Noč / Night / يل (layl)

Ahmad Saleh (SES-STUDIO, Fabian&Fred)
2021, Nemčija, Katar, Palestina, Jordanija, 16'

Zaradi prahu vojne oči ne morejo spati. Noč prinese mir in spanec vsem ljudem v razdejanem mestu. Le oči matere pogrešanega otroka vztrajno ostajajo odprte. Noč jo mora premamiti v spanec, da bi rešila njeno dušo.

The dust of war keeps the eyes sleepless. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. Only the eyes of the mother of the missing child stay resilient. Night must trick her into sleeping to save her soul.

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Recommended for children under 14 years old: No
Technique: Puppet film
Language: Arabic

Writer, Director, Editor: Ahmad Saleh 
Producer: Jessica Neubauer, Saleh Saleh, Fabian Driehorst
Voice Actors: Mother: Hiam Abbas;, Night: Rafia Aridi; Daughter: Salma Saleh
Art Director, DOP, Production Design: Saed Saleh
Animation: Basel Nasr, Leon Vidmar, Saleh Saleh
Music: Suad Bushnaq
Lullaby Singing: Rafia H. Oraidi
Sound Design: David Black, Marcus Zilz
Sound Mix: Marcus Zilz
Script Consultant: Selina Ukwuoma
Concept Art: Sae-Yun Jung, Nara Bak, Saleh Saleh
Animatic: Basel Nasr

Ahmad Saleh

is a Palestinian/German writer and director. His first film, HOUSE, 2012 won a second place in the German Short Film Award and his second film, AYNY, 2016 won an Academy Award. Recently he finished his third short film, NIGHT and is developing his first feature. Filmography: 2021 (debut) Night, Stop Motion Animation, 16’, 2016 (graduation film) AYNY - MY SECOND EYE Stop Motion Animation, 11’ 2015 (student film) MAA BAA Hand Drawn Animation, 6’ 2012 (student film) HOUSE Stop Motion Animation, 4’ THE SALEH FAMILY Ever since they made their first film, HOUSE, Ahmad, Saleh, Saed and the entire family made films together and established their own family studio. Inspired by their mother’s hobby of making ceramic flowers, the kids grow loving hand crafts. And that is probably what made building puppets and movie sets the natural medium to tell their stories.