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SONY Cinema Under the Stars - Short Film Programme
A young man is obsessed with his mobile phone. Worried because his battery is running low, he gets into all kinds of trouble because of his beloved gadget – he loses his job, crashes his car and even falls into a sewage pit. Is this the end of the love affair between man and machine? Told in hilarious flashbacks, ‘10%’ is a witty take on everyone’s dependence on mobiles that rings timely and true.
A young man is obsessed with his mobile phone. Worried because his battery is running low, he gets into all kinds of trouble because of his beloved gadget – he loses his job, crashes his car and even falls into a sewage pit. Is this the end of the love affair between man and machine? Told in hilarious flashbacks, ‘10%’ is a witty take on everyone’s dependence on mobiles that rings timely and true.

Credits

Director
Yousef AlMoadhadi
Screenwriter
Abdulaziz Al-Saadi
Producer
Omar Badori
Cinematographer
Yousef AlMoadhadi
Editor
Yousef AlMoadhadi
Music
Audio Network
Cast
Mohammed AlSyari, Siwar AlZaytoni, Hassan Atef, Omar Badori, Samih AlHjari, Mohammed AlEmadi, Mohammed Hamad, Abdulaziz Al-Saadi

About the Director

Yousef Al Madadi
Yousef Al-Madadi has directed a number of acclaimed short films, as well as several corporate promotional videos. He worked with Al Jazeera Documentary for six years. An experienced editor, he currently works with the Doha Film Institute in this capacity. His ‘10%’ won the Made in Qatar Award at the 2014 Ajyal Youth Film Festival, where the jury praised the film for “the simplicity of its central