Programs

SS 1SSFF & ASIA 2022 Special Selection 1 - Facing Adversity

George Lucas Award(Grand Prix), International Competition Best Short Award

Online

Warsha

Mohammad is a crane operator working in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.

Director
Dania Bdeir
Time
0:15:42
Country
France, Lebanon
Genre
Drama
Year
2021

Awards Nominations

1. Sundance Film Festival, United States (20 - 30 January, 2022)
Short Film Competition Won: Best International Short Film: Fiction
2. International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands (26 January - 6 February, 2022)
Short Film Section
3. Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France (28 January - 5 February, 2022)
National Competition
4. Tampere Film Festival, Finland (9 -13 March, 2022)
International Competition. Won: Best Fiction Award

Director

Dania Bdeir

Dania Bdeir is a Lebanese-Canadian award-winning writer & director. She’s a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and has an MFA in directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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"Palm Springs International ShortFest (2021) Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2021) Arab Film Festival (2021) NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (2021) Melbourne Queer Festival (2021) Al Madina Festival for Culture and the Arts (2021) Arpa International Film Festival (2021) BFI Flare (2022) Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival (2022) Roze Filmdagen (2022)"

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Screening

Screenings venue schedule Online Screenings / Ticket Reservation
VenuesTOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM2022.10.21 [Fri] 11:00 - 12:40
VenuesTOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM2022.10.22 [Sat] 13:00 - 14:40
VenuesOnline Grand Theater2022.09.29 [Thu] - 2022.10.23 [Sun]

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Organizer

Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia

Patronage

J-WAVE

Co-organizer

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Partner

TIFF

Support

Direct. Network systems.

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