Short Memory
"Short Memory" is an award winning short film selected in numerous international Film Festivals and broadcasted on three TV channels. The short film tells the story of two Children playing inside a building in Beirut during the second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006.
Festival Selection:
Selections:
Clermont-Ferrand international Film Festival. France. 2011.
Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2011.
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, 2011.
Milano International Film Festival, Italy, 2011.
Asiana International Short Film Festival, South Korea, 2011
Encounters Bristol International Film Festival, England, 2011
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival, 2011
Tri Continental Film Festival, South Africa, 2011.
Abu Dhabi Film Festival, 2011
New York City International Film Festival, 2011.
San Giò Verona Video Festival, Italy, 2011
DaKINO International Film Festival, Romania, 2011
La Boca del Lobo International Short Film Festival, Spain 2011
Festroia Internacional Film Festival, Portugal, 2011.
Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense, Spain, 2011.
Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers. Greece. 2011.
San Sebastian International Human Rights Film Festival, Spain. 2011.
Festival Internacional Cineposible de Extremadura, Spain, 2011.
Arab Shorts Festival, Goethe Institute, Cairo, 2011
Lebanese Film Festival. Lebanon. 2010,
"In The Palace" International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2011.
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain, 2011,
Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal, 2011
Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival, Spain 2011.
"A Film For Peace" International Festival, Italy 2011.
Human Rights Film Festival of Barcelona, 2011.
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Torrelavega, Spain, 2011.
Concorto Short Film Festival, Italy, 2011.
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey, 2011.
Anominul International Film Festival, Romania, 2011.
Awards:
"Best Short Film" Young Jury's Grand Award, Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
UNICEF Award (17th San Giò Verona video Festival)
Best Editing (17th San Giò Verona video Festival)
"Boccalino d'Oro" Award for Peace (Locarno International Film Festival, Independent Critics 2011)
"Canal Extremadura TV" award (Festival Internacional Cineposible)
TV Broadcast:
TV5 Monde
CinéCinema
Canal Extremadura
Original title: Zakira Kassira
English title: Short Memory
Year of production: 2010
Country of production: Lebanon
Genre: Fiction
Theme: Drama / Historical
Running time: 8mn 47sec
Main Cast:
Sean Aoun
Karine Aoun
Wissam Bechara
Nidal hindaoui
Caroline Assio
Crew:
Director, Screenwriter, Editor, DoP, Producer:
Marwan Khneisser
Art director, Assistant Director, Script Supervisor:
Hala Abou Zaki
Music Composer, Sound Design: Karim Khneisser
Karim Khneisser
Distributor:
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.