Mohamed is deeply shaken and suspicious when his estranged eldest son Malek returns to rural Tunisia with a mysterious young woman in tow. The emotional entanglements of a family reunion and past wounds lead to tragic consequences.
Tunisian-American writer/director Meryam Joobeur is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal. She is currently developing three feature films, including the feature version of Brotherhood, and has participated in the Berlinale Talent Lab (2016), TIFF Talent Lab (2016) and Rawi Screenwriter’s Lab (2016).
Awards
Short Cuts Award for the Best Canadian Short – Toronto Int. Film Festival, 2018
Best Canadian Short Film, Audience Award – Festival du Nouveau Cinema, 2018
Tanit d’Or for the Best Fiction Short – Carthage Film Festival, 2018
ZBK Audience Award – Winterthur Int. Short Film Festival, 2018
Audience Award – Festival Images en Vues, 2018
Methexis Award for Best Short Film – MedFilm Festival, 2018
Best Canadian Short Film – Festival Int. du Film Francophone en Acadie, 2018
Canadian Short Work Award, AWFJ Best Female Directed Short Award – Whistler Film Festival, 2018
Jury’s Mention, Audience Mention – Regard Saguenay Int. Short Film Festival, 2019
Best Int. Short Film Award – Int. Film Festival of Uruguay, 2019
Golden Gate Award For Best Narrative Short – San Francisco Film Festival, 2019 *
Best Short Film (College Jury) – Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient, 2019
RCVQ Award for Best Short – Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, 2019
Best Short Film – Tanger Festival de Cinema Africano, 2019
Sunugal Award, Best Short Film Award – African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, 2019
The Ellen Award, Jury Award for Drama – Aspen Shortfest, 2019
Best Director Award, Best Short Film – Longue Vue sur le Court Métrage, 2019
Best Fiction Short Film – Quebec Academy of Cinema, 2019
Best International Short Film – Short Shorts Film Festival, 2019
Best Short Film – Festival du Cinéma Tunisien, 2019
Grand Prix – Festival du Film Court en plein air de Grenoble, 2019
Best International Short Fiction – Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland – 2019
Best Interpretation Mohamed Houcine Grayee – Africajarc – 2019
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD – Durban Film Festival, South African – 2019
Special jury’s mention for Best Short Film + Signis Award – Guanajuato Int. Film Festival – 2019
City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film – Melbourne Int. Film Festival – 2019
BEST SHORT FILM – DokuFest Film Festival – 2019
Best international short – Cervino Cinemountaine – 2019
Best Photography Award – International festival “Open place” – 2019
Best Director Award – Elia Short Film Festival – 2019
Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film – Cairo Int. Film Festival, Egypt – 2018
Special Mention Jury Award – Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont Ferrand – 2019
Jury Special Mention – Leiden Int. Short Film Experience – 2018
Scorpion d’or – Tozeur In.t Film Festival – 2018
Special Jury Prize – Festival du Film Maghrébin de Oujda – 2019
THE GOLDEN CHAIR FOR BEST INT. SHORT FILM – Norwegian Short Film Festival – 2019
GRAND PRIX – Nuits MED di u filmu cortu – 2019
Best Narrative short – Indy Shorts – 2019
Grand prix award & Fipresci award – International Short Film Festival in Drama – 2019
BEST SHORT FILM – Raindance – 2019
BEST SHORT FILM (OSCAR QUALIFYING) – In the Palace Short Film Festival – 2019
Audience award best short film – Afrika Film Festival Cologne – 2019
Best short film – Corto e Fieno – Rural Film Festival – 2019
Audience Award HYÈRES EN COURTS – Film Femmes Méditerranée – 2019
Special Mention – Kaohsiung Film Festival – 2019
Best Short Screenplay – SATISFIED EYE International Film Festival – 2019
Special Jury mention – Swidnica Film Festival – 2019
Silver Award Medal – 24fps Film Festival – 2019
Best Fiction Film – Baku International Short Film Festival – 2019
Grand prix – Tehran Int. Short Film Festival – 2019
Best short film – San Gio Verona Video Festival – 2019
Grand prize best short, Best short young jury – Festival du Grain en Démoudre – 2019
Best Screenplay – Soria International Film Festival – 2019
Pangaea Award – Wandering Reel Travelling Film Festival – 2020
COUPE DU COURT MELS 2019, PRIX TÉLÉFILM CANADA – Gala Prends Ça Court! – 2020
Best Short Drama film – Muslim Film Festival – 2020
