Viola Chafik - Egypt
In an allegory of egypt’s modern history , the film deals with the nearly mythical relationship between a child and a big lemon tree which his father decides to cut down one day in order to make the house bigger
Type : Documentary
Duration : 29 min
Year of production : 1994
Country : Egypt
Cinematography : Samir Bahzan
Editor : Adel Mounir
Director : Viola Chafik
Viola Chafik
Viola Shafik was born in Schönaich near Stuttgart, Germany, in 1961. She studied cinema in Hamburg.
She has directed several documentaries including « Iraqi Artists in Germany » (1991), « Mother of Light and her Daughters » (1999), « The Lemon Tree » (1993) and others. The Lemon Tree was awarded a Prize for the best documentary short at the Images of the Arab World Festival in 1993. is also the author of the book « Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity » (1999).
