Namrud (Troublemaker)

Name: Namrud (Troublemaker)
Director: Fernando Romero Forsthuber
Released: 2017

Fernando Romero Forsthuber 2017

JOWAN SAFADI, born as Palestinian in the State of Israel, is a famous musician and a true free spirit. With his band Fish Samak he delivers songs ranging from the political and social to the emotional and philosophical and gathered a huge fan-community in the Arabic world. Jowan is unafraid to speak his mind or tackle taboo subjects, and his lyrics, at once penetrating and witty, have also courted controversy on several occasions: Previously investigated by Israeli police for “inciting terrorism”, his last tour to Jordan ended with his arrest and an overnight stay in a Jordanian prison cell. Now he must balance his activism with fatherhood.

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Running Time:

95 min.

Spoken Languages:

Arabic

Subtitles:

English, French, German, Spanish

Directors:

Fernando Romero Forsthuber

Producers:

Jürgen Karasek, Filip Antoni Malinowski

Cinematographers:

Jakob Fuhr, Martin Putz, Falko Lachmund, Rabia Salfiti

Production Companies:

Soleil film

Israeli-Palestinian Co..

Middle Eastern Studies

Music

Personal Story

Society

Festival Participation

DOK Leipzig - 2017
Haifa Independent FF - 2018
Crossing Europe FF - 2018
Ethnocineca FF - 2018
CinéDOC-Tbilisi FF - 2018
DocsBarcelona FF - 2018
DOK.fest Munich - 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine Político - 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine por los Derechos Humanos - 2018
Fünf Seen Filmfestival - 2018
NAFA Int. Ethnographic Film Festival - 2018
WOMEX - 2018
International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage - 2018
Festival DocsBarcelona Valparaíso - 2018
Frontdoc FF - 2018
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