If the Sun Drowned into an Ocean of Clouds

2024影展

PG 12 +

Wissam CHARAF
France , Lebanon
DCP
2023
Color
20min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2024 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Special Jury Prize
★ 2023 Venice International Film Festival

Synopsis

Beirut, Lebanon. On the waterfront’s construction site, security agent Raed must prevent passersby from accessing the seaside. Yet as the horizon becomes each day more stifled by the construction, Raed makes peculiar encounters — mere dreams, or symbols of his desires?

Team

Director

Wissam CHARAF

Wissam CHARAF has directed seven short films including Unforgettable Memory of a Friend, which won the GNCR Award at the 2018 Côté Court Festival. His first feature, Heaven Sent, was selected to Cannes’ ACID in 2016.

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