Asma and Sarah — two women originally from the Levant — find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon, France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind.
Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them — one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries.
In the midst of forced migrations, can they move past their animosity to find solace in each other?
Cast
- Masa Zaher
- Noel Keserwany
Crew
- Screenwriter: Michelle Keserwany
- DOP: Karim Ghorayeb
- Editor: Konstantin Bock
Production Company(ies):
Dewberries Film, La Biennale de Lyon
Producer(s):
Marine Vaillant
- Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
- Format Court, France
- Lichter Filmfest, Germany
- Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Golden Harvest Film Festival, Taiwan
- Diaspora Film Festival, South Korea
- Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
- Champs-Élysées Film Festival, France
- Golden Ger International Film Festival, Mongolia
- SAFAR Film Festival, UK
- Tetova International Film Festival, Republic of Macedonia
- European Film Festival Palić, Serbia
- FIRST International Film Festival, China
- Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo
- Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta
- International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India
- Concorto Film Festival, Italy
- der NEUE HEIMAT Film, Germany
- Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece
- Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival, France
- The Arab Film Festival, USA
- Festival War on Screen, France
- Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
- Job Film Days, Italy
- Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland
- Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy
- Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden
- Filmfest Sundsvall, Sweden
- Le Cri du Court, France
- Festival of Tolerance, Croatia
- El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
- Mizna Arab Film Festival
- Ningbo Short Film Festival, China
- Cork International Film Festival, Ireland
- Kasseler Dokfest, Germany
- Caminhos Film Festival, Portugal
- Kurzfilmfestival Köln, Germany
- Mieres Film Festival, Spain
- Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
- Festival du Film Libanais de France 2023, France
- Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée, France
- Leuven International Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium
- All About Us Film Festival, Hong Kong
- Passaggi d’Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei, Italy
- International Usak Short Film Festival 2023, Turkey
- Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
- Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon
- Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival
- Jury Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival
- Audience Award at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival
- Jury Special Mention at the Kinemastik International Short Film Festival
- Best Short Film Award at the Arab Film Festival, USA
- Gouna Star for Best Short Film at El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt
- Jury Award at the Mizna Arab Film Festival
- Best Acting Award and Best Screenplay Award at Mieres Film Festival, Spain
- Best Script Award at Festival du Film Libanais de France, France
- Audience Award at the Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Leban
- Best Short Film Award at the Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon