Instincts
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2022
United States/Iraq
7 mins
World Premiere
Winter FEAR Awards Horror Film Competition
| Israa Al-Kamali | |
| Emerson Geter | |
| Crishna Nag (Sam), Sanmi Oguntunde (The Pig & The Wolf), Fabrizio BriKan (The Lion), Diksha Verma (The Woman with the Necklace) | |
| Implied Violence |
Sam, a corporate employee who dresses as a man, makes her journey back home at night after work. Her friend Alice gives her a list of possible riddles she might be asked by the predatory animal-headed men who rule this world. A corporate lion, a drunk pig, a gangster wolf and owl, and a fox roommate that does not understand boundaries, stop her path and won’t let her pass until she answers the riddles correctly.
About the Director
Israa Al-Kamali is an LA-based Iraqi filmmaker who has worked on various projects in both regions. Al-Kamali’s work tackles matters such as social justice, immigration, and culture. She founded the Iraqi Film Festival to celebrate films from Iraq. Al-Kamali holds a BSc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and an MFA in Filmmaking from New York Film Academy. Her debut feature film, THE ANXIOUS PLACE, is the first feature film by a woman in Qatar and is currently in the financing phase.
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