Men Barra - من برّا
About the Film
Lebanese immigrant and father to an infant works in a coffee chain that tries to polish its image through fake humanitarian campaigns while ignoring Gaza—and even declaring its complicity against it by supporting the occupying forces through those very campaigns. Adam finds himself torn between the pressure of living costs and family responsibilities on one hand, and the voice of conscience and moral conviction on the other. Amid this conflict, his mother’s voice from Lebanon emerges as a final refuge.
This fragile balance shatters when his mother is treacherously killed by the very same perpetrators, and Adam ultimately chooses the moral stand above everything else.
Country(s): Palestine, Egypt, UAE, Sweden
Production company: Karlama and Happy Tellawi Production
Runtime: 15 min
Director Abeer Al Muhsin
Abeer Al Muhsin is an Arab film director and producer. Completed her higher studies and had an MBA in Aviation Management in 2015. Also, she had a bachelor’s degree in Film production in 2021.
By Film Making, she has had the opportunity to participate in many community events and has also won awards for some of them. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, she directed the film “My Book is Secretariat” as part of an awareness project concerned with the importance of books in December 2008.
She won the First Prize in the UAE Ministry of Culture, Youth & Community Development contest for a short film on the UAE Union contest with the film “UAE Union History in Child Eye” in 2009. Also, she won the Second Prize in the Youth Media Award, with the short documentary “Not a Shadow” addressing the issues of individuals with Down syndrome, in 2011.
In addition to that, she won the best director and best film award in the Black Sheep Film Festival – 7th edition, for the short film ” في يوم وليلة – a Day in Gothenburg, in June 2021.
Besides awards for films, she won first place in the UAE Ministry of Education stage play competition, with the stage play “ أوك وأخواتها – Ok, and its sisters” being the best integrated theatrical work, in December 2013. At present, she is working on multiple film ideas that aim to support the Arab community, children in focus, within the current situation in the area.
Producer Mohammad Tellawi
Mohammad Tellawi is a Palestinian-Swedish filmmaker and photographer, educated at the Film School in Trollhättan. His background includes work across commercial, documentary, and narrative filmmaking, with experience from several drama productions in various creative roles.
He participated in many short-film productions that received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival. His work is grounded in strong visual storytelling and a human-centered approach to film.