Brotherhood
2019 | 25 minutes | Canada, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden
Director: Meryam Joobeur
Academy Awards, 2019, Oscar Nomination - Best Live Action Short Film
Toronto Int. Film Festival, 2018, Short Cuts Award for the Best Canadian Short
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, 2018, Best Canadian Short Film, Audience Award
Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. He is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises until reaching a surprising and irrevocable breaking point.
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Tying into themes of radicalization and prejudice found in Dolce Fine Giornata, Brotherhood sets a commanding tone not only for IFFO’s opening feature presentation, but for the inaugural event itself.
- Keltie Duncan