Joël Jent

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Joël Jent was born in Switzerland in 1983. He grew up in a Christian cult. The day he turned 18 he packed his belongings in a bag, threw it on his motorcycle and took off into an uncertain future. He studied film, political science and history at University of Zurich (Master of Arts, 2010). Joël Jent writes and directs documentary and fiction films (e.g. EATING THE SILENCE, VIVRE LE PIANO and DÉSAMOUR) and is a winner of the SSA grant (Société Suisse des Auteurs). Since 2003, he has written and produced short- and feature films. Joël Jent is alumni of the Zurich Film Festival Academy (2006), EFP Producers on the Move program (2016), the Hezayah Screenwriting Lab (2021) and European Social Documentary Program EsoDoc (2023). He works as an independent filmmaker in Zurich. His future is still uncertain.

14-01-1983

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Capricorn

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Total Films

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Wetzikon, Switzerland

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14-01-1983

Birthday

Capricorn

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Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Wetzikon, Switzerland

Place of Birth

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Radiograph of a Family

"Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Teheran -he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim.

8.6

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2020

Fensterlos

0.0

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2020

Facing Mecca

Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.

5.6

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2017

Bon Voyage

Jonas and Silvia are enjoying a wonderful sailing holiday in the Mediterranean sea. But while sailing through the night, far away from land, they discover an overloaded refugee boat, close to sinking. They are shocked, but too afraid to help. So they call the coast guards but lose the boat out of sight into the darkness of the night. In the early morning they find themselves drifting through an ocean of dead bodies. The refugee boat has sunk. Jonas and Silvia manage to pull a few survivors out of the cold water: Syrians. This rescue marks the beginning of a dramatic conflict between the hopes and dreams of the refugees, and the fears and ideals of the holiday sailors.

5.2

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2016

Iraqi Odyssey

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war and foreign occupation of Iraq.

7.0

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2014