Directors: Ahmad Saleh, Saed Saleh, Saleh Saleh (SES-Studio, Fabian&Fred)
2021, Germany, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan, 15’57min
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 has to trick her into sleeping to save her soul.
Ahmad Saleh is a Palestinian/Jordanian/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. He collaborates artistically with his brothers: Saleh and Saed. Ever since they made their first film, HOUSE, the brothers 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. Ahmad Saleh also presents an original storytelling performance Inside the TV Box, I Found the True Story of the People of Palestine of which the artist says: “I stand before the audience and narrate true stories from my journey – from outside Palestine to inside, and back out again. The films serve as chapters in this narrative, complementing my live narration. Throughout the performance, I intermittently dim the lights to allow the films to speak for themselves, before resuming the live narration.”
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’
