Three Centimetres

2018

Directed by Lara Zeidan

Four teenage girls find their friendship put to the test while suspended high above Beirut on a Ferris wheel. As secrets are revealed and tensions rise, this claustrophobic drama culminates in an unexpected confession.

Cast: Mira Choukeir, Joyce Abou Jaoude, Bissan Ahmad, Melissa Dano.

Writer/Director: Lara Zeidan / Producer: John Giordano / Cinematographer: Piero Cioffi /

Editor: Emanuele Bonomi / Sound Recordist: Kateryna Zabulonska / Co-producer: Hiam Hilal

SHOT ON LOCATION IN BEIRUT, LEBANON. © The London Film School 2018.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

- BERLINALE | Germany, 2018: Official Selection - Generation 14plus
Winner - 32nd Teddy Award for Best Short Film

- ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL | UK, 2018:
Winner - Chris Collins Best of British Live Action Award
Winner - NAHEMI Cinematography Award

- IRIS PRIZE FESTIVAL | UK, 2018: Winner - Iris Prize

- QUEER LISBOA | Portugal, 2018: Special Mention - In My Shorts

- LONDON FILM WEEK | UK, 2018: Winner - Jury Prize

- London Film Critics Circle Awards | UK, 2019: Winner

- Melbourne International Film Festival | Australia, 2018
- Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival | Brazil, 2018
- Raindance Film Festival | UK, 2018
- ALCINE Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares | Spain, 2018
- ZINEBI Bilbao | Spain, 2018
- Interfilm Berlin | Germany, 2018
- St. Louis International Film Festival | USA, 2018
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia | Mexico, 2018
- Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema | Canada, 2018
- Edinburgh International Film Festival | UK, 2018
- Tirana International Film Festival | Albania, 2018
- Underwire Festival | UK, 2018
- PÖFF Shorts | Estonia, 2018
- Stockholm Film Festival | Sweden, 2018
- Whistler Film Festival | Canada, 2018
- NewFilmmakers Los Angeles | USA, 2018
- Adelaide Film Festival | Australia, 2018
- Heart of Gold International Film Festival | Australia, 2018
- Arab Film Festival San Francisco | USA, 2018
- Arab Film Days (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) | Germany, 2018
- British Short Films Festival Berlin | Germany, 2019
- International Women's Film Festival Köln | Germany, 2018
- Bimovie Frauenfilmreihe | Germany, 2018
- Furora Film Festival | Germany, 2018
- Portraits de Jeunesse | France, 2018

- BFI Flare | UK, 2018
- Lovers Film Festival, Torino LGBTQI Visions | Italy, 2018
- Lesbische Schwule Filmtage Hamburg | Germany, 2018
- Scottish Queer International Film Festival | UK, 2018
- Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival | Russia, 2018
- XPOSED Queer Film Festival | Germany, 2018
- Festival Mix Milano | Italy, 2018
- Gaze LGBT Film Festival | Ireland, 2018
- Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival | Hong Kong, 2018
- Slovak Queer Film Festival | Slovakia, 2018
- Queergestreift Filmfestival | Germany, 2018
- Queer Filmfest Weiterstadt | Germany, 2018
- Berlin Lesbian Non-Binary FilmFest | Germany, 2018
- Quezon City International Pink Film Festival | Philippines, 2018
- Dialogues: Calcutta International LGBT Film & Video Festival (Berlinale Spotlight Showcase) | India, 2018
- Sarajevo Film Festival (LFS Showcase) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018
- CinemaForum Warsaw (LFS Showcase) | Poland, 2018
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival (LFS Showcase / NAHEMI) | UK, 2018
- Fastnet Film Festival (LFS Showcase) | Ireland, 2018
- Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (LFS Showcase) | Germany, 2019