FORWARD
Genre
Science Fiction and Dark Comedy
Running time
9 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Fahad Alotaibi
Bio
Producer
Aws Alnofei
Cast
Abdullah Alharbi, Faisal Alsaadan
Scriptwriter
Bader Halomy
An underground hacker gets a phone call from the future that warns him that something serious is coming.
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