Saudi filmmaker’s short ‘Synthetic’ to screen at New York festival

DHAHRAN: Saudi filmmaker Ismail Albukhari’s latest short film “Synthetic,” which premiered at this year’s Saudi Film Festival, will screen on Oct. 13 as part of the official selection at this year’s New York Shorts International Film Festival. Albukhari is currently based in NYC, studying for a master’s degree in directing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. But he still...