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Abdullah Al-Wazzan

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ABDULLAH
ALWAZZAN

Filmmaker, Entrepreneur, Visual Artist & Architect

Abdullah Al-Wazzan works across film, art and entrepreneurship—creating films, visual art, designs and experiences where culture, imagination and vision meet. He is a film director, screenwriter, a visual artist, creative director and an Architecture degree graduate.

. FILM: Abdullah Al-Wazzan created the animated short film "Falafel Cart" (2019), which was officially submitted to the "92nd Academy Awards", making it the first short film from Kuwait to ever be submitted to the "Academy Awards". Al-Wazzan has won and been nominated for numerous awards, most notably winning Best Short Animated Film at the 2021 Burbank International Film Festival in California and being officially selected in 2020 as "best of the world" at the prestigious Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan. . Fashion & Design: Al-Wazzan's interests go beyond film into entrepreneurship, fashion and design and in 2025 he founded the International sci-fi street brand TA "Tentalien".  . Art: Al-Wazzan upcoming art series "Invasion/Liberation"  is a sci-fi visual art series comprised of several art pieces exploring man's relationship to war.

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Film Director Abdullah Al-Wazzan

Moving image

Filmography

01

Down from Above (2010)

DIRECTOR, ANIMATOR.

.  A man driving home at night encounters an Extraterrestrial. .  Al-Wazzan's first film to screen in theatres.

02

Falafel Cart (2014)

DIRECTOR, ANIMATOR.

.  The experimental and early version which paved the way to the short animated film Falafel Cart (2019). .   Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2014 and Dubai International Film Festival 2014.

03

Falafel Cart (2019)

DIRECTOR, ANIMATOR, EDITOR, PROD. DESIGNER.

.  During a stormy night, a lonely and isolated falafel cart owner stumbles upon a mysterious flower that whirls him into the memories of his past. .  Premiered theatrically in Los Angeles, CA on 13 Sep 2019.

04

B.W.S (2027)

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER.

.  Al-Wazzan's upcoming live action film. .  Winner of Doha film institute grant. .  TBA, Formerly titled Soaring over Mayhem.

Selected work

Projects

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01

Invasion/ Liberation (2027)

VISUAL ARTIST

.  A sci-fi visual art series comprised of several art pieces by Abdullah Al-Wazzan exploring man's relationship with war.

02

Tentalien

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

.  A lifestyle and art brand founded in 2025. .  Launching soon.

Ventures/ Companies

AA Studio

AWARD WINNING FILM & ANIMATION STUDIO

TA

STREETWEAR, LIFESTYLE & ART BRAND