Tawfik Alzaidi
Directing
Biography
Tawfik alzaidi is a Saudi Writer and Director based in Riyadh. Alzaidi begain directing his own films in 2006 and is considered a leading and influential member of the new cinema wave in Saudi Arabia. His first short film Perfect Crime won best editing in the Jeddah Film Festival in 2007 and his film The Silence won the Gulf Short Film Award in the Muscat International Film Festival 2009.
Known For
Set in a small remote Saudi Arabian village in the 90s, when artistic expression was banned, NORAH is a story about the arrival of a new teacher, formerly an artist, into the tiny community where he meets a young woman named Norah.
Norah
Plot TBA; set against the backdrop of the Bedouin community in the early 20th century, a turbulent period in the region as it started consolidating under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.