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2011 Sundance Predictions: Susan Youssef’s Habibi Rasak Kharban
IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab, Cinereach, and even Richard Linklater (who’ll be at the fest this year presenting the 20th year anniversary projection of Slackers) have all had a helping hand in writer/director Susan Youssef’s Habibi Rasak Kharban. Youssef, a profiled Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Face should be hitting Park City once again – she screened one of her shorts at the fest.
#14. Habibi Rasak Kharban – Susan Youssef
IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab, Cinereach, and even Richard Linklater (who’ll be at the fest this year presenting the 20th year anniversary projection of Slackers) have all had a helping hand in writer/director Susan Youssef’s Habibi Rasak Kharban. Youssef, a profiled Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Face should be hitting Park City once again – she screened one of her shorts at the fest. Expect this to claim a World Dramatic Competition spot.
This tells the story of a forbidden love in Gaza. The film is a modern re-telling of the famous ancient Sufi parable Majnun Layla and is the first full-length narrative set in Gaza in over 15 years.
* Producers: Susan Youssef
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