MAMA...SHOULD WE BUILD A WALL ? (2026)
Ali is a teenage boy living with his mother and his uncle. In a single night, he finds himself caught between the oppressive calls of his mother and an uncle who entangles him in a murder and tests his silence. Ali searches for freedom and escape from this confinement by leaving the house, unaware that the price of stepping outside will be a scar that may never fade from his forehead for the rest of his life. With every word, every movement, every breath… Ali moves closer to a moment of no return. THE film has won the best film in Alexandria short film festival ( golden hypatia award )
Director: BASSEL HUSSEN
![]() |
Moustafa Youssef as UNCLE |
![]() |
مروة رضوان as MOTHER |
![]() |
احمد هشام as ALI |
| Directing | BASSEL HUSSEN | Director |
| Writing | Khaled Wafai | Writer |
| Writing | ALI - ABD ELNASSER | Writer |
| Camera | MARWAN OTHMAN | Director of Photography |
| Editing | SAMIR ELBERRY | Editor |
| Editing | Shady Waleed | Colorist |