Film 2019
Roll ’Em
An aspiring filmmaker discovers Jeddah through an encounter with an older cinematographer.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- رولم
- Director
- Abdulelah Alqurashi
- Year
- 2019
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
Omar Nizar wants to make a film about his hometown, but struggles to understand the city and find a way to tell its story. Meeting Farid, a retired cinematographer now occupied with an antiques shop, changes the project. Their exchange links a younger filmmaker’s ambitions with memories of a different period in Jeddah’s visual culture.
Context & recognition
Abdulelah Alqurashi directs this drama, released in Saudi cinemas in 2019. Screenwriter Yaser Hammad describes its development as growing from film-school work and a changing personal understanding of art and Jeddah.
Main characters
Omar Nizar
The young filmmaker trying to understand his city.
Farid
The retired cinematographer whose experience offers another perspective.
Cast
- Khaled Yeslam
- Shaher Alqurashi
- Sarah Taibah
