Bashir attends his father’s funeral in rural Lebanon only to discover a pathogen infecting the trees across his village. A dark-comedy about tradition, grief, and the environment.
Ramzi Bashour (1988) is a Syrian-American filmmaker who grew up in Beirut, Lebanon. He’s worked in kitchens, in journalism, as a teacher, sound designer, and videographer. He completed his MFA at the Tisch School of Arts and currently resides in New York.
Awarded
Type of Project
Narrative, Dark Comedy
Length
22:00
Program
New York University
Producer
Ramzi Bashour
Writer
Ramzi Bashour
Editor
Hasan Hadi
Cinematographer
Alfonso Herrera-Salcedo
Contact
the.trees.contact [at] gmail [dot] com