Rafea: A Solar Mama is a documentary about a Jordanian Bedouin mother who leaves her desert home to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College which trains women in the technology of solar energy
Doha:
Rafea: A Solar Mama, a documentaryabout a Jordanian Bedouin mother who leaves her desert home totravel to India to attend the Barefoot College which trainswomen in the technology of solar energy, is part of a 'greenfilm' competition at the ongoing fourth Doha Tribeca FilmFestival (DTFF).
The film by Jehane Noujam and Mona Eldaief is competingin the Arab Film Competition, which highlights thesustainability narrative.
More than Honey by filmmaker Markus Imhoof, screeningin the Contemporary World Cinema line-up, is anothermeticulously researched documentary which takes a new look atthe now.
Also placing immense emphasis on environmentsustainability is Lucy Walker's The Tsunami and The CherryBlossom, in the Special Screenings segment, narrating thestory of survivors in the areas hardest hit by the recenttsunami in Japan and their search for courage to rebuild theirshattered lives and community when the cherry blossoms comeinto bloom.
Akihito Izuhara's Li Li Ta Al, also part of the SpecialScreenings, uses animation to depict a meaningless poemcontrived based on the nature and the beauty known byhumanity.
With an expanded Festival format this year, DTFF 2012will showcase over 87 films from across the globe underdistinct themed sections.
Four films, screened in various segments of the DTTF,highlight the evolving trend across the world of committedfilmmakers leveraging the power of cinema to raise awarenessabout environmental sustainability and climate change.
The festival has also joined hands with Ernst and Young'sClean Energy and Sustainability Services (CEaSS) initiative toevaluate the festival's carbon footprint.
The film by Jehane Noujam and Mona Eldaief is competingin the Arab Film Competition, which highlights thesustainability narrative.
More than Honey by filmmaker Markus Imhoof, screeningin the Contemporary World Cinema line-up, is anothermeticulously researched documentary which takes a new look atthe now.
Also placing immense emphasis on environmentsustainability is Lucy Walker's The Tsunami and The CherryBlossom, in the Special Screenings segment, narrating thestory of survivors in the areas hardest hit by the recenttsunami in Japan and their search for courage to rebuild theirshattered lives and community when the cherry blossoms comeinto bloom.
Akihito Izuhara's Li Li Ta Al, also part of the SpecialScreenings, uses animation to depict a meaningless poemcontrived based on the nature and the beauty known byhumanity.
With an expanded Festival format this year, DTFF 2012will showcase over 87 films from across the globe underdistinct themed sections.
Four films, screened in various segments of the DTTF,highlight the evolving trend across the world of committedfilmmakers leveraging the power of cinema to raise awarenessabout environmental sustainability and climate change.
The festival has also joined hands with Ernst and Young'sClean Energy and Sustainability Services (CEaSS) initiative toevaluate the festival's carbon footprint.