Synopsis:
Grandmother loses her five senses one after the other until she transforms into a wooden chair. Throughout her transformation, she realizes that her housekeeper is not the wild animal she thought she was, but the real, caring and strong family member grandmother was looking for.
Technical sheet:
Category: Animated Short
Duration: 10 minutes
Animation Technique: 2D
Director: Nicolas Fattouh
Producer Germany: Fabian Driehorst
Producer Lebanon: Nermine Hadadd
Funding: The Film Prize Of The Robert Bosch Stiftung, FFHSH, AFAC, Doha Film Institute
Distributor: Interfilm Berlin (world sales, theatrical Germany)
Countries: Germany, Lebanon, Qatar.
Winner of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung (2018), the Tanit d’Argent at the Carthage Film Festival, and the Grand Prix at the Sardinia Film Festival.
Selected at 135 film festivals worldwide
Some of the Festivals:
1- Krakow Film Festival, Poland – 31.05.20 (World/Poland)
2- Giffoni Film Festival, Italy – 18.08.20 (Italy)
3- Lyon Young Film Festival, France – 18.09.20 (France)
4- Animator Animation Festival, Poznan, Poland – 03.10.20
5- Animafilm Baku Animation Festival, Azerbaijan – 14.10.20 (Azerbaijan)
6- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan – 17.10.20 (Taiwan)
7- Bucheon Animation Festival, Korea – 23.10.20 (Korea)
8- Seminci Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain – 24.10.20 (Spain)
9- KROK Animation Festival, Russia – 02.10.20 (Russia)
10- Banjaluka Animation Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina – 24.10.20 (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
11- Kuandu Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan – 27.10.20
12- Filem’On Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium – 07.11.20 (Belgium)
13- Animest, Bucharest, Romania – 09.11.20 (Romania)
14- Interfilm Berlin, Germany – 10.11.20 (Germany)
15- Ajayu Animation Festival, Puno, Peru – 11.11.20 (Peru)
16- ReAnima Animation Festival, Bergen, Norway – 12.11.20 (Norway)
17- Etiuda&Anima, Krakow, Poland – 17.11.20
18- Ajyal Film Festival, Doha, Qatar – 18.11.20 (Qatar)
19- Filmfest Düsseldorf, Germany – 18.11.20
20- New Chitose Animation Festival Sapporo, Japan – 20.11.20 (Japan)
21- Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – 25.11.20 (Indonesia)
22- Sommets du Cinema d’Animation, Montreal, Canada – 01.12.20 (Canada/Quebec)
23- Bogoshorts – Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia – 08.12.20 (Colombia)
24- Gdansk Animation Festival, Poland – 18.12.20
25- Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia – 26.12.20 (Georgia)
26- ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia – 15.01.21 (Armenia)
27- Babel Animation Film Festival, Iraq – 21.02.21 (Iraq)
28- Animac, Lleida, Spain – 25.02.21
29- PIAFF Paris Animation Festival, France – 04.03.21
30- ifva Awards – Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong – 08.03.21 (Hong Kong)
31- Bafici – Film Festival Buenos Aires, Argentina – 17.03.21 (Argentina)
32- Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt – 03.04.21 (Egypt)
33- Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands – 31.03.21 (Netherlands)
34- 2Annas Short Film Festival, Riga, Latvia – 09.04.21 (Latvia)
35- R2R Reel 2 Real Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada – 14.04.21 (Canada/BC)
36- Cinema in Sneakers, Warsaw, Poland – 19.04.21
37- ALFILM Berlin Arab Film Festival, Germany – 21.04.21
38- Atlanta Film Festival, USA – 22.04.21 (US)
39- Animatricks, Helsinki, Finland – 20.05.21 (Finland)
40- VAFI & RAFI Children Festival, Croatia – 27.05.21 (Croatia)
41- NAFF Neum Animation Festival, Bosnia & Herzegovina – 27.06.21
42- Animakom, Bilbao, Spain – 30.06.21
43- Filmfest Dresden, Germany – 13.07.21
44- Insomnia Animation Festival, Moscow, Russia – 05.07.21 (Russia)
45- La Guarimba Film Festival, Cosenza, Italy – 07.08.21
46- Batroun Film Festival, Lebanon – 02.09.21 (Lebanon)
47- Zoom Zblizebia Festival, Jelenia Gora, Poland – 06.09.21
48- BLON Animation Festival, Klaipeda, Lithuania – 09.09.21 (Lithuania)
49- Festival of Nations, Lenzing, Austria – 09.09.21 (Austria)
50- Soo Film Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, USA – 15.09.21 (US/Michigan)
51- Weird Animation Market, Segovia, Spain – 24.09.21
52- Animasyros, Ermoupoli, Greece – 24.09.21
53- FLIGHT – Mostra del Cinema di Genova, Italy – 26.09.21
54- Twin City Arab Film Festival, St. Paul, USA – 29.09.21 (US/Minnesota)
55- Lebanese Film Festival, Montreal, Canada – 30.09.21 (Canada/Quebec)
56- Berlin Animation Festival, Germany – 01.10.21
57- ANIMA – Córdoba Animation Festival, Argentina – 06.10.21
58- FICAM Meknes, Morocco – 11.10.21 (Morocco)
59- Beirut Animated, Lebanon – 14.10.21
60- Athens Ohio International Film Festival, USA – 15.10.21 (US/Ohio)
61- Prime the Animation! New Talent International Festival, Valencia, Spain – 18.10.21
62- Rabat Author Film Festival, Morocco – 21.10.21
63- Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon – 02.11.21 (Lebanon)
64- Carthage Film Festival, Tunis, Tunisia – 06.11.21 (Tunisia)
65- Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon – 08.11.21
66- Animario, Madrid, Spain – 10.11.21 (Spain/Madrid)
67- Arab Film Festival, San Francisco, USA – 18.11.21 (US/California)
68- Lublin Film Festival, Poland – 19.11.21
69- Sama Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden – 20.11.21 (Sweden)
70- IPSMF, Bandung, Indonesia – 25.11.25 (Indonesia)
71- Animateka Animation Festival, Slovenia – 29.11.21 (Slovenia)
72- Macau Short Film Festival, Macao – 02.12.21 (Macao)
73- Sardinia Film Festival, Italy – 03.12.21
74- KARAMA Human Rights Film Festival, Amman, Jordan – 05.12.21 (Jordan)
75- Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente, Guatapé, Columbia – 11.12.21 (Columbia)
76- Bunter Hund Kurzfilmfestival, München, Germany – 12.12.21
77- Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran – 06.03.22 (Iran)
78- Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon – 06.03.22
79- FIFF – International Film Festival Fribourg, Switzerland – 18.03.22 (Switzerland)
80- T-shorts, Berlin, Germany – 01.04-2022
81- Animocje, Bydgoszcz, Poland – 03.04.22
82- LatinArab International Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 05.05.22
83- Gabes Cinema Fen, Egypt – 09.05.22
84- Seoul International Senior Film Festival, South Korea – 19.05.22
85- Grandmother Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – 26.05.22
86- Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands – 18.06.22
87- Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Palermo, Italy – 01.08.22
88- Chaniartoon, Chania, Greece – 05.09.22 (Greece)
89- Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián, Spain – 15.09.22
90- 24fps International Short Film Festival, Abilene, USA – 04.11.22 (US/Texas)
91- Animasivo, Mexico city, Mexico – 25.11.22
92- Beirut Animation Nights, Beirut, Lebanon – 16.03.23
93- Fantastic Fest, Austin, Texas – 19.09.2023
