Ihala

Ihala

2024 | 15mins | Bahrain | Arabic

DIRECTOR: Mohamed Al Mubarak

Tying memories and spiritual stories, the film envisions the Ihala as a mystic, spirit possessed object haunting the very space of its creation. It shows glimpses of a tradition’s significance that is now merely potent enough to evoke what once profoundly resounded across generations through the vessel’s integral role in regional customary music.