Lamya's Poem

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Lamya's Poem
Lamya's Poem.jpg
Film poster
Directed byAlex Kronemer
Written byAlex Kronemer
Produced byGlenn James Brown
Sam Kadi
StarringMillie Davis
Mena Massoud
Music byChristopher Willis
Animation byRene Daigle
Brandon Lloyd
Joel Shemrock
J. Meeka Stuart
Production
companies
Unity Productions
PiP Animation Services
Distributed byWestEnd Films
Release date
  • June 14, 2021 (2021-06-14) (Annecy)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

Lamya's Poem is a 2021 American-Canadian animated film, directed by Alex Kronemer .[1][2]

Summary[]

The film centres on Lamya (Millie Davis), a young Syrian girl who has left her hometown of Aleppo as a refugee during the Syrian civil war, who finds solace in her inner fantasy life as she reads and is inspired by the poetry of Rumi (Mena Massoud).[3]

Production[]

The film's voice cast also includes Faran Tahir, Aya Bryn Zakarya, Raoul Bhaneja and Nissae Isen.

An excerpt from the film was screened at the 2020 Annecy International Animation Film Festival in the Works in Progress stream,[4] before the completed film premiered at Annecy in 2021.[5]

Accolades[]

Official Competition - Annecy International Animation Film Festival[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Wendy Ide, "‘Lamya’s Poem’: Annecy Review". Screen Daily, June 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Annecy > Programme > Index
  3. ^ Leo Barraclough, "First Clip From Annecy Competition Title ‘Lamya’s Poem,’ Director Talks About Power of Poetry, Future Projects". Variety, June 7, 2021.
  4. ^ Jazz Tangcay, "Filmmaker Sam Kadi on Animating and Shopping a Film In Virtual Markets During a Pandemic". Variety, June 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Anna Smith, "Int’l Critics Line: Anna Smith On ‘Lamya’s Poem’ – Annecy". Deadline Hollywood, June 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Annecy Announces 19 Animated Features In Competition|Cartoon Brew
  7. ^ Annecy Raises the Curtain on Feature Program for 1st Hybrid Edition|Animation Magazine

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