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Samaa

A caged bird, yearning to fly, finds release through the transcendent power of music and movement.

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A caged bird, yearning to fly, finds release through the transcendent power of music and movement. Revelling in the magic and mechanics of cinema, Ehsan Gharib crafts a striking, hand-painted animated short on the themes of freedom and ecstasy.

  • direction
    Ehsan Gharib
  • writing
    Ehsan Gharib
  • editing
    Xi Feng
  • musician
    Ziya Tabassian
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • foley recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Isabelle Lussier
  • online edit
    Luca di Gioacchino
  • technical direction
    Mathieu Tremblay
    Éloi Champagne
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
    Mohsen Zarrabi
  • technical coordination
    Luc Binette
  • production coordination
    Dominique Forget
    Barry Ahmad
  • line production
    Laetitia Seguin
  • administration
    Victoria Angell
  • studio operations manager
    Camille Fillion
  • marketing
    Geneviève Bérard
  • publicist
    Nadine Viau
  • producer
    Maral Mohammadian
  • executive producer
    Robert McLaughlin