TAFF Online Shorts Programme 1
Date: July 25
Time: 4pm Eastern Time
A still from In Uncle Salem Country |
In Uncle Salem Country
Country: Tunisia Director: Slim Belhiba Length: 14 mins Synopsis: Tunisia, September 2013. There is only a fortnight left before the beginning of the school year. Uncle Salem, guardian of a small country school, begins rudimentary maintenance. Anxious about the state of the flag, he decides to go for a new one. Uncle Salem moves towards the city, where the reverberations of a betrayed revolution run through the minds and streets. |
A still from So Dear, So Lovely
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So Dear, So Lovely
Countries: Canada, Lebanon Director: Diana Allen Length: 23 mins Synopsis:Service taxi driver Abu Hosam, a Palestinian with a varied past, a doubtful future and a majestic present, drives the streets of Beirut and the map of memory, speaking his mind with wild energy and wit. So Dear, So Lovely is a song of grief and exuberance. |
A still from Abdullah and Leilah
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Abdullah and Leilah
Countries: Iraq, UK Director: Ashtar AL Khirsan Length: 20 mins Synopsis: Haunted by the memories of his childhood in Baghdad, Abdullah has dementia and struggles to communicate with his daughter. As his mind slips and slides between his past and his unfamiliar present, he no longer remembers the life he’s lived in London for the last 60 years and the fluent English language he’s spoken. His British born daughter Leilah, who speaks only English, searches for one last moment of connection. |
A still from We Were There
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We Were There
Countries: Lebanon, Canada Director: Rodrigue Hammal Length: 8 mins Synopsis: A father who came to Beirut with his family to start over. A mother who left her native village for her own reasons. Their paths crossed as the city's fate was about to drastically change. |
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The Sparrow
Countries: Palestine, Austria Director: Nasri Hajaj Length: 14 mins Synopsis: Based on true stories, The Sparrow, tells a story of life under dictatorship which can be anywhere and anytime. An Arab intellectual has been imprisoned for many years. One night while serving his unlimited period he is asked by the prison warden to tell stories to a five-year-old child in one of the neighboring cells. There he meets the mother of the child, born in prison. Meant to be a perfidious torture by the prison warden, he faces the challenge of how to tell a story to a child that has never seen the sun. |
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