A short tale about loss of wit—seen through the persona of Juha (or Nasreddin Khoja), a wise fool of the global south—who returns to our time to realise he is without his lifetime companion, the donkey.
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Director
Majid Al-Remaihi
About the Director
Majid Al-Remaihi
Majid Al-Remaihi is an award-winning filmmaker from Doha, Qatar. His short film “And Then They Burn the Sea” was Qatar’s first film at Locarno Film Festival (2021), and went on to win Best Short at Vienna Shorts; the Silver Tanit at Carthage Film Festival, and screened globally at more than thirty global festivals, garnering multiple awards, at Palm Springs ShortFest, Dublin Int’l Film Festival, F