Kashta
Special Screening - Ajyal Film Festival 2019
A.J. Al Thani / Unknown / Qatar / 2016 / 11 min / Apple Pro Res 422 / In Arabic / English subtitles / No Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Synopsis
Out in the beautiful quiet of the desert, a man teaches his young sons how to track and hunt. Frustration leads to an apparently harmless struggle between the two brothers—but their carelessness brings about sudden disaster. Qatari filmmaker A.J. Al Thani’s film strikes just the right balance of calm and calamity, adolescence and adulthood, knowhow and panic to tell a seemingly simple story with a sense of gravity that will echo with anyone who has seen an innocent plan go horribly wrong.
About the Director
A.J. Al-Thani is a Qatar-born filmmaker. Her love for movies and moviemaking began at the age of six when she saw ‘Star Wars’ (1977) in the cinema in 1999. She began to pursue her dream of being a filmmaker with the launch of the Doha Film Institute (DFI). Her relationship with the Institute began in 2010 when she participated in one of its first film workshops, which opened the door for many local filmmakers to pursue their passion. For almost six years, she has been developing her skills with the help of the Institute, and her film 'Kashta' was made through a grant from DFI.
Credits
- Director
- A.J. Al Thani
- Screenwriter
- A.J. Al Thani
- Producer
- Jaime Siordia
- Editor
- Menna Kamel
- Production Designer
- Lauren McCarthy
- Executive Producer
- Justin Kramer
- Cinematographer
- Christopher Moon
- Production Company
- The Film House
- Sound
- Sasha Parsons
- Cast
- Mansour Al Nahdi, Ahmad Nasser Afif Alyafei, Ali Al Nahdi