Set in a gossip-ridden, violent neighborhood in East Amman, THE ALLEYS follows the story of a young hustler who will stop at nothing to be with his secret lover, but her mother will not have it.
When an extortionist’s camera captures a video of the couple in the act, the mother solicits a gangster to put a stop to it all, however, things do not go as planned.
Cast
Emad Azmi
Baraka Rahmani
Munther Rayahnah
Nadira Omran
Maisa Abd Elhadi
Crew
Screenwriter: Bassel Ghandour
DOP: Justin Hamilton
Editor: Eyad Hamam
Original Title: Al Harra
Production Company(ies):
Bayt Al Shawareb For Media Production
The Imaginarium Films
Lagoonie Film Production
Producer(s):
Yousef Abed Alnabi Rula Nasser (Shahinaz El Akkad)
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
BFI London Film Festival, UK
Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
MedFilm Festival in Rome, Italy
Arab Film Festival Tübingen, Germany
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
Espoo Ciné International Film Festival, Finland
Festival du Film Franco-Arabe, France
Raindance Film Festival, UK
REC, Tarragona International Film Festival, Spain
Pingyao International Film Festival, China
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia
Festival du Premier Film d’Annonay, France
Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden
Arab Film Festival in San Francisco, US
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea
Arab Film Festival in Cinema Akil, Dubai
Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
SAFAR Film Festival, UK
Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, Lebanon
Arab Film and Media Institute Festival, US
The Grand Prix du Jury at the Festival du Premier Film d’Annonay, France
Audience Award and special mention at Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden