CFF: BAAB

In Arabic, 'baab' means doorway, and in Nayla Al Khaja's dark fantasy, it’s the threshold to familial secrets as a woman reels from the sudden death of her twin sister.

Wahida (Shaimaa El Fadul) struggles with the eerie hum of tinnitus in her left ear, a condition which ropes her into a surreal world where grief takes on physical form.

Soundtracked by two-time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman and helmed by the UAE’s first female director, BAAB marks a milestone in Emirati cinema.

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