Rifqi Assaf's The Curve Takes Part at the Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam

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After Its Successful Tour in Film Festivals Around the World

Rifqi Assaf's The Curve Takes Part at the Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam


After successful participation at film festivals around the world, Jordanian Director and writer Rifqi Assaf's feature film The Curve will be contending at the Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, Holland (September 29-October 2). MAD Solutions is looking forward to release The Curve in theatres across the Arab world.

The Curve had its world premiere at the Muhr Feature Competition within the 12th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In addition, The Curve participated at the 5th Festival International de Cinémaet Mémoire Commune de Nador (International Festival of Common Memory Cinema in Nador) at the Films Long-métrages de Fiction en Competition (Long Feature Films Competition). The Curve also had its North American premiere at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in the USA. Most recently, The Curve opened the 6th Arab Film Festival Amman.

Written and directed by Rifqi Assaf, The Curve stars Palestinian star Ashraf Barhoum, Syrian actress
Fatina Layla, Lebanese actor Mazen Moadam and Jordanian Ashraf Telfah. The Curve is about Radi, who leads a reclusive life in his own van, finds himself on a road trip with three strangers that alters his clockwork and very private lifestyle.

The film is a joint production between Jordanian Rula Nasser (The Imaginarium Films), Egyptian
Mohamed Hefzy (Film Clinic) and French Xénia Maingo (Eaux Vives Productions). MAD Solutions is handling the film's distribution and marketing worldwide.