SAFAR Film Festival: Inshallah a Boy + Q&ACert-TBC

Directed by Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan | 2023 | 1h 53m | Arabic w/ English subtitles | Starring Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara, Mohammed Al Jizawi

After the sudden death of her husband, working mother Nawal has to fight for her inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son would be a game changer. Amjad Al Rasheed’s powerful feature debut is a story about survival, hope and the lengths women are forced to go to in the face of oppressive patriarchal structures.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with lead actor Mouna Hawa.

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Reviews

‘“Inshallah a Boy” moves like a sleek thriller, but is full of the unsolved mysteries and dangling question marks of real life…’
Jessica Kiang, Variety

The SAFAR Film Festival is the largest festival in the UK dedicated to cinema from the Arab world. Founded in 2012, SAFAR showcases the broad spectrum of film from the region by working with curators on themed programmes and inviting filmmakers for live Q&As and events.

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We showed SAFAR Film Festival: Inshallah a Boy + Q&A between June 27, 2024 and June 27, 2024.

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