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Gevar’s Land
A patch of garden on the outskirts of Reims, far, very far from his orchards in Syria. During four seasons, Gevar learns how to farm this new land that waits for no one.
Feature Documentary, Syria / Morocco
Status: In Development
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About The Director
Qutaiba Barhamji was born in Damascus in 1982 and spent his childhood between Syria and Russia. He studied medicine at the University of Volgograd and later graduated with a degree in cinema from ESEC in Paris. He works as a film editor for short films and engaging documentaries. He speaks four languages fluently and has edited films in 12 languages.
Among his projects are Andrei Schtakleff’s La Montagne Magique (FID Marseille, IFFR 2015), Toomas Järvet’s Rough Stage (IDFA 2015), Olga Kravet’s It’s getting Dark (IDFA 2016), Maria Kourkouta’s Spectres are haunting Europe (Jihlava 2016). In 2015 he directed his first short film Wardé.
About The Producer
Karim Aitouna is a Moroccan producer, established in France and working between Lyon and Tangier. He has produced short and feature-length fiction films, and documentaries.
He was part of Emerging Producers 2013 in Jihlava IDFF. He is a member of EAVE and EURODOC, and is a lecturer for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French Regional Fund.
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