Wisam Aljafari's short film 'Ambience' tells the story of two young Palestinians trying to record a demo for a music competition inside a noisy and crowded refugee camp. When their recording fails because of the chaos around them, they discover an innovative way to meet the competition deadline.
The stellar short is Cannes Film Festival 3rd Prize Cinéfondation winner, and it became clear very early on that its simple gritty black and white aesthetic was more of a back ground noise than the actual back ground noise they end up recording. The music by Saed Masanat is terrific. The dialogue is very minimalistic and I must say, both actors (Salah Abu Nea'ma and Mohammad Alkhmour) do a decent job at showing their dissatisfaction with what seem like just clatter and tumult at first. Once they embrace the melodic harmonies of shouting and clangour on the streets, everything falls into place.
The stellar short is Cannes Film Festival 3rd Prize Cinéfondation winner, and it became clear very early on that its simple gritty black and white aesthetic was more of a back ground noise than the actual back ground noise they end up recording. The music by Saed Masanat is terrific. The dialogue is very minimalistic and I must say, both actors (Salah Abu Nea'ma and Mohammad Alkhmour) do a decent job at showing their dissatisfaction with what seem like just clatter and tumult at first. Once they embrace the melodic harmonies of shouting and clangour on the streets, everything falls into place.
