TRUMPETS IN THE SKY
TRUMPETS IN THE SKY
Rakan Mayasi / Belgium, France, Lebanon, Palestine / 2021 / 15 min / Colour
In Lebanon and a few kilometres away, in Syria, a long war is being fought. Boushra, a girl who picks potatoes, returns exhausted from an intense day of work in the field together with her young colleagues. Something inside her is changing and she no longer sees herself as enchanting as she once was. All of a sudden we see her on a swing, dressed as a bride. And there she is again, motionless on a 4:3 screen without dialogue, in the middle of the field. The bombs, the crowds, the music and the dances contrast with her immobility, which instead contains turbulent interior changes and serious responsibilities of adult life. Trumpets in the Sky is a dreamlike and symbolic short film that conveys the centrality in Lebanese culture of work and marriage, a decision that for girls is often still suffered and unwanted. Boushra doesn't know yet that, on that day, her childhood will come to an end.
Rakan Mayasi
He is a Palestinian director, screenwriter and producer, born in Germany. He studied Cinema in Lebanon, then did more specialized studies himself in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. His film Roubama (2012) was selected at the Locarno Film Festival. The short film Bononé (2017) was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival and received many awards in international film festivals. Trumpets in the Sky (2021) won honorable mention for Best International Short Film at TIFF 2021 in Canada.
Credits
Screenplay Rakan Mayasi, Wahid AjmiCinematography Pôl Seif, Lea Skayem, Ziad Mitri, Sound Bassam Lebbos, Tatiana Dahdah, Lama SawayaEditing Rakan Mayasi, Marie-Rose Osta, Simon Habr, Nadim Shartouni, Loup BrentaMusic Hadi Zeidan TamikrestMain cast Boushra Matar, Azra Al Nazzal, Hussein Ali, Yasser ShlashProducer Rakan Mayasi, François Morisset, Laura JumelProduction company Salaud Morisset
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