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The cinema of Yemen is mostly dependent on young and budding directors who are slowly trying to mark a niche for themselves in the entertainment industry.
The only cinema, which has been released till date in Yemen, was ‘A New Day in Old Sanaa’. The film was released in the year 2005. The story deals with the struggle of a man who is confused whether he should settle for a traditional marriage or escape with the woman he loves. The movie was a romantic drama, which was directed by Badr Bin Harsi and was produced by Ahmed Abdali. The film was entirely shot in Sana, the capital city and was the only Yemeni film to be showcased at the Cannes Film Festival.
The film had to face lot of difficulties: none of the Yemeni women were ready to be cast in the leading role, an Austrian actor who was a part of the film was stabbed and the film’s set was stormed on the first day of shooting itself by Islamic extremists.
The two names, which have contributed significantly towards Yemeni cinema, are Badr Bin Harsi and Khadija Al Salama. In the second documentary film of Salama, she deals with the bigger and smaller cells of Yemeni prisoner women. The name of the film was “Amina”.
Yemen film industry is promoting budding talents and is expected to flourish more in the coming decades.
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