DUBAI: Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al-Rasheed’s movie “Inshallah a Boy” has won yet another accolade — the best performance prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Award, which took place this week.
The film is a production supported by Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
In “Inshallah a Boy,” Nawal, a mother and homemaker, is grieving the death of her husband when she discovers she might also lose her home. This is because of inheritance laws stating that if she does not have a son, her husband’s family can claim most of the inheritance.
In desperation, she pretends to be pregnant.
In September, the critically acclaimed movie won the La Biennale di Venezia Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Last month, the film won the Best Screenplay Narrative Feature Award at the sixth edition of the Mystic Film Festival.
It also won the Gan Foundation Award and the Rail d’Or Award for Best Feature Film during the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week.
