Dunya's Day
Director: Raed Alsemari Alsemari
Saudi Arabia, 2018, 14 min
Shooting Format:Digital
Festival Year:2019
Category:Narrative Short
Genre:Drama
Cast:Sara Balghonaim, Rahaf, Sarah Altaweel
Crew:Writer: Raed Alsemari - Producers: Sarah Elnawasrah, Raed Alsemari
Email:alsemari.raed@gmail.com
Synopsis
Abandoned by her domestic help, Dunya fights to throw the perfect graduation soirée.
Trailer
About the director
A local of Riyadh and New York, Raed Alsemari is completing his MFA in Filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. His first on-set experience was as a casting associate on Jon Stewart’s Rosewater in Amman, Jordan. He later spent a year producing Saudi short-form comedy with Telfaz11. In 2016, he obtained his BA in History and Literature from Harvard University with a focus on Postcolonial Studies.