MOUNTAIN BOY

By Zainab SHAHEEN

GALLOPING ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2024

Shunned for his autism, young Suhail escapes to the mountains, befriending an Arabian Saluki named Barakah. Together, they embark on a journey for acceptance, family, and redemption.

Festivals
& Awards

Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2024
Winner Children’s Jury Award, Iron Giants Jury Prize
International Thai Film Festival. 2024
Winner Best Feature Film
International Sound & Film Music Festival 2024
Best Original Score
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival 2024
Nominated Jury Grand Prize
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Family
    • Countries
    • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Zainab SHAHEEN
    • Writer(s)
    • Nancy PATON, Raihana AL HASHMI
    • Producer(s)
    • Meredith BRETT, Nancy PATON (Desert Rose Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Suhail is a young boy with Autism shunned by his family and villagers who do not understand his disability. Suhail retreats to the Mountains of Fujairah where he lives alone. Inspired to find his destiny, Suhail ventures out with his new friend Barakah, the Arabian Saluki to find acceptance, family and redemption.