Announcing the American Premiere of ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation
A Five Part Documentary Film Directed By NURI KINO & ERIK SANDBERG Part III Competing for the Golden Palm Award As a Finalist at the Beverly Hills Film Festival
Thursday April 6, 2006 – 8:00 P.M. Saturday April 8, 2006 – 3:45 P.M.
CLARITY THEATRE 100 North Crescent Drive Beverly Hills, California 90210 (Running time: 30 minutes)
Please note that due to popular demand a second screening of ASSYRISKA has been added to the line-up at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Tickets for screenings and after show party are selling out quickly Please make your advanced reservations at http://www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com For festival information call 310-779-1206
ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation is the story of an Assyrian soccer team from Södertälje, a small town in Sweden that was able to achieve international stardom when against all odds as the first ever immigrant team in Europe, it reached the national premiere league. It made headlines worldwide.
Marking its American premiere as a finalist at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, episode III depicts the current struggle of the Assyrian people who are a nation without a country in their quest for recognition of the Genocide perpetrated against them in the Ottoman Empire during WWI.
This third episode that originally aired on Sweden’s Public Service Network, depicts the team’s struggle to be recognized as a Swedish soccer team. But beyond that, the team pushes to cause change in both the Swedish and Turkish governments’ attitude to accept and recognize the “forgotten” Assyrian Genocide.
This move triggers diplomatic implications. Also featured are ASSYRISKA supporters returning to their homeland of Southeast Turkey in an attempt to reclaim their now occupied territories.
Nuri Kino, one of the two directors of ASSYRISKA, will attend the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Nuri Kino’s journey as an Assyrian-Swedish freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker began in 2000 but his extraordinary achievements are by no means those of a novice. A five-time nominee for the Swedish Pulitzer Guldspaden, he received three for Best Investigative Journalist in 2001, 2003 and 2004. He received the Swedish Television and Swedish Radio’s Ikaros Prize for Best Public Service Journalism and became the Role Model of the Year for Swedish Journalist Students at Sundsvall University in Sweden. In 2002, Kino was nominated as a finalist for both the Great Journalist Prize and Save the Children Prize for journalists. He also serves as a Jury Member for the Humanity of the World Documentary Film Festival.
Filmography: The Cry Unheard, 2001; Insider-Pedophiles, 2003; Insider-Quacks, 2003; ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation, 2005.
Media Contact and Management: Tanya Benjamin
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All interviews with Nuri Kino arranged on request
Chicago, IL, September 15, 2005 — Strategic Entertainment in association with CampaCinema Films, Hal-A-Bad Pictures and Assyrians Around the World proudly present the new Assyrian American Feature length film “Cousins”.
This Romantic Comedy adds a little spice to the Genre. While Joe and Rita are in the typical cheesy love stage of their new relationship, the dreaded obstacles that come up can only be described as unique.
Her Surgeon Father works on her arranged marriage to a particular little rich boy belonging to a particular family of surgeons. Her father’s only care in the world is to further his own career. His plans are formed without her knowledge.
Joe is caught up in a change of lifestyle when his Uncle and cousin decide to visit him from Iraq. The reason for the visit is to help Joe, a young entrepreneur, with his new business venture. The soft-spoken Cousin and temperamental “Old-School” Uncle can either help the situation or turn it into a second “Desert Storm”.
LONDON, May 27, 2005- An exhibit of paintings by prominent artist Hanibal Alkhas will be held at Tehran’s Homa Gallery from May 27 to June 10.
The exhibit will display paintings created by Alkhas during his 60-year career in the field of designing, painting and conceptual arts.
According to IRNA, Alkhas is a painter from the first generation of modern artists with extensive activities at academic level of training students and encouraging young artists to take up modern painting.
The painter adopted an approach to figurative style of painting. He is a hard worker and an expressionist with sense of commitment to social factors. He always takes a critical look at social and cultural dilemma in his paintings.
The artist has created more than 300 paintings during his career. His paintings inspire contemplation, some featuring portraits from Takht-e Jamshid (Persepolis), Assyrian arts and other historical heritage symbols. Meanwhile, a film honoring Alkhas will be screened on the last day of the event.
The Assyrian/Lebanese Singer Pascale Sakr was Born in Zahle, Lebanon to Etienne and Alexandra Sakr. Pascale began singing at age of 4 and was mostly influenced by the music and style of the Rahbani Brothers. Her Professional career started in 1981, when Elias Rahbani sent Pascale to Germany at Rostock festival where she won a special prize, with the song "Oh Babe".She sang many patriotic, classical, religious and love songs that Elias Rahbani composed. She has also worked with Wadih el Safi, Mansour Rahbani, Melhem Barakat, Antoine Gebara and Wajdi Shaya. Pascale performed leading roles in musical plays such as:
Wadi Chamseen in 1985 composed by Elias Rahbani along side Ferial Karim, Joseph Nassif, William Haswani, Elie Snaifer and others.
Sawret Chaab composed by Father Fadi Tabet and music by Charles Chelala in 2003.
Strategic Entertainment partners Martin Khoshaba (left) and Billy Haido
Assyrian-language film producers Strategic Entertainment take a step toward the mainstream market with the production of “Cousins,” their new mixed Assyrian- and English-language romantic comedy.
“Cousins” marks Strategic Entertainment’s first effort to reach audiences beyond its core ethnic constituency. It’s the company’s first feature with a significant portion in English, and the first that will feature English subtitles for the Assyrian dialogue.
“We might do three to five more Assyrian films and then go mainstream,” said writer-director Martin Khoshaba.
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Chicago, IL, September 15, 2005 — Strategic Entertainment in association with CampaCinema Films, Hal-A-Bad Pictures and Assyrians Around the World proudly present the new Assyrian American Feature length film “Cousins”.
The Assyrian/Lebanese Singer Pascale Sakr was Born in Zahle, Lebanon to Etienne and Alexandra Sakr. Pascale began singing at age of 4 and was mostly influenced by the music and style of the Rahbani Brothers. Her Professional career started in 1981, when Elias Rahbani sent Pascale to Germany at Rostock festival where she won a special prize, with the song "Oh Babe".She sang many patriotic, classical, religious and love songs that Elias Rahbani composed. She has also worked with Wadih el Safi, Mansour Rahbani, Melhem Barakat, Antoine Gebara and Wajdi Shaya. Pascale performed leading roles in musical plays such as: 