Country: Saudi Arabia

Direction Haifaa Al-Mansour

Cast Reem Abdullah · Waad Mohammed · Abdullrahman Algohani · Sultan Al Assaf

Plot 10-year-old Wadjda challenges deep-rooted Saudi traditions in a determined quest to buy a bicycle. When everything goes against her plans, she sees one last chance in her school's Koran recitation...

Direction Haifaa Al-Mansour

Cast Mila Al Zahrani · Nora Al Awadh · Dae Al Hilali · Khalid Abdulraheem

Plot The film’s Saudi protagonist is frustrated after being turned back at the airport because her travel permission from her male guardian isn’t up to date. She then embarks on an...

Direction Mahmoud Sabbagh

Cast Hisham Fageeh · Fatima AlBanawi · Sami Hifny · Khairia Nazmi

Direction Adel Adeeb · Hussam Alrantisi · Kinan Iskandarani · Saeed Rayed

Cast Sayed Ragab · Rashid Al Shamrani · Mohmammed al Ahmed

Direction Fahad Alammari

Cast Mohammed Aldokhei · Ibraheem Alkhairallah · Abdulaziz Alshehri · Ibrahem Al Hajjal

Plot These four tales explore trickery and deception, from tire thieves crashing a wedding to a man's frantic attempt to bury a secret for a deceased friend.

Direction Khalid Fahad

Cast Shaima Al Tayeb · Khairia Abu Laban · Adwa Fahad · Darin Al Bayed

Plot Set within the campus of an all-girls' school, From the Ashes unravels a story of a seemingly normal school day that ends in an unthinkable disaster when a mysterious fire...

Direction Abdullah Al-Eyaf

Cast Abdulmajeed Al-Kenani · Ahmed Al-Mulla

Plot Masnour visits Dr Arif, a psychiatrist to seek his opinion on a case that is changing his world. What follows is an interesting dialogue between the two.

Direction Malik Nejer

Cast Abdulaziz Alshehri · Adel Radwan · Mohammad Alqass · Ida Alkusay

Plot Hilarity meets danger when a lovesick chauffeur and a bootleg mechanic mistakenly pick up a retired crime lord, igniting a wild, life-changing adventure.

Direction Meshal Aljaser

Cast Adwa Bader · Yazeed Almajyul · Khalid Bin Shaddad · Amal Alharbi

Plot A young woman stranded in the Arabian desert races to be home before curfew under the threat of extreme punishment from her scary strict father.

Direction Soraya Abbar

Cast Soraya Abbar · Nadeen Attar · Ziad Droubi · Linah Hashmi

Plot A young woman disappears, leaving behind her best friend, who becomes intertwined with her memory, in order to figure out the reasons of her absence.

Direction Omar Naïm

Cast Baraa Alem · Fatima AlBanawi · Abdulmohsen Alnemr · Rakan Anneghaimshi

Plot When their flight from Riyadh is canceled, a brother and sister go on a risky road trip through the desert to attend their father's wedding in Abu Dhabi.

Direction Faisal Al Amer · Malik Nejer

Cast Ibraheem Alkhairallah · Malik Nejer

Plot A popular Saudi animation show talks sarcastically about general issues in Saudi Arabia and Arab world by short stories represented by characters that imply some segments of society in Saudi...

Direction Shady Al Ramly

Cast Rakan Abdulwahed · Dyler · Majed Fawaz · Fai Fouad

Plot The events of the film revolve around a solitary actress devoted to caring for her daughter, but she decides to retire and return to acting through a new movie, and...

Direction Khalid Fahad

Cast Hamad Farhan · Naif Khalaf · Aseel Omran · Mutlaq Matar

Plot Unexpected journey waits for Ali when he embarks through the wonder of the valley

Direction Mohamed Al Salman

Cast Asem Alawad · Ibraheem Alkhairallah · Abdullah Aljafal

Plot At the age of 30, Nasser is drifting, convinced his father doesn't understand him. His life comes into sharp focus, however, when he is diagnosed with a brain tumor. At...

Direction Hanaa Saleh Alfassi

Cast Reyana Bouzrara · Omar Mujalid · Naima Alhmeidi · Wajdy Mansour

Plot Due to problems between Ahd and her paternal Uncle, she decides to cancel a given after her father's death, but she discovers that she can't do it without a male...

Direction Mahmoud Sabbagh

Cast Alshaima’a Tayeb · Mohammed Alhamdan · Khairia Nazmi

Plot Amra, a 44-year-old housewife, discovers that her retiring husband is planning to marry a younger second wife. In her attempts to comprehend this new reality, her life begins to unravel...

Direction Mohamed Al Salman · Ali Kalthami · Meshal Aljaser · Faisal Al Amer

Cast Sohayb Godus · Mohammed Alhamdan · Zara Al-Bloushi · Mansour Alnasser

Plot This collection of six shorts from some of Saudi Arabia's most innovative filmmakers shines a light on topics that are universal in nature; social taboos, extremism, and the human psyche....

Direction Darren Lynn Bousman

Cast Mila Al Zahrani · Elham Ali · Samer Ismail · Tobin Bell

Plot An aspiring cellist learns that the cost of his cello is a lot more insidious than he thought.

Direction Abdulaziz Alshlahei

Cast Mila Al Zahrani · Hamdy Alfridi · Ibrahim Al-Hasawi · Fayez Bin Jurays

Plot The Saudi family is following strict instructions from their grandfather to remain confined in the desert during the early 1990s. A series of events shakes the family's foundation and they...