Zozo

For the children's book character called "Zozo" in the UK, see Curious George. For the village in New Mexico, see Carrizozo, New Mexico.

Zozo

Directed by	Josef Fares
Produced by	Anna Anthony
Written by	Josef Fares
Starring	Imad Creidi Antoinette Turk Elias Gergi Carmen Lebbos
Music by	Adam Nordén
Release dates	2005
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Lebanon Sweden
Language	Swedish Arabic

Zozo is a 2005 Swedish-Lebanese film about a Lebanese boy (Imad Creidi) during the civil war, who gets separated from his family and ends up in Sweden. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares. The story is mostly inspired by Fares' real life immigration to Sweden during the war.

The film was Sweden's representative for Best Foreign film at the 78th Academy Awards.^[1] It won The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006.

References

↑ http://www.oscarguy.com/History/Oscars/78th/Foreign.html

External links

Zozo at the Internet Movie Database
Zozo at the Swedish Film Institute Database
Trailer of the movie

Films directed by Josef Fares

Jalla! Jalla! (2000) Kopps (2003) Zozo (2005) Balls (2010)

The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Man Without a Past (2002) Manslaughter (2005) Zozo (2006) The Art of Crying (2007) You, the Living (2008) Antichrist (2009) Submarino (2010) Beyond (2011) Play (2012) The Hunt (2013) Of Horses and Men (2014) Virgin Mountain (2015)

Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

1956–1975	The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) The Seventh Seal (1957) The Magician (1958) None (1959) The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) The Mistress (1962) The Silence (1963) Raven's End (1964) Dear John (1965) Persona (1966) Here Is Your Life (1967) Shame (1968) Ådalen 31 (1969) A Swedish Love Story (1970) The Emigrants (1971) The New Land (1972) None (1973) None (1974) None (1975)

1976–2000	City of My Dreams (1976) The Man on the Roof (1977) None (1978) A Respectable Life (1979) Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980) Children's Island (1981) Flight of the Eagle (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) Åke and His World (1984) Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Hip hip hurra! (1987) None (1988) The Women on the Roof (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) The Ox (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) The Last Dance (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Jerusalem (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Under the Sun (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present	Jalla! Jalla! (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) As It Is in Heaven (2004) Zozo (2005) Falkenberg Farewell (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) Involuntary (2009) Simple Simon (2010) Beyond (2011) The Hypnotist (2012) Eat Sleep Die (2013) Force Majeure (2014) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015)

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Zozo

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