Jibril
Panorama 2018
DEU 2018
by: Henrika Kull
Susana Abdulmajid
Jibril
Panorama 2018
DEU 2018
by: Henrika Kull
Malik Adan Blumenthal
Jibril
Panorama 2018
DEU 2018
by: Henrika Kull
Jasper Beutin, Malik Adan Blumenthal
Jibril
Panorama 2018
DEU 2018
by: Henrika Kull
Henrika Kull
Jibril
Panorama 2018
DEU 2018
by: Henrika Kull
At a party, Maryam and Jibril exchange glances. Years later, Maryam happens to meet the same young man again when she is asked to deliver a parcel to someone in prison. The recipient is none other than Jibril, who is serving a sentence of several years. The attraction between this single mother-of-three and the inmate is just as strong as it was when they first met. Maryam plunges enthusiastically into an initially largely platonic romance, which on the one hand may satisfy certain longings on both sides, yet on the other also awakens desire. But having a relationship with someone who isn’t there and who doesn't participate in her life, and who she can’t even really get to know, is a challenge for Maryam. Jibril too finds his situation as a prisoner increasingly difficult to bear.
Henrika Kull stages the intimate scenes of her first dramatic feature in impressively naturalistic close-ups and, utilising the particular situation of her two protagonists, raises a big question: when exactly do you really know someone – or do you just fall in love with your dream of being in love?
by
Henrika Kull
Germany 2018
German, Arabic
83’ · Colour
World premiere
Susana Abdulmajid (Maryam)Malik Adan (Gabriel)Doua Rahal (Sus)Emna El-Aouni (Sadah)Regina Schulte am Hülse (Maggi)Tobias Müller-Monning (Priest)
Born in southern Germany in 1984, she studied sociology in Cologne. After writing her diploma thesis on the sociology of film, she took up a degree in film production at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in 2012. In 2014, she began studying directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf under tutors including Barbara Albert, for whom she was also an assistant. Her feature-length graduation film Jibril premiered in the 2018 Panorama and won several awards including the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award for Best Film. She was a member of the jury for the Heiner Carow Prize during the 2019 Berlinale.
Filmography (selection)2014 Rite of Spring; short film · Intimate Distance; short film 2016 Absently Present; short documentary 2017 Rosinen; short film 2018 Jibril 2021 Glück
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021
Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolfwww.filmuniversitaet.de
Pluto Filmwww.plutofilm.de/