Short Films VII

Jeûne d'été (Summer Fasting)

Summer is burning the suburbs. Kader, eleven, tries for the first time to make ramadan fasting. This is a rite of passage that he can’t fail. He is joined in this adventure by his best friend Rudy who, as a non-muslim, sees this tradition as a new game. To achieve this day, the two kids will have to resist against hunger, thirst and boredom.

Lifeline: The Brothers Who Hold the Same Breath

A story of Abel Cain set in modern times from a different perspective. Hayati and Saffet are two brothers who live on fishing. Saffet could not continue his education because, but he educated himself in the science of the sky, which he made a passion. While Saffet is convinced, his older brother Hayati is dealing with treasure and turning the corner as soon as possible. They sold their old cars, which are their only assets, and get a treasure map in return. Thanks to Saffet’s interest in astronomy, they find the location of the treasure, but his two brothers await a surprise in the treasure hunt.

Farklı bir perspektiften modern zamanlarda geçen bir Habil Kabil hikayesi. Hayati ve Saffet balıkçılıkla geçinen iki kardeştirler. Saffet abisinin hayalperestliği yüzünden eğitimine devam edememiş ama bir tutku haline getirdiği gökyüzü biliminde kendisini eğitmiştir. Saffet kanaat sahibiyken abisi Hayati define işleriyle uğraşıp bir an önce köşeyi dönme derdindedir. Anadolu'da efsane olarak anlatılan definenin koruyucuları onların defineye ulaşmalarını engeller. Tek mal varlıkları olan eski arabalarını verip karşılığında bir define haritası alırlar. Saffet’in astronomi ilgisi sayesinde definenin yerini bulurlar fakat iki kardeşi define avında bir sürpriz beklemektedir.

A Dead Sea

Kamel, a Palestinian man in his 50s, suffers from autism and travels with his paralyzed sister to the Dead Sea to receive medical treatment in seawater in the hope that it will help him treat psoriasis that has spread through his body. At the beach, he finds himself in an unpleasant situation. A little girl stole his rubber ball and Kamel tried to return it, the crowd gathers and he has a hard time explaining himself, especially since he does not understand Hebrew and the Jew does not understand Arabic. The masses suspect that this is a terrorist who kidnaps a girl and in the end a tragedy that seems to stem from a true story that took place in Jerusalem.

The Sprayer

In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private. So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how dose a plant grows or look like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary

Midnight Special

A lonely fat security man who on Valentine’s Day decides to go on an adventure to escape his loneliness.

The Statue (Peykareh)

The sculptor struggles a lot every day to create a new sculpture And the sculpture that loses its freedom when it takes shape