#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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