Ruben Amar Explained

Ruben Amar
Birth Place:Montpellier, France
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter and producer

Ruben Amar (born in 1974[1]) is a French screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for the independent feature film Swim Little Fish Swim and his two last short films Checkpoint and A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me.

Career

Early career and short films

Amar attended business school and spent time working for startups and television production companies,[2] then decided to pursue cinema and attended filmmaking workshops in London.

Between 2007 and 2011, he directed several short films,[3] shot in Paris, London, New York and on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These films appeared in many international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and South by Southwest (SXSW).[4]

Checkpoint, one of his last short film has premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[5] in 2011 where it won the Youth Critic Award.[6] The film tells the story of a young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza Strip who accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village.[7] Checkpoint was exhibited worldwide in international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[5] Slamdance,[8] Palm Springs International Film Festival,[9] Raindance,[7] and Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier.[10] Checkpoint was broadcast by international TV channels (TPS, BeTV,[11] Canal+ Poland, RTBF[12]). Reviewers praised the film's story and cinematography.[13] [14]

Feature films

A year later, following the success of Checkpoint, Ruben Amar started co-writing, co-directing and co-producing with Lola Bessis their first feature film, Swim Little Fish Swim (2013).

Ruben Amar also produced Nathan Silvers feature film, Thirst Street[15] (2017) with his new production company PaperMoon Films.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arsenal: More Films: On Family . Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. . 6 June 2019 . en-UK.
  2. Web site: Nominations - Vendredi 11 mai 2001. journaldunet.com. 5 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Ruben Amar - uniFrance Films. unifrance.org. 5 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Ruben Amar - IMDb. imdb.com. 5 October 2016.
  5. Web site: International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand. clermont-filmfest.com. 5 October 2016.
  6. Web site: Le portail de Films en Lorraine. image-est.fr. 5 October 2016.
  7. Web site: Checkpoint - Raindance Film Festival 2011. raindance.co.uk. 5 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Slamdance Unveils 2011 Special Screenings, Shorts & $99 Specials - IndieWire. Brian Brooks. indiewire.com. 15 December 2010 . 5 October 2016.
  9. Web site: Checkpoint (2010) - uniFrance Films. unifrance.org. 5 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Cinemed.tm.fr - Festival international Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier -. cinemed.tm.fr. 5 October 2016.
  11. Web site: TV dh du 28 janvier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu. issuu.com. 5 October 2016.
  12. Web site: Tele DH 18 fevrier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu. issuu.com. 5 October 2016.
  13. Web site: MedFilm Festival 2012 - Home. archivio.medfilmfestival.it. 5 October 2016.
  14. Web site: Filmmakers explore childhood at Goethe Short Film Fest - Daily News Egypt. dailynewsegypt.com. 5 October 2016.
  15. Web site: Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver's 'Thirst Street' - Variety. Leo Barraclough. variety.com. 19 May 2016 . 5 October 2016.

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