Feature Film Selection/ Luxembourg, Germany, Tunisia, France 2021, 91’

Details

• Director: Samir Nasr
• Screenplay: Samir Nasr, Sonallah Ibrahim
• Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
• Cinematography: Darja Pilz
• Music: Oli Biehler
• Producer: Silvana Santamaria
• Production: Soilfilms
• Cast: Ahmed Al Munirawi, Fadi Abi Samra, Khaled Houissa
• 2023 Festival Cinéalma Crédit Agricole Prize
• 2022 JCC Carthage Film Festival Best Production Design, Best Film in Bronze

Recap

When Sharaf kills a man in self defense and is incarcerated, his dreams of wealth and consumption are shattered. The microcosm of prison mirrors the complex situation of Arab societies living under dictatorship and poverty, dependent on an unjust global economic system. Sharaf decides to achieve his own social advancement behind prison bars, but he will have to pay a very high price for it.

Director

Samir Nasr

Samir Nasr is a director, scriptwriter and editor. He also teaches regularly at the University of Arts, Berlin and the Filmuniversity Babelsberg, Potsdam. After receiving a master's degree in Business Administration from Mannheim University in 1993 he worked as a film projectionist. In 1999 he graduated from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy with focus on directing and scriptwriting. He lives in Berlin and Cairo.

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