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AL BARANEYA

by Ashgan El-Hamus

synopsis

Pregnant Amal lives together with her family in Al Baraneya, a village outside Cairo, surrounded by jasmine fields. Their chaotic yet loving way of life is upset when a landowner offers to buy their land. The pressure to sell divides the family and doubts begin to grow. When Amal’s cousin Rania visits from Cairo, she captivates Amal and her younger sisters with her modern lifestyle: jeans, TikTok videos, and lively city stories. Amal starts to question the life that seems to have been laid out for her and dreams of moving to Cairo. Now that the potential sale of the land offers the prospect of a future in the city, the family’s unshakable faith in their own life in the village starts to waver.

international title: Al Baraneya
original title: Al Baraneya
country: Netherlands, Egypt, Belgium, Saudi Arabia
year: 2026
genre: fiction
directed by: Ashgan El-Hamus
film run: 84'
screenplay: Ashgan El-Hamus, Roelof Jan Minneboo
cast: Reem Amer, Fatma Ibrahim El-Hamus, Nadia Ahmed El-Hadary, Asmaa Ahmed El-Hadary, Farida Alsayed El-Hamus, Fatma Farahat El-Hadary, Sara Ali El-Hadary
cinematography by: Douwe Hennink
film editing: Dieter Diependaele
art director: Clara Bragdon
costumes designer: Nada Adel
producer: Frank Hoeve
co-producer: Kesmat Elsayed, Eurydice Gysel
production: BALDR Film, Czar Film & TV Brussels

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