Synopsis
Mohammad, a Syrian migrant, works on a construction site in Beirut. That day, something compelled him to volunteer to drive the highest and most dangerous crane in Lebanon.
Technical specs
Duration : 15 min
Year : 2021
Genre : Fiction
Director : Dania Bdeir
Production : Inter Spinas Films, GoGoGo Films
Co-Production : Né à Beyrouth Films
Distributor: Arte
International Sales : New Europe Film Sales
Financing : Région Sud Cinéma, Aix-Marseille-Provence Métropole, Tournages Grand Est, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, CNC, Sacem, Nava projects
Awards - Official selections
Short Film Station à la Berlinale 2019 / Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2021 / Tampere Film Festival / SXSW / Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient / BFI Flare: London LBGTQIA+ Film Festival / Festival Regard / Aspen Shortsfest / Brussel Short Film Festival
SUNDANCE Jury Award for Best International Short Film / Best International Feature Film Tampere Film Festival / Prix coup de coeur du public PCMMO / Jury Award at Festival Regard au Quebec
