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Boomah (2026)

Boomah (2026)

Drama Crime Thriller

The street always collects...

Release Date: 2026, June 16
Directors: Zaid Abu Hamdan
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Production: Front Row Filmed Entertainment, Bayt Al Shawareb, Bounce Productions, The Royal Film Commission, Red Sea Film Festival Foundation
Cast: Joanna Arida, Nabil Al Raee, Majd Eid, Farah Bsieso, Hanan Hillo, Rakeen Saad, Omar Zorba, Yazan Eid, Ahmad El Ali, Odai Al Fawaz

Overview:

In the slums of Jordan, power circulates through fear, favors, and violence. Boomah, a volatile street enforcer, survives on petty extortion and intimidation because for those at the bottom, crime is the only work that pays. Children move through the same streets she controls, selling goods, running messages, learning the rules of danger before adulthood; Boomah frightens them, exploits them, and sometimes protects them, caught between the instincts of a predator and the shadow of her own abandoned childhood. Surrounded by women struggling to shield their families, she carries a fractured relationship to motherhood, shaped by loss and survival rather than care. When a new, more organized criminal force begins to restructure the underground economy, independent lives like hers grow increasingly disposable, and Boomah is pushed to confront what it means to survive in a world where violence is labor, children inherit the streets, and motherhood is both a wound and a responsibility.

Keywords:

based on true story child protection crime gang leader revenge thriller knife fight criminal underworld rape arab rats abuse jordan small time thugs feral street thug female criminal arab cinema street rat