Hibernate

Arab Short Films

Hibernate

Director:
Houssam Hamo

Genre:
Drama

Year:
2022

Duration:
14 minutes

Screenplay: Houssam Hamo

Cast: Rayan Boubou, Farah Moussan, Elias Nassour, Rita Al-muhammad, Abd Massa, Nawar Alhasan, Yehya Mona

Cinematography: Touma Bittar

Editing: Touma Bittar, Houssam Hamo

Production: Houssam Hamo

Awards: Best short film award - Cinemana film festival in Oman, Best Directing award - Cine Café film festival in Taza/Morocco

Début Status: Jordanian Première

Synopsis

When a child spots a young woman playing the accordion in the street, he falls under the spell of her performance and begins chasing her from one corner to the other, driven by his passion and fantasy of becoming a musician himself. But in a place where dreams are banned, how close could he get to making his own a reality?

Director’s biography

Houssam Hamo is a director, screenplay writer, producer and musician based in Latakia - Syria, born in Aleppo. He has a bachelor's degree in architecture. He began his career by composing and playing music, and then he had a chance to write the screenplay for my first music video, SIEGE. He had his first experience as a director, for his second music video VOID. Hibernate, his first short film and it has been selected in 18 film festivals around the world and won two awards (best short film and best director), and It was nominated for the Crystal Pine award for the best film and best music score in ISFMF/ Croatia