Ruben Amar

Ruben Amar (born in 1974[1]) is a French screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for the independent feature film Swim Little Fish Swim and his two last short films Checkpoint and A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me.

Ruben Amar
Born1974 (age 48–49)
Montpellier, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter and producer

Career

Early career and short films

Amar attended business school and spent time working for startups and television production companies,[2] then decided to pursue cinema and attended filmmaking workshops in London.

Between 2007 and 2011, he directed several short films,[3] shot in Paris, London, New York and on the Israeli-Palestinian border. These films appeared in many international festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and South by Southwest (SXSW).[4]

Checkpoint, one of his last short film has premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival[5] in 2011 where it won the Youth Critic Award.[6] The film tells the story of a young Palestinian boy living in the Gaza Strip who accompanies his father on monthly visits to the ruins of a destroyed village.[7] Checkpoint was exhibited worldwide in international film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[5] Slamdance,[8] Palm Springs International Film Festival,[9] Raindance,[7] and Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier.[10] Checkpoint was broadcast by international TV channels (TPS, BeTV,[11] Canal+ Poland, RTBF[12]). Reviewers praised the film's story and cinematography.[13][14]

Feature films

A year later, following the success of Checkpoint, Ruben Amar started co-writing, co-directing and co-producing with Lola Bessis their first feature film, Swim Little Fish Swim (2013).

Ruben Amar also produced Nathan Silver's feature film, Thirst Street[15] (2017) with his new production company PaperMoon Films.

Filmography

Feature films
  • Swim Little Fish Swim (2014) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • Thirst Street (2017) - Producer

Short films
  • Objet perdu(e) (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • Des Mots Silencieux (2007) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • L'Absente (2008) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • Mauvaise Route (2008) - Writer & Producer
  • A Girl Like You With a Boy Like Me (2010) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • Checkpoint (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer
  • Don't Let the Sun Blast Your Shadow (2011) - Writer, Director & Producer

References
  1. "Arsenal: More Films: On Family". Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. "Nominations - Vendredi 11 mai 2001". journaldunet.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "Ruben Amar - uniFrance Films". unifrance.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. "Ruben Amar - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand". clermont-filmfest.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. "Le portail de Films en Lorraine". image-est.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. "Checkpoint - Raindance Film Festival 2011". raindance.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. Brian Brooks (15 December 2010). "Slamdance Unveils 2011 Special Screenings, Shorts & $99 Specials - IndieWire". indiewire.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. "Checkpoint (2010) - uniFrance Films". unifrance.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  10. "Cinemed.tm.fr - Festival international Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier -". cinemed.tm.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. "TV dh du 28 janvier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  12. "Tele DH 18 fevrier 2012 by s.a. IPM - issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. "MedFilm Festival 2012 - Home". archivio.medfilmfestival.it. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  14. "Filmmakers explore childhood at Goethe Short Film Fest - Daily News Egypt". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. Leo Barraclough (19 May 2016). "Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver's 'Thirst Street' - Variety". variety.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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