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Co-presented by the Arab American National Museum
These stories explore the big and small rebellions of young people navigating a sensitive time in their lives. From having a first kiss, to dealing with death, to fulfilling the expectations of gender roles, the characters in these shorts quickly learn what is deemed acceptable for them in no uncertain terms. In turn, their actions become rebellious as they refuse to fit into the lines drawn by friends, family, and society.
A car drives to a Moroccan village. On board, Maïne and her family surround the father's coffin. Tomorrow, the men will bury him and the women will wait at home. But the young girl takes a very dim view on it and intends to lead with her father to his final resting place
About the filmmaker:
After studying management, Jawahine Zentar started working in the film industry as an assistant director, and followed directors on set for 10 years. “Sur la tombe de mon père”, rather autobiographical, is her first film as a scriptwriter and director. She is currently developing other short and feature-length projects.
- Year2022
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryMorocco, France
- PremiereSan Francisco Premiere
- GenreDrama, Coming-of-age
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJawahine Zentar
- ScreenwriterJawahine Zentar
- CastYasmine Kéfil, Sonia Bendhaou, Adam Ouadah, Maya Racha, Badreddine Ghattas, Nezha Tebbai
- CinematographerChloé Terren
- EditorYannis Polinacci
- Sound DesignEmmanuel Bonnat
- MusicAmine Bouhafa
Co-presented by the Arab American National Museum
These stories explore the big and small rebellions of young people navigating a sensitive time in their lives. From having a first kiss, to dealing with death, to fulfilling the expectations of gender roles, the characters in these shorts quickly learn what is deemed acceptable for them in no uncertain terms. In turn, their actions become rebellious as they refuse to fit into the lines drawn by friends, family, and society.
A car drives to a Moroccan village. On board, Maïne and her family surround the father's coffin. Tomorrow, the men will bury him and the women will wait at home. But the young girl takes a very dim view on it and intends to lead with her father to his final resting place
About the filmmaker:
After studying management, Jawahine Zentar started working in the film industry as an assistant director, and followed directors on set for 10 years. “Sur la tombe de mon père”, rather autobiographical, is her first film as a scriptwriter and director. She is currently developing other short and feature-length projects.
- Year2022
- Runtime24 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryMorocco, France
- PremiereSan Francisco Premiere
- GenreDrama, Coming-of-age
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorJawahine Zentar
- ScreenwriterJawahine Zentar
- CastYasmine Kéfil, Sonia Bendhaou, Adam Ouadah, Maya Racha, Badreddine Ghattas, Nezha Tebbai
- CinematographerChloé Terren
- EditorYannis Polinacci
- Sound DesignEmmanuel Bonnat
- MusicAmine Bouhafa