screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Arabic
subtitles
English, German, French
screening format
Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov)
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby SR
original-language
Arabic
subtitles
English, German, French
This is the tumultuous story of Manivelle, an automaton whose rise and fall mirrors that of Lebanon itself. Once the wonder of his age, today Manivelle is a rusty and mostly forgotten curiosity. Could the immortal Man of Tomorrow really be dying?
director
Fadi [the fdz] Baki
Animation
Chris Creatures
Szenenbild / Production Design
Chris Creatures, Maia El Khouri
Cast
Houssam Sabbah, Jannick Miklitz, Romy Melhem, Tony Harouni
Original Score
Nadim Mechlawi
Editing
Zeina Abul Hosn
DOP
Tobias von dem Borne
Production
Bernadette Klausberger, Jinane Dagher, Niklas Hlawatsch, Sabine Sidawi
Script
Fadi Baki
Sound Design
Julian Cropp
Festivals
2017
Fantastic Fest, Austin, USA
2017
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2018
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany
(Best German Short Film (Candis Award))
2018
Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market, Japan
(Best Film (Jury Award))
Production
- visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
- Bernadette Klausberger
Distribution
- visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
- Niklas Hlawatsch
Sales
- visual stories - Produktionsbuero Pfeiffers GbR
- Niklas Hlawatsch
Fadi [the fdz] Baki
Born 1977 in Beirut;
co-founder and co-editor of SAMANDAL, one of the Middle East’s premiere comics magazines, and Beirut Animated, the Lebanese animation film festival;
currently divides his time between teaching, motion graphics, comics and filmmaking
Filmography
2000 It Came from Almakkab
2006 El Burro Magnifico
2007 A Headline Romance
2013 Balut
2016 Shatila