Named best Muslim films of 2009 – Mosaic – News –
December 31, 2009 – 1:17 am
This year a lot of remarkable things have happened in the Muslim film industry. Among them are several film festivals in the Muslim cities – Doha, Jakarta, Cairo.
For these and other festivals were shown films that not only show the human side of Islam and allow the rest of the world know the life of a Muslim from the inside, but its contents make us laugh and cry.
According to the World Portal guide Muslim culture Elan? This year has been very successful for Muslim cinema and its future looks brilliant. Here are four movie allocated Elan as a Muslim cinema hits.
The first film “Amreeka” ( “Amrika”) tells us the history of piercing Palestinian mother and her teenage son, who in 2003 arrived in the U.S. state of Illinois. The action film begins in Palestine. Moon – a divorced woman, serving as the bank, which, like all Palestinians are suffering from the horrors of occupation. At the checkpoint at the Israeli border, she is often confronted with her former husband, and at home is a lonely life. Therefore moon takes a fateful decision to go to the U.S. with his son, Fadi, and live with her sister in the American outback. Soon she realizes that life on the other side is no easier, especially in America, forever changed after September 11 and are becoming increasingly bogged down in the Iraq war. Moon and her son for three hours delay in the Chicago airport and confiscated her gifts, which she carries for her family, including a box of cookies, where she hid all her savings. Settling in America, the moon could only find work in cafes, fast food “White Castle”. Her son tries to adapt to life in a new country and encounters with racism, even uglier than in Palestine. This is a story about the trials, sufferings and victories of immigrants in America. The film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
Another film – “Made in Pakistan” ( “Made in Pakistan”) – this witty documentary about the life of four Pakistani professionals (lawyers, journalists, politicians and PR manager) during a political coup carried out by Musharraf in the late 90-ies, and the subsequent “emergency”. Shot in the 2007 film breaks the stereotypes of Pakistanis who are usually spread in the media. According to director Nasir Khan, this film has prompted him to withdraw national intolerance: “When I see the foreign channels of communication about Pakistan, I see the short-sighted and stereotypes about our people. Pakistanis represent dangerous outcasts who must be excluded from the world community. We, Pakistanis, believe that such findings far and racist. Therefore, we decided that we can easily refute them, allowing viewers to look at the eyes of Pakistan Pakistanis “- he said. The film is about dreams of the Pakistani youth, who did not differ from the desires of young people in the rest of the world. They want to live in peace and prosperity. “Made in Pakistan” – is the first documentary film shot and released in Pakistan. The film is intended for viewers around the world. In 2009, the South Asian International Film Festival South Asian International Film Festival, he received the Audience Choice Award Audience Choice Award.
“New Muslim Cool” ( “cool Muslim guy” ) – documentary film about an American rapper, who had thrown the drug trade, and adopted Islam. Here’s what one blogger wrote about this film: “What makes Hamza (hero of the film) so memorable is the fact that he bore no resemblance to the image of Muslims in the media. Kufi and dzhelabiya look on it as well as the dimensionless T-shirt and cap, dressed on one side. In their songs Hamza, the Muslim rapper of Puerto Rican origin, appeals to all segments of the population. ” “Cool Muslim guy” was named best documentary at the 2 international film festivals – Al Jazeera International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival, and in addition has received numerous other awards.
Finally, the last film – “Zero Bridge” ( “Zero Bridge”) – is a complicated and violent history of the life of the Kashmiri teenager named Dilawar, who is trying to collect money to go to his adoptive mother, who left him and live together her. He works as a bricklayer with his strict uncle. Living with his uncle seemed to him intolerable, so Dilawar trying to get money in every way: from domestic work to their classmates to stealing money from passers-by. Once he stole money from a young college graduate named Bani, and then life changed dramatically both guys, somewhere in the best, and somewhere for the worse. The film was shown at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in conjunction with the film “Amrika. The film depicts the difficult lives of people who lived through years of war and devastation, but maintained good spirits and did not lose hope.
