After the proposal of the commission in charge of the ministry, which is composed of an elite group of film critics and specialists, the film won the approval of all for the nomination.
What are the criteria for choosing a movie?
The Lebanese filmmaker and critic Emile Chahine, one of the members of the committee that chose “Maya’s Notebooks”, said in an interview with Sky News Arabia that the committee adopted the following criteria: “The subject of the film, the method of its treatment, the direction of the movement, the script, the techniques used, the management of the actors, the movement of the camera, and the rhythm of the film.
He added: “The film reflects our aspirations with its techniques, theme and images for Lebanese film production, and we hope that it will receive the necessary support in terms of marketing to be accessible to the widest segment of viewers locally and internationally, and that Lebanon will achieve an achievement in the field of the seventh art, and be able to win an Oscar in 2023.”
And about the feature of “Maya’s Notebooks”, Shaheen told Sky News Arabia: “It carries the feeling of the expatriate about Lebanon in an honest depiction in a distinctive technical style, especially in terms of moving images in a sweet cinematic language.”
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Lebanese film director Joanna Hajji Touma told Sky News Arabia: “The film “Maya’s Notebooks” was opened in the official competition of the Berlin Festival in Germany, and it moved from one festival to another and won the Best Film Award at the Cairo Festival.”
“Dafatermaya”, according to director Haji Touma, is based on old notebooks and cassette tapes recorded by the director and sent to her best friend who was forced to leave her country, Lebanon, during the civil war, while the letter writer remained in Lebanon.
Joanna adds: “We used to write letters to each other daily for 6 years and pass on our news through them, and we kept writing until the days separated us with their concerns.”
Directors Touma and Joreige are Lebanese film directors and artists. Together, they wrote and completed several short films, and together they completed a number of films, including: the feature film The Flower House, 1999, a French-Lebanese-Canadian joint production that was chosen to participate in a number of festivals.
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