TAFF Online Shorts Programme 3
Date: July 26
Time: 7 pm Eastern Time
Co-presented by: Goethe Institute, European Union Film Festival
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Sh’hab
Country: Qatar Length: 13 min Director: Amal Al-Muftah Synopsis: Upon hearing a myth about falling stars, a young girl's curiosity is sparked. When night falls on the village of AlWakrah, she sets out on her father's boat, with the assistance of her older brother, to chase the fabled comets. |
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Left, Right
Country: Tunisia Length: 22 min Director: Moutti Dridi Synopsis: Seven year old Yassine, is left handed. Pressures from his father to use his right hand lead to drastic consequences. |
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Amphitheater
Country: Qatar Director: Mahdi Ali Length: 16 mins Synopsis: A professional Qatari photographer is intrigued by the rebellion of a teenage girl from her conservative family as they take pictures of the frescoes in a cultural village. She pursues the teenage girl, documenting her rebellion until the family rebukes her. After discovering the girl's hideout, the photographer follows her into an amphitheater, where she finally has a chance to express her inner voice. |
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Maradona’s Legs
Countries: Palestine, Germany Director: Firas Khoury Length: 20 mins Synopsis: During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari. |
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I Am Fatou
Countries: Egypt, Italy, Germany Director: Amir Ramadan Length: 18 mins Synopsis: Fatou is a 23-year-old Italian girl of Senegalese origin. She lives in a suburb of Rome with hismother, who would like to educate according to the rigid impositions of her culture of origin. But Fatou is looking for his own identity that combines his black Muslim being with Italian society, and unlike most of his peers, the social stigma of the immigrant is imprinted on her, who isolates her and reduces her friendships with other young children of foreigners. Her authentic passion and screen against prejudice is singing: music is what will never betray herself. |
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Roujoula
Countries: France, Morocco Length: 22 min Director: Ilias El Faris Synopsis: In Casablanca, Eid-Al-Adha is around the corner. Imad, who sells hacked DVDs in the streets, doesn't manage to earn enough money to buy the sacrificial sheep. The perfect excuse to take advantage of his studious little brother, forcing him to become a parking attendant, not realizing that he is giving Fayçal the perfect opportunity to exact his revenge. |
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