An affluent urban professional from West Amman and a young village farmer both share a history and roots. Both find themselves unwilling participants in another cycle of history that pits the prosperity of one against the survival of another.

Talal (Rabee Zureikat) a young Ammani professional, discovers upon his father's death that he is penniless. His late father, in an attempt to shore up his failing investments, mortgaged the family house. Talal has few days to save the family house in Amman. His only way out is to sell a farm house owned by his late father in a village by the Dead Sea with a dark past. At the village he meets Dawoud (Abdallah Dghemaat) a young farmer who lives in the farm house. Before Talal can do anything with the farm house, Dawoud's approval is essential.

by Hazim Bitar, Jordania

Fiction Feature
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A film about an affluent urban professional from West Amman and a young village farmer. Both share a history and roots. Both find themselves unwilling participants in another cycle of history that pits the prosperity of one against the survival of another.


CAST: Abdallah Dghemaat, Rabee Zureikat
Directed by Hazim Bitar
Script: Hazim Bitar
Produced by Hazim Bitar

"Tyro Jordanian writer-director Hazim Bitar's laid-back minimalist approach works to surprising dramatic effect in "Fish Above Sea Level," a character-driven two-hander about the grandson of a white loan shark and the grandson of his black victim thrown together by the economic downturn."
- Variety



Official Selection, Hollywood Black Film Festival 2011, USA
Official Selection, 19th African Diaspora International Film Festival 2011, USA
Official Selection, Gems of the African Diaspora International Film Festival film series 2012, USA