Prayers for Sweet Waters
Synopsis
Official Selection Hamptons International Film Festival 2021 - World premiere
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 16 min
- Director
-
Elijah Ndoumbe
- Producer
- Naeem Dxvis
- Co-Producer
- Naeem Dxvis
- Executive Producer
- Caragh Davison
- Editor
- Petrus van Staden
- Director of Photography
- Baz Bailey
- Composer
- Denise Onen
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A BFI/British Council More Films For Freedom commission
Elijah Ndoumbe
Naeem Dxvis
Sales Company
Aspect Ratio Films
Jordan Mattos, Head of International SalesPage updates
This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.
See also
You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.
Douglas Gordon
Director: Finlay Pretsell
Year: 2026
Under the skin of Douglas Gordon, probing what it means to be an artist. Capturing the chaotic energy of a working studio and blurring the lines between art, performance, and reality. The filmmaker's presence challenges the authenticity of the process, exposing the tensions, collaboration, and unpredictability of documenting a boundary-pushing artist.
Riding Time
Director: Roopa Gogineni, Farhaan Mumtaz
Year: 2026
Horse-obsessed Jaleal comes of age on the West Yorkshire moors while carrying forward the ancient cavalry sport of neza bazi. Filmed over three summers, this joyful portrait blows the dust off traditional tales of Empire, migration and belonging. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - International premiere
Allies in Exile
Director: Hasan Kattan
Year: 2026
For 14 years, Syrian filmmakers Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi have journeyed together through war and storytelling. Their bond was forged on the frontlines of revolution where their cameras recorded terror and hope, laughter and heartbreak – moments that defined a generation. Years later, their story takes an unexpected turn. Confined inside a UK asylum hotel, Hasan and Fadi document a new chapter shaped not by bombs, but by waiting, bureaucracy, and exile. Amid rising anti-refugee hostility, they turn the camera inward exploring friendship and displacement and how filming itself becomes an act of survival when the future is so uncertain. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026 - World premiere