Short film 2025
The Man Who Stumbled By His Words
A novelist’s creative block becomes a crisis of identity.
- Country collection
- Saudi Arabia
- Original title
- الرجل الذي تعثر بكلماته
- Director
- Mubarak Al-Zawba
- Running time
- 22 min
- Year
- 2025
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Story, without spoilers
Celebrated novelist Naif withdraws from others to overcome writer’s block. Solitude instead unsettles his memory and sense of time, turning the search for words into a confrontation with the person he believes himself to be.
Context & recognition
The Red Sea 2025 programme lists this 2025 short film with a running time of 22 minutes. Credits and production details follow the festival record.