Rupture (2017 film)

Rupture is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Yassmina Karajah and released in 2017.[1] Acted by a cast of predominantly amateur young actors, the film centres on three teenagers, all of whom are recent refugees from Syria, who are living in Vancouver and walking around town looking for a public swimming pool on a hot summer day.[1]

Rupture
Directed byYassmina Karajah
Produced byDavid Findlay
Written byYassmina Karajah
StarringAssad al Arid
Salam al Marzouqi
Hussein al Ahmad
CinematographyBlake Davey
Edited byBlake Davey
Yassmina Karajah
Distributed byLa Distributrice de Films
Release date
  • September 2017 (2017-09) (TIFF)
Running time
18 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageArabic
English

The film stars Assad al Arid as Salim, Salam al Marzouqi as Leila, and Hussein al Ahmad as Yousef. Its cast also includes Wazeera al Ahmad, Rania Issa, Mohammad Kallas, Carmen Casanova, Paul Snider and Tony Giroux.

The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] It was subsequently screened at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best British Columbia Short Film.[3]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2017.[4]

References
  1. "Rupture: a Syrian cast of young first-time actors and war survivors". CBC News British Columbia, October 7, 2017.
  2. Shifa Naseer, "Breaking the mould with filmmaker Yassmina Karajah". Broadcast Pro, August 18, 2020.
  3. Ian Bailey, "Wagamese adaptation wins audience award at VIFF: Based on the late author's popular novel, Indian Horse takes home the honour based on viewer feedback during the festival". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2017.
  4. Norman Wilner, "Canada’s Top Ten has some glaring omissions". Now, December 6, 2017.


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