Brotherhood

Directed by Meryam Joobeur

Canada / Qatar / Sweden / Tunisia, 2018 (fiction, 25 minutes, colour, Arabic / English)

Also known as "Braterstwo", "Ikhwène"

Image: © Travelling Distribution

Film Description:
"Mohamed is a hardened shepherd living in rural Tunisia with his wife and two sons. Mohamed is deeply shaken when his oldest son Malik returns home after a long journey with a mysterious new wife. Tension between father and son rises over three days until reaching a breaking point."
-- Travelling Distribution (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Meryam Joobeur
Produced by:	Habib Attia, Annick Blanc, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Meryam Joobeur
Principal Cast:	Mohamed Houcine Grayaa, Jasmin Lazid, Chaker Mechergui, Malek Mechergui, Rayene Mechergui, Salha Nasraoui
Cinematography:	Vincent Gonneville
Film Editing:	Anouk Deschênes
Music:	Peter Venne
Production Company:	Cinétéléfilms, Midi la Nuit

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Awards won by Brotherhood

Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal: Grand Prix Compétition nationale - Short Films (Best Canadian or Québécois short film) -- awarded to Meryam Joobeur
Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal: Prix du public Compétition nationale - Short Films (Best French language short film from the Compétition nationale section) -- awarded to Meryam Joobeur
Prix Iris [Iris Award]: Meilleur court métrage, fiction [best live action short] -- awarded to Meryam Joobeur, Habib Attia, Sarra Ben-Hassen, Andreas Rocksén, Maria Gracia Turgeon
Toronto International Film Festival: Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film -- awarded to Meryam Joobeur

Notes about Brotherhood

Shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018.
Nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Film (Live Action) category.

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Quote by the Director

"I met them [Malek Mechergui, Chaker Mechergui, and Rayene Mechergui] on the side of the road. I was doing a road trip. I just saw the two older brothers on the side of the road with their sheep, and I was immediately captivated by their faces and by the landscape. So the project actually started with them, and I wrote the script with them in mind to play the roles (which have the same first names). It was kind of like the opposite of how ... you write the script and then you cast for the film."
-- Meryam Joobeur (source)

Bibliography for Brotherhood

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Lybarger, Dan. "Shorts: Good things come in small packages." Interview with Meryam Joobeur, Yves Piat. Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 31, 2020.

Web Sites about Brotherhood

"IMDb: Brotherhood." Internet Movie Database, Inc. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8906678/reference.
"Brotherhood." Travelling Distribution. https://travellingdistribution.com/en/film/brotherhood-380. [official site] [English / French]