Our Time Is Running Out (Waq’tna Yamdi)
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2017
Meriem Mesraoua / Short Narrative / Qatar / 2017 / 14 min / Colour / DCP / In Arabic / English subtitles / No Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 13. Individuals under the age of 13 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or older.
Synopsis
With ‘Our Time Is Running Out’, director Meriem Mesraoua creates a compelling and disturbingly blissful alternate universe in which a society of children lives according to strict and absolute rules. Every day, there are lessons and tasks – and every day, there is trepidation, for any deviation from the norm means eternal banishment. When one youngster wakes to find himself changed, he makes a desperate attempt to cling to the familiar. Time and life, however, march inexorably forward.
About the Director
Meriem Mesraoua earned a BSc with Honours in Media Industries and Technologies from Northwestern University. She explored various facets of the film industry and gained professional experience at Miramax, NYWIFT, film sets and festivals, amongst others. Her short films are ‘Coucou’ (2009) and ‘Our Time Is Running Out’ (2017). She is currently working on a new short titled ‘Tainted’ and developing her first feature-length project, ‘The Other Wife’.
Credits
- Director
- Meriem Mesraoua
- Screenwriter
- Dana Atrach, Meriem Mesraoua
- Producer
- Nadine Toukan
- Editor
- Abdul Jabbar Maki
- Production Designer
- Rand Abdul Nour
- Cinematographer
- Ghassan Nazmi
- Production Company
- Doha Film Institute
- Sound
- Falah Hannoun
- Cast
- Kareem Abu Roza, Laila Kabesh, Omar Abdel Majid, Zakaria Al Arab, Joseph Asmar, Salma Abdalla