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OFFICIAL TRAILER
LOGLINE
In the northern mountains of Lebanon, a Syrian man hoping to reunite with family torn apart by war encounters two Palestinian children whose own stories of exile provide a glimpse into the uncertainties he must face as a refugee.
SYNOPSIS
On a remote road in the northern mountains of Lebanon, eleven-year-olds Saad and Nada spend their days peddling newspapers to drivers who pass by. When a Syrian man named Mohammad runs out of gas leaving his car stranded, Saad offers to take him to a nearby service station and on the way they learn more about each other: Mohammad’s escape from Syria and Saad and Nada’s families’ exile from Palestine. Their brief encounter on this empty road provides a glimpse into the shared uncertainties they face as refugees with no home to return to and no country to call home.
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM:
"Anna Fahr is to be commended for this un-self-conscious gem which reveals a beautiful -- if tenuous -- glimpse of hope for the Middle East." - SJIWFF Programmers "Thanks to very clever direction and photography with a strong visual impact, the film reminds us that the strength of a generation with broken dreams can be found in the commitment to the hopes of its children.” - OFF Cinema Critic's Jury, Middle East Now Festival "The most affecting work I saw was Anna Fahr's short Transit Game, screening with On the Bride's Side. Here the issues of displacement come up almost casually, like accepted postulates of existence." - Fred Camper, The Chicago Reader "Some of the festival’s strongest Middle Eastern films were modest revelations that addressed regional issues with delicacy, verve and skill. The short Transit Game, written and directed by Iranian-Canadian-American filmmaker Anna Fahr, studied the intersection of two groups of exiles living in Lebanon, a Syrian man who’s run out of gas and two Palestinian children who befriend him on the road." - Tim Grierson, Screen Daily |
AWARDS:
Director ANNA FAHR is nominated for a RISING STAR AWARD at the upcoming Edinburgh Short Film Festival! 10/15/15 Director ANNA FAHR wins the award for BEST DIRECTOR at the Metricamente Corto 4 festival in Italy! 10/05/15 TRANSIT GAME is being presented by OFF CINEMA's summer program of BEST SHORTS from Middle East Now 2015! 07/28/15 TRANSIT GAME wins the GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD for 'Best Drama' at the Yorkton Film Festival in Saskatchewan, Canada! 05/04/15 TRANSIT GAME wins the CRITIC'S JURY PRIZE for 'Best Short Film' at the Middle East Now Festival in Florence, Italy! 04/15/15 TRANSIT GAME wins 'BEST SHORT FILM' award at the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco! 11/17/14 TRANSIT GAME wins 2ND PRIZE at the INTERFILM INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN in the CONFRONTATIONS COMPETITION! 11/17/14 |
STILLS
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
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Beirut International Film Festival (Beirut, LEBANON)
October 2nd @ 7:30pm and October 4th @ 5pm, 2014 **To view BIFF program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Arab Film Festival (San Francisco, USA) **WINNER: BEST SHORT FILM Sunday, October 12, 2014 @ 4pm (San Francisco) **For ticket information, CLICK HERE St. John's International Women's Film Festival (St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA) Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 7pm at LSPU HALL **To view SJIWFF program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Boston Palestine Film Festival (Boston, USA) Boston Premiere: Friday, October 24, 2014 @ 7pm in the Museum of Fine Arts **To view BPFF program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE BBC Arabic Festival (London, UK) Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 7pm at BBC Radio Theater **To view full program, CLICK HERE ***For ticket information, CLICK HERE Arab Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA) Friday, November 7, 2014 @ 1:30pm (Los Angeles) **For ticket information, CLICK HERE International Diaspora Film Festival (Toronto, CANADA) Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 9pm, Carlton Cinema **To view full program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin (Berlin, GERMANY) **WINNER: 2nd Prize, Confrontations Competition Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 7pm, Babylon Kino 2 Friday, November 14th, 2014 @ 6:30pm, Babylon Kino 1 Sunday, November 16th, 2014 @ 8pm, Central Kino 1 **For catalog information, CLICK HERE Mostra Cinema: Oriente Médio (São Paulo, Brazil) Latin American Premiere: November 27th, 2014 @ 3pm and December 2nd @ 5pm at CineSesc December 3rd @ 3pm at Cine Olido **To view full program, CLICK HERE **For catalog information, CLICK HERE London Palestine Film Festival (London, UK) Sunday, November 30th, 2014 @ 8:30pm, Barbican Cinema 2 **For catalog information, CLICK HERE Sofia Menar Film Festival (Sofia, BULGARIA) Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 @ 6:30pm and Tuesday, January 27th @ 6:30pm - Czech Center **To view full program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE CourToujours Festival du Court-Métrage de Genève (Geneva, SWITZERLAND) Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 4:00pm at Salle Simon **To view full program, CLICK HERE ***For catalogue information, CLICK HERE SPE Women's Film Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) March 13 & 14, 2015 @ 9am and 1pm in Imperial 9 room, Hyatt Regency New Orleans **Admissions by conference badge or day pass ***For more info, CLICK HERE Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (Geneva, SWITZERLAND) March 20th, 2015 @ 6:30pm at Maison des Arts du Grutli, 16 rue du General Dufour **To view full program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA) March 20th, 2015 @ 7pm in the Rackham Amphitheater, University of Michigan **To view program, CLICK HERE Middle East Now Festival (Florence, ITALY) ** WINNER: Critic's Jury Prize Monday, April 13th @ 9pm in Cinema Odeon **To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Arizona International Film Festival (Tucson, Arizona, USA) Sunday, April 19th, 2015 @ 1pm in the Screening Room **To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Corner (Cannes, FRANCE) May 13th - 24th, 2015 (on-demand viewing) **For catalog information, CLICK HERE Houston Palestine Film Festival (Houston, Texas, USA) Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 7pm at Rice University Media Center **To view program, CLICK HERE Yorkton Film Festival (Yorkton, Saskatchewan, CANADA) **WINNER: BEST DRAMA May 23rd, 2015 at 5pm **To view program, CLICK HERE A Long Week of Short Films (Shanghai, CHINA) May 22 to 31, 2015 **To view program, CLICK HERE Cinetopia International Film Festival (Detroit and Ann Arbor, USA) June 7th, 2015 at 7:30pm at the Arab American National Museum June 14th at 11:15am at University of Michigan Modern Languages Bldg, Auditorium 2 **To view catalog information, CLICK HERE Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (Liverpool, UK) June 8th, 2015 at 7:30pm **To view catalog information, CLICK HERE Kaliber 35 Munich International Short Film Festival (Munich, GERMANY) Sunday, June 21 @ 7pm and Tuesday, June 23, 2015 @ 9pm **To view complete program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE |
OFF Cinema 'Best Of' Middle East Now 2015 (Florence, ITALY)
Wednesday, July 29 @ 9:45pm **For information, CLICK HERE 'Best Of Arab Shorts' (Oakland, USA) Friday, September 4, 2015 @ 6pm - New Parkway Theater **For details, CLICK HERE Duhok International Film Festival (Duhok, Kurdistan) Shorts program 3: Sunday, September 13, 2015 @ 3pm - Congress Hall and Monday, September 14, 2015 at 11am - Cinemaxx 3 **To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Manaki Brothers International Cinematographer's Film Festival (Skopje, Macedonia) **OFFICIAL COMPETITION Thursday, September 24, 2015 @ 8pm - Big Hall Center for Culture **For complete program, CLICK HERE Baghdad International Film Festival (Baghdad, IRAQ) Friday, October 2, 2015 @ 1pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE Metricamente Corto 4 (Trebaseleghe, ITALY) **WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR Saturday, October 3, 2015 @ 9pm - location TBD **For complete program, CLICK HERE Festival du Court Métrage Méditerranéen de Tanger (Tangier, MOROCCO) **OFFICIAL COMPETITION Thursday, October 8, 2015 @ 3pm - Salle de cinéma Roxy **For complete program, CLICK HERE Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin (Berlin, GERMANY) Thursday, November 12, 2015 @ 10pm Babylon - Kino 3 Sunday, November 15, 2015 @ 3pm Babylon - Kino 2 **For complete program, CLICK HERE Arab Camera Festival (Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS) Saturday, November 14, 2015 @ 3:50pm **For catalog information, CLICK HERE Edinburgh Short Film Festival (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND) **NOMINATED: RISING STAR AWARD Friday, November 20, 2015 @ 7:30pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE Palestinian Film Festival (Sydney, AUSTRALIA) Saturday, November 21, 2015 @ 5pm **To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog info, CLICK HERE Gijón International Film Festival (Gijón, SPAIN) **ACADEMY AWARD QUALIFYING - OFFICIAL COMPETITION Tuesday, November 24, 2015 @ 7:45pm ** To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog info, CLICK HERE Festival Migrant Scene (Paris, FRANCE) Friday, November 27, 2015 @ 7:30pm at Péniche Antipode **For more information, CLICK HERE Festival International de courts métrages du sud-ouest de Montréal (Montreal, CANADA) **OFFICIAL COMPETITION Sunday, November 29, 2015 @ 12:30pm at Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay - 6052 Boulevard Monk **For more information, CLICK HERE Cinema Politico Film Series (Montreal, CANADA) Monday, November 30, 2015 @ 7pm 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Room H-110, Concordia University **For more info, CLICK HERE University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom) Wednesday, December 2, 2015 @ 8pm at Nissan Theatre, St. Antony's College Karama Human Rights Film Festival (Amman, JORDAN) Tuesday, December 8, 2015 @ 5pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE Akbank Short Film Festival (Istanbul, TURKEY) Sunday, March 13, 2016 @ 1pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Green Caravan Film Festival (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar) Tuesday, March 17 @ 7:30pm at Al Riwaq Art Space, BAHRAIN Sunday, March 20 @ 7pm at Katara Art Center, QATAR Wednesday, March 23 @ 7pm at CAP, KUWAIT **For complete program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Le Festival International du Film d’AI Hoceima (Al Hoceima, MOROCCO) Friday, March 25, 2016 @ 3pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE Chicago Palestine Film Festival (Chicago, USA) Friday, April 22, 2016 @ 8pm, Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 5pm **For complete program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Week-end solidarité autour de deux artistes syriens (Dourdan, FRANCE) Saturday, May 21st, 2016 at 4:45pm at the Cultural Center of Dourdan **Screening will be followed by a Q&A with actor Jalal Altawil ***For catalogue information, CLICK HERE Festival Ciné-Palestine (Paris, FRANCE) Sunday, May 29th, 2016 at 5pm Cinema Luminor *Screening will be followed by a Q&A with actor Jalal Altawil **To view program, CLICK HERE ***For catalog information, CLICK HERE Karama Beirut Human Rights Film Festival Saturday, July 23rd @ 7:00pm at Metropolis-Sofil Cinema (Beirut, Lebanon) **To view program, CLICK HERE Syria Film Festival (Toronto, CANADA) Saturday November 5th, 2016 @ 7pm Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario **For more info, CLICK HERE Middle East Film Festival: Short Film Program (Tallahassee, Florida, USA) Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 6pm **For more info, CLICK HERE The Arab Film Festival: Best of Shorts Program Wednesday, May 17, 2017 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm **To view line-up, CLICK HERE |
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