28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
First Feature
director: Bentley Brown
original title: Awwal Filim
country: Saudi Arabia
year: 2018
running time: 14 min.
synopsis
Saudi Arabian cinema only recently emerged from thirty-five years of being an underground phenomenon. Before it was legalized, Bentley Brown used his childhood home movie camera to record filmmakers working in the town of Jeddah. The film’s melancholy mood is underscored by the voiceover of the women who form most of the film crew.
biography
Bentley Brown’s (1987) films have been shown at festivals such as the Berlinale or Rotterdam. He taught film and interactive media at Saudi Arabia’s first university-level programme for women.
more about film
director: | Bentley Brown |
producer: | Mai Alshaibani |
editing: | Bentley Brown |
co-producer: | Abdulrahman Khawj |