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Made in Qatar at D’reesha Programme 1
Including ‘Short Kicks: Footballing Films by Student Filmmakers’
Screening on 11 Dec | Whilst stuck in an Arabic class, Nasser, a Brazil football fan, does all he can to get a ticket to Pelé’s first-ever match in Qatar.
Whilst stuck in an Arabic class, Nasser, a Brazil football fan, does all he can to get a ticket to Pelé’s first-ever match in Qatar.

Credits

Director
Tony El Ghazal
Producer
Afnan Tag, Ben Robinson
Executive Producer
Abdulrahman Al AbdulJabar
Cinematographer
Yasser Mustafa
Sound
Falah Hannoun
Cast
Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Abdul Ghani Maqboul

About the Director

Tony El Ghazal
Tony El Ghazal is a Lebanese writer and director based in Qatar. He has directed several narrative fiction films and documentaries that have screened at festivals around the world. His work explores themes of memory, family and identity, told from an Arab perspective with universal resonance. A graduate of Northwestern University, he received two production grants to direct the short films ‘Bayt E