A multi-screen film about the impact of personal choices on the human spirit. Based on Henrik Ibsen's Terje Vigen and Mahmoud Darwish's A Soldier Dreams of White Lilies, IDENTITY of the SOUL brings together poetry from the West and Middle East, emphasising our common humanity.

"The performance is not just a supreme technical achievement, it is also profoundly moving and offers a rare insight into the human condition. ... powerful, visually impressive and emotionally stirring. If you miss Terje Vigen - Identity of the Soul ...you will miss something great.”  Varden (Norwegian newspaper)

Id is an exciting combination of poetry, images shot in Japan, Norway and Egypt and footage from the BFI National Archive. The film is narrated in six languages by internationally renowned and respected performers including Vanessa Redgrave and Mahmoud Darwish and combined with an original soundtrack that fuses Scandinavian and Arabic musical traditions with contemporary electronic rhythms.

Id has toured Palestine, Qatar, Norway, Jordan and Ajman and has been performed 26 times to over 35,000 people. The English Studio version of Id premiered in the UK at the Cambridge Film Festival in September 2009 followed by a tour of UK cinemas. In 2010 the tour continues with further tours planned for Norway, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Palestine later in the year.

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