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Sea Shadow ( United Arab Emirates 2011 )

Color: color 98’

Direction: Nawaf Al-Janahi

Screenplay: Mohammed Hasan Ahmed

Director of Photography: Paulo Ares

Music: Ibrahim Al-Amiri

Editing: Tony Ruthnam, Raul Skopecz

Cast: Omar Al-Mulla, Neven Madi, Abrar Al-Hamad, Aisha Abdul Rahman, Bilal Abdullah, Ahmad Iraj, Hasan Rajab, Ali Al-Jabri

Production: Image Nation Abu Dhabi

Synopsis

Set in a small seaside neighborhood in Ras Al-Khaimah, the film follows Emirati 16 year-olds Mansoor and Kaltham as they struggle with traditions and conventions on their journey towards adulthood. Bound by family and deeply rooted values, the pair must find the courage to forge their paths.

Réalisateur

Nawaf Al-Janahi, is an actor and a film director, who was born in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on 7 February 1977, to an Egyptian mother and an Emirati father. He started acting at 7, and at the age of 19 he moved to California (USA) to study the arts of cinema. After returning to the UAE, Al-Janahi produced and directed award-winning independent short films which were recognized globally at many well known international film festivals. His last short film, "Mirrors of Silence", was highly celebrated by film critics and audiences alike, and has been officially selected in over 22 international film festivals around the world, frequently the only film from the United Arab Emirates represented.