MOTHER OF THE UNBORN

UM GHAYEB

By Nadine SALIB

THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

Social issues - Completed 2014

The absolute truth lies in the notions of life and death...fertility indeed is the miracle of creation. But does it answer the question of happiness, or is it just an illusion?

Festivals
& Awards

Abu Dhabi FF 2014
FIPRESCI
IDFA 2014
First Appearance Jury Prize
Mizna Twin Cities 2015
Best Documentary
Med Film Festival 2015
Special Mention
Afrycam 2016
Best Documentary
Thessaloniki IFF 2019
Crossroads Previous Films
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • EGYPT, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nadine SALIB
    • Writer(s)
    • Nadine SALIB, Maartje ALDERS
    • Producer(s)
    • Maartje ALDERS (HASSALA), Hala LOTFY (HASSALA)
    • Synopsis
    • In a forgotten corner of Egypt lives a woman who is yearning for a child. Having no option but to live on the fringe of her community because of her infertility, Hanan lingers between a dream that is slowly slipping away and her struggle to find a place where she belongs. While everything that surrounds her bustles with fertility and mortality, she wonders how to give meaning to the time that she has in between.