Warsha
TITLE
Warsha
DIRECTOR
Dania Bdeir
COUNTRY
France, Lebanon
YEAR
2021
DURATION
15′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview
Warsha
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Dania Bdeir
Dania Bdeir is a Lebanese-Canadian award-winning writer & director. Her pre-thesis film "Meshkal" (English title: Kaleidoscope), has traveled to film festivals in France, Morocco, Pakistan, Mexico, Czeck Republic, India and many more. It has won a few notable awards including Award of Excellence at the 2014 Canada International film festival and Golden Palm at the 2014 Mexico International Film Festival. Her thesis film, “In White”, which received the Spike Lee Production Fund, had its world premiere at the renowned Clermont Ferrand film festival and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, Uppsala International short film festival and more than 30 film festivals worldwide. In 2019, Dania was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with her short film “Warsha”. Dania is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film “Pigeon Wars” which was selected for the 2018-2019 Torino Film Lab x DFI Hezaya Screenwriting lab. Pigeon Wars was also selected for the 2021 Cine Qua Non Storylines lab and the 2021 Nostos Screenwriting Retreat.
Credits
- Director Dania Bdeir
- Screenplay Dania Bdeir
- Cinematography Shadi Chaaban
- Editing Ali J. Dalloul
- Cast Hassan Aqqoul, Khansa, Kamal Saleh
- Producer/s Dania Bdeir, Coralie Dias
- Production Company Inter Spinas Films, Né à Beyrouth Films
- Distributor/s Square Eyes
Specifications
- Project Title Warsha
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date December 1, 2021
- Country of originFrance
- Country of filming Lebanon
- Language Arabic
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Dania Bdeir
Dania Bdeir is a Lebanese-Canadian award-winning writer & director. Her pre-thesis film "Meshkal" (English title: Kaleidoscope), has traveled to film festivals in France, Morocco, Pakistan, Mexico, Czeck Republic, India and many more. It has won a few notable awards including Award of Excellence at the 2014 Canada International film festival and Golden Palm at the 2014 Mexico International Film Festival. Her thesis film, “In White”, which received the Spike Lee Production Fund, had its world premiere at the renowned Clermont Ferrand film festival and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, Uppsala International short film festival and more than 30 film festivals worldwide. In 2019, Dania was selected as a Berlinale Talent and participated in its Short Film Station with her short film “Warsha”. Dania is currently based in Dubai and is developing her first feature film “Pigeon Wars” which was selected for the 2018-2019 Torino Film Lab x DFI Hezaya Screenwriting lab. Pigeon Wars was also selected for the 2021 Cine Qua Non Storylines lab and the 2021 Nostos Screenwriting Retreat.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Sundance Film Festival
Jury Award, 2022
Tirana International Film Festival
Parade, Panorama Competition, 2022