Screenplay AFIN 110
Sea Of Pearls
Written by Ahmad Marouf
AFIN 2021 Nominee
- 2021
- 106pp
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Canada - English
- Fantasy
- Mation
- Adventure
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Synopsis
A nine-year-old boy sneaks on a pearling boat to prove himself to his mother and ends up battling the monster that terrorizes the Jellyfish Kingdom
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Also selected at
2 official selections across 2 other festivals
- SelectionLos Angles Animation Festival
- SelectionToronto International Animation Festival
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Writer's Biography
Ahmad Marouf Writer
Ahmad Marouf is a journalist, producer and screenwriter. He worked for Syrian television as a producer and wrote the first cartoon series produced by the station. He worked for Radio Canada International's Arabic section since 2005. Then he freelanced for CBC Radio One for two years. He wrote “I Was Once Told” a feature film that has been screened at the World Film Festival in Montreal. In 2012 he wrote “One Heart, Two Homes” a documentary that was screened on Omni TV. In 2011 Marouf won the Rainbow Caterpillar Children's Literature in Mother Language Award, his story “Sea of Pearls” was published in the anthology, “The Best Of All Worlds”.
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Sea Of Pearls was an official Nominee for Best Feature Screenplay at the AFIN International Film Festival 2021, a Top 100 Best Reviewed and IMDb-qualifying festival.
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