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Filmmaker Meryam Joobeur on Oscar-nominated BROTHERHOOD – Jennifer Merin interviews

January 21, 2020January 24, 2020 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments brotherhood, EDA Awards, meryam joobeur, oscars, Whistler Film Festival

Filmmaker Meryam Joobeur’s 25 minute narrative film takes us to rural Tunisia and into the life of a hardened shepherd, Mohamed, who is deeply shaken when his estranged son Malik, who’d left the family to fight for ISIS, returns home with a Syrian wife. Tensions between father and son slowly build into an inevitable and heartbreaking confrontation with devastating results.

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AWFJ EDA Awards @ Whistler Film Festival 2018: The Winners – Jennifer Merin reports

December 5, 2018December 6, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments brotherhood, EDA Awards, family first, honey bee, meryam joobeur, Paul Gratton, rama rau, sgauna hardy mishaw, sophie dupuis, Whistler Film Festival

For the sixth consecutive year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists has had the honor to present AWFJ EDA Awards at Whistler Film Festival, recognizing the significant work of women directors whose films are screening at the festival. This year, AWFJ presented EDA Awards for Best Female-Directed Feature Film and for Best Female-Directed Short at the WFF awards ceremony on December 2, 2018. And, the winners are….