Gubgub
Spring Grants 2018 - Post-Production Stage
Nouf Al Sulaiti / Short Narrative / Qatar / 2018 / 10 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Drama, Family, Women Issues
Synopsis
After securing her first catch of the day while crab-hunting with her father and brother, bright-eyed Jawaher proudly shows it to her father. He dismisses her outright but goes on to praise her brother’s haul. Determined to win her father’s approval, Jawaher shrugs off his hurtful reaction and sets out to catch ten crabs. On her quest, she finds herself battling for a catch with Nawaf, a boy who shares her goal.
Credits
- Director
- Nouf Al Sulaiti
- Screenwriter
- Nouf Al Sulaiti
- Producer
- Justin Kramer
About the Director
Nouf Al Sulaiti is a Qatari producer with a passion for storytelling. She has worked on numerous film projects, both fiction and documentary, including AJ Al Thani’s ‘Black Veil’, Yassine Ouahrani’s ’Noor’ (2017), Zaki Hussain’s ‘How to Get Over a Heartbreak’ (2017), and her own ‘Outdated’ (2016) and ‘Papers’ (2016), both of which she also produced. Nouf has received grants to make Zaki Hussain’s ‘Terima Kasih’, and Zahed Bata’s ‘Burn the Bird’, which she is producing, and her own, ‘Gubgub’. Nouf is currently producing a feature film called ‘Khuzzama’.