2. CHAIN
1. BAAB
Director/Writer/Producer// Nayla Al Khaja
Writer// Masoud Amralla Al Ali
Producers// Jude Stephen Walko, Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki
Country of Origin // United Arab Emirates
Synopsis // BAAB is a dark fantasy that unfolds through the fractured mind of a woman reeling from the sudden death of her twin sister. Plagued by the eerie hum of tinnitus in her left ear, she is drawn into a surreal world where grief takes on physical form. As she descends through three visceral stages, depression, anger, and bargaining, her reality begins to distort, blurring the line between the living and the dead. Set in an isolated Emirati landscape steeped in myth and memory, BAAB explores the intimate violence of grief and the unspoken bond between twins. What begins as a psychological unraveling soon reveals something more otherworldly, a doorway (“BAAB” in Arabic) that may lead to closure… or something far more sinister.ved, she must learn to let go of the past before being drawn so deeply into its shadow that she’s unable to return.
2. FOXBODY
2. Learning to Fly
Director // Svetlozar Georgiev
Writer // Vanya Stoyanova
Producers// Svetlozar Georgiev, Haruhiko Ii
Country of Origin // Bulgaria, Japan
Synopsis //Learning to Fly takes us behind the scenes of what may sound like an impossible endeavor: the creation of a bilingual performance by a group of artists, coming from Japan and Bulgaria, who share little beyond their love for puppet theatre.As we follow the intimate processes of creation, riding the waves of doubts and enthusiasm, setbacks and breakthroughs, we see how physical distance, linguistic barriers, and cultural and historical differences give way to a deep spiritual connection founded on the universal language of creativity.
