Our Queer Lens program returns for another year, featuring the newest work by Sélim Mourad alongside three short films. Mourad's Moss Agate uses a unique styles to create a self described "ode to life, an exploration of death and rebirth, a poem about cinema" while the accompanying films explore the different relationships between queer people and their families.
Co-presented by Alliance Française de San Francisco
Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer's grandfather about his identity on an average night gone terribly wrong.
About the Filmmaker
Reem Jubran is a writer/director working between Palestine and Los Angeles, California in short and feature narratives. She is pursuing an M.F.A. in Directing/Writing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where she is directing her own short films after having worked two years as assistant director on Palestinian narrative features. She is inspired by women-led stories, flammable cultural taboos, and her identity as a transnational filmmaker. Her first feature in-development, “Sou-Sou '' was selected for Producer's Spotlight at the Palestine Pavilion, Cannes 2020 Marche du Film. She has a B.A. in Film Studies from UC Berkeley.
Co-presented by
- Year2021
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorReem Jubran
- ScreenwriterReem Jubran
- ProducerReem Jubran
- CastMaz Siam, Beto Ochoa, George Jubran
- CinematographerTamara Dobry
- Production DesignBilal Karaman
Our Queer Lens program returns for another year, featuring the newest work by Sélim Mourad alongside three short films. Mourad's Moss Agate uses a unique styles to create a self described "ode to life, an exploration of death and rebirth, a poem about cinema" while the accompanying films explore the different relationships between queer people and their families.
Co-presented by Alliance Française de San Francisco
Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer's grandfather about his identity on an average night gone terribly wrong.
About the Filmmaker
Reem Jubran is a writer/director working between Palestine and Los Angeles, California in short and feature narratives. She is pursuing an M.F.A. in Directing/Writing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where she is directing her own short films after having worked two years as assistant director on Palestinian narrative features. She is inspired by women-led stories, flammable cultural taboos, and her identity as a transnational filmmaker. Her first feature in-development, “Sou-Sou '' was selected for Producer's Spotlight at the Palestine Pavilion, Cannes 2020 Marche du Film. She has a B.A. in Film Studies from UC Berkeley.
Co-presented by
- Year2021
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorReem Jubran
- ScreenwriterReem Jubran
- ProducerReem Jubran
- CastMaz Siam, Beto Ochoa, George Jubran
- CinematographerTamara Dobry
- Production DesignBilal Karaman