When an aspiring filmmaker tries to make a project about Jeddah little does he know what the beloved city means to him until stumbling upon an underrated maven cinematographer living in a country without cinema.
Direction
Alqurashi turns Jeddah's streets into living memory.
Cinematography
Farid's hidden craft shines through constrained conditions.
Director
Abdulelah Alqurashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Saudi Arabia's 35-year cinema ban lift, making it literally about its own impossible existence. The 2018 reversal allowed this film to premiere legally.
Farid's character echoes real Saudi cinematographers who worked underground for decades, their reels smuggled out or hidden in basements. The film's 'found footage' structure mirrors actual archived material.
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