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Nachtschade

(Nightshade)

Synopsis

English

Tarik is an 11-year-old kid who helps his father transport illegal immigrants into the Netherlands. When an accident occurs, Tarik gets a chance to gain the acknowledgment from his father he has always yearned for, but at a high price - the loss of his own innocence.

Italiano

Tarik è un bambino di 11 anni che aiuta suo padre a trasportare immigrati clandestini nei Paesi Bassi. Quando si verifica un incidente, Tarik ha la possibilità di ottenere da lui il riconoscimento che ha sempre desiderato, ma a caro prezzo - la perdita della propria innocenza.

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Shady El-Hamus

Short Film | Fiction | Drama

14' 30''

the Netherlands, 2017

Dutch

English | Italian

Kubilay  Şengül | Mustafa Duygulu

Saleh Hassan Faris | Yousri Ghilane

The Rogues

Guusje van Deuren | Rianne Poodt | Harmen Kreulen

Zen Movie | Some Shorts

Jeroen Scholten van Aschat

Ton Peters N.S.C.

Patrick Schonewille

Terence Dunn

Nelli Bodt

Vita Mees

Taco Drijfhout

Taco Drijfhout

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Selections & Awards

ENCOUNTERS SHORT FILM AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Bristol (UK)

OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival

CLERMONT-FERRAND INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Clermont-Ferrand (FRANCE)

OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival

LEEDS INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Leeds (UK)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION (Louis Le Prince Short Film Competition)

BISFF - BUSAN INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Busan (SOUTH KOREA)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

ODENSE INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Odense (DENMARK)

OSCAR® & EFA qualifying festival

BRUSSELS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Brussels (Belgium)

OSCAR® qualifying festival

TIRANA INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Tirana (ALBANIA) 

OSCAR® qualifying festival

SAPPORO INT. SHORT FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET, Sapporo (JAPAN)

NEDERLANDS FILM FESTIVAL, Utrecht (the NETHERLANDS)

EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL, El Gouna (EGYPT)

Winner of  EL GOUNA GOLD STAR AWARD FOR FEATURE SHORT FILM

INT. BOSPHORUS FILM FESTIVAL, Istanbul (TURKEY)

 

IFF SLEEPWALKERS | PÖFF SHORTS, Tallinn (ESTONIA)

 

GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL, Giffoni Valle Piana (ITALY)

ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL, Ischia (ITALY)

SEDICICORTO INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Forlì (ITALY)

SHORTS INT. FILM FESTIVAL - MAREMETRAGGIO, Trieste (ITALY)

FESTIVAL CINEMA AFRICANO, ASIA E AMERICA LATINA, Milano (ITALY)

Winner of the STUDENTS JURY AWARD

CORTO DORICO, Ancona (ITALY)

LANDSHUT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Landshut (GERMANY)

EINDHOVENS FILM FESTIVAL, Eindhovens (the NETHERLANDS)

FESTIVAL ALTO VICENTINO, Santorso (ITALY)

Winner of the JURY AWARD

AUDI DUBLIN INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Dublin (Ireland)

MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INT. FILM FESTIVAL, Minneapolis (USA)

ROMA TRE FILM FESTIVAL, Rome (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

LUCCA FILM FESTIVAL, Lucca (ITALY)

CAPODARCO L'ALTRO FESTIVAL - PREMIO L'ANELLO DEBOLE, Capodarco di Fermo (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

FABRIANO FILM FEST, Fabriano (ITALY)

Winner of BEST ACTOR  (Kubilay Sengul)

MOLISECINEMA FILM FESTIVAL, Casacalenda (ITALY)

CISTERNA FILM FESTIVAL, Cisterna di Latina (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

VALDARNO CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL, S. Giovanni Valdarno (ITALY)

Winner of BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

CINEMADAMARE, various locations (ITALY)

MALESCORTO, Malesco (ITALY)

EDERA FILM FESTIVAL, Treviso (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

LUCANIA FILM FESTIVAL, Pisticci (ITALY)

TOKO FILM FESTIVAL, Sala Consilina (ITALY)

PERIFERIA DELL'IMPERO FILM FESTIVAL, Sessa Aurunca (ITALY)

INVENTA UN FILM, Lenola (ITALY)

SATURNIA FILM FESTIVAL, Manciano - Montemerano - Terme di Saturnia (ITALY)

Winner of BEST INT. SHORT FILM

GARGANO FILM FEST, S. Giovanni Rotondo (ITALY)

Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION

CORTO E CULTURA FILM FESTIVAL, Manfredonia (ITALY)

VISIONI CORTE, Minturno (ITALY)

ADRIATIC FILM FESTIVAL, Francavilla al Mare (ITALY)

SCIACCA FILM FESTIVAL, Sciacca (ITALY)

ORVIETO CINEMA FEST, Orvieto (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM (Mediterranean & Sea)

OUT OF BOUNDS FILM FESTIVAL, Barletta (ITALY)

Winner of the JURY SPECIAL MENTION

CERVIGNANO FILM FESTIVAL, Cervignano del Friuli (ITALY)

Winner of BEST SHORT FILM

FIATICORTI FILM FESTIVAL, Treviso (ITALY)

CORTOCIRCUITO - SAVIGLIANO FILM FESTIVAL, Savigliano (ITALY)

REGGIO FILM FESTIVAL, Reggio Emilia (ITALY)

MESTRE FILM FESTIVAL, Mestre (ITALY)

VIA DEI CORTI, Gravina di Catania (ITALY)

SOUQ FILM FESTIVAL, Milano (ITALY)

MYART FILM FESTIVAL, Cosenza (ITALY)

PENTEDATTILO FILM FESTIVAL, Reggio Calabria (ITALY)

CATANIA FILM FESTIVAL - GOLD ELEPHANT WORLD, Catania (ITALY)

Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION

SCHERMI IRREGOLARI, Bagno a Ripoli (ITALY)

APPENNINO DOC - FLUVIONE FILM FESTIVAL, Roccafluvione (ITALY)

CORTI DI LUNGA MEMORIA, Ascoli Piceno (ITALY)

Winner of the SPECIAL MENTION

Shady El-Hamus

Shady El-Hamus

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Biography

English

Dutch filmmaker Shady El-Hamus is interested in human beings, human stories and stories that appeal on a universal level. He enrolled at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 2008 to study screenwriting. There, besides writing a lot of short screenplays, he soon realizes he is longing for more and starts directing.

Shady graduates from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2012 as screenwriter/director. He writes "Magnesium" which is directed by Sam de Jong, and writes and directs "About sons". At the 2012 Netherlands Film Festival "Magnesium" was awarded Best Student Film and for both films, Shady has awarded the Dioraphte Award for most outstanding talent. "Magnesium" got selected for the 2013 edition of the Sundance Film Festival – as many other international film festivals, and was the Dutch entry for the 2013 Student Oscar.

From January 2015 Shady has graduated from the prestigious MA Directing Fiction Course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. His graduation film "Fairuz" - starring acclaimed Palestinian actor Mohammad Bakri – premiered at the 2015 Dubai International Film Festival as part of the Main Competition.

In 2015 Shady has directed the first season (ten 25min episodes) of a light-hearted TV-Series in the Netherlands. His latest short film "Nightshade" (2017) has been selected at Oscar qualifying Encounters Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival, Leeds Int. Film Festival, Busan Int. Short Film Festival. Shady is now developing his first feature film.

Italiano

Il regista olandese Shady El-Hamus è interessato agli esseri umani, alle storie umane e alle storie di richiamo universale. Si iscrive al Netherlands Film and Television Academy nel 2008 per studiare sceneggiatura. Lì, oltre a scrivere molte sceneggiature brevi, si rende presto conto di desiderare di più e inizia con la regia.

Shady si laurea alla Netherlands Film Academy nel 2012 come sceneggiatore/regista. Scrive "Magnesium" diretto da Sam de Jong, e scrive e dirige "About sons". Al Netherlands Film Festival del 2012 "Magnesium"  viene premiato come Miglior Film studentesco e per entrambi i film, a Shady viene assegnato il Dioraphte Award per l'eccezionale talento. "Magnesium" viene selezionato per l'edizione 2013 del Sundance Film Festival così come in molti altri festival cinematografici internazionali, ed è il corto che rappresenterà l'Olanda per l'Oscar Studenti del 2013. 

Da gennaio 2015 Shady si laurea presso il prestigioso MA Directing Fiction Course presso la National Film and Television School di Beaconsfield, nel Regno Unito. Il suo film di diploma "Fairuz" - con protagonista l'acclamato attore palestinese Mohammad Bakri - viene presentato in anteprima al Dubai International Film Festival 2015 come parte della competizione principale.

Nel 2015 Shady dirige la prima stagione (dieci episodi da 25 minuti) di una allegra serie televisiva nei Paesi Bassi. Il suo ultimo cortometraggio "Nightshade" (2017) viene selezionato nei Festival di qualificazione degli Oscar Encounters Festival, Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival, Leeds Int. Film Festival, Busan Int. Short Film Festival. Shady sta sviluppando il suo primo lungometraggio.

Filmography

NIGHTSHADE

(2017 | short film)

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (Oscar)

Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival (Oscar)

Leeds Int. Film Festival (Oscar)

Busan Int. Short Film Festival (Oscar)

FAIRUZ

(2015 | short film)

Dubai Int. Film Festival (Oscar)

ABOUT SONS

(2012 | short film)

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