Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

The dust of war keeps the eyes sleepless. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. Only the eyes of the mother of the missing child stay resilient. Night has to trick her into sleeping to save her soul.

Production :
Fabian&Fred and Ses-studio
Distribution :
Fabian&Fred
Contact :
Music :
Suad Bushnaq
Sound designer :
David Black and Marcus Zilz
Screenplay :
Ahmad Saleh
Cast :
Hiam Abbass, Rafia Aridi and Salma Saleh
Editing :
Ahmad Saleh
Cinematographer :
Saed Saleh
Artistic direction :
Saed Saleh

In competition for :


Public Award - Official Competition

Best Animation Short Film Award

Quebec Critic Award AQCC

Jury Prize

Direction
  • Ahmad Saleh

    Ahmad Saleh is a Palestinian/German writer and director. His first film, HOUSE, 2012 won a second place in the German Short Film Award and his second film, AYNY, 2016 won an Academy Award. Recently he finished his third short film, NIGHT and is developing his first feature.