Before Nightfall

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Stuck in traffic, a young woman catches a gaze that feels strangely familiar. In that fleeting moment, she is pulled back to the day she left—and to the promise she made to return, a promise she never kept.

ines lehaire

nayla benabadji

biography

Ines Lehaire is a French-Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker shaped by her experiences between Europe and the Maghreb. Her films have traveled to the Red Sea International Film Festival, JCC, or the MedFilm Festival... Drawn to characters who dare to leave everything behind through a contemplative cinema.

Credits
  • Directing : ines lehaire
  • Script : ines lehaire
  • Casting : Horya Benabet
  • Photography : Douae El Khammas
  • Sound : Nayla Benabadji
  • Editing : Ines Lehaire
  • Production : Ines Lehaire
  • VFX : ines lehaire
  • Calibration : ines lehaire
  • Sound mixing : zaid benmansour

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