WHEN MONALIZA SMILED
When Monaliza Smiled is a romantic comedy about a love story between Jordanian Monaliza, and Egyptian Hamdi, set in present day Amman among a community of nosy stereotypes and quirky characters.
Country: Jordan Genre: Romantic Comedy
Duration: 95 min
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Fadi G. Haddad
PRODUCER: Nadia Eliewat
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nadine Toukan
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: Hiba Judeh
Produced under the Royal Film Commission Education Feature Program
CAST:
WINNER
Journalists Award at Oran International Arabic Film Festival – Algeria(2013)
Best Actress Award at Oran International Arabic Film Festival – Algeria(2013)
Best Feature Film Award at the International Film Festival of Kashmir – India (2014)
BEHIND THE SCENES
articles
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Jordanian cinema on the rise
Young, up-and-coming Jordanian filmmakers Nadia Eliewat and Fadi G.Haddad are gearing up for the commercial release of their first full-length feature Lamma Dehket Monaliza (When Mona Lisa Smiled) starring Tahani Salim and Shady Khalaf with Haifa Al Agha, Nadera Omran, Fuad Shomali, Suha Najjar, Haidar Kfouf in Summer 2012.
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A Homegrown Arab Film Industry Emerges
DUBAI — Arab cinema is growing up. As the film festival season in the Gulf region drew to an end last Sunday in Dubai, filmmakers from the Arab world and industry-watchers hailed a new wave of indigenous films.
