Sayed Kashua - Forever Scared
(סייד קשוע — פחדן מילדות)
2009 | Israel | 52 min.
Language: Hebrew, Arabic (Hebrew/English Subtitles)
Credits
- Director: Dorit Zimbalist
- Producer: Barak Heymann
- Screenwriter: Dorit Zimbalist
- Editor: Bat sheva Jancu
- Cinematographer: Evyatar Lavy
- Original Score: Ophir Leibovitch
- Co-producer: Dorit Zimbalist
Synopsis
"I'm scared of cars, of dogs, of snakes; I'm scared of airplanes, helicopters, tanks and soldiers. I'm scared of terrorist attacks. I'm scared of Jews, I'm scared of Arabs, I'm scared that some day, they'll put us in refugee camps" (Sayed Kashua, Haaretz, 2002).
Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn't belong. The Jews don't like him because he's an Arab. The Arabs don't like him because he's successful. The Arabs think he's a collaborator. The Jews think he's a drunk. He's always viewed as an Other, and he's always scared. Sayed Kashua – Forever Scared accompanies Kashua, an Israeli-Arab author and scriptwriter, for seven years through the upheavals and events that change his life. This is an intimate yet political portrait of a writer and publicist who is also a loving husband and father of two. His family pays a heavy price for the choices he makes and the perpetual wandering from place to place, from nation to nation, belonging neither here nor there.
This film was supported by Second Authority for TV & Radio and Gesher Multicultural Film Fund.
Please visit the film's Hebrew website www.sayedkashuafilm.com
For DVD purchase please contact Ruth Films
Videos/Trailers
Film Festivals & Awards
- Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel, 2009
- IDFA Int'l Doc Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2009
- Other Israel Film Festival, NY, USA 2009
- International Film Festival of Uruguay, 2010
- Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Canada 2010
- Palm Beach International Film Festival, USA 2010
- JEWISH MOTIFS International Film Festival, Poland 2010
- FilmIsreal!, The Netherland 2010
- The REEL ISRAEL Films & Conversation, USA 2010
- Jewish Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2010
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, USA 2010 (invited)