screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.85:1
sound format
Dolby Atmos
languages
Arabic
Subtitles
Englisch, Deutsch
Trapped in a war-ridden reality, eight-year-old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television set. However, the secret TV develops into a matter of life and death.
director
Murad Abu Eisheh
Cast
Aesha Balasem, Khalid Al Tarifi, Ziad Bakri
Szenenbild / Production Design
Julian Knaack
Editing
Quirin Grimm
DOP
Philip Henze
Production
Esther Busch, Gabriel Waldvogel, Jude Kawwa, Philipp M. Raube
Script
Murad Abu Eisheh
Sound Design
Johann Meis
film school
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2021
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
Awards
2020 Michael-Ballhaus-Preis FIRST STEPS - Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis 2020
Production
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Katharina Schreiner
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- +49 7141 96982179
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Distribution
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Katharina Schreiner
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- +49 7141 96982179
- http://www.filmakademie.de
School
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Murad Abu Eisheh
Born 1992 in Amman, Jordan;
after finishing his studies in communication design with a focus on filmmaking at the German Jordanian University in Amman, he directed several shorts and commercial spots for the Royal Hashemite Court;
since 2016 studying directing/feature film at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg
Filmography
2018 WHERE IS AL RABEE?
2019 THE BALL
2019 TAHARIRI