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Watermelon Pictures
Watermelon Pictures is an American film production and distribution company founded in 2024 by Badie and Hamza Ali. The company has distributed ''Israelism'' (2023), ''Life Is Beautiful'' (2023), ''From Ground Zero'' (2024), '' To a Land Unknown'' (2024), and ''The Encampments'' (2025). History In April 2024, it was announced Badie and Hamza Ali had launched Watermelon Pictures a company specializing in film production, financing, and distribution, with Alana Hadid set to serve as creative director. The mission of the company is to showcase Palestinians and Arabs, who have been poorly represented and dehumanized in mainstream media. The company's first release ''Walled Off'', a documentary focusing on The Walled Off Hotel, directed by Vin Arfuso, and executive produced by Roger Waters, Kweku Mandela and Anwar Hadid was released on May 3, 2024. Watermelon Pictures has launched in May 2025 a streaming service, Watermelon+, "that will serve as a home for its upcoming releases as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album), Wish You Were Here'' (1975), ''Animals (Pink Floyd album), Animals'' (1977), ''The Wall'' (1979), and ''The Final Cut (album), The Final Cut'' (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. They settled out of court in 1987. Waters's solo work includes the studio albums ''The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking'' (1984), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Distributors Of The United States
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Companies Established In 2024
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in royal courts, and developed into sophisticated forms over time, becoming available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded products, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Film Studios
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glassworker
''The Glassworker'' () is a 2024 Pakistani animated anti-war romantic drama film produced by Mano Animation Studios. The film is directed by Usman Riaz (in his directorial debut) with a screenplay by Moya O'Shea from a story by O'Shea and Riaz. The film is produced by Khizer Riaz and Manuel Cristóbal. Featuring anime-influenced animation, it is Pakistan's first hand-drawn animated feature film. The film premiered at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 10 June and was released in theatres in Pakistan on 26 July 2024. Plot Vincent Oliver, the son of master glassworker Tomas Oliver, lives in the seaside town of Waterfront, renowned for its fertile soil and silicon-rich sand. The town becomes a battleground between two nations. Djinns, fire spirits, play a significant role in the story. As an adult, Vincent prepares for his first glasswork exhibition and finds a letter from his childhood friend, Alliz Amano, who he loved. The letter recounts their past: V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Color Of Olives
''The Color of Olives'' (, ) is a 2006 political documentary film, originally distributed by Arab Film Distribution, produced by Daoud Sarhandi, and directed by Carolina Rivas. It depicts the Palestinian family, the Amers, living in the West Bank. The documentary was filmed in Masha, a Palestinian village 15 miles from Tel Aviv, that was separated by the West Bank wall. Hani Amer, a Palestinian farmer, refused to vacate the land his ancestors cultivated for generations, and–along with his wife and six children–became surrounded by Israeli military checkpoints and barricades. ''The Color of Olives'' follows the Amers' everyday work routine and struggles; little dialogue is spoken, though the family is often quoted by Rivas. In the United States, the movie opened in New York at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in the East Village. It was shown with English subtitles. Between 2006 and 2008, The Color of Olives won a number of awards:2008. Special Mention, Cine Pobre Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Teacher (2023 Film)
''The Teacher'' () is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Farah Nabulsi. It stars Saleh Bakri, Imogen Poots, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman. It premiered at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023. Premise Basem is a Palestinian schoolteacher who finds himself caught between his commitment to political resistance and his role as a father figure to one of his students, Adam. Set in the present-day West Bank in the occupied Palestinian Territories, Nabulsi described the film as a "human drama set in a political landscape" and "a story about characters that represent a severely marginalised and underrepresented people," stating that she "needed to make this film to cope with the injustice I've witnessed." Cast * Saleh Bakri as Basem El Saleh * Imogen Poots as Lisa * Muhammad Abed Elrahman as Adam * Stanley Townsend as Simon Cohen * Muayyad Abd Elsamad * Andrea Irvine * Nabil Al Raee * * Paul Herzberg Production The film was shot entirely in the West B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember Us
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Remember Us may refer to: * "Remember Us", a song by John Legend from ''Bigger Love'' (2020) * "Remember Us", a song by Stan Walker from '' All In'' (2022) * ''Remember Us'' (''Bizi Hatırla''), a 2018 Turkish film by Çağan Irmak See also * Remember (other) Remember may refer to: Film and television Film * Remember (1926 film), ''Remember'' (1926 film), an American silent drama film * Remember? (1939 film), ''Remember?'' (1939 film), an American romantic comedy * Remember (2015 film), ''Remember'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theeb
''Theeb'' ( ''dhīb'' , "wolf") is a 2014 internationally co-produced period drama thriller (genre), thriller film written and directed by Naji Abu Nowar. It is a coming-of-age story about a Bedouin boy, Theeb, who must survive in the wide-open Wadi Rum desert. The film takes place during the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle Eastern theatre of the First World War, in the wake of the Arab Revolt, Great Arab Revolt against the ruling Ottoman Empire. The film used non-professional actors from the Bedouin community in southern Jordan, and is considered a "Bedouin Western (genre), Western". It has also been described as a Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age film. ''Theeb'' is an international co-production from Jordan, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2014, where Abu Nowar won the award for Best Director. It was nominated for the Academy Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Broken Cameras
''5 Broken Cameras'' (; ) is a 94-minute documentary film co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi. It was shown at film festivals in 2011 and placed in general release by Kino Lorber in 2012. ''5 Broken Cameras'' is a first-hand account of protests in Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier. The documentary was shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son. In 2009 Israeli co-director Guy Davidi joined the project. Structured around the destruction of Burnat's cameras, the filmmakers' collaboration follows one family's evolution over five years of turmoil. The film won a 2012 Sundance Film Festival award, it won the Golden Apricot at the 2012 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Documentary Film, won the 2013 International Emmy Award, and was nominated for a 2013 Academy Award. Synopsis When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
