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A mother who has been unable to sleep since the disappearance of her son meets a storyteller whose tales can heal sleepless souls.
While searching for sleepless souls, a storyteller finds a woman standing in front of her door, waiting. Her son disappeared years ago and she has been awake ever since. After each sunset, Night, a girl in a long black dress, knocks on the woman’s door, bringing back the son into his mother’s arms. As the daylight starts coming through the windows, the girl and the son disappear. Filled with hesitation, the storyteller tells the woman a story that will make her cry out her hope and fall asleep.

Credits

Director
Ahmad Saleh
Screenwriter
Ahmad Saleh
Producer
Saleh Saleh
Production Company
ses-studio

About the Director

Ahmad Saleh
Ahmad Saleh is a German/Palestinian writer, director, and art director known for his unique storytelling voice. In 2016, he won the Gold Student Academy Award for Foreign Animation for his film ‘Ayny’ and is a member of AMPAS. Ahmad studied Digital Media and Visual Arts at HFK Bremen and film direction at KHM Cologne. Inspired by stories he witnessed while studying for his bachelor’s degree in Ele
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