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Baadarane

In a small town on Mount Lebanon, a young boy tests God after his mother’s sudden death.

Director
Cast

Karim Hani, Mounir Malaeb, Adham Boukaroum

Credits
Country of Origin

Lebanon

Year

2025

Language

In Arabic with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Animal cruelty

18+
15 min
Drama Shorts

This short is featured in:

One Duck Down film image; double exposure of smoke over a playground

2: Memory & mediation

Shorts from: Canada, France, Lebanon, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Syria, USA.

 

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Credits & Director

Producer

Darine Hotait, Hanna Atallah

Screenwriter

Samah El Kadi, Nadim Chammas

Cinematography

Lluis Ferrer, Marcel Pascual

Editor

Gerard Daccache, Nicolas Khoury

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Samah El Kadi

Samah El Kadi is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. He has recently received an international Emmy nomination for his short film Stardust among Shahid’s 6:07 series. After graduating from NYFA in Los Angeles, Samah went on to direct several short films and commercials with brands such as Samsung, Tesla, and Vodafone. His recent projects in development have won the ART distribution award at Red Sea Lodge, and the Sunbird Stories award. His upcoming releases include the short films Ghostland and Baadarane. Samah is currently developing his debut feature film The Olive Press.

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