Film Synopsis:
SALMA’s HOME film is set in Jordan and revolves around three women with distinct personalities. SALMA (Juliet Awad) is a talented baker living alone in a large old house overlooking downtown Amman running a nonprofitable home-based bakery, her daughter FARAH (Sameera Asir) is a young working mother with marital problems with husband Malek (Firas Taybeh) . Their lives are disrupted by the death of Salma’s ex-husband. The funeral takes place at his current wife’s house, LAMIA (Rania Kurdi), an aspiring socialite who is obsessed with building her brand online. After the funeral, Uncle Emad (Waleed Jizawi) brings shocking facts to light leading to territorial clashes and finally forcing the three women to accept some harsh realities and take control of their lives.
Time: 6:30pm
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ABOUT DIRECTOR HANADI ELYAN
Writer / director Hanadi Elyan, is a Palesnian-Jordanian filmmaker whose work focuses on the social issues facing marginalized communities from a female perspective. Hanadi's films competed in film festivals around the world. She started her film career in Jordan, then she moved to Dubai and established Reel Arab Producons. Later, she moved to Los Angeles aer being selected for a full ride scholarship, where she earned her MFA in Film Production / Directing from UCLA. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Hanadi currently serves as Assistant Professor of Narrative Film Directing at Emerson College. She has previously won numerous funds and awards for her films, including Jordan Film Fund for her films; Salma’s Home and The Camp Beauty Queen, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, Delia Salvi Memorial award, Special Jury award at Tangiers Film Festival for Mariam's Chance, George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship Fellowship in Comedy and The UCLA Directors Spotlight Award.