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Karim Ouelhaj
Karim Ouelhaj received his degree in videography at the Beaux Arts Academy of Liège. He has worked as an assistant cameraman on documentaries, advertisements, and videos. He was assistant to the director for Philippe Blasband’s Un honnête commerçant.
Of course Parabola is a different film, very particular; people don’t all agree on it, reactions are split. The most important thing is that it doesn’t leave anybody indifferent. Some people reproach its darkness and its violence. But I was fed up with that hypocrisy in relation to some so called violence, while the real violence is not there. I join Ferrara, Stone, Scorsese or Kitano when they use real violence while using a medium to take some distance from it, such as setting things off screen for example to remind you that it is cinema. On the other hand, you have all the blockbusters full of useless violence and where there is no distance to it, but they are considered as family entertainment. I really wonder about those who are judging Parabola like a too violent film.
(Karim Ouelhaj)
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