Sun, november 17
Part of Youth 13+: Too Pretty to Break
17:15 – 18:59
Tuschinski 4
Film fully subtitled in English
My Homeland
Mawtini
Tabarak Allah Abbas
Switzerland
2023
13 min
Dutch Premiere
IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
Synopsis
A surprising and exciting anime short, in which a young couple has to fight killer robots to save their baby and give her a better life.
In Homeland, people have been replaced by cyborgs, thus eliminating ethnicity, religion and other factors that could infuse prejudice. Making this story of fighting evil and searching for freedom more relatable and universal.
By the unusual mix of Japanese animation, fantasy and the subject of migration, filmmaker Tabarak Allah Abbas has creatively managed to create a fresh and new perspective on this familiar narrative. Liberating refugees from their cliché role as victims, but also turning her parents into superheroes.
A moving love letter from an eternally grateful daughter.
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Mon, november 18
Part of Youth 13+: Too Pretty to Break
10:45 – 12:29
Eye: Cinema 2
Film fully subtitled in English
Tue, november 19
Part of Youth Industry Screening, Passholders only
12:15 – 13:45
De Balie: Grote Zaal
Wed, november 20
Part of Youth 13+: Too Pretty to Break
17:15 – 18:08
Meervaart Blauwe Zaal
Film fully subtitled in English
Thu, november 21
Part of Youth 13+: Too Pretty to Break
13:45 – 14:38
Pathé Noord 7
Film fully subtitled in English
Fri, november 22
Part of Youth 13+: Too Pretty to Break
09:45 – 10:38
Pathé City 7
Film fully subtitled in English
Credits
13 min
color
DCP
Spoken languages: Arabic
Director
Tabarak Allah Abbas
Tabarak Allah Abbas
Production
Nicolas Wadimoff for HEAD Genève,
Delphine Jeanneret for HEAD Genève
Nicolas Wadimoff for HEAD Genève,
Delphine Jeanneret for HEAD Genève
Cinematography
Tabarak Allah Abbas
Tabarak Allah Abbas
Animation
Nour Bisevac
Nour Bisevac
Editing
Camille Uliana
Camille Uliana
Screening copy
HEAD Genève
HEAD Genève
Stills
More from the program section IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary
The IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary offers world-class films that challenge our understanding of youth documentary. Curated by filmmaker Niki Padidar, the selection showcases compelling films that take on complex realities and leave room for interpretation, presented for two distinct age groups: 9- to 12-year-olds, and 13-year-olds all the way to adulthood.
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