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INSHALLAH A BOY
INSHALLAH WALAD
AMJAD AL RASHEED
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INSHALLAH A BOY
INSHALLAH WALAD
AMJAD AL RASHEED
Country
JORDAN | FRANCE
language
ARABIC
2023 year
113 Minutes

SCHEDULE

04.03.2024 / 07:45 PM/ Audi 10 PVR INOX ORION MALL
06.03.2024 / 07:00 PM/ Audi 4 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, Nawal resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy. But as time passes, the lie becomes harder to sustain and Nawal faces a difficult choice. With only three weeks to find a solution, Nawal embarks on a journey that challenges her fears, beliefs, and morality, as she fights to secure her rightful inheritance and protect her daughter’s future.

Producer(s) or Production Company: The Imaginarium Films, Bayt Al shawareb, Georges Films
Screenplay: Amjad Al Rasheed, Rula Nasser, Delphine Agut
Director of Photography: Kaname Onoyama (AFC)
Editor: Ahmed Hafez
Music: Jerry Lane
Sound: Nour Halawani
Cast: Mouna Hawa, Haitham Omari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara, Mohammad Al Jizawi

Awards - Winner: Camerimage (Golden Frog - Directors' Debuts Competition), Cannes FF (Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d'Or Award), Golden Rooster Awards (Best Actress - Mouna Hawa), Thessaloniki FF (Best Actress - Mouna Hawa)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: 96th Academy Awards (Jordanian official entry for Best International Feature at the Oscars 2024), Cannes FF (Critics' Week Grand Prize, Golden Camera), Palm Springs IFF (FIPRESCI-Best Foreign Language Film), Golden Rooster Awards (Best Film), Thessaloniki FF (Golden Alexander Award)

Director's Biography
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AMJAD AL RASHEED

Amjad Al Rasheed, a Jordanian director and writer born in 1985, has an MFA in Cinematic Arts with a concentration on Directing and Editing. In 2016, he was selected by Screen International as one of the five Arab Stars of Tomorrow, highlighting the up-and-coming young talents of the region. He attended the Talent Campus during the 57th Berlinale, after which he directed short films that garnered nominations and won prizes at various Arab and international film festivals. INSHALLAH A BOY (23) is his feature debut.