A Drowning Man

2017
15min

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Trailer of A DROWNING MAN by Mahdi Feifel
Denmark, UK, Greece - 2017 - COLOR - 15min.
World Premiere: Cannes International Film Festival 2017 / Competition / Nominated for Palme d'or
SYNOPSIS
Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is forced to make compromises merely to survive, his life of exile grows one day longer.
Dialogue: Arabic, Greek
Subtitles: English
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Production: Final Cut For Real, Nakba Filmworks
Co-production: Homemade Films
Distribution: Salaud Morisset - festival@salaudmorisset.com // Website: salaudmorisset.com // Facebook: facebook.com/SalaudMorisset

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Nomination aux 1 BAFTA Award
- 11 victoires et 40 nominations au total

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8soycristianrodriguez

Mahdi Fleifel is ready to take the leap towards his first feature

"A Drowning Man" is one of the last shorts made by prolific Dubai filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, and the one that certainly proves that he is more than ready to take the leap towards his first feature.

The subject is poignant -a day in the life of a refugee in Athens who navigates public spaces in search of food and cigarettes- and couldn't be more relevant, regarding the refugee crisis that Europe is living nowadays.

Fleifel shots the main character always on the move, through a restless but controlled camera work that allows the viewer to get into the atmosphere and timing, and to really feel what he is striving for: not only cigarettes but a real escape to the oppressive situation.

Finally, "A Drowning Man" remains as the depiction of a brief but powerful slice of life, and also as a powerful depiction of dignity versus abuse in the context of an urgent situation.

10badassiam

When art and politics perfectly mix

A Drowning Man makes visible the terrible situation refugees falls into before our blind eyes and restores sight!

10babycroft85

Poetic and eye opening

This is one of the best angles I've seen on the global refugee crisis. Watch it, it's 15 minutes but its impact is stronger than many feature length films.

10cineinvisible

So neccesary

We are the team of the Internacional Film Festival of Bilbao "Cine Invisible" and we are very glad to have this short film within our film election for the festival. The story about the refugee in Athens make you feel the problem and the situation very intensly. There are great pictures among the film and the quality is high. These type of creations could make people change their mind and realise how the world in going on like.

mariaque_santan

A(nother) view on immigration

In "A drowning man", Mahdi Fleifel shows a day in the life of a Palestinian immigrant living in Greece. The action starts with the basic human needs, the character just wants to get some money to eat and buy cigarettes. Until he gets it, the director builds a tale of desperation but without falling on a miserabilist nor melodramatic perspective. It's a great short to watch another way of portraying immigration, different from the one shown by big media.