Sundance film festival world cinema audience award. Austin wintory born september 9, 1984 in denver, colorado is an american composer who composes scores for films and video games. He is an actor, known for the spy who loved me 1977, the living daylights 1987 and captain abu raed 2007. Captain abu raed is a 2007 jordanian film directed and written by amin matalqa. Nadim sawalha was born on september 9, 1935 in madaba, jordan. Captain abu raed, not yet released in the united states. List of jordanian submissions for the academy award for best. Personal life edit sawalha is married to roberta mary lane, and has three daughters, julia, nadia and dina. Award winning jordanian feature film by writerdirector amin matalqa.
Shoo hiloo song from jordanian film thin dreams youtube. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship. Abu raed is an aging airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. Frozen river, the wackness lead 2008 sundance winners. This makes captain abu raed s commercial poise and polish all the more remarkable. Not rated 1h 42min drama 6 february 2008 jordan captain abu raed poster. Chaplin, but from my vantage point, the results feel more like they were plucked from harvey weinsteins trash bin circa 1998. A fact from captain abu raed appeared on wikipedia s main page in the did you know. Any of several mental disorders can increase the risk that an individual will choose to end his or her own life, but suicide can also occur in the absence of mental disorder. Oscar success is most impressive when a film sweeps. Jinn tv series wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Please consider a tipjar donation, to keep us up and running. The jordanian embassy in washington, dc presented a may 20 screening of captain abu raed, followed by a session with the films writerdirector and executive producer. Abu raed, who is a janitor at the airport, is mistaken for a pilot after wearing an old pilots hat home one. Conforming a d20 feature in adobe premiere pro studio daily. Captain abu raed 2008, paper and pen films nadim sawalha,rana sultan,hussein alsous,udey alqiddissi,ghandi saber,dina raadyaghnam,mohammad qteshat,nadim mushahwar,faisal majali,lina attel,ali maher,khaled alsafi,rami samara,ayat najah abd alsadeq,khuloud khaled issa,salam najjar,bilal rantisi,issa hilal,marc hollogne,omar jabaji,malik madi,zeid mustafa,ala husseini,yousef. View hd trailers and videos for captain abu raed on rotten tomatoes, then check our tomatometer to find out what the critics say. Ohio state grad wins award at sundance film festival the. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. His day is spent as a custodian at ammans international airport and night are spent in loneliness. The eastwood scoring stage warner brothers studios burbank, ca. Jimmy page, miyazaki, taxidermia and an oldage love story. The multitalented edward norton did some unique research to get his film and his character just right in motherless brooklyn watch now. Captain abu raed 2008, jordan captain abu raed is a story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan.
The 30th young artist awards ceremony, presented by the young artist association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on march 29, 2009 at universal studios globe theatre in universal city, california. While nothing unique, captain abu raed enchants the youth of his neighborhood with made up stories. Abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Sundance and truly moving pictures winner, captain abu raed, opens in us theaters in july, august, and sept. Dont miss jordans flfa submission captain abu raed from director amin matalqa. We are very proud of the films success here in the united states vast and competitive movie industry. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. John wayne 4pack dvd movie video at cd universe, hondo army dispatch rider hondo lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring apaches, and.
Check out the latest news, release dates, and special events here. Captain abu raed is based on the ageold tale of an older person befriending children while encouraging them to reach for their dreams. The first jordanian featurelength film to be exported to world cinemas, captain abu raed already has received critical acclaim, winning awards at sundance and the. Captain abu raed 2008, paper and pen films nadim sawalha,rana sultan,hussein alsous,udey alqiddissi,ghandi saber,dina raadyaghnam,mohammad qteshat,nadim mushahwar,faisal majali,lina attel,ali maher,khaled alsafi,rami samara,ayat najah abd. Dubai, august 12, 2018 netflix, the worlds leading internet entertainment service, announced that its first arabic original series begins principal photography today in amman, jordan.
Young musician scores big in television the seattle times. Do you enjoy the news, photos and scoring coverage. Small wonder that captain abu raed won an audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival. For captain abu raed, the director was looking for a western sound, instead of the typical middle eastern orchestral color an audience would be used to hearing in a film set in this part of the world. Jordan is one of one hundred countries that have submitted films for the academy award for best international feature film. Amin matalqa, paper and pen films jordan gigapix if you could have dir.
Widowed and now childless, 70yearold abu raed leads a very uneventful life at home reading. Amin matalqas teary drama, captain abu raed, takes its obvious cues from the neorealism of satyajit ray and jean renoir, but matalqa doesnt know how to balance melodrama with quiet moments the way the masters did. Seldom can a film be as touching as this without throwing in some melodrama, and rarely can a story. This makes captain abu raeds commercial poise and polish all the. Amer alkhuffash, laila arabi, karma alsourki, joud alsourki. Abu raed is a man who wanted to travel but whose life circumstance denied him the opportunity. A jordanian hero with the spirit of charlie chaplin a glimpse into the arab world that doesnt focus on war or fanaticism, captain abu raed reveals a jordan that. View hd trailers and videos for captain abu raed on rotten. Captain abu raed from jordan who is directing the last 3 episodes. The award is handed out annually by the united states academy of motion picture arts and sciences to a featurelength motion picture produced outside the united states that contains primarily nonenglish dialo. Jinn, first arabic original series filmed in jordan. Technical supervisor clark graff devised a tapeless workflow for captain abu raed, a jordanian film produced by gigapix studios chatsworth, ca that played in competition at this years sundance film festival, using custombuilt digital film recorders both to capture footage from the productions arriflex d20 cameras and to conform the feature using adobe premiere pro cs3.
The film would need a universally romantic score that would affect an audience in any part of the world. Amin matalqas teary drama, captain abu raed, takes its obvious cues from the neorealism of satyajit ray and jean renoir, but matalqa doesnt know how to balance melodrama with quiet moments the. He is an actor, known for the spy who loved me 1977, the living daylights 1987 and captain abu raed. One day a group of children in his poor neighborhood assume he is a pilot and beg him to share stories of the world outside of amman, jordan. Abbreviated schedule film synopses and reservation links below.
Net is intended to provide a wide variety of newsworthy items to our viewership at this site. When abu raed, a poor jordanian airport janitor, discovers a captain. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode. The jordanian film captain abu raed was wellreceived when it toured the festival circuit in 2008, winning the world cinema audience award at sundance that year among its several honors, but it never obtained wider distribution in theaters. New voicesnew visions the new voicesnew visions award will honor one of 12 features from new international talents making their first or second films. Such a subtle yet global view of human struggle the whole world viewed through the prism of a. The first dramatic independent feature film to come out of jordan in the last 50 years. Sep 04, 2008 all 4 september 2008 articles in screen. Despite the films flaws, theres something winsome about abu raed in his captain s hat, entertaining kids with visits to cities that exist only in his imagination. Jordan enters oscars for first time with captain abu raed.
Captain abu raed, an unaffected melodrama from jordan, is like the humanistic efforts that made up the first generation of art films to arrive in the united states. Oct 28, 2008 captain abu raed, the first jordanian feature film ever exported to the worlds cinemas, is a winner of the audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival and the dubai international film festival. Aug 14, 2009 jimmy page, miyazaki, taxidermia and an oldage love story. Writerdirector of the 2008 sundancewinning jordanian film, captain abu raed. A ccording to the films press notes, captain abu raed materialized when writerdirector amin matalqa was challenged by producer david pritchard to write an original arab language feature film that charlie chaplin would want to be in. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan.
The royal film commission of jordan endorsed captain abu raed to be submitted to the 81st academy awards for best foreign language film, the first ever submitted by jordan. He is particularly known for composing the scores to the acclaimed video game titles flow and journey, the latter of which was nominated for a grammy award for best score soundtrack for visual media the first for a video game. Listen to your favorite songs from captain abu raed by austin wintory now. The movies strongest point is nadim sawalhas performance as abu raed. The sixepisode series is expected to launch to netflix members all around the. Now that its available on dvd, maybe it will finally get a broader audience it requires after all. Captain abu raed english subtitled 2008 mpaa rating.
Contemporary middle eastern cinema usc cinematic arts. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit registry sell gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit registry sell. The tale of an elderly airport janitor mistaken for a glamorous international pilot by his workingclass neighborhood kids, captain abu raed is a straightforward hearttugging melodrama that. Sbs program guide week 34 2016 sunday august 14th, 2016 eastern states qld, nsw, act, vic, tas movie. Published on may 12, 2009 sundance and truly moving pictures winner, captain abu raed, opens in us theaters in july, august, and sept. A catalog of films, indexed by time, with content, themes or depictions related to mental illness, addiction and their treatment.
Captain abu raed by austin wintory on amazon music unlimited. Abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. Captain abu raed trailer subtitled english youtube. Apr 18, 2008 sound track for the jordanian film a7lam rafee3a thin dreams featuring. Nadim sawalha has made over 100 appearances in film and television, in a career spanning more than 40 years. Everyone has a dream when an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. To satisfy this requirement, the director turned to composer austin wintory. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more than 50 years. Frozen river, the wackness lead 2008 sundance winners captain abu raed 2010 the directorial debut of the young americaneducated jordanian director amin matalqa and the first jordanian independent film, captain abu raed won over audiences at the sundance film festival as it took home the audience award for world cinema in 2008.
Captain abu raed is indeed somewhat indecisive about what it wants to be, but thats precisely the beauty of it. Ten years after graduating from osu, matalqa has revived his dream and his first feature film, captain abu raed, made its american debut at the 2008 sundance film festival. A jordanian hero with the spirit of charlie chaplin. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode 2008 on imdb. A poetic and deeply felt debut by director amin matalqa, captain abu raed is simultaneously mythic and melodramatic.
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