2019 Winners & Shortlists

BEYOND SPACES

BrandWADI DEGLA DEVELOPMENTS
Product/ServiceWADI DEGLA DEVELOPMENTS
EntrantCITY FILMS Beirut, LEBANON
CategoryCinematography
Idea Creation KAIRO Cairo, EGYPT
Production CITY FILMS Beirut, LEBANON

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A narrator poetically talks about spaces and their gravitational beauty, in search of what lies beyond what we see everyday.

Tell the jury anything relevant about the cinematography.

We set our camera to capture the spaces as our heroes. As the narrator says, so were also us, exploring the environment, trying to catch the soul, scent, feel of a space and squeeze it to a second or two. We wanted to lend the picture a bit of a nostalgic feel, so we used special vintage lenses. Every moment, sweet or bitter, will be a memory. That's how we often evaluate the present and the future. Light needed to be flowing naturally into the spaces, while making the blacks not too crushed. Coloring of the film was a pleasure as we did not push the colors, because the light and lenses already lended the highlights and mid-tones a beautiful intimate feel.

Credits

Name Company Role
Marc Hadife Cityfilms Director
Joyce Hadife Cityfilms Executive Producer
Hesham Ellabban KAIRO Executive Creative Director
Nadine Lteif Cityfilms Producer
Montasser Khalil KAIRO Creative Director
Mahmoud Dogheim KAIRO Planning Director
Sameeh Selim KAIRO Managing Director
Ahmed Saker KAIRO Writer
Margot Chedid Cityfilms Post Producer
Meelis Veeremets Freelance Director Of Photography
Lambis Charalambidis Freelance Editor
Rana Chaoul Cityfilms Production Art Director
Evan Gildersleeve & Greg Niemand Mount audio Music Artist