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2017

BOOO

Synopsis
The lonely - but happy – rabbit Booo chooses to do things in his own prudent way, despite the fact that the other rabbits laugh at him for doing so. This turns to his favour when Booo the rabbit is able to solve a problem between the other rabbits and a dog.

All Directions

Synopsis
All Directions, as the title states, describes both the movements of the image (along the world, into the pictorial depth, upward in treetops rushing by, and downward, gazing at the crumbling patina of the country road) as well as an aesthetic experience, which is presented by the visual as music, the acoustic as motion picture, and the real world as abstract pattern. A thirteen-minute road movie into the night in which real things blur in order to appear as pure form, pure movement, pure light, and pure sound.

I am round

Synopsis
Like everyone else Mathilda is born round. Unlike everyone else she can’t - or won’t - become quadratic. Once she grows up, she tries to adapt to the quadratic standards, but without success. One day at her boring work she finally meets Alex. He is just like she is: round.

Astrid

Synopsis
11-year-old Astrid wants to do things her way, but her mother thinks she is too young. Astrid rebels and slips away for an afternoon in town. Overwhelmed by her freedom, she ends up out of her depth, and as the day draws to a close there is a problem she needs to deal with.

The Insult

Synopsis
In today’s Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, in court. From secret wounds to traumatic revelations, the media circus surrounding the case puts Lebanon through a social explosion, forcing Toni and Yasser to reconsider their lives and prejudices.

Basma Alsharif

Biography
Based in Los Angeles, Basma Alsharif was born in 1983 in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. Raised in France and the United States, she maintained a strong connection to the Gaza Strip through her family. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois in 2007 and developed her practice nomadically between Gaza, Cairo, Amman, Beirut and Sharjah.