Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky

(Rituels sous un ciel écarlate)
Dominique Chila, Samer Najari
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Canada
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2024
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16
min.
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Arabic
Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky

Synopsis

A lone gunman perched on a rooftop grows bored while awaiting his next victim. A mother records a video for an audition for a televised singing competition. A young girl carries water containers and must cross a dangerous area before nightfall. Distant explosions echo, nothing alarming. Time stands still, allowing the three figures to find refuge in their luminous dreams. The sun will set soon, carrying them away. Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky tells the tale of a daily life where hope survives despite the tragedy that attempts to engulf it.

Festivals

AWARDS

Nomination at Prix collegial du cinema quebecois, 2025

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

PCCQ - Maison du cinéma, Canada, 2025

Regard en prolongation X La Fabrique Culturelle / Télé-Québec, online, 2025

PCCQ - Cinéma Beaumont, Canada, 2025

PCCQ - La Cinémathèque québécoise, Canada, 2025

SELECTIONS

Festival du nouveau cinema, Canada, 2024 (World Premiere)

Festival Regard, Canada, 2025

Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada, 2025

Rituals Under a Scarlet Sky

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Réalisation: Dominique Chila, Samer Najari

Scénario: Dominique Chila, Samer Najari

Interprétation: Ayham Abou Ammar, Ayham Alhammoud, Ebrahim Abdo, Fairouz Oudjida, Khaled Al Romhein, Houssam Ataya, Rahaf Ataya, Nabih Alsaad, Ghaith Alali

Direction photo: Alexandre Lampron

Montage: Dominique Chila, Samer Najari

Son: Tod Van Dyke

Animations: Daria Pelsner, Trina Daniels, Patick Lapierre

Production: Galilé Marion-Gauvin (Unité Centrale)

Version

Original: Arabic
Subtitles: English, French

Format

2:25/stereo or 5.1
ProRes, DCP

Dominique Chila, Samer Najari
Dominique Chila, Samer Najari
Canada

Samer Najari and Dominique Chila have been working together for nearly two decades. In 2001, they were selected for a residency at Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains in France, during which they created several multidisciplinary works. In 2013, the couple co-directed the feature film ARWAD, selected, among others, for the prestigious Hivos Tiger Awards of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2014). Chila and Najari are currently in postproduction for a short film, RITUELS UNDER SCARLET SKIES, and will be shooting A BITTER TASTE OF ETERNITY, their second feature, next summer.

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