screening format
DCP
aspect ratio
1.78:1 (16:9)
sound format
Dolby Surround
original-language
Arabic, English
subtitles
German, English
Every child climbs a tree once in their life, but what if this tree is the only way for this child to have a look at the outside world? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OLIVE TREE? is a documentary about how it is different for a child to experience war.
director
Sama Zuhair
DOP
Philipp Rode, Aly Soliman Salem
Original Score
Demian Martin
Sound Design
Muhammet Can
Editing
Jonathan Scheid
Animation
Katrin Merdian, Riyaaz Roy, Timon Rubbert, Elias Weinberger
Production
Marc Colditz
film school
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals
2024
Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Germany
2024
interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2024
Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München, Germany
2024
Cairo International Film Festival, Kairo, Egypt
School
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- http://www.filmakademie.de
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
Sales
- Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Katharina Schreiner
- Akademiehof 10
- 71638 Ludwigsburg
- Germany
- +49 7141 96982179
- http://www.filmakademie.de
Sama Zuhair
Sama Zuhair was born in 1996 in Baghdad, Iraq. In 2006 her family relocated to Cairo. She pursued education in applied sciences and arts at the German University in Cairo, later specializing in media design. Since 2021 she has been studying documentary directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Filmography
2019 ISHTAR
2021 WHERE CAN YOU GO?
2024 WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OLIVE TREE?
