Ruben Amar
Ruben Amar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Montpellier, France |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter and producer |
Ruben Amar (born in 1974[1]) is a French screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for the independent feature film Swim Little Fish Swim and his two last short films Checkpoint and A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me.
Career
[edit]Early career and short films
[edit]Amar attended business school and spent time working for startups and television production companies,[2] then decided to pursue cinema and attended filmmaking workshops in London.
Between 2007 and 2011, he directed several short films,[3] shot in Paris, London, New York and on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These films appeared in many international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and South by Southwest (SXSW).[4][unreliable source?]
Checkpoint, one of his last short film has premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[5] in 2011 where it won the Youth Critic Award.[6] The film tells the story of a young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza Strip who accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village.[7] Checkpoint was exhibited worldwide in international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[5] Slamdance,[8] Palm Springs International Film Festival,[9] Raindance,[7] and Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier.[10] Checkpoint was broadcast by international TV channels (TPS, BeTV,[11] Canal+ Poland, RTBF[12]). Reviewers praised the film's story and cinematography.[13][14]
Feature films
[edit]A year later, following the success of Checkpoint, Ruben Amar started co-writing, co-directing and co-producing with Lola Bessis their first feature film, Swim Little Fish Swim (2013).
Ruben Amar also produced Nathan Silver's feature film, Thirst Street[15] (2017) with his new production company PaperMoon Films.
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]- Swim Little Fish Swim (2014) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Thirst Street (2017) - Producer
Short films
[edit]- Objet perdu(e) (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Des Mots Silencieux (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
- L'Absente (2008) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Mauvaise Route (2008) - Writer & Producer
- A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me (2010) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Checkpoint (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer
- Don't Let the Sun Blast Your Shadow (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer
References
[edit]- ^ "Arsenal: More Films: On Family". Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Nominations - Vendredi 11 mai 2001". journaldunet.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Ruben Amar - uniFrance Films". unifrance.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Ruben Amar - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b "International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand". clermont-filmfest.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Le portail de Films en Lorraine". image-est.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Checkpoint - Raindance Film Festival 2011". raindance.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Brian Brooks (15 December 2010). "Slamdance Unveils 2011 Special Screenings, Shorts & $99 Specials - IndieWire". indiewire.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Checkpoint (2010) - uniFrance Films". unifrance.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Cinemed.tm.fr - Festival international Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier -". cinemed.tm.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "TV dh du 28 janvier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Tele DH 18 fevrier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "MedFilm Festival 2012 - Home". archivio.medfilmfestival.it. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Filmmakers explore childhood at Goethe Short Film Fest - Daily News Egypt". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Leo Barraclough (19 May 2016). "Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver's 'Thirst Street' - Variety". variety.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Ruben Amar at IMDb
- Ruben Amar at AlloCiné (French)
- Official Website
