Mizna Film Series

Complicating Families: Best-of-fest Shorts Program

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5 films in package
Tallahassee
On the day of her release from a psychiatric facility, Mira, an Arab American woman, attends her grandmother’s 90th birthday — only to discover that her sister Lara has lied to the family that she was on a trip to Florida.
Life on the Horn
While a son takes care of his dying father, the surrounding countryside grows empty. Neighbors are in the process of moving out as the young man delivers a load of sand to a long since abandoned construction site. Only its owner remains, hanging on to a prayer chain, his last mainstay.
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Mariam
Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen, has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer's grandfather about his identity.
The Departure
Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in his last Games. The arrival of his father and older brother from France for a few days will mark him forever.
Al-Sit
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa's future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?
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Screening the week of Thanksgiving, this series is a selection of the best short films from Mizna’s 2021 Arab Film Festival. Including Darine Hotait’s Tallahassee, the audience award winner for best short film, these fan favorites each demonstrate the complexity of family and belonging, and they explore the importance of communities, both made and inherited.


This shorts program is only available in the United States.

While a son takes care of his dying father, the surrounding countryside grows empty. Neighbors are in the process of moving out as the young man delivers a load of sand to a long since abandoned construction site. Only its owner remains, hanging on to a prayer chain, his last mainstay.


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About the filmmaker

Mo Harawe is a Somali filmmaker born in Mogadishu in 1992. He attended numerous film workshops and realized several short films which have been shown at numerous international film festivals and won awards. His feature film script To Mogadishu won the Dor Film award at the Diagonale Film Festival in 2016. In 2019 he won the BKA Startstipendium for his debut feature film The Village Next to Paradise that he is currently developing.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    25 minutes
  • Language
    Somali
  • Country
    Somalia, Austria, Germany
  • Director
    Mo Harawe
  • Screenwriter
    Mo Harawe
  • Executive Producer
    Deko Adano Ali, Mo Harawe, Alexander von Piechowski
  • Cast
    Maxamed Axmed Maxamed, Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed, Maxamed Maxamuud Jamac, Mohamed Hersi, Faadumo Abshir, Xuseen Abdirisaaq
  • Cinematographer
    Mo Harawe
  • Editor
    Alexander von Piechowski
  • Sound Design
    Alexander von Piechowski
  • Music
    Dimi Mint Abba, Hassan Adan Samatar, Adbi Tahliil, Khalifa Ould Eide
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