A short narrative film that takes place in war-torn Yemen and follows a young deaf girl, Saleemah who has one major love in this world; her camera which her brother Aqeel introduced her to. Aqeel works as a news reporter and is unable to take her out to film because he is preoccupied covering the war. Frustrated, Saleemah wanders out of the house during an impending air strike. To make matters worse, she loses her hearing aids.
Slamdance Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
BlackStar Film Festival
Bentonville Film Festival
Young Director Award Shortlist 2022
HollyShorts Film Festival
NFMLA Film Festival (InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema)
Arab Film Festival (Arab American National Museum)
Mizna Arab Film Festival
Lift Off Global Network LA
First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Vision Film Festival & Conference (Winner)
Global Girl Film Festival (Nominee)
Watersprite Film Festival (Best performance award, Social Impact nominee)
MovieMaker Magazine - NFMLA Celebrates Middle Eastern, Arab and Dutch Cinema With Tales of Connection and Loss
Deadline - 2022 Slamdance Winners Include ‘The Civil Dead,’ ‘Hannah Ha Ha’ And ‘Forget Me Not’
AWFJ - Women-directed Short Films @ Slamdance 2022
Forbes - Natasha Ofili’s Filmmaker Debut At Slamdance - The Black Deaf Female Perspective
Respectability - Alaa Zabara’s Selahy Highlights a Story Not Being Told in the Media Through the Lens of a Girl Who is Hard of Hearing
Loud and Clear - Selahy (My Weapon) is a powerfully intimate short that emphasises the devastation of war on children through the perspective of a young deaf girl
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