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Short Film Competition · 44th Edition

Mama

Director

Naji Ismail  

Country

Egypt

Runtime

19 min 40 sec

Language

Arabic

Premiere

World Premiere

Synopsis

A twenty-one-year-old girl is hiding a terrifying secret to protect herself and her brother.  

Cast

May Elghety, Danieel Shrief

Screenplay

Naji Ismail

Producers

Kawthar Younis

About the Director

An Egyptian director who graduated from the High Institute of Cinema in Cairo. Later, he founded his own production company Rahala Production and Distribution.In 2013 the company had its first production, the short documentary OM AMIRA written and directed by Naji.It was screened in Berlinale in the short films competition, which was considered a comeback for the Egyptian Cinema whose last participation in the Berlinale was 30 years ago.