The Call Of the Brook

Arab Short Films

The Call Of the Brook

Genre:
Coming of Age, Horror

Year:
2023

Duration:
12 minutes

Rating:
18+

Screenplay: Jad Chahine

Cast: Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Heba Khayal, Sara Shidid

Cinematography: Adham Khaled

Editing: Yasser Azmy

Production: Francis Clark, Jad Chahine, Ahmed Nahla

Début Status: Jordanian Première

Synopsis

A boy lives with his mother on the banks of a Brook inhabited by a siren who seeks to kill the boy after drowning his father in the Brook. The mother's obsession with protecting her son drives her crazy and drives her son to doubt everything and hasten his inevitable fate.

Director’s biography

Jad Chahine is an Egyptian director. He studied filmmaking at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Egypt (2018) and worked as an assistant director with prominent filmmakers, including Yousry Nasrallah. Chahine’s first short film "Al Toraa’/The Call of the Brook" was the first Egyptian film to be selected for the LA CINEF competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2014. Chahine is currently developing his first feature film.