Description
Synopsis:
Lebanon today – the war in Syria is next door.
Boushra, 14 years old, returns from work picking potatoes to learn that her childhood will soon come to an end. With an absent father, her mother has sold her into marriage. Boushra fears the impending possibilities of departure and becoming a woman.
About the director:
Rakan Mayasi is an independent filmmaker (Director, Screenwriter & Producer) from Palestine, born in Germany and currently based in Lebanon. He studied Cinema, Theatre and Psychology in Lebanon and then received film training with Abbas Kiarostami in South Korea at the Asian Film Academy. He has written, directed and produced several short films. Trumpets in the Sky is his new short exploring Cinema as a contemplative medium of visual poetry, metaphor, and mythology, while pushing back the narrative.