Private Project

SALIMA

Salima is a story of a girl of 10 years old. She was diagnosed with a cancer. She has never been in the hospital so she has to deal with this new environment. to cure her illness and to treat her anxiety and confusion, she looks at the window of his room, dreaming of an imaginary world.

  • Mohammed Dabani
    Director
  • Mohammed Dabani
    Writer
  • Nouha Ad-dabani
    Key Cast
    "Salima "
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Family, Drama, fiction, experimental
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 25, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Belgium
  • Country of Filming:
    Morocco
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    mp4
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Mohammed Dabani

« Silence Alcohol kills» a short film 2011- UK
« Storyteller » a short film 2013 - UK
« Inssan » a documentary 2015- Morocco
« Atelier de bougie » a documentary 2016-Morocco
« Chez artiste: Aberrrahmam Zenati » a documentary 2016 -Morocco
« Les enfants du Maghreb » promo 2016-Morocco
« Rayat Bladi » a music video 2016-Morocco
« Peinture escalier » a documentary 2017-Morocco
« Al waada » a music video 2017-Morocco
« Tkharbichate" a docymentary 2018- Morocco
« Salima » a short film 2023-Morocco

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Director Statement

Salima is a deeply intimate story about childhood, illness, and the quiet strength it takes to face the unknown. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl diagnosed with cancer, the film explores the overwhelming experience of entering a hospital world for the very first time; a place filled with unfamiliar sounds, routines, and emotions.

For Salima, this new environment becomes both frightening and confusing. Yet, rather than surrendering to fear, she finds refuge in the only place where she still has control: her imagination. From the window of her hospital room, she begins to dream of an imaginary world beyond the sterile walls, transforming anxiety into wonder.

This film is not only about sickness, but about resilience, innocence, and the powerful inner worlds children create in order to survive difficult realities. Salima invites the audience to witness how hope can emerge in the smallest moments ; a gaze, a dream, a window opening onto possibility.