Culture & Education | Saturday 6 July, 2019 4:44 pm |

 

Jordanian filmmaker Nasreen al-Subaihi has made a new success with her new film Assem, which tells the story of the famine that struck the Aslam region of Hajjah province in northwestern Yemen. Asim was nominated for three awards at the "West International Film Festival" for "Best War Story, Best Cinematography, and Best Film for Science and Learning". The film's director and producer, Nasreen al-Subaihi, said she hoped the film would convey a true picture of the "happiest" famine that raised the conscience of the world after world agencies published pictures of children and women eating leaves. She pointed out in a press statement that the film, will highlight the real causes of the famine that hit the region, and how they are employed for political gains by the Houthis.

The film "Assem" was produced and adapted to international standards in three capitals - London, Istanbul and Amman - and participated in the writing of the Yemeni journalist "Kamal Al Salami" with the director and producer of the film "Nasreen Al Subaihi".

The Jordanian director Nisreen Al-Subaihi has already achieved a major achievement at the international level through the film "What Comes Dawn", which highlights the suffering of Yemen's war children, which has won three international awards, the last of which was the Best Short Documentary Award at " And was awarded the Science and Learning Award for Best Film at the Madrid International International Film Festival, as well as the Best Short Documentary Award at the Northern European Film Festival in London.