منارة

منارة (2019)

Tragedy strikes when the Zayyad family loses its patriarch under mysterious circumstances, leaving the surviving members to fend for themselves within a judgmental community in Southern Lebanon.

Data lansării
2019-10-29
Durată
15 min
Genuri
Dramă, Familie
Regizor
Zayn Alexandre

Distribuție

Curiozități

Manara is the second short film directed by Lebanese filmmaker Zayn Alexander. It premiered in 2019 during the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section. The film was awarded the top prize at the 5th annual Laguna Sud - Il Cinema fuori dal Palazzo by a jury that included director Paola Randi, director of photography Valerio Azzali, and writer Franceso Targhetta. It went on to win the "Ahmed Khedr Award for Excellence in Arab Filmmaking" at the 2020 ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival and "Best Narrative Short Film" at the 2020 Alexandria Short Film Festival in Egypt.

Production

The bulk of the film was shot in two days in Tyre, Lebanon at the resort of Al Fanar. It is Alexander's second short film working with writer and actor Pascale Seigneurie, following their collaboration on Alexander's directorial debut Abroad (2018).

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