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 Underdown 

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a film by Sarah Kaskas
Karaaj Films Producer - Liliane Rahal

2018 - Lebanon, Qatar, Germany - Arabic - 74 min

Synopsis:
Moving to Beirut’s anarchic rhythm, Underdown follows the struggles of a Palestinian cab driver who lives in his car, a homeless Syrian kid and a Lebanese woman and her family. Through a pulsating journey filled with harsh realities and an unbreakable sense of humor, they convey glimmers of hope in the darkest of places.

Credits:
Co-Producer: Ines Meier of Litchtung
Writer/Director: Sarah Kaskas
Editors: Simon El Habre & Sarah Kaskas
Cinematographer: Joe Saade
Sound Designer: Jawad Chabaan
Sound Recordist: Rayan Obeidyine
Post Production Supervisor: Liliane Hanbali
Re-Recording Mixer: Florent Lavallee of DB Studios in partnership with HAL
Original Music Composer: Sarah Kaskas
Featured Music: Kinematik

Grants & Platform Awards:
Cine-Gouna Platform 2018: Prize received by “The Cell”
Misereor Grant 2018
Rosa Luxemburg Grant 2018
Participation at Qumra 2018
Winner of Beirut Cinema Platform’s Participation in Malaga Works in Progress
Winner of Beirut Cinema Platform’s Sound Mixing Grant at dB Studios
DFI Production Grant 2017

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Festivals:
*Winner: Special Critic’s Award, FLIGHT/Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, 2021
*Winner: ACEC Special Prize, FLIGHT/Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, 2021
*Winner: Best Documentary, Jerusalem Arab Film Festival, March 2021
Ontario International Film Festival, Oct 2020
Arab Film Festival Berlin, Sept 2020
Cultural screening in Oslo, Norway, with TRAP, Aug 2020.
*Winner: Grand Prix, Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia Herzegovina, Aug 2020
Liberation DocFest Bangladesh, online edition, March 2020
DOXA Doc Festival, online edition, Vancouver, May 2020
43rd Sao Paulo International Film Festival, 2019
Arabisches Film Festival (Tubingen, Germany), 2019              
*Winner: Jury Award at the 9th Malmo Arab Film Festival, 2019  
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2019
8th Middle East Now, 2019
*World Premiere/Official Selection: International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, 2018.