Project Detail

A World Not Ours

Synopsis

Imbued with nostalgia and striking a wide range of emotional notes, filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel travels to the Lebanese refugee camp of Ain El Helweh to explore how the camp's displaced people use the World Cup series to articulate their own ideas of home, community, victory and hope (TIFF 2012).

Details

Year
2012
Type of film
Features
Running time
93 mins
Director
Mahdi Fleifel 1st Feature
Producer
Mahdi Fleifel
Executive Producer
Mahdi Fleifel, Patrick Campbell
Editor
Michael Aaglund
Screenwriter
Mahdi Fleifel
Director of Photography
Mahdi Fleifel
Sound
Zhe Wu
Composer
Jon Opstad
Principal cast
Mahdi Fleifel

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Production Status

Production Company

Nakba Filmworks

450 Kingsland Road
Hackney
London E8 4AE
UK
Tel: +44 7 8528 40462

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