Mountain Boy

Production Country: United Arab Emirates, UK
Running Time: 93mins
Year: 2024

A young Emirati boy with Autism ventures with his new friend Barakah, an Arabian Saluki to find acceptance, family, and redemption.

FILM CREW:
Director: Zainab Shaheen
Producer: Nancy Paton, Meredith Brett
Exec Producer: Michele Ziokloksi, Eyad Khzuz, Richard Paton
Writer: Nancy Paton, Raihana Alhaishmi
DOP: Denson Baker ACS NZCS
Editor: Fakhreddine Amri
Sound Design: Amer Al Samman
Composer: Suad Bushnaq
Production Design: Pranali Diwadkar
Costume Design: Shrouk Hodrouj
Hair & Makeup: Shirin Mousavi
VFX: Duncan Capp

Cast: Naser Saleh, Reem Saleh, Ahmed Al Jasmi, Belal Abdullah, Saeed Almesmari, Ahmad Abdulrazzak, Talal Alblouishi, Majid Aljasmi, Hussein Mohamad Murad, Abdelhamid Al Beloshi, Rashed Saeed, Moza Al Mazrooi Barakha, Lassie


FESTIVALS:
Beirut International Children and Family Film Festival (BICAF) December 2024
Coronado Island Film Festival November 2024
Universal Kids Film Festival October 2024
Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences October 2024
Chelsea Film Festival October 2024
Oran International Arab Film Festival October 2024
Anthology Film Festival September 2024
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival September 2024
Africa Film Trinidad + Tobago May 2024
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival April 2024
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival April 2024
Gulf Cinema Festival (Riyadh) April 2024
Sikka Art & Design Festival February 2024
Al Ain International Film Festival February 2024
Children’s Seattle Film Festival February 2024