Don't Cry (film)
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Don't Cry | |
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Directed by | Hisham Zreiq |
Written by | Hisham Zreiq |
Starring | Layla Asid Perdita Christ David Riedel |
Edited by | Hisham Zreiq |
Running time | 9:20 minutes |
Countries | Germany Palestine |
Language | German |
Don’t Cry is a short animated film by the Palestinian filmmaker Hisham Zreiq. The film is about a Palestinian girl, a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman meet at a celestial lake, the meeting triggers a conflict between the man and the woman caused by previous encounter, the girl tries to mediate.[1] In an interview with Zreiq in the Arabic culture online magazine “Dafah Thaletha” (3rd River Bank) said that The film uses symbolism, talking about the cycle of violence that always starts with an Israeli aggression, followed by a Palestinian reaction and results with more Palestinian deaths. Many symbols are to be seen in the film set, like a broken hourglass, a broken alarm clock and a slow moving snail as symbol for the death of peace and the time stand still after the collapse of Oslo accords. Other symbols like a bullet and a stone, unbalanced scale symbolizing the unbalanced conflict.[2]
Film festivals and awards
Acording to WAFA the National Palestine News Agency, the Don't Cry film was widely accepted by many festivals around the world, among that 11 festivals in Italy, and 10 in the USA[3] In November 2022, in an Interview for “Dafah Thaletha” Zreiq stated that his film Don't Cry was selected to 70 film festivals in 18 countries around the world, the film won 32 awards in 24 festivals, and that shows a great acceptance of the story and the quality of the animation. [4]
Partial award list
- Award of Recognition: Animation, Accolade Global Film Competition, La Jolla, USA [5]
- Award of Recognition: Direction, Accolade Global Film Competition, La Jolla, USA[6]
- Best Animation, Andromeda Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
- Best short animation, Best Istanbul Film Festival, İstanbul, Turkey
- Honorable Mention, Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany
- Honorable Mention, Golden Lemur, Lisabon, Portugal
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