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Damascus Nights

Damascus Nights

Ruba Nadda | Canada | 1997 | 17' |

main programme short

| IFFR 1998

In a busy café, an Arab man tells stories to his uninterested young daughter.

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Film details

Country of production: Canada
Year: 1997
Festival edition: IFFR 1998
Length: 17"
Medium/Format: 16mm
Language: English
Premiere status: World premiere
Director: Ruba Nadda
Producer: Ruba Nadda
Sales / World rights holder: Ruba Nadda
Sound design: Greg Dinsmore
Screenplay: Ruba Nadda
Cinematography: Ruba Nadda
Editing: Ruba Nadda

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