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Bader Short Film Programme 1
Made in Qatar presented by Ooredoo Film Programme 1
A woman struggles to make sense of her downhearted mood, but a chance encounter with a cockroach becomes both a saving grace and the source of her angst.
A woman unable to make sense of her downhearted mood struggles to keep up appearances in front of her chirpy and driven office colleagues. When an encounter with a dying cockroach in a restroom at work develops into an absurd friendship, it becomes both the companion she needs and the source of her angst.

Credits

Director
Maysaa Almumin
Screenwriter
Maysaa Almumin
Producer
Eiman Mirghani
Cinematographer
Mostafa Sheshtawy
Editor
Sara Abdullah
Sound
Emeline Aldeguer
Music
Severin Favriau

About the Director

Maysaa Almumin
Maysaa Almumin was born in Kuwait, lived in the UK, and currently resides in Qatar. She is the writer, director, and producer of several short films, including ‘...And I Am Left Behind’, which was made in participation with Rithy Panh’s Doha Film Institute Documentary Lab in 2021, and ‘J’ai le Cafard’ (Bint Werdan), which was awarded production grants from the Arab Fund for Art and Culture and the