Jmar. Fiction // 20 mins // 2020
Jmar: A piece of red coal. A metaphor used to describe a feeling that warms up, gives pleasure but can hurt if you get too close.
On the beach of Mohammedia, a small coastal town in Morocco, Khaled sells horse rides to passers-by. He hangs out with his friends, who are in their twenties, and fantasize about a sexuality that is forbidden to them. That day, Khaled makes an encounter and finds himself caught between the reality of his world and a burning desire that he can’t control.
Writer & Director - Samy Sidali
Production - Mabel Films
Executive Producers - Antoine Salomé & Joséphine Mourlaque
Director of Photography - Tom Ford
Assistant Director - Hamza Boumalki
Line Producer - Frantz Richard
Production Manager - Julie Hag-Martin
Editor - Julie Lena
Production Designers - Hind Ghazali & Cannelle Bégoug
Sound Recordist - Vincent Rochette
Sound Design - Agathe Poche
Music Composer - Bergsonist
Foley Artist - Romain Anklewicz
First AC - Roxane Perrot
Second AC - Paulin Amato & Mehdi Laraki
Key Grip - Taoufik Benkhay
Grade - Gadiel Bendelac
Costume Designer - Lydie Collin
Script Supervisor - Anaïs Sergeant
Make-up Artist - Ghizlaine Nejjar
Awards
- Festival International of Film Francophone of Namur – Belgium – Best Performance Award for Zouhair Sabri
- Festival Film Court Francophone - France - Grand Prix
Festivals
- Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand – France
- International Short Film Festival of Cyprus – Cyprus / Chypre
- FIFIB – France
- Athens, Ohio, International Film Festival
- MedFilm – Italy – Competition
- Cinemania – Canada – Competition
- Festival du Film Mediterranéen de Bruxelles (Cinemamed) – Belgium / Belgique
- Festival du film francophone – Un poing c’est court – France – Competition
- Sofia Menar Film Festival – Bulgaria
- Ramdam Festival – Belgium – Competition
- Tampere Film International Film Festival