Mawtini
My Homeland
Ma patrie
Switzerland, April 2024
FILM,
Documentary, Animation,
13 min.
- directed by
- Tabarak Abbas
- Written by
- Tabarak Abbas
- Status
- In distribution
Baghdad, early 90s, in a reality where humans have given way to cyborgs, a young couple and their newborn baby try to flee their country where war has just broken out. This animated film tells a true story and plunges viewers into a futuristic world.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2024
- Original Version
- Arabic (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 13 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-D434-0000-T-0000-0000-O
- Production
- Size Media, Haute école d'art et de design - Genève (HEAD – Genève) Département Cinéma, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Misam Ghadiali, Delphine Jeanneret, Nicolas Wadimoff
- directed by
- Tabarak Abbas
- Written by
- Tabarak Abbas
- Location Sound Mix
- Loan Boulat
- Sound Editing
- Henry Sims
- Sound Design
- Henry Sims
- Re-Recording Mix
- François Wolf
- Animation
- Antoine Tran, Nour Bisevac
- Characters By
- Nour Bisevac, Nour Bisevac
- Compositing
- Nour Bisevac
- Production Design
- Sanna Coste
- Casting
- Tabarak Abbas
- Techniques
- 2D Computer animation, 2D/3D Computer animation
World Sales / World Rights
Awards
(a selection)
- Nyon, Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma, TËNK Opening Scenes Award 2024 (Winner)
- Warsaw, Warsaw International Film Festival, Best Animated Short 2024 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Amsterdam, 37th IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
13.11.2024 - 24.11.2024 -
Warsaw, 40th Warsaw International Film Festival
11.10.2024 - 20.10.2024 -
Namur, 39e Festival international du film francophone Namur
11.10.2024 - 20.10.2024 -
Nyon, 55. Visions du Réel - Festival international de cinéma Nyon
12.04.2024 - 21.04.2024