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Shanghai International Film Festival Filmmakers competing in the Asian New Talent section of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival gathered for a press meeting to discuss the inspirations and methods behind four films, spanning subjects from marginalized communities in the Arab world to human relationships with the natural world.
Zaid Abu Hamdan, director of the Jordanian entry “Boomah,” said his lead character grew out of real encounters with three women he had met on the streets of Jordan. The film follows an orphaned girl at the bottom of a patriarchal society who works her way toward power while wrestling with family trauma and questions of identity. Producer Ahmad Abu Koush expressed confidence that the film’s emotional core would translate across linguistic and cultural boundaries, arguing that audiences worldwide would recognize the suffering it depicts.
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