The upcoming edition will showcase 36 films from across 18 countries, including Arab and North Africa.
MAD Solutions has sent four short films from its distribution list to the upcoming edition of the Alexandria Short Film Festival that will take place from April 5 to 10. The selected films are Going South (Ertidad) by director Mohammed Alhamoud, Bond (Silah) by Hussam Alhulwah, Barakat by Manon Nammour and The Ghosts We Left at Home (Ahinu Elayk wa Ahinu Elai) by Faris Alrjoob.
Alexandria Short Film Festival is a cinematic celebration held in April every year in Alexandria and also organises free workshops and seminars throughout the year. It was founded and organised by the Da’rat Al Fann Association. The festival aims to spread the culture of short films and to establish an exchange between Arab culture.
The upcoming edition will showcase 36 films from across 18 countries, including Arab and North Africa.
The Ghosts We Left at Home is a raw and intimate portrayal of a man, and a city, doomed and in exile, and sinking to hit rock bottom. It plays in the margin of reality, where forces of the masculine and the feminine alternate, merge, attract and repel.
Written and directed by Faris Alrjoob, the film stars Nadeem Rimawi, Mohamed Nizar and Maisa Abdelhadi. The Ghosts We Left at Home took part in several international festivals, including Malmö Arab Film Festival, Amman International Film Festival/Amman, Jordan, Red Sea International Film Festival, KSA and International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
Starring Fatima Albanawi and Ayman Mutahar, Going South received a funding grant from the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) after winning the Saudi Film Days in 2017. It was entirely shot in Al Hasamah, a village in Jizan Province, in south-western Saudi Arabia.
Directed and written by Hussam Alhulwah, Bond stars Mohammed Alyaya and Nasser Alrubiaan and is produced by Mohammed Alhamoud and Hussam Alhulwah. The film landed its world premiere at Saudi Film Festival where it won Golden Palm for Best Director Award and took part in Tampere Film Festival.
Barakat is Written and directed by Manon Nammour. The film also took part in many international festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and International Short Film Festival of Cyprus.
