Warsha

2022

I wrote the score for the Netflix-featured, 2022 Sundance winner and
Oscar shortlist in the live action short film category, "WARSHA".

Warsha follows Mohammad, a Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone's eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.

rating

⭐ 7.2 / 10

making of

Press

WINNER Jury Prize international Short Film 2022 Sundance IFF* (Park City, USA)
Official Selection 2022 Rotterdam IFF (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Official Selection 2022 Clermont Ferrand ISFF (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Official Selection 2022 SXSW FF* (Austin, USA)WINNER Best Fiction Tampere FF* (Tampere, Finland)
Official Selection 2022 BFI Flare LGBTQUI FF* (London, UK)
WINNER Jury Prize Regard FF (Saguenay, Canada)
WINNER Audience Award PCMMO (Paris, France)
WINNER Best Cinematography Martovski FF (Belgrade, Serbia)
Official Selection Outfest Fusion FF (Los Angeles, USA)
WINNER Youth Jury Special Mention Aspen Shorts FF (Aspen, USA)
Official Selection Movies That Matter FF (The Hague, The Netherlands)
Official Selection Brussels Shorts FF (Brussels, Belgium)
WINNER Jury Special Mention Sehsüchte IFF (Berlin, Germany)
Official Selection Inside Out LGBTQ+ FF (Toronto, Canada)
WINNER Most promising filmmaker Toronto Arab FF (Toronto, Canada)
WINNER Freedom of Taste Award, Officine Social Movie FF (Arezzo, Italy)
Official Selection Palm Springs Shortfest (Palm Springs, USA)
WINNER George Lucas Grand Prix Short Shorts (Tokyo, Japan)
Official Selection Frameline46 LGBTQ FF (San Francisco, USA)
Official Selection Outfest FF (Los Angeles, USA)
WINNER Best International Short Figari international short film festival (Sardinia, Italy)
WINNER Silver Prize, GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival, Korea
WINNER, Best international short, Rio lGBTQUIA+ film festival, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)