Shahad Ameen won the award for the movie "The Scales".
Carthage-At the 30th Carthage Film Festival, Saudi female director Shahad Amin won the Bronze Tanit Award for her "Sayidat Al Bahr" in the long narrative film . The film was screened before an Arab audience for the first time in Tunisia.
Skarsels also won the "Critics’ Week" award for best innovative film from the Verona Film Club.
Amin, conveying the message of women's empowerment here, proves that her unique vision and worldview not only make great entertainment, but also provide an insight into the future of filmmaking.
In a dystopian landscape, Sgalls is a young girl who embraces her destiny when she faces her family alone, subverting the tradition of the village, sacrificing female children to the mysterious creatures living in nearby waters.
The film was shot in Oman, Basima Hajjar played Hayat, Ashraf Barhom ("Coriolanus", "War of the Gods", "Kingdom"), Yagoub Alfarhan ("Ekhtraq", "Bedoon Filter", "Love Without Limits) and Fatima Al Taei (National Video, Trial in Court). The
film was produced by Paul Miller and Stephen Strachan, based in Abu Dhabi, Rula Nasser of Film Solutions and Imaginarium Films, and executive producers Mohamed Al-Daradji and Majid Al-Ansari.
Amin said in Venice: "The Balance tells the true story of a woman growing up in a patriarchal society. It presents a universal theme in the form of a fable that will resonate with audiences all over the world."
A powerful storyline, this is a very visual experience, with very little dialogue-even in the action scenes, it can maintain a timeless and contemplative element. "I want the audience to immerse themselves in Hayat During her journey, from her own perspective, let them share her experience, because she found her true self," she added. Giona a. Nazzaro, the chief representative of
Venice Film Critics Week, once commented on "scale": " I have known this project for a long time. I also know the short film "Eye and the Mermaid" that Amin did before.
"Obviously, people have high expectations for this movie, but this movie is stronger and bigger than I thought. It becomes stronger and bigger in a very interesting way, because it’s not showing off The movie.
"This is a movie about the craftsmanship of filmmaking itself, a movie about how you use the tools of the movie to reshape the world. This is one of the most interesting and challenging growth stories in the past few years. "Transfer from SG
