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To avoid confronting his stern father, 19-year-old Nawaf goes on his first hunting trip with his cousin — but they stumble into a deadly manhunt at a remote gas station, where it's not clear who is the hunter and who is the prey.

In a world shaped by toughness and machismo, Nawaf is a sensitive teenager at odds with his father's expectations. What begins as an escape becomes a reckoning — a chance confrontation that forces him to make a life-altering decision as the forces of justice and deception collide.

"Westerns have always been associated with tales of a nation's dawn or revival. In today's Saudi Arabia, a similar period of transition is unfolding — and that is what inspired me to tell Nawaf's story." — Talal Alotaibi

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Red Sea Short Film Lab — Short Film Klinik

Nasser, the chaotic and privileged son of a Saudi tribal leader, is forced to return home after a drunk-driving accident costs him his scholarship and student visa. Back in the village, he's pulled into a fierce power struggle between two rival families — just as his ailing father asks him to become the next tribe leader.

A drama about inheritance, identity, and the weight of legacy in a kingdom mid-transformation. Nasser must reconcile the man he became abroad with the leader his family now demands he become.

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Middle East Writing Initiative