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The Station

New Directors Competition

The Station

Al-Mahatta

direction Sara Ishaq

Yemen, Jordan, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar 2026 Fiction Cor 112 min.

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Layal runs a women-only gas station in Yemen: a safe haven in a war-torn country. There, the rules are simple: no men, no weapons, no politics. When Layal’s younger brother faces enlistment, she reunites with her estranged sister to save the one life they still can. Presented in the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival.

yemen jordan france germany netherlands norway qatar international film festivals women directors social issues family women-centered stories contemporary crises politics

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technical sheet

direction

Sara Ishaq

screenplay

Sara Ishaq, Nadia Eliewat

cinematography

Amine Berrada

editing

Romain Namura

sound

Tarek Abu Ghoush

music

Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer

production design

Nasser Zoubi

cast

Manal Al-Mulaiki, Abeer Mohammed, Rashad Khaled, Saleh Al-Marshahi

production

Nadia Eliewat, Nicolas Leprêtre

co-production

Sol Bondy, Fred Burle, Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Rula Nasser

produced by

Screen Project, Georges Films

co-produced by

One Two Films, KeplerFilm, Barentsfilm, Setara Films, The Imaginarium Films

world sales

Paradise City Sales

galeria

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