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Delusion

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  • CategoryArabic Short Films
  • Duration21 minutes min
  • Year2025 (UAE Premiere)
  • LanguageArabic
  • SubtitleEnglish subtitles
  • CountryOman
  • Director(s)Issa Salem Al-Subhi

Synopsis

After spending two months in a psychiatric ward, an academic doctor is discharged, hoping to regain his emotional balance. His brother takes him around the city in search of healing, but the weight of depression remains. Seeking solitude, he escapes to the mountains, where silence and nature offer a different kind of clarity. There, amid the stillness, he begins to reconnect with himself, until a chance encounter with a stranger reignites an old question: The word—no matter how far you go—remains the frame that defines our existence.

Director Details

Issa Salem Al-Subhi is a filmmaker and screenwriter specializing in narrative and documentary films. He holds a bachelor's degree in Digital Media and a diploma from the New York Film Academy. He has directed over seven films, earning several local and international awards, including the Sultan Qaboos Award for Culture, Arts, and Literature for his film “Black Doesn’t Suit You”, and the Golden Palm at the Saudi Film Festival for Best Gulf Short Narrative Film. He currently works as a television director at Oman TV.