A’lam

country, year

Palestine, 2022

genre

fiction

running time

25′

directed by

Saleh Saadi

languages

Arabic, Hebrew


subtitles 

Slovene subtitles

trailer

about the film

Nassim visits his best friend May, before she moves to the United States. They spend their last night together in Jerusalem. The events of the night bring to surface the complexity of their friendship.

 

about the author

Saleh Saadi is a Palestinian writer-director from Basmat Tab’un, Palestine. His first short fiction film, Borekas (2020), was part of the Official Selection of the Palm Springs International ShortFest (2021). His second short film, A’lam (2022), which he wrote, directed, and acted in, premiered in the Hollyshorts FF (2022). Saadi was a participant in the 2022 edition of The Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI), a TV writing programme at USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he started writing his first TV show, DYOUF.

 

 

festivals and awards: 

– Hollyshorts Film Festival (ZDA)

– Festival Queer Lisbona (Portugalska)

– Mena Film Festival (Kanada)

– Concorto Film Festival (Italija)

 

filmography: 

– Beorekas (2020)

– A’lam (2022)