Before We Forget

Duration: 104 min (Color)
Language: Arabic, with English subtitles
Country: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates / 2021
Production Company: DKL Studio

Synopsis: Strangled by debt, a hard luck man takes the son he can’t support and the father who suffers from memory loss on a road trip to find a buried treasure that could solve all their problems.

Cast: Meshal Al Mutairi, Ibrahim Al Hasawi, Ghazi Hamad

Cinematography: Tarek Hefny
Editing: Ali Salloum
Original Music: Taha Al Ajami
Produced by: Fadi Ismail
Screenplay by: Ron Thomson, Nawaf Al Janahi
Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Somewhere in Time

Duration: 15 min (Color)
Language: None
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2020
Production Company: Nawaf Al Janahi Films

Synopsis: In a metropolitan city, an abandoned old man is adrift in his apartment as he battles death with a beautiful memory.

Cast: Yehia Abd Al Rasool

Cinematography: Ricardo Prates
Editing: Ali Salloum
Sound Design: Taha Al Ajami
Original Music: Ibrahim Al Amiri
Written, Produced and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Between Two Worlds

Duration: 3 min (Color)
Language: None
Country: United States / 2018
Production Company: Nawaf Al Janahi Films

Synopsis: A portrait of Barclay Hotel in downtown Los Angeles (USA).

Cinematography: Nawaf Al Janahi
Editing: Melanie Annan
Produced by: Diana Ward, Shari Page, Avril Speaks
Written and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Sea Shadow

Duration: 98 min (Color)
Language: Arabic, with English subtitles
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2011
Production Company: Image Nation Abu Dhabi

Synopsis: Set in a small seaside neighborhood in Ras Al-Khaimah, the film follows Emirati 16 year-old Mansoor and Kaltham as they struggle with traditions and conventions on their journey towards adulthood. Bound by family and deeply rooted values, the pair must find the courage to forge their paths.

Cast: Omar Al Mulla, Neven Madi

Cinematography: Paulo Ares
Editing: Tony Ruthnam, Raul Skopecz
Original Music: Ibrahim Al-Amiri
Produced by: Rami Yasin, Daniela Tully
Written by: Mohammed Hasan Ahmed
Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

The Circle

Duration: 82 min (Color)
Language: Arabic, with English subtitles
Country: United Arab Emirates, Kuwait / 2009
Production Company: MBC Group, Beyond Dreams

Synopsis: Ibrahim, a poet and a journalist, discovers that he is dying soon from a fatal disease. He confront his crook partner, Bader, and demands his share to make sure that his wife has a better life after he’s gone. Shihab, a professional thief forced by his boss to do jobs for him in order to pay off a huge debt, plans to quit crime world to take care of his younger sister. They both meet accidentally just to begin seeing the world with different perspectives.

Cast: Abdulmohsin Al Nimer, Ali Al Jabri
Cinematography: Khaleefa Al Haddad
Editing: Abbas Yousefy
Original Music & Sound Design: Taha Al Ajami
Produced by: Nawaf Al Janahi, Abdullah Boushahri
Written and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Mirrors of Silence

Duration: 16 Minutes
Language: None
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2006
Production Company: Faradees

Synopsis: In a modern city, a young man is confronted by a distressing loneliness; will he succeed in overcoming it?

Cast: Nawaf Al Janahi
Cinematography: Khalid Al Mahmood
Editing: Nawaf Al Janahi
Original Music and Sound Design: Taha Al Ajami
Produced by: Nawaf Al Janahi, Mohamed Hasan Ahmed
Written and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Souls

Duration: 4 min (B&W / Color)
Language: Arabic, English
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2004
Production Company: Nawaf Al Janahi Films

Synopsis: Prisoners enter a dark room that has only one chair. They have to say the right words, or die.

Cast: Nawaf Al Janahi, Ali Al Jabri, Amani, Aisha Khalifa Ali, Sara Al Shikar
Cameraman: Khalid Al Mahmood
Editing & Sound Design: Nawaf Al Janahi
Written, Produced, and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

On a Road

Duration: 4 min (B&W)
Language: None
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2003
Production Company: Nawaf Al Janahi Films

Synopsis: Do we really do all we can?

Cast: Nawaf Al-Janahi
Cameraman: Khalid Al Mahmood
Editing: Adel Swailem
Original Music: Ibraheem Al Amiri
Written, Produced, and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi

Obsession

Duration: 18 min (Color)
Language: Arabic
Country: United Arab Emirates / 2002
Production Company: Nawaf Al Janahi Films

Synopsis: Do we really do all we can?

Cast: Ali Al Jabri
Cameraman: Nawaf Al Janahi, Bader Al Nomani
Editing: Nawaf Al Janahi
Original Music & Sound Design: Ibraheem Al Amiri
Written, Produced, and Directed by: Nawaf Al Janahi