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The Present, is a 2020 Qatari movie, directed by Farah Nabulsi, and starring Saleh Bakri, Mariam Kanj, Mariam Basha. with a runtime of 24 minutes.
The Present is a Palestinian short drama directed with quiet power. On the occasion of his wedding anniversary, Yusef sets out with his young daughter on what should be a simple errand: buying his wife a gift. But in the occupied West Bank, the simplest acts of daily life are subject to military checkpoints, segregated roads, and bureaucratic obstruction. What unfolds is a journey that transforms a loving gesture into a test of endurance and dignity, as father and daughter navigate a landscape designed to frustrate and diminish them. Intimate in scale but vast in emotional impact, The Present turns a single shopping trip into a quietly devastating portrait of life under occupation.
The Present is a 2020 short film directed by Farah Nabulsi and co-written by Nabulsi and Hind Shoufani, about a father and daughter in the Palestinian enclaves of the Israeli-occupied West Bank trying to buy a wedding anniversary gift. The cast is led by Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri. It was released on Netflix on 18 March 2021, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film in addition to being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Distributed by: Netflix.
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