When I Saw You (film)

When I Saw You (Arabic: لما شفتك‎, translit. Lamma Shoftak) is a 2012 Palestinian drama film directed by Annemarie Jacir. The film was selected as the Palestinian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. It won Best Asian Film at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, NETPAC award. [1]

When I Saw You
Film poster
Directed byAnnemarie Jacir
Produced byOssama Bawardi
Written byAnnemarie Jacir
StarringMahmoud Asfa
Music byKamran Rastegar
CinematographyHélène Louvart
Distributed byThe Match Factory
Release date
  • 9 September 2012 (2012-09-09) (Toronto)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryPalestine
Jordan
LanguageArabic

Cast
  • Mahmoud Asfa as Tarek
  • Ruba Blal as Ghaydaa
  • Saleh Bakri as Layth
  • Anas Algaralleh as Mr. Nasser
  • Ali Elayan as Abu Akram
  • Ruba Shamshoum as Zain
  • Ahmad Srour as Touissant
  • Firas W. Taybeh as Majed

Accolades
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Children's Feature Film Nominated [2]
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in an International Feature Film – Young Actor Mahmoud Asfa Nominated [3]
2013 Best Asian Film Berlin International Film Festival – NETPAC Award Won [4]

See also

References
  1. Meza, Ed (6 September 2012). "'When I Saw You' to be Palestinian Oscar entry". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. "Winners & Nominees 2013". asiapacificscreenacademy.com. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. "Berlinale : Archive : Annual Archives : 2013 : Photo Boulevard".
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