 2007, the American cable

network HBO decided to order 40 new episodes, which were adapted to create the

series In Treatment.

“In Treatment is not merely another great drama series – it is pure brilliance that

touches genius in a global aspect... A true masterpiece - The most daring, innovative

drama series in Israeli TV history that can stand alongside “ Six Feet Under” and “ The

Sopranos.“

Rating Magazine – weekly entertainment guide

“The closest thing to literature to be found nowadays on TV... In addition to all its

merits, “ In Treatment“ can add yet another one: Addictive. The most exciting television

project of the year.“

Ma’ariv, daily newspaper

“Outstanding television, a challenging format and an excellent writing team.“

Globes – daily business publication

Contact

Hagai Levy, Managing Director [email protected]

World Sales: Noa Levy, [email protected]


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AL-INTIzAR (WAITING)

Drama television series

Syria, 2006-2007

Producer: Al-Arab

Director: Allith Hajo

Writer: Najib Nusair and

Hassan Sami Yussif

Language: Arabic, with simultaneous

French translator on location

Over one third of the total urban population in the Arab world – 57 million people

- live in “haphazard“ neighborhoods, informal districts and settlements. The story

of Al-Intizar revolves around a Robin Hood character and a seedy journalist, both

sons of these neighborhoods. A story of ordinary people struggling to escape urban

poverty, Al-Intizar reflects the enduring social commitment of Syrian drama.

Christa Salamandra will be participating in the Forum. Al-Intizar forms the centerpiece

of the book she’s currently writing - an ethnography of Syrian television drama

production.

More information on Al-Intizar by Christa Salamandra at the end of the catalogue.

Contact

Al-Arab: 963 11 441 9945, Mobile: 963 933 212 044

Christa Salamandra: [email protected]


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BONUS SERIES

LOW KONT MAKANIBethlehem Media Center, Palestine.

Pilot in Arabic with English subtitles

IN VINO VERITAS Rita Productions, Suisse.

By Stéphane Mitchell, Pauline Gygax

French with English subtitles

TAG UND NACHTC-Films, Suisse, By Tobias Fueter,

Sabine Boss, Hans Liechti, Sören Senn u.a.

Swiss German with English subtitles.

the pilot will be screened during the forum on the 17.03.2010.

Produced by the Bethlehem Media Center Low Kont Makani is a variety TV show

of 12 episodes, 45 minutes each. It takes place in a hair salon and deals with issues

related to gender equality. It aims to challenge the commercial patriarchal portrayal

of women in the Arab world and Arab media, through discussions, featuring young

leaders, and interactive comedy.

presented on Swiss day 18.03.2010

City girl Eve inherits a vineyard from her eccentric aunt, but she doesn’t count on

her conniving sister, depressed husband, demanding kids, sexy oenologist, jealous

neighbour, macho winemakers, an unexpected heir, and the annoyed ghost of her

aunt who will do anything to preserve her winemaking legacy, getting in her way:

in vino veritas..

presented on Swiss day 18.03.2010

The doctors and nurses of the “Permanence” in the central station of a big Swiss city

are day and night around for their patients: passers-by, travelers, tourists, night owls,

lonely people or people who do not want to discuss a health problem with the family

doctor, people from all social ranks and nationalities. The doctors and nurses are the

core and the backbone of the series, a family, in which human conflicts and dramas,

actually all components of living together become present.


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WEDNESDAy, MARCH 17TH

Moderator: Marcy Goldberg

Discussions in French and English

French to English translation available

SEASON 1: DECONSTRUCTING TV SERIES

How does a TV series work and why do I always want more?

A conference where media sociologists, dramaturgists, cultural anthropologists and

filmmakers come together to discuss the aesthetic, socio-cultural, ideological, his-

torical, geographical, and economic challenges of TV series.

Introduction by Marcy Goldberg

Opening presentation by Sarah Hatchuel and Monica Michlin, France

Results of their work Pièges des nouvelles séries américaines. American TV series as

a basis for a larger discussion of the global TV series phenomenon.

Coffee break

Case studies: selected TV series from the Middle East, presented by the producers/

directors/authors of the series. Each presentation ca 20 min followed by short Q&A.

Almost presented by Ali Kalthami & Todd Albert Nims, Saudi Arabia

Avoda Aravit presented by Danny Paran, Israel

BeTipul presented by Anat Sella Inbar, Israel

Low Kont Makani presented by Tamara Kharroub

Lunch break

Al-Intizar presented by Christa Salamandra, Syria-USA

Comparisons of the original In Treatment and the HBO adaptation: Sarah Hatchuel, Q&A

Short break

Concluding discussion with panelists and audience

24th EDITION 13-20 MARCH 2010FRIBOURG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Forum@FIFF CATALoGuE

09.30 – 09.40 A.M.

09.40 – 10.15 A.M.

10.15 – 10.30 A.M.

10.30 – 12.30A.M.

12.30 – 2.00 p.M.

2.00 – 3.15 p.M.

3.15 – 3.30 p.M.

3.30 - 5.00 p.M.

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THURSDAy, MARCH 18TH

Moderator: Marcy Goldberg

Discussions in French and English

French to English translation available

SEASON 2: SWISS DAy

TV series in Switzerland: Where do we stand and how does the future look?

Presentations and discussions with representatives of the Swiss film industry and

international guests

Introduction by Marcy Goldberg

Presentation of Swiss TV series

Heidi and In Vino Veritas presented by Rita Productions, Max Karli, producer and/or

Pauline Gygax, producer

Tag und Nacht presented by Peter-Christian Fueter, producer, Katja Früh, writer

Tobias Fueter, director

Each presentation 15 to 20 min followed by short Q&A

Coffee break

Round Table: Analysing the situation for TV series in Switzerland

Participants:

Michel Bodmer, SF TV (Swiss-German Television)

Alix Nicole, Television Suisse Romande, TSR (Swiss-French Television)

Jasmin Basic, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland

Max Karli, Pauline Gygax, Rita Productions, Geneva

Peter-Christian Fueter, Dedalus Film AG, Zurich

Tobias Fueter, Peek GmbH, Zurich

Victoria Marchand, Editor in chief of Cominmag

Katja Früh, writer

Lunch break

Swiss and international perspectives for the future

Open Forum disussion with panelists and audience

Concluding remarks

9.30 – 9.40 A.M.

9.40 – 11.00 A.M.

11.00 – 11.15 A.M.

11.15 – 12.30 A.M.

12.30 – 2.00 p.M.

2.00 – 4.00 p.M.


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FRIDAy, MARCH 19TH

Masterclass in English,

English to French translation available

SEASON 3: THE NEXT GENERATION

How do I write the next successful series?

Exchanges: 4 students of Sapir College/Israel meet students of ECAL, Lausanne

By invitation only

Scenario Masterclass

09.30 – 12.00 A.M.

2.00 p.M.



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JASMIN BASIC

LIONEL BAIER

TAMI BERKOVITS

MICHEL BODMER

Head of TV films, Federal Office of Culture, Switzerland

Jasmin Basic (1972) earned her degree in film studies from the University of Lausanne.

As of 2000, she was head of programming at Cinéma Tout Ecran, the TV – and

cinema film festival, where she was in charge for the international program. Within

the festival, she also developed and enlarged the TV- series division.

[email protected]

Filmmaker and head of cinema department, University of Art and Design, Lausanne,

Switzerland

Born in 1975 in Lausanne. Since 1992 co-manager and programmer at the Rex cinema

in Aubonne. Since 1996 assistant director for various films and commercials. 1995-98

Studies Arts at the University of Lausanne. Since 2001 Head of Cinema department

at ECAL (École Cantonale d“Art de Lausanne).

[email protected]

Program and coordinator, FORUM@FIFF

Tami Berkovits (1977) lives in Zurich. After her studies at the New School University,

NY, she worked as a freelance associate producer for documentary film directors,

such as Fred Golding and Joe Berlinger. In 2005, she moved to Zurich to continue

her work as a line producer for documentaries at Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion.

From 2008 until 2010 she worked for the newly found Okofilm Productions with

the two directors Andrea Staka and Thomas Imbach. As of 2010 Tami Berkovits is

working for Swiss Television for the program Kulturplatz/Box Office.

[email protected]

Commissioning editor film and TV series, Schweizer Fernsehen, Switzerland

Michel Bodmer (1958) read English, German and Comparative Literature at the

University of Zurich. Master of Arts. Thesis: Comics - Semiotic and Pragmalinguistic

Approaches to a Mixed Medium. He is currently Head of Film and Series Programming

for Swiss Television SF. Michel Bodmer has also worked as a freelance film critic for

various media (Print: Weltwoche, Zoom, filmbulletin, Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Radio:

Swiss Radio DRS3) and a freelance translator of novels by J.G. Ballard, Errol Lincoln

Uys, Geoffrey Household, Dan Kavanagh et al., and screenplays by Peter Greenaway,

Aki Kaurismäki and Monty Python for various German publishers.

[email protected]

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DAEDALUS FILM AG

ANNE DELSETH

KATJA FRÜH

MARCy GOLDBERG

PETER-CHRISTIAN FUETER, film producer, Zurich, Switzerland

Academy Award Winner (Oscar 1991) Peter-Christian Fueter studied German literature

while being an assistant director at German and French theatres and international

opera houses. From 1966 to 72 he got trained and worked as a writer, director, location

and production manager. Since 1972 he has been a producer and member of the board

of director up to 1998 with Condor Films for all different kinds of movies, since 1999

with C-Films as co-founder and chairman of the board for theatrical features and MOW

as well as TV series and documentaries. End of 2009 he retired from C-Films. End

of 2009 he retired from C-Films. His most recent productions include the theatrical

successes Mein Name ist Eugen and Grounding - The Last Days of Switzerland as well

as the most popular Swiss TV Series ever Lüthi und Blanc.

[email protected]

Program and coordinator, FORUM@FIFF

Anne Delseth (1980) studied journalism in Fribourg. She began working at the

Fribourg International Film Festival in 2000 at first as a volunteer. After a short period

of time during which she completed her MA studies and worked for trigon-film, Box

Productions and Saga Productions, Anne returned to the staff of the FIFF. As of

2007 she has been serving as festival programmer alongside Edouard Waintrop, the

festival’s director.

[email protected]

Writer, Zurich, Switzerland

Katja Früh (1953) is a Swiss scriptwriter, actress and director. She started her career in

theater. As of 1980, she was working for the Swiss radio as a director and dramaturgist.

In 2003 to 2004 she wrote the Swiss TV series Flamingo and from 2008 to 2009 she

was the writer of the Swiss TV series Tag und Nacht. Katja Früh was the head-writer

of the successful Swiss TV series Lüthi und Blanc.

[email protected]

Moderation, Zurich, Switzerland

Marcy Goldberg was born in 1969 in Montreal, Canada and has been living in

Zurich since 1996. She is a film historian, media consultant, university lecturer and

translator.

[email protected]


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SARAH HATCHUEL

ALI KALTHAMI

VICTORIA MARCHAND

MONICA MICHLIN

Professor of English literature, Université du Harve, France

Sarah Hatchuel is Professor of Shakespeare studies at the University of Le Havre. She is

the Director of the Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures. She has published several

articles on the aesthetics of Shakespeare on screen, and is the author of Shakespeare,

from Stage to Screen (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and A Companion to the

Shakespearean Films of Kenneth Branagh (Blizzard Publishing, 2000).

[email protected]

Writer of Almost, Saudi Arabia

Ali Kalthami, writer and artist, hails from the Azir Mountains of Southern Saudi Arabia.

The limited professional opportunities for cultivating his creative passions, lead him

to further developing himself on his own time in areas of dancing, drawing, music and

writing. In the last year, Mr. Kalthami has worked on the Saudi Arabian portion of Just

like Us a documentary starring HBO’s Axis of Evil stand-up comedian, Ahmed Ahmed.

Currently, he is Co-writer and Assistant Director of Almost.

[email protected]

Cominmag, Geneva, Switzerland

Victoria Marchand is chief editor of Cominmag, a B2B magazine and web site covering

media, marketing and advertising in Switzerland. She also created the Grand Prix

Romand de la création with the Association des Créatifs Romands, an advertsing

competition open to all agencies (advertising, web, graphists, designer, etc.) from the

French part of the country.

[email protected]

Professor of American literature, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France

Monica teaches American literature and society at the Sorbonne Universitiy, Paris.

After a doctoral dissertation on Toni Morrison, she has been working on literary voices

in contemporary American literature. Her publications include studies of African-

American authors (Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Ernest Gaines), of LGBT literature

(Dorothy Allison, Sapphire, Michael Cunningham) but also studies of contemporary

film. She is currently working on a study of contemporary American fiction on abused

children.

[email protected]


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ALIX NICOLE

TODD ALBERT NIMS

DANNy pARAN

EREz pERy

Commissioning editor film and TV series, Télévision Suisse Romande, Switzerland

Alix Nicole studied Art, French and History at University of Lausanne. 1986 to 1989 she

worked for TELECINE as a buyer and feature programmer. In 1990 she works for the

production company Cinémanufacture as a documentalist. In 1990 she starts in TSR

(Swiss national TV) as a buyer and is now responsible for the feature department.

[email protected]

Writer/director of Almost, Saudi Arabia

Todd Albert Nims, director, writer and musician, was born in Dhahran. He attended

University of Wollongong, Australia for Engineering & Cultural Studies and upon

completion of his Communication degree from the University of Colorado, he worked

in Hollywood for five years during which time he formed his own company. Most

recently upon his return to the Middle East, he helped direct the Saudi Arabian portion

of Just Like Us a documentary starring HBO’s Axis of Evil stand-up comedian, Ahmed

Ahmed. Currently, he is Co-writer and Director of Almost.

[email protected]

Producer of Avoda Aravit, Israel

Serving the TV screen for the last 40 years. dramas, game shows, documentaries,

telenovela, comedies, everything you can think of, all the shows are primetime, all

channels.

Over 3000 hours of TV programming, locally and internationally. Paran won local and

international prizes.

[email protected]

Program Director Cinema South Festival, Department of Film and TV Sapir Academic

College, Israel

Born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1976. A graduate of the department of film and television

in Sapir College. A filmmaker and a film scholar. Erez Pery has been a professor at

the Sapir Film School since 2006. He is the Artistic Director of the Cinema South

International Film Festival in Sderot, Israel since 2007. Pery is the co-editor of Cinema

South, a critical ontology about cinema from the 3 continents (Africa, Latin America

and Asia).

[email protected]


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pEEK GMBH, TOBIAS FUETER

RITA pRODUCTIONS

CHRISTA SALAMANDRA

SARAH SEpULCHRE

Filmmaker and co-owner of Peek Gmbh, Zurich, Switzerland

Tobias Fueter (36) studied at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts Program.

Award winning works include feature films Grounding as co-director, co-writer and

editor and Mein Name ist Eugen as chief editor, TV series Tag und Nacht Episodes

1-6 as director, commercial series Beck&Bondi for Swisscom Telecom. Founds his own

commercial film production company peek gmbh together with two partners in 2005.

Commercial awards inlcude ADC Gold, EDI Gold, Effie Gold, Best of Swiss Web and

Edelflash.

[email protected]

Max Karli, Pauline Gygax, producers of TV series, Geneva, Switzerland

Rita Productions produces features and documentaries, which aim to give an

unexpected angle to the contemporary world. Rita Productions’ profile is to confront

new cinematic visions for a curious and sharp public. Their films enrich the film and

media (audiovisual) landscape.

[email protected], [email protected]

Professor of anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York City, USA

Christa Salamandra is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College, City

University of New York. She received her doctorate from the Institute of Social and

Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, where she also served as Postdoctoral

Research Associate. She is the author of A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and

Distinction in Urban Syria (Indiana University Press, 2004) and numerous articles on

Arab culture and media. Her current book project examines the recent expansion of

the Syrian drama industry, based on ethnographic fieldwork among cultural television

creators and programmer in Damascus and the United Arab Emirates.

[email protected]

Professor of social sciences at the department of communication, Université

catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Sarah Sepulchre is professor at the department of Communication and Social

sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. Her doctoral

research concerned the characters in the American television series. Her interests are

mainly the television, the fiction, the popular and media culture. She also worked on

the informative press (the construction of the political characters, the image of the

women in the media, the false JT(TV NEWS) of the RTBF).

[email protected]


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ANAT SELLA INBAR

BETHLEHEM MEDIA CENTER (BMC) - TAMARA KHARROUB

Head of the Television Studies Program, Sapir Academic College, Israel

Anat Sella Inbar,MFA in Television Production, Brooklyn College NY, NY, is the founder

of the Television Studies Program towards a BFA degree and the head of the program

since its establishment on 2004, at the School of Film and Television, Sapir Academic

College, Israel. The Television Studies Program at Sapir is the only Academic Program

focusing on Television Studies in Israel and one of the few in the World. At the School

of Film and TV Anat also serves as an instructor and as a lecturer concentrating in

her work and research on Television Studies and Israeli Television in general and on

American and Israeli Television Drama in particular. Anat comes from a reach Film and

Television Production background in various positions including Executive Producer of

Television and Video Projects, and in various Television Shows and Series including the

American world known Series LAW & ORDER. Her Graduate Studies Thesis Film, a 30

min. Television Drama, “A Place to Live”, describing the gentle yet complex relationship

between a young Israeli Girl and a young Syrian Guy in NYC post 9/11 has won the

international Dore Schary Award for Student Films committed to the ideals of diversity

and tolerance.

[email protected]

Bethlehem Media Center (BMC) is an audiovisual production center providing

alternative media products. As part of the International Center of Bethlehem / Diyar

Consortium, BMC provides a space for creativity and productivity, and contributes to

the development of the Palestinian society through using media as a powerful tool to

educate, raise awareness, empower, and express.

Established in 2003 in the heart of Bethlehem, BMC has produced several TV shows,

documentary films, music videos, educational videos, social marketing spots, debate

shows, comedy series, and animation.

[email protected]



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GENERAL INFORMATION


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GENERAL INFORMATION

See map attached on the following page

FORUM@FIFF, 17-19.03.2010

Location of conferences, round tables and masterclass:

eikonEMF, Studio, Wilhelm Kaiser 13, 1700 Fribourg

Screening of the series in The East Wing, in front of the Festival’s center, Ancienne

Gare, Fribourg.

Discover every day a new episode (1 episode is screened 3 times a day)

Avoda Aravit / Almost / Al-Intizar / BeTipul



MONDAy 15TH - FRIDAy 19TH

12.30 A.M.

3.30 p.M.

6.30 p.M.


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USEFUL LINKS


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USEFUL LINKS

AVODA ARAVIT

ALMOST

BETIpUL

AL-INTIzAR

LOW KONT MAKANI

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/247507

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Labor

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/world/middleeast/07kashua.html?_

r=2&ref=television

http://www.linktv.org/sitecontent/pages/LA_Times_11.15.08%5B6%5D.pdf

http://www.linktv.org/sitecontent/pages/LA_Times_11.15.08%5B6%5D.pdf

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980014.html?categoryid=2523&cs=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/07/world/africa/07iht-journal.1.9050013.html

official website:

http://almostshow.com/

article:

http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/almost_a_revolution_in_

saudi_tv/

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090605/REVIEW/706049978/-1/NEWS

interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YL8ujVMn0M

official website:

http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-5193,00.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeTipul

article:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/816468.html

http://www.ecrans.fr/Tele-Plus-BeTipul-la-vie,4033.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Treatment

http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18486895.html

More infos on page 22 by Christa Salamandra

http://www.bethlehemmedia.net/eng/



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INFOS Al-IntIzAr By CHRISTA SALAMANDRA


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INFOS Al-IntIzAr By CHRISTA SALAMANDRA

Al-IntIzArA story of ordinary people struggling to escape urban poverty, Waiting reflects the

Syrian drama industry’s enduring social commitment.

Waiting was broadcast on leading pan-Arab satellite stations such as MBC and

Infinity, gaining an enthusiastic global following and substantial critical success. The

series’ depiction of struggles in poor urban areas contrasts sharply with romantic

historical and folkloric themes currently popular in Arab drama. Through works like

Waiting, Syrian drama preserves the Arab world”s social conscience in an age of

commercial nostalgia. As Samira so forcefully reminds us, the shantytown dwellers,

and by extension all of us, deserve better.

The series was produced in 2006 by al-’Arab li Intaj and Muwasasat al-’Arabiyya li

al-Intaj al-Fanni/Wa’il Suwaydani, and directed by Laith Hajjo, best known for the

biting satirical comedy sketch series Spotlight (Buq“at Daw”) and his hard hitting

debut drama Behind Bars Khalf al-Qudban of 2005. Both these works, along with

Waiting, reflect Hajjo’s deft hand with social critique and readiness to treat sensitive

issues. Eminent art director George Lutfi Khuri lent a cinematic quality to the series’

stark social realism. Taher Mamelli”s plaintive, jazz-inflected musical score enhanced

its emotional force.

Two of Syria’s most highly regarded screenwriters, journalist Najeeb Nusair and

novelist Hassan Sami Yussif, wrote the script. After a decade of screenwriting, the

pair has garnered a reputation for artistic depth (‘umq). Nusair and Yussef share

and an affinity with and concern for the shantytown, or “haphazard neighborhood”

(al-hara al-ashwa”iyah) as it is known in Arabic, which serves as the series’ setting.

Waiting required months of filming in narrow, broken down alleyways and tiny

impoverished houses, as on-location filming distinguishes Syrian TV drama from

its longer-established Egyptian counterpart. The series’ closeness to lived reality,

to ethnographic detail, emerged from its creators’ intense interactions with real-

life shantytown dwellers, and is reflected in small touches of gesture, makeup, and

décor.

The story of Waiting revolves around a Robin Hood figure and a low-level journalist,

both sons of Dweila“a a dilapidated settlement on the outskirts of Damascus. Here

Taim Hassan’s “Abbud, a foundling whose house the camera never visits, robs clothing

from boutiques in the city’s wealthy districts and distributes it among his neighbors in

the dead of night. Mysterious, unmoored, at once everywhere and nowhere, ’Abbud

obeys his own honor code, and takes big brotherly interest in adolescent Raja (Ahmad

Lababidi).

Journalist Wa’il (Bassam Kusa), Raja’s father, remains loyal to the low-paying state

newspaper; his wife, schoolteacher Samira (Yara Sabri) urges him to try al-Jazeera.

Wa’il waxes romantic about neighborhood’s goodness and humanity; Samira

complains of its dirt and danger, a position the series” creators share, and underscore

in its dramatic turning point: while playing soccer in the Dweila’a ’s only available

clearing—a rubble-strewn lot at the edge of a busy highway—the couple”s youngest

son Malik (Laith Qarnit) is struck by a minivan and blinded.

Duped by a myth of departure, most characters are waiting to leave a neighborhood,

and a state of being, they perceive as a mere way station to a better life; most, it is

implied, never will. This frustrating limbo symbolizes what Waiting’s creators see as

the Arab condition.


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