Projects - Sloan Science & Film

The Trees Ramzi Bashour

Bashir returns to his village in rural Lebanon to attend his father's funeral. During the three-day-long Christian Greek Orthodox memorial, he discovers a pathogen infecting the trees across his village. A dark comedy about tradition, grief, and the environment.

CREDITS

Written, Directed, and Produced by Ramzi Bashour
Cinematography by Alfonso Herrera-Salcedo
Edited by Hasan Hadi
Principal Cast: Nadim Shartouny

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2018, NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.