Description
Four friends step into a Ferris wheel cabin. What starts as jokes and advice slowly turns into something none of them expected.
In the oldest fun park of Beirut, four young female friends go on a Ferris Wheel ride. During this claustrophobic open-air journey, they touch on intimate subjects, from making best use of three centimetres to Joanna's recent breakup. However, Suzie’s breakup advice leads to an unexpected confession.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Lara Zeidan is a Lebanese/Canadian filmmaker based in London. After completing a BA in Graphic Design at the American University of Beirut, she enrolled at the London Film School, MA in Filmmaking course, where she developed her skills as a writer/director and production designer. Her graduation film "Three Centimetres" premiered at the Berlinale 2018, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film.
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CAST & CREW
Original title - تلاتة سنتيمتر
Director - Lara Zeidan
Writer - Lara Zeidan
Production - The London Film School
Producer - John Giordano
Cinematography - Piero Cioffi
Editing - Emanuele Bonomi
Sound Recordist - Kateryna Zabulonska
Cast - Mira Choukeir, Joyce Abou Jaoude, Bissan Ahmad, Melissa Dano
Year - 2025
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FESTIVALS
2018
Teddy Award - Berlinale - Generation 14plus | Germany
Encounters Film Festival | UK
Iris Prize Festival | UK
Hamburg International Short Film Festival | Germany
Melbourne International Film Festival | Australia
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival | Brazil
Raindance Film Festival | UK
ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares | Spain
ZINEBI Bilbao | Spain
Interfilm Berlin | Germany
St. Louis International Film Festival | USA
Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (Sexual Diversity Program) | Mexico
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema | Canada
Edinburgh International Film Festival | UK
Tirana International Film Festival | Albania
Underwire Festival | UK
PÖFF Shorts | Estonia
Stockholm Film Festival | Sweden
Whistler Film Festival | Canada
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles | USA
Adelaide Film Festival | Australia
Heart of Gold International Film Festival | Australia
Arab Film Festival San Francisco | USA
Arab Film Days (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) | Germany
International Women's Film Festival Köln | Germany
London Film Week | UK
Bimovie Frauenfilmreihe | Germany
Furora Film Festival | Germany
Portraits de Jeunesse | France
BFI Flare | UK
Lovers Film Festival, Torino LGBTQI Visions | Italy
Queer Lisboa | Portugal
Lesbische Schwule Filmtage Hamburg | Germany
Scottish Queer International Film Festival | UK
Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival | Russia
XPOSED Queer Film Festival | Germany
Festival Mix Milano | Italy
Gaze LGBT Film Festival | Ireland
Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival | Hong Kong
Slovak Queer Film Festival | Slovakia
Queergestreift Filmfestival | Germany
Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt | Germany
Berlin Lesbian Non-Binary FilmFest | Germany
Quezon City International Pink Film Festival | Philippines
Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival (Berlinale Spotlight Showcase) | India
2019
Festival Chéries-Chéris | France
Pink Apple Filmfestival | Switzerland
Reelworld Film Festival | Canada
Soura Film Festival | Germany
British Short Films Festival Berlin | Germany
Beirut International Women Film Festival | Lebanon
Cinema Al-Fouad | Lebanon
Molodist Kiev International Film Festival | Ukraine
Norwegian Short Film Festival | Norway
HollyShorts Film Festival | USA
Shubbak Festival | UK
London Film Critics Circle Awards | UK
Ann Arbor Film Festival | USA