Sociophobia
Fall Grants 2023 - Production Stage
Malek Hebiri / Short Narrative / Tunisia, Qatar / 10 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: 3D Animation
Synopsis
A young boy is strolling with his parents on a bustling street but manages to slip away from their attention to explore a toy shop that has sparked his curiosity. Inside, a doll appears to stand out from the rest of the decor. As he picks it up, a strange sensation takes hold of him, forming a connection between the two. The boy then notices that, outside, his parents have vanished in a crowd that has become restless and compact. He leaves the store, clutching the doll in his hand, in an attempt to find them, but gets lost in the crowd, being jostled from all sides until he loses his balance and falls. As he looks up, he realizes that the surrounding crowd has turned towards him and begins to gaze at him intently. Suddenly, the people start merging and transforming into a massive black crow, with two enormous wings and a gigantic, razor-sharp beak. The monster then targets the kid and seeks to grab him. But the boy doesn’t wait to find out what might happen if the creature gets hold of him and flees as fast as he can, unaware that he is about to face a much more terrifying threat…
Credits
- Director
- Malek Hebiri
- Screenwriter
- Malek Hebiri
- Producer
- Malek Hebiri, Wassim Griman
- Production Company
- Sheesh Beesh Project
About the Director
Malek Hebiri is the founder of Sheesh Beesh Project, a young audiovisual and cinematographic production company with multiple ambitions. He has directed two 3D short animated films; 'Cupidity' and 'Vis-à-vis'; and one fiction short 'The Impostor'. He also has been the 1st assistant director in Nadia Raies' 2D animated movie 'Briska' and the 3rd Assistant Director of Khadija Elmkasher's fiction movie 'Les sirènes se cachent pour chanter'. Before founding his company, Malek Hebiri worked as a project manager in another company called Afkart Production, where he learned to be polyvalent and had the opportunity to experience every field of audiovisual and cinema production. Malek Hebiri holds two professional master's degrees, the first in Digital imagery and the second in writing and directing. He is undertaking a research master's degree in Audiovisual and Cinema sciences, and he is now writing his thesis about the specificities of video game narratives and how they impact cinema.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Malek Hebiri
- Company:
- Sheesh Beesh Project
- Phone:
- +216 29 203 633
- Email:
- sheeshbeeshproject.com