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Directed by | Dima Abu Ghoush

Genre fiction  |  Length: 9mins  |  Year of production: 2011


Dima Abu Ghoush�s short is a period piece, set in a Palestinian village during the 1970s, where seven year old Farah lives along with her mother Sara. Sara is nine months pregnant, and as Farah�s father is absent, it falls upon her to master her fears late one night and set out into the dark unknown seeking help when her mother begins to give birth.