In 2008, Mohammed Alhamoud co-founded the Riyadh-based Talashi Film Collective, which was dedicated to making short films to screen in film festivals of neighboring countries a decade before cinemas opened in Saudi Arabia. Talashi produced numerous shorts, including Sunrise/Sunset (2009), which won both the Muhr Arab Special Mention and the FIPRESCI Prize awards at the Dubai International Film Fes...
