Synopsis
After a retired teacher experiences a particular encounter, his life takes an unexpected turn when he starts walking backwards as he finds himself facing the challenges of economic decline in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Festivals
AWARDS
Mention honorable - Tamizhagam International Film Festival, India, 2025
Mention honorable - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Greece, 2025
Best Comedy Short, Best Lead Actor in a Short Film: Noomane Hamda, Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film: Salha Nasraoui, Honorable Mention - Directing: Rami Jarboui, Honorable Mention - Screenplay: Rami Jarboui, Honorable Mention - Cinematography: Ahmed Thabet, Second Audience Award - South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chili, 2025
SELECTIONS
Tamizhagam International Film Festival, India, 2025
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Greece, 2025
South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chili, 2025
Director: Rami Jarboui
Script: Rami Jarboui
Cast: Noomane Hamda, Salha Nasraoui
DOP: Ahmed Thabet
Art Direction: Fatma Madani
Sound: Taher Chennouf
Editing: Ghalia La croix, Hafedh Laaridhi, Rami Jarboui
Production: Sarra Ben Hassen & Meryam Joobeur (Instinct Bleu) Ramses Mahfoudh (Godolphin Films) Bruno Smadja (Good Rush)
Version
Original: Arabic
Subtitles: English
Format
1.85/stereo
DCP, H264
Writer / director Rami Jarboui was born in Tunis in 1990 and graduated from the Superior Institute of Multimedia Arts of Manouba (Tunisia). His short film “Soup” won first prize at the Mobile Film Festival in 2017. After that, he embarked on his first experimental short “Eidos” selected in JCC Carthage Film Festival and Berlin Experimental Film Festival. Rami is developing an animation short "The bird's placebo" with the support of the CEE animation workshop and "Trash Cemetery," a documentary feature. “Straight Backward” is his first short live action.
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