Amjad Al Rasheed’s INSHALLAH A BOY has its US premiere Friday, January 12 at Film Forum.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: “The sudden death of her husband leaves Nawal, a young Arab woman, and her daughter without rights or property under Islamic law—and at the mercy of male relatives. Both her own brother and brother-in-law at first show sympathy. But soon it’s clear that any whiff of assertion—I paid for half this house; I will keep my job; I will raise my daughter as I see fit—is met with the forces of patriarchy.”

INSHALLAH A BOY is the first film from Jordan ever selected for the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home two prizes. It also played at the 2023 Toronto, BFI London, and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals, among many others. It’s Jordan’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Academy Awards.

The film is directed by Amjad Al Rasheed and written by Al Rasheed, Rula Nasser & Delphine Agut. It stars Mouna Hawa (Nawal), Haitham Omari (Rifqi), Yumna Marwan (Lauren), Salwa Nakkara (Souad), Seleena Rababah (Nora).

Check out a clip from the film below: