Genre:
Drama, Coming of Age
Drama, Coming of Age
Year:
2023
2023
Duration:
19 minutes
19 minutes
Rating:
18+
18+
Screenplay: Leila Basma
Cast: Nathalie Issa, Farid Shawki, Georges Matar, Hiba Chihane, Rabih Abdo
Cinematography: Zaher Jureidini
Editing: Leila Basma
Production: Other Stories
Awards: - Special Mention – Kino Pavasaris, Vilnius International Film Festival , Lithuania, 2024
- Best Cinematography Award - FILMAY Short Film Festival - Republic of Macedonia - 2024
Début Status: Jordanian Première
Synopsis
On this hot summer day, 17-year-old Nayla is faced with the same dilemma every Lebanese youngster is faced with today – to leave or to stay. Two men in her life have set ideas about it, but both might wake up to a surprise.
Director’s biography
Leila Basma is a Lebanese filmmaker with an MFA in Directing from the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU). Her short documentary “The Adam Basma Project” was short-listed for the 48th annual Student Oscars after its festival tour, and her graduation film “Sea Salt” is premiering at the 80th International Venice Film Festival.
Screening Date & Time
July 8, 2024
8:00 pm
TAJ Cinema 5
July 9, 2024
10:00 pm
TAJ Cinema 6
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