FESTIVAL PROGRAM FOR 17 APRIL

A story about the craftsmanship and life experience of a deaf-mute who lost his wife by accident.

The main character, Dr. Leonard Hanswurst, a 30-year-old dentist, reluctant to embrace his family’s Clown heritage, falls in love with his dental hygienist, Samantha Giullare, who gets infected with the Non-Laughing Virus, which is causing the world to stop laughing, how will he find the cure to save Samantha and also the world?

A visual poem magnifying the Amazigh culture (berber natives of the middle Atlas of Morocco), an historical tale about the seismology of the city of Agadir, a story about our planet Earth itself and its own life, created for the Museum of the Reconstruction of Agadir.
Audio narration available in Tifinagh/Tachlit (morrocan berber native language), Darija arabic and french.

ARE THE CHILDREN REALLY LABORING?
In the shadows of a tree, young Amir, a child laborer, finds himself observing a girl... This narrative explores a brief connection between a child entwined in work and a girl. It delves into the contrasting realms of childhood and adulthood, highlighting their distinct perspectives. The story also serves as an homage to Hafez, the renowned Iranian poet.

A rain droplet scared of having to fall from the sky, will be able to find the courage to face the void and get to know itself.

Talha, a private individual who is reactive to his school because of his speech disability, decides not to go to school that day. While he was hiding in Çöllüoğlu Han, his paths crossed with the armless painter woman, and then with the wheelchair writer - booksellers Abdi. The life lessons he learned from them pave the way for his hidden talents to be revealed. Answering her friends because she stuttered, Talha decides not to go to school that day. While hiding in Çöllüoğlu Inn, he crossed paths with an armless artist woman, and then with Abdi, a wheelchair-bound writer-bookstore. The life lessons he learned from them pave the way for his hidden talents to be revealed.