An intimate portrait of a Danish-Arabic family through good and bad over a period of 12 years. The father is Palestinian, the mother Danish and their three sons are the result of a cultural encounter which manifested upon the arrival of the first immigrants coming to Denmark in the 1960s and 70s.
| Original title | Western Arabs |
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| Danish title | Western Arabs |
| Keywords | Immigrants, Family history, Cultural meetings, Denmark, Palestine, Generation differences, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Omar Shargawi |
| Screenplay | Thomas Papapetros |
| Producer | Eva Jakobsen, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersin |
| Director of Photography | Omar Shargawi, Aske Alexander Foss |
| Editor | Thomas Papapetros, Omar Shargawi |
| Sound | Ranko Paukovic |
| Composer | Anders Christensen |
| Appearance | Omar Shargawi, Leena Bækdal Jensen, Aiya Bækdal Shargawi, Hassan El Sayed |
| Production country | Denmark, Netherlands |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut, DOXBIO |
| International sales | Rise and Shine World Sales |
| Comment | The documentary premiered at the Berlinale 2019 in Panorama. Omar Shargawi debuted as director with the feature fiction film ’Go With Peace Jamil’ (2008), followed by the documentaries ’My Father from Haifa’ (2010) and ’1/2 Revolution’ (2011). |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Executive Producer | Snowglobe ApS, Baldr Films |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, DR, The Netherlands Film Fund |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut, DOXBIO |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Omar Shargawi |
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Script |
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| Screenplay | Thomas Papapetros |
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Production |
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| Producer | Eva Jakobsen |
| Producer | Katrin Pors |
| Producer | Mikkel Jersin |
| Executive producer | Omar Shargawi |
| Co-producer | Frank Hoeve |
| Co-producer | Katja Draaijer |
| Associate producer | Anders V. Christensen |
| Associate producer | Giulia Triolo |
| Post-production supervisor | Anders V. Christensen |
| Post-production assistant | Thomas Irving |
| Post-production assistant | Sebastian Anton Munk |
| Post-production assistant | Martin Munck Schmidt |
| Producer's assistant | Anna Dammegaard Søllested |
| Producer's assistant | Kristoffer Hammer-Jakobsen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Omar Shargawi |
| Cinematographer | Aske Alexander Foss |
| Cinematographer: Additional shoot | Conrad Fields |
| Cinematographer: Additional shoot | Karim El Hakim |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Thomas Papapetros |
| Editor | Omar Shargawi |
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Music |
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| Composer | Anders Christensen |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Ranko Paukovic |
| Sound mixer | Ranko Paukovic |
| Sound mixer | Jacques Pedersen |
| Sound mixer | Reda El-Kheloufi |
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Appearance |
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| Appearance | Omar Shargawi |
| Appearance | Leena Bækdal Jensen |
| Appearance | Aiya Bækdal Shargawi |
| Appearance | Hassan El Sayed |
| Appearance | Zulay Alamaz El Sayed |
| Appearance | Salah El Koussa |
| Appearance | Janus Nabil Bakrawi |
| Appearance | Mourad Hanna |
| Appearance | Khalid Alssubeihi |
| Appearance | Thomas Bremer |
| Appearance | Dar Salim |
| Appearance | Samir Al-Sobehi |
| Appearance | Salah Ramaha |
| Appearance | Nehmedo Hanafi Mahmoud |
| Appearance | Islam Safiyyudin Mohammed |
| Appearance | Keltoum Chahrour |
| Appearance | Fatima Derra |
| Appearance | Fatma Suzanne Chahrour |
| Appearance | Abir Chahrour |
| Appearance | Diab El Masri |
| Appearance | Hazem Elayan |
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Festival screenings
| Festival | Festival date |
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| DMZ South Korea | 2019-09-19 |
| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2019-05-10 |
| CPH:DOX | 2019-03-20 |
| Berlinale | 2019-02-07 |
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Reviews and articles
On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Interview | Politiken-Fonden | Adelborg, Jeppe Korndrup | 2019-04-07 |
| Anmeldelse | Berlingske Tidende | Lindberg, Kristian | 2019-04-03 |
| Interview | Berlingske Tidende | Almbjerg, Iben-Sarah | 2019-04-03 |
| Interview | Børsen | Freije, Layal | 2019-03-29 |
| Artikel | Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten | Gram Jensen, Solveig | 2019-02-12 |
| Interview | Politiken-Fonden | Jensen, Erik | 2019-02-11 |
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