Yalla

Yalla
Director
Carlo D’Ursi
Country
Spain
Year
2020
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Carlo D’Ursi and Sergio Barrejón
Cast
Javier Córdoba, Sofía Haouali, Ahmed Younoussi, Badar Bennaji, Son Khouri, Mohamed Batan
Production
Potenza Producciones
http://www.potenzaproducciones.com/en/portfolio/yalla-2/

Storyline

Mufid a 14-year-old boy, plays football with his friends. He misses a shot and makes the ball disappear behind a hill. He doesn’t want to go looking for it, but he knows he will.

When he enters in the area guarded by a military drone, he discovers that Amina has taken his ball. Mufid tries to recover it. Hassan removes the ball from the teenagers and throws it into some ruins; inside, a big secret. The drone is put on alert. Mufid get out of the ruins with the ball, but the drone is not sure about that. Mufid becomes a new target. A big explosion will end everything.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Forqué Awards 2021
Best short film nomination - WINNER
Goyas Awards 2022
Nominated for Best Fiction Short Film