Last Day at Home
Spring Grants 2017 - Production Stage
Noor Al-Nasr / Short Narrative / Qatar / 2018 / 10 min / Original Language: English / Interests: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Identity, Children
Synopsis
A 12- year-old boy has just moved to Doha with his parents. To avoid dealing with the changes this brings about, he spends his days playing a space exploration video game. On the last day before starting at a new school, his computer breaks down, so he is forced to go out for the first time. All alone in the desert, in surroundings that become increasingly similar to the game he has been playing, he finds himself on a rescue mission to find life on a deserted planet. With the real world transformed into a digital universe, the boy faces his fear of the unknown and “plays his way home” – a task he must complete in order to accept his new environment.
Credits
- Director
- Noor Al-Nasr
- Screenwriter
- Ana Ivanovic
- Producer
- Noor Al-Nasr
About the Director
Noor Al-Nasr is a graphic designer, writer and aspiring filmmaker. She has always been interested in art in all its forms, especially the moving image. Her first short film, ‘Health Invaders’ (2015) was shot as part of a challenge for Qatar’s Seha health organisation. It had its premiere in the Ajyal Youth Film Festival and was featured in the Short Film Corner at the Festival de Cannes. Her next short film, ‘Dana's Kite’ had its premiere at the Ajyal Youth Film Festival in 2016. In 2016, Al-Nasr shot ‘Dreams That Stayed’, a short film about an adult who grew up watching cartoons dubbed into Arabic in the 1980s. She is currently developing her first feature-length film entitled ‘The Pearl’, and the short film ‘Last Day at Home’.