After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, Nawal resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy. But as time passes, the lie becomes harder to sustain and Nawal faces a difficult choice. With only three weeks to find a solution, Nawal embarks on a journey that challenges her fears, beliefs, and morality, as she fights to secure her rightful inheritance and protect her daughter’s future.
Cast
- Mouna Hawa
- Haitham Omari
- Yumna Marwan
- Salwa Nakkara
- Mohammad Al Jizawi
- Eslam Al-Awadi
- Celina Rabab'a
Crew
- Screenwriters: Amjad Al-Rasheed, Rula Nasser, and Delphine Agut
- DOP: Kanamé Onoyama (AFC)
- Editor: Ahmed Hafez
- Composer: Jerry Lane
Original Title: Inshallah Walad
Production Company(ies):
The Imaginarium Films, Bayt Al Shawareb, Georges Films
Producer(s):
Rula Nasser, Aseel Abu Ayyash
- Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, France (World Premiere)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic
- Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
- Toronto International Film Festival, Canada
- BFI London Film Festival, UK
- Sydney Film Festival, Australia
- World Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hamburg Film Festival, Germany
- New Zealand International Film Festival, New Zealand
- Rotterdam Arab Film Festival, Netherlands
- Paysages de Cineastes Festival, France
- Mystic Film Festival, US
- Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia
- Camerimage Film Festival, Poland
- AFI Fest, US
- Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden
- Mill Valley Film Festival, US
- Ghent Film Festival, Belgium
- Busan International Film Festival, South Korea
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil
- Mumbai Film Festival, India
- Montclair Film Festival, US
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia
- Golden Rooster Awards, China
- Chennai International Film Festival, India
- Around the World in 14 Films, Germany
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, US
- International Film Festival of Kerala, India
- Bengaluru International Film Festival, India
- Beirut International Women Film Festival, Lebanon
- Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland
- Arab Film Days Film Festival, Norway
- Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq
- Houston Palestine Film Festival, US
- The Septimius Awards, Netherlands
- Muslim International Film Festival, UK
- Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
- Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan
- Muharaq Nights Festival, Bahrain
- Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia
- Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria
- Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
- Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis
- Festival Cine Punta del Este
- Joburg Film Festival, South Africa
- Sharjah Film Platform, the UAE
- Leeds International Film Festival, the UK
- Festival Du Film Arabe De Fameck, France
- New Horizons Film Festival, Poland
- Asian World Film Festival, the USA
- Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia
- Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong
- Human Rights Watch Film Festival
- Milwaukee International Film Festival, the USA
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- Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d'Or Award for Best Feature Film at the Cannes Film Festival
- Director’s Debut Award at the Camerimage Film Festival
- Best Actress at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
- Best Actress at the Golden Rooster Awards
- Best Performance at the Asia Pacific Awards
- Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Award at the Mystic Film Festival
- Best Actress and a Jury Award at the Rotterdam Arab Film Festival
- Women’s Jury Award and Grand Jury Award at the Paysages de Cineastes Festival
- Best Actress at the Red Sea International Film Festival
- Best First Film at the Bengaluru International Film Festival, India
- Best Feature Fiction at the Beirut International Women's Film Festival, Lebanon
- Critics’ Choice Award, Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland
- Special Jury Prize, Baghdad Film Festival, Iraq
- Best Actress and Best Cinematography at the Arab Cinema Center’s Critics’ Awards
- Best Narrative Feature Award at the Muslim International Film Festival, the UK
- Audience Award at the Amman International Film Festival, Jordan
- Best Feature at the Duhok International Film Festival, Kurdistan
- Best Actress at the Oran International Arab Film Festival, Algeria
- Best Screenplay Award at the Septimius Awards
- Best Actress at the Malmo Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Best Actress at the Asian World Film Festival, the USA
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