Arabic film sand storm is israels entry for 2017 oscar. Film tersebut memenangkan penghargaan film terbaik di penghargaan ophir. Set in israels bedouin community, sand storm is beautiful. The birth of a nation, sonita, sand storm, and the other winners of the 2016 sundance film festival awards have been announced. Nate parkers the birth of a nation took both top prizes. Sand storm by frances raybaud a testament to the pull between duty and independence that plagues many youth today, but especially those in the east, sand storm is not the romcom it pretends to be. International fiction, presented by youtube mamans short film jury award. Sand storm sufat chol, a first feature by israeli director elite zexer, won the world cinema grand jury prize. In arabic with english subtitles kino lorber a debut feature that heralds a strong new iconoclastic voice in israeli cinema. Zexer has a fine eye for the texture of daily life, which she fills in with.
Perhaps more distinctive art films claim their place on that stage. Taken as a big picture, sand storm is a disturbing drama about both genders losing that fight for free will against horrific gender institutions. When their entire lives shatter, two bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way. Park city, ut sundance institute tonight announced the prizes in feature filmmaking at the 2016 sundance film festival, with top awards going to between sea and land, the birth of a nation, first girl i loved, jim. A fairly familiar critique of patriarchy from a humanist and feminist perspective, but one thats put across with some very impressive filmmaking. Polygamy, misogyny, and institutional oppression of women are examined in this tense depiction of the ways in which even men in such cultures are trapped by fear of. For our sixth festival, we have stronger voices from women of all cultures and power bases.
This film won the world cinema grand jury prize for drama at sundance and best picture from the israeli film academy. The tension between tradition and modernity is ramped right up in this family drama from elite zexer, israels contender for a golden statuette at next years oscars. Sep 23, 2016 sand storm picked up top honors thursday night at the ophir awards, the annual competition by the israeli academy of film and television that is commonly referred to as israels version of. Sufat chol adalah sebuah film drama israel 2016 yang disutradarai oleh elite zexer.
Sand storm is a grim coming of age story, set in a bedouin village in southern israel. Sand storm picked up top honors thursday night at the ophir awards, the annual competition by the israeli academy of film and television that is commonly referred. The 2016 sundance film festival awards have been handed out. Lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel screened at. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Lamis ammar, hitham omari, khadija al akel en ruba blal. Sand storm shines at the ophir awards by cineuropa 06102016 elite zexers film won six trophies, including best feature film through the wall and junction 48, also awarded. Its european premiere will follow at the berlin film festival feb 1121, where it will screen in the panorama section. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another. Di festival film sundance 2016, film tersebut memenangkan grand jury prize dalam sesi world cinema dramatic. Video archive for the film sand storm, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2016. With lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel. Sand storm follows a bedouin mother and daughter in.
The winner of the best film award is automatically entered as israels submission for the foreign film award at the oscars. Sand storm picked up top honors thursday night at the ophir awards, the annual competition by the israeli academy of film and television that is. Sand storm, a drama by elite zexer set in a bedouin village in southern israel, has won the ophir award as the best israeli film of 2016. The james foley story, sand storm, sonita and weiner. Sand storm s great gift is that it is human, not didactic, showing not only how difficult this iron web of culture and tradition is to escape from but also how much it poisons the lives of the men who enforce it as much as the women who are victimized by it.
Israel chooses sand storm as oscar foreign film entry. Arabiclanguage film is israels official oscar entry. It is the narrative film, sand storm recipient of the world cinema grand jury prize. The setting is anything but romantic, and women born there should. Israel chooses sand storm as oscar foreign film entry variety. Dramatic that provides even less room for optimism as it tackles a social injustice with a giant.
Award for world cinema documentary has a more dreamlike fantasy with its course of events. Trailer for sand storm, also known as sufat chol desert noon in a bedouin village in southern israel. Israeli family drama sand storm is an experience as intense as any. Sand storm may not be a masterpiece of world cinema. Though its not the first film weve seen about the plight of women in traditional patriarchal societies, sufat chol sand storm is a notch above most of them.
Sand storm, a drama with entirely arabic dialogue, will represent israel this year in the race for the academy award for best foreign film. Sand storm, a drama with entirely arabic dialogue, will represent israel this. Sand storm depicts the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative village and has already won a slew of awards peter beaumont in. Sand storm depicts the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative village and has already won a slew of awards.
Movies like sand storm if you like sand storm you are looking for movies about with domestic violence, impossible love, marriage, female student, polygamy, mother daughter relationship and college student themes of drama genre shot in israel or germany. Sep 25, 2016 sand storm premiered earlier this year at the 2016 sundance film festival, where it won the world cinema grand jury prize in the dramatic section. Arabic film sand storm is israels entry for 2017 oscar for. Although its title might seem to promise an outdoor action drama, elite zexers sand storm mainly takes place behind closed doors in a bedouin village in the negev desert. Sand storm premiered earlier this year at the 2016 sundance film festival, where it won the world cinema grand jury prize in the dramatic section. Sep 28, 2016 zexer reportedly studied bedouins for years before making sand storm, and theres a feeling of anthropological exactness to many of its details. World cinema dramatic grand jury prize locarno international film festival. Please give us your description of the film playing. But religion is a crucial absence in the films world, which feels very inexact. Polygamy, misogyny, and institutional oppression of women are examined in this tense depiction of the ways in which even men in such cultures are trapped by fear of ostracism and shame. Sand storm 2016 pg 1h 28m international dramas when a bedouin patriarch takes a second bride, his first wife chafes against her changing status while his daughter chases her own dreams of autonomy. The winner of the best film award is entered as israels submission for the foreign film award at the next years oscars. Sep 23, 2016 trailer for sand storm, also known as sufat chol desert noon in a bedouin village in southern israel.
Sufat chol is a 2016 israeli drama film directed by elite zexer. September 28, 2016 if you hate traffic jams, you might envy the bedouin people who live in israels negev desert. Sundance institute announces feature film awards for 2016. Sand storm is een israelische film uit 2016, geschreven en. Israels official submission for the 2017 foreign language film academy awardr will launch on netflix friday, december 15, 2016. Sand storm marks an impressive first feature for debuting writerdirector elite zexer that offers a perceptive and crucial look at patriarchal.
Parents need to know that sand storm is an arab language, englishsubtitled israeli film that deals with the secondclass status of women born to a traditional arab culture. The birth of a nation and sonita won both the grand jury prize and audience award for their respective sections, marking the. Set in a bedouin village in southern israel, sand storm tells the story of a mother and daughter trapped by their. Sand storm will premiere at the 2016 toronto international film festival on september. Sand storm wins ophir award, becomes israeli oscar entry. The film won six trophies, including best feature film which means it will also be representing israel in the oscar race for the statuette for the best foreign film read news. Yet the arranged marriage, sand storm is a new look into the middle eastern culture where man is the only one who is entitled to make decisions, and whether it is right or wrong, thats a question nobody dares to. Lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel. The 32nd annual sundance film festival awards are the culmination. Israeli film sand storm wins at sundance israel21c.
A dust storm, also called sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semiarid regions. Sand storm is a 2016 israeli drama film directed by elite zexer. Discover the worlds greatest film festivals and awards on mubi. As wedding festivities get underway in a bedouin village in southern israel, jalila finds herself in the awkward position of hosting her husband sulimans marriage to a second, much younger wife. The drama turns on the ways men in a traditionbound arab culture enjoy the benefits of a way of life that oppresses women, who in turn oppress each other. Sand storm 2016 tvpg 1h 28m international movies when a bedouin patriarch takes a second bride, his first wife chafes against her changing status while his daughter chases her own dreams of autonomy. A story of tradition, modernity, and divided family, sand storm upends expectations.
A similar shot is seen near the end of the film, and the film itself has an overwhelming sense of continuity, unfortunately to the detriment of its characters or victims. Sand storm 2016 in southern israel, a teens lamis ammar forbidden love affair challenges the traditions of her bedouin mother and father. Sand storm written and directed by elite zexer does not focus on layla or her relationship with a young man who she deeply loves. Sand storm is a family drama that takes place in a bedouin village in the israeli dessert. Released september 28th, 2016, sand storm stars lamis ammar, ruba blal, hitham omari, khadija al akel the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Beta cinema acquired the film about bedouin traditions in the face of modernity and will distribute it. Arabiclanguage film is israels official oscar entry world. The debut feature of israeli filmmaker elite zexer was named best film at the recent 2016 ophir awards israels equivalent of the oscars. Desert noon in a bedouin village in southern israel. At the 2016 sundance film festival it won the grand jury prize in the world cinema dramatic section. Jalila is the first, a 42year old mother of four girls who is busy with the usual stress of hosting guests only worse, since they. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Arabiclanguage film is israels official oscar entry world news.
Sand storm depicts the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative village and has already won a slew of awards peter beaumont in jerusalem mon 26 sep 2016 12. Sand storm won six ophir awards israels equivalent of the oscars given out by the israeli academy of film and television on thursday, including for best film. It was shown in the panorama section at the 66th berlin international film festival. Film tersebut ditayangkan dalam sesi panorama di festival film internasional berlin ke66. Beta cinema has acquired israeli drama sand storm, ahead of its world premiere at the sundance film festival on jan 25, where it is set to play in the world cinema dramatic competition. Winner of the world cinema grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival. The film opens at wedding festivities in a bedouin village in the negev desert. Sep 26, 2016 sand storm depicts the lives of bedouin women in an impoverished and conservative village and has already won a slew of awards peter beaumont in jerusalem mon 26 sep 2016 12. Elite zexers drama of a mother and daughter, both in rebellion against the traditional strictures of bedouin life, melds an ethnographers commitment to. Zexer reportedly studied bedouins for years before making sand storm, and theres a feeling of anthropological exactness to many of its details.