SAFIYYAH

Directed by: Mattis Ohana Goksøyr
Produced by: Henrik Dyb Zwart & Mattis Ohana Goksøyr
Format: Short film
Duration: 9m
Description: Amir, a Danish Palestinian boy, flirts with Sarah late one night in an Oslo nightclub. He join her home to her place to continue their fling, but the tone changes when he learn that she is Jewish.

Festivals / Awards / Nominations

The Norwegian Short Film Festival 2019 – Short film Competition – Grimstad, Norway

The Movies On War Film Festival 2019 – Nordic Competition under 60 min – Elverum, Norway

Courts Mais Trash festival 2020 – Official Selection – Brussels, Belgium

Cortisonici International Short Film Festival 2020 – Official Selection – Varese, Italy

Festival International du Film d’Aubagne 2020 – Official Selection – Aubagne, France

29th Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia 2020 – Official Selection – Palencia, Spain

15th The Myrtle Beach International Film Festiva 2020l – Official Selection – South Carolina, USA

Directors Note – Official Selection

30th Washington Jewish Film Festival – Official Selection – Washington, DC, USA

4th Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage – Münsingen, Berne, Switzerland

11th Skepto International Film Festival – Cagliari, Italy

7th MICE – Mostras International Cinema Educatio – Valencia, Spain

8th Festival of Nations – Weyregg, Austria

5th International Alexandria Short Film Festival Alexandria, Imathia, Greece

Unknown Film Festival – Ekaterinburg, Russia

5th Shots International Independent Short Film Festival – Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

10th Sandpoint Film Festival – Sandpoint, Idaho, USA

23rd Religion Today Film Festival – Trento, Italy

12th SESIFF – Seoul International Film Festival – Seoul, Korea

3th Filmzeitkaufbeuren Film Festival – Kaufbeuren, Germany

17th DC Shorts International Film Festival – Washington DC, USA

16th International Short Film Festival Detmold – Detmold, Gemany

14th Festival International De Verin – Ourense, Spain

7th Toronto Jewish Film Festival – Toronto, Canada

32nd Boston Jewish Film Festival – Boston, USA

10th Arlington Film Festival – Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.

6th Frankly Film Festival – Cincinnati, USA

2nd Festival International De Cine Austral

11th Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2021, York, UK

7th Moscow Jewish Film Festival 2021