THE PARROT
Short Film package 2
Germany, Jordan l 2016 l Arabic, Hebrew and Yiddish dialogue with English subtitles l 18 min
SYNOPSIS
1948. Haifa, Palestine. A Mizrahi Jewish family tries to settle into their new life but is haunted by a big blue talking parrot called SAEED. Like an annoying poltergeist from the past it continues to haunt the family.
CAST & CREDITS
Director: Amjad Al Rasheed, Darin J. Sallam
Writer: Amjad Al Rasheed, Darin J. Sallam, Rifqi Assaf
Cast: Hend Sabry, Ashraf Barhoum, Yassmine Ben Amara, Eyad Hourani, Firas Taybeh
DOP: Samer Nimri
Producer: Roman Roitman, Deema Azar
Amjad Al Rasheed is a Jordanian director and producer. Amjad is currently working on his first feature film, Inshallah a boy: a chapter from the fabled life of Nawal, and now he is in the pre-production phase.
Darin J. Sallam is a Jordanian director and writer. Sallam directed five award-winning short films including Still Alive and The Dark Outside.