Salam
(Salam)
by Claire Fowler
2018 - USA-UK - 14 min.
Festival 2019 > Official Section > Official Section Fiction
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10 May 2019 - 9:00 pm
Sala Civica “Unione Europea” – Ponte San Nicolò (PD)
Synopsis
A female Lyft driver navigates the night shift in New York City while waiting to hear life-or-death news from her family in Syria.
Condividi sui socialBiography and filmography
Claire Fowler is a Welsh writer and director based in Brooklyn. After studying at Oxford University, she made a number of short documentaries including two about human rights issues in Palestine. She then attended Columbia University’s M.F.A. program in film on a Fulbright scholarship and, later, the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Her short film, Noodles, was a Vimeo Staff Pick and can currently be seen on Nowness. She recently participated in the Sony directors program.