Fatima(Short)
Ali Halawi Germany | 2026 | 12m 34s | Animation, Drama with English Subtitle
Fatima grows up on the Tyre peninsula in southern Lebanon. When she is ten, the first Israeli bombs change her life and her home forever. This animated biopic follows Fatima through her childhood and adult life, from the first attack to the brutal civil war. Through conversations with the director, her son, she tells her story — shaped by loss and hardship, but also by love and hope.
Ali Halawi is an animation filmmaker, animator, and compositing artist from Germany, with Lebanese roots.
After his graduation Ali taught Animation at the university of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe as guest lecturer. Furthermore he started working with OMME Animation in Cologne on different projects, including his first credit in German TV as Compositing Artist for ‚Little Charlie‘ by Anneke de Graaf and the feature film ‚DANTE‘ by Linda Hambäck. Ali is now still working at OMME Animation as Clean-Up and Compositing Artist.
