‘Saken’ Screening at Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya Arab Film Festival 2015

Since 2001, Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya has promoted Independent Lebanese and Arab films, and encouraged young talents to lend their imagination to the big screen.

About the Movie
In 1980, a young 18-year-old Palestinian fighter called Ibrahim Salameh left his family in Kuwait to join the Palestinian revolution in Lebanon. Two years later, Ibrahim was shot while on duty, leaving him paralyzed and ending his dream of being part of the revolution. Saken is a film about this fighter and his caretaker Walid, an Egyptian man who came to Jordan to find work. Saken is a film about friendship and sacrifice.

About the Director
Born in 1976 in Amman and a graduate from the Arab Institute of Film, Sandra Madi is a Palestinian film director, actress and writer. Acting and improvising in theatre, she won three best actress awards. She has worked as a radio presenter, directed many programs for Jordan Television and produced and directed TV documentaries with Aljazeera.