A newlywed couple pays their first visit to the groom’s hometown in a small Southern Saudi village where they will celebrate their marriage. Nervous and desperate for her in-laws’ approval, the bride, Aya, makes a daring choice, while her husband Nader tries to cope with the consequences. The new relationship is put under its first test.
Cast
Fatima Albanawi
Ayman Mutahar
Alanoud Yousef
Crew
Screenwriter: Mohammed Alhamoud
DOP: Amine Messadi
Editor: Nadia Touijer
Original Title: Ertidad
Production Company(ies):
Last Scene Films
Producer(s):
Mohammed Alhamoud Saleem Homsi
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France
Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF Shorts), Estonia
Cleveland International Film Festival, USA
Kolkata International Film Festival Kolkata, India
Lublin Film Festival, Poland
Dhaka International Film Festival, Bangladesh
Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
Quebec City Film Festival, Canada
Bali International Short Film Festival, Indonesia
Arab Film Festival in Tübingen/Stuttgart,
XXI Festival Internazionale Corti da Sogni Antonio Ricci, Italy
CINECO Cinéma itinérant en Cévennes, France
Alexandria Short Film Festival, Egypt
Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci - International Short Film Festival, Italy