Khadiga, a young mother of 18 lives alone with her baby after her husband left for work in a remote city. In an ordinary day she makes her way through the hustle of Cairo streets to do some visits where she feels uncomfortable with the surroundings. Year of production 2021 Length 20min Country Egypt, France Shooting Format Digital 4K Aspect Ratio 4:3 Dialogue Arabic Director Morad Mostafa Producers Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Sawsan Yusuf Productions Red Star Films, Bonanza Films Co-Productions La Belle Affaire Productions, Agora Productions, Concave Art Production, The Cell Post Production Original Story Morad Mostafa Writer Morad Mostafa, Mohamed Mamdouh Cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef Editor Mohamed Mamdouh Art Director Eman Elalby Sound Designer Mostafa Shaban Sound Mixer Gilles Benardeau Costume Design Reem Eladl First Assistant Director Fatima Fawzi Executive Producer Islam El Dakhakhny Line Producer Amina Allam Colorist Sherif Fathy Cast Malak Tarek, Fatima Fawzi, Zizi Moustafa, Ayman Abdelaziz
Festival selections El Gouna Film Festival 2021, Egypt - World Premiere 20minmax International Short Film Festival 2021, Germany Carthage Film Festival 2021, Tunisia Festival de films CINEMANIA 2021, Canada Sulmona International Film Festival 2021, Italy Ajyal Film Festival 2021, Qatar Beirut Shorts International Film Festival 2021, Lebanon AfryKamera Film Festival 2021, Poland Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2022, France Cairo Shorts Film Festival 2021, Egypt Nepal International Film Festival 2022 Aflam, Rencontres internationales de cinéma 2022, France Zawya Short Film Festival 2022, Egypt ALFILM - Arab Film Festival Berlin 2022, Germany Hollywood Arab Film Festival 2022, USA Malmö Arab Film Festival 2022, Sweden FESCAAAL - African Asian Latin American Film Festival 2022, Italy Kef Short Film Festival 2022, Tunisia - Best Fiction Short Film Award Jerusalem Arab Film Festival 2022 - Jury Special Mention Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival 2022, Greece Pune Short Film Festival 2022, India Palm Springs International ShortFest 2022, USA African Diaspora Cinema Festival 2022, Italy Festival Internacional de Cine de Quito 2022, Ecuador -Best Short Film Award Mediterranean Film Festival Split 2022, Croatia Les Nuits Méditerranéennes 2022, France Cinema Jove - International Film Festival Valencia 2022, Spain Nova Frontier Film Festival 2022, USA - Best Actress Award for Malak Tarek Paphos International Film Festival 2022, Cyprus ShorTS - International Film Festival 2022, Italy Bašta Fest 2022, Serbia ANDARAS - Traveling Film Festival 2022, Italy Golden Apricot - Yerevan International Film Festival 2022, Armenia Monterrey International Film Festival 2022, Mexico Arab Film Festival 2022, USA Shorts México - Mexico International Short Film Festival 2022 Quibdó África Film Festival 2022, Colombia - Best Short Film Award DC Shorts International Film Festival 2022, USA Short Focus Film Festival 2022, UK - Gold Frame Award Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2022, Finland Batumi International Art-House Film Festival 2022, Georgia Visioni Corte Film Festival 2022, Italy Tripoli Film Festival 2022, Lebanon Prospector International Film Festival 2022, USA Nashville Film Festival 2022, USA Linz International Short Film Festival 2022, Austria L' Afrique Fait Son Cinéma 2022, France Tacoma Film Festival 2022, USA San Antonio Black International Film Festival 2022, USA SorsiCorti Film Festival 2022, Italy - Best Short Film Award Egyptian American Film Festival 2022, USA CinemAfrica Film Festival 2022, Sweden Aflam du Sud Film Festival 2022, Belgium Diyarbakır International Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey Hobnobben Film Festival 2022, USA Leeds International Film Festival 2022metafilmfestival.me/, UK Dhahirah International Film Festival 2022, Oman META Film Fest 2022, Dubai World of Film International Festival Glasgow 2022, Scotland Still Voices Short Film Festival 2022, Ireland Festival du film Lumières d’Afrique 2022, France Baku International Short Film Festival 2022, Azerbaijan Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie 2022, Canada - Special Mention Barcelona International Short Film Festival 2022, Spain - Best Performance Award for Malak Tarek Olhares do Mediterrâneo - Women's Film Festival 2022, Portugal Lublin Film Festival 2022, Poland The Soho London Independent Film Festival 2022, UK Shorts Not Pants 2022, Canada Muslim International Film Festival 2022, Canada Festival internazionale Segni della Notte - Urbino 2022, Italy Transcinema Festival Internacional de Cine 2022, Peru Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2022, Jordan International Usak Short Film Festival 2022, Turkey Dhaka International Film Festival 2023, Bangladesh Fespaco - Festival Panafricain du Cinéma de Ouagadougou 2023, Burkina Faso Sanfici - Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2023, Colombia Zoom - Zblizenia International Film Festival 2023, Poland International Short Film Week Regensburg 2023, Germany Lisboeta International Short Film Festival 2023, Portugal - Best Female Actor Award for Malak Tarek Close-Up International Film Festival 2023, Canada International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva 2023, Switzerland Art Film Fest Kosice 2023, Slovakia Scottish International Short Film Festival 2023, UK
