by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
YOU WILL DIE AT TWENTY Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 105 min Swedish premiere Sudan. When Muzamil was born, a prophecy by the village holy man predicted that he would die at 20 years old. Muzamil’s...
by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
LET’S TALK Egypt I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 95 min Swedish premiere A mother and her daughter explore together the trajectory of four generations of women from their family, an Egyptian family from the Levant where life and cinema have...
by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
SHORT FILM PACKAGE COLOR BLIND COLOR BLIND Egypt, United Kingdom I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 11 minColor Blind depicts an encounter between a man and a woman in a Victorian cemetery in Bristol. They come from the same place – Egypt – but apart...
by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
ADAM Morocco, France, Belgium I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with Swedish subtitles l 98 min Every morning, eager customers line up in front of Abla’s little bakery, where she sells homemade bread and pastries. She has established the bakery to provide for herself and her...
by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW Switzeland, UK, Germany I 2019 I Arabic and English dialogue with English subtitles l 108 min Nordic premiere Strong-willed architect Amal, introvert poet Taufiq and closeted gay IT specialist Muhanad love meeting up at a little café in central...
by Maff | Nov 10, 2020 | Stockholm 2020
A SON Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar I 2019 I Arabic dialogue with English subtitles l 96 min Tunisia, summer 2011. A holiday in the South of the country ends in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year old son Aziz, when Aziz is accidentally shot in an ambush....