watch TrailerIn the Waiting Room
a film by
Moatasem Taha
15 min /
Drama, Comedy
Palestine
Hussien — a 30-year-old Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship after being evacuated in 1948 — escorts his freshly bereaved 70-year-old mother Rashida to her medical appointment in an Israeli hospital waiting area. While Hussien works on an assignment on his laptop, Rashida — who hasn’t left her house in three months — tries to socialize with others in her limited Hebrew.
Cast
- Marleen Bajjali
- Jalal Masarwa
- Drora Coren
- Bayan Daher
- Maria Toama
Crew
- Screenwriter: Moatasem Taha
- Cinematographer: Mostafa Kadah
- Editor: Ayman Matar
Original Title: في قاعة الانتظار
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
Mohammed Ibraheem
Producer(s):
Thekra Makalda, Mohammed Ibraheem
- Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland (World Premiere)
- Ibiza Independent Film Festival, Spain
- Sharjah International Film Festival
- Linz International Short Film Festival in Austria
- Curt'Arruda Film Festival, Portugal
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan
- Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia
- Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film (AIFF), Jordan
- Oran Film Festival, Algeria
- Casablanca Arab Film Festival, Morocco
- Iraq International Film Festival
Audience Award at Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia
