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Bottles (Morocco)

Bottles

A film by:  

Yassine El Idrissi

Production Year:

2024

Official Selection (HelAFF’25) | Short Film

Bottles
18 min. | MOROCCO

Synopsis:
Said, a 13-year-old boy, lives in the old Medina of Rabat. In the summer he has a side job, collecting empty beer bottles and selling them to a shop. With the money, he wants to buy food for a dog he is hiding. One time, his closest friend tells him that it is ‘haram’ to do that.

Directed by Yassine El Idrissi (1983, Morocco).
Yassine El Idrissi was a journalist for several Moroccan and international newspapers. In 2009, he made his first short documentary, "Waiting For The Snow". In 2013, he graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy. Today he devotes himself to directing. His films have been screened in more than 100 festivals including Rotterdam Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, etc.

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Screening Time:
Saturday 13 September 2025
3 PM

KORJAAMO KINO
Tickets on lippu.fi

Helsinki Arab Film Festival 2025 
2nd Edition 
8-13 September 2025

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