


Badrya is the family's pet sheep. She has been at the centre of their lives for 10 years now. She has special hairstyles, necklaces and is Hakima's special friend. She will not be sold or forced to leave them.
Abu Awad is the elder of the Najar family - father to Awad and grandfather to Eman and her siblings. He loves the land and his way of life as a Palestinian Bedouin.
Hakima is the grandmother and Awad's mother. She remembers fleeing Palestine in 1948 on a donkey and is still traumatised. She tenderly cares for her pet sheep, Badrya and to support her son to find a new home.
Awad is a father, son and husband who is struggling to survive as his family face displacement, balancing life lived between tradition and modernity. He adores his family and, despite working long hours, always has time to make them laugh.
Eman is Awad's eldest daughter. She was ten when filming started and we see her grow up into a politically aware teenager. She is always kind, thoughtful and respectful but feels the pain of the family's situation deeply.
Asmahan is the Director of Concrete Land. A Palestinian/Jordanian who became a filmmaker to tell this story. She met the Najars more than eight years ago and developed this story with them to document their disappearing way of life.
Ban is the writer, editor and producer of Concrete Land. A school friend of Asmahan her journey to making this remarkable debut film has been full of challenges. Her resilience, like the Najars' shines through.
Concrete Land has had sell-out screenings in Vancouver (VIFF) and BFI London Film Festival (LFF) already this October. Thank you to our audiences for coming and supporting the film.
Awad and his daughter Eman attended the London screenings in person - the first time they have left Jordan. They were overwhelmed by the warmth of the people they met and come away knowing that their story is being heard. The after screening get together at Palestine House in London was a perfect place to unwind among new friends. They even managed to attend the Palestine Solidarity Campaign march with 250,000 people on Saturday 10th October.
Next up the film is in competition at Dok Leipzig at the end of this month and then stay in Germany for Arab film Festival:Expanded in Tübingen. It will then travel to IDFA in Amsterdam for five screenings in Best of Fests before its Middle East premiere in Doha. There will be an extra opportunity to see it in London Palestinian Film Festival and Bristol Palestinian Film Festival in late November too.
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