Saudi Directed Shorts
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- DirectorJawaher AlamriStarsKhaled YeslamNaif AldaferiSaleh Al KhalaqiAfter his marriage is over, Sultan is desperate to meet his daughter. The unlikely discovery of a puppet, Sadeya, sets a plan in motion. He brings her to life, and reaches his daughter with its help. But one day, the puppet leaves him.
- DirectorNada AlMojadediStarsAbdulelah AlqurashiYaser HammadSarah TaibahZaina's bake sale hobby turns into a lifestyle choice that could force her to choose between her father and a young man.
- DirectorSara MesferStarsHamad AlmutaaniMaram AlzghoulDJ WaelOn an engagement night, a denied request to go to the grocery shop pushes two sisters to their edge.
- DirectorRiham AltimaniAn experimental narrative exploring the power relationships in Saudi society
- DirectorAbdulrahman KhawjStarsIsmail AlhassanGhalia HelmiA romantic partner narrates, back and forth through time, the rise and fall of a relationship
- DirectorMariam KhayatStarsJoelle TashkandiA numbed young girl is thrown into a labyrinth in search for her heart, as hidden forces keep snatching it away.
- DirectorEthar Ba'Amer
- DirectorRawan NamnganiStarsRawan NamnganiA personal monologue of a Saudi filmmaker that illustrates her interests upon discovering certain feelings and the things that give her drive in life.
- DirectorMaha Al-SaatiStarsNada TawhidAziz GharbawiAbdulhaleem SalmanAbandoned by her prince, Cinderella is left serving guests. Meanwhile, Peter pan attempts to escape the body of the hairy grown up he trapped in.
- DirectorMaha Al-SaatiStarsJennifer KassabLula HajRwand BahaaIn an island inhabited by women, a young girl forms a friendship with a ram. Fearing that death will keep them apart, she seeks the apple of eternal life.
- DirectorMaha Al-SaatiStarsSedra Al-GhamdiLina Al-AttasSamaya MondasAs two friends play with their dolls, a mysterious woman appears to tell them the myth of the headless Aswang. The girls venture into the fields near the abandoned houses to find this creature's nest.
- DirectorKhalid FahadStarsAbdulhaleem SalmanAmal Al-ThaqafiNader HaseenIn a world where Malik lives alone, he faces fateful challenges in his life
- DirectorKhalid FahadStarsTim TorreKatharine McLeodRobert AxelThe world is a stage and the toughest tole is being an actor.
- DirectorKhalid FahadStarsAziz GharbawiMaan MansourAnas AlqurashiOnce the bars of jail locked behind him, Omar finds himself in confrontation with reality, after spending a lifetime escaping to a world of his imagination, sharing a cell with a major criminal. Upon his cellmate's curiosity, Omar narrates the story of how he came to be the criminal that he is through the scheming impersonation of typical characters found in society. The film sheds light on some true stories that occurred in Saudi society. To escape his cellmate, Omar must carry on one last impersonation attempt to impersonate to escape the bars of jail.
- DirectorMaan B.StarsBrent ChristensenJenny OlkusDean RossiterAfter a lifetime of being abused and held captive in a dark, dreary place, Mickey finds a shiny object that could lead him to freedom.
- DirectorMaan B.Talha B.StarsMaan B.Shaelan BowersMaria Gabriela CardenasDirecting his own film is a dream come true for the soon to be film school graduate Tommy, until equipment failure, difficult actors and set drama threaten to make it a nightmare.
- DirectorRaed AlsemariStarsSara BalghonaimRahafSarah AltaweelDunya's perfectly planned graduation party is headed for disaster when she is abandoned by all of her household help.
- DirectorMaram TaibahStarsAli Al-ShariefSara BalghonaimAmna FataniIn a marriage plagued with boredom, one of the partners has to come up with a solution - even a magical one. Dina attempts it, but the distance from Jeddah to Cairo is further than she imagined.
- DirectorMaram TaibahStarsGhida al GhusaiyerIda AlkusayPatricia CardonarocaA mentally disabled Arab man is accidentally separated from his sister in a new york subway and has to find his own way home.
- DirectorAbdulrahman KhawjStarsAitor AispuruaStephanie HernandezJulio LousavAn architecture student is assigned to design a home for the perfect human.
- DirectorFatima AlBanawiStarsFatima AlBanawi
- DirectorAli KalthamiStarsMoayad AlnefaieMohammed AlhamdanMansour AlnasserWasati is based on true events that happened during a play in Riyadh 10 years ago. The play was called "Wasati bela Wastiah" which roughly translates to "A Moderate Without a Middle-Ground," where a group of extremists attacked the theater and the play was shut down. That story shook the society and it was all over the news. The film addresses that event and retells the story from a different point of view.
- DirectorFaris GodusStarsSohayb GodusMoayed AlthagafiMohammed AlbakriA science fiction short film set in the seventies, tells the story of a missing airplane that crashes in an isolated desert area. After countless failed attempts by the survivors to communicate with the outside world the survivors are forced to co-exist.
- DirectorMujtaba SaeedStarsPaolo Al ShahhafDiana KadahKatharina WaltherWhen an unknown pandemic strikes the world, eight-year old Adam, who lives in a refugee shelter with his mother, is quarantined. Adam, who is so bored of being stuck in his room, wants to visit his friend Sophia. Although his mother had forbidden him to leave the room he secretly sneaks out. Coming outside, he finds the disastrous consequences of fear that have taken over the place. Adam experiences a tragic journey of growth.