Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

Returning to Beirut from Toronto, desperately in search of roots, Amir falls in love with a stranger by the sea. In the end, the explosion cares for nobody - leaving behind traces of undeniable desire.

Production :
Charabaty Films
Distribution :
N/A
Music :
Raghed Charabaty and Albert Damscray
Sound designer :
James Findlay
Cast :
Raghed Charabaty and Fabio Makary
Director :
Raghed Charabaty
Cinematographer :
Xin Liu
Artistic direction :
Joyce Ghanem

In competition for :


Short & Queer Award

Direction
  • Raghed Charabaty

    Raghed (Ray) Charabaty is a Lebanese-Canadian director and screenwriter based in Toronto and Beirut, and a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada. Their 14 films have screened at 200+ festivals, won at TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten, and entered art collections. A CFC Directors Lab and two-time Netflix Banff fellow, they hold an MFA from York and work in English, French, and Arabic.