Bukra (بُكرا)
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After winning a soccer ball in a sweepstakes, a young Syrian refugee must race to claim her prize and play one final game with her best friend before he’s gone forever.
Directors Spotlight
Alex Aljouni
Director
Raised during the war in Syria, Alex Aljouni is a writer-director whose films explore memory, identity, and the emotional weight of displacement. She studied film at UCLA, graduating magna cum laude, and is now pursuing her MFA at NYU. With a unique perspective shaped by her heritage, Alex is dedicated to telling grounded, human stories.
- Year 2024
- Runtime 15 minutes
- Country United States
- Language Arabic, Turkish
- Director Alex Aljouni
- Producer Adrian Clark
- Executive Producer Bill & Debbie Keland, Laith Nakli
- Cast Ara Movsesian, Gamze Kececi, George Namy, Laith Nakli, Lamitta Saloum, Mohamed Ewis
- Cinematographer Akina Van de Velde
- Editor Alex Aljouni, Victoria Santorsiero
- Production Design Zheng Wu Rye Mandel
- Composer Noé Cervantes
- Sound Design Ian Howard
- Music Noé Cervantes
- Premiere East Coast
