The Station ( Al Mahattah ), the debut feature of Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq, has won the top prize at the Final Cut awards for projects in post-production at the Venice Film Festival’s industry platform Venice Production Bridge.

The Station centres on Layal, who runs a women-only fuel station in a segregated war-torn town in Yemen, where she is faced with her 12-year-old brother’s growing desire to break free and become a ‘man’. When Layal’s estranged sister unexpectedly shows up with a proposition for their brother, the siblings’ relationship is put to the test.

The Station won the La Biennale di Venezia Prize for best film in post-production, which comes with a €5,000 award.

The producers are Jordan’s Screen Project and The Imaginarium Films, France’s Georges Films, Ge

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