Warsha | |
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Directed by | Dania Bdeir |
Written by | Dania Bdeir |
Produced by | Coralie Dias Carine Ruszniewski Pierre Sarraf |
Starring | Hassan Aqqoul Khansa Kamal Saleh |
Edited by | Ali J. Dalloul |
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Running time | 15mn |
Country | Lebanon |
Warsha is a 2022 French-Lebanese short film directed by Dania Bdeir.[1] The fifteen-minute short stars multidisciplinary performer Khansa, who plays a migrant worker and crane operator in Beirut.[2] After its premiere at Sundance Film Festival,[3] where it won the award for Best Short Film,[4][5] the film has been presented in numerous international film festivals,[6] including the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival[7] and the Seminci Valladolid Film Festival, where it won the Rainbow for Best Film.[8] The short advanced to the shortlist for the 95th Academy Awards under the category of Best Live Action Short Film,[9][10] but did not qualify to the final five. The short also competed in the 48th César Awards.[11]