Ayny

Name: Ayny
Genre: Stop motion animation
Released: 2016
Duration: 11 min

Director: Ahmad Saleh

Rights:

Highlights

The film is a Students Academy Awards winner.
Winner of more than 20 international awards.
Ayny is based on a tragic incident that the director himself experienced in Askar, one of the oldest refugee camps near the city of Nablus in the Palestinian autonomous areas, ten years ago.
Ayny is Ahmad Saleh’s Academy of Media Arts Cologne graduation film.

2016/ Germany - Jordan - Palestine11 min/ Stop motion animation

Original Title

Ayny

SYNOPSIS

Two young boys run away from their mother’s protection and slack line on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt to have.

CAST

Ahmad Saleh (Voice)

CREW

Screenwriter: Ahmad Saleh
DOP: Lionel Poutiaire Somé
Editor: Ahmad Saleh

Production Company(ies)

Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Producer(s)

Stefan Gieren

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon

Animate Palestine Festival (Animate. Ps), Palestine

Queens World Film Festival (QWFF), USA

Sudan Independent Film Festival (SIFF), Sudan

ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin, Germany

Palm Springs International Shortfest, USA

Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts, Egypt

Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany

Festival Ciné-Palestine, France

Arab Film Festival Australia, Australia

Boston Palestine Film Festival, USA

Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Qatar

Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival (BMFF), Lebanon

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), USA

Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films, Iraq

Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Lebanon International Film Festival, Lebanon

Valletta Film Festival, Malta

Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA

Gold Medal for Best Foreign Animation in 2016 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), USA

Amarji Alsumaria Award at the Amarji International Film Festival For Short Films, Iraq

Best Third Movie - Film Competition from Outside Iraq at the Qumrah International Film Festival, Iraq

Karama Feather Award for Best Jordanian Film at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Best Animation at the Lebanon International Film Festival, Lebanon

Best Short Film Award at the Valletta Film Festival, Malta

Audience Award for Best Short Film at Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, USA

Reviews

Said Abo Maala - Ultrapal (Arabic)

Quotes

“The simplicity that hides depth, suffering and the power of dreams, whatever the odds, is one of the film's strengths, in addition to its ability to extract a large amount of contradictory feelings due to the fate of the characters that the director built and stirred and through which he created his profound message.” Said Abo Maala - Ultrapal (Arabic)