The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev
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The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev
Tajikistan’s answer to the Jackson Family. A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by their charismatic, funny, yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his grip on the ‘family business’, sending the clan on a rocky and unsure transition from Monarchy to Democracy.
Festivals and Awards:
DocAviv Festival, Isral, 2016;
Director: Tal Barda, Noam Pinchas
Producer: Serge Gordey, Christine Camdessus, Bruni Burres, Noam Pinchas, Tal Barda
Production Company: The Wonderful Kingdom Films, Alegria Productions
Cinematographer: Uri Ackerman
Editor: Yael Bitton
Soundtrack Editor: Gil Toren, Yossi Apelbaum
Original Soundtrack: The Alaev Family
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Greenhouse Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Channel 8 - Hot, IKON, arte, CNC, Pais Culture and art council, Cinema Project of the Rabinovitch Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute
Script: Noam Pinchas, Tal Barda
Distributor: Hedva Goldschmist - Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הממלכה המופלאה של פאפא אלייב
Tajikistan’s answer to the Jackson Family. A modern-day Shakespearean tale about a famous Tajik musical family, controlled by their charismatic, funny, yet overbearing patriarch, Papa Alaev, who at the age of 80 is starting to lose his grip on the ‘family business’, sending the clan on a rocky and unsure transition from Monarchy to Democracy.
Festivals and Awards:
DocAviv Festival, Isral, 2016;
Director: Tal Barda, Noam Pinchas
Producer: Serge Gordey, Christine Camdessus, Bruni Burres, Noam Pinchas, Tal Barda
Production Company: The Wonderful Kingdom Films, Alegria Productions
Cinematographer: Uri Ackerman
Editor: Yael Bitton
Soundtrack Editor: Gil Toren, Yossi Apelbaum
Original Soundtrack: The Alaev Family
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Greenhouse Project, Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, Channel 8 - Hot, IKON, arte, CNC, Pais Culture and art council, Cinema Project of the Rabinovitch Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute
Script: Noam Pinchas, Tal Barda
Distributor: Hedva Goldschmist - Go2Films
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הממלכה המופלאה של פאפא אלייב
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