Chronicles of Her

2522 Southeast Clinton Street,Portland OR 97202

06 September, 2021

Description

This anthology brings together five stories from five Arab countries, including Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt, and Morocco. Directed by Taghrid Abouelhassan, Maysoon Khaled, Rim Mejdi, Emna Najjar, Farah Shaer | Narrative, 105 min Five stories from five directors dealing with gender equality, domestic violence, physical abuse, and discrimination against women. ABOUT Maysoon Hbaidi is a Jordanian film director and screenwriter. Her first short documentary "Sara" got selected at the Short Documentary Competition in Malmo Arab Film Festival and Palestine Cinema Days as well. Hbaidi is passionate about creating new perspectives and authentic narratives in the Arab cinema, which deal with social issues that reflect an honest point of view as filmmakers and members of society. Emna Najjar is a filmmaker and journalist. She obtained a PhD. in Information and Communication Sciences from Sorbonne University in France. Her first short film, "Bitter Honey" (2014), was selected in the competition of Carthage Film festival JCC in Tunisia. Her second film, "Waltz of Dawn" (2018), has participated in several festivals. She is currently working on other scripts, documentaries, and series, and is also working on developing a feature film. Taghrid Abdel Maksoud, an Egyptian screenwriter and director. Taghrid wants to tell the stories of the vibrant personalities and the culture where she comes from with an emphasis on women. She hopes to show never before seen female characters in her films and to inspire the viewers to have a better understanding and a more empathetic view of them. Taghrid is the writer/ director of "Mercy Table" one of the five combined films of the feature-length narrative film Chronicles of Her. Farah Shaer is a Lebanese director, actress, and socio-political activist. Farahs debut short fiction film "I Offered You Pleasure" (2012) was selected at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and Busan Film Festival among others but got banned in Lebanon by the government. In 2015, she was awarded a full-ride scholarship to pursue an MFA in Film directing at UCLA. Farah's latest short film "Soukoon" was selected at acclaimed festivals such as Telluride Film Festival, Palm Springs film festival, CINEMED Film Festival among many others. She received several awards on her short films including the Motion Picture Association of America Award, James Bridges Award of an Outstanding Director, Delia Salvi Memorial Award for Directing the Actors, UCLA Directors Spotlight Award among others. Rim Mejdi was born in Marrakech, Morocco. She attended the School of Visual Arts Marrakech where she received a B.A and an M.A in film directing Out of town, her Masters' final study film, which was screened in several festivals: Locarno, Cairo International Film Festival, and Carthage Film Festival among many. She is currently developing Plum Season, her first feature fiction film. She co-founded, with Nabil Merrouch, SAAED Meetings, a new platform for Arab emerging filmmakers.