MAD Solutions is handling worldwide sales and distribution for Zakaria Al-Bashir's film.
Saudi short film Laila, directed by Zakaria Al-Bashir, is set to hold its international premiere at the Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, which will be running from June 24 to July 2, 2023.
Laila will screen on Monday, June 26 at 2 pm at Marumaru Fountain.
Previously, the film premiered in its home country, Saudi Arabia, in the latest edition of the Saudi Film Festival.
The film is about Laila a twenty-something married woman who is having marital problems with her husband Muhammad, leading her to escape into her imagination and contemplate what could have been.
Directed by Al-Bashir and co-written by Sahar Sulaiman, Mohamed Bawarith, and Hazem Saleh, Laila stars Hams Bandar, Ammar Barashir, and Retaj Abdullah. Meanwhile, MAD Solutions handles worldwide sales and distribution.
Al-Bashir is a Somali filmmaker based in Saudi Arabia whose interest in film began at a young age. He initially cut his teeth in the art world by appearing in several plays before working on a number of Somali short films that were aired on Somali television. He then attended several workshops to expand his knowledge of filmmaking, some of which were held at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah.
