General Information
Completed On: 30 Aug, 2020
Duration: 15 min 0 sec
Genres: Documentary
Language: Arabic
Country: Jordan
Submitted By: Sa'ed Arouri
Festival Rating 10.0
When the capital Amman was under the lockdown out of the COVID- 19 pandemic, there was no semblance of modern life, neither people nor cars in the streets. Suddenly, a filmmaker hears the sound of bells from his window, only to discover that they are the sound of a flock of sheep.
With no crew or equipment, the scenery turns into an inspiration for the director to
make a documentary film about the shepherd's life during the lockdown.
The film director meets the shepherd who broke the curfew to feed his sheep, and for days the director was filming with him like a thief, afraid of being caught by the local authorities.
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DirectorsMuhammad Khabur
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Producers1. Sa’ed Arouri
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Film TypeDocumentary
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Genres
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Runtime15 minutes 0 seconds
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Completion Date30 Aug, 2020
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Production Budget0 USD
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Country of OriginJordan
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Country of FilmingJordan
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Film LanguageArabic
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Shooting Format4K
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Filmarte Short Film Festival
Portugal
Porto
03/15/2021
Official Selection
Independent Shorts Awards
United States
Melrose Ave Hollywood Los Angeles
03/15/2021
Finalist
Film Poster Quote
United States
Rancho Cucamonga, CA,
03/15/2021
Award Winner
Berlin Shorts Award
Berlin
03/07/2021
AWARD WINNER Best Covid 19 Documentary
Vesuvius International Monthly Film Fest
Italy
Npoloy
02/24/2021
Award Winning Best Production Covid 19 Short Film
Abbey Film Festival
United Kingdom
London
02/24/2021
Offcial Selection
International Moving Film Festival
Iran
KHOUZESTAN
01/31/2021
Simi-Finalist
Al-Thaqalayn Film Festival
Tahran
01/20/2021
Official Selection
Dhaka International Film Festival
Bangladesh
Dhaka
01/16/2021
Official Selection
Karama Yemen
Sana'a
12/15/2020
Official Selection
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
India
Kolkata
10/07/2020
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
Award Winner
Jwan Films
Jordan: All Rights
Director's Biography
Muhammad Khabur is a Jordanian filmmaker and actor, with a bachelor's degree from the Hashemite University. Currently working for the Jordanian Ministry of Culture. Muhammad Khabur has been in the field of theatre, television, and radio acting since 2006.
Muhammad made the first short film using mobile phones in 2011, wrote and directed the first short fictional film, a film "not on my way", and won the award of the best parallel film at the Jordan International Film Festival in 2016. At the beginning of 2017, Muhammad produced and directed “Soft Oud”.
Muhammad Khabur participated in many filmmaking workshops with the Royal Film Commission of Jordan. Muhammad has many documentary films, the latest is a film about the writer Jamal Naji, and the film won the Gold Award in The Cairo festival. Recently Muhammad started developing the first feature film.
