Two lovers are united in an environment hostile to dating of any kind. He is Barakah, the municipal civil servant from Jeddah, who is also an amateur actor in a theatrical troupe. She is Barakah, a wild beauty, who functions as a crowd-puller for her stylish mother’s boutique and runs her own widely-seen vlog. They both defy customs and traditions, as well as the religious police, using modern communication technologies and traditional dating methods.
Genre: Romance, Comed
Starring: Hisham Fageeh, Fatima Al Banawi, Sami Hifny, Abdulmajeed Alruhaidi, Khairia Nazmi
Written and directed by: Mahmoud Sabbagh
Produced by: El Housh Productions
DISTRIBUTED BY: Film Clinic-Indie Distribution (FCID), MAD Solutions
Festivals
- BFI London Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Carthage Film Festival
- Festival International du Film de Dakhla in Morrocco
- Sudan Independent Festival (SIFF)
- Les Premier Rencontres Cinématographique (Debut Film Encounters Programme) in Hassi Messaoud
- Tripoli Film Festival - Lebanon
- Arab Film Festival Amman
Awards
- Ecumenical Jury Award within the Forum Section at the Berlinale
- Certificate of Appreciation within the Prospects of Arab Cinema (PAC) programme at the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)
