Listen (Ictame')
Ajyal Competition - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2015
Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni / Short Narrative / Denmark, Finland / 2014 / 13 min / Colour / DCP2K / In Arabic, Danish / Arabic, English subtitles / No Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance advised for viewers under the age of 15. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or over.
Synopsis
Language barriers, cultural gaps and social expectations conspire to ensure that a veiled Muslim woman's plea for protection from her violent husband falls on deaf ears in this cleverly edited interlude in a Danish police station. The woman’s young son, an interpreter and two police officers bring their prejudices to bear on the exchange. All believe they have the best intentions to find a solution, but can they find their way through the cloud of personal biases?
About the Director
Finnish-Iranian scriptwriter and director Hamy Ramezan was born in 1979. He studied at film school in the UK and graduated in 2007. His filmography includes the award-winning short films ‘Over the Fence’ (2009) and ‘Listen’ (2014), as well as the documentary web series ‘Doxwise Nordic’ (2012).
Credits
- Director
- Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
- Screenwriter
- Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
- Producer
- Valeria Richter, Helene Granqvist
- Editor
- Rikke Selin Lorentzen
- Music
- Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
- Cinematographer
- Lars Vestergaard
- Sales Company
- Premium Films
- Production Company
- Nordic Factory
- Cast
- Yusuf Kamal El-Ali, Zeinab Rahal, Amira Helene Larsen, Nanna Bøttcher, Alexandre Willaume