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Introduction Theeb is a 2014 Jordanian Arabic-language drama thriller film written and directed by Naji Abu Nowar. It focuses on a young Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the wide-open Wadi Rum desert, and who experiences a

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Introduction

  • Theeb is a 2014 Jordanian Arabic-language drama thriller film written and directed

by Naji Abu Nowar.

  • It focuses on a young Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the

wide-open Wadi Rum desert, and who experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer to his secret destination.

  • The film takes place during World War I, in the wake of the Great Arab

Revolt against the ruling Ottoman Empire in 1916.

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Cast

  • Naji abu Nowar, director
  • Bassel Ghandour, Script writer
  • Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat as Theeb
  • Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen as Hussein
  • Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh as The Stranger
  • Jack Fox as the British officer Edward
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  • While preparing to do the film, Bassel and Naji spent a year in the desert living in

Shakrieh village, in southern Jordan, with the local community, learning the Bedouin lifestyle.

  • The film used non-professional actors from the Bedouin community in southern
  • Jordan. Several workshops took place to prepare the Bedouin actors for the film,

who were chosen by auditions.

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Budget and production cost

  • "Theeb" was filmed over five weeks by experienced Austrian cinematographer

Wolfgang Thaler. A super-16mm film was used, in part because it captures the desert's harsh sun and deep shadows more naturally. "Theeb,” was” low-budget, “and the funding, although inadequate, was secured by private sector investors, as well as several institutions; King Abdullah II fund for development, Doha film institute and Abu Dhabi-based Sanad film fund.

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psychology

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Techniques

  • A super-16mm film was used (Arriflex 416, Hawk V-Lite 16 Lenses) , in part because

it captures the desert's harsh sun and deep shadows more naturally.

  • Camel was used in filmmaking of Theeb in some scenes.
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The music

  • The music used in the film was composed by Jerry Lane, a British music
  • composer. The music in the film is based on Bedouin melodies, and the key melody

for the film is one surrounding a song about the Red Sea.

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Awards

  • The film premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September

2014, where Abu Nowar won the award for Best Director.

  • It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy

Awards, making it the first Jordanian nomination ever.

  • At the 69th British Academy Film Awards, Theeb was nominated for Best Film Not

in the English Language.

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references

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theeb
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170902/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEExI44P5gs
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7dd97FFpRA