Mediterranean Fever

  • a film by Maha Haj
  • feature film
  • 108 min
  • 2022

An aspiring but depressed writer from Haifa befriends his new neighbor in an attempt to convince the man to help him realize a sinister scheme of his.

Trailer
Info

  • Genre

    • drama / comedy

  • Countries of Production

    • Germany / France / Palestine / Cyprus

  • Language

    • Arabic

  • World premiere

    • 25th May 2022 – FF Cannes (Un Certain Regard)

  • German cinema release

    • 4th May 2023

  • a production by

    • Pallas Film, Majdal Films, Still Moving, Amp Filmworks

  • in association with

    • Metafora Productions

  • with the support of

    • MDM - Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, The Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth (CCAC), La Région Île-de-France en partenariat avec le CNC, Doha Film Institute, Arab Fund For Arts and Culture AFAC, Eurimages – Council of Europe

  • World Sales

    • Luxbox – Fiorella Moretti and Hédi Zardi

  • Distribution

    • Neue Visionen Filmverleih
Synopsis

Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.

Cast

  • WALEED

    • Amer Hlehel

  • JALAL

    • Ashraf Farah

  • OLA

    • Anat Hadid

  • SHAMS

    • Samir Elias

  • NOUR

    • Cynthia Saleem

  • RANEEN

    • Shaden Kanboura
Crew

  • Written by

    • Maha Haj

  • Directed by

    • Maha Haj

  • Producers

    • Baher Agbariya, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling

  • Director of photography

    • Antoine Héberlé

  • Editor

    • Véronique Lange

  • Set design

    • Andreas Antoniou

  • Music

    • Munder Odeh

  • Gaffer

    • Georges Harnack

  • Key Grip

    • Gal Altshuler

  • Location Sound

    • Jörg Weimann

  • Sound Design

    • Florian Marquardt

  • Sound Editor

    • Henry Uhl

  • Costumes

    • Hamada Attalah

  • Makeup

    • Mervat Hakroosh, Ioanna Nika

  • Mixing Engineer

    • Adrian Baumeister
Festivals
  • Sydney FF
  • Melbourne IFF
  • Edinburgh IFF
  • Sarajewo IFF
  • Hongkong IFF
  • WarsawIFF
  • Vancouver IFF
  • Chicago IFF
  • São Paulo IFF
  • FILMeX Tokio
  • Brisbane IFF
  • Palestinian FF, Australia
  • Leeds IFF
  • Leeds Palestinian FF
  • Sevilla European FF
  • Asian World FF, USA
  • London Palestine FF
  • Goa IFF
  • Cinemamed, Belgium
  • Bristol Palestine FF
  • Chennai IFF, India
  • Golden Rooster Award, China
  • Palm Springs IFF
  • Rotterdam IFF
  • Mooov FF, Belgium
  • Filmfest DC, USA
Awards
  • Prize for the Best Screenplay / Cannes Film Festival
  • Firebird Awards / Hong Kong IFF
  • Student Jury Prize / Tokyo FILMeX

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