Nazra Palestine fest awards ‘Entr’acte’

First edition of the Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival has awarded ‘Entr’acte’ directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohammadreza Kheradmandan as “Better experimental short movie”.

The festival jury recently announced that ‘Entr’acte’ won the award “for telling in an overwhelming way the killing of a child by a sniper, mixing with astonishing effectiveness ... and film quotes.”

“The film connects the narrative dramatic force with very strong emotional involvement,” the festival’s website added.

Kheradmandan’s short animation ‘Entr'acte’ is a narrative inspired by an Israeli sniper’s message posted on Instagram saying that he slaughtered 13 Palestinian children in a day during the 2014 Israel assault on the Gaza Strip.

Entr’acte is a French word meaning ‘between the acts.’ The animation itself is a narrative happening in an interval between two musical pieces.

The 1st edition of the Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival was held on September 26-October 9, 2017, in the Palestinian cities of Gaza, Jerusalem and Ramallah as well as the Italian cities of Venice, Florence, Bologna, Rome and Naples.

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