Doha Film Institute
School Screening Programme 2 (14-17)
Overcome
Success is the child of perseverance, and this selection of shorts is a testament to the ability of people to overcome any obstacles in pursuit of their dreams.
Hilal Short Film Programme
Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality.
Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow him to escape his reality.

Credits

Director
Osama Khaled
Screenwriter
Mohammed Khaled
Producer
Osama Khaled
Cinematographer
Ahmed Halmah
Editor
Osama Khaled
Sound
Dominic Chiudioni
Music
Martí Brugué
Cast
Osama Khaled
Ameen Sultan
Mohammed Khaled

About the Director

Osama Khaled
Osama is a creative inventor from Yemen, full of dreams as well as ideas for transforming those dreams into reality. However, when war breaks out, his plans and the possibilities they promised fade away, replaced by episodes of gunfire. One day, distant and near sounds of airstrikes mixed with feelings of loss, rage, entrapment and desperation force him to have yet one more dream that will allow h