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Josef Fares is a Director, Scriptwriter and Thanks Libanais born on 19 september 1977 at Beirut (Liban)
Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish-Assyrian film director. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.
Josef Fares moved to Sweden when he was 10 years old and lives in Örebro, Örebro län.
Variety declared him one of ten upcoming directors to watch in 2006. The same year he won the Nordic Council Film Prize for his film Zozo.
He also played the character of "Josef" in his feature film Leo, which was selected for the Focus section in the 58th Edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.
In 2013, he directed his first video game, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The game was well received by critics, with the focus being about the interaction between two brothers and their journey to save their father.
Il étudie au Dramatiska Institutet, l'École supérieure de cinéma, radio, télévision et théâtre de Stockholm et durant son cycle d'études, noue des relations privilégiées avec la société de production Memfis Film qui lui permettent de réaliser son premier film Jalla! Jalla!.
Son père Jan Fares, ainsi que son frère Fares Fares sont acteurs, et ont été à l'affiche de ses films.
Son quatrième film, Leo, où il est également acteur et tient le rôle de Josef, sorti en Suède en 2007, a été présenté lors du Festival international du film de Berlin 2008, dans la section Forum.
Il participe à la création des jeux vidéo Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013) et A Way Out (2018), en tant que scénariste et réalisateur.
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Josef Fares
Josef Fares moved to Sweden when he was 10 years old and lives in Örebro, Örebro län.
Variety declared him one of ten upcoming directors to watch in 2006. The same year he won the Nordic Council Film Prize for his film Zozo.
He also played the character of "Josef" in his feature film Leo, which was selected for the Focus section in the 58th Edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008.
In 2013, he directed his first video game, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The game was well received by critics, with the focus being about the interaction between two brothers and their journey to save their father.
Biography
À l'âge de 10 ans, Josef Fares et sa famille émigrent en Suède et s'installent à Örebro. Il vit désormais à Stockholm.Il étudie au Dramatiska Institutet, l'École supérieure de cinéma, radio, télévision et théâtre de Stockholm et durant son cycle d'études, noue des relations privilégiées avec la société de production Memfis Film qui lui permettent de réaliser son premier film Jalla! Jalla!.
Son père Jan Fares, ainsi que son frère Fares Fares sont acteurs, et ont été à l'affiche de ses films.
Son quatrième film, Leo, où il est également acteur et tient le rôle de Josef, sorti en Suède en 2007, a été présenté lors du Festival international du film de Berlin 2008, dans la section Forum.
Il participe à la création des jeux vidéo Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013) et A Way Out (2018), en tant que scénariste et réalisateur.
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Filmography of Josef Fares (5 films)
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Balls (2010)
, 1h38Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nina Zanjani, Anita Wall
Rating56%
Zozo (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Carmen Lebbos, Fares Fares
Rating64%
Lorsque la guerre civile au Liban le prive de sa famille, un garçon s'enfuit en Suède avec le cœur gros et ce qui lui reste dans l'espoir d'y trouver ses grands-parents.
Kops (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Josef Fares
Origin Suede
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Fares Fares, Göran Ragnerstam, Eva Röse
Rating66%
The film concerns the police force of a small fictional Swedish village, Högboträsk. The village is so peaceful that crime has become nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime. This would mean the loss of income for the policemen, so they begin to stage crimes in order to preserve their jobs. This includes burning down the local hotdog stand, hiring a drunk to steal a packet of sausages, thrashing a local car, faking a shootout and staging a kidnapping using their friends as actors.
The Best Man's Wedding (2000)
, 1h29Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Fares Fares, Tuva Novotny
Rating67%
Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson) who are best friends, work at the park management and get to do all the shit jobs - clean up duck ponds and pick up dog poop. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) wants to be introduced to his family but he refuses for a long time because of his Lebanese family traditions. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning a marriage with the Lebanese girl Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim)
Scriptwriter
Balls (2010)
, 1h38Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nina Zanjani, Anita Wall
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Zozo (2005)
, 1h43Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Carmen Lebbos, Fares Fares
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Lorsque la guerre civile au Liban le prive de sa famille, un garçon s'enfuit en Suède avec le cœur gros et ce qui lui reste dans l'espoir d'y trouver ses grands-parents.
Kops (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Josef Fares
Origin Suede
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Fares Fares, Göran Ragnerstam, Eva Röse
Rating66%
The film concerns the police force of a small fictional Swedish village, Högboträsk. The village is so peaceful that crime has become nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime. This would mean the loss of income for the policemen, so they begin to stage crimes in order to preserve their jobs. This includes burning down the local hotdog stand, hiring a drunk to steal a packet of sausages, thrashing a local car, faking a shootout and staging a kidnapping using their friends as actors.
The Best Man's Wedding (2000)
, 1h29Directed by Josef Fares
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Fares Fares, Tuva Novotny
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson) who are best friends, work at the park management and get to do all the shit jobs - clean up duck ponds and pick up dog poop. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) wants to be introduced to his family but he refuses for a long time because of his Lebanese family traditions. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning a marriage with the Lebanese girl Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim)
