YALLAH, YALLAH, BEENAH!
Genre
Experimental
Running time
19 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Mohammed Hammad
Bio
Producer
Nouhad Hachicho, Mohammed Hammad, Mohammed Jastaniah
Cast
Jameel Ayyach, Elias Sultan
Scriptwriter
Mohammed Hammad
Away we go down the rabbit hole into a fun fantasy. A film junkie, whose house is a shrine to cinema, revels in describing his wares to a documentary film crew when presto, we find ourselves slipping through a wormhole. In a parallel universe, a gang of pre-teen kids are sent on a psychedelic mission to save humanity and escape the spell laid on them by a coven of witches. This film is supported by the Red Sea Fund.
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