FIZR
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY RANI NASR
SHORT (15') 2024
Release: 2024 (Red Sea International Film Festival Premiere)
Co-Producer: Jazra Productions (Caroline Audi)
Screenwriter: Rani Nasr
Cinematography: Hasan Hamze
Sound: dB Studios
Distribution: Origine Films
Issam is on the run. When the town mayor shot his cat, he fought back in a violent episode that has brought the anger of the villagers on his head, forcing him to flee to the next valley. His friend Raafat eventually finds him there, hiding out in an abandoned cabin. They leave, Issam raging against the injustice done to him by the tyrannical mayor while the older Raafat remonstrates with him, urging him to keep quiet. He knows, however, that Issam will never stay silent in the face of tyranny. It is up to Raafat to choose between his friend and his own political survival.
Festivals & Awards
Credits
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Rani Nasr
DIRECTOR
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Caroline Audi
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
JAZRA PRODUCTIONS -
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Rouba Noureddine
PRODUCER
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Saad Al Kadiri
LEAD CAST
ISSAM -
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Chaker Bou Abdalla
LEAD CAST
RAAFAT
About the Director
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Writer / Director
Rani Nasr is a Lebanese/Belgian multi-disciplinary artist working between Brussels and Beirut. FIZR is his first film as a director, but Rani has been active for over a decade as a scriptwriter for feature films, series, shorts, webseries, and commercials collecting few stamps and awards: Palestine Film Lab Sunbird Stories for a young audience short film for ‘Ghostland’, ART Award at the Red Sea Lodge with feature film script ‘Bubblegum Brigades’ to getting nominated to an International Emmy Award for ‘Beirut 6:07 - Stardust’, Rani also worked on webseries for Balkoon TV - No Signal and Shahid Series ‘Awake - W’eet’. His creative endeavours also include composing music for films, photography and journalism, all of which have informed his approach to narrative filmmaking.
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Director
FIZR (2024) (Short 15')- Screener Link
Producer
Ghostland (2024) directed by Samah El Kadi - Short (15') - Screener Link
Writer
Awake (W’eet) (2019) - Series (16×40’) Screener Link
Beirut 6:07 (2020) (15×10') Produced by Mazen Fayad - Screener Link
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