SCREWDRIVER

Bassam JARBAWI - Palestine

Synopsis

After 15 years in jail, Ziad struggles to adjust to modern Palestinian life as the hero that everyone believes him to be. Unable to distinguish reality from hallucination, he falls apart and hitches a lift back to where it all began.

Film details

Genre : Narrative Feature film
Duration : 108 minutes
Year of production : 2018
Country : Palestine
Casting : Ziad Bakri - Areen Omari - Jameel Khoury - Yasmine Qaddumi - Mariam Basha - Amir Khoury
Screenwriter : Bassam JARBAWI
Cinematography : David McFARLAND
Editor : Bassam JARBAWI - Christopher RADCLIFF
Director : Bassam JARBAWI
Production company : Rimsh Film - Dialectic
Email : ssathe@gmail.com






A Palestinian director, writer and producer, he worked as a photographer during the second Palestinian Intifada. He studied Communication and Political Science and took an MA in Screenwriting and Directing. His short film Roos Djaj (2009) premiered at the NY Film Festival, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and won several awards. Mafak (Screwdriver) (2018) is his first feature film.