Clebs

Mutts

Generation 14plus 2020

Cooped up inside the red clay walls of the shelter, there are hundreds of them: jostling together on the dusty ground or aimlessly traipsing about, yet ultimately following the rules and dynamics of a pack. In its contemplation of the dreary everyday life of stray dogs, oscillating between feeding times and eternal waiting, Halima Ouardiri‘s second short film at Generation draws socio-political parallels under the burning North African sun.

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by Halima Ouardiri Canada / Morocco 2019 Arabic 18’ Colour Documentary form

Crew

Written and Directed by	Halima Ouardiri
Cinematography	Anna Cooley
Editing	Xi Feng
Sound Design	Bruno Pucella
Producer	Halima Ouardiri

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Produced by

Halima Ouardiri

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Halima Ouardiri

The Swiss-Moroccan director and writer is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Canada. Her first short film, Mokhtar, screened in the 2011 Berlinale Generation section. Clebs won the Best Canadian Short Film Award at the 2019 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. She is currently developing her debut feature film, The Camel Driving School.

Filmography (short films)

2009 La robe 2010 Mokhtar 2013 Berberian wedding 2019 Clebs (Mutts)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020