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Fall Grants 2022 - Production Stage
Zain Duraie / Feature Narrative / Jordan, France, Sweden, Qatar / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama
Synopsis
Nadia (40) is a wife and mother to three children. Through her seemingly perfect life, she struggles with her marriage and identity, which also causes her to be distant from her role as a mother. Nadia has a close friendship with her eldest son Basil (17), a high school senior known to be at the top of his class. He’s always been peculiar and antisocial. One day, Basil is triggered at school and gets into serious trouble, resulting in his suspension. Nadia is on the verge of burnout as she tries to find the energy to care for him in her own way, ensuring he focuses on his health and exams.
Things progress for the worse as she juggles between managing her own self-crisis and his dark, playful state of mind. Only to find herself slowly sinking into his undiagnosed mental illness while her denial of the truth about him grows further. As Basil’s mental health deteriorates, his manic and elated moods push his mother to experience beautiful feelings of liberation that she hasn’t felt in a very long time, prodding her to reconnect with herself. Soon, the situation begins to spin out of control.
Credits
- Director
- Zain Duraie
- Screenwriter
- Zain Duraie
- Producer
- Alaa Alasad
- Production Company
- Tabi360
About the Director
Zain Duraie is a writer/director. Her debut film 'Horizon' had its world premiere in 2013 at Palm Springs Shorts Fest and won Best of the Fest Selects. Her last short film, 'Give Up the Ghost' was officially selected in 2019 at the La Biennale Di Venezia main shorts competition and won El Gouna Prize for Best Arab short and the Vimeo Staff Pick award at the Palm Springs Shorts Fest.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Alaa Alasad
- Company:
- Tabi360
- Email:
- alaa@tabi360.net
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Main Contact
Alaa Alasaad
- Company:
- Tabi360
- Email:
- alaa@tabi360.net