August 29th, 2008
“khabriyeh“, the short movie by Fouad Yammine, won another award and added the Ehdeniyat “Golden Apple Awards 2008″ to the list.
The award distribution ceremony took place at Ehden yesterday, where 25 movies from all cinema schools in Lebanon were participating. “Khabrieh” won the 3rd prize, the second prize went to Lea Cremona (USJ) for her movie “sana hilwa”, and the frist prize went to Assi Rahbani (USEK), the son of Ziad Rahbani, for his movie “Beyrouth wa Beyrouth wa Beyrouth”.
Note that khabriyeh already won the first prize at the latest European festival in Lebanon earlier this year, as well as the Partamian best script award.
The movie will be screened today during the festival at Ehden. you can also watch it here on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0qwNUQDVmg
December 10th, 2007
khabriyé, the first short movie by Fouad Yammine, won the First prize in the 14th European Film Festival, the most respected film festival in Lebanon, that took place the last 10 days at Beirut (cinema six Ashrafieh). 21 short movies from all Lebanese cinema schools were participating (IESAV USJ, ALBA, USEK, LAU, NDU, UL).
Fouad’s movie was representing the Lebanese university, that does not have a cinema school, but a theatre department, and theatre students do shot a short movie, along with other projects, for graduation.
Usually, in the European Film Festival, the jury selects 4 movies for the first, the second, and the third prize, and another jury award. But this year, things were a bit different, and there were only a First Prize that was divided between two movies, Khabriyé by Fouad Yammine (UL), and La Berceuse by Serena Abi Aad (IESAV). The other awards were canceled.
The French ambassador was distributing the award, and explained that Khabriyé won the first prize because of the high production values in the movie, beside an exceptional scenario, and great directing skills.
When receiving the award, Fouad offered the award to the Lebanese University, which is winning this title for the first time, and thanked everyone that helped him with the movie.
If you missed Khabriyé, you can still read an old review in daleel annahar
Or you can watch the preview on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q18PXlclAo
