The first dramatic independent feature film to come out of jordan in the last 50 years. Sound and effects courtesy of the idf israeli culture haaretz. One should not make assumptions about the man because of his job. Oct 20, 2008 posted on october 6, 2008 by johny ho a great opportunity for scientists who just also happen to be filmakers, or the other way around. Sundance film festival world cinema audience award. On this page youll find a comprehensive overview of school times audio texts since 1996.
He is well read, selftaught, able to talk a few languages, has a library of 2000 books. Please send us your notices, press releases, activities and anything involving professional arab american journalism so we can post it here. Start studying world war ii and division of germany. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. This could be due to various reasons, namely cheaper production costs, or inability to gain access to the original place. Oct 29, 2010 abu raed is a lonely member of the cleaning equipment from the international airport of amman. The two recently produced captain abu raed, the first feature film to emerge from jordan in 50 years. He said he planned to go to somalia to fight a jihad against jews and americans. German navy thwarts pirate attack on cruise ship germany. Gary cahill to captain england side against germany in. Now that its available on dvd, maybe it will finally get a broader audience it requires after all. Jan 11, 2010 in the category of breakout composer, the association took notice of scores by upandcoming composers henry jackman monsters vs aliens, abel korzeniowski a single man and battle for terra, james peterson the red canvas, clinton shorter district 9 and austin wintory captain abu raed, grace, make the yuletide gay. We are very proud of the films success here in the united states vast and competitive movie industry. The film received the world cinema audience award at the sundance film festival in 2008.
Jan 17, 2008 captain abu raed by lee marshall from screen international. Abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Watch enough movies in quick succession and you may conclude that the world is a strange and wonderful place where the new pastime of photography can salvage a marriage everlasting moments from sweden. Indeed, the unfinished film was such a late entry into the festival that park citys primary premiere location, the. May 25, 2011 watch enough movies in quick succession and you may conclude that the world is a strange and wonderful place where the new pastime of photography can salvage a marriage everlasting moments from sweden. One day, he finds an old discarded pilots hat, and discovers a calling. Finding a discarded captains hat in the trash at work one day, he is followed by a neighborhood boy who spots him. Sep 19, 2009 via 67 countries vying for 2008 foreign language oscar it depresses me that were getting another gritty reality type of movie as the brazil nominee.
He produced and edited the sundance audience award winner captain abu raed 2008 and coproduced the academy award nominated and bafta winning film theeb 2015. Laith has photographed a wide variety of subjects including the rise of arab hiphop, arabs in america, cinema in the middle east and also served as a unit stills photographer on. In the early hours of 26 august, the german light cruiser sms magdeburg ran aground at odensholm lighthouse off estonia whilst participating in a sweep against russian patrols in the gulf of finland. The second annual asia pacific screen awards 2008 17. Mehr als zwanzig auszeichnungen weltweit hat captain abu raed bereits. Steamer arab ships hit by uboats german and austrian. January 24th, 2008 from popwatch blog the raucous comedy had been the subject of tremendous buzz coming into sundancebefore it was even completed, and without a mere mention in the events catalogue. Captain abu raed, the first jordanian feature film ever exported to the worlds cinemas, is a winner of the audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival and the dubai international film festival.
Abu raed is a janitor who works at the amman airport. Raed jaser and chiheb esseghaier were charged with plotting to derail a via rail passenger train and were eventually convicted. The destroyer sms v26 had to abandon her attempts to free magdeburg when the russian armoured cruiser pallada and the protected cruiser bogatyr appeared. This site is intended as a networking tool for american arab journalists around the country. The documentary recycle, written and directed by mahmoud al massad, was also invited to take part in the festivals international documentary competion. Captain abu raed was not the only jordanian film accepted into the official sundance competition this year. Save question 4 2 points following the assassination at sarajevo, the nations of europe embarked on five weeks of what has since been characterized as question 4 options. Captain abu raed 2007 in this film by jordanian director amin matalqa, a group of poor children mistake a lonely, aging janitor who works at ammans international airport for an airline pilot. A german newspaper reported that in the 2008 previous kidnap, kantner was freed by the somalis after the. While speaking to the media on sunday, muammar askali, a selfproclaimed spokesperson for abu sayyaf, said that merz had tried to shoot at them and so they.
Additionally, he was named best new film composer in 2008 at the hollywood music awards. An afghan intelligence official said agents have freed a germanafghan businessman taken hostage nearly two weeks ago and arrested three kidnappers. It was screened at the jerusalem international film festival in 2008. One day, is a captain s hat in a trash can and a guy from the neighborhood looks on it. The choice of location, however, tries to provide a mirror image of the original country. But captain abu raed is not a jordanian catch me if you can, steven spielbergs 2002 picture about a reallife con man who talked his way into a 727 cockpit with less flight training than mohammed atta.
Also check out our blog here and where were speaking our itinerary is here. Gigapix picks distribution partners online pr news. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode. In january 2009, abdulhakim muhammad was released from jail and against his wishes deported from yemen back to the united states. The jordanian film captain abu raed was wellreceived when it toured the festival circuit in 2008, winning the world cinema audience award at sundance that year among its several honors, but it never obtained wider distribution in theaters. The royal film commission of jordan endorsed captain abu raed to be submitted to the 81st academy awards for best foreign language film, the first ever submitted by jordan. Always wanted to travel the world, but could not realize his dream, he lives through books and lectures with some travelers.
Allied capture of german naval code books war and security. Everyone has a dream abu raed is an old airport janitor who has always yearned to travel the world but has never been able to afford it. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration. Wboc covers delaware and the eastern shore of maryland and virginia. The most interesting of the three was captain abu raed, which is the first jordanian film to be screened abroad. He weaves imaginary stories of his world adventures to offer hope in the face of their harsh reality. Filmed in aman, jordan, captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and. Moriels latest news and issues pertinent to the body of the messiahchrist in these last days. Sailing couple seized by somali pirates in 2008 are. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Everyone has a dream when an old airport janitor finds a captains hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. Although it all is nice mess between fatah, german neonazi groups, secret polices like the westgerman verfassungsschutz. On many occasions cinema has chosen to shoot movies in locales other than the ones in which the events of the films are supposed to take place in.
Gary cahill will win his 53rd england cap when he faces germany in dortmund credit. Title year director cast genre notes a abrahams odyssey. Since january 2007 school times audio texts have been placed online as mp3 files. Grace, a psychological thriller that premiered at sundance this year. The red army faction did not so much train with the plo but with the fatah and then the pflp. Austin wintory captain abu raed original soundtrack recordingweb2012tsx austin wintoryhorn original video game soundtrackweb2012tsx alexander falinskiplanetbaseweb2015i know abel korzeniowskiromeo and julietweb20tsx adam bryanbaum wiltziesalero original motion picture soundtrackeratp091web2016mohawk.
Irish short is chosen for sundance from rte, ireland. Captain abu raed is a universal story of friendship, inspiration and heroism set in contemporary jordan. All subscribers are now able to download each months audio articles for use with pc playback, mp3 player playback or to create an audio cd. Gigapix studios first film production, captain abu raed won the 2008 sundance audience award and is currently in worldwide release thru fortissimo and neoclassics in the us. Feb 27, 2009 his list of credits includes captain abu raed, winner of the audience award in 2008 at sundance. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. It is an excellent recounting of why the invasion of russia in 1941 code named barbarossa failed. And norway s ohorten, jordans captain abu raed, russia s mermaid, turkeys three monkeys, south africa s jerusalema and colombia s dog eat dog all have received attention for good reason. A state court in germany convicted three men who it said were members of a terrorist organization of plotting to kill the iraqi prime minister on a visit to berlin in 2004. If youve ever wondered how germany could advance so deeply and so swiftly in the heart of european russia and then fail to defeat russia, you must read this book. When an old airport janitor finds a captain s hat in the trash, he gets pulled into the lives of children in his poor neighborhood. Recycle eeadat khalk by lee marshall from screen international.
Lately, kazakhstan s tulpan has come on the scene as a dark horse after winning some fest awards. Dish all the oscar races in our redhot forums with. This book has been produced with information provided by the protocol directorate and the human resource directorate, ministry of foreign affairs. By the end of matalqas movie, abu raed still hasnt been in the air. Happy to have company, he entertains the children with fictional stories of his adventures traveling the world, while encouraging them to have their.
Germany convicts 4 in plot against us base cbs news. The german couple, who were held by somali pirates in 2008, were said to have been abducted by abu sayyaf, an insurgent group. Jordanian submission to the 81st academy awards for best foreign language film. Jul 15, 2008 but captain abu raed is not a jordanian catch me if you can, steven spielbergs 2002 picture about a reallife con man who talked his way into a 727 cockpit with less flight training than mohammed atta. Along the way the player can meet other players on the same journey. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles.
Sound and effects courtesy of the idf israeli culture. A ransom was paid to secure their release after over 50 days in the grips of pirates. The german navy warded off a suspected piracy attack on a german cruise ship in the gulf of aden, a spokesman for the mission commando has confirmed. Journey is a video game developed by thatgamecompany exclusively for the playstation 3 and which is distributed on the playstation network. Mohammed jaser, father of raed jaser, leaves the old city hall court house after raed jasers first bail hearing on tuesday, april 23, 20. Oct 28, 2008 captain abu raed, the first jordanian feature film ever exported to the worlds cinemas, is a winner of the audience award at the 2008 sundance film festival and the dubai international film festival. German hostage freed in afghanistan germany news and in. Laith almajali is a jordanian film producer, editor and photographer.
Germany convicts 3 in 2004 plot to kill iraqi leader the. Bastian schweinsteiger named new germany captain by. World war ii and division of germany flashcards quizlet. Never having realized his dreams of seeing the world, he experiences it vicariously through books and brief encounters with travelers. Jordan entered the race for the first time in 2008 with captain abu raed, the first feature film to be made in the country in 50 years.
Apr 02, 2009 first up is an interview with austin wintory, whose latest work is the music for the disturbing film grace 2009, distributed by anchor baystarz, and the score to the family film captain abu raed, plus a concert work titled space, time, and plexiglass, written in tribute to joss whedons longgone angel tv series. Austin wintorycaptain abu raedoriginal soundtrack recordingweb2012tsx austin wintoryhorn original video game soundtrackweb2012tsx alexander falinskiplanetbaseweb2015i know abel korzeniowskiromeo and julietweb20tsx adam bryanbaum wiltziesalero original motion picture soundtrackeratp091web2016mohawk. Nov 19, 2015 jordan entered the race for the first time in 2008 with captain abu raed, the first feature film to be made in the country in 50 years. The uboat war in world war two kriegsmarine, 19391945 and world war one kaiserliche marine, 19141918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. German authorities arrested gelowicz, schneider and yilmaz at a rented cottage in central germany on sept. Arab journalism national arab american journalists association blog. Abu raed is an aging airport janitor who has always yearned of seeing the world but has never been able to afford to travel. National arab american journalists association blog. Wboc tv 16 is delmarvas number one source for breaking news, local news, weather, sports, education and traffic information. It is the first feature film produced in jordan in more than 50 years.
Operation barbarossa and germanys defeat in the east by. Captain abu raed 102 minutes abu raed is a lonely janitor at ammans international airport. Naval historians gary weir and nicholas lambert talk about the world war i voyage of the german submarine deutschland to baltimore, maryland. We are very proud of the films success here in the. Apsa program 2008 by brisbane marketing pty ltd issuu. Written by amin matalqa starring nadim sawalha, hussein alsous, rana sultan, uday alqiddissi, ghandi saber the drummer. Gigapix features an experienced management team with a history of success in film, tv and digital media. For example, on, go to directory yyyymmdd for the most recent date for example 20171020, et retrieve the requested file for example enwiki 20171020 pagesarticles. Jurgen kantner and sabrina merz were kidnapped by somali pirates in 2008, the strait times reported. The man from germany who is now held hostage by the abu sayyaf, was also a captive of the somali pirates before when the somali pirated raided his yacht capturing both him and his wife. World cinema audience award, dubai international film festival 2007. It depresses me that were getting another gritty reality type of movie as the brazil nominee. From then until early august, german uboats dominated the waters off the east coast, sinking fuel tankers and cargo ships with impunity and often within sight of shore.
Philippine terrorists abu sayyaf abduct german sailor. The game features the player as a robed figure in a vast desert, journeying towards a mountain in the distance. The fabulous picture show captain abu raed tv episode 2008. In november 2008, he was arrested for carrying a fake somali passport and overstaying his visa. List of films at the 2008 sundance film festival wikipedia.
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