Wada'
Ibrahim is a refugee who has been living in Berlin together with his wife and son since the 80s. He recently entered a struggle with his feelings of responsibility towards his family back home who have immense difficulties because oft he war raging in Syria.
Wada’ observes how war conditions shape people’s behaviours and thought patterns into new forms; how despair and inability to find solutions drive them to search for answers beyond reality.
CREDITS
Director Khaled Mzher
DoP Alexander Haßkerl
Cast Ahmad Faraj, Hani Al-Shami, Inaam Wali, Ahmad Dahawish, Ayham Majid Agha
Production dffb, ATARA FILM
28 min | fiction | DE 2015
FESTIVALS
63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival 2015 | Winner: Cannes short film corner award
Film Festival Munich 2015 | Winner: Student Camera Award
61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2015 | German & international competition
Etiuda & Anima Krakow 2015, Poland | Etiuda Competition
Berlin Art Film Festival 2015
Cannes Film Festival 2016 | short film corner
12. Achtung Berlin New Berlin Film Award 2016
Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz 2016, Austria | Cinema Next Europe
14th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka 2016, Bangladesh
Carbonia Film Festival 2016, Italy | Winner: Best short movie award