“Joseph Journey” wins the gold award for best narrative film at the Human Rights Film Festival in Tunisia

The Syrian feature film “Joseph Journey”, by director Joud Said, has won the Gold Award for the Best Narrative Film category at the Human Rights Festival in Tunisia, which is part of the Karama Human Rights Film Festivals in the Arab world.

The film depicts the journey of a grandfather carrying his grandson in search for a lost hope for a better life. The work revolves around Joseph’s family which continue to live in Syria despite all the devastation, but at some point, they will be forced to flee the country and take refuge in one of the camps near Lebanon, waiting for a better opportunity to win life and love.

The film was produced by the National Film Organization and directed by Joud Saeed who co-wrote the script with Wissam Kanaan. It stars Ayman Zidan and a group of Syrian actors including Ruba Al-Halabi, Samer Omran, Serena Muhammad, Wael Zidan, Wael Abu Shaar, Jawad Al-Saeed, Ahmed Al-Darwish and Hayyan Baddour.

It is to be noted that the film opened its participation at the Cairo Film Festival, won the Screenplay Award at the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, and won the Best Screenplay Award in the Feature Film Competition, at the fourth edition of the Casablanca Arab Film Festival. It also participated in the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, and also won the Gold Award and at the 8th Taranto International Film Festival in Italy.

Hamda Muatafa