Lollipop

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

Director: Hanaa Saleh Alfassi

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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