Habibti

Habibti: poster

Film: Habibti gets special mentions in Cyprus and Montréal

Oct 20, 2011:

Habibti has won the ‘Special Mention for a Leading Female Role’ award in Cyprus and got this special jury mention at the Montréal International Black Film Festival too:

“It’s impossible not to mention this film in which family, religion and opening oneself up to others are really put to the test through images that are as powerful as they are piercingly truthful. A powerhouse of a film.”

Huzza!

Plus it has added more screenings to the list – here’s an updated one:

Dubai International Film Festival
Short Film Corner, Cannes International Film Festival
ÉCU European Indie-Film Festival
Arab Film Festival Australia
Durban International Film Festival
Montréal International Black Film Festival
Beirut International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Cyprus International Film Festival
Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival
Romania International Film Festival
Gold Lion Film Festival
Arab Film Festival (California)
Heartland Film Festival
Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival

Here’s our soundtrack:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Habibti: poster

Film: Habibti festival screenings worldwide

Sep 21, 2011:

Habibti has been selected for more film festivals since its world premiere at DIFF in December.

Its European premiere was in Paris in April, as an official selection of the 6th ÉCU European Indie-Film Festival.

Plus it’s been selected for:

News soon from Montréal, Cyprus and Valladolid too.

Here’s our soundtrack:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Habibti, dir. Nour Wazzi

Film: Habibti in official competition at DIFF

Dec 11, 2010:

Following a cast & crew screening at BAFTA (woo!), Nour Wazzi’s short film Habibti (blurb here) is getting its world premiere in the Muhr Arab Shorts competition at this month’s 7th Dubai International Film Festival.

Fingers crossed for Nour, producer Campbell Beaton, writer Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan and all cast and crew!

We composed the soundtrack for Middle Eastern, African and Western instruments.  Here’s the trailer:

And here’s the full original soundtrack:

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST

Alexandra Benedict & Tris Taylor: Habibti OST by A.K. Benedict/T. Taylor

Head on over to the Facebook page for Habibti to track its progress.

Or click here to listen to more of our film work.

Film: Habibti score, starring Hiam Abbass & Jimmy Akingbola

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Nour Wazzi’s UK Film Council-backed short has a great cast and a soundtrack by us.

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