Facing Mecca

credits

World Premiere

June 2017

Original Version

Arabic, English, Swiss-German (english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 25 min.

ISAN

0000-0004-648C-0000-W-0000-0000-F

Production

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK - Departement Darstellende Künste und Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Producer

Joël Louis Jent

directed by

Jan-Eric Mack

Written by

Anna Schinz, Jan-Eric Mack

Cinemato­graphy

Jan Mettler

Editing

Simon Gutknecht

Sound Design

Christian Schäppi

Re-Recording Mix

Gregg Skerman

Music

Dimitri Käch

Location Sound Mix

Luisa Ricar

Compositing

Valentin Huber

Production Design

Fabian Lüscher, Noemi Stoll

Lighting Design

Yunus Roy Imer

Costumes

Irene Schweizer

Casting

Nora Leibundgut

Cast

Peter Freiburghaus
Jay Abdo
Ruth Schwegler
Nicolas Rosat
Saya Ibrahim
Merav Ibrahim

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales

Ouat Media

Worldwide Distribution

Canada

Sisterhood Media VOD

United States

Sisterhood Media VOD

Awards

(a selection)

• Paris, ECU The European Independent Film Festival, Best Student Film 2018 (Winner)
• Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis, Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis - Bester Kurzfilm 2018 (Nomination)
• Palm Springs, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Best Student Live Action Short Over 15 Minutes 2017 (Winner)
• Palm Springs, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Best of the Festival Award 2017 (Winner)
• Winterthur, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, ZKB Publikumspreis 2017 (Winner)
• Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Short Film 2018 (Winner)
• Los Angeles, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Silver Medal (Category Narrative -International Film Schools) Student Academy Awards 2017 (Winner)
• Berlin, First Steps Der Deutsche Nachwuchspreis, First Steps Awards - Mittellange Spielfilme 2017 (Nomination)

Festivals

(a selection)

• Winterthur, 25. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
  09.11.2021 - 14.11.2021
• Tampere, 49th Tampere Film Festival
  06.03.2019 - 10.03.2019
• Bern, 16. shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival
  18.10.2018 - 28.10.2018
• Prizren, 17th Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival Prizren
  03.08.2018 - 11.08.2018
• Tel Aviv, 20th International Student Film Festival
  10.06.2018 - 16.06.2018
• Krakow, 58th Krakow Film Festival
  27.05.2018 - 03.06.2018
• Kiev, 47th Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
  27.05.2018 - 03.06.2018
• Paris, 13th ECU The European Independent Film Festival Paris
  04.05.2018 - 06.05.2018
• Brussels, 21e Festival du court métrage de Bruxelles
  25.04.2018 - 06.05.2018
• Vilnius, Vilnius International Film Festivals
  15.03.2018 - 29.03.2018

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