A film of El Gouna Film Festival

عن الآباء و الآبناءOf Fathers and Sons

Director
Talal Derki
Countries
Germany, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar
Year
2017
Running time
99 min
Language
Arabic

At El Gouna Film Festival

What it is about

Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years. His camera focuses on Osama and his younger brother Ayman, providing an extremely rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate.

Key roles

Director
Talal Derki
Producer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Tobias Siebert, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme
Director of photography
Kahtan Hassoun
Editor
Anne Fabini

Full credits

Cast

1
  • Abu Osamaas Self

Directing

1
  • Talal DerkiDirector

Production

8
  • Hans Robert EisenhauerProducer
  • Tobias SiebertProducer
  • Ansgar FrerichProducer
  • Eva KemmeProducer
  • Dan CoganExecutive producer
  • Geralyn White DreyfousExecutive producer
  • Jenny RaskinExecutive producer
  • Talal DerkiCo-producer

Camera

1
  • Kahtan HassounDirector of photography

Editing

1
  • Anne FabiniEditor

Music

1
  • Karim Sebastian EliasMusic

Companies

BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion · Ventana Film · Impact Partners · Cinema Group Production · SWR · RBB

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