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On a sunny day, Firas, an 11-year-old boy accompanies his father Tayseer and his father's friend Rayan to a bird-hunting jaunt in the Lebanese mountainside. Tayseer grabs this opportunity to toughen up his son by handing him a knife to slaughter a wounded bird. Firas refused and defied his father's gender-based expectations and stands up for his beliefs.
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About the director(s):
Hussen Ibraheem:
Lebanese filmmaker Hussen, with a BA in Architecture, draws parallels between architecture and film, exploring construction and deconstruction. He obtained an MFA at the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts, affiliated with USC. Hussen's cinematic work explores themes of life, death, family dynamics, and bureaucratic absurdities. Currently writing and directing "Tide", his first feature, selected in labs, funds and markets such as Meditalents, MFI, Cairo produces network, Rawi Screenwriters Lab, Meeting on the bridge, and Thessaloniki co-production market.
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