May 2014: two unarmed Palestinian teens are killed by Israeli soldiers on the West Bank. Abu Hamdan made an audio analysis to ascertain whether rubber or live bullets were used. The film centres on the gunfire, yet no shots are heard. Rubber Coated Steel does not preside over the voices of the victims but seeks to amplify their silence, questioning the ways in which rights are being heard today. Winner Tiger Award for Short Films 2017.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
The other films show within Tiger Competition for Short Films 1
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On Generation and Corruption
Makino Takashi 26′Borrowing its title from a treatise by Aristotle, Makino Takashi's latest film is an abstract work that finds its drive in the clash between light and darkness.
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Rubber Coated Steel
Lawrence Abu Hamdan 21′A tribunal for the sounds of deadly gunfire. The victims’ silence is amplified through the absence of emotion, the sound of ammo and voices.
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Sakhisona
Prantik Basu 26′A dig in a West-Bengal village unearths lots of stories and objects that lay hidden for too long.
- Filmmaker
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country
- Lebanon, Germany
- Year
- 2017
- Medium
- File
- Length
- 21’
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Fabian Schoeneich
- Production Company
- Portikus
- Sales
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Writer
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Cinematography
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Editor
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Sound Design
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Website
- www.lawrenceabuhamdan.com
