''Dead Sands'' is a
Bahrain
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...
i multi-lingual
horror-comedy
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film
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directed by Ameera Al Qaed and produced by Zeeshan Jawed Shah, Ameera Al Qaed, Ahmed Zayani, and Noor Al Ebrahim, starring various debuting actors. The screenplay is written by Ahmed Zayani. The film is widely regarded as being the first
zombie
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film produced in Bahrain. The film is sponsored by Ahmed Zayani and Sons, Bahrain Cinema Company, and
NYIT Bahrain, Dead Sands' media sponsor is local youth magazine CoEds and Daily Tribune.
Plot
In the wake of a viral outbreak throughout Bahrain, a group of strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they must unite to ward off the undead plague.
Cast
*Şenay Dincsoy as May
*Miraya Varma as Samara
*Bu Idrees Mughal as Wolf
*Abdulwahab Basil as Friday
*Aysha Burashid as Dahlia
*Nujood Al Mahmood as Dr. Farah
*Ahmed Al-Qaed as Abdulrahman
*Heba Hisham as Reem
*Mahdi Rafea as Mahdi
*Emad Al-Jeri as Fahad
*Baraa Abdulla as Baraa
*Noor Nooruddin as Sara
*Saleh Al-Derazi as Jamal
*Ahmed Zayani as TJ
*Mohammed Zayani as Damien
*Mohammed Junaid as Junaid
*Lubna Hussain Kazmi as Lana
*Mohammed Zubari as Jassim
*Zeeshan Jawed Shah as Aslam
*Omar Ashraf
*Noora Khan as Sana
*Saleh Al-Saati as Salman
*Anne Mary as Tooms
*Mila K. Killer as Mila
*Maha Al Zaidy as Girl in the Umm Hamar part
*Alex as Alex
*Yousaf Zarka as Joe
References
External links
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* {{imdb title, tt2571660
2013 films
Films set in Bahrain
Films shot in Bahrain
Articles containing video clips
Bahraini zombie films
Parodies of horror