Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen announces second feature film ‘Hijra’
The film is supported by the Saudi Film Commission’s Daw Initiative and Neom, which provided incentives and on-the-ground support.
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The film is supported by the Saudi Film Commission’s Daw Initiative and Neom, which provided incentives and on-the-ground support.
Saudi Arabia has selected the film as its national submission to the Oscars 2021 following a multi-award-winning global festival season.
The film will be screened at the IFC Center in New York and Laemmle cinemas in Los Angeles.
The dystopian fantasy film from Saudi Arabian writer-director Shahad Ameen continues to generate acclaim following a multi-award-winning festival season and cinema release
The film will be available in cinemas across Riyadh, Jeddah, Tabuk, Jizan and the Eastern Province in its first theatrical release.
This will be the first screening of Image Nation Abu Dhabi's production in the GCC ahead of the film's theatrical release later this year.
Variance Films will release 'Scales' to theatres across North America later this year, according to the deal.
Scales continues to travel the globe with its North American premiere at The New Wave festival at LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art on 19 October.
Scales was shot on location in Oman, where the sea and rocky environment create a dystopian, black and white landscape.
The film is the work of Saudi Arabian writer and Director Shahad Ameen and follows her award-winning short "Eye & Mermaid", which premiered at Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.
