Ya Sharr Mout
Switzerland, September 2008
FILM,
Documentary,
67 min.
- directed by
- Sabine Gisiger
- Written by
- Sabine Gisiger
- Status
- In distribution
The venturesome story of a Lebanese-Swiss music project in search of nuances during a time of general cultural dispute between the Orient and Occident. The film also tells the moving account of the man who initiated the project: Mahmoud Turkmani, who grew up in Halba in the north of Lebanon, studied music in the Soviet Union, and now lives in the canton of Bern. Mahmoud Turkmani works together with the Bernese video artist Michael Spahr and classical musicians from Egypt and Lebanon, alluding to the musical, political and religious dogmas in the Arab world – with sounds and calligraphic images of poignant beauty.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2008
- Original Version
- Arabic, German (german subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 67 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-F94A-0000-Y
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Karin Koch
- directed by
- Sabine Gisiger
- Written by
- Sabine Gisiger
- Cinematography
- Helena Vagnières, Reinhard Köcher
- Editing
- Barbara Weber
- Music
- Mahmoud Turkmani
- Location Sound Mix
- Andreas Litmanowitsch
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Montréal, Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Prix du meilleur portrait 2010 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Roma Art Doc Fest
20.10.2010 - 24.10.2010 -
Montréal, 28e FIFA Festival international du film sur l'art Montréal
18.03.2010 - 28.03.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2009 - 25.01.2009