Short film 2025
The Cradle
A child’s visits to a cemetery become lessons in loss.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- الهندول
- Director
- Mamdouh Salem
- Running time
- 28 min
- Year
- 2025
Editorial profile. Availability on LAREINE TV has not been confirmed.
Story, without spoilers
After his father dies, Alaa keeps bringing toys to the grave in a Jeddah cemetery. A friendship with an elderly carpenter offers another way to understand absence and the memories that keep a loved person close.
Context & recognition
The Red Sea 2025 programme lists this 2025 short film with a running time of 28 minutes. Credits and production details follow the festival record.