Obsessed with jinn
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Obsessed with jinn |
| Original title | Possessed by Djinn |
| Country of production | Germany , Jordan |
| original language | Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dalia Al-Kury |
| production | Lino Rettinger |
| music | Zeid Hamdan |
| camera | Eric Gottesman , Mutaz Sinokrot |
| cut | Anika Simon |
Obsessed von Dschinn (original title: Possessed by Djinn ) is a documentary film by Dalia Al-Kury from 2015. The film is a production of Lichtblick Film in coproduction with Kaynoona Films and ZDF / arte . The project was funded by the SANAD Fund of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival and was also supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Robert Bosch Foundation . Obsessed celebrated its world premiere under the title Possessed by Djinn on April 28, 2015 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto and its European and German premiere at the Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. The film was also shown at the Venice Biennale .
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The belief in demons, or the jinn , is widespread in Islamic culture, but little studied. In a subjective search for clues, the film follows the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl who was killed by her father because he believed she was possessed by a jinn. Research leads the director Dalia Al-Kury into an obscure parallel world of traditions and rites. Disturbing and at the same time fascinating encounters with jinn exorcists and the possessed reveal the contradictions of their society and ultimately force the director to face her own fears and demons.
Awards
- 2014: Robert Bosch Foundation Film Award in the Documentary Film category
reception
- Kaleem Aftab of the daily newspaper The National from Abu Dhabi ( United Arab Emirates ) writes that the film Al Kury identifies as one of the most excellent documentary filmmakers in the Middle East . ("The film marks Al Kury out as one of the finest documentary filmmakers in the Middle East.")
Web links
- Obsessed with the production company Lichtblick Film
- Review at thenational.ae
- Film- Medienstiftung NRW
Individual evidence
- ↑ Possessed by Djinn ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
- ↑ Hot Docs show two German world premieres
- ^ Possessed by Djinn (Possessed by Djinn) - DOK Leipzig. (No longer available online.) In: films2015.dok-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Final Cut in Venice: Possessed by Djinn - Dalia Al Kury , www.labiennale.org
- ^ Documentary: Possessed by Djinn , Film Award of the Robert Bosch Foundation
- ↑ Kaleem Aftab: Dalia Al Kury's search of the truth about djinn , The National , April 26, 2015
