A researcher in plant sciences returns home to his village in rural Lebanon to attend his father's funeral. During the three-day-long Christian Greek Orthdox memorial he discovers that a pathogen is infecting the trees across his village. A dark comedy about tradition, grief, and the environment.
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Ramzi Bashour Director · Alfonso Herrera Salcedo Cinematographer Hasan Hadi Editor
First release January 29, 2021 · Produced in Lebanon · Original title الاشجار
Production
Lebanon
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Languages
Original title
الاشجار
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
France · January 29, 2021
Premiere · Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
August 13, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Czechia
March 2, 2023 · Premiere · Pragueshorts Film Festival
July 1, 2023 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Netherlands
June 2, 2021 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Russia
October 30, 2021 · Premiere · Message to Man International Film Festival
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