10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Inshallah a Boy

Amjad Al Rasheed | Jordan | 2023 | 113 min | Arabic | e.s.

This first Jordanian movie to screen at Cannes, is a passionate story about the country´s legal and social barriers to single motherhood. The movie establishes a world of dominant masculinity through details such as the freedom to use one´s own cell phone. After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal, played by actress Mouna Hawa, must fight for her share of the inheritance.
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The funds are desperately needed to save her daughter and her home in a society where having a son would be a game changer. Hawa´s very credible performance reflects the unstoppable force of maternal love.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 11 

Time: 13:00 

Duration:113min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12

Time: 15:30

Duration:113min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 13

Time: 16:45

Duration:113min

Year in
Festival

2024

Director

Amjad Al Rasheed

Country

Jordan

Language

Arabic

Length

113

Year of Production

2023