Ya Sharr Mout

Switzerland, September 2008
FILM, Documentary, 67 min.

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directed by
Sabine Gisiger
Written by
Sabine Gisiger
Status
In distribution

The venturesome story of a Lebanese-Swiss music project in search of nuances during a time of general cultural dispute between the Orient and Occident. The film also tells the moving account of the man who initiated the project: Mahmoud Turkmani, who grew up in Halba in the north of Lebanon, studied music in the Soviet Union, and now lives in the canton of Bern. Mahmoud Turkmani works together with the Bernese video artist Michael Spahr and classical musicians from Egypt and Lebanon, alluding to the musical, political and religious dogmas in the Arab world – with sounds and calligraphic images of poignant beauty.

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World Premiere
September 2008
Original Version
Arabic, German (german subtitles),  colour, Digi Beta, 67 min.
ISAN
0000-0001-F94A-0000-Y
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Karin Koch
directed by
Sabine Gisiger
Written by
Sabine Gisiger
Cinemato­graphy
Helena Vagnières, Reinhard Köcher
Editing
Barbara Weber
Music
Mahmoud Turkmani
Location Sound Mix
Andreas Litmanowitsch

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World Rights
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG

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Switzerland
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG Distribution

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