screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
sound format
Dolby Digital
original-language
Arabic, Hebrew
subtitles
English, French, Spanish
The nuns of the ‘Sisters of Mercy’ convent, in the middle of the West Bank wilderness, have their daily routine of silence and prayer disrupted when a family of Jewish settlers come knocking at their door for help after having crashed into the convent’s wall.
director
Basil Khalil
Cast
Huda Al Imam, Maria Zreik, Maya Koren, Ruth Farhi, Shady Srour
Original Score
Jamie Serafi
Szenenbild / Production Design
Bashar Hassoun
Editing
Basil Khalil
Script
Basil Khalil, Daniel Yánez
DOP
Eric Mizrahi
Production
Eric Dupont, Eric Fantone, Helge Albers
Sound Design
Mathieu Choux
Festivals
Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA
(Bridging the Borders Award)
Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Festival du Court Métrage en Plein Air de Grenoble, France
(Best Screenplay)
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey
(Best Film Award)
Cervignano Film Festival, Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
(Best Director Award)
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
(Green SOS Award)
CINEMED - International Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier, France
(Audience Award)
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
(2. Preis Konfrontationen)
Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia
DIFF Dubai International Film Festival, United Arab Emirates
Séquence Court-Métrage, Toulouse, France
Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea (Republic of)
BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom
Filmlab Palestine, Ramallah, Palestine, State of
Diritti a Todi - Human Rights International Film Festival, Perugia, Italy
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA
Production
- Incognito Films
- Eric Dupont
Sales
- Ouat Media
- Fred Joubaud
Basil Khalil
Born and raised in Nazareth;
studied at the Screen Academy Scotland and worked on several TV productions in London;
he is currently developing his debut feature comedy screenplay
Filmography
2005 PING PONG REVENGE
2006 REPLAY REVENGE