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Ahd
SANCTITY by Ahd
FRA/SAU 2012, Berlinale Shorts
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Mohammed Osman, Ahd
SANCTITY by Ahd
FRA/SAU 2012, Berlinale Shorts
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Ahd
SANCTITY by Ahd
FRA/SAU 2012, Berlinale Shorts
In the beginning there is her grief at the loss of her husband. In the beginning her pregnancy makes her throw up. The law forbids this young pregnant widow to see another man for two months. Her brother-in-law tells her he is owed money. What money? She didn’t know anything about it, she says. He responds through the door that separates them: how could she? It is not a woman’s place to know her husband’s business. That is not her role. He wants the money; she wants to protect her unborn child. She allows the outside world inside, and in doing so transgresses the boundaries of a society in which segregation of the sexes is the norm.
Sanctity shows a young woman pushed to the edge of her possibilities, in all her vulnerability and sensuality, and with all her desires.
Sanctity shows a young woman pushed to the edge of her possibilities, in all her vulnerability and sensuality, and with all her desires.
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Maike Mia Höhne, Ahd, Jérôme Bleitrach, Silvio Saade
After the premiere the director and leading actress as well as the two producers were answering questions.
SANCTITY · Berlinale Shorts · Feb 13, 2013
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Group Picture of the directors of the Berlinale Shorts III
Chema García Ibarra (Misterio), David Muñoz (About Ndugu), Ewa Einhor (Whaled Women), Ahd (SANCTITY), Merlin Flügel (ECHO), Jeuno JE Kim (Whaled Women), Victor Lundgren (Tav av mig)
SANCTITY · Berlinale Shorts · International Short Film Jury · Feb 13, 2013