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MAKING OF dCaptain Abu Raed [JO]

Directed by Amin Matalqa

Shot in Salf, Jordan 13-14/06/2007
Making of directed by Sabine Choucair

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 Amin Matalqa - WRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
Living next to an airport in the US within a family of aviators (both my father and brother are aviators) had a great effect on me. The airport is one of the sole places in which both the rich and the poor meet to bid farewell...
image Nadine Toukan - CO-PRODUCER
I chose to work on this film because I was attracted to the scenario, because, after all, it’s the story which animates the spirit of the film...
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 Reinhart Peschke - CINEMATOGRAPHER
The main reasons why I chose to work on this project were the story, the script, the director Amin. We had pretty much the same vision about the film...
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 David Pritchard - PRODUCER
I met a bunch of people from Jordan about six seven years ago, we started developing films together. This was the first project that struck me as being the right one to do first, so this is the one we're doing first...
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 Gerald Sullivan - PRODUCTION DESIGNER
We started out prepping Captain Abou Raed by scouting locations all through Amman, knowing that we were going to build two key sets which was Abou Mourad and Abou Raed's place...
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 Nadim Sawalha - ACTOR
My name is Nadim Sawalha, I am an Arab actor. I live and work in London and throughout the world, and now I am working in my motherland, Jordan...
CONTACT

 

QUA Productions / Amin Matalqa
E: amatalqa@mac.com
T: 00962 776 711 016

 
 

This project is supported by the European Union in the framework of the euromed audiovisual programme
Last update March 2008