My Name Is Mohammed

Produced in 2008

Film Information

Festival Edition 2009 - Edition 9

Section Short Film Competition

Director Yahya Talbe Hassan (Alak), Amir Ali Gebara, Wamid Hussein Hamdan, Rania Haddad, Ahmed Yassine Kharit

Country Iraq / United Kingdom / Jordan

Language Arabic (with English subtitles)

Category Shorts Competition 2009

Producer Kasem Kharas, Mahmoud Alazzeh

Screenplay Nadia Eliawat, Anwar Vassen, Haeder Barhan, Ammar Joudh, Ahmed Jibran, Hussien Shaeeb, Asma Bseiso, Abu Salem Al-Hasan

Cast Israa Ibrahim, Ahmed Al-Takrouri, Randa Abd Baki, Ehsan Al-Sakhri, Leena Al-Sakhri

Synopsis

Nine-year-old Mohammed is a young Iraqi refugee boy who dreams of being a regular kid; instead, he is a reluctant shoe cleaner working in the busy streets of Amman to support his widowed mother and young sister Reem. He only dreams of school and when his bitterness gets the better of him and Reem runs away, will his childish innocence be enough to save the day?

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My Name Is Mohammed