Ajyal Film Festival 2023

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Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 3 - Al-Sit (Al-Sit)

Ajyal Competition, Made in Qatar

Suzannah Mirghani / Short Narrative / Qatar, Sudan / 2020 / 20 min
In Arabic
Domestic Premiere

Synopsis

Young Nafisa is due to enter an arranged marriage to a Sudanese businessman living abroad. Does she have a choice, or will Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch have the last say?

About the Directors

Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker. She is a media studies and museum studies graduate. Mixed-race Sudanese and Russian, she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of 'Al-Sit'(2020, Sudan/Qatar), which won the Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2021), as well as 6 Academy Award qualifying prizes: Best Narrative Short at New Orleans Film Festival (2021); Best of Fest at LA Shorts (2021); the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival (2021); Best Short Film at BronzeLens (2021); Best Live Action Short at AFI Fest (2021); and Best Live Action Short at Interfilm Berlin (2021). Her latest short is the experimental 'Virtual Voice' (2021), which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

Credits

Director
Suzannah Mirghani
Screenwriter
Suzannah Mirghani
Producer
Eiman Mirghani, Suzannah Mirghani
Cinematographer
Khalid Awad
Editor
Abdelrahim Kattab, Suzannah Mirghani
Sound
Falah Hannoun
Cast
Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mahmoud, Mohammed Magdi

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