38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Ayny
Germany
2016 Animation 11 min
Two young boys run away from their mother's protection and slackline on the danger of war to play music with the instrument they always dreamt of owning.
Screenplay : Ahmad Saleh
Image : Lionel Poutiaire Somé
Sound : David Black
Animation : Franck Pingel
Music : Nizar Rohana
Production : Stefan Gieren
Ahmad Saleh is a writer/director based in Germany. His first work was a collection of stories entitled Zowwada which was awarded the A M Qattan Young Writers Award in 2004. His first short film House, which he made as part of his Master's in Digital Media at the University of Arts in Bremen, was released in 2012. The film earned several important awards worldwide. Recently, he finished another Master's study in film, in which he wrote and directed another two short films and started writing his first feature. Ayny is his graduation film.