THE CHILD IN HIS OWN CLOSET
Genre
Pschychodrama
Running time
4 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Khaled Zidan
Bio
Producer
Khaled Zidan
Cast
Khalid Basudan, Albaraa Hakami, Mona Alhariri
Scriptwriter
Abdulaziz Alessa
Khaled Zidan’s film was one of the winning films in the Red Sea’s 48-hour Filmmaking Challenge, which took place earlier this summer. The creative short explores the nature and importance of childhood memories: focusing on how we interpret our earliest experiences and how they make us feel.
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