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International Competition · 43rd Edition

Abu Saddam

Director

Nadine Khan

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1 h 29 min

Language

Arabic

Premiere

World Premiere

Synopsis

The experienced truck driver "Abu Saddam" gets a transportation mission on the North Coast road after he stopped working for years.He decides that he wants to complete his mission perfectly to complement his working reputation but he faces a small situation on the road and things get out of control.

Cast

Mohamed Mamdouh, Ahmed Dash

Screenplay

Nadine Khan, Mahmoud ezzat

Producers

Karim Elmehy

About the Director

A filmmaker living and working in Cairo. She earned her BA in film directing from the Egyptian Higher Film Institute in 2001. Since then, she has directed several fiction films, commercials, TV series and music videos. Her debut feature film "Chaos, Disorder" won the Jury Prize at the Dubai International Film Festival (2012). One of Khan’s four short films One in a Million (2006) was in the official selections of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).

Screenings

Tue 30 Nov · 20:30 – 21:59 Opera House - Grand Hall
Thu 02 Dec · 21:30 – 22:59 Opera House - Fountain Theatre
Sat 04 Dec · 21:30 – 22:59 Zamalek Cinema 1
Mon 06 Dec · 18:00 – 19:29 Opera House - Fountain Theatre