Part of Zawya Shorts 9th edition

Day 4 A PROMISE TO THE SEA Director: Hend Sohail Synopsis: After irrationally deciding to steal his mother’s corpse during the funeral preparations, Zain recklessly drives far from his humble hometown and hits the highway, where he encounters a situation that will change his life forever. —-------------------------------------- MY NAME IS DAHAB Director: Ahmed Yacoub Synopsis: An adolescent boy must fulfill his younger brother’s wish to become a tree before fleeing the barren no-man’s land where they were abandoned. —-------------------------------------- FATHER NEVER APPROVED OF MY TOYS Director: Maysoon Abdelghany Synopsis: The world through the lens of a child's imagination This experimental short film follows a passionate child as she undergoes various inconvenient situations. She turns to her favorite doll as a means of coping, using her imagination to create a familiar, ideal world that reflects her feelings and aspirations. The film combines archival footage from the director's childhood with animated scenes to show the world from the eyes of a child. —-------------------------------------- DEPLETION Director: Michael Samuel Synopsis: A collective bound by a shared acknowledgement of a prevailing truth: the constant depletion of their spirits. Unaware of the subtle impact of epidemics and regional conflicts on their subconscious, they wrestle with the consequences. The continuous influx of news, absorbed without conscious, shapes their lives into an ongoing narrative of traumas. At times, they succumb to the unyielding currents of depletion, yet in moments of resistance, they seek solace—whether through the harmonies of music or the embracement of love. —-------------------------------------- BETWEEN TWO FLOWS Director: Ahmed Peshto Synopsis: A group of young, passionate filmmakers band together to make a low-budget short film, testing their creativity as they strive to achieve their dreams. —-------------------------------------- I DON'T CARE IF THE WORLD COLLAPSES Director: Karim Shaaban Synopsis: A dilemma ensues when a career-driven line Producer finds herself in a position where she has to choose between the job responsibility and being a human being, trying to save the one-day commercial shoot from collapsing. —-------------------------------------- DOUBLE TROUBLE Director: Ahmed Essam Soliman Synopsis: In a bustling neighborhood, various residents go about their lives: young children play soccer, elderly men gather at the local café for backgammon, young adults stand on the corner smoking, two others attempt to record a song, while a young couple shares a romantic moment. Through the interwoven events and relationships among them, we witness how their actions spiral into a state of madness. —--------------------------------------