SAYōNARA さようなら
Eyad is practicing Japanese. He is alone in his room and sleeps several days in a row. He fled through Europe from Syria. Inam is in her kitchen roasting almonds for Maklouba. She is his mother. The extractor hood in her new kitchen doesn’t work properly. In a letter read for Eyad, we learn that the narrator’s mother has died. The two of them meet in the aftermath of goodbyes. Can we say farewell to what was in the past to live in what comes next? Through silent pictures, Sayōnara (Goodbye) explores the condition of being lost.
Director William Andreas Wivel Producer Charlotte Hjordt Cinematographer Stroud Rohde Pearce Editor Nicoline Løgstrup Sound Johannes Rose Production Design Ida Lundø Madsen With Eyad Dahbour, Inam Alhaj-Yahya and William Andreas Wivel
Selected for European Media Arts Festival, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire De Montréal, Detroit International Film Festival, Labocine Imagine Science Film and Tiger Short Nominee at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
32min / 2019 / Denmark / Arabic & Danish / 16mm / 1.66:1 / 5.1 / DCP
