Category: Filmmaking
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Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft
Yes it’s true. Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft to devote his time to charitable work in his foundation. I am not a Microsoft fan, but I just have to say that what this man achieved is one of the great stories of the 20th and 21st century. To his credit, he became the richest man…
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Meet the Godfather of Jameed
More stuff like this on Ikbis.com’s Ground Zero. Read these related posts on 360east: Got to admire those Norwegians! Guess what? Roba DOES beat me! Ikbis at Photo World Dubai: stay tuned for some cool news Lufthansa pays attention to Jordan Hariri, Dahabi to reveal 7-10 Billion dollar project in Aqaba!
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Macheads: the new documentary for Apple fanatics
Can’t wait to watch this crazy movie. I have a bit of a reputation of being a Machead myself. Between working and non-working Macs we have seven of them at home. My mother is a Mac user. And I never recommend anything else to friends and family. I am not extremist though. I don’t have…
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Ground Zero Episode 2 out now on ikbis.com
Mike, Mohammad and the Mosquito are at it again!
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Shooting Amman’s crazy sky
Moving car + Nokia N95 + Dirty windscreen + Amazing Sky + Amman’s streets = THIS. I share these picture of a breathtaking drive home this evening, as the came from my camera phone. Un-cropped, unedited. Read these related posts on 360east: Scooters in Amman.. Tata Botata’s crazy t-shirts! Is anyone in Amman having an…
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1980’s revisited: Wonderful Life
I was driving home from work around midnight last night. I was checking out Amman’s various radio stations when I hit upon Ahlen FM who were playing a familiar tune that I haven’t heard in over 15 years or so. The song was familiar but it was not by the same performer. My radio LCD…
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Akhtaboot: You’ve seen the site, now watch the movie!
It’s not everyday that one of the brands we create at SYNTAX comes to life as an animated cartoon character. So this is a cause to celebrate! Our friends at Akhataboot.com, have just posted their first video advertising on Ikbis, starring Mr. Akhtaboot himself. Fantastic!
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Persepolis,: black ink on screen
Ever since I heard that Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis has been made into a movie, I eagerly wanted to see it. Well, today I saw it. Sadly, not in a movie theatre but on my laptop’s screen in its original, French version with English subtitles. Closely based on her simply, but powerfully illustrated books,…
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Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?
Show me your website and I’ll tell you what kind of candidate (and person) you are. That’s essentially the gist of the very interesting article by the New York Times: Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC? The article offers insight into the visual design and branding techniques used in the websites of these…
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Newly celebrated Jordanian ‘Recycle’ and ‘Abu Raed’ filmmakers already preparing next projects
According to an article on the website of Variety, Jordanian filmmakers Mahmoud Massad (Recycle) and Amin Matalqa are already working on their next projects. Massad is working on “Jackie and the Forty Yellow Cabs” and Matalqa on “Once Upon Amman”, which will reunite the cast of Captain Abu Raed. Massad “Recycle” (which will be shown…
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Can Captain Abu Raed fly?
I’ve never went into a movie theatre with such conflicting expectations as I did today. It didn’t help that I had one tough day behind me at work. February 6 was finally here. This was the day when the audience in Jordan was supposed to witness the birth of Jordanian cinema in the form of…
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More great reviews for Captain Abu Raed
Image by Sabri Hakim. ‘Captain Abu Raed’ is about to be screened at Sundance. Yesterday, I received a comment on my earlier post about ‘Captain’ from Don, a reader in the US who has seen the movie at a film school in Utah. He had this to say: I had no idea what the movie…