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A passionate Syrian baker spends his first Eid in the US attempting to sell the sweet he has spent his lifetime perfecting: walnut baklava. As he roams the streets of Brooklyn, he bumps into a savvy Indian ladoo maker, who appears to have figured out how to appeal to one of New York's health-conscious Brooklynites.
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUSA
- AwardsJury Award for Best Student Film - Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards ‘22 Canadian Women Artists’ Award - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) ‘22 Best North American Short Award - International South Asian Film Festival ‘23 DC APA Film Festival Award - Best Performance ‘23 Inaugural Distribution Grant - Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) ‘22
- DirectorMaryam Mir
ACCESS THE FULL MENA 5 ONLINE PROGRAM WITH AN ONLINE ALL-ACCESS PASS!
INDIVIDUAL SCREENING TICKETS:
REGULAR – $10
SENIOR / STUDENT / ACCESSIBILITY – $8
INDIGENOUS – $0
A passionate Syrian baker spends his first Eid in the US attempting to sell the sweet he has spent his lifetime perfecting: walnut baklava. As he roams the streets of Brooklyn, he bumps into a savvy Indian ladoo maker, who appears to have figured out how to appeal to one of New York's health-conscious Brooklynites.
- Year2023
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Arabic
- CountryUSA
- AwardsJury Award for Best Student Film - Director’s Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards ‘22 Canadian Women Artists’ Award - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) ‘22 Best North American Short Award - International South Asian Film Festival ‘23 DC APA Film Festival Award - Best Performance ‘23 Inaugural Distribution Grant - Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) ‘22
- DirectorMaryam Mir