Find Me in the Clouds
Find Me in the Clouds animates the dream of a young girl and her mother as they climb up into the clouds before facing the world down below, based on Nizar Bredan's piano solo, "Journey".
Music: “Journey”* by Nizar Bredan
Musician: Nizar Bredan, piano
Director of Animation: Jorinde Hol of Studio IJlie
Executive Producers: Pamela Sue, Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, Jean and Raymond V.J. Schrag, and Julia Slavin
About the Composer: Nizar Bredan was born in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, before relocating to Brussels as a young child. Elements of his diverse cultural heritage emerge in his work, from the subtle melodic flourishes in his piano compositions that evoke Libya’s Oriental influences to his penchant for layering in mixed-media photography.
"I'm musically illiterate, I can't read or write music. I just let my soul create it". In fact, as a self-taught artist, he has been playing and composing by ear since his beginnings. His music is probing, playful, and melancholic, at times evoking Yann Tiersen’s circulating melodies and other times reminiscent of the solitary, wandering tones of Chopin’s nocturns. He also finds inspiration in the works of Ólafur Arnalds, Ludovico Einaudi and Nils Frahm.
In the summer of 2019, he releases his first album that consists of a collection of pieces composed throughout the previous years, and he is now working on a series of pieces that will be released as singles throughout 2021 and 2022.
His digital art & photography work are the visual translation of his music and can be discovered on his dedicated page: https://nizarphotography.com/fine-art.
*“Journey” was the 2nd prize winner of Art Beyond the Ink’s 2021 EXPO: New Works Competition.
Find Me in the Clouds was selected as a finalist in the 2022 Canberra Short Film Festival and will be screened on November 15th at the Smith’s Alternative in Canberra, Australia.