The project has already secured production grants from both the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Royal Film Commission - Jordan.
MAD Solutions, during the recent Amman Film Industry Days, awarded a distribution grant of $20,000 to Saeed Taji Farouki’s Jordanian feature project, Soon We Will Be History Here. This grant serves as a minimum guarantee in exchange for the film’s distribution and sales rights in the Arab world.
Soon We Will Be History Here is being produced by Maria Caruana Galizia of Candle and Bell Limited and co-produced by May Odeh and Tareq Abu-Lughod. The project has already secured production grants from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Royal Film Commission – Jordan.
The film’s storyline revolves around Suleiman, a quiet Gazan man who comes to the rescue of an injured peregrine falcon on his farm. He begins to believe that the bird is the reincarnation of his sister. However, when Hisham, a disheartened and lost teenager, becomes obsessed with the bird, a power struggle ensues over its companionship.
MAD Solutions’ Distribution Grant is part of the company’s strategy to support the Arab film industry at various stages of production, both on the international and Arab fronts, with a focus on long-term promotion. MAD Solutions has previously presented similar awards at renowned events such as the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, the Malmö Arab Film Festival’s market and forum in Sweden, Palestine Cinema Days, the professional forum at the National Film Festival in Tangier, and the Final Cut at the Venice International Film Festival.
Notable previous recipients of this award include Yassine Fennane’s The Last Rehearsal, Adel Al-Bakri’s The Evening Train in 2022, and Yahya Muzahim’s The Hand of Maryam in 2021.
Saeed Taji Farouki, the recipient of this grant, is a British-Palestinian director known for his work centred on themes of conflict, human rights, and colonialism, with a creative journey spanning since 2004.
