The Kuwaiti documentary film “The Spirit of Jerusalem”, directed by Hamad Al-Nouri, succeeded in winning the Cannes Film Festival award, amidst fierce competition, highlighting the ability of Kuwaiti talents to reach the world.
“The Spirit of Jerusalem” deals with Al-Aqsa Mosque, with all that it contains and the surrounding stones and people, through a visual presentation of Jerusalem, supported by a dramatic narrative that reflects that holy spirit and its details, feelings and stories.
The film succeeded in addressing new topics and sites that no one has addressed before, with all the sanctity they carry and their impact on their visitors, and this represents a true story with its dramatic development, as the film begins its first stage by introducing the Al-Aqsa square and the most important sites it contains, for example: Al-Qibli Mosque, the Dome of the Rock Mosque, the courtyards, and the Buraq Wall, and the importance of this site and its sanctity, as it is “the site from which our noble Prophet ascended to the seven heavens, and here that holy spot represents the center around which the events revolve.