Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al-Rasheed's "Inshallah a Boy" has won the award for Best Narrative Screenplay at the sixth annual Mystic Film Festival in Stonington, south-east Connecticut. In September, the critically acclaimed film won the Venice Biennale Award at the Venice Film Festival. It also won the Gan Foundation Prize and the Rail d'Or for Best Feature Film at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week.
"Inshallah Walad" was the first Jordanian film to compete at the Cannes Film Festival. It was screened as part of Cannes Critics' Week. The ninety-minute film was shot in Amman in just five weeks, and had notably benefited from a production grant from the Jordan Film Fund and the RFC in 2019. The film stars Mouna Hawa, Haitham al-Omari, Salwa Nakkara, Yumna Marwan, Mohammed aI-Jizawi and Eslam al-Awadi.
The film tells the story of a young widow, Nawal, and her daughter who are about to lose their home. Synopsis: "After the sudden death of her husband, 30-year-old Nawal must fight for her share of the inheritance to save her daughter and her home, in a society where having a son would be a game changer."