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The Tower

The Tower
The Tower
SYNOPSIS

 

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Synopsis

Beirut, Lebanon, Today.

Wardi, an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl, lives with her whole family in the refugee camp where she was born. Her beloved great-grandfather Sidi was one of the first people to settle in the camp after being chased from his home back in 1948. The day Sidi gives her the key to his old house back in Galilea, she fears he may have lost hope of someday going home. As she searches for Sidi’s lost hope around the camp, she will collect her family’s testimonies, from one generation to the next.

 

Director: Mats Grorud

Producer: Frode Søbstad/Tenk.tv

Main cast: Romina Adl Kasravi, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Mohammed Bakri, Najila Said, Morad Hassan,Aissa Maiga, Hana Chamoun, Kardo Razzazi

Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Country: Norway, Sweden, France

Duration: 80 min

2018

 

ماتس غرورود
ماتس غرورود

السيرة الذاتية

يحمل ماتس غرورود شهادة البكالوريوس في التّحريك السّينمائي وعلوم الميديا من جامعة ڤولدا كما درس التّحريك السّينمائي في جامعة الصّين للاتّصالات في بكين وفي منتدى التّحريك في برنديراپ في الدّنمارك. عمل سابقًا مع العديد من مخرجي التّحريك المهمّين ككاجا رايت پلومار وپيوتر ساپيجين ويدير الآن شركته "نوبسجانغز للإنتاج" ويصنع أفلامه الخاصّة وكذلك أعمالًا يكلّفه بها آخرون
 

 
Mats Grorud
Mats Grorud

Biography

Mats Grorud (born 1976) holds a Bachelor’s Degree in animation and media sciences from Volda University College, and has also studied animation at the Communication University of China in Beijing, and at The Animation Workshop in Brenderup, Denmark. He has previously worked with several other noted animation directors, such as Kaja Wright Polmar and Pjotr Sapegin, and now runs his own production company, Nubbsjangs Productions, making his own films, as well as commissioned work for others.