Ghost Hunting
By Raed Andoni
Country: France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar
Language: Arabic
Original title: Istiyad Ashbah
Casting: Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed 'Abu Atta' Khattab, Raed Andoni, Atef Al-Akhras
Production year: 2017
Runtime: 01h34
Production company: LES FILMS DE ZAYNA, ARTE FRANCE, DAR FILMS, AKKA FILMS
In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to build a replicate of Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. From fragmentary memory, day after day, they give shape to the interrogation centre they all experienced, and re-enact its stories. As the walls of the cells rise, the tongues and the emotions loosen.
Berlin IFF 2017 – Panorama Dokumente Section – Best Documentary Award (Glashütte Original Documentary Award) & 3rd place for the Panorama Dokumente Audience Award
Arab FF 2017 – Official Selection – Audience Award
All True Doc IFF 2017 – All True Special Program
Indielisboa IFF 2017 – Special Screenings Section
Beldocs IDFF 2017 – Special Section
Subversive FF 2017 – Documentary Competition
Seattle IFF 2017 – Documentary Competition
Encounters South African IFF 2017
Transilvania IFF 2017 – Doc Showcase Section
Sheffield Doc FF 2017 – Competition
East End FF 2017 – Discovery Section
Moscow IFF 2017 – Free Thought Section
Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF 2017 – Best Documentary Award
Prishtina IFF 2017 – Documentary Competition
Toronto Palestine FF 2017
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2017 – Prix Pour la Paix
Festival dei Popoli 2017 – International Competition
DocBuenoAires IFF 2017
Philadelphia IFF 2017 – Documentary Showcase Section
Boston Palestine IFF 2017 – Opening Night
Minsk IFF 2017 – Out of Competition
IDFA 2017 – Shifting Perspectives Section
Exground FF 2017
Cairo IFF 2017 – Best Arab Film Prize
