2020 ShortFest Archive
On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his daughter, Yasmine, set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between the soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
WINNER: GoE Bridging the Borders Award
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
WINNER: GoE Bridging the Borders Award
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
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| Director: | Farah Nabulsi |
| Producers: | Ossama Bawardi |
| Screenwriter: | Farah Nabulsi, Hind Shoufani |
| Cinematographers: | Benoit Chamaillard |
| Editor: | Hind Shoufani |
| Music: | Adam Benobaid |
| Cast: | Saleh Bakri, Maryam Kanj, Mariam Basha |
| Original Language Title: | الهدية |
| Country: | Palestine |
| Language: | In Arabic and English with English subtitles. |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Running Time: | 24 minutes |
| Awards: | Audience Award for Best International Short, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival; Best Live-Action Short, Cleveland International Film Festival |
| Primary Company: | Native Liberty Productions |
| Contact Email: | info@farahnabulsi.com |
| Website: | https://www.nativeliberty.org/production/the-present |