Ajyal Film Festival 2024

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The Helmet

Ajyal Competition

Osama Khaled / Short Narrative / Yemen / 2019 / 9 min / DCP
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Science Fiction

Synopsis

Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow him to escape his reality.

About the Directors

Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow him to escape his reality.

Credits

Director
Osama Khaled
Screenwriter
Mohammed Khaled
Producer
Osama Khaled
Editor
Osama Khaled
Music
Martí Brugué
Cinematographer
Ahmed Halmah
Sound
Dominic Chiudioni
Cast
Osama Khaled Ameen Sultan Mohammed Khaled

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