When Saddam Hussein is captured, Malik's family decides to move back to Iraq from Sweden. Upon arriving Malik starts experiencing the same feeling of foreignness as he did in Sweden. What is home? What does it feel like, what does it mean to belong
Festivals & Screenings
BUFF Film Festival Malmö Arab Film Festival Odense Film Festival Nordisk Panorama BFI London Film Festival BFF Kristiansand Buster Film Festival European Short Film Festival of Villeurbanne FESTIVAL EUROPÉEN DU FILM COURT DE BRESTONE Country ONE Film Festival Festival Aflam du Sud Ottawa Film Festival Geneva International oriental Film Festival Huesca International Film Festival Festival International Cinéma et Migrations d'Agadir Nordic Film Days Lübeck Reykjavik International Film Festival International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva Palmarés del Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca Aflam du sud Festival SUPERKUNSTFESTIVAL Norden I Skolan SVT, TV & Play Empire, Cinema, Denmark Nojse
Odense Film Festival, 2021
Nomination: Pitch Me Baby
Winner: First price
Malmö Arab Film Festival
Nomination: Short film competition
EKKO Shortlist 2023
Nomination: Best Script
Nomination: Best Set Design
Nomination: Best Original Music
Odense Film Festival
Nomination: Best Danish Short
Nordisk Panorama
Nomination: Young nordic - Children’s Choice Award
European Short Film Festival of Villeurbanne
Nomination: Grand Prix
One Country One Film Festival
Nomination: Short Film Competition
Nomination: Audience prize
Nomination: Best youth film selected by students
Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
Winner: DANZANTE INTERNATIONAL OPERA PRIMA
“...Because through the exploration of two different realities from a young man, it shows the loss and search of identity problems in a realistic way. That is achieved thanks to intimate shots, sequences and scenes of the main character with his family and surroundings. Also highlight the beauty of the night shots and Irak landscapes”.
Nordic Film Days Lübeck
Nomination: Best Nordic short film
Nomination: Best Baltic short film
Geneva International Oriental Film Festival
Winner: School Competition
"TORN captivated the students with its beautiful shots, tension and silences. They were sensitive to the heartbreak of the young teenager torn between two Eastern and Western countries and cultures."
Palmarés del Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
Winner: Best international short
Aflam du sud Festival
Winner: Best director



