AFEN
Genre
Dark Comedy
Running time
6 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Nawaf Alkinani, Othman Alkhuwater
Bio
Producer
Sultan Al Obathani
Cast
Salem Alattas, Abdullah Al Nahdi, Mohammed Al Dkhil, Faisal Al Obathani
Scriptwriter
Nawaf Alkinani, Othman Alkhuwater
A group of TikTok content creators unexpectedly achieve viral fame after filming their friend eating rotten food. Eat, throw up, eat something else: it’s a great joke. But, as they move from spinach pizza to sushi, their chosen video star begins to suffer some horrible side-effects from all that decaying food. Blinded by their newfound success, the friends ignore his condition, even when he ends up in hospital. It is only when he falls out of his wheelchair that his friend decides to make a stand and save him from the terror of the trash can.
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