Short film 2025
Opening Ceremony
A child carries two conflicting responsibilities.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- حفل إفتتاح
- Director
- Hussain Al Mutlaq
- Running time
- 18 min
- Year
- 2025
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Nine-year-old Salem is chosen to cut the ribbon at a cultural centre. His mother secretly gives him another task: deliver an envelope without his teacher knowing. The celebration becomes a maze of competing adult expectations.
Context & recognition
The Red Sea 2025 programme lists this 2025 short film with a running time of 18 minutes. Credits and production details follow the festival record.