MARE NOSTRUM

SYNOPSIS

On a Mediterranean shore, a Syrian Father makes a decision that puts his daughter’s life at risk.

CREDITS

With Ziad BAKRI (The Father) and Zayn KHALAF (The Daughter)

Script :	Rana KAZKAZ
Script consultant :	Magali NEGRONI
Cinematography :	Eric DEVIN
Sound :	Lucas ALBERT
Editing :	Monique DARTONNE
Music :	Kinan AZMEH
1st Assistant director :	Laure-Anne NICOLET
Production design :	Ramin RAMINI
Sound mix :	François LOUBEYRE
Producers :	Raphaël ALEXANDRE
	Nicolas LEPRETRE
	Anas KHALAF
Line producer :	Ossama BAWARDI
Production manager :	Zain DURAIE

35 PRIZES

• 1st Prize at the Rencontres du Cinéma Européen de Vannes (France)
• Diploma of Merit at the Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
• Youth Award at the IBAFF – Murcia (Spain)
• Best Short Film at the BBC-Arabic Film Festival (UK)
• Best Short Film at the Festival Traversées of Lunel (France)
• Best Short NYU Florence at the Middle East Now Festival (Italy)
• Silver Award and Student Award at Clap89 in Sens (France)
• Best Film at the BBC Arabic Festival of London (UK)
• Special Mention at International Film Festival of Lanzarote (Spain)
• Best International Short Film at the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival of Melbourne (Australie)
• Best Foreign Film at the Windy City Film Festival of Chicago (USA)
• Special Mention - Youth Jury at the Festival du film en plein air of Grenoble (France)
• Jury Honorary Mention at the Festival du Film Franco-Arabe d’Amman (Jordan)
• Best Short Film at the Generator +18 au Giffoni Experience Film Festival (Italia)
• Special Mention at the Molise Cinema Festival (Italia)
• Public Prize 2017 at the Psarokokalo Festival of Athens (Greece)
• Best Drama at the Salute Your Shorts Festival of Los Angeles (USA)
• Best Woman Director at the festival Salute Your Shorts of Los Angeles (USA)
• Best Young Actress at the Festival Corto Weekend of Corto Monte Varese (Italia)
• Bronze Medal at the Manhattan Short (USA)
• Student Jury at the 12è rencontres Films Femmes Méditterranée (France)
• Jury Special Prize at the Festival du court-métrage méditerranéen de Tanger (Marocco)
• Human Rights Prize at the Festival du Film de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (France)
• Red Citation Humanitarian Award at the 24fps International Short Film Festival de Abilene (USA)
• Special Mention at the Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival of Katmandou (Népal)
• Best Short Film at the Ajyal Youth festival of Doha (Qatar)
• Special Mention at the Festival du Film Franco-Arabe of Noisy-le-sec (France)
• Best Short Film at the Ekadeshma International Film Festival of Amman (Jordanie)

100 FESTIVALS

• Sundance Festival 2017 (USA)
• Dubai International Film Festival 2016 (UEA)
• Cinemed – Festival du cinéma méditerranéen de Montpellier 2016 (France)
• Festival Tous Courts – Aix-en-Provence 2016(France)
• Sharm el Sheikh Arab and European Film Festival / SHAEFF 2017 – Egypt
• Rencontres du Cinéma Européen of Vannes 2017 – France
• Tampere Film Festival 2017 – Finland
• Green Mountain Film Festival - Vermont 2017 – USA
• Festival International du Film of Aubagne 2017 (OC) – France
• BBC Arabic Festival - London 2017 – United Kingdom
• Festival de cinéma Traversées of Lunel 2017 – France
• Arab Film Festival / ALFILM - Berlin 2017 – Germany
• Fribourg International Film Festival / FIFF 2017 – Switzerland
• Middle East Now - Florence 2017 – Italia
• Lanzarote International Film Festival 2017 – Spain
• Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient / PCMMO 2017 - Paris/Seine Saint-Denis - France
• Human Rights Arts and Film Festival of Melbourne 2017 – Australia
• Shubbak Festival - London 2017 – United Kingdom
• Arab Film Festival - Amsterdam 2017 - Netherlands
• Beirut Cinema Days - Beirut 2017 – Lebanon
• Ibn Arabi International Film Festival of Murcia / IBAFF 2017 – Spain
• Sarasota Film Festival 2017 – USA
• Underexposed Film Festival yc - Rock Hill 2017 – USA
• Barcelona International short and animation film festival / Mecal 2017 – Spain
• MOOOV 2017 Brussels - Belgium
• Rincon Film Festival 2017 – Puerto Rico
• Twister Alley Film Festival - Woodward, OK – USA
• Georgetown University Film Festival - Georgetown - USA
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