Ajyal Film Festival 2023

All Films

Our Time Is Running Out (Waq’tna Yamdi)

Made in Qatar

للترجمة العربية اضغط على

Meriem Mesraoua / Short Narrative / Qatar / 2017 / 14 min / Colour / DCP
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Drama, Fantasy
No Premiere

Synopsis

With ‘Our Time Is Running Out’, director Meriem Mesraoua creates a compelling and disturbingly blissful alternate universe in which a society of children lives according to strict and absolute rules. Every day, there are lessons and tasks – and every day, there is trepidation, for any deviation from the norm means eternal banishment. When one youngster wakes to find himself changed, he makes a desperate attempt to cling to the familiar. Time and life, however, march inexorably forward.

About the Directors

Meriem Mesraoua earned a BSc with Honours in Media Industries and Technologies from Northwestern University. She explored various facets of the film industry and gained professional experience at Miramax, NYWIFT, film sets and festivals, amongst others. Her short films are ‘Coucou’ (2009) and ‘Our Time Is Running Out’ (2017). She is currently working on a new short titled ‘Tainted’ and developing her first feature-length project, ‘The Other Wife’.

Credits

Director
Meriem Mesraoua
Screenwriter
Dana Atrach, Meriem Mesraoua
Producer
Nadine Toukan
Editor
Abdul Jabbar Maki
Production Designer
Rand Abdul Nour
Cinematographer
Ghassan Nazmi
Production Company
Doha Film Institute
Sound
Falah Hannoun
Cast
Kareem Abu Roza, Laila Kabesh, Omar Abdel Majid, Zakaria Al Arab, Joseph Asmar, Salma Abdalla

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