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MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ? (2026)
Directed by BASSEL HUSSEN
Drama · 14m
Ali is a teenage boy living with his mother and his uncle. In a single night, he finds himself caught between the oppressive calls of his mother and an uncle who entangles him in a murder and tests his silence. Ali searches for freedom and escape from this confinement by leaving the house, unaware that the price of stepping outside will be a scar that may never fade from his forehead for the rest of his life. With every word, every movement, every breath… Ali moves closer to a moment of no return. THE film has won the best film in Alexandria short film festival ( golden hypatia award )
Cast
Moustafa Youssef
Crew
- Director
- BASSEL HUSSEN
- Writer
- Khaled Wafai, ALI - ABD ELNASSER
- Director of Photography
- MARWAN OTHMAN
- Editor
- SAMIR ELBERRY
Details
- Original title
- إبرة في كوم قش
- Release date
- 2026-02-10
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Production
- Academy of Arts Higher Institute of Cinema, BASSEL HUSSEN