Al-Sit (2020)

Original title

الست

Directed by

Suzannah Mirghani

Country

Sudan, Qatar

Runtime

20 min

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a cotton farming village in Sudan, a 15 year old girl named Nafisa faces pressure to enter an arranged marriage. The story follows her struggle to assert her wishes against family expectations.

intimatequietgentlethoughtfulrestrainedpoignantearnestslow

What happens

Al-Sit is a 2021 Sudanese drama short film directed by Suzannah Mirghani and co-produced by the director herself with Eiman Mirghani for Suzannah Mirghani Films. The film stars Mihad Murtada and Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud with Mohammed Magdi Hassan, Haram Basher, and Alsir Majoub in supporting roles. The film is about Nafisa, a 15-year-old young woman, who is faced by an arranged marriage in a cotton-farming village in Sudan. The film qualified to enter the competition category for short films at the Academy Awards (Oscars), after winning the Grand Prix award at the Tampere International Film Festival 2021 in Finland. It has won 23 international awards, including three Academy Award qualifying prizes in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Cotton Queen (2026)
• You Will Die at 20 (2019)
• All That's Left Of You (2025)
• Aisha Can't Fly Away (2025)
• Dua (2026)
• Another Birth
• Astel (2021)
• This Is Not a Crocodile Tear (2009)