Asmahan the Diva | Powerful Portraits | Indy Shorts Film Festival 2020

Expired July 27, 2020 4:00 PM

Already unlocked? for access

This virtual screening is eligible for Indy Shorts Audience Choice Awards! 5=great, 1=poor Unlock it to cast your vote.

Meet the compelling subjects of these short biographical documentaries.

98 min. This program contains mature themes.

Free online Q&A with filmmakers from this program will stream live on Saturday, July 26 at 3:00 PM ET and will be available on-demand afterward. Click HERE to register for and to view the Q&A.

The life of Asmahan, the diva and druze princess was short - but what a life! Marriages, glory, espionage, lovers, alcohol, poker, suicides, murders, scandals… This oriental Marilyn has marked the golden age of the Egyptian musical comedies. Today, her voice still resonates everywhere in the Middle East and her mysterious death in the waters of the Nile still feeds the wildest rumors.

In French, Arabic with English subtitles

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.

Film Contact

Luce Grosjean

festival@miyu.fr

Year
2019
Runtime
6 minutes
Language
French, Arabic
Country
France
Rating
Suitable for All Ages
Note
Art & Music, Current Events/History

Director
Chloé Mazlo
Screenwriter
Christophe Duchiron & Chloé Mazlo
Producer
Causette Prod, Doncvoilà productions & Manuel Cam Studio
Executive Producer
Causette Prod, Doncvoilà productions & Manuel Cam Studio

8 films in package

The Other Fab Four

In the mid-1960s, four teenagers from Liverpool were changing the face of pop music. Their names were Mary, Sylvia, Pam and Val. Meet The Liverbirds! “Almost Famous” is a Breakwater Studios x New York Times Op-Docs series of films featuring people who nearly made history — and were happy anyway.

The Greatest Night

A prison movie projectionist recounts the story of his greatest night.

Asmahan the Diva

The life of Asmahan, the diva and druze princess was short - but what a life!

Yves & Variation

A New York City doorman wears many hats—father, art curator, and violinist—as he works tirelessly to give back to his community in Haiti.

Closed captions available

EDDY'S WORLD

"EDDY’S WORLD" is an engaging portrait of a 98-year-old working toy inventor whose creativity and curiosity keep him young.

DRIVEN

In a world of adrenaline and speed, a quadriplegic race car driver pushes to keep his dream of racing alive.

SUSANA

Despite the danger to herself and her family, former slaughterhouse worker Susana returns to the scene at night to care for animals on their way to the kill floor.

The Lost Astronaut

In 1963, Ed Dwight Jr. was poised to be NASA’s first African-American astronaut. Until suddenly he wasn’t. “Almost Famous” is a Breakwater Studios x New York Times Op-Docs series of films featuring people who nearly made history — and were happy anyway.