Mona, a Syrian mother of two children, struggles to protect her daughters from tradition and old-fashioned social issues in Belgium.

mit / estrelado / starring / avec
Zina Alhalak, Yasser Dahhan, Mira Durgham, May Abdulkader, Hashem Sadaki

um filme de / a film by / un film de / ein film von
Abdulrahman ALSHOWAIKI

Belgium | 2023 | Fiction | 12 mins | Drama

Titles | Titres : MONA
Runtime | Durée : 12' mins (12 mins)
Color | Couleur : Color | Couleur
Année : 2023
Nationalité : Belgique
Genre : Drama, Social Issues
Pays du cinéaste : Syrie
Pays de tournage : Belgique
Format : DCP, Color

CAST | ACTRICES-ACTEURS (in credits order)
Zina Alhalak....................................
Yasser Dahhan.................................
Mira Durgham.................................
May Abdulkader.................................
Hashem Sadaki.................................

Producers | Productrices :
Minne Coudenys & Emma Keymeulen

REGISSEUR | DIRECTOR | RÉALISATEUR :
Abdulrahman ALSHOWAIKI

Screenplay | Scénario : Abdulrahman Alshowaiki
Cinematography | Images : Siebe Dirckx
Sound engineer | Ingénieur du Son : Quentin Paschal
Music | Musique : Maxim Helincks
Editing | Montage : Abdulrahman Alshowaiki & Siebe Dirckx
Production Design | Décors : Kobe Aerts
Makeup artist | Maquillage : Nina Vial
Sound mixer | Mixeur : Quentin Paschal
1st AD | 1er Assistant Réalisation : Glenn Scott Peij
1st AC | 1er Assistant Caméra : Stef Vanpeteghem
2nd AC | 2è Assistant Caméra : Jos Kemme
Gaffer | Electricien : Leon De Blaes
Colorist | Etalonnage : Tom Mulder
Electro/Script: Samah Saadi
Script supervisor | Script Girl : Fairooz Aqeedi
Boom operator | Perchistes : Tist Mortelmans & Robin Cuchet
Photographer | Photographe de plateau : Ismael Ahmadoun
Extra | Figurants : Ahmed Fawal & Marie Morsomme


PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
- LUCA school of art / Campus Sint-Lukas Brussel

DISTRIBUTION
- Wind Cinéma

World Sales | Vendeur :
- Wind Cinéma (France)
4 Passage du lycee 38000 Grenoble (France)
info(@)windcinema.com
- http://windcinema.com/portfolio-item/mona/

CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
LUCA School of Arts
Paleizenstraat 70
1030 Brussel, Belgium
T + 32 (0)2 250 15 11 | info(@)luca-arts.be


FESTIVALS - PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS - SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :
/// 2025 | Compétition | 4è Festival International du Cinema Indépendant Casablanca - FICIC 2025 | Casablanca, Maroc | 11/04/2025 - 17/04/2025
/// 2023 | Nominé : Outstanding Lead Actress (Zina Alhalak) | Pitch to Screen Film Awards
/// 2023 | Nominé : Outstanding Short Film | Pitch to Screen Film Awards
/// 2023 | World premiere (Academic competition - NEXXT) | FEST - New Directors New Films Festival | Espinho (Portugal) | 19-26 June 2023


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
- www.instagram.com/wind.cinema/p/Cstqp30IQF4/?__d=11
- http://windcinema.com/portfolio-item/mona/
- www.flandersimage.com/titles/mona
- www.imdb.com/title/tt29338388/
- https://site.fest.pt/en/thisisfest/cinema/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 10 April 2025