Qatari director Mohammed Alibrahim’s mystery thriller Sa3oud Wainah? is set to make local cinema history at the inaugural Doha Film Festival this coming week as Qatar ’s first commercial feature to hit the big screen.

Starring local talents Mishal Al Dosari, Abdulaziz Al Dorani and Saad Al Naimi, the picture follows a group of friends in a remote farmhouse whose evening takes a sinister turn when a magic trick backfires causing one of them to vanish and a mysterious stranger knocks at the door.

Sa3oud Wainah? will premiere as a special screening at the festival running from November 20 to 28, while its Doha-based producer Katara Studios is eyeing a Gulf wide release in the spring of 2026.

“It’s our first commercial film and we hope the start of many more Qatari feature films,” sa

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