Video, 2023, 7:30min, USA

Bezuna explores the complexities of fleeing a war-zone through the analysis of peripheral details. Through interweaving different narratives, the film presents the raw and broken feelings of a child and a cat whose lives will never be the same.

Preview link available upon request

Selected Screenings:


Conversation at the Edge (SAIC), Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Collectif Jeune Cinéma at Grand Action, Paris, France
Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Cairo Video Festival, Cairo, Egypt
Cherry Knot Curation, Chicago, IL
Duluth Superior Film Festival, Duluth, MN
Random Sample Gallery, Nashville, TN
Cactus Club Independent Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival, Chicago, IL
Film Church Show at Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, NY
Cauldron International Film and Video Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
Film Diary NYC, New York City, NY
International Encounters Traverse, Toulouse, France
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Antarctis Film Festival, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
Microlights Cinema, Milwuakee, WI
Light Matter Film Festival, Alfred, NY
Arab Film Festival, San Francisco/Bay Area, CA
Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
VideoBardo International Videopoetry Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Revolutions per Minute Festival, Boston, MA
Buffalo International Film Festival, Buffalo, NY
Fronteira Film Festival, Brasília, Brazil
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Visions du Reel Film Festival (VdR–Film Market selection), Nyon, Switzerland
50th Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH (Winner Jury Special Mention)
Mimesis Documentary Festival, Boulder, CO
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Manitoba, Canada
Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Thinking It’s Presence Conference, Pomona, CA