MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA / MAIS DARWAZAH

feature documentary, 80 min, 2013

Inspired by the artist and writer Hasan Hourani's wondrous reveries, this poetic, first-person essay chronicles filmmaker Mais Darwazah's first-ever visit to her homeland, charting an exquisite journey to the seafront of Jaffa. When director Mais Darwazah discovered for the first time the drawings and poems of Hasan Hourani, she felt the rapture of having found a kindred soul.

" Ultimately, hidden within the romantic lines of My Love Awaits Me by the Sea is a very clear vision of the region." - Huffington Post - by E. Nina Rothe

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS

World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2013 (Forum Section)

International Premiere in CPH:DOC 2013 International Competition (Denmark)

Best feature at Latin Arab Film Festival 2014, the

Grand Prize at Festival Internacional de Cinema Feminino 2014

Best Documentary at Medfilm Festival 2014

Golden Linx Best Documentary at New Directors New Films 2014

Jury Prize at Ismailia International Documentary Festival 2014

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CREW

Financed through Arab Fund for Arts & Culture, Doha Film Institut, Sundance Institut, SANAD.

- Direction and script : Mais Darwazah

- Producer : Rula Nasser

- Line Producer : Najwa Mubarki

- Co-producer : Michel Balagué

- Production assistant : Muhannad Halawani

- Music : Cynthia Zaven

- Cinematography :Arlette Girardot and Joude Gorani

- Film Editing :Vartan Avakian

- Sound Editor : Jochen Jezussek

- Sound Mixer : Issa J. Qumsyah

- Colorist : Jorge Piquer Rodríguez
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TECHNICAL DATA
Film format: DCP
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Colours: color
Sound: surround 5.1