THE MULBERRY HOUSE
IDFA 2013 | 64min | 2K DCP 5.1 | Arabic & English | English subtitles | Yemen, UK, Syria, Egypt
“ deeply personal memoir offers a rare glimpse into a Yemini household's response to recent upheaval.”
— Variety Magazine
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
IDFA Panorama 2013
This Human World Film Festival - Best Documentary Jury Award
Dubai Film Festival, Muhr Arab Award Nominee
DokFest Munich - Dok Horizons competition
Carthage film Festival competition.
London HRW Film Festival
Doc Barcelona
FILM TEAM
Writer, Producer and Director: Sara Ishaq
A Co-Production of Yemen, UK, Syria, Egypt:
Diana El Jeiroudi for Proaction Film (Syria)
Sara Ishaq for Sitara Films (Yemen and UK)
Mustafa Yousef for Seen Films (Egypt)
International Sales: No Nation Films GmbH
Support
AFAC, Just Films, IDFA Bertha Fund, Injaaz Dubai
SYNOPSIS
After 10 years in Scotland, Sara Ishaq travels back to her childhood home of Yemen and takes her camera along. She hopes to feel at home in the place that was once so close to her heart, but the complications soon become clear. Outside the gates of her family home, people are protesting against President Ali Abdullah Saleh's authoritarian rule, and Ishaq and her family quickly become caught up in the movement. Ishaq contributes by acting as a local correspondent, sharing news with the international press. In this personal and touching film, Ishaq captures events in her own home throughout this tumultuous period, when multiple changes are afoot.
available on vimeo in certain territories.
SALES & FESTIVALS CONTACTS
International Sales
No Nation Films
Distributors
Seen Films & Setara Films (Middle East & North Africa)
Parallel 40 (Spain, Andorra, Chile and Colombia)
Cinema Vienna (Austria)
The Cinema Guild (USA and Canada)