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 46–47)
Montpellier, France
OccupationFilm director, Screenwriter & 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. "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. "Damien Bonnard, Lindsay Burdge Join Nathan Silver’s ‘Thirst Street’ - Variety". variety.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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