Have a Nice Dog!

film type animated film Production Country Germany, Syrian Arab Republic production year 2020 runtime 13'14 colour ,
screening format DCP aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) sound format Dolby Surround languages Arabisch Subtitles Englisch

Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in endless self-talk, his fantasies of fleeing and the inner dialogues with his dog. The film is based on the director’s own experience during the first two years of the Syrian war.

Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/455253039

director Jalal Maghout Animation Jalal Maghout Schnitt / Editing Jalal Maghout Bildgestaltung / DOP Jalal Maghout Drehbuch / Script Jalal Maghout Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Dascha Dauenhauer Produktion / Production Karsten Matern Tongestaltung / Sound Design Nicolas Voss, Oscar Zöllner film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
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Festivals
2020 Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (Grand Prix)
2020 FILMFEST DRESDEN - International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany (Lobende Erwähnung Filmton)
Production
  • Karsten Matern Filmproduktion
  • Karsten Matern
  • Wrangelstr. 86
  • 10997 Berlin
  • Deutschland
  • +49 163 7017016
Distribution
  • Karsten Matern Filmproduktion
  • Karsten Matern
  • Wrangelstr. 86
  • 10997 Berlin
  • Deutschland
  • +49 163 7017016
Sales
  • Karsten Matern Filmproduktion
  • Karsten Matern
  • Wrangelstr. 86
  • 10997 Berlin
  • Deutschland
  • +49 163 7017016
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Deutschland
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Jalal Maghout

Is a filmmaker from Syria;
2010 received BA in Visual Communication in Damascus;
his films have been shown at festivals around the world;
member of many festival juries;
2019 was awarded MA in Animation Directing from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Filmography
2010 Creatures of Inexistence
2013 Canvas on Mixed Media
2014 Suleima
2020 Have a Nice Dog!