3 Logical Exits

A film by

Denmark, United Kingdom, Lebanon | 15' | 01/2020 | documentary

A sociological meditation on the different “exits” that young Palestinians choose, in order to cope with life in the refugee camps.

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Mahdi Fleifel

Biography

Born in Dubai, Mahdi Fleifel lives and works between Denmark, England and Greece. A graduate of the UK’s National Film & Television School, he studied Fiction Directing under Stephen Frears and Pawel Pawlikowski. In 2010 he founded the London based production company Nakba FilmWorks with Irish producer Patrick Campbell.

Fleifel’s critically acclaimed debut feature, A WORLD NOT OURS, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received over 30 awards, including the Berlinale Peace Prize, and the Edinburgh, Yamagata and DOC:NYC Grand Jury Prizes. He was named Best New Nordic Voice at Nordisk Panorama, and received the New Talent Award at CPH:DOX in 2013.

In 2016 Fleifel won a Silver Bear for A MAN RETURNED. His follow up, A DROWNING MAN, was selected in the Official Competition at Cannes, and was nominated for a BAFTA. His last film, I SIGNED THE PETITION, won Best Documentary Short at IDFA and was nominated for the 2018 European Film Awards.

Filmography

3 Logical Exits – 2020 – short film
I Signed the Petition – 2018 – short film
A Drowning Man – 2017 – short film
A Man Returned – 2016 – short film
20 Handshakes for Peace – 2015 – short film
Xenos – 2014 – short film
A World Not Ours – 2012 – documentary feature

Square Eyes - Director - Mahdi Fleifel (Photo by Ulysse del Drago) - Square Eyes

Crew

Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Producer: Mahdi Fleifel
Executive Producer: Amal Alaeddine
Cinematographer: Mahdi Fleifel & Talal Khoury
Sound: Dario Swade
Editor: Michael Aaglund
Production assistant: Walid Taha

Festivals

International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands (22 January – 2 February, 2020)
Ammodo Tiger Shorts Competition
MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, United States (5 – 19 February, 2020)
Official Selection
Tampere Film Festival, Finland (4 – 8 March, 2020)
International Competition
Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (11 – 18 March, 2020)
International Competition
Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (18 – 22 March, 2020)
International Competition
Haifa Independent Film Festival, Israel (25 – 29 March. 2020)
Official Selection
Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (1 – 5 April, 2020)
International Competition
Festival Cinéma Arabe, the Netherlands (26 – 31 May, 2020)
Official Selection
Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival, Austria (28 May – 2 June, 2020)
Fiction & Documentary Competition Special Mention
Huesca International Film Festival, Spain (12 – 20 June, 2020)
Short Documentary Competition
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia (6 – 23 August, 2020)
Short film competition
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo (7 – 15 August, 2020)
International Short Documentary Competition
Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (14 – 21 August, 2020)
European Shorts
Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 – 23 August, 2020)
International Competition Won: Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film
OFF – Odense International Film Festival, Denmark (24 – 30 August, 2020)
Danish & Documentary Competition
Open City Documentary Festival, United Kingdom (9 – 15 September, 2020)
UK Shorts Competition Won: Best UK Short Film
Leiden International Short Film Experience, Netherlands (10 – 13 September, 2020)
Official Selection
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (17 – 27 September, 2020)
Offical Selection
PRINDIE: Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (18 – 20 September, 2020)
Competition
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (18 – 27 September, 2020)
Official Selection
Encounters Film Festival, United Kingdom (18 September – 11 October, 2020)
Competition
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania (19 – 25 September, 2020)
Short Documentary Competition
It’s All True International Documentary Film Festival, Brazil (24 September – 4 October, 2020)
Short Film Competition
DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival, United States (1 – 10 October, 2020)
Official Selection
Camden International Film Festival, United States (1 – 12 October, 2020)
Official Selection
Aarhus Arab Film, Denmark (2 – 7 October. 2020)
Opening night
Kinemastik – International Short Film Festival, Malta (2 – 3 October, 2020)
Competition
ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival, Poland (3 – 9 October, 2020)
Official Selection
Carbonia Film Festival, Italy (6 – 11 October, 2020)
International Short Film Competition
Hamptons International Film Festival, United Stated (8 – 14 October, 2020)
Short Documentary Competition
Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden (8 – 13 October, 2020)
Short Film Competition Won: Special Jury Award
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus (10 – 16 October, 2020)
International Competition
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia (15 – 25 October, 2020)
International Competition
Bolton Film Festival, United Kingdom (16 – 25 October, 2020)
Competition
LatinArab International Film Festival, Argentina (18 – 25 October, 2020)
Short Film Competition Won: Best Arab Short
Bosphorus Film Festival, Turkey (23 – 30 October, 2020)
International Short Documentary Competition
FestCurtas BH Belo Horizonte Short Film Festival, Brazil (23 October – 1 November, 2020)
Special: Memory Political Body
Cámara Lúcida – International Festival of Non-Fiction Film – Experimental and Expanded Poetics, Ecuador (1 – 14 November, 2020)
Official Selection
Cork International Film Festival, Ireland (4 – 15 November, 2020)
Short Film Competition
Festival Cine Palestine, France (5 – 10 November, 2020)
Official Selection
Hamburg Short Film Festival, Germany (6 – 8 November, 2020)
International Competition
Tacoma Film Festival, United States (6 – 15 November, 2020)
Official Selection
RIDM Montreal International Documentary Festival, Canada (12 November – 2 December, 2020)
Short Film Competition
London Palestine Film Festival, United Kingdom (13 – 26 November, 2020)
Official Selection
PÖFF Shorts, Estonia (17 – 25 November, 2020)
Out of Competition
Curta Cinema – International Short Film Festival, Brazil (20 – 27 November, 2020)
International Competition
Magma – mostra di cinema breve, Italy (20 – 21 November, 2020)
Competition
Mahalla Festival, Turkey (December, 2020)
Kinemastik retrospective
Palestine Filmer C’est Exister, Turkey (4 – 8 December, 2020)
Retrospective
Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia (8 – 15 December, 2020)
International Competition
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (12 – 17 January, 2021)
Nordic Competition
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Lebanon (18 – 20 January, 2021)
Official Competition Won: Best Documentary Film
Reel Palestine Film Festival, United Arab Emirates (22 – 30 January, 2021)
Official Selection
XVI Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema, Brazil (24 February – 3 March, 2021)
International Competition
VIDEONALE – Festival for Video and Time-Based Arts, Germany (4 March – 18 April, 2020)
Lebu International Film Festival. Chile (13 – 21 March, 2021)
Documentary Selection Won: Best International Short Documentary
RAI Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 – 28 March, 2021)
London Palestine Festival: Global Racialisations
Salem Film Fest, United States (19 – 28 March, 2021)
Competition
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Scotland (22 – 28 March, 2021)
10^th Anniversary Bill Douglas Award
Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (22 March – 1 April, 2021)
International Competition
Rencontres Internationales De Cinéma, France (25 March – 2 April, 2021)
Official selection
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine (26 March – 4 April 2021)
International Competition DOCU/SHORT
Liberation DocFest Bangladesh, India (6 – 10 April, 2021)
International Competition Won: Best Film
Tegenstroom International Short Film Festival, the Netherlands (23 – 25 April, 2021)
Opstromers Competition Won: Best Documentary
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, United States (29 April – 1 May, 2021)
Competition
Sheffield Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (17 – 23 May, 2021)
Official Selection
Diaspora Film Festival, South-Korea (21 – 23 May, 2021)
Diaspora Worldwide
Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece (2 – 8 June, 2021)
International Competition Won: Audience Award for Documentary
Documed-Festival Du Cinéma Documentaire Mediterraneen, Tunesia (6 – 19 June, 2021)
Official Selection
Filmfest Dresden, Germany (13 – 18 July, 2021)
Open Air Screening
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 31 August, 2021)
Competition
MDOC Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival, Portugal (2 – 8 August, 2021)
Competition for Best International Short or Medium Length Film Won: Don Quijote Award
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Italy (7 – 12 August, 2021)
Documentary Competition
Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (11 – 16 August, 2021)
Official Selection
Mediterranean Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 – 28 August, 2021)
Competition
Diaspora International Short Film Festival, Turkey (27 – 29 August, 2021)
International Competition
Into the Great Wide Open, Netherlands (2 – 5 September, 2021)
IFFR: Transform/Transit
Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Lebanon (2 – 5 September, 2021)
International Competition
ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival, Poland (6 – 12 September, 2021)
Short Documentary Competition
DC Shorts Film Festival, United States (9 – 19 September, 2021)
Official Selection
Festival d’ Alexandrie du Film Francophone, Egypt (11 – 16 September, 2021)
Short Film Competition
Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Canada (23 – 26 September, 2021)
Boston Palestine Film Festival, United States (8 – 17 October, 2021)
Official Selection
Drunken Film Fest – Bradford, United Kingdom (November, 2021)
Palestine Cinema Days, Palestina (3 – 8 November, 2021)
Short Film Competition
Bristol Palestine Film Festival, United Kingdom (4 – 11 December, 2021)
Official Selection
Hishorts! Xiamen Short Film Festival, China (12 – 21 December, 2021)

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Press materials

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Stills, poster & director’s photo: Click here

Dialogue list English: Click here

Downloadable trailer: Click here