Lollipop

Name: Lollipop
Genre: Short, Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 13 min

Director: Hanaa Saleh Alfassi

Rights:

Highlights

Received the ENJAAZ - Dubai Film Market's Post-production Fund.
The film was sponsored by From The Heart Productions and the Industry Lab at the New York Film Academy.
Screened at a number of prestigious festivals, including Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), and Malmo Arab Film Festival.
Screened as part of “Hope” program by Anhar Network For Human Right Films, in the light of spreading cultural awareness in Tunisian prisons and rehabilitation centers.

2017/ KSA - UAE - Morocco - USA13 min/ Short, Drama

Original Title

Halawa

SYNOPSIS

A 14-year-old Muslim girl experiences the onset of puberty, meaning she must begin wearing a full black niqab. When her tormentor at school swipes her jacket, a case of mistaken identity exposes the perversity of the bully’s father.

CAST

Malak Radwan
Ayman Samman
Sarah Alhazmi

CREW

Screenwriter: Hanaa Saleh Alfassi
Shannon Emigh
DOP: Konstantin Frolov
Editor: Shannon Emigh

Production Company(ies)

Axe Pictures

Producer(s)

Hanaa Saleh Alfassi
Shannon Emigh

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), UAE

Arab Women Film Festival, Sweden

Medfest Egypt, Egypt

Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF), Egypt

Al Ain Film Festival, UAE

Cinetopia Film Festival, USA

Festimaj International School Film Festival, France

Festival des Cinémas Arabes à Paris, France

Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

Karama Human Rights Film Festival, Jordan

Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden

Houstan Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival, USA

Hip Hop Film Festival, USA

Katra Film Series, USA

Pentedattilo International Short Film Festival, Italy

Porto7 - Oporto International Short Film Festival, Portugal

Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt

Reviews

Banat Collective - Eman Bahrani

Quotes

“Lollipop defies taboos from confronting women’s sexualisation to publicly discussing menstruation.” Eman Bahrani - Banat Collective