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Shorts in Competition: Narrative

| Denmark, Finland | 13 MINUTES | Arabic, Danish, English | English subtitles

Drama, Female Director(s), Female Screenwriter(s)

A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband. The translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words.

Screening as part of Shorts: Interference

Cast & Credits

Directed by

Hamy Ramezan and Rungano Nyoni

Hamy Ramezan is an award-winning Finnish-Iranian director. He is currently developing his first feature, Motel of a Thousand Roses. Runango Nyoni's films have screened at more than 200 festivals. In 2013 she was selected for the Cannes Cinéfoundations Residency for her first feature film, I Am Not a Witch.

Director

Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni

Screenwriter

Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni

Producer

Valeria Richter, Helene Granqvist

Editor

Rikke Selin Lorentzen

Cinematographer

Lars Vestergaard

Executive Producer

Valeria Richter, Helene Granqvist

Composer

Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen

Co-Producer

Copenhagen Film Fund

Cast

Amira Helene Larsen, Yusuf Kamal El-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Nanna Bøttcher, Alexandre Willaume

Contacts

US Sales Contact

Valeria Richter
Pebble Nordic Factory
Copenhagen, 2200
Phone: +45 2613 3725
valeria@pebble.dk

Print Source

Maria Leskinen
The Finnish Film Foundation
Helsinki, 00160
Phone: +358 96 220 3021
maria.leskinen@ses.fi

International Sales Contact