Weam Namou (author / director) with Kevin Hewitt (cinametographer)
Weam Namou (author/director) with Jamal Adams (editor) and Lindy Lenk (make-up artist / costumer designer)
Pomegranate has up to now gained 5 worldwide awards and been nominated and chosen by over a dozen movie festivals!
— Weam Namou
STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, September 4, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — We’re thrilled to announce extra excessive profile worldwide honors for Weam Namou’s celebrated characteristic movie, Pomegranate.
Namou’s Pomegranate is the primary Iraqi American narrative movie led by a inventive workforce from the group being portrayed, particularly a feminine author/director and feminine main solid. “Pomegranate” was initially a script which was chosen quarter finalist by Francis Coppola’s Zoetrope and was later become a novel and movie. It’s a story about a younger Iraqi Muslim refugee’s journey to her independence. Publish-production was accomplished in March 2023, and the movie is at present being supplied to pick movie festivals.
The movie has up to now gained 5 awards, together with Luleå Worldwide Film Competition (Sweden), La Femme Impartial Film Competition (Paris, France), and naturally, New York Worldwide Girls Competition. The New York Int. Girls Competition is a aggressive pageant devoted to movie fashion, and feminine gaze in cinema. They give the impression of being for a distinctive and revolutionary perspective from feminine filmmakers to introduce them and promote them. No matter a filmmaker’s gender, they intention to concentrate on the stylistic options of cinema to see what parts have made a movie vital. They encourage “movies with good style.”
Concerning the film:
Within the weeks earlier than the election of Donald Trump in 2016, a younger, politically liberal, Iraqi, Muslim immigrant struggles to seek out her footing in a neighborhood of well-to-do, politically conservative, Iraqi, Christians whereas battling her household’s fears of deprivation and calls for of loyalty to Muslim traditions.
Director/Author Weam Namou labored collectively in affiliation with Legendary Hollywood Government Producer, Scott Rosenfelt, Hollywood veteran Sam Sako, and Buffalo 8 Productions (Santa Monica, CA) to provide the film. Pomegranate, the novel, was launched in February 2021 and it is obtainable in print, eBook, and audiobook.
Along with being chosen for the celebrated La Femme pageant and successful an award from Luleå Worldwide Film Competition, Pomegranate has been acknowledged with the next awards / picks:
* New York Worldwide Girls Competition – Winner of all Categories for Greatest Feature Film Directed by a Lady (2023)
* La Femme Impartial Film Competition (Paris, France) Winner of:
– Greatest Feature Film in English
– Greatest Unique Feature Script
– Excellent Supporting Actress (Zain Shami)
* Luleå Worldwide Film Competition (Sweden) (Winner)
* Birsamunda Worldwide Film Awards (India)- Winner for Greatest Actress – Sam Rahmani
* Birsamunda Worldwide Film Awards (India) – Winner for Greatest Feature Film on Girls
* Citadel Film & Media Award (Rome, Italy) (Official Choice)
* Santa Barbara Worldwide Film Awards (Nominee)
* San Diego Worldwide Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
* San Jose Impartial Film Competition (Semi-Finalist)
* St. Louis Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
* Prague Underground Film Competition (Semi-Finalist)
* Vancouver Impartial MovieMakers Award (Semi-Finalist)
For interviews with the creator / director, Weam Namou, contact
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LAMOURIE MEDIA
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