Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway and Qatar / 2019 / 105mins / Drama / Arabic

Shortly after Muzamil’s birth, the village’s holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil’s father can’t stand the curse and leaves home. His mother, the overly protective Sakina, raises her son alone. One day, Muzamil turns 19.

Amjad Abu Alala

Amjad is a Sudanese Director and Producer, born and currently residing in the UAE. He studied media at the Emirates University and worked as a film and documentary director with various media institutions for Arab and Western channels. He has made numerous short films that have screened in different film festivals including, Tina , Coffee and Oranges, Birds Feathers and Studio in 2012 that was supervised by Abbas Kiarostami. In 2013 he received the Best Arabic Theater Script award from the Arab Authority for Theater for “Apple Pies”. He Produced a Film Narrative Lab with Doha Film Institute that made five short films, and is now working as Head of the Programming Committee for the Sudan Independent Film Festival. Learn More