Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees
FrenchLa neige cache l'ombre des figuiers
Directed bySamer Najari
Written byMarcel Jean
Samer Najari
Produced byGalilé Marion-Gauvin
CinematographyMichel La Veaux
Edited byMathieu Bouchard-Malo
Production
company
L'Unité centrale
Distributed byLes Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesFrench
Arabic
Spanish

Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (French: La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Samer Najari and released in 2009.[1] The film centres on a multilingual group of new immigrants to Canada who are experiencing their first snowfall in the winter.

The cast includes Nelson Bolivar, Nedjim Bouizzoul, José Cuervo, Heylin Darwich, Daniel Deburghgraeve, Mohsen El Gharbi, Juan Hernandez, Salma-Lou Najari, Aliocha Schneider and Niels Schneider.

The film won the AQCC award for Best Short Film (Fiction) at the 2010 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois,[2] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 12th Jutra Awards.[3]

References

  1. ^ Catherine Lemieux-Lefebvre, "Une observation sociale et esthétique". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 30 No. 2 (Spring 2012).
  2. ^ "Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois: Un prix pour La Donation". Le Nouvelliste, March 1, 2010.
  3. ^ "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.
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