Mawtini (My Homeland)
Short Film | Drama | Digital | Colour
Nawal, a young grieving Palestinian woman, forms an unlikely friendship with Tanya, an older Indigenous woman, becoming an accomplice to her guerilla gardening on the lawn of their apartment building. Together they battle with middle management to make it to harvest.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: FATEEMA AL-HAMAYDEH MILLER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: NICK HAIGHT
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: ASHLEY DEVEREUX
PRODUCED BY: MALACHI ELLIS & KEVIN DONG
EDITED BY: MARIANA URRUTIA
MUSIC BY: AMINE BOUZAHER
RENA DINE AS NAWAL
MONIQUE MOJICA AS TANYA
Mawtini (My Homeland) was produced in 2023 through the Norman Jewison Film Program