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IJRAIN MARADONA
MARADONA'S LEGS

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2019 runtime 23'28 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch

In a Palestinian village during the 1990 World Championship 11-year-old Rafat and 7-year-old Fadel are searching for Maradona's legs, their World Cup album’s last missing sticker. Will they overcome the odds and accomplish their mission?

https://www.lightsonfilm.com/maradonaslegs.html

Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/2xYnrmXhzoY

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director Firas Khoury Besetzung / Cast Ali Suliman, Ayoub Abu Hamad, Faris Abbas Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Faraj Suleiman Szenenbild / Production Design Rabia Salfiti Schnitt / Editing Heike Parplies, Marwen El-Hechkel Bildgestaltung / DOP Christian Marohl Produktion / Production May Odeh, Zorana Musikic Drehbuch / Script Firas Khoury Tongestaltung / Sound Design Ibrahim Zaher
Festivals
2019 Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
2019 LUCAS - Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Bester Kurzfilm)
2019 IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Palestine Cinema Days, Ramallah, Palestine, State of (Best Short Film)
2019 Sedicicorto - International Film Festival Forli, Italy (Special Jury Mention)
2019 Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
2019 Alice nella città, Rome, Italy (Rai Cinema Channel Award)
2019 Leeds International Film Festival, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2019 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
2019 Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar (Best Short Film)
2019 Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth, New Delhi, India
2019 China International New Media Short Film Festival, Shenzhen
2020 Tampere International Short Film Festival, Finland (Audience Award)
2020 European Film Festival of Lille, France (Best Screenplay Award)
2020 Children's Film Festival Seattle, USA
2020 DC Independent Film Festival, Washington, USA
Production
  • schaf oder scharf film
  • Zorana Musikic
  • Gleimstr. 27
  • 10437 Berlin
  • http://www.schafoderscharf.de
Distribution
  • Lights On
  • Flavio Armone
Sales
  • Lights On
  • Flavio Armone

Firas Khoury

Is an award-winning upcoming Palestinian screen writer and director;
was born in Eilaboun, a little village in Israel inhabited by a Palestinian majority;
graduated from the University of Tel Aviv with a BFA in film

Filmography
2007 Seven Days in Deir Bulus
2010 Yellow Mums
2017 And an image was born