Starring Julia Explained

Starring Julia
Native Name:
Director:Elie Fahed
Producer:Elie Fahed
Starring:Elie Fahed
Julia el-Rami
Miled el-Rami
Music:Eddie Towns
Cinematography:Elias el-Khoury
Editing:Elie Fahed
Runtime:14 minutes
Country:Lebanon
Language:Arabic
Budget:5,000 (estimated)

Starring Julia (Arabic: من بطولة جوليا|Min Boutoulet Julia) is a 2012 Lebanese short film written and directed by Elie Fahed. The short film premiered at the Beirut International Film Festival[1]  in 2012 where it got the Orbit Special Jury Prize, and traveled the world after it, taking part in the Baghdad International Film Festival, Menar Film Festivalin Bulgaria, Mizna's 8th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival,[2]  FICMEC 5th edition,[3]  Notre Dame University – Louaize International Film Festival,[4]  Outbox Film Festival, and won the "Best Student Short Film" award at the Monaco Charity Film Festival in 2013.[5] [6]

Plot

The short film tells the story of Julia, a 70 year old woman, who lives in Beirut with her husband Milad, one day, while coming back home from the groceries shopping, she stumble upon a casting call ad on the street, which awakened her lifetime dream of being an actress.

Production

Elie Fahed wrote the script of Starring Julia during his bachelor degree years at the Lebanese University - Fine Arts Institute in Beirut, the script took around 9 months to be completed and another 3 months to find the right cast to play Julia.

The short film was completely financed by Fahed, and premiered at the Beirut International Film Festival. The film was Elie Fahed's directorial debut.[7]

Reception

Critical reception

The film toured to three countries, starting from its country of release Lebanon, then to Bulgaria, USA, Monaco and it was very well received by the press, as it took part of the “Must see short films at the Outbox Film Festival” list by Beirut.com.

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Beirut International Film Festival2012 Beirut International Film Festival4–12 October 2012BRASS ALEPH: SPECIAL JURY PRIZEElie Fahed[8]
Monaco Charity Film Festival2013 Monaco Charity Film Festivall9–12 May 2013Student Film AwardElie Fahed”
Outbox Film Festival 2013 Outbox International Short Film Festival27–30 June 2013Best Short FilmElie Fahed[9]
NDU Student Film Festival 2012 NDU Student Film Festival18–25 November 2012Best Short FilmElie Fahed
Mizna's 8th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2013 Mizna's 8th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival15–19 March 2013Best Short FilmElie Fahed”

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Starring Julia . beirutfilmfestival . Beirut International Film Festival . 27 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Starring Julia . miznablog . Mizna . 27 March 2020.
  3. Web site: 5 Festival International . ficmec.com . FICMEC . 27 March 2020.
  4. Web site: From Scene to Screen . ndu.edu.lb . NDU Louaize . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116072841/http://ndu.edu.lb/studentfilmfestival/files/brochure.pdf . 27 March 2020. 2013-01-16 .
  5. Web site: Awards 2013 - MONACO CHARITY FILM FESTIVAL. February 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150217223350/http://monacofilmfestival.de/113-0-Awards-2013.html. 2015-02-17.
  6. News: Reda . Nour Abdul . Lebanese Filmmaker Makes it to Portugal "GQ Men of the Year" . 27 March 2020 . The 1961 Group.
  7. News: "I feel like a passionate filmmaker will definitely learn how to start"- Elie Fahed . 27 March 2020 . New York Glamour . 15 April 2019.
  8. Web site: 2012: 12th Edition Awards . beirutfilmfestival . Beirut International Film Festival . 27 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Day One - Thursday 27 June 2013 . OutBoxFilmFestival.com . Outbox International Short Film Festival . 27 March 2020.

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