Amal’s Garden with Director

Sunday 11/09 at St. Anthony Main Theatre 3:00pm | get tickets >>>
DISCUSSION with director Nadia Shihab

Synopsis:
Amal’s Garden is an intimate and telling cinematic portrait of an elderly Turkmen couple who decide to renovate their home, an act symbolizing their commitment to continuing the long life they have led together in Northern Iraq, in the shadows of war as part of an ethnic minority.

2012
32 minutes
Documentary short
Directed by: Nadia Shihab
Language: Turkmen/Arabic
Country: Iraq/USA
Website | Trailer

“the unexpected portrait of one Turkmen couple moving forward in a new Iraq, where, even in the stillness of night, life is blooming.” –MBC (link)

Festivals and Awards:
-Dubai International Film Festival: nomination for Muhr Arab Documentary award
-Gulf Film Festival: Official Selection in Gulf Films Competition, Short Films Cinema du Reel
-Ars Independent Film Festival

Filmmaker bio (from her website):
Nadia Shihab is a filmmaker and musician based in San Francisco. She has received awards from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Pacific Pioneer Fund, and the Bay Area Video Coalition, and has been a filmmaker-in-residence with the San Francisco Film Society. She has a masters in city planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Fulbright scholar to Turkey in 2006.