6 months ago
We are pleased to announce the Middle Eastern premiere of The Gravedigger's Wife directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, as part of Dubai-based NAAS member Cinema Akil's Arab Cinema Week!
The Gravedigger’s Wife won the 2019 NAAS Prize for Film Circulation during the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Ateliers de l’Atlas. The director will be present at its first screening.
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living on the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son Mahad. However they are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive operation to treat chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet: how will they find the money to save Nasra and can they keep the family together?
Watch the trailer here:
October 12 and 13
Q&A with Khadar Ayderus Ahmed on October 12 at 7PM.
Arab Cinema Week runs at Cinema Akil in Dubai from 7-16 October 2022. For more details click here.
The NAAS Prize for Film Circulation is issued to NAAS member spaces, to invite the filmmaker or a crew member to present their film after completion, and to facilitate its circulation among Arabic-speaking countries.
