2024 | Saudi Arabia | Short

When the Shelves Hymn

  • Arabic, English English, Arabic 20 mins
  • Director | Hanaa Saleh Alfassi
  • Writer | Mana Almajd, Hanaa Saleh Alfassi, Jade
  • Producer | Moayad Abualkhair, Alwaleed Alsalhi, Maia Malas, Gianluca Chakra

STATUS: Released

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After Mariam’s husband mysteriously disappears, she reluctantly takes their teenage son Saeed from their home in Jeddah to mountainous AIUla, intending to sell their family-owned antique shop. Saeed is sullenly resentful, detesting the move; Mariam struggles to stay in charge while she searches for the title documents she needs to make a sale. What she finds instead are unpaid bills, a video diary in which her husband confessed to severe depression and some newspaper clippings about suicide. It is a discovery that will change her outdated view of men’s role as she and her son together embrace a new, independent life.

Family Secrets Unveiled Coping With Loss Depression Awareness Mother-Son Bond Embracing Independence
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