Crystal Globe Competition 2024 / Xoftex / Germany, France 2024
Xoftex is a Greek refugee camp, where Syrian and Palestinian asylum seekers anxiously wait for news of their refugee status. To pass the time between interviews with the immigration office, Nasser and his friends film satirical sketches and make preparations for a zombie horror flick. Except that the reality of the camp could be taken for a horror scenario itself. The tension between its inhabitants gains momentum and every conflict removes one more brick from the wall which divides reality from dream – or, indeed, nightmare. Fragments of real life, humour, and the unimaginable suffering of people risking their lives to escape their own country, merge into an explosive, at times, surreal spectacle which invites the viewers to immerse themselves in the story and the lives of immigrants in a way they will never have experienced before.
Anna Kořínek
99 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Noaz Deshe
/ Screenplay Noaz Deshe, Babak Jalali
/ Dir. of Photography Noaz Deshe
/ Music Thomas Moked-Blum, Noaz Deshe
/ Sound Lars Ginzel, Oliver Achatz, Louise Hofmann
/ Editor Felipe Guerrero, Noaz Deshe
/ Art Director Marita Götz, Lea Walloschke
/ Producer Andro Steinborn
/ Production Arden Film GmbH
/ Coproduction The Cup Of Tea
/ Cast Abdulrahman Diab, Osama Hafiry, Mohamad Al Rashi, Amal Omran, Jalal Albaroudi, Lujain Mustafa, Ramadan Hamoud, Yasin El Harouk, Hazem Saleh, Mohammad Dibo
/ Contact Arden Film GmbH, Brigitta Portier, Gary Walsh
Noaz Deshe (1977). Selected filmography: Search Agent Zerox (2001, doc.), White Shadow (2013), Xoftex (2024).
Arden Film GmbH
Goethestr. 81, 10623, Berlin
Germany
E-mail: [email protected]
Noaz Deshe
Film Director
Babak Jalali
Screenwriter
Andro Steinborn
Producer
Osama Hafiry
Actor, Casting Director, Executive Producer
Jalal Albaroudi
Actor
Majd Hafiry
Casting Director, Executive Producer
Abdulrahman Diab
Actor
Amal Omran
Actress
Ramadan Hamoud
Actor
Mouataz Alshaltouh
Actor
Thomas Moked Blum
Music Composer
Greta Engelhardt
Costume Designer
Aram Dower
Assistant Director
Laila Bayazeed
Costume Designer / Makeup Artist
Amitzy Cresto
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