MAD Solutions Joins Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film in Jordan

8 MAD Solutions films will join the third edition of the Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film ( from 20 to 27 July)  The films  are OUR RIVER...OUR SKY by Maysoon Pachachi, SOULA by Salah Issaad, STREAMS by Mehdi Hmili, LIFE SUITS ME WELL by Al Hadi Ulad-Mohand, and DAUGHTERS OF ABDULRAHMAN by Zaid Abu Hamdan. Moreover, MAD Solutions will screen short films: WHEN THE SEA WAS BLUE by Amr Elseyoufi, 18/11 by Medhat Maged, and UNSPOKEN by Mohammed Alghadhban

Amman International Film Festival - Awel Film focuses on the groundbreaking achievements in filmmaking throughout the world, particularly from the Arab region . In addition, it emphasizes on the screenings that highlight the originality and power of using the film as an artistic tool. 

About Our River…Our Sky:

The narrative in Our River…Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic) is set against a background of sectarian violence in the last week of 2006, between Christmas and the Adha Eid.  It tells the stories of ordinary Iraqis trying to live their everyday lives in Baghdad, the capital;  despite unpredictable violent events, which put them in peril. Sara, a single mother and novelist, who has a writer’s block, triggered by such non verbale violence.  Shortly before the New Year, following unexpected news, Sara and her neighbors brace themselves for an uncertain future while trying to sustain a fragile sense of hope.

The film is written by Maysoon Pachachi who co-wrote it with Irada Al-Jubori. The cast includes Darina Al Joundi (as Sara), Basim Hajar, Meriam Abbas, renowned Iraqi actor Mahmoud Abo Al Abbas,Zaydun Salman Khalaf, Sami Al-Ali, Ahmed Hashimi, Labwa Arab, and Ali Al Kareem. The crew includes Production & Custom Designer Rayah Aasee, Assistant Director Haidar Hakim (Slemani), Assistant Director Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji (Baghdad). The film is scored by Ehsan Al Imam and Khayam Al Lami. 

Our River…Our Sky is produced by Oxymoron Films (UK) and Linked Productions (Kuwait) and made in co production with its other main producers Les Contes Modernes (France) and Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion (Germany). MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution across the Arab world.