26th Arab Film Festival

Shorts: Dark Shadows

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DARK SHADOWS is an exploration of works of horror from the Arab world. The short films featured in this program utilize absurdity, fantasy and a bit of gore to explore the darker parts of life, including war, rape, death and family secrets.

Lara has not been herself lately, a fact that everyone around mentions constantly. She is dealing with a traumatic incident silently, and when Vanessa, her childhood best friend, pushes her to join in a relaxing weekend in an isolated resort, Lara reluctantly agrees. This idyllic retreat reveals its true intent when Amir arrives, Lara quickly finds out that this is a trap to silence her against speaking up about the incident with Amir. When a confrontation between Lara and Amir turns deadly, she must find her inner strength and fight her way through the night to make it out alive.


About the filmmakers:

Firas Abou Fakher is a director, writer, and composer. His work as part of Mashrou’ Leila has earned him accolades and awards across the world. CNN called his band “the voice of their generation”. His compositions for Film, Sound Installations, and VR experiences have generated a narrative thinking in his music, and his deep-rooted love for Arab story-telling brought him to founding Last Floor productions.

At Last Floor Productions, he co-created Al Shak and Fixer and served as creative producer on projects for Apple and the V&A. He is a member of the Recording Academy New York chapter.

 

Daniel Habib is a writer, producer, and director from Beirut, Lebanon who started his career in 2011 as the lead writer on the second season of the critically acclaimed series "Beirut, I Love You". In 2013, he co-founded and managed Heyoka Media, a digital production house specializing in non-fiction alternative Arabic content across multiple platforms and formats. He now dedicates his time leading a team of writers developing original Arab Genre fiction as the head writer and co-founder of Last Floor Productions. He also teaches Scriptwriting at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) and acts as a consultant for the MBC SHAHID streaming platform.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    23 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    Lebanon
  • Director
    Daniel Habib, Firas Abou Fakher
  • Screenwriter
    Daniel Habib, Firas Abou Fakher
  • Producer
    Nasri Atallah, Daniel Habib
  • Cast
    Nadia Charbel, Hiba Chihane, Walid Feghali, Nour Hajjar
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