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Writer & director
Mahmoud al Massad
Co-production
iSee Film
Mahmoud al Massad
Co-production
iSee Film
Athens, 1983. The world press reports that 4-year-old Bashir is killed in the assassination of his father, a top PLO lieutenant. But what if death is not the end of his journey? By now he would be 29 years old. He would have to dig through his past to find out what kind of life he would have lived, only to witness the dream of a Palestinian state he and his father died for is turning to dust.
A radical approach stretching the limits of standard documentary making, THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD will unfold a very personal story, the reality of which is stranger than fiction.
A radical approach stretching the limits of standard documentary making, THIS IS MY PICTURE WHEN I WAS DEAD will unfold a very personal story, the reality of which is stranger than fiction.
Festivals & awards
Audience Award, Tubingen Film Festival 2011
Muhr Arab Best Documentary, Dubai International Film Festival 2010
Poster, stills & photos
All credits
(click here)
With
Bashir Mammon Mraish
Sadieh Yousef Al Qawasmi
Nahil Mammon Mraish
Ismael Abed
Wajih Abu Gharbieh
Dr. Arafat Al Ashahab
Amjad Tadros
Saeb Abu Alragheb
Crew Jordan
Camera
Mahmoud Al Massad
Bassam Sammy Chekhes
Key sound
Ossama Bawardi
Key sound pilot
Baha Othman
Boom operator
Abed Nabulsi
Location manager
Saeb Abu Alragheb
Director?s assistants
Arifa Darwish Bseiso
Tamer Naben
Driver Mahmoud
Alqaza'a
Pre-edit
Eyad Hamam, Greyscale
Laith Majali
Camera assistant
Richard Spierings
Camera assistant pilot
Sara Kaskas
Runner
Emad Horani
Production assistant
Omar Massad
Development pilot
Jasper Hesseling
Shaun Leyden
Joost Pennix
Rob Klunder
Karim Cherif
Luis Alonso Rios Zertuche
Ronald Frey
Development producer
Sabine Groenewegen
Development office production
Mara Mouwen
Development treatment
Miles Roston
Studio cast Netherlands
Mamoun Mraish
Nourdin Orahhou
Young Bashir
Ayoub Belkasmi
Sister Bashir
Cheche Orahhou
Driver
Karim Eharruyen
Motorcycle driver
Sanne Maes
Shooter
Arthur van Oest
Studio crew Netherlands
Camera
Bassam Sammy Chekhes
Studio
Amsterdam Studios
Green screen
Screen services
Stunts
A&E Engineering BV
Light design
Martin Roozeboom
Grip and light assistant
Olaf Schuur
Floor manager
René Jonkers
Lighting
Het Licht
Grip and materials
Golden Eye
Cam-a-Lot
Make up
Eva Dokter
Catering
De Peperwortel
Nanny
Rosemarie Meulenberg
Car provided by
Erica Verhaagen
Hans Verhaagen
Model Facial Reconstruction
Tansel Kiliç
Light assistant at photo shoot
Patrick Sijben
Crew
Editor
Mahmoud Al Massad
Bassam Sammy Chekhes
Associate editor
Rupert Lloyd
Additional editing
Alexander Goekjian
Julian Rodd
Music by
Gingger Shankar
Line Producer
Sylvia Baan
José van Doorn
Assistant Producer
Kim Timmermans
Production assistance
Lara Kosti?
Julia van Schieveen
Annet Saatrube
Hasse van Nunen
Research
Saskia Roskam
Sabine Groenewegen
Creative consultant
Alexander Goekjian
Sabine Groenewegen
Bassam Sammy Chekhes
Compositing
Hans Loosman
Gregoire Verweijen
3D animation
Maarten Kok
Grading
Hans Loosman
Digital paint
René Brouwer
Voice-over
Naji Abu Nowar
Sound design
Ferry de Pater
Re-recordingmixer
Michel Sch?pping
Sound post coordinator
Christan Muiser
Mixed at
Warnier Studio Amsterdam
Lawyers
DenKK juristen
Hugo Klaassen
Monique Kooijman
Louise Doorman
Project administration
Maatschap A2
Insurances
AON
Administration iSee film
Paul Augusteijn
Translations
Ahmed Khaled
Naji Abu Nowar
Mohamed Hammad
Mohammed-Karim Shehabi
Subtitling
P2P Subtitling.net
Fathi Mourali
Michael Grebe
Archives
AP
Archive
Target Productions
Sunday Times
ITN Source/Reuters
BBC
Al Jazeera
This production contains material provided by the United Nations but the production firm is only responsible for its content.
Poster Design
Mahmoud Al Massad
Music
33e Jour
Written and produced by
Marc Leclair
Album
Musique pour 3 femmes Enceintes
Previously released on
Mutek Records
La Nuit Sacree
Langue Muette
Written and performed by
Dhafer Youssef
Album
Electric Sufi
With kind permission of
ENJA Records, Matthias Winckelmann GmbH
Mon Parfum
Written & performed by
Dhafer Youssef
Wolfgang Muthspiel
With kind permission of
c + p
Material Records 2007
Vefaname
Performed by
Mercan Dede
Doublemoon records
Pozitif Edisyon A.S.
Sur cette terre - faraadees
Composed and performed by
Le Trio Joubran
Percussionist
Yousef Hbeisch
Poem & Voice
Mahmoud Darwish
(p) & © Randana- 2008
With kind permission of
Randana
27th century ethos
Performed by
Dhafer Youssef
Album
Divine Shadows
Jazzland Recordings
Distribution
A-Film Distribution
Commissioning editor for VPRO
Barbara Truyen
Written and directed by
Mahmoud Al Massad
Producer iSee Film
Mahmoud Al Massad
Producers KeyDocs
Hanneke Niens & Hans de Wolf
With thanks to
Niek Koppen
Samer Mouasher Nadine Toukan
Cara Mertes
Jeanine Hage
Ina van der Spoel
Monica Wissing
Jane Williams
Antoine Khalife
Lucas Rosant
Sandra Pappas
Vida Rizq
Masoud Amralla Al Ali
Erfan Rashid
Antonia Carver
George David
Linda Mutawi
Ahmad Ashour
Rasha Alnaser
Department of Palestinian Affairs
Police Security Directorate
The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Holy Places
Omar Al-Issawi
Harm Witteveen
Louie Brouwer
Nathalie Veen
Jim Faircloth
Gerard Keizer
Peter Warnier
Mark van den Oever
Nellie Kamer
Paul Esposito
Fayçal Hassairi
Rob Das
Jelle de Ruiter
Menno Boerema
Jasper Hesseling
Matthijs Joor
Jan de Ruiter
Erik Pezarro
Arjan Eekels
Annemarie Jacir
Sally El Hosaini
Vrey Kassouny
Daan Gielis
Giedrè ?ickytè
Ahmad Eddeeb
Tarek Yakhlef
Tarek Atrissi
Jackie Sawiris
Joslyn Bames
Danny Glover
Bilal Massad
Ahmad Massad
Shanti Straub
Marie Therese Guirgis
Arturas Bukauskas
Kristin Feeley
Rahdi Taylor
Laurens Orij
Mohannad Al Bakri
Eddie Taylor
Win-Sie Tow
Hans Goedkoop
Osama Qaddurra
Saioa Riba
Jara Ayucar
Atosa Bandeh
Bram Schouw
Rob MacAdie
This Film is developed and produced with the support of
The Netherlands Film Fund
CoBO Fund
Dubai International Film Festival
Royal Film Commission of Jordan
JO Image
Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
