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The Amina Profile
20151 h 26 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Sophie Deraspe
Production: Isabelle Couture (Esperamos Films)Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)Hugo LatulippeMichel St-CyrGuy VilleneuveColette Loumède
Script: Sophie Deraspe
Produced by Esperamos Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Amina Arraf, a pretty Syrian-American revolutionary who’s having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following. But it’s Amina’s subsequent abduction that sparks an international outcry to free her.
Telling a detective story that involves various intelligence agencies and top-tier global media, the film travels from San Francisco and Washington to Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Beirut to meet the key players in this quest to reveal the real Amina. This thoroughly modern tale of technology, love and news-as-spectacle questions the ways in which people connect in today’s virtual world.
The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax.
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Subject categories
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
- Social Issues > Violence Against WomenWomen
- Media Education > Internet and Social Media
- English Language Arts > Journalism
- Technology Education > Society and Technology
Credits
- writer
- Sophie Deraspe
- director
- Sophie Deraspe
- participation
- Sandra Bagaria
- Ali Abunimah
- Fady Atallah
- Andy Carvin
- Nathalie Claude
- Benjamin J. Doherty
- Liz Henry
- Irem Köker
- Thomas J. MacMaster
- Elsa Miquel
- Rami Nakhla
- Leila Nahas
- Daniel Nassar
- Danny O'Brien
- Elizabeth Tsurkov
- actor
- Nilay Olçay
- editing
- Geoffrey Boulangé
- Sophie Deraspe
- camera
- Sophie Deraspe
- original music
- Sam Shalabi
- visual effects
- Élise Simard
- sound
- Frédéric Cloutier
- producer
- Isabelle Couture
- Nathalie Cloutier
- executive producer
- Hugo Latulippe
- Michel St-Cyr
- Guy Villeneuve
- Colette Loumède
- associate producer
- Jean-Philippe Massicotte
- production manager
- Jacinthe Lauzier
- Charles Mordret
- camera assistant
- Soner Emanet
- Köksal Mataraci
- assistant for extras
- Ezgi Güzel
- Mehmet Ali Tasar
- set design - assistance
- Ezgi Güzel
- Mehmet Ali Tasar
- production assistant
- Ilker Evecen
- additional voice
- Marya Zarif
- Selin Murat
- Sophie Deraspe
- song performer
- Ezgi Güzel
- accompanist
- Mehmet Ali Tasar
- Ilker Evecen
- research
- Sophie Deraspe
- post-production manager
- Jacinthe Lauzier
- Suzanne Chouinard
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- assistant editor
- Chloé St-Laurent Lapointe
- Jean-Simon Asselin
- visual effects assistant
- Ian Deraspe
- voice-over coach
- Paul Sarrazin
- dialogue editing
- Stan Sakell
- effects editing
- Mathieu Beaudin
- re-recording
- Luc Boudrias
- foley artist
- Nicolas Gagnon
- foley assistant
- Louis Duranleau
- foley recordist
- Daniel Bisson
- re-recording assistant
- Léonard Vasco
- technical assistant
- Christophe Bertrand
- technical support
- Gabrielle Labelle-Joly
- Louis-Antoine Lassonde
- Léonard Vasco
- original sound co-ordinator
- Marcelle Cadieux
- head of sound services
- Martin Cazes
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing manager - assistance
- Theodora Kolovos
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- production co-ordinator
- Hélène Regimbal
- administrative assistant
- Larissa Christoforo
- technical coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- administrative director
- Marie-Michelle Emond
- financial director
- Marie-Michelle Emond
- administration
- Nancy Bélanger
- Nathalie Bouchard
- Claude Hallé-Morin
- Hélène Parent
- Suzanne Lapierre
- bookkeeping
- Nancy Bélanger
- Nathalie Bouchard
- Claude Hallé-Morin
- Suzanne Lapierre
- Hélène Parent
- production secretary
- Luce Skelling-Parent
- production intern
- Robin Rigault
- transcription
- Catherine Brunet
- Danilo Bulatovic
- subtitles
- Robert Gray
- rights clearances
- Karine Perron
- Sophie Moreau
- legal counsel
- Remy Khouzam
- international media relations
- Marie-Claude Lamoureux
Awards
- Best Documentary: SocietyPrix Gémeaux
- Best Work in the Lifelong Learning categoryInternational Educational Program Contest Japan Prize
- Grand Prix Japan PrizeInternational Educational Program Contest Japan Prize
- Special Jury Prize for Canadian FeatureHot Docs
- Best DocumentaryGAZE International LGBT Film Festival
- Best Documentary FeatureTLVFest- Tel-Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
- Best DocumentaryLesGaiCineMad- Madrid International LGBTI Film Festival