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سراب
Fata Morgana

film type documentary film Production Country Germany, Syrian Arab Republic production year 2023 runtime 29'00 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby Surround languages Arabisch, Englisch Subtitles Englisch

Truck driver Abu Husain, like many guest workers in Qatar, spends endless hours in a self-contained world of standing, waiting, and tenaciously moving trucks on the fringes of society.

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director Daood Alabdulaa Produktion / Production Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker Drehbuch / Script Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker Bildgestaltung / DOP Daood Alabdulaa Schnitt / Editing Jonas Riedinger Tongestaltung / Sound Design Andrew Mottl, Xavier Fleming Animation Valentin Dittlmann
Festivals
2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest, USA (MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award)
2023 Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2023 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2023 St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
Distribution
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Daood Alabdulaa
Sales
  • Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
  • Daood Alabdulaa
Production
  • Daood Alabdulaa

Daood Alabdulaa

Daood Alabdulaa was born in the Syrian desert in 1994. He studied electrical engineering and directed theater plays in Aleppo. After escaping to Germany in 2014, he continued his studies in Karlsruhe. Since 2020, he has been studying directing at the HFF University of Television and Film Munich.

Filmography
2021 DRAWING FROM MEMORY
2022 +963
2023 سراب / Fata Morgana

Portrait of Daood Alabdulaa