The 21 year old winner of the Arab boxing championship in Algeria 2004 - Faraj Darwish lives in a modest house with his poor family, in a Palestinian camp based in Jordan, Al Baqaa. He dreams to win an Olympic medal because "an Olympic Hero will never be forgotten", as he say in his own words. This little hero is banned from playing or training in the first team because in late 2006 in an international championship in Turkey , he refused to play with an Israeli player. As a result, the jordanian boxing federation decided to ban him forever. Faraj is trapped by the problems of daily life wondering if he will ever play again or if he will get an opportunity to go abroad and be a professional.
Screenplay: Sandra Madi
Cinematography: Sandra Madi
Editing: Eyad Hamam
Music: Jan Johanston
Sound: Ayed Nabaa
Prizes and selections:
Dubai International Film Festival 2008, Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 2007, Copenhagen Film Festival 2007
Production:
Arab Institute of Film - AIF
(Amman, T +962 111118; F +962 5412929; general@arabinstitutefilm.org; www.arabinstitutefilm.org)
11 Nov, 11.00 - Teatro dei Dioscuri