Shadows (2024 film)

Shadows
Directed byRand Beiruty
Produced by
  • Idris Lettifi
  • Moussa Lettifi
  • Jude Kawwa
Production
companies
  • Piano Sano Films
  • Shaghab Films
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)
Running time
12 minutes
Countries
Languages
  • German
  • Arabic

Shadows is a 2024 French and Jordan animated short film written and directed by Rand Beiruty. The 12-minute animated film is about the testimony of a 15-year old teen mother fleeing Baghdad. Shadows received award nominations from nternational film festivals, including Leeds International Film Festival and Annecy International Film Festival.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

15-year old teenage mother Ahlam has fled her homeland of Iraq. She tells her story, through a figurative journey in an airport, and faces the shadows standing in her way to freedom.

Accolades

Year Festivals Award/Category Status
2024 Leeds International Film Festival World Animation Competition[6] Won
Venice Biennale[7] Orizzonti Short Films International Competition[8] Nominated
2025 Short Shorts Film Festival Best Animated Short[9] Nominated
Annecy International Film Festival[10] Official Competition[11] Nominated
Regard International Short Film Festival[12] Official Competition[13] Won

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Chris (2025-05-30). "10 Shorts You Don't Want To Miss At Annecy 2025". Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  2. ↑ Mendoza, Leia (2025-09-17). "Animation Is Film Unveils 2025 Festival Lineup: 'Arco,' 'Scarlet,' 'Paranorman: The Thrifting' and More". Variety. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  3. ↑ Quotidien, Pierre-Olivier Poulin, Le (2025-03-23). "Le court métrage Shadows couronné grand gagnant à REGARD 2025". Le Quotidien (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Egyptian short Blackout competes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland - Screens - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Le palmarès 2025 du festival international du film politique de Carcassonne". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  6. ↑ "LIFF 2024: Jury Winners Announced". www.leedsfilm.com. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  7. ↑ "New and old collide in the shorts in competition at Venice". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Biennale Cinema 2024 | Selection finalised for the Orizzonti Short Films International Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  9. ↑ "私を追いかける影 - » Shadows". Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (SSFF & ASIA 2025). Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  10. ↑ Lang, Jamie (2025-07-25). "Watch Annecy 2025's Top Animated Shorts Online Now". Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  11. ↑ "Animation film category Official: Shadows |". www.annecyfestival.com. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  12. ↑ "Rand Beiruty's French-Jordanian animated short Shadows scoops the Grand Prize at Festival Regard in Saguenay". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
  13. ↑ "REGARD 29e Edition". festivalregard.com. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
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