EAST OF NOON

SHARQ 12

By Hala ELKOUSSY

VRIZA PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2024

A fable about musician Abdo, who rebels against his elders, seeking freedom through his art in a confined world outside of time.

Festivals
& Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2024
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Female director, Experimental
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS, EGYPT, QATAR
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 109 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Hala ELKOUSSY
    • Writer(s)
    • Hala ELKOUSSY
    • Producer(s)
    • Lonnie VAN BRUMMELEN (vriza productions), Marc THELOSEN (seriousFilm), Hala ELKOUSSY (Nu'ta Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Set in a confined world outside time, East of Noon is
      the fable of prodigy ABDO (19) who uses music to
      rebel against his elders: showman SHAWKY (70), an
      eccentric showman who rules with a mix of
      performance and fear, and storyteller JALALA (75),
      who provides relief with stories of the Sea, which no
      one else has seen. East of Noon is a satire on the inner
      workings of an ailing autocracy and its inherent
      vulnerability to youth's unchained vision of a better
      world.