DUBAI: A special section of the Venice Film Festival dedicated to films in post-production from African and Arab countries wrapped up on Sept. 5, with the La Biennale di Venezia Prize going to “Inshallah a Boy,” directed by Amjad Al-Rasheed.
The film is a co-production between Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
It competed in the Final Cut section, which was presided over by jurors Claire Diao, Rasha Salti and Gaetano Maiorino who praised it for “brilliant direction and performances, tackling a really dramatic social issue and for honoring the resilience of women in a conservative context,” according to Variety.
In “Inshallah a Boy,” Nawal, a mother and a housewife, is grieving the death of her husband when she discovers she might also lose her home because of inheritance laws that state that if she doesn’t have a son, her husband’s family can claim most of the inheritance.