Walud

Walud

It's 2014, Amuna and her husband Aziz, an ISIS fighter, live as shepherds in the rural Syrian desert. When he takes a very young European ISIS convert as his second wife, Amuna's everyday life is thrown into turmoil.

Year 2024
Length 27min
Editing Software DaVinci Resolve
Type Short Film
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Credits

DirectorDaood AlabdulaaLouise Zenker
ScreenwriterDaood AlabdulaaLouise Zenker
Director of PhotographyHenri Nunn
SoundXavier Flemming
EditorJonas Riedinger
MusicArezou Rezaei
Sound re-recording mixerAndrew Mottl
Color GradingNicholas Coleman
VFXValentin Ditllmann
ProducerLiam WölferJoyce Abou-Zeid
Production CompanyHochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Awards & Nominations(9)

Won

  • Laszlo Kovacs Student Award - Silver Tadpole - Best CameraInternational Film Festival Camerimage
    2025
  • Best filmBundesfestival Junger Film
    2025
  • Special Mention of the JuryThe Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove
    2025
  • Best of FestLA Shorts International Film Festival
    2025
  • Immaculate Heart Community Filmmaker AwardLA Shorts International Film Festival
    2025
  • short filmStarter Filmpreise (Landeshauptstadt München)
    2025
  • Audience Award Short Filmfsff - Fünf Seen Filmfestival
    2025

Nominated

  • Film and Art School Etudes CompetitionInternational Film Festival Camerimage
    2025
  • Best Short Filmfsff - Fünf Seen Filmfestival
    2025