
Thank you for viewing our shorts program, Breaking Through Societal Confinement, where all of our short films highlight the confinements placed on us by society and our struggle to break free - physically, mentally and emotionally.
Following the aftermath of her parents divorce, a young woman reflects on her relationship with her estranged father which begins to heal through poetry and dance.
About the Filmmaker
A Muslim experimental filmmaker, director and screenwriter, Rayhan Kandri recently graduated with a BFA in Film & TV from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her student filmography is experimental in style, leaning more towards poetic filmmaking than linear narrative, and which highlights her lifelong goal to show Western audiences the diverse beauty of the Arab and Muslim world. She is proudly Moroccan and has an interestingly mixed Arab-American-French identity and vision she feels can only come to life through experiential filmmaking.
- Year2023
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic, French
- CountryMorocco
- PremiereU.S. Premiere!
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningSome content may be triggering
- DirectorRayhan Kandri
- ScreenwriterRayhan Kandri
- ProducerRayhan Kandri, Maya Ezzeddine, Ariel Silva
- CastArezu Tavakoli, Manu Pasqualini
- CinematographerYinan Shi
Thank you for viewing our shorts program, Breaking Through Societal Confinement, where all of our short films highlight the confinements placed on us by society and our struggle to break free - physically, mentally and emotionally.
Following the aftermath of her parents divorce, a young woman reflects on her relationship with her estranged father which begins to heal through poetry and dance.
About the Filmmaker
A Muslim experimental filmmaker, director and screenwriter, Rayhan Kandri recently graduated with a BFA in Film & TV from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her student filmography is experimental in style, leaning more towards poetic filmmaking than linear narrative, and which highlights her lifelong goal to show Western audiences the diverse beauty of the Arab and Muslim world. She is proudly Moroccan and has an interestingly mixed Arab-American-French identity and vision she feels can only come to life through experiential filmmaking.
- Year2023
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic, French
- CountryMorocco
- PremiereU.S. Premiere!
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningSome content may be triggering
- DirectorRayhan Kandri
- ScreenwriterRayhan Kandri
- ProducerRayhan Kandri, Maya Ezzeddine, Ariel Silva
- CastArezu Tavakoli, Manu Pasqualini
- CinematographerYinan Shi