Game
(2012) Short Film
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Made at the late Abbas kiarostami’s iconic workshop
A school boy is dropped off to yet another weekend football game at the local park by his parents & faces a recurring reality of life.
Official Selection - Slamdance 2013
Official Selection - 10th Asiana International Short Film Festival, S. Korea
Official Selection - "Films Without Borders" - Cornwall Film Festival 2012, UK
Official Selection - Beirut International Film Festival 2012, Lebanon
Official Selection - Baghdad International Film Festival 2012, Iraq
Official Selection - Cyprus International Film Festival 2012
Official Selection - Kenya International Film Festival 2012
Official Selection - "Focus Kidz" - Ozu Film Festival 2012, Italy
Official Selection - ALFILM Arab Film Festival 2012, Berlin
Gulf Film Festival 2012 (Cherries of Kiarostami) UAE
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Central Market
(2014) Short film
Director
A young farm hand works his afternoons at the local market pushing a cart of groceries & delivering produce and hustling for that next big buck. One morning, he finds his opportunity to make some ‘serious cash’ by milking a goat at a nearby pen.
- World Premiere - Montreal World Film Festival, Canada - August 2014
- Calgary International Film Festival, CAnada - September 2014
- Arab Film Festival San Francisco, USA - October 2014
- Starz Denver Film Festival, USA - November 2014
- FENACO Peru - November 2014
- Kolkata International Film Festival, INDIA - November 2014
- Dubai International Film Festival, UAE - December 2014
- Sudan Independent Film Festival - January 2015
- Tampere Film Festival, Finland - March 2015
- Silk Road Film Festival, Ireland - March 2015
- Beirut Cinema Days, lebanon - March 2015
- FilmFest Dresden, germany - April 2015
- Independent Film Festival Boston, usa - April 2015
- Intl. Changing Perspectives Film Festival - April 2015
- Goa Short Film Festival, india - May 2015
- Intl. Unity Film Festival, bahrain - May 2015
- Cayfilm, cayman islands - June 2015
- Intl. Film Festival of Valencia, Cinema Jove, spain - June 2015
- Budapest Short Film Festival, hungary - September 2015
- Alexandria Film Festival, egypt - September 2015
- Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema, russia - September 2015
- Sharjah International Children's Film Festival, uae - October 2015
- Malmo Arab Film Festival, sweden - October 2015
- Shnit Playground, Cairo, egypt - October 2015
Pick Up
(2015) Short film
Director
A schoolgirl is desperate to reach home when faced with the embarrassment of being picked up from school by her father in his dusty old pick-up truck. Undeterred, he decides to take a detour and take her on a small fishing trip.
Winner - Best Screenplay - Bahrain Film Days
Official Selection - Message to Man Intl. Film Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia) September 2015
Official Selection - Arab Film Festival (San Francisco, USA) October 2015
Official Selection - Ajyal Film Festival (Doha, Qatar) November 2015
Official Selection - Carthage International Film Festival (Tunis, Tunisia) November 2015
Official Selection - Sleepwalkers International Short Film Festival (Talinn, Estonia) November 2015
Official Selection - Silk Road Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland) March 2016
Official Selection - ClujShorts International Short Film Festival (Cluj, Romania) April 2016
Official Selection - TIFF Kids (Toronto, Canada) April 2016