Facing Mecca
Switzerland, June 2017
FILM,
Fiction,
25 min.
- directed by
- Jan-Eric Mack
- Written by
- Anna Schinz, Jan-Eric Mack
- Status
- In distribution
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed’s assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds a beautifully simple answer.
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
-
Saguenay, 22e Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay
14.03.2018 - 18.03.2018 -
Solothurn, 53. Solothurner Filmtage
25.01.2018 - 01.02.2018 -
Saarbrücken, 39. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
22.01.2018 - 28.01.2018 -
Bondi Beach, 27th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
12.01.2018 - 21.01.2018 -
Aguilar de Campoo, Festival de cortometrajes de Castilla y Léon
05.12.2017 - 10.12.2017 -
16th Roma Independent Film Festival
17.11.2017 - 24.11.2017 -
Winterthur, 21. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
07.11.2017 - 12.11.2017 -
15th Tirana International Film Festival
03.11.2017 - 11.11.2017 -
7e Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec
13.09.2017 - 23.09.2017 -
Palm Springs, 23rd Palm Springs International ShortFest
20.06.2017 - 26.06.2017