Project Detail

A Drowning Man

Synopsis

Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive as his life of exile grows one day longer.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - In Competition - Short Film Competition - World premiere
BAFTA Film Awards 2018 Nomination - Best British Short Film

Details

Year: 2017
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Producer: Patrick Campbell, Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Editor: Michael Aaglund
Director of Photography: Vasco Viana
Principal cast: Atef Alshafei, Jalal Qaniry, Thymios Koukios, Rebih El-Saleous

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Denmark, UK, Greece coproduction

Nakba Filmworks (UK), Final Cut for Real (DK), Homemade Films (GR) with support of Danish Film Institute (DK), Euro Media (FR), The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (LB)

Nakba FilmWorks

Patrick Campbell
450 Kingsland Road
London
E8 4AE

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Sales Company

Salaud Morisset

88, Rue Armand Silvestre
92400 Courbevoie
France
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