Private Project

Symbiosis

In a distant aeon, Lily finds herself in a glass house. Under its pitched roof grows vines, plants, and strange creatures crawling along the ground and walls. She is intriuged and decides to tend to the place. After days and nights, she will be astonished with one of the plants confronting her. Symbiosis is an animated short film co-directed by Reem Asfour and Yasemin Orhan with score and sound design by Ana Maria Oancea.

  • Reem Asfour
    Director
  • Yasemin Orhan
    Director
  • Reem Asfour
    Writer
  • Yasemin Orhan
    Writer
  • Ana Maria Oancea
    Sound Design and Music
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 15, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Norway
  • Country of Filming:
    Norway
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Reem Asfour, Yasemin Orhan

Reem Asfour is an Egyptian scenographer and architect living between Norway and Germany. She is currently focusing on directing and set design in film and theatre. In her current works she is depicting stories of spirituality, identity, and connection with nature.

Yasemin Orhan is a an artist and animator from Turkey, currently pursuing a master’s in contemporary art practice in Bergen, Norway. Her practice and research focuses on the two or multiple ends of relationships, with self, others and nature. She is interested in the synthesis between contrasting conceptions such as the macro-micro, life-death, subject-object.

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