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MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ?

MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ?

Original Title: إبرة في كوم قش

  • Film
  • 2026
  • 14m
  • Released

Ali is a teenage boy living with his mother and his uncle. In a single night, he finds himself caught between the oppressive calls of his mother and an uncle who entangles him in a murder and tests his silence. Ali searches for freedom and escape from this confinement by leaving the house, unaware that the price of stepping outside will be a scar that may never fade from his forehead for the rest of his life. With …

Ali is a teenage boy living with his mother and his uncle. In a single night, he finds himself caught between the oppressive calls of his mother and an uncle who entangles him in a murder and tests his silence. Ali searches for freedom and escape from this confinement by leaving the house, unaware that the price of stepping outside will be a scar that may never fade from his forehead for the rest of his life. With every word, every movement, every breath… Ali moves closer to a moment of no return. THE film has won the best film in Alexandria short film festival ( golden hypatia award )

“The Film A Needle in a Haystack”

MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ? MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ?
Moustafa Youssef
Moustafa Youssef الخال
Marwa Radwan
Marwa Radwan الام
  • Directing باسل حسين
  • Writing خالد وفائي
  • Cinematography MARWAN OTHMAN
  • Editing سمير البري
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