DHAHRAN: “I tried to be part of the glam side of makeup, but it wasn’t for me,” Hadele Hijazy tells Arab News. Instead, Hijazy turned her talent with the brush to working with actors. “I only do films and theater,” she says.
It’s a talent that runs in her blood. “My mother had a salon, so when we were children, she would teach us how to do makeup—but definitely not clown makeup” she says with a laugh, referring to her latest work, for “Burgher Mahali,” a short Saudi thriller that screened at this year’s Saudi Film Festival.
Watching the film on the big screen at the festival was exhilarating for Hijazy. (Supplied)
The film follows the characters in a burger joint in AlKhobar, where the owner, Awatif (played by Mila Al-Zahrani), faces the threat of her dark secret being revealed by an overeager new employee.
In one scene, actor Abdullah Alsheikh performs as a clown. “That was really fun, because I rarely do clown makeup,” Hijazy says.
