25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival

The Global Majority

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Riveting depictions of the humanity at stake when the desire to live a normal life can be upended.

While Dad is distracted at the window, Mom tries to put her baby to sleep. She decides to take the opportunity to make her baby say their first word, so when Dad hears Mom, he joins them. A competition then arises between the two parents to make their baby say their first word.


ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:

Born in Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria), Lyna Tadount grew up in France and became a self taught passionate artist in many fields. She graduated at University Sorbonne’s Faculty of Letters where she studied French-English Literature and specialized in Journalism. Currently, she is a Director and Screenwriter based in Paris. 


Born in Perpignan (France), Sofian Chouaib is a director, writer and editor, based in Paris. He debuted as a content creator on YouTube as a hobby, then Sofian decided to pursue his education in the Cinema field at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne where he graduated in 2021.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    3 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    France
  • Premiere
    New York Premiere
  • Director
    Lyna Tadount & Sofian Chouaib
  • Screenwriter
    Lyna Tadount & Sofian Chouaib
  • Producer
    Lyna Tadount & Sofian Chouaib
  • Executive Producer
    Lyna Tadount & Sofian Chouaib
  • Filmmaker
    Lyna Tadount & Sofian Chouaib
  • Cast
    Norlhoda Dali, Omar Salem, Hicham Hamdaoui & Bilal-Amine Bachir
  • Cinematographer
    Axel Dos Santos
  • Editor
    Sofian Chouaib
  • Production Design
    Maxime Le Breton
  • Sound Design
    Mathis Kuntz
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