Zaven Najjar

Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.

For seventeen year old Avaz, family is like a sentence. His mom is the subject, his father the verb, and he is the complement. He shows us his family's life through this prism until his father leaves for the hospital.

A short film animation by Zaven Najjar about the movie "Jaws" made for Arte.

Animated retelling of "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick in a short film by Zaven Najjar.

Beirut 1982. In order to see his fiancée on the other side of the city, Gabriel has to cross a heavily guarded bridge. He chooses the night of the opening game of the World Cup to try his luck. Will the snipers be watching the game and allow the Gabriel and his friend Mokhtar to cross the bridge in their old Plymouth?

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.

When ten-year-old Birahima’s mother dies, he leaves his native village in Guinea, accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba, to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, they are seized by rebels and forced into military service. Birahima becomes a child-soldier. Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys, Birahima sees death, torture, dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.

For seventeen year old Avaz, family is like a sentence. His mom is the subject, his father the verb, and he is the complement. He shows us his family's life through this prism until his father leaves for the hospital.

For seventeen year old Avaz, family is like a sentence. His mom is the subject, his father the verb, and he is the complement. He shows us his family's life through this prism until his father leaves for the hospital.

A short film animation by Zaven Najjar about the movie "Jaws" made for Arte.

Animated retelling of "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick in a short film by Zaven Najjar.

Beirut 1982. In order to see his fiancée on the other side of the city, Gabriel has to cross a heavily guarded bridge. He chooses the night of the opening game of the World Cup to try his luck. Will the snipers be watching the game and allow the Gabriel and his friend Mokhtar to cross the bridge in their old Plymouth?

Beirut 1982. In order to see his fiancée on the other side of the city, Gabriel has to cross a heavily guarded bridge. He chooses the night of the opening game of the World Cup to try his luck. Will the snipers be watching the game and allow the Gabriel and his friend Mokhtar to cross the bridge in their old Plymouth?

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