Filmtage Augsburg 2007


	Informationen zum arabischen Schwerpunkt: Irit Neidhardt mec film Hafenweg 26a 48155 Münster Tel: 49-251-663346, Fax: 49-251-6744596 info@mecfilm.de Informationen und Akkreditierung: Filmtage Augsburg Filmbüro Augsburg Schroeckstr. 8 86152 Augsburg, Germany Tel.: +49-821/15 3078, Fax.: +49-821/15 55 18 filmbuero@t-online.de ---------- This project is financed by the European Union in the framework of the Euromed Audiovisual programme.

Filmtage Augsburg 2007
19. Days of independent film
Arab Focus
20. März - 25. März 2007

Zozo

Country:	Schweden / Sweden 2005

Director:	Josef Fares

Runtime:	105 min.

Camera:	Aril Wretblad

Editing:	Michal Leszczylowski, Kristin Grundström

Music:	Adam Nordén

Cast:	Imad Creidi, Antoniette Turk, Viktor Axelsson, Elias Gergi

Press image:	[download 1]



	Mi, 21.3., 22.45, Thalia 2 Fr, 23.3., 17.00, Thalia 2 So, 25.3., 21.00, Stadtwerkesaal So, 25.3., 14.00, Thalia 2


		Twelve-year-old Zozo grows up in war-torn Beirut. In spite of the situation, Zozo leads a fairly normal life – he goes to school, has family and friends. But then tragedy strikes. Zozo loses his parents and he has to make his own way in life. His greatest hope is to get to Sweden, where his grandparents live. In this, his third feature film, Josef Fares, more often associated with screwball comedies, addresses aspects of his own life.


He does so with a mix of melancholy tragedy and quirky humour. Few films have ever portrayed the fate of children deracinated by the wars of adults with such candour and conviction.


Josef Fares		Josef Fares was born in 1977 in Lebanon, came to Sweden with his parents in 1987. At the age of 15 he started making short video films, winning several prizes at amateur and youth film festivals. Six years later he was the youngest student to be accepted into the directing class of the Swedish Film School. His first full-length feature, “Jalla! Jalla!” (2000), was a favourite with film-goers and critics alike in Sweden. The multi-cultural comedy swept up many festival prizes and was distributed in 25 countries. “Kops” (2003) set a new box office record by drawing a million viewers to Sweden’s cinemas. “Zozo” is Fares first non-comedy film. Films (Selection): 1995: Lunatics; 1996: Gangstas ‘n’ Cash; 1997: Galileo Ghosthunter, The Robbery (Rånet); 1998: Kajsa och Muhammed; The Filmmakers; Bad Luck; 1999: Cool Guys (Coola Killar); 2000: The Dick (Dicken); Jalla! Jalla! (NFL 2001); 2001: Ordinary Americans; 2002: Come On! (Kom då!); 2003: Kops (Kopps, NFL 2003); 2005: Zozo (NFL 2005)