MONSTRA | Festival de Animação de Lisboa

My Brother, My Brother

Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar

My Brother, My Brother

EGYPT, FRANCE, GERMANY 2025 15' M/12 imagem real, rotoscopia, 2D digital

The complexities of a past shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them.

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Director Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar Script Saad DNEWAR, Abdelrahman DNEWAR Animation Dnewar Brothers, Samaka Studio Music Regenerative Being – Eluvium, Teskar Tebki – Maryam SALEH, Maurice LOUCA, Tamer ABU GHAZALEH, Shaabi Music Snippet - Selim EL SADEK Sound Roman STRACK, Myrto CHATZIANDREOU Production Dnewar Films (EG), Punchline Cinéma (FR) & Milkman Films (DE) Distribution Miyu Distribution

15 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala Manoel de Oliveira | 19:00

Short Film Competition 1

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In the same session: Short Film Competition 1

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Radix .Anne Breymann. 5'

Desi Oon .Suresh Eriyat. 9'

A Pain in the Butt .Elena Walf. 6'

Lethe .Liang-Hsin Huang. 7'

Bisou Sauvage .Bahij Jaroudi. 3'

Shadows of Ourselves .Pedro Serrazina. 8'

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