Language
Fall Grant 2015 - Production Stage
Mortada Gzar / Short Narrative / Iraq, Qatar / 2017 / 12 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Animation, Fantasy
Synopsis
Used to reading and printing Braille, a blind man in Baghdad becomes a giant and finds he can “read” the scars of his bombarded city just as he reads texts – and can send messages by creating scars of his own. Wonderfully detailed animation creates a strange, almost surreal world to house an elegant message of the need for communication to resolve conflict.
Credits
- Director
- Mortada Gzar
- Screenwriter
- Mortada Gzar
- Producer
- Mortada Gzar
About the Director
Mortada Gzar is an Iraqi novelist. His published novels include ‘Paradise Broom’ (2008) and ‘Mr. Asgar & Akbar’ (2011). ‘God, Forgive Nadima!’, his first short film, screened in competition at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2014.