CIRCLES OF LIFE
Genre
Documentary
Running time
30 minutes
Year
2025
Language
Arabic and English
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Khaled Al-Dusaimani
Bio
Producer
Omar Al-Bawardi
Cast
Scriptwriter
Khaled Al-Dusaimani
The film tells a story of art and the human being reflecting on the inner self amid transformation. It narrates the journey of Saudi artists as they go through the distance between memory and dream, where every scene transforms into a question and every experience forges new features of an identity that is shaped daily.
In this film, art is presented as a living state of search and wonder. It is a transparent moment where time intersects with space, and vision itself becomes a form of drawing.
Through a poetic visual narrative, the film reinterprets the Saudi art scene, revealing it as a mirror to the society’s broader transformation — the transformation of the society itself in its relationship with time, identity, and beauty.
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