Critics' Week - Competition

THE STATION

AL MAHATTAH

Sara Ishaq

With

Manal Al-Mulaiki, Abeer Mohammed, Rashad Khaled, Saleh Al-marshahi, Fariha Hassan, Amal Esmail, Shorooq Mohammed, Randa Mohammed, Fatima Muthanna

Country

Yemen, Jordan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar

Duration

Language

French

SCREENINGS

PRESS CONFERENCE

TALENTS

WORLD SALES

Paradise City

SYNOPSIS

Layal runs a women-only petrol station in Yemen: a safe haven in a war-torn country. There, the rules are simple: no men, no weapons, no politics. When Layal’s younger brother faces enlistment, she reunites with her estranged sister to save the one life they still can.

Distribution

PRODUCTION

SCREEN PROJECT A TA FILMS COMPANY
Nadia Eliewat
GEORGES FILMS
Nicolas Leprêtre

CO-PRODUCTION

ONE TWO FILMS
Fred Burle
Sol Bondy
KEPLERFILM
Koji Nelissen
Derk-Jan Warrink
BARENTSFILM
Ingrid Lill Høgtun