A Short Film About Kids

Ibrahim Handal
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Palestine
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2023
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10
min.
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Arabic, English
A Short Film About Kids

Synopsis

Four kids from the refugee camp in Bethlehem decide to visit the sea for the first time in their life.

Festivals

PRIX

GRAND PRIX - Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran, 2024

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Films of Resistance X Gateway Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2024
Humaniza - Cineclube de Faro, Portugal, 2024
Berkley, USA, 2024
Films of Resistance, Netherlands, 2025
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Swiss, 2025
Mostra International de Cinema Etnografico (MICE), Spain, 2025

SELECTIONS

Pöff Shorts, Estonia, 2023 (World Premiere)
Izmir International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2023
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France, 2024
Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2024
Festival Le temps d'une Lune, France, 2024
MICE Film Festival, Spain, 2024
L'autre Festival, France, 2024
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2024
Atlanta Film Festival, USA, 2024
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2024
Vienna Shorts, Austria, 2024
Festival Ciné-Palestine, France, 2024
La Guarimba Film Festival, Italy, 2024
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany, 2024
The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway, 2024
Diaswhora Film Festival, Germany, 2024
Indy Shorts, USA, 2024
Curtas Vila Do Conde, Portugal, 2024
Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2024
Amman International Film Festival, Jordan, 2024
Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia, 2024
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2024
Verin International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Festival Silhouette, France, 2024
Braziers International Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2024
Palestine Arts Film Festival, Germany, 2024
Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2024
Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt, 2024
Film My Design, Egypt, 2024
BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2024
Festival Foutez nous la paix, France, 2024
Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran, 2024
AFI Film Fest, USA, 2024
El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt, 2024
Arab Film Festival, USA, 2024
Jakarta Film Week, Indonesia, 2024
Filem'On - International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Belgium, 2024
Cinekid Film Festival, Netherlands, 2024
Kuki Festival, Germany, 2024
Barcelona and Madrid Children's Film Festival, Spain, 2024
Cinema Miudo, Spain, 2024
London Palestine Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2024
Ajyal Film Festival, Qatar, 2024
TIDE Film Festival, USA, 2024
Film franco-arabe de Noisy-le-Sec, France, 2024
Festival Cinéma Jeune Public, Swiss, 2024
Filmer c'est exister, Swiss, 2024
Leuven Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2024
Festival international du film d'Éducation, France, 2024
Festival Tous Courts, France, 2024
Antarctic Short, documentary and Animation Film Festival, Antartica, 2025
Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt, 2025
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2025
Reel Palestine Film Festival, United Arab Emirates, 2025
Lisbon International Children Film Festival, Portugal, 2025
Al Ard Film Festival, Italy, 2025
BUFF Malmö, Sweden, 2025
Palestine en vue, France, 2025
New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival, USA, 2025
Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, 2025

A Short Film About Kids

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Director: Ibrahim Handal

Script: Ibrahim Handal

Cast: Omar Qaraqe, Ayham Qaraqe, Majd Al-Khatib, Omar Al Kurd

DOP: Ibrahim Handal

Editing: Ibrahim Handal, Hayat Laban

Sound: Soud Hifawi

Art direction: Yazan Abu Salameh

Production: Ibrahim Handal, Wisam Al Jafari

Version

Original: Arabic, English
Subtitles: English

Format

16:9 (Letterbox 4:3)
DCP, ProRes, H264, 5.1/Stereo

Ibrahim Handal
Ibrahim Handal
Palestine

Ibrahim Handal is a cinematographer and filmmaker whom graduated in Cinematography in 2019 from Dar Al-Kalima University. He worked as a director of photography on several short films: Bethlehem 2001 (2020, Officially selected in Locarno, Clermont Ferrand, Busan and many others) AMBIENCE by Wissam Al Jafari (2019, Cannes Cinéfondation winner), SAWSAN (2019), BETWEEN YOU AND ME (2020). He directed three short films: COLD (2017, 5 ', experimental), HIM AND I (2019, 13', fiction) and BETHLEHEM 2001 (2020).He also worked on several feature film productions in Palestine in the camera and lighting departments. Ibrahim is in development of his first feature film.

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