Rollescape

2008, 9 minutes

A journey thought the cinematic gangster night scene in Palestine

On their way from a film shoot, Bashar and Ramzi realize they lost the negative rolls Bashar was responsible for delivering to the producer of the film. Suddenly, they find themselves in the underworld of the cinema industry, dark and corrupt, and a dangerous and ugly struggle of power. Surrounded with guns, gangsters and producers, they realize their lives depend on the rolls. In complete state of confusion, Bashar and Ramzi run through the night in an attempt to save themselves and escape this ludicrous situation. Where are the negative rolls? A short film dealing with the gangster movies genre conviction, replacing the genre into a different context, more political, more cinematic, inspired by the independent NY cinema and Hong-Kong cinema.

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