Synopsis:
The two brothers Nabil (35) and Mikayel (65) lived peacefully in their small house protected from the threatening Salt.
Everything was fine until one day Mikayel decided to get married to Takla (45) and create a big family. Little by little the loud, noisy and annoying children of Mikayel start infiltrating every part of the house keeping very little space for Nabil. These little Bratz even broke the only thing that made Nabil feel alive in this house; his mother’s piano. Nabil could no longer sleep nor dream because of the noise. And one night, the house started becoming too tight. Nabil had no choice but to break the window in order to breathe and little by little the salted wind starts covering his eyes, nose, mouth and ends up reaching his heart.
Then, the salted wind enters the house and starts covering the space and family members with salt. Can the family ties be restored in an environment saturated with so much salt?
Technical sheet:
Category: Animated Short
Duration: 10 minutes
Animation Technique: Cut-out, Salt animation, 2D
Director: Nicolas Fattouh
Producer: Folimage
Countries: France – Lebanon – Qatar
Language: Arabic
Funding: Doha Film Institute
Selections:
- Animasyros Agora pitching competition – Ermoupoli, Greece (Winner)
- Animarkt stop-motion forum pitching competition – Lodz, Poland
- Interfilm pitching competition – Berlin, Germany
- NEF Fontevraud residency – Fontevraud, France
- Folimage development residency – Valence, France
- DFI fund – Doha, Qatar