Films
SHORT FILMS
PAR AVION
International Shorts Session
MAKE A WISH
This selection of shorts includes:
Red Terror
The Job
Make A Wish
Winds of Sand
Giraffe in the Rain
Cheeese...
Execution of Solomon Harris
New Boy
MAKE A WISH
USA/Palestine 2006, Arabic with English subtitles
12 mins
Director(s)/Writer(s): Cherien Dabis
Producer(s): Cherien Dabis
Genre: Narrative Drama
Themes: Israeli/Palestian conflict, Peace
Film Website: http://www.makeawishmovie.com
Related Links: http://www.contrastproject.org
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2007 - Prix De La Presse
Aspen Shorts Film Festival 2007 - Special Mention of the Jury
Dubai International Film Festival 2007 - Gold Muhr Award for Best Short
Sundance Film Festival 2007 - Official Selection
Synopsis
A young Palestinian girl will do whatever it takes to buy a birthday cake.
'Make A Wish' reinforces the power of short films and the ability to achieve cinematic greatness within the span of a few minutes. — Phill Hall (Film Threat)
...it is the natural, often charming, performances, that gives this 12 minute film its heart. — Angus Wolfe Murray, Eye for Eye Film
Trailer for Par Avion short film collection.
