Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
This animated documentary stitches together colorful and ragged fragments of the personal life of Alia, a Lebanese woman. Growing up facing war and displacement, searching and not finding freedom, she forms a friendship with a would-be superhero on the shore of Beirut called Abu Samra. She trains with him, and their monsters meet. Together, Alia and Abu Samra survive by finding comfort in the insanity that the city has sown in them. When the Lebanese revolution starts on October 17, 2019, they realize they are not alone.
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountryLebanon, Germany, United States
- PremiereWorld
- Social Media
- DirectorAlia Haju
- ScreenwriterManuel Rees, Frank Carsten Walter
- ProducerManuel Rees, Frank Carsten Walter
- CastJan Fabi
- CinematographerJan Fabi
- EditorTobias Wilhelmer
- AnimatorAmelie Kahlo, Alexia Mokry
- ComposerLuis Schöffend
- Sound DesignLuis Schöffend
- MusicHuda Asfour
Tiny, intimate splinter stories from major metropolises, set against their local cityscapes. A timeout from the buzz of the big cities to sit with their inhabitants.
Content warning: Distressing scenes of pica (Ship of Fools)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Thank you to our screening partner: SIFTMedia215 Collective
This animated documentary stitches together colorful and ragged fragments of the personal life of Alia, a Lebanese woman. Growing up facing war and displacement, searching and not finding freedom, she forms a friendship with a would-be superhero on the shore of Beirut called Abu Samra. She trains with him, and their monsters meet. Together, Alia and Abu Samra survive by finding comfort in the insanity that the city has sown in them. When the Lebanese revolution starts on October 17, 2019, they realize they are not alone.
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguageArabic, English
- CountryLebanon, Germany, United States
- PremiereWorld
- Social Media
- DirectorAlia Haju
- ScreenwriterManuel Rees, Frank Carsten Walter
- ProducerManuel Rees, Frank Carsten Walter
- CastJan Fabi
- CinematographerJan Fabi
- EditorTobias Wilhelmer
- AnimatorAmelie Kahlo, Alexia Mokry
- ComposerLuis Schöffend
- Sound DesignLuis Schöffend
- MusicHuda Asfour