JCC 2016 / Official Competition / Short Film

Marabout is the story of Police Detective Diagne who pursues a group of street kids in the city of Dakar for stealing from him and discovers the dangers they are exposed to in their daily lives.

Silence is the only sound. In the city of Ghabra, the price of any form of expression is death. Yet some remaining free souls have decided to dance for life. SAMT is the introduction to a dysfunctional society that is about to implode.

At a casual elementary school comes a five year old albino girl, Elikia. Due to her skin color her classmates make her realize that her being 'different' is more a problem than a special trait. While the neighborhood treats her as a stereotype, her mother encourages her. Together, they fight back and raise their voice to find a place for themselves.

On the eve of the Festival of the Sacrifice, Kamal is kicked out of his uncle's place, where he used to live, in Marrakech's suburb. He seeks refuge at his father's, an old misfit..

A girl who is in the transition of puberty encounters something that arouses her sexually for the first time. She becomes restless as the day goes by in her oblivious semi-urban environment.

A boy is taken to the big city by his mother and experiences the world as an open place full of impressions. As the journey ends he steps into a new world where he does not belong.

Richard MEKA , former CEO of « NTEP and SON « is imprisoned in MABIDO detention center where he is awaiting trial in vain for 4 years. He saw this as a real torture , but what gives him the strength to endure , it is his son , Martin Meka , who is also his lawyer.

Disillusioned with his life in the suburbs of segregated Beirut, Omar's discovery lures him into the depth of the city. Immersed into a world that is so close yet so isolated from his reality, he eventually loses track and finds himself struggling to keep his attachments, his sense of home.

Sheikh Sultan Alswadi, a desperate father tries to rescue his younger son Turki from a traditional retribution because of a crime committed by Turki against the only son of Sheikh Eqab Alzary, who is seeking revenge.

Two lonely people at opposite chapters of life accidentally meet on a busy summer day in a Cairo taxi. Frail old Shawky and bubbly young Doaa are both caught up in their busy routines as their race through the city evolves into a journey of self-discovery that reconnects them to life.

At the foot of Mount Chambi, a village, Garat Agueb. Forced to work to support their families or to help their parents, young girls and women prefer weaving Esparto grass rather than working in factories. In doing so, they hope to perpetuate a local craft they inherited from their ancestors.

One night in an orphanage, one of the orphaned boys find it difficult to sleep, therefore he starts to search for a way to sleep.

A displaced child gets involved in crime with an older thief. Will this be his last burglary?

The only entertainment for 10-year-old Aya, a domestic helper, is some TV and her fantasies about the sea. With her handicapped neighbor, she seeks a way to make her dream come true.

In two days, two brothers go through a predicament that may change their lives for ever!

In a narrow and almost empty room, a man begins his day. His gestures, precise and mechanical, testify of a deep routine without any other indication. The man begins the reading of a book and takes us deep into the confusion between the fiction of the book and his own reality. Throughout the pages, the truth comes to light.

A gang of students pulls an elaborate scam to make some money until they find themselves caught in their own gimmick.

A poetic re-imagining of Death in Venice, featuring a West African immigrant to Italy who embarks on a journey from the Alpine mountains to the seaside and ultimately, on a doomed voyage home.

For Malagasies who honor ancestors, if a deceased person is in a tomb, his mind is always alive and here, he keeps his individuality and his connection with his family. In Alasora, on the central highlands of Madagascar, Marie, the dwarf, takes care of the royal grave which was entrusted to her and welcomes visitors.