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Shams Al-Ma'arif

Name: Shams Al-Ma'arif
Released: 2020

شمس المعارف

2020

At the height of the Saudi YouTube boom around 2010, a high-school senior and his friends throw themselves into making videos, chasing dreams of stardom against family expectations and school pressures. A nostalgic teen comedy-drama.

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Part of 9 Essential Films from Saudi Arabia

This film is stop 3 of 9 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Saudi Arabia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Saudi Arabia in the 196 country film challenge.