Scales (2020)
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal by her father, Hayat is outcasted by her village and considered a curse. But Hayat never surrenders. When Hayat’s mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape.
Director: Shahad Ameen
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Ashraf Barhoum as Amer |
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Basima Hajjar as Hayat |
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Fatima Al Taei as Aisha |
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Haifa Al-Agha as Sumaya |
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Hafssa Faisal as Fatama |
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Abdulaziz Shtian as Yasser |
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Ibrahim Al-Hasawi as Saada |
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Rida Ismail as Hakeem |
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Ali Abdallah Al Kamzari as Salim |
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Fathi Ahmad Al Kamzari as Khaled |
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Mohammed Tareq Al Shehhi as Shareef |
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Walid Khalid Dawood as Hassan |
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Osama Suheil Al Zarafi as Iqbal |
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Mohannad Hassan Al Zohoury as Azeez |
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Seif Ibrahim Al Hamadi as Tareq |
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Ali Abdullah Al Kamzari as Zahr |
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Hassan Al Kamzari as Hamdi |
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Yaqoub Al-Farhan as Muthana |
| Production | Ben Ross | Producer |
| Writing | Shahad Ameen | Writer |
| Directing | Shahad Ameen | Director |
| Editing | Ali Salloum | Editor |
| Editing | Ewa J. Lind | Editor |
| Editing | Shahnaz Dulaimy | Editor |
| Sound | Mike Kourtzer | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hamada Atallah | Costume Designer |
| Production | Mohamed Al Daradji | Producer |
| Art | Martin Sullivan | Art Direction |
| Sound | Laurent Chassaigne | Sound |
| Production | Rula Nasser | Co-Producer |
| Camera | João Ribeiro | Director of Photography |
| Production | Paul Miller | Producer |
| Production | Stephen Strachan | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Fabien Kourtzer | Music |
| Production | Majid Al Ansari | Executive Producer |
