Every experiment takes place as a human attempt to
bring the angels of change to the barren ground of routine, the ordinary, the
familiar. This is the story of an experiment. Mr. Paulo Coelho, the Latin
American author,(The author of THE
ALCHEMIST), through his film contest named 'THE EXPERIMENTAL WITCH Film
Competition', has attempted an experiment with film making, where he himself
selected the winners of the contest, identifying the film, which can stand
close to his own conception of his novel, THE
WITCH OF PORTOBELLO.
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It was held
on August 24, 2008. In the competition, a different crew filmed each of the
chapters of the novel, THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO. Out of 6,000 submissions, there
were 14 winners, one for each chapter of the novel.
In the novel, the character of Athena, the
protagonist, evolves through the narratives of different people; either once
associated with her or knew her. Now, these fourteen films have been edited
into a two-hour feature film and are premiering for the first time at the
International Rome Film Festival—an experimental film first of its kind in
history.
One of the readers of THE INDIAN COMMENTATOR, and my
friend, writer, actor, producer, Miss. Carolena Sabah is also a part of this
project. Her film had won the award for the best film, in 'THE EXPERIMENTAL
WITCH Film Competition'. Her film is directed by Tadesh Daschi. The film is on
the “Nabil Alaihi” chapter.
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| Image Courtesy: Carolena Sabah |
Carolena Sabah was born, with Armenian heritage, on
Aug. 15, 1974 as the second child to her mother Juliet Gevorkoff, and her
father Robert Golian, in Iran, where her father was an aerospace engineer and
her mother, who was a scholar of international communications, was a prominent
travel guide.
Soon after Carolena and her sister Pauline's birth,
her family moved out of Iran, her home country, due to the rise of
fundamentalist forces in the country. The family immigrated to Greece and then
to the United States. They settled in Los Angeles, California. Carolena
excelled in her school activities and won many honours and awards.
In college, she was Speaker of the House, an
esteemed award, graced the Dean's Honor List, was invited to be a member of the
Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, and graduated at the top of her class. She is
a licensed Dental Hygienist, by profession.
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| Image Courtesy: Paulo Coelho |
In 2001, she enrolled at the Stella Adler
Conservatory in Hollywood as a student of the craft of Acting. Congratulations Carolena,
and all the very best for the success of your new film. The premiere of the
film in the International Rome Film festival will be on October 20, 2009,
Tuesday at 9 pm. THE INDIAN COMMENTATOR wishes Mr. Paulo Coelho, and all the
crew of this film, the very peak of success. For further details on the film,
visit:
http://www.carolenasabah.com/
http://www.carolenasabah.com/
[For further reading on THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO go to :http://anu-lal.blogspot.com/2009/04/child-of-mother.html
(Courtesy:http://www.carolenasabah.com/)
