18 Dec Zainab Rabbaa is the second recipient of the 2024-2025 (tri)Cycle grant !
Main Film would like to congratulate Zainab Rabbaa and her short film project Malak, the second recipient of the Tricycle grant for the year 2024/2025. Congratulations Zainab and a big thank you to our jury! Zainab will benefit from the advice of recognized professionals and free use of up to $10,000 in production equipment!
In Montreal, Malak, a 16-year-old swimmer, discovers that the pool water reveals memories of her deceased father, a former champion swimmer. Each dive immerses her in the past, revealing her father’s hidden fears and family secrets. These journeys disturb her, blurring the boundaries between memory and reality. On learning the truth about her father’s death in the Mediterranean, Malak attempts to drown herself. Saved in extremis, she realizes she must come to terms with the past and returns to Tangier to find inner peace.
Zainab Rabbaa
Zainab Rabbaa, also known as Zairab, is a Moroccan filmmaker based in Montreal. A painter and film editor, she holds a master’s degree in documentary film and is currently pursuing a doctorate in cinematographic image. As a filmmaker and editor, Zairab has gained valuable experience through various personal and professional projects working with production companies in Morocco and Canada.
(tri)Cycle support program
(tri)Cycle is a Main Film program that supports the creation of short fiction films. The program is open to independent filmmakers, regardless of experience. To be eligible, applicants must retain full creative and editorial control over all aspects of the project. In keeping with our organization’s mission, the aim of (tri)Cycle is to support, accompany and encourage independent filmmakers with a strong and bold artistic commitment.
Through this 4-month program, selected artists will benefit from expert advice from recognized professionals, as well as free access to $10,000 worth of film equipment!
This program supports 3 filmmakers per year, or one project per cycle. The project supported is determined by an external selection committee made up of a director, a producer and a member of a distribution company.
The deadline for the third cycle is February 3 2025.