LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM
synopsis
A film within a film, Looking for Oum Kulthum is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she has to face the struggles, sacrifices and the price that a woman has to pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male dominated society
| original title: | Looking for Oum Kulthum |
| country: | Germany, Austria, Italy, Lebanon, Qatar |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Shirin Neshat |
| film run: | 90' |
| screenplay: | Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari, Ahmad Diba |
| cast: | Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Raeis, Mehdi Moinzadeh, Kais Nashif, Soumaya Akaaboune, Nadia Niazi, Nour Kamar, Nadia Benzakour, Rainer Guldener, Adil Kettani |
| cinematography by: | Martin Gschlacht |
| film editing: | Nadia Ben Rachid |
| art director: | Erwin Prib, Attila Plangger, Halima Zniber |
| costumes designer: | Mariano Tufano |
| music: | Amine Bouhafa |
| producer: | Roman Paul, Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner, Shirin Neshat |
| co-producer: | Gregorio Paonessa, Georges Schoucair |
| associate producer: | Jamak Zandbaf |
| line producer: | Ole Nicolaisen |
| production: | Razor Film Produktion, coop99, In Between Art Film, Vivo Film, Schortcut Films (LB), Doha Film Institute (QA) |
| backing: | Noirmont Art Production (FR), ORF (AT), Austrian Film Institute Fisa - Film Industry Support Austria (AT), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (DE), Vienna Film Fund (AT), Regione Lazio (IT) |
