Night
Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage
Ahmad Saleh / Short Narrative / Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Qatar / 2019 / 11 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Synopsis
While searching for sleepless souls, a storyteller finds a woman standing in front of her door, waiting. Her son disappeared years ago and she has been awake ever since. After each sunset, Night, a girl in a long black dress, knocks on the woman’s door, bringing back the son into his mother’s arms. As the daylight starts coming through the windows, the girl and the son disappear. Filled with hesitation, the storyteller tells the woman a story that will make her cry out her hope and fall asleep.
Credits
- Director
- Ahmad Saleh
- Screenwriter
- Ahmad Saleh
- Producer
- Saleh Saleh
- Production Company
- ses-studio
- Production Company
- Ses-Studio
About the Director
Ahmad Saleh is a German/Palestinian writer, director, and art director known for his unique storytelling voice. In 2016, he won the Gold Student Academy Award for Foreign Animation for his film ‘Ayny’ and is a member of AMPAS. Ahmad studied Digital Media and Visual Arts at HFK Bremen and film direction at KHM Cologne. Inspired by stories he witnessed while studying for his bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering in the West Bank, Ahmad wrote a collection of short stories, which was one of the winners of the Young Writers Award in Palestine. Winning that award encouraged him to switch from engineering to a career in writing and film directing. His first short film ‘House’ won second place at the German Academy Award “Lola”. His debut short film ‘Night’ premiered in Locarno and qualified for the Oscars.