Last Day at Home
Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage
Noor Al-Nasr / Short Narrative / Qatar / 2018 / 10 min / Original Language: English / Interests: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Identity, Children
Synopsis
A 12- year-old boy has just moved to Doha with his parents. To avoid dealing with the changes this brings about, he spends his days playing a space exploration video game. On the last day before starting at a new school, his computer breaks down, so he is forced to go out for the first time. All alone in the desert, in surroundings that become increasingly similar to the game he has been playing, he finds himself on a rescue mission to find life on a deserted planet. With the real world transformed into a digital universe, the boy faces his fear of the unknown and “plays his way home” – a task he must complete in order to accept his new environment.
Credits
- Director
- Noor Al-Nasr
- Screenwriter
- Ana Ivanovic
- Producer
- Noor Al-Nasr
About the Director
Noor Al-Nasr is a Qatari filmmaker who obtained her bachelor’s in Graphic Design at VCUQ and MA at SCAD university in Atlanta, GA. She has always been interested in art, and has participated in numerous exhibitions, focusing on the art of storytelling and filmmaking. Her shorts were part of many editions of the Ajyal Film Festival in Doha as well as the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and 2016. SANAD which she wrote and directed is her latest work