The Trees
Bashir attends his father's funeral in rural Lebanon only to discover a pathogen infecting the trees across his village. A dark-comedy about tradition, grief, and the environment.
Director Biography
Ramzi BASHOUR (1988) is a Syrian-American filmmaker and producer. He grew up in Beirut (Lebanon) and studied Creative Writing and English Literature at the Indiana University in Bloomington. He is currently based in New York. His first short fiction film No One Gets Out Of Here Alive had its world premiere at IFFR 2016. The Trees is his second short film.
Director
Ramzi Bashour
Country
Lebanon
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
English
Year
2021
Duration
23
Life After Death
Friday, 10 June 20:45 - 22:00 / Kijkhuis 2
75 min.
Sunday, 12 June 10:45 - 12:00 / Kijkhuis 2
75 min.
Also in this session
1. Zephyrs
Ricardo Alves Jr, 20
2. Bon Voyage!
Jussi Sandhu, Sakari Suuronen, 3
3. The Trees
Ramzi Bashour, 23
4. El sembrador de estrellas
Lois Patiño, 25