People love their legendary rock record label story and the moguls behind them, “Cadillac Records,” “24 Hour Party People,” etc., and now the latest in this line of films is “Spinning Gold.” Directed by Timothy Scott Bogart, the music drama is based on the life of his father, Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart. Casablanca Records was responsible for an eclectic roster of bands like Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, Bill Withers, and KISS.
Filmmaker Darin J. Sallam On The Personal Story At Heart Of Jordan’s Oscar Entry ‘Farha’ – Contenders International
04.12.2022 - 02:07 / deadline.com
When director Darin J. Sallam came to make her feature debut with Farah, she always knew what the subject matter would be: as a little girl, Sallam’s mother used to tell her the story of a teenage girl who was locked up in her room during the partition of Palestine in 1948. “She was locked up by her father to protect her life,” Sallam recalls. “She survived [the conflict] and she made it to Syria, where she met a Syrian girl and shared her story with her. This Syrian girl grew up, got married and had a child, and she shared the story with her daughter—and this daughter happened to be me.”
The tale had a big impact on Sallam, who talked about the film’s genesis during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International award-season event. “It’s a story that’s stayed with me since I was a child,” she recalled, “especially because I was claustrophobic, and I kept thinking of this girl. And as I grew up, the story grew up with me, so whenever anybody asks me, ‘How did you find the story?’ I always tell them that the story kind of found me. And when I became a filmmaker, I felt that I had to share this story with the world.”
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Re-creating the world of 1948 came with its own difficulties, but these paled next to the need to find an actress who could carry the film—half of which takes place in the locked room. Said Sallam, “I always told my producers: ‘Making the film is a journey, but finding Farha is another journey entirely.’ We don’t really have actors in Jordan who are this age, so I was looking for a girl that I could stay with for 52 minutes inside a room. When I first saw Karam [Taher], who plays Farha, the audition was really bad. She was shy, and the audition didn’t really go
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05.12.2022 / 16:05
‘Farha’ Filmmakers Accuse Israel Of Attempting To Discredit Jordanian Oscar Entry, Condemn Moves To Get It Taken Off Netflix
Jordanian director Darin J. Sallam and producers Deema Azar and Ayeh Jadaneh have accused Israel of mounting a disinformation campaign against their film Farha and also rebuked the country for attempting to get it removed from theatres and Netflix.
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04.12.2022 / 03:57
Director Paz Encina Talks Trauma Of Separation From Loved Ones & Climate Crisis In ‘Eami’ – Contenders International
Eami means “forest” in Ayoreo. It also means “‘”world.” When director Paz Encina traveled to the land of the indigenous Ayoreo-Totobiegosode people, she found that they do not make a distinction between these things: The trees, the animals and the plants that have surrounded them for centuries are all they know and now they live in an area – the Chaco plain – that is experiencing the fastest deforestation on the planet.
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04.12.2022 / 00:11
‘War Sailor’ Director Gunnar Vikene Recounts How Daughter’s Tears Over Child Casualty Of Syrian Conflict Spurred Film – Contenders International
Gunnar Vikene’s War Sailor tells the forgotten story of the 30,000 Norwegian civilian sailors who were conscripted at the beginning of World War II to serve on convoys keeping Allied supply chains open.
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02.12.2022 / 06:19
‘Call Me Kat’ EPs Hand Leslie Jordan’s Baker Phil His “Happy Ending” Following Comedian’s Passing
SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major plot points from tonight’s episode of Fox’s Call Me Kat titled “Call Me Fancy Puffenstuff.”
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01.12.2022 / 04:11
‘St. Marks’ Medical Drama From David Marshall Grant, Megan King Kelly & PatMa In Works At CBS
EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing St. Marks, a medical drama from David Marshall Grant (A Million Little Things), Megan King Kelly (Teenage Bounty Hunters), Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi’s PatMa Productions and CBS Studios.
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29.11.2022 / 19:19
Shout! Studios Acquires Action-Comedy ‘Showdown At The Odessa’ Starring Terrence Howard & Dolph Lundgren – First Look
EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has secured all North American rights to Showdown at the Odessa — a new action-comedy toplined by Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) and Dolph Lundgren (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) — slating it for a strategic launch, beginning with major film festivals, in 2023. (View a pair of first-look stills from the film below.)
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23.11.2022 / 21:13
‘Creed III’: Michael B. Jordan Sought Out Directing Advice From Denzel Washington And Bradley Cooper For The Upcoming Film
Michael B. Jordan makes his directorial debut with “Creed III,” in theaters next March.