The Suitcase

The Suitcase / الحقيبة

Basel Nasr (Almasna – Animation Factory)

Director: Collective direction by the participating children, facilitated by Almasna

Production: masna alrusoom almutharrikah (The Animation Factory)

Distributed by Palestine Animated

2024, Palestine, 2’28’’

“A Palestinian refugee’s suitcase bursts open on its own, spilling out a hidden world of memory and resistance, refusing to remain silent in exile”.

Original Language: Arabic
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: Yes
Technique: Stopmotion
Dialogue: none
Format: Full HD

Team:
Participants: Iyad saleh , Elien Abu Odeh , Mohammed Harfoush , Eid Bdha , Fatima Dar Mousa , Hala Jabarin , Leen Najieb , Khalid Al-khadir , Nadeen Badha , Abdul Rahman Matar , Adham Abu Hamoud , Ameer Ata , Raghad Kahla , Mahmoud Alqam , Omar Mafarja , Jawan Nouman , Mohamed Atta , Abdullah Harfoush , Mahmoud Nazzal , Ibrahim Faqeh , Hanadi Hamad , Mennah Khasib , Ahmad Alkhadir , Arwa Harfoush , Nisreen Alqam , Jameela Hinnawi , Manal Enjas , Basma Fwalha , Deema Abed , Rowan Hindia , Awni Rabea ,Mounts Abdullatif , Ahmad Hijazi , Yahia Hijazi , Mohamed Ghazzawi, Shahd Fawalha , Kareem Shokha , Deema Shokha , Fatima Alrub , Faris Kahla , Rayan Alfaqeh , Hala Alfroukh , Yaqeen Atta
Trainers: Basel Nasr, Mohamed Bishara, Bahir Massad, Jack
Supervision: Asmahan Asfour

About Basel Nasr / Almasna
Basel Nasr is a Designer and Producer working in the field of Animation, Illustration and interactive design. Nasr earned a BSc in Architecture from Birzeit University In 2003. In 2005 Along with a group of young artists, Nasr established ZAN Studio; a multi-discipline art studio specialized in digital art and new media, working on a range of Animation, Interactive and Visual Art projects. In 2008 he received a scholarship from HQSF to pursue his Master’s degree in Animation from the University of California Los Angeles. During his study, Nasr also had the chance to work in two companies as an Interactive Designer for tablet and online children content. After his return to Palestine in 2013, Nasr founded maṣna‘ al rusūm al mutaḥarrikah, an Animation and Interactive Studio.
Basel Nasr is one of our 2022 AFIELD fellows, based in Ramallah, Palestine. Animator, producer and trainer, Basel Nasr founded the initiative “Almasna : The Animation Factory”, in 2015 as a collaborative studio that uses animation to tell stories inspired by daily life, and create videos that help raise awareness about local issues calling for political and social change. In 2022, they also established “The Almasna Workshop”, a space for learning, experimentation and training in the field of animation. Their aim is to promote animation as an ever-evolving art form, and to help develop this art into an industry in Palestine.

Find out more: AFIELD
Meet Basel Nasr