DALMA
Genre
Drama
Running time
85 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Arabic and English
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
United Arab Emirates
Director
Humaid Alsuwaidi
Bio
Producer
Humaid Alsuwaidi
Cast
Hira Mahmood, Rashed Hasan, Osman Aboubakr, Huda Alghanem, Adam El Manawy
Scriptwriter
Humaid Alsuwaidi
The film follows the story of Dana, an Emirati woman who moves to Dalma island upon inheriting a decrepit house from her recently deceased father. Dana gets the house renovated and starts renting it out to tourists. An innocuous lunch at the only restaurant she finds sets her on a path of collision with many of the island’s inhabitants, namely Ghaith, a doctor who refuses to leave the island despite the many opportunities on the mainland.
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