During a beach outing with her family, a young mother is drowned by a group of men while swimming offshore. Anxiety and fear take hold of her family and also the townspeople especially as, soon after, others mysteriously start to die.
Cast
Adila Bendimerad
Nabil Asli
Souad Sebki
Aziz Boukerouni Crew
Screenwriter: Adila Bendimerad
Damien Ounouri
DOP: Mohamed Tayeb Laggoune
Editor: Damien Ounouri
Adila Bendimerad
Matthieu Laclau
Original Title: Kindil el Bahr
Production Company(ies):
Mediacorp
Linked Productions
Bang Bang Production
Monumental
Producer(s):
El Hadi Bouabdallah
Talal Al-Muhanna
Cannes Film Festival, France
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil
Festival International du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Morocco
Beirut Cinema Days, Lebanon
Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan
Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia
Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria
African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco
Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France
Aspen Film Festival, USA
MedFilm Festival, Italy
Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt
Special Jury Prize and Honorable Mention at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria
Special Mention at the African Film Festival of Tarifa and Tangier (FCAT), Spain and Morocco
Best Short Film Award at the Festival Regards Sur le Cinéma du Monde, France
Filmmaker to Filmmaker Award at the Aspen Film Festival, USA
Special Jury Award and Best Film from the Rossellini Jury of the Roberto Rossellini Institute at the MedFilm Festival, Italy
Audience Award for Best Short Narrative and Best Artistic Achievement in the Long Narrative competition of the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt