Brotherhood
Doha Film Experience - Doha Film Institute
Meryam Joobeur / Canada, Tunisia, Qatar, Sweden / 2018 / 25 min / Colour / DCP / In Arabic, English / English subtitles
Themes: Drama, Family, Social Issues, Youth
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised for viewers under the age of 15. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas unless accompanied by an individual aged 18 or over.
Description
Malik, an eighteen-year-old with flaming red hair, returns to his small village in Tunisia after fighting in Syria and must confront a complicated relationship with his father.
Director
Meryam Joobeur
Meryam Joobeur is a graduate of Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal. Her first documentary ‘Gods, Weeds & Revolutions’ (2012) exploring memory through Alzheimer’s and the Tunisian revolution was screened internationally, winning multiple awards. Meryam has participated in the Producer’s Network of the Carthage International Film Festival, Berlinale Talents, TIFF Talent Lab, Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab, and the Med Film Factory Directors’ Lab.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Meryam Joobeur
- Producer
- Habib Attia, Sarra Ben-Hassen, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Meryam Joobeur, Annick Blanc
- Cinematographer
- Vincent Gonneville
- Editor
- Anouk Deschênes
- Music
- Peter Venne
- Cast
- Salha Nasraoui, Mohammed Houcine Grayaa, Malek Mechergui, Chaker Mechergui, Rayenne Mechergui, Jasmin Lazid