Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s ...

A multigenerational story led by Saudi women forms the emotional core of “Hijra,” a character-driven drama that follows a grandmother and her two granddaughters across Saudi Arabia. When one of the ...

Saudi Arabia has chosen Shahad Ameen’s female-focused drama Hijra as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, the Saudi Film Commission announced on ...

JEDDAH — Saudi film director Shahad Ameen has completed production on her latest film, "Hijra," her second directorial endeavor following the internationally acclaimed "Scales." This new project, ...