Contributors

Contributing organizations

• National Media Council
• Dubai Film and TV Commission
• Sharjah Art Foundation
• Sharjah Government Media Bureau
• Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts
• Theatrical Association
• Dubai Culture – Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood
• Comune di Venezia, Venice Film Commission
• Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
• La Biennale di Venezia
• TK motoscafi
• AM Studio
• Cleopatra Pool Services
• Emirates Grand Hotel Apartments
• Iranian Club, Dubai
• XVA Art Hotel

Featuring

• Amal Hawijeh

Directed by

• Nujoom Alghanem

Screenplay by

• Nujoom Alghanem
• Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath

Director of Photography

• Talal Khoury

Editor

• Anne de Mo

Production Designer

• Sam Bardaouil

Audio Postproduction

• BASIS BERLIN

Re-Recording Mixer

• Ansgar Frerich

Sound Designer

• Sebastian Tesch

Music

• "Prelude 13"
• Written and Performed by Ketil Bjørnstad
• Used by arrangement with (p)&(c) Hubro / Grappa Musikkforlag AS
• 2011
• “The River VIII”
• Written by Ketil Bjørnstad
• Performed by Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling
• Used by arrangement with ECM Records

Colorist

• Juan Galva

Conform/ Online Edit

• Thomas Schernikau

Compositing

• Lukas Marquardt

In-house Producer BASIS BERLIN

• Sebastian Alten
• Laura Hübler
• Ricarda Holztrattner

Visual Effects

• Syrreal Works

Flame Artist

• Philipp Fehling

United Arab Emirates Crew

Producer

• Pascale Moujaes

Production Manager

• Marianne Gladwin

Production Coordinator

• Alice Pargiter

Production Assistants

• Rawad Dkak
• Mishal Hindash
• Mohamad Khader

Sound

• Simon Charles
• Sunil Sha Vahabundeen
• Shine Thankapan Kayaplakkal
• Tom Savage

1st Assistant Directors

• Jad Al Saabi
• Olivier Gheysen

2nd Assistant Directors

• Ali Al Saabi
• Anas Rawashdeh

Focus Puller

• Koko Boutchakjian

Still Photographer

• Augustine Paredes

DIT

• Mohammad Osman
• Satish Narayanan
• Graham Almeida

Art Department

• Sia Al Khaja

Wardrobe

• Kinda Warda

Hair & Makeup

• Ilse Trummler

Casting

• Samar Kaiser Hussain

Featured Cast

• Aayan Aziz
• Ghassan Yousef Chaer
• Jamal Neaaymeh
• Mahnoor Muhammad
• Mariam Angela Tokempash
• Rida Ahmed
• Saqer Ali Alshiaba

Cast

• Abbas Tarek Ahmed
• Abd Alnasser Altibi
• Abd Alrahman Naji ahmed
• Abdulkareem Basel
• Abdulwahab Khan
• Abubakr Saeed Bakr
• Adam Halabi
• Adil Ahmad Matta
• Ahmed Abdullah Ibrahim
• Ahmed Abu Shaaban
• Ahmed Elrasheed Babiker
• Ahmed Emad
• Ahmed Ezat
• Ahmed Fadel
• Ahmed Mohammed Altayry
• Ahmed Naji Ahmed
• Ahmed Omer Ahmed
• Akram Thabit Mohammed
• Alaa Ali Masood
• Alaa Ibrahim
• Alaa Jamal Altaweel
• Ali Eyad
• Amal Zaki Esse
• Amir Hessas
• Ammar Abdullah Nasser Alsalemi
• Amr Anwar
• Amr Hisham
• Amr Majed Ibrahim
• Amro Ahmed Abdelaziz
• Amro Gahad Naji
• Amro Talaat Ahmed
• Anas Elayan
• Arafat Mohammed Salem
• Ayman Alsamman
• Barek Tarek Ahmed
• Basel Wael Khader
• Belal Mohammed Nasser
• Bilal Munir Al Nerabieh
• Dana Jamal Akkad
• Deema Wael Khader
• Essa Ali Ahmed
• Ebrahim Mohammed Ahmed
• Fakhar Ul Haq
• Gahad Naji Ahmed
• Gaith Al Hafez
• Hani Abdullah
• Hani Saqqaf Mohammed
• Hasnain Sajjad
• Hassan Abbas
• Hassan Abdulwahab
• Hassan Bin Rashid
• Hisham Hamad Ahmed
• Imran Idrees
• Iqbal Ahmed Shah
• Irini Amir
• Iryna Tretiakova
• Jai Soni
• Jawad Khan
• Jerome Khatter
• Kamlesh Bablani
• Kareem Mohammed Owais
• Karim Mohammed Khan
• Karm Kaiser Hussein
• Khaldoum Asfari
• Khalid Mohammed Ahmed
• Khalil Ahmed
• Khurram Malik
• Liliya Adjieva
• Lujain Ihsan AlSamhouri
• Mahmoud Atta
• Mahmoud Salem Musleh
• Malik Shehryar
• Maria Khalid Shafi
• Marwan Mohammad
• Mina Jawad
• Mohammed Al Sharq
• Mohamad Ali Mehdi
• Mohamad Piroozi
• Mohamd Mohamed El Samanodey
• Mohamed Majid Al Azzawi
• Mohammad Alhaiba
• Mohammad Ismail Akhtar
• Mohammad Jamal Mahafdhah
• Mohammad Khalilzadeh
• Mohammaed Kamal
• Mohammed Adel Ali
• Mohammed Ahmed Alshayat
• Mohammed Essam ahmed
• Mohammed Hamdi Elkhouly
• Mohammed Ramadan Ali
• Mohammed Saleh Alhalwany
• Mohd Abu Nahel
• Mohd Dadoush
• Mohd Dukhan
• Mohd Farid
• Moneer Abbas Subhi
• Moneer Yusuf
• Mostafa Ali Mohamed
• Mousa Abdulla Nasser
• Moustafa Taleb
• Muhannad Imam
• Nandini Jijo
• Nasser Omayer
• Niloofar Moghtaderi
• Noha Mostafa Shawkey
• Noor Ahmed
• Omer Naji ahmed
• Raaj Rao
• Omar Bassam
• Rita Katsy
• Saeed Mohammed Ahmed
• Saif Ul Wahab
• Sami Omer saleh
• Sammy Butt
• Seraj Mahmood
• Shahriyar Waleed
• Shakir Salem Hamad
• Shoaib Tariq
• Sumaira Fakhar
• Syed Mohsin Raza
• Syed Siddique
• Tara Nedal Jassim
• Ulugbek Erkinzoda
• Wael Youssef Mohammed
• Yaqoub Thabit Mohammed
• Yusuf Khan
• Zoheb Karim Khan

Stunts

• Yara Lazkani
• Erika Posse

Operations Manager

• Ahmad Dib

Location Manager

• Ahmed Taleb

Camera Assistants

• George Issac
• Mohammad Reda
• Khalid Sabah

Steady Camera Operator

• Paolo Rosa

Underwater Camera Operator

• Glen Donaldson

Drone Pilot

• Liam Ziad

Drone Operators

• Matas Jankauskas
• Jayar Arriola
• Jose Fernandez

Key Grip

• Michael Klam
• Rody Magdy

Gaffers

• Raymond Abou Diwan
• Ahmad El Khalidi
• Joseph Riachi
• Magdy k. Yousef

Sparks

• Muhammed Asim Sarwar
• Samir Attia
• Richard Bunag
• Emad Daoud
• Hamza Meer
• Vinod Palakkil
• Saqab Rafaqat
• Taher Shahzad
• Zubair Shahzad

Best Boys

• Jeffrey Muli
• Mohammad Taqir

Facilities

• Hatim Saleh
• Rodolphe Saleh

Rowing Boats Provider

• Othman Khalil Abdulla Almansuri

Runner

• Zaheer Shahzad

Production Driver

• Malik Bakhsh

Equipment Drivers

• Tabraiz Rasool
• Hamed Mohammad
• Muhammad Fiaz

Assistant

• Georges Naruz

First Aid

• Brian Gardula

Catering

• Ghassoub Issa

Venice Crew

Producer

• Maria Elena Fantoni

Production Manager

• Francesco Anfodillo

Assistant Director

• Chiara Gaspardo

Sound

• Davide Bazzani

Hair & Makeup

• Irene Cavalli

Focus Puller

• Davide Ceccato

Still Photographer

• Marco Parollo

DIT

• Francesco Marotta

Camera Assistant

• Francesco Scarpa

Key Grip

• Marco Alzetta
• Werner Bacciu
• Enrico Fabris
• Nicola Zangrando

Gaffer

• Elvis Pasqual

Runners

• Franco Matusa
• Alberto Tommasini

Rowing Boat Expert

• Alessandro (Augusto) Mazzon

Water Taxi Driver

• Sebastiano Zennaro

Subtitling

• Lujaine Rezk

Artwork

• Hassan Sharif
• Barcelona, 2013
• Plastic slippers and cotton rope
• approx. 200 x 350 x 250
• Collection of Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian

Handling Hassan Sharif’s Artwork

• Hasenkamp Middle East LLC

Collaborating Organizations

• National Media Council
• Dubai Film and TV Commission
• Sharjah Art Foundation
• Sharjah Government Media Bureau
• Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts
• Theatrical Association
• Dubai Culture – Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood
• Comune di Venezia, Venice Film Commission
• Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
• La Biennale di Venezia
• TK motoscafi
• AM Studio
• Cleopatra Pool Services
• Emirates Grand Hotel Apartments
• Iranian Club, Dubai
• XVA Art Hotel

Special Thanks

• H.E. Noura Al Kaabi
• H.E. Sheikh Salem Khalid Alqasimi
• Ismail Al Hammadi
• Nawar AlQassimi
• Jamal Al Sharif
• Ahmed Bu Rahima
• Ibrahim Ali bin Khadim
• Nasser Al Tamimi
• Isabelle van den Eynde
• Dr. Habib Ghuloom
• Mohammed Saleh
• Khaled Albudoor

Very Special Thanks

• National Pavilion United Arab Emirates

Coordinating Director

• Laila Binbrek

Communications Manager

• Mouna Khorchid

Exhibitions Coordinator

• Farah El-Rafei

Internship Coordinator

• Rawan Al Ramahi

Office Coordinator

• Jay Yambao

Venice Coordinator

• Emanuela Semiani

This film was commissioned for the National Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates on the occasion of “May You Live in Interesting Times”, the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 11 May–24 November 2019.

Commissioned by

• Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation

Supported by

• UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development