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THE BURDENED
AL MURHAQOON
AMR GAMAL
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THE BURDENED
AL MURHAQOON
AMR GAMAL
Country
YEMEN
language
ARABIC
2023 year
91 Minutes

SCHEDULE

01.03.2024 / 05:10 PM/ Audi 8 PVR INOX ORION MALL
04.03.2024 / 05:20 PM/ Audi 8 PVR INOX ORION MALL

Synopsis

Aden, southern Yemen. Isra’a and Ahmed put all their efforts into offering a normal life and education to their three young children. When they find out that Isra'a is pregnant again, they have to make difficult decisions guided only by their family's interests.

Producer(s) or Production Company: Mohsen Alkhalifi, Amr Gamal
Screenplay: Mazen Refaat, Amr Gamal
Director of Photography: Mrinal Desai
Editor: Heba Othman
Music: Chen Mingchang
Sound: Rana Eid, Rawad Hobeika
Cast: Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah Alamrani, Awsam Abdulrahman, Shahd Algonfedy
Awards - Winner: Berlinale (Amnesty International Film Prize), Chicago IFF (Gold Hugo - New Directors Competition), Durban IFF (Best Screenplay)
Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection: 96th Academy Awards (Yemen’s official entry for Best International Feature at the Oscars 2024), Berlin IFF (Panorama Audience Award), Palm Springs IFF (FIPRESCI Prize, New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize), Cairo IFF (Arab Cinema's Horizons Award - Best Film)
Director's Biography
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AMR GAMAL

The film and theatre director with Yemeni roots was born in Poland in 1983. In 2005, he founded the Khaleej Aden theatre company for which he has written and directed all of their productions ever since. His play “Ma’k Nazel” was the first Yemeni play to be performed in Europe. His debut film 10 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING was the first Yemen-made film to screen commercially there for 30 years and was the country’s official entry for the 2018 Oscars. He lives and works in Aden, Yemen.