Country: Germany, Canada, Italy, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, Arabia Saudita
Year: 2025
Duration: 124'
Munir travels to a remote island to contemplate a drastic action. He is haunted by a cryptic parable passed down to him by his mother. In the silence of his isolated island sanctuary, he encounters the enigmatic Valeska and her rough-hewn but loyal son, Karl. Although few words are spoken, simple acts of kindness begin to overcome their mutual distrust. Munir’s heavy burden is gradually eased and his desire for life reignited.
Biography
film director
Ameer Fakher Eldin
(Kyiv, Ukraine, 1991) was born from Syrian parents from the Golan Heights. His debut feature film The Stranger premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival where it won the Edipo Re Award. The film went on to become the official Palestinian entry for the Academy Awards and won Best Arab Film and the Shadi Abd El Salam Prize for Best Film in the International Critics’ Week Competition at the Cairo International Film Festival. In 2025, he directed Yunan, which premiered at the Berlinale.
FILMOGRAFIA
Between Two Deaths (cm, 2015), Voicemail (cm, 2017), Al Garib (The Stranger, 2021), Yunan (2025).
Declaration
film director
“In the film, I try to explore what remains of a person when they feel lost, and whether nature and human connection can still help them find their way.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY, FILM EDITING: Ameer Fakher Eldin. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ronald Plante. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Marie-Luise Balzer. MUSIC: Suad Bushnaq. SOUND: Markus Stemler, Song Kuen-II, Arianna de Luca, Maximilien Gobiet. CAST: Georges Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Ali Suliman, Sibel Kekilli, Tom Wlaschiha, Nidal Al Achkar. PRODUCTION: Dorothe Beinemeier, Catherine Chagnon, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco, Tony Copti, Jiries Copti for Red Balloon Film, Microclimat Films, Intramovies, Fresco Films, Metafora Productions, Tabi360.
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