An Orange from Jaffa
Synopsis
Mohammed, a young Palestinian, is desperately looking for a taxi to take him through an Israeli checkpoint. The driver, Farouk, discovers that Mohammed has already failed to cross the checkpoint. Trouble begins.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Synecdoche
- Foreign production companies : Studio Indeks, Lumisenta
- Film exports/foreign sales : L'Agence du court métrage
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producer : David Frenkel
- Screenwriter : Mohammed Almughanni
- Director of Photography : Maciej Edelman
- Assistant Director : Saad Mahfouz
- Editor : Natalia Jachec
- Sound recordist : Aleksandra Landsmann
- Costume designer : Wafa Hassan Alazzeh
- Foreign producers : Marcin Malatynski, Patryk Sielecki
- Line Producers : Rashid Abdelhamid, Michael Zananiri
- Assistant Operator : Wolciech Bibel
- Production manager : Adrianna Redzia
- Sound editor : Aleksandra Landsmann
- Continuity supervisor : Loa Morell
- Production Designer : Amer Abu Mattar
- Compositor : Robert Logan
- Grader : Michal Herman
- Make-up Artist : Hanady Alazzeh
- Sound Mixer : Filip Krzemien
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Drama, Black comedy
- Themes : The absurd, Conflict, War
- Production language : Arabic, Hebrew, English
- Coproducer countries : France (76.92%), Poland (23.08%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Poland)
- Production year : 2023
- Runtime : 26 min 49 seconds
- Production formats : HD-CAM
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (8)
Awards (3)
Cracow International Documentary & Short Film Festival
Poland, 2024
Prize for Best European Short Film
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