Scales (Arabic: سيدة البحر, romanized: Sayyidat al-Baḥri, "Mistress of the Sea") is a 2019 internationally co-produced mystery drama film directed by Shahad Ameen.

[3] On a remote island, families ensure a bountiful fishing yield for the village by sacrificing a daughter to the sea.

Twelve years later, the daughter, Hayat (Hajjar), is ostracized from her family and community; one of her feet is covered in a small patch of scales.

Hayat joins the men and boys of her village on a fishing boat, where she is often at odds with their leader, Amer (Barhoum).

The website's consensus reads: "A gorgeous and grim portrait of female empowerment, Scales is an auspicious debut for director Shahad Ameen.