The association that organises the Brest European Short Film Festival

Home > The Festival > Édition 2023 > Programmation

Programmation

The Brest European Short Film Festival will take place from November 8 to 12, 2023. European, French and Brittany Competitions, off programs, feature-length previews and screenings for young audiences, discover the films selected for this 38th edition!

Back to main programme

Torn

Splittrad

Jahfar Muataz

Danemark/Jordanie, Suède / 28'06 / 2023

Screenplay : Jahfar Muataz, Fredrik Nielsen Rye

Image : Anton Falkenstrøm Tougaard

Editing : Jacob Fangel Løgstrup

Actors : Baider Al Jasim, Hussein Haidar Kazem, Sherin Habib Shokr

Production company : Hyaene Film

Un jeune enfant, Malik (14 ans), se sent étranger en Suède après que sa famille a fui l'Irak pour s'y installer. En Suède, Malik est victime d'intimidation à l'école et se bat souvent, ce qui entraîne des malentendus avec son directeur d'école. De plus, il rencontre une femme dans la rue qui semble avoir peur de lui simplement à cause de la couleur de sa peau.

A young child, Malik (14), feels like a foreigner in Sweden after their family has fled there from Iraq. In Sweden Malik gets bullied in school and he gets into fights and gets misunderstood by his principal. Furthermore he experiences a woman on the streets who seems to get scared of him just because of the color of his skin.

Download HD visuals

Attached documents