Taste of Cement (12+)
Award for Original Artistic Solution – “Silver Nanook”
Germany, Lebanon, Syria, UAE, Cathar, 2017, colour, 85 min.
Director: Ziad Kalthoum
Director: Ziad Kalthoum
In Beirut, Syrian workers build a skyscraper, and at the same time in their homeland, their own houses are being destroyed. The meditative, visionary film "Taste of Cement" tells about what it's like to live in exile in a world torn apart by war and not be able to return home.
AWARDS
Visions du Réel – Best Feature of the International Competition; Valetta Film Festival – Special Mention; Mediterranean Film Festival – Grand Prix for the Best Feature Documentary; Open City Documentary Festival in London – The Emerging International Filmmaker Award; Camden International Film Festival – The Harrell Award for Best Documentary Feature; Batumi International Art-House Film Festival – The Best Doc Film; Doc Alliance Selection Award; Adelaide Film Festival – The Flinders University International Best Documentary Award; La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival – The New Wave Competition Prize; FRONTDOC (2017) – Jury Prize; Kasseler Dokfest – Golden Key; RIDM – Special Jury Prize; l’Alternativa, Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona – Don Quixote Prize for Best Feature Film; MedFilm Festival – Open Eyes Prize; Porto/Post/Doc – Emerging Director Prize; Dubai International Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature; Ramdam Film Festival – The Audience Award; Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (FICUNAM) – Puma Award, Best Film, The Audience Award; Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Best Cinemathography, The Critics Awards, Arab Cinema Center – Best Documentary.
Russian premier
Ziad Kalthoum
Ziad Kalthoum
is a Syrian filmmaker currently living in Berlin. He was born in Homs in 1981 and holds a degree in film studies.
FILMOGRAPHY
Oh, My Heart, 2011; The Immortal Sergeant, 2013; Taste of Cement, 2017.
Award for Original Artistic Solution – “Silver Nanook”
Germany, Lebanon, Syria, UAE, Cathar, 2017, colour, 85 min.
Director: Ziad Kalthoum
Director: Ziad Kalthoum
In Beirut, Syrian workers build a skyscraper, and at the same time in their homeland, their own houses are being destroyed. The meditative, visionary film "Taste of Cement" tells about what it's like to live in exile in a world torn apart by war and not be able to return home.
AWARDS
Visions du Réel – Best Feature of the International Competition; Valetta Film Festival – Special Mention; Mediterranean Film Festival – Grand Prix for the Best Feature Documentary; Open City Documentary Festival in London – The Emerging International Filmmaker Award; Camden International Film Festival – The Harrell Award for Best Documentary Feature; Batumi International Art-House Film Festival – The Best Doc Film; Doc Alliance Selection Award; Adelaide Film Festival – The Flinders University International Best Documentary Award; La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival – The New Wave Competition Prize; FRONTDOC (2017) – Jury Prize; Kasseler Dokfest – Golden Key; RIDM – Special Jury Prize; l’Alternativa, Festival de Cine Independiente de Barcelona – Don Quixote Prize for Best Feature Film; MedFilm Festival – Open Eyes Prize; Porto/Post/Doc – Emerging Director Prize; Dubai International Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature; Ramdam Film Festival – The Audience Award; Festival Internacional de Cine UNAM (FICUNAM) – Puma Award, Best Film, The Audience Award; Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Best Cinemathography, The Critics Awards, Arab Cinema Center – Best Documentary.
Russian premier