
Meqdad Al-Kout
Directing
Biography
Kuwaiti Director
Known For

Director Meqdad Al-Kout explores the details of a day in the life of a depressed young man in Kuwait.
The Scream

Its events revolve in Kuwait in the eighties about a journalist named Meshal, who criticizes a greedy merchant, and the merchant tries to bribe Meshal and does not accept, then the merchant assigns someone to kill Meshal. What will happen?
The Assassination of the Journalist Meshal

The film deals with a struggle between a young detective officer and a fugitive drug dealer.
The Detective

Engineer Ahmed is looking for an alternative relationship away from his dead marriage, which he finds in Mut'ah marriage (temporary marriage).
Banana

The story depicts a young Kuwaiti who’s attempting to get the right photo taken for his passport.
Passport Photo

A short film about the battle between the sniper and his enemy.
The Sniper

Ali is a Bengali worker in Kuwait. When he accidentally sneezes on his Kuwaiti manager’s face, he fears the worst-case scenario and obsesses over the manager’s reaction.
Sneeze

The story of Abdulrahman's struggle to change his barber.
Men's Barbershop

Two days slightly different days in the life of Ali, once when he is 32, and another when he is 12.
Ali

A couple fight over bread. But what lies underneath?
The Bread

Sulaiman, a high-school student, is accused of cheating during an Arabic exam and he has to convince the vice-principal that he wasn’t and get his full grade instead of a zero. His journey isn’t as easy as it seems.
I Wasn’t Cheating

Ahmad's father has gone missing for two days. This is the story of Ahmad's quest in searching for his missing father from an Indian restaurant serving tea with milk.
Tea with Milk

A Kuwaiti employee narrates the daily routine of his life in Kuwait.
Someone

The film is set in old Kuwait and depicts the life of a man who is unable to grow a moustache.
Moustache

A man goes about his mundane day as he follows the life of a social media celebrity.
The Best Life

The film shows the journey of a government employee, who strives to change his job title before retirement.
Dinosaur

Twelve-year-old Abdullah loves photography, so when his father gives him a new camera to reward him for getting good grades at school, he is thrilled. But while he is out and about taking shots, he inadvertently takes a picture of a crime in progress, and soon, the bandits are after him, intent on destroying the evidence. Dramatic with some clever comic relief, ‘A Picture’ is a great play on the old adage that crime doesn’t pay.
A Picture

A man during quarantine wakes up and starts watching videos of turtles.
The Man Who Saw The Turtle

A mocumentary that follows the lives of 6 individuals in Kuwait.