04-02-2011

  • Directed by Farag Mahmoud
  • Egypt, 2011
  • Workshops in Egypt - Le Caire
  • Politics, Identities
  • Shooting place : Le Caire
  • Duration : 5 min
  • Audio : AR
  • Subtitles : FR

Synopsis

The knock at the door did not indicate what was behind it. I wished I were dead. I wished to die there and then in their hands before I die of fear.

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Cinéma du réel

  • Place : Paris (France)
  • Date : 2012

Cinéma populaire

  • Place : Tours (France)
  • Date : 2012

Traces de Vies

  • Place : Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • Date : 2011

Festival Printemps du cinéma arabe

  • Place : Paris (France)
  • Date : 2011

Musée du Quai Branly

  • Place : Paris (France)

Arab Shorts - Goethe Institute

  • Place : Los Angeles (USA)

Arte.tv

IFCinéma (plateforme de l'Institut français)

  • Place : World

Institut des Cultures de l’Islam

  • Place : Paris (France)

Tenk, plateforme du documentaire d'auteur

Mahmoud Farag

Director

Born in 1982 in Alexandria, Egypt and deceased in 2013, Mahmoud Farag was an independent filmmaker and writer. He got a Bachelor in Arts in Arabic Language and Education from the Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 2005 and in Scriptwriting and cinema studies from the High Cinema Institute in Cairo in 2010. He worked as a director and writer from 2005 to his death and participated in several films and series. Member of the Egyptian Cinema Professions Syndicate, he was also a trainee at Ateliers Varan in 2011 and 2012.

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