TRANSIT GAME

By Anna FAHR

MORNING BIRD PICTURES - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2014

In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man hoping to reunite with family torn apart by war encounters two Palestinian children whose own stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.

Festivals
& Awards

Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin 2015
2nd Prize, Confrontations Competition
Arab Film Festival 2015
Best Short
Middle East Now 2015
Critic's Jury Prize
Yorkton Film Festival 2015
Best Drama
Metricamente Corto 2015
Best Director
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • CANADA, LEBANON, USA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 18 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Anna FAHR
    • Writer(s)
    • Anna FAHR
    • Synopsis
    • On a remote road in the northern mountains of Lebanon, eleven-year-olds Saad and Nada spend their days peddling newspapers to drivers who pass by. When a Syrian man named Mohammad runs out of gas leaving his car stranded, Saad offers to take him to a nearby service station and on the way they learn more about each other: Mohammad’s escape from Syria and Saad and Nada’s families’ exile from Palestine. Their brief encounter on this empty road provides a glimpse into the shared uncertainties they face as refugees with no home to return to and no country to call home.