Tala'vision

Name: Tala'vision
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2020
Duration: 28 min

Director: Murad Abu Eisheh

Rights:

Highlights

Won Golden Medal at Student Academy Awards
The first time for a medium-length film to win two awards at Max Ophuls Film Festival in Germany
Scooped over 15 awards at prestigious international film festivals
Granted by The Jordan Film Fund in its fourth cycle
Selected to take part within Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.
In 2021, The Oscars announced the film among a short list of 15 films for its Live Action Short Film Category.

2020/ Germany, Jordan28 min/ Drama, War

Original Title

Tala’vision

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SYNOPSIS

Trapped in a war ridden reality, eight-year-old Tala finds solace and freedom in a forbidden television. However, the secret TV becomes a matter of life and death.

CAST

Aesha Balasem
Ziad Bakri
Khalid Al Tarifi

CREW

Screenwriter: Murad Abu Eisheh
DOP: Philip Henze
Editor: Quirin Grimm
Producers: Philipp Maurice Raube
Esther Busch
Gabriel Waldvogel
Jude Kawwa

Production Company(ies)

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Tabi360

Producer(s)

Philipp Maurice Raube
Esther Busch
Gabriel Waldvogel
Jude Kawwa

First Steps Awards, Germany

Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany

Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA

Bundesfestival Junger Film

Portland Film Festival, USA

FLICKFAIR Film Festival, USA

Boulder International Film Festival, USA

Paris Short film Awards, France

Cinemaiubit, Romania

Moskow Short Film, Russia

Indie Short Awards Cannes, France

Short to the point, USA

Hummingbird International Film Festival, India

ENERGA CamerImage, Poland

Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia

Student Academy Awards, USA

Biberacher Filmfestspielen, Germany

Festival Tous Courts, France

Portland Independent Filmfestival, USA

Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czechia

German Camera Award

Michael Ballhaus Prize – First Steps Awards, Germany

Max Ophüls Jury prize for best mid-long film at Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany

Max Ophüls Audience prize at Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, Germany

1st Prize for a Live Action Short Film at Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival

Best Film at Cinemaiubit, Romania

Best Director and Best Screenplay at Moskow Short Film, Russia

Best Short, Best Male Director and Best Cinematography at Indie Short Awards Cannes, France

Best Drama at Short to the point, USA

Silver Tadpole at ENERGA CamerImage, Poland

Best Short Film at Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia

Golden Medal at Student Academy Awards, USA

Best Medium Length at Biberacher Filmfestspielen, Germany

Prix du Jury Jeune and Prix Lieux Fictifs at Festival Tous Courts, France

Jury Award in the Live-Action Category at Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czechia

Best Cinematography at German Camera Award

Reviews

Nikolas Fischer - Qantara.de