Xoftex
TITLE
Xoftex
DIRECTOR
Noaz Deshe
COUNTRY
Germany, France
YEAR
2024
DURATION
99′
GENRE
Drama
Xoftex
Palestinian-Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land. With nowhere to escape, boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Noaz Deshe
Noaz Deshe works as a director, DOP and musician. He composed the soundtrack of Babak Jalali’s Frontier Blues, And was the cinematographer of the Tiger winner - Radio Dreams. His debut feature film White Shadow about the hunting of a young Albino won the Lion of the Future Award at Venice Film Festival and was showcased at Sundance Film Festival. XOFTEX is his second feature film. In addition to his artistic work, he has worked as a volunteer on sea rescue missions and in refugee camps.
- DirectorNoaz Deshe
- ScreenplayNoaz Deshe, Babak Jalali
- CinematographyNoaz Deshe
- CastAbdulrahman Diab, Osama Hafiry & Jalal Albaroudi, Hazem Saleh, Mouataz Alshaltouh, Mohamad Al Rashi, Amal Omran, Lujain Mustafa, Ramadan Hamoud, Mohammad Dibo, Yasin El Harouk
- Editing Felipe Guerrero, Noaz Deshe
- Producer/s Jordan Tappis, Beau Willimon
- Production CompanyArden Film GmbH
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleXoftex
- Project TypeDrama
- Completion Date 1 January 2024
- Country of originGermany, France
- Country of filmingGermany, France
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student ProjectNo
Noaz Deshe
Noaz Deshe works as a director, DOP and musician. He composed the soundtrack of Babak Jalali’s Frontier Blues, And was the cinematographer of the Tiger winner - Radio Dreams. His debut feature film White Shadow about the hunting of a young Albino won the Lion of the Future Award at Venice Film Festival and was showcased at Sundance Film Festival. XOFTEX is his second feature film. In addition to his artistic work, he has worked as a volunteer on sea rescue missions and in refugee camps.
