An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker’s amusing life - this film is a mixture of reality and imagination.  Mamdouh Afdile is a recent film school graduate waiting for his big break. His brother has other plans for them. And his parents believe in ghost and demons.

JEAN WEJNOON is a wild ride inside one family’s lunacy and in this hysterically funny film we follow the filmmaker as he comes to terms with his family’s demons and attempts to confront his own.



 

Jean Wejnoon

Doc, 87 min, 2011

Written & directed by: Mamdooh Afdile
Produced by: Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait – Lama Films
Sponsored by: Gesher Foundation, Channel 8 Israel
Language: Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles

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Synopsis


An invitation to embark on a magical journey into the filmmaker’s amusing life - this film is a mixture of reality and imagination.  Mamdouh Afdile is a recent film school graduate waiting for his big break. His brother has other plans for them. And his parents believe in ghost and demons.

JEAN WEJNOON is a wild ride inside one family’s lunacy and in this hysterically funny film we follow the filmmaker as he comes to terms with his family’s demons and attempts to confront his own.



 

Awards

  • Silver Remi Award – WorldFest Houston, 2012

Festivals

  • Eye on Palestine International Film Festival, Brussels, 2014
  • Madrid Palestine Film Festival, Spain, 2013
  • Religion Today International Film Festival, Italy, 2012
  • WorldFest Houton, USA – Official Competition, 2012

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Festivals

  • Eye on Palestine International Film Festival, Brussels, 2014
  • Madrid Palestine Film Festival, Spain, 2013
  • Religion Today International Film Festival, Italy, 2012
  • WorldFest Houton, USA – Official Competition, 2012
  • Jerusalem Film Festival, 2011

Educational

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Arizona State University
  • UCLA
  • Duke university
  • Harvard University

Awards

  • Silver Remi Award – WorldFest Houston, 2012