Becoming
Five short stories that explore the human depth, under the pressure of suffering, secrets, anxiety, and fear.
Screenplay: Sara Mesfer, Fatima Al Banawi, Jawaher Alamri, Hind Al Fahhad, Noor Alameer
Cinematography: Rawan Namngani, Abobakr Alshibli, Heyjin Jun, Hussain Alsadeq, Ahlam Fadel
Editing: Rawan Namngani, Ziyad Adbulrazaq, Almuthana Kutbi, Bashayer Abdulaziz, Hussam Alsayyed, Mahmoud Amjad
Cast: Suzan Abulkhair, Ghada Aboud, Lana Gomusani, Reem Al Habeeb
Producer: Ragheed Al Nahdi, Nora Alfraikh, Hajar Alnaim, Khulood Kamal, Abdulrahman Fares
Production: Red Sea Film Festival Foundation
Sara Mesfer
Saudi filmmaker. Holds a bachelor in Cinematic Art from Effat university, Saudi Arabia. Her latest film “The Girls who Burned the Night” got a special mention in Cairo International Film Festival 2020.
Fatima Al Banawi:
After pioneering in Saudi’s submission to the Oscars Barakah Meets Barakah, AlBanawi An actress, writer, and director. Her short “Until We See Light” is part of a female led Omnibus, “Becoming”.
Jawaher Alamri:
A Saudi director/producer. She directed “Sadeya left sultan”; a short film that won a jury award in SFF 2019. jowaher’s first feature is participating in the Redsea lodge “Hala’s aziz”
Hind Al Fahhad
A Saudi filmmaker won the Jury Prize at the Dubai international film Festival in 2015 for the best short film for “Basta”. She was jury member at Saudi Film Festival 2017.
Noor Alameer
A Saudi director and writer who has several shorts such as “My Neighbor is the Wall”, and “The Bus” which won the Best Student Documentary Short Film award in 2017 at the Saudi Film Festival.
World Premiere
KSA
Fiction, 2021, Color, 70 min
Arabic
Sara Mesfer, Fatima Al Banawi, Jawaher Alamri, Hind Al Fahhad, Noor Alameer