Hatshepsut in the Box (Hatshepsut fi Al Sunduq)
Qumra Projects
/ Short Narrative / Qatar / 2018
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
In Spring 2007, the Egyptian Museum allows the public to see Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s body for the first time. Leila hears the news, but fails to convince her parents and friends to travel to the exhibition with her. She fills the transparent box she wears on her head with items related to her obsession with the Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s box, wanting to discover the ruler’s secret of dominance. Fed up with her parents rejecting the idea of her being the new Hatshepsut, Leila decides to use a divider in her box to separate her obsession from the rest of her life items, in order to gain power like her role model. She goes on a journey and discovers the power within her.
About the Director
Hadeer Omar is an Egyptian visual and time-based media artist, and educator. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design (2010) and MFA in Design Studies (2016) from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts in Qatar. Her passion for documentary and cultural movements crosses disciplines within art, design, and film, as a means of presenting her identity through her work. She directed 'Ouda w Sala' (2011), 'Hack you'(2015), and 'Chaos Antidote' (2017) a documentary short film, which screened in France, Bulgaria, Qatar.