Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad is fan of Wim T. Schippers and wants to fight with beauty

by Leo Bankersen
14 April 201629 March 2022
8 min read
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Dat de flink in beweging zijnde Arabische film meer inhoudt dan Egyptisch melodrama is te zien op het festival Cinéma Arabe dat op 19 april in Amsterdam van start gaat. Een van de blikvangers op dit evenement is The Idol, naar het waargebeurde verhaal van de jonge Palestijnse zanger Mohammed Assaf die in 2013 de Arabische Idols won en tegen wil en dank een volksheld werd.
Met The Idol geeft regisseur Hany Abu-Assad zijn tot nu toe stevig politiek geëngageerde werk (Oscarnominaties voor Paradise ...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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