Encountering Samir

LOGLINE

In a war zone, four-year-old FARAH and her brother RAMZY become friends with an enemy counterpart, SAMIR, turning the barren battlefield into a fantastical playground. Can the kids and the magic survive?

INFO

animated fiction

2020

5min

DE / JO

AWARDS

The film was selected for  Berlinale Talents Short Film Station 2017, nominated for the Film Prize of Robert Bosch Stiftung,  selected for the European Short Pitch and the winner of International Script Pitch Interfilm Berlin.

FESTIVALS

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Germany
Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar
Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
Al Ard (Doc) Film Festival Sardinia, Italy
Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFF). UAE
Women make films ,Iraq

BROADCAST

broadcast on MDR Fernsehen Link