S the Wolf
TITLE
S the Wolf
DIRECTOR
Sameh Alaa
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2025
DURATION
11′
GENRE
Animation
S the Wolf
A man recounts his capillary peregrinations through his adolescence - from the barber’s trauma to his first love to the loss of his hair and eventually his father. Through this, we see a construction of a masculinity in the making.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Sameh Alaa
Sameh Alaa is an Egyptian director, producer, and writer. His short films Fifteen and I’m Afraid to Forget Your Face gained international acclaim, with the latter winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes - the first Egyptian film to do so. Sameh has served as a jury member at festivals like Cannes and Cairo, while his films have screened at major film festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Locarno, and San Sebastián, and were showcased at MoMA and the Venice Biennale. He is currently developing his first feature and working on an animated short.
- DirectorSameh Alaa
- Screenplay Sameh Alaa
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Avantika Singh Desbouvries
- Production Company
- Distributor/sSquare Eyes Distributor Worldwide
- Project TitleS the Wolf
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originFrance
- Country of filmingFrance
- Language Arabic
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Sameh Alaa
Sameh Alaa is an Egyptian director, producer, and writer. His short films Fifteen and I’m Afraid to Forget Your Face gained international acclaim, with the latter winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes - the first Egyptian film to do so. Sameh has served as a jury member at festivals like Cannes and Cairo, while his films have screened at major film festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Locarno, and San Sebastián, and were showcased at MoMA and the Venice Biennale. He is currently developing his first feature and working on an animated short.
