When Light Is Displaced

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When Light Is Displaced

When Light Is Displaced
Zaina Bseiso
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
USA
2021
7 minutes
Arabic
Subtitles: 
English

In her light-footed film miniature, Zaina Bseiso links the disappearance of the last orange grove from the suburbs of Los Angeles with the fate of the Jaffa orange, a native fruit of Palestine. When she engages her father in a conversation regarding this content and artistic concept, it turns into a discussion about how a good documentary can approach reality and why – with all due respect for realism – we must never underestimate the power of illusion.

Luc-Carolin Ziemann

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Director
Zaina Bseiso
Script
Zaina Bseiso
Cinematographer
Zaina Bseiso, Luis Gutierrez Arias
Editor
Zaina Bseiso
Producer
Luis Gutierrez Arias, Zaina Bseiso
Sound
Sarah Ibrahim, Gavati Wad
Score
Brian Griffith
Animation
Adam Wand, Jordan Wong