From August 25 to September 10, 2022, the Lebanese Film Festival will take place.
MAD Solutions has sent two films from its distribution list for the 10th edition of the Lebanese Film Festival in Australia.
The film festival will take place from August 25 to September 10, 2022.
Zaid Abu Hamdan’s Daughters of Abdulrahman and Maria Ivanova Z’s I’m not Lakit from MAD solutions will screen at the festival.
Daughters of Abdulrahman will have two screenings during the festival, the first on Saturday, August 27, at 7 PM (GMT +10) and the second screening will be on Saturday, September 10, at 7 PM. Maria Ivanova Z’s documentary I’m not Lakit will be screened on Friday, August 26 at 7:15 PM.
Daughters of Abdulrahman recently won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film (Golden Lynx Fiction) at FEST – New Directors /New Films Festival in Portugal and Audience Award at San Diego Arab Film Festival, USA. The film landed its world premiere at the Cairo International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award (Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Award) and was screened at the Beirut International Women Film Festival, where it won a special mention and the first edition of Red Sea International Film Festival (Arab Spectacular Section). It was also the opening film of Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden.
The film follows the storyline of Zainab who wakes up to a shocking discovery that could defame her in the neighbourhood. She quickly calls for her sister’s aid. Yet, fiery Amaal has her own secret struggle and is not having her sister Samah, who is too busy to be there. Meanwhile, Khitam tries to focus on her own mission.
Written and directed by Zaid Abu Hamdan, Daughters of Abdulrahman stars Saba Mubarak, Farah Bsaiso, Hanan Al Hilo, Mariam Al Basha, and Khalid Al Tarifi. It is produced by Pan East Media (Saba Mubarak & Aya Wuhoush), Lagoonie Film Production, Wika Production and Distribution, and Arab Media Network. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.
I’m not Lakit follows the story of Saleh, a man who lives in an old house in the mountains near the Lebanese city of Byblos. Saleh does not belong to a family or a religious sect, in a society where such criteria define a human being. Worse, he lacks nationality and a passport, he even lacks the right to live his life as an ordinary citizen since he is labeled as a ‘lakit’ of unknown ancestry.
Written and directed by Maria Ivanova Z, the film landed its world premiere at Beirut International Women Film Festival. Produced by Né à beyrouth Films and Avanpost Media, and shot by Marius Panduru, the film stars Father Majdi Allawi, Jean-Paul Salameh, Ali Hssein Fakih and Mohamad Ali. MAD Solutions handles the film’s distribution in the Arab world.
