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)
Actors (4)
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
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 (2)
Cracow International Documentary & Short Film Festival
Poland, 2024
Prize for Best European Short Film
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