# Dead Dog (2025) - Film Information

## Overview
**Dead Dog** (2025) is a Lebanese-French-Qatari drama film directed by Sarah Francis.

### Technical Specifications
- **Original Title**: كلب ساكن
- **Director**: Sarah Francis
- **Runtime**: 92 minutes
- **Year**: 2025
- **Countries**: Lebanon, France, Qatar
- **Production Company**: Placeless Films
- **Producer**: Lara Abou Saif
- **Cinematography**: Mark Khalife
- **Editor**: Zeina Aboul Hosn
- **Screenwriter**: Sarah Francis

### Cast
- Chirine Karameh
- Nida Wakim

### Synopsis
On a rainy evening, Aida drives up to the Lebanese mountains and unlocks an empty family house where her husband, Walid, who has been living abroad for years, is confronted by her presence.

Temporarily reunited in the same space, they must face the state of their lives together and apart. Is there anything left to be saved?

## Festival Screenings
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (World Premiere)
- Lebanese Film Festival in France, French Avant-Première
- Festival Internacional de Cine de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- International Film Festival of India, India
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt (Arab World Premiere)
- São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina International Film Festival

## Awards
- CID's Next Generation Award for Chirine Karameh, Cairo International Film Festival
- CineGouna Platform Award at Beirut Cinema Platform
- Saad Eldin Wahba Award for best Arabic film at Cairo Film Festival's Horizons of Arab Cinema

## Distribution
**MAD Distribution** (MAD World) handles world sales.

## Links
- **IMDb**: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35625052/
- **MAD Distribution**: https://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115586.php
- **IFFR**: https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/dead-dog
- **Trailer**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLr1SjoaYSA

## Press Coverage
- The Hollywood Reporter: "Dead Dog," an Intimate Film Tale on an Estranged Marriage in Lebanon
- Variety: Cairo Horizons of Arab Cinema Winner 'Dead Dog' Director Sarah Francis
- Deadline: MAD World Boards Sales On Lebanese Rotterdam Title 'Dead Dog'

## Materials Collected (March 27, 2026)

### Images
- **Stills/** (3 production stills from MAD Distribution)
  - DD_Still_1.jpg (415 KB)
  - DD_Still_3.jpg (618 KB)
  - DD_Still_8.jpg (710 KB)
- **Poster/**
  - Dead_Dog_Poster.jpg (843 KB)

### Documentation
- IFFR_page.png (1.1 MB) - Screenshot of IFFR festival page
- MAD_Distribution_page.png (1.7 MB) - Screenshot of MAD Distribution film page
- Labocine_page.png (842 KB) - Screenshot of Labocine film page

### Reference
- Heart_of_a_Dog_Press_Kit.pdf (2.0 MB) - Sample press kit for reference format

### Trailer Information
- **YouTube Trailer**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLr1SjoaYSA
  - Note: Download requires authentication. Can be accessed directly via the link above.
- **Vimeo**: No official Vimeo link found. The film is available through MAD Distribution and festival platforms.

### Contact for Press Materials
For full electronic press kit (EPK), high-resolution materials, and screening copies:
- **Distributor**: MAD Distribution (MAD World)
- **Website**: https://mad-distribution.film
- **Film Page**: https://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115586.php

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*Materials collected from publicly available sources on March 27, 2026*
*For complete press kit and high-resolution assets, contact MAD Distribution directly*