Al-Sit Explained
Al-Sit |
Director: | Suzannah Mirghani |
Producer: | Suzannah Mirghani Eiman Mirghani |
Starring: | Mihad Murtada Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Magdi Hassan Haram Basher Alsir Majoub |
Cinematography: | Khaled Awad |
Editing: | Abdelrahim Kattab Suzannah Mirghani |
Studio: | Suzannah Mirghani Films Doha Film Institute |
Distributor: | MAD Solutions[1] |
Runtime: | 20 minutes |
Country: | Sudan Qatar |
Language: | Arabic |
Al-Sit is a 2021 Sudanese drama short film directed by Suzannah Mirghani and co-produced by the director herself with Eiman Mirghani for Suzannah Mirghani Films.[2] [3] The film stars Mihad Murtada and Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud with Mohammed Magdi Hassan, Haram Basher, and Alsir Majoub in supporting roles.[4] [5] The film is about Nafisa, a 15-year-old young woman, who is faced by an arranged marriage in a cotton-farming village in Sudan.[6] The film qualified to enter the competition category for short films at the Academy Awards (Oscars), after winning the Grand Prix award at the Tampere International Film Festival 2021 in Finland.[7] [8] It has won 23 international awards, including three Academy Award qualifying prizes in 2021.[9]
Cast
- Mihad Murtada as Nafisa
- Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud as Al-Sit
- Mohammed Magdi Hassan as Nadir
- Haram Basher as Nafisa's Mother
- Alsir Majoub as Bilal
- Murtada Eltayeb as Driver
- Talaat Farid as Babiker
- Fatma Farid as Faiza
- Intisar Osman as Faiza's Mother
- Abdalla Jacknoon as Babiker's Father
Production and critical reception
The film was shot in and around Khartoum and Aezzazh village in Sudan. It had its international premiere at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France on 2 February 2021,[10] and then premiered on 9 April 2021 in the United States and home Premiere in the first-ever hybrid edition of the Doha Film Institute's (DFI) 8th Ajyal Film Festival.[11] [12] [13] [14]
Receiving her award for Best Short film of the SUDU Prize at the Quibdó Africa Film Festival in Pointe-Noire, Mirhani said: "We made this film with a 99 percent Sudanese cast and crew (and 1 percent Lebanese). In fact, filmmaking in Sudan is finally beginning to flourish after decades of prohibition and neglect."[15]
Awards and accolades
Mirghani won the International Short Films Competition Award for the Best Director at the Beirut International Women Film Festival. At the Busan International Film Festival, the film won a Jury Prize in International Competition.[16] Mirghani later won the distinction of excellence in Women's Filmmaking award at the ECU European Independent Film Festival and in Women's Filmmaking for dramatic Short at The European Independent Film Festival. It also received the Special Mention at the Malmö Arab Film Festival. At the Zanzibar International Film Festival, the film won the Best Short/Animation Award and ZIFF Chairman's Award.
See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: Al-Sit . MAD Distribution Films . 2021-10-11 . en . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011095010/http://mad-distribution.film/movies/movie1115306.php . live .
- Web site: Interview with Suzannah Mirghani, director of Al-sit . myDylarama . 2021-10-11 . 2021-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019064102/https://mydylarama.org.uk/Interview-with-Suzannah-Mirghani-director-of-Al-sit . live .
- Web site: Al-Sit . 2021-10-11 . FilmFreeway . en . 2021-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019041553/https://filmfreeway.com/Al-Sit . live .
- Web site: Al-Sit: Premium Films . 2021-10-11 . premium-films.com . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011095017/https://premium-films.com/en/short-film/al-sit . live .
- Web site: Al-Sit: African Film Festival, Inc. . 2021-10-11 . en-US . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100147/https://africanfilmny.org/films/al-sit/ . live .
- Web site: Al-Sit . 2021-10-11 . siff.net . en . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100147/https://www.siff.net/festival/al-sit . live .
- Web site: Women in Sudan Protest Against Gender-Based Violence and Harassment . 2021-10-11 . 500 Words Magazine . en-US . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011113527/https://500wordsmag.com/sudan-news/women-in-sudan-protest-against-gender-based-violence-and-harassment/ . live .
- Web site: 2021-08-16 . Sudanese Short Film Al-Sit Being Nominated for the Oscar . 2021-10-11 . allAfrica.com . en . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100145/https://allafrica.com/stories/202108160333.html . live .
- Web site: Al-sit (2020) . 2021-10-11 . Africa in Motion . en-US . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100147/https://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/2021-festival/programme/event/649/ . live .
- Web site: Sudanese Film Al-Sit Lands its International Premiere at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in France . 2021-10-11 . MAD Solutions . en-US . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100146/http://mad.film/press/Sudanese-Film-Al-Sit-Lands-its-International-Premiere-at-Clermont-Ferrand-Short-Film-Festival-in-France.php . live .
- Web site: 2020-12-03 . Georgetown Filmmaker Turns Research at CIRS into Art for a Global Audience . 2021-10-11 . Georgetown University in Qatar . en-US . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011095012/https://www.qatar.georgetown.edu/georgetown-filmmaker-at-qf-turns-research-at-cirs-into-art-for-a-global-audience/ . live .
- Web site: AL-SIT (2020) - directed by Suzannah Mirghani . 2021-10-11 . zenmovie . it . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011095008/https://www.zenmovie.it/al-sit . live .
- Web site: Al-Sit . 2021-10-11 . Doha Film Institute . en-US . 2021-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211017221650/https://www.dohafilminstitute.com/films/-33 . live .
- Web site: Elba Film Festival . 2021-10-11 . Elba Film Festival . fr.
- Web site: Omar. Eslam. 2021-10-05. Sudanese short film Al-Sit wins 23rd International Award. 2021-10-11. Ahram Online. 2021-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100146/https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/426372.aspx. live.
- Web site: Al-Sit/Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021(SSFF & ASIA 2021) . 2021-10-11 . Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021 (SSFF & ASIA 2021) . ja . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211011100147/https://shortshorts.org/2021/en/movie/al-sit-%E7%A5%96%E6%AF%8D-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-4/ . live .