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At Newman Cinemaإصطياد أشباح
Ghost hunting
2017
|Documentary
|94'
by Raed Andoni
[France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar]
Synopsis
In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to recreate the Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. Day after day, these construction workers, a blacksmith, an architect, an assistant director give shape to their memories of how they survived with grit and a sense of humor. As the walls of the cells rise, the tongues and the emotions loosen.
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Biography
Raed Andoni is a Palestinian director and producer. He was born in 1967 in Amman, Jordan. He started his career in the film industry in 1997 as an independent producer. He co-founded two production houses: Dar Films in Palestine, and Les Films de Zayna in Paris.
His first documentary as a director, Improvisation (2005), is an appealing insight into a Palestinian Joubran family during the Caesarean birth of their musical “Oud” trio.
For his first feature length film, Fix Me (2009) Andoni filmed 20 sessions of his own therapy in Ramallah. Featuring a colorful array of characters, including members of Andoni’s own family, Fix Me explores the need for finding individuality in a place too dominated by collective consciousness and identity. The film premiered at Sundance and Cannes film festivals.
Ghost Hunting is his second feature film.
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