Actress Kholoud Tannous and director Ward Kayyal will attend the screening of 'Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me', one of the selected films.
MAD Solutions has sent three films from its distribution slate to the fourth edition of the Casablanca Arab Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from June 16 to 23.
The lineup includes Ward Kayyal’s Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me, Abedalsalam Alhaj’s ABED, and Mohamed Fawi’s Buzz.
Hamza: Chasing the Ghost Chasing Me will be screened in the presence of its director Ward Kayyal as well as actress Kholoud Tannous.
The film, which stars Kamel Al-Basha, Ruba Blal, Motaz Malhes and Khulood Basel, follows Hamza — a middle-aged man who refuses to abandon a routine he has kept since his release from an Israeli jail; he goes into the woods every day to chase a lion that the locals don’t believe exists.
Despite his wife’s pleadings and the villagers’ contempt, Hamza sets his baits and traps in the forest, hoping to defeat the mysterious threat, finding refuge in his journey after each battle.
In the woods, Hamza is free to act according to his beliefs, fighting his own battle to heal an open wound and confront horrific memories of torture and guilt.
ABED follows a nine-year-old child who works with his abusive father in a restaurant. One night, he faces his extreme fear of darkness when he is forced to buy a pack of cigarettes for his father.
Directed and written by Abedalsalam Alhaj, the film stars Hisham Alomari, Mohammad Abuagoulah, and Ali Badrana.
Buzz is directed by Mohamed Fawi — who also co-wrote the script with Ahmed Shaweesh and Noura Adil — and stars Jasour Abuelgasim, Zahra Mansour, and Ali Abdalgafar.
The film follows the story of a sick mother who watches her son and daughter prepare for her inevitable passing and their new reality as her health deteriorates.
