Remix demo

Al Hayba, remixed into a microseries

One 35-minute episode (S01 Ep. 01) → 11 vertical episodes of about 2 minutes each, plus a 30-second teaser and a 3-minute supercut, all with Arabic captions.

Adel dies in Canada. His widow Alia and their son Joe bring his body home to Al-Hayba, the Lebanese mountain village of the clan he had broken away from, led by his brother Jabal. On the way the funeral convoy is held at a police checkpoint, while Jabal punishes an informant in the woods. At the village the officers demand to open the coffin, and the clan faces them down and carries it in on foot.

Decisions in this cut

Every one of these is a dial. Different IP, different setting.

Length
About 2 minutes each, 11 episodes from 35 minutes. Could run 60–90 seconds for feed-native, or 3–4 minutes for fewer, denser episodes.
Boundaries
Each episode ends on a turn (the checkpoint, the coffin, the woods), never on a timecode.
Serial
Each episode assumes you watched the last. Standalone cuts are a different pass.
Reframe
9:16 from the 16:9 master. The crop follows the faces, so a two-shot stays a two-shot.
Sound
Original score removed and rescored, dialogue untouched, Arabic captions burned in. Subtitled in your languages, it plays in any market.

Teaser and supercut · 16:9

Microseries · 11 episodes · 9:16

  1. Ep 1 · 1:59

    The Will

    At airport security, Alia explains why they came: Adel's will sends him home to the family he was cut off from.

  2. Ep 2 · 2:05

    No Signal

    Shaheen, Jabal's cousin, collects them and tells Joe his name here is Jabal. Alia won't go anywhere before talking to Jabal.

  3. Ep 3 · 1:55

    Mansour

    While the coffin clears customs, Mansour is taken at gunpoint at a gas station.

  4. Ep 4 · 1:56

    Cut From the Tree

    The taxi driver talks about kidnappings. In Al-Hayba, Adel's mother weeps over his photo: he died alone, like a branch cut from the tree.

  5. Ep 5 · 2:03

    What's in the Coffin?

    The mother orders Sakher to stay by Jabal. The armed hearse convoy reaches a police checkpoint.

  6. Ep 6 · 2:00

    A Body or Something Else

    The convoy is held, and the officer at Alia's window wants the coffin opened.

  7. Ep 7 · 1:51

    Twelve Hours

    Alia pleads with the officer and the convoy is let through, but the anti-narcotics unit follows.

  8. Ep 8 · 1:49

    Treason and Mercy

    In the woods, Jabal beats Mansour, who is tied to a tree, and spares him only because of the funeral.

  9. Ep 9 · 2:00

    Our Land

    Jabal names the informant. The officers follow the convoy past the Al-Hayba sign, where the elders wait.

  10. Ep 10 · 1:34

    These Are Your People

    Jabal welcomes Alia and Joe to their land. Then the police arrive.

  11. Ep 11 · 1:38

    Watch Where You Step

    The officer insists on opening the coffin. Rifles go up, and the clan carries it past the soldiers.