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Mar Mama

2024 · 15 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with a child's grief and fear, offering imagination as a fragile escape rather than comfort.

Directed by
Majdi El-Omari
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ziad Bakri, Lana Abu Srour
Overview
Haunted by her mother’s death and recurring attacks by Israeli forces on her city, a young girl becomes obsessed with death. To distract her, her father makes a stop-motion film. However, his attempts fail and the girl finds nothing other than imagination to escape from reality.

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Directed by
Majdi El-Omari
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ziad Bakri, Lana Abu Srour
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • trauma
    • isolation
    • family
    • death
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Majdi El-Omari
    Written by
    Majdi El-Omari
    Starring
    Ziad Bakri, Lana Abu Srour
    Runtime
    15 min
    Country
    Palestinian Territory, Canada

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