OSLO | Short Film | By Shady Srour
Ziad, a Palestinian day laborer, is denied entry into Israel for work that day. Not wanting to return home empty handed after promising his daughter meat for dinner, he needs to get creative.
A poetic and tragic reflection on the everyday struggle of Palestinian breadwinners.
Cast ALBIR MIREB | Director SHADY SROUR | Writer SHADY SROUR
Producer FLORIAN SCHEWE, MARAL QUTNIEH, SHADY SROUR | Camera DANIEL MILLER | Editor NAAMAN BISHARA
Co-Production with CINEMA VIRGIN
Wordwide distribution: ORIGINE FILMS
CANDIDATE EUROPEAN SHORT FILM - EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
OFF Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards 2019 - jury statement:
A day laborer with the same, simple task every day: to cross a border, find a job and put food on the table for himself and his family. But one day he is rejected, no explanation, no discussion, he is excluded, but knows that he cannot come home empty handed. Thus, this film simply and strongly shows how the little man comes gets trapped in bigger events and must find his own way out of the hopelessness. The jury wishes to nominate Osloas OFF Short Film Candidate for the European Film Awards 2019.
SCREENING DATES on the EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM TOUR 2019 / 2020
Jury statement best short film:
OSLO is a patient multilayered meditation on existentialism, crafted with a masterful command of a directing technique. It lets the viewer in on a negotiation on what is humane and humanitarian, questioning the human condition. It is in the suspended undying of the protagonist that the movie transcends its local context and allows for a vicious triangle of morals, apathy and necessity to unfold; an experience of a reduced human perseverance. - Philosophical Film Festival 2020
OSLO is a patient multilayered meditation on existentialism, crafted with a masterful command of a directing technique. It lets the viewer in on a negotiation on what is humane and humanitarian, questioning the human condition. It is in the suspended undying of the protagonist that the movie transcends its local context and allows for a vicious triangle of morals, apathy and necessity to unfold; an experience of a reduced human perseverance. - Philosophical Film Festival 2020
AWARDS:
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - CANDIDATE EUROPEAN SHORT FILM | Odense International Film Festival 2019
AUDIENCE AWARD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION | Athens Short Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT DRAMA | Melbourne Short Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT FILM | Arctic Film Festival 2020
JURY FOR BEST SHORT FILM | Philosophical Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT FILM - NOMINATION | Byron Bay Film Festival 2019
BEST SHORT FILM BRONZE AWARD | NYC Indie Film Awards 2019
BEST EDITING | Rhode Island International Film Festival 2019
HONORABLE MENTION | Jerusalem Film Festival 2019
BEST SHORT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY | European Cinematography Awards 2019
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - CANDIDATE EUROPEAN SHORT FILM | Odense International Film Festival 2019
AUDIENCE AWARD INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION | Athens Short Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT DRAMA | Melbourne Short Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT FILM | Arctic Film Festival 2020
JURY FOR BEST SHORT FILM | Philosophical Film Festival 2020
BEST SHORT FILM - NOMINATION | Byron Bay Film Festival 2019
BEST SHORT FILM BRONZE AWARD | NYC Indie Film Awards 2019
BEST EDITING | Rhode Island International Film Festival 2019
HONORABLE MENTION | Jerusalem Film Festival 2019
BEST SHORT FILM CINEMATOGRAPHY | European Cinematography Awards 2019
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