Al-Sit
Synopsis
English
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa's future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?
Italiano
In un villaggio di coltivatori di cotone in Sudan, la quindicenne Nafisa ha una cotta per Babiker, ma i suoi genitori le hanno combinato il matrimonio con Nadir, un giovane uomo d'affari sudanese che vive all'estero. La nonna di Nafisa, Al-Sit, potente matriarca del villaggio, ha i suoi piani per il futuro di Nafisa. Potrà Nafisa decidere da sola?
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Short Film | Fiction | Drama
20' 00''
Sudan | Qatar
2020
Arabic
English | Italian | French | Spanish
Mihad Murtada | Rabeha Mahmoud |
Mohammed Magdi | Haram Basher | Alsir Mahjoub
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Suzannah Mirghani | Eiman Mirghani
Doha Film Institute | Torino Film Lab |
Highlight Productions | On Set Team |
Sudan Film Factory | European Short Pitch
Zen Movie
Suzannah Mirghani
Khalid Awad
Abdelrahim Kattab | Suzannah Mirghani
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Sara Awad
Mohammed Elmur “Simba”
Bassam Lebbos
Falah Hannoun
Selections & Awards
CLERMONT-FERRAND INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (FRANCE)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
♥ Winner of CANAL+ AWARD
TAMPERE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (FINLAND)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
♥ Winner of GRAND PRIX AWARD
ASPEN SHORTSFEST (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
SEATTLE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
SAN FRANCISCO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
BUSAN INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (SOUTH KOREA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of the JURY AWARD
NEW ORLEANS FILM FEST (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
HUESCA INT. FILM FESTIVAL (SPAIN)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of BEST SCRIPT
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (JAPAN)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
PALM SPRINGS SHORTSFEST (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
LA SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of BEST OF FEST
INDY SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
ODENSE FILM FESTIVAL (DENMARK)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
BRONZELENS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
GUANAJUATO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
INTERFILM - INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN (GERMANY)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
♥ Winner of BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
BENGALURU INT. SHORT FILM FEST (INDIA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
SHOW ME SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL (NEW ZEALAND)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
REEL SISTERS OF DIASPORA (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
UPPSALA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (SWEDEN)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
LEEDS INT. FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
CORK INT. FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival
CHICAGO INT. CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
AFI FEST (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
BERMUDA INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
OSCAR® qualifying festival
INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF CYPRUS (CYPRUS)
EFA qualifying festival
AESTHETICA FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
DC BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
♥ Winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO (ITALY)
MALMO ARAB FILM FESTIVAL (SWEDEN)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (FRANCE)
♥ Winner of the EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN'S FILMMAKING AWARD
AIYAL FILM FESTIVAL (QATAR)
ISMAILIA FILM FESTIVAL (EGYPT)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
TORONTO ARAB FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA)
♥ Winner of the AUDIENCE AWARD
♥ Winner of the JURY AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC FILMAFRICA (USA)
FCAT TARIFA-TANGIER AFRICAN FESTIVAL DE CINE AFRICANO (SPAIN)
LA GUARIMBA INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL DI CINEMA AFRICANO DI VERONA (ITALY)
AFRICAN FILM IN IBIZA (SPAIN)
SORSICORTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL - ARAB BRITISH CENTRE (UK)
MAINE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
VENTANA/JANELA FILMIN (SPAIN/PORTUGAL)
ISCHIA GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
UNIVERSOCORTO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of SAKURA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
ZANZIBAR INT. FILM FESTIVAL (TANZANIA)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
♥ Winner of the CHAIRMAN'S CHOICE AWARD
DURBAN FILM FESTIVAL (SOUTH AFRICA)
BEIRUT WOMEN INT. FILM FESTIVAL (LEBANON)
♥ Winner of BEST DIRECTOR
SALENTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL INT. DEL CINEMA DI FRONTIERA (ITALY)
FIATICORTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
TERRA DI TUTTI FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL INT. DEL CINEMA POVERO (ITALY)
FIRENZE FILMCORTI (ITALY)
CAPRI MOVIE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
CORTO E FIENO - RURAL FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
VIGATA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the AUDIENCE AWARD
ELBA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PERIFERIA DELL'IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SEDICICORTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
NUUK INT. FILM FESTIVAL (GREENLAND)
♥ Winner of BEST SHORT FILM
LINZ INT. FILM FESTIVAL (AUSTRIA)
♥ Winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
MONTREAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA)
♥ Winner of BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
FANO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST FOREIGN FILM
SILICON VALLEY AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
♥ Winner of BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
AFRICA IN MOTION FILM FESTIVAL (UK)
♥ Winner of the JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
INDEPENDENT DAYS FILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY)
VANCOUVER INT. FILM FESTIVAL (CANADA)
TRIPOLI FILM FESTIVAL (LEBANON)
COPENHAGEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (DENMARK)
PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
PUNE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (INDIA)
TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL (USA)
TERTIO MILLENNIO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
BUFF FILM FESTIVAL (SWEDEN)
URBAN VISIONS - BEYOND THE IDEAL CITY (ITALY)
ACCORDI @ DISACCORDI INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PUNTO DI VISTA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
AMARCORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS AIX-EN-PROVENCE (FRANCE)
AFRODITE SHORTS (ITALY)
♥ Winner of BEST INT. SHORT FILM
ANCHORAGE INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ALASKA, USA)
MYART FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
ANDARAS - TRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
BARDOLINO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MALESCORTO (ITALY)
PRATO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
PEGASO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the PEGASO AWARD
SKEPTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
SOCIAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL - SMILE COMPETITTION (ITALY)
TERRE DA FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
AFROBRIX FESTIVAL (ITALY)
MALATESTA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION
ARIANO INT. FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
DESTINAZIONE SUD FESTIVAL (ITALY)
TOKO FILM FESTIVAL (ITALY)
INVENTA UN FILM LENOLA (ITALY)
♥ Winner of the 3rd PRIZE - IMPORTANT MESSAGE AWARD
Suzannah Mirghani
Biography
English
Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker, highlighting stories from the Arab world. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate and publishes creative and scholarly work on a variety of social issues. Being of bicultural Sudanese and Russian backgrounds, she is most interested in stories that examine the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of short films such as Hind’s Dream (2014), Caravan (2016), and Al-Sit (2020), which is winner of several awards including the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival and the Oscar qualifying Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival.
Italiano
Suzannah Mirghani è una scrittrice, ricercatrice e regista indipendente, che mette in risalto storie del mondo arabo. Si laurea in studi sui media e studi museali e pubblica lavori creativi e accademici su diverse questioni sociali. Essendo di origini biculturali sudanesi e russe, è più interessata alle storie che esaminano la complessità dell'identità. Suzannah è autrice, regista e produttrice di cortometraggi come Hind's Dream (2014), Caravan (2016) e Al-Sit (2020), vincitore numerosi premi tra cui il Premio Canal+ al Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival e il Grand Prix (qualificante per l'Oscar) al Tampere Film Festival.
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