Events Land of Pearls

Doha Film Institute

Land of Pearls

- Doha Film Institute

Mohammed Al Ibrahim / Qatar / 2011 / 11 min / Colour / Digital / In Arabic / English subtitles
Themes: Drama
Rated: General Audience. Suitable for all audiences.

This film is screening as part of Made in Qatar: Short Films Programme - Qatar National Day. For ticket information click here.



Description

A pearl shopkeeper tells his grandson of his encounters with the sea in the 1950s.

Director

Mohammed Al Ibrahim

Mohammed Al Ibrahim's 2010 narrative short ‘Land of Pearls’ screened at a number of events, including the Gulf Film Festival. He participated in the FEST Training Ground in Portugal. He made his feature directorial debut in 2012 with ‘Lockdown: Red Moon Escape’, which he also co-wrote and produced, and wrote and directed the short film 'Bidoon' the same year. He is currently developing the script for the short film 'Pizza O Bass'.

Credits

Screenwriter
Mohammed Al Ibrahim
Producer
Mohammed Al Ibrahim
Cinematographer
Amir Ghomin, Tom Hines, Justin Kramer, Ben Robinson
Editor
Rob Nield, Wajdi Elian
Cast
Mohammed Al-Malek, Ahmed Alomeri, Ghanim Alomeri, Ahmed Elmokhtar, Abdulkareem Fathi, Mohammed Sameeh