Ana Mithli
About the Film
Rafi gets pulled into a family meeting in the middle of the night. As chaos unfolds, all the family’s secrets are revealed.
Rafi (28) is living a double life—at night, he is free, dancing under the neon lights of the clubs, but when morning comes, he returns to the facade his family knows. During a night of partying, he receives a panicked call from his younger brother, who has gotten into a fight and is injured. Rafi rushes to his car and drives him to their parents’ house—a decision that quickly sets off a chain of events he can no longer control.
Within the walls of the house, the night escalates rapidly after a revelation sets everything in motion. Once Pandora’s box is opened, everyone is forced to confront truths that shake the entire house.
Rafi comes to the realization that in order to find freedom, he must first be free in his own home. He decides to come out then and there. His parents react with denial and anger, but with the support of his siblings, they are forced to face the truth—they must accept him for who he is.
Country(s): Sweden
Production company: The Uneven
Runtime: 14 min
Director Naures Sager
Naures Sager is an Iraqi-Swedish director, scriptwriter and producer with a BA in Film Production from University West in Trollhättan, 2008. He is the co-founder of the production company The Uneven that produces films with focus on LGBTQ+ themes. He has directed the short films 1–1 and Habib & The Thief, and the short documentary A Queer Bird in the Middle East. The films have been screened at international film festivals and aired on Swedish national broadcaster SVT. Naures has received the Best Project Award at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, participated in Talent Project Market at Berlinale and Producers Network in Cannes. He was a member of the nomination committee for Best Short Film at Sweden’s Guldbagge Awards (2023–2025).
Producer Michael Detlef
Michael Detlef is a Danish-German producer and art director. He co-founded the production company The Uneven in 2019 and has produced the short films 1–1 and Habib & The Thief, as well as the short documentary A Queer Bird in the Middle East, available on SVT Play.
He was co-producer on the documentary Born to Fight, directed by Ala’a Mohsen and produced by Rikke Tambo (Tambo Film), which is set for a Swedish theatrical release in summer 2026.
Michael is currently developing both feature-length and short-form projects within fiction and documentary. Alongside his own work, he collaborates on other productions as a producer, member of the production team, or within the art department.