CHADIAN SHORT FILM TRILOGY
dir. Bentley Brown & Tahir Ben Mahamat Zene
Aboudigin Films | Chad
A documentary short film trilogy exploring climate change danger, pastoral traditions, and cultural memory across Chad's Batha region. The first short Guardian of the Well (2025) screened at True/False, Clermont-Ferrand, Red Sea International Film Festival among others.
Aboudigin Films, Chad
March 2026 – Present
Research Assistant
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
June 2025 – December 2025
Films
Guardian of the Well بئر قاردي (Clermont-Ferrand, 2025)
Ephemeral River نهر عابر (festival release 2026)
LIKE EVERY CLOUD (Zayy Kulli Ghaima زي كل غيمة)
prod. Turki AlMutairi
2025-ongoing | development stage
In this immersive VR essay, a now-defunct cassette studio in Chad, once a hub for archiving Sudanese music, is reconstructed across time to explore how shifting technologies have preserved, transformed, and sometimes lost a sonic heritage at the edge of war, displacement, and digital obsolescence.
2025
IDFA DocLab Forum - Amsterdam, Netherlands
AN UNEXPECTED TURN
dir. Turki AlMutairi6 min | UAE | 2024
English with English subtitles
A bid to document the lives of the largely immigrant population of motorcycle delivery drivers reveals a reality hidden behind convenience in a fast-paced world.
2025
Cinema Club at University of Arts in Sharjah - UAE
Sharjah Film Platform 8, Sharjah Art Foundation - UAE
Zayed University Middle East Film Festival - UAE
2024
Middle East Studies Association Film Festival - US