watch TrailerTrinou
a film by
Nejib Kthiri
15 min /
Drama
Tunisia, UK
Omar, a young boy, escapes his failing body and secluded life by traveling in dreams he created from magazines his mother used to give him. When his stepfather urges his wife to change her approach towards her son and stop giving him magazines, both mother and son take an important and life-changing step.
Cast
- Max Pemberton
- Mohamed Grayaa
- Kaouther Dhaouedi
- Eleanor Crowe
Crew
- Screenwriter: Nejib Kthiri
- Cinematography: Jamie Touche
- Editor: Christian Radclyffe
Original Title: Trinou
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
Seventh Age Pictures Limited, SVP Tunisia
Producer(s):
Ilyes Blagui, Omar Ben Ali
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt
- LA Shorts International Film Festival, US
- DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand
- Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, US
- British Society of Cinematographers Awards, UK
- The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair’s Black Box Cinema, UAE
- Master International Film Festival, Tunisia
- Rural Encounters on Environment and Film Festival, Lebanon
- Avanca International Film Festival, Portugal
- Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
- Sultanbeyli International Short Film Competition (Official Competition), Turkey
- Karama Yemen Human Rights Film Festival, Yemen
- MedFest, Egypt
- New York Indie Shorts Awards, USA
- Tangier Film Festival, Morocco
- Bahrain Film Festival, Bahrain
- Imedghassen Film Festival, Algeria
- Special Mention for Best Actor at Avanca International Film Festival
- Jury Award for Best Short Film at Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
- Jury Award for Best Short Arab Film at Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
