Waleed (40) lives in Haifa with his wife and children and dreams of a writing career while suffering from chronic depression. He develops a close relationship with his neighbor (a small-time crook) with an ulterior plot in mind. While the scheme turns into an unexpected friendship between the two men, it leads them into a journey of dark encounters.
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
Log Line
Festivals / Awards
World Premiere: Official Selection (Un Certain Regard) 75th Cannes Film Festival - Best Screenplay
68th Sydney International Film Festival: Feature Section
70th Melbourne International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Hong Kong International film Festival - Official Competition - Firebird Award Winner
Sarajevo International Film Festival (2022)
Vancouver International Film Festival (2022)
Chicago International Film Festival (2022)
Sao Paolo International Film Festival (2022)
Brisbane International Film Festival (2022)
Sevilla European Film Festival (2022)
Goa International Film Festival (2022)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (2023)
Rotterdam International Film Festival (2023)
Bengaluru International Film Festival (2023)
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (2023)
MOOOV Film Festival (2023)
Cyprus Film Days (2023)
Technical Details
Original Title
Mediterranean Fever
International Title
Mediterranean Fever
Duration
108 min
Aspect Ratio
Format
2k
Sound
Dolby Digital
Year
2025
Original Language
Arabic
Director
Maha Haj
Screenplay
Maha Haj
Editor
Véronique Lange
Germany, Cyprus, France and Palestine
Countries of Production
Production Design
Andreas Antoniou
Pallas Film, AMP Filmworks, Still Moving Majdal Films
In association with Metafora Production
Production Companies
Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, MDM-Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Ile de France, Metafora Production, Eurimages
With Support of
Credits
Baher Agbariya, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Marios Piperides, Janine Teerling
Producers
Antoine Héberlé
Director of Photography
Costumes
Hamada Attalah
Munder Odeh
Music
Amer Hlehel
Ashraf Farah
Anat Hadid
Samir Elias
Cynthia Saleem
Shaden Kanboura
Cast
Director’s Bio/Filmography
Maha Haj was born in Nazareth 1970. She is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in English and Arabic literature. Her cinematic experience was derived from her work as an artistic designer in the productions of “The Time That Remain" by Elia Suleiman “The Attack" by Ziad Douairi, and in the film "On the Hill” by Rafael Natjari. She wrote and directed the short film "Oranges" (2009) & “Behind these Walls” documentary (2010)
In 2016 she came out with her 1st feature film “Personal Affairs” which was widely acclaimed and selected to the “Un Certain Regard” official selection of Cannes film festival 2016.
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