It’s been a while since the last post - and I hope to start keeping on the ball from now on!
On the movie front, we screened Noor at the Directors Guild of America Theatre last month - seeing it projected in HD was truly a wonderful experience! We screened alongside the other Wasserman King finalists and winners, so we were in great company!
We just got into the RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!! This is a great step forward and the biggest festival we have been fortunate enough to get into. Good times to come.
Other than that, not too much to report from this end. There are some great films coming out in the same vein as Noor but SUPERSIZED that I totally encourage everyone to hunt down and go see,
1. AMREEKA
2. CAPTAIN ABU RAED
The first is about a Palestinian American girl growing up in Ohio! It’s funny, it’s great, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry and then you’ll want to watch it again! Captain is a great story set in the Middle East about an airport janitor who has always wanted to be a pilot - great for the imagination and even better for the heart!
Seeing so many great films told by Arab voices is a great thing! Go forth and support people!
Hello again!
I know we havent been updating very often, but have more good news to report! Noor just screened at the NYU First Run Film Festival yesterday to a wonderful audience! It was a great experience and we want to thank EVERYONE for making the effort to come out! It was very special as it was the first New York screening. We are also happy to report that Noor won the following craft awards at First Run :
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Producers
Best Screenplay
CONGRATULATIONS CAST ON A JOB WELL DONE!! Its a great addition to our small list of accomploshiments! We have also been fortunate enough to be nominated as finalists for the Wasserman Awards which will take place on Monday! This means that Noor will be playing at the Directors Guild in LA in early June! Its been a GREAT WEEK! Will post more on Monday! Thanks again to everyone who came out Friday night!
- Raz and Al !
Welcome to the new wesbite!!
This is our first blog post and hopefully the following will be just as exciting as this one. Last night Noor screened at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival and won Best Short Film as well as Best Student Film!!!
It was a truly amazing experience and a wonderful city. Allison and I ( Razan ) were able to attend and we watched some great movies for the 2 days we were in the city! Still en route to nyc now but we will post some pics as well as some cool articles when we get back!!
ALSO - thank you to everyone who came out to the Washington DC screening, it was a WONDERFUL audience and a GREAT exeperiece!!
