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Falafel by Michel Kammoun. Lebanon/France, 2006, 83 min, 35mm
Seemingly everything that can go wrong on the way to a party happens to the easygoing young hero of Falafel, on a trip through nighttime Beirut where you can almost smell the falafel frying at neon-lit stands. Chronicling the absence of closure in post–civil war Lebanon, director Michel Kammoun shifts from playful clowning to edge-of-violence darkness in the blink of an eye as he follows his young hero, building up a sense of danger and frustration in a kind of Lebanese After Hours. In his first feature, Kammoun illustrates how life in Lebanon has yet to normalize, even 16 years after the civil war.
Preceded by: Casa, by Ali Benkirane. Morocco, 2006, 18 min, Digibeta
Co-sponsored with the Tribeca Film Festival
Sun, Nov 11, 2:00 P.M.
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Filmmaker's Biography
Michel Kammoun was born in Lebanon in 1969. After studying math in Lebanon, he enrolled in the film school ESESC in Paris. He has written and directed many short films, including Cathodique (1993), Shadows (1995), The Shower (1999) and Clowning Around/The Vanishing Rabbits (2003). His films have played in numerous international festivals and throughout Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. He also directed commercials and held screenwriting workshops in Lebanon. He divides his time between Beirut and Paris.
Festivals and Awards
- Silver Muhr du meilleur film, Dubai International Film Festival, 2006
- Prix du public (Papillon d'argent) Lille 2007
- Meilleur premier film, Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, 2007
- Istanbul International Film Festival, Official Selection, 2007
- Bayard d'or de la meilleure musique & Bayard d'or du meilleur film, Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium, 2006
- Meilleur premier film, festival international du film d'Alexandrie, 2007
- Palme de bronze, XXVIII Mostra de Valencia, 2007
- Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
Credits
Cast: Elie Mitri, Gabrielle Bou Rached, Issam Boukhaled, Michel Hourani, Hiam Abou Chedid, Fadi Abi Samra, Rafic Ali Ahmad, Roger Assaf
Screenwriter: Michel Kammoun
Producers: Michel Kammoun, Thierry Lenouvel
Cinematographer: Muriel Aboulrouss
Editor: Gladys Joujou
Sound: Chady Roukoz
Music: Toufic Farroukh
Print Source
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