Reem Jubran - Producer

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Reem Jubran is a producer/director/writer working between Palestine and Los Angeles, California in both short and feature narratives, including Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib, and Elia Suleiman’s It Must Be Heaven where she worked as 2nd Assistant Director and learned the ins and outs of the Pales- tinian production industry. She is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Directing/ Writing from the prestigious UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where she is producing, writing and directing her own short films. She is currently in post-production on her latest film, Mariam, following an Ar- ab-American drag queen teen in a night of his life, and in pre-production for her next short film, Sou-Sou, which will be shot in Jericho, Palestine. As a dual citizen of Palestine and the US, Reem’s films intend to touch Palestin- ians and the global community. She aspires to redirect the spotlight to the unheard, unaccepted, and loud Arab woman’s voice through her own inter- pretation. She is a recipient of the Jim Morrison Film Fund Award and the Jack Shaheen Scholarship. She is currently developing an Arab-American student-friendly production company called Arabish Films, an incubator for Arab content and support in development, equipment and crew.


Sou-Sou | Pre-Production

Mai, a young graduate, returns to her small hometown from Paris, hoping to annul her five-year old marriage, only to face near impossibility in loMai, a graduate, returns to her hometown of Jericho from Paris for the first time in five years. She attempts to communicate with her marriage-obsessed mother, Ghada, that she intends to get an annulment of her first marriage, resulting in her mother rejoicing to the idea that Mai is going to fulfill her duty and marry a local. Mai has trouble finding it in herself to tell her mother that she has a fiancé waiting in Paris. Mai sets out to find her ex-husband Husam, reaching out to several members of the community and receives conflicting answers from each contact. Finally, she gets a lead that Sou-Sou, the fortune teller, can help her. Mai reaches out to Sou-Sou and realizes her husband has transitioned to a woman. Both Mai and Sou-Sou are forced to confront their past as different people. change that puts Mai in a seemingly helpless position.