Saudi Film ‘Hajjan’ to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
- Publish date: Sunday، 06 August 2023
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The Saudi film "Hajjan" will have its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, its director and Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky announced on Instagram.
He wrote: “Massive thanks to the cast and crew for their tireless work! It’s been a privilege to work with you.”
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“Hajjan” is a Saudi-set movie that tells the story of Matar, a boy who embarks on a journey across the desert with his camel, Hofira.
The film is a co-production between the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture in the Kingdom and Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy's Film Clinic.
Shawky said: “At its heart ‘Hajjan’ is an adventure that captures the deep connection between a young rider and his renegade camel.”
Matar and Hofira, he continued, are "an inseparable couple that form a bond based on survival and being on the run."
The Saudi actors Abdulmohsen Al-Nemer, Ibrahim Al-Hsawi, Alshaimaa Tayeb, Azzam El-Nemr, Omar Alatawi, and Tuleen Barbood appear in the film, which was written by Egyptian Omar Shama and Kingdom's Mufarrij Almajfel.