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SAYEDA

سيدة

Added by : Nesma Zazou

Director: Nesma Zazou

Producer: Nesma Zazou , Dalia Elsadek

Writer: Nesma Zazou

Editor: Nesma Zazou

d.o.p: Mohamed Elsehrawy

Sound Design: Amr Essam

Art Director: Nesma Zazou

Awards

Offical Selection

Festival de Cannes 2017: "The short film Corner".
Dubai Film Festival: "Cinetech".
Zawya Shorts Film Festiva: "Official competition".
Clermont Ferrand:"Film Market".
Luxor African Film Festival: "Film Panorama".


Short Synopsis (Original)

تحاول سيدة وابنها اللحاق بالطبيب الألماني الذي يزور مستشفى الرمد زيارة قصيرة فتواجه سوراً حديدياً أمام المستشفي يفصل بين جانبي الطريق .

Long Synopsis (Original)

تحاول سيدة وابنها اللحاق بالطبيب الألماني الذي يزور مستشفى الرمد زيارة قصيرة فتواجه سوراً حديدياً أمام المستشفي يفصل بين جانبي الطريق .

Short Synopsis (English)

A social Drama follows an Egyptian mother and her 7 years old son trials to catch a doctor’s appointment when a long iron fence obstructs them. Sayeda and Salah try to catch the last 30 mins of the German eye specialist’s charity visit to Egypt.

Long Synopsis (English)

While she seeks medical care for her 7-year-old son, Sayeda and her son Salah try to reach out to a German eye specialist who is about to leave the city soon. They desperately struggle to find their way to the public ophthalmology hospital in Giza through the chaotic maze of Cairo when they get obstructed by a long iron fence across the hospital. This, inspired by true events social drama, takes place amidst the bustling noise of Giza square on a narrow platform facing the hospital. The director takes the viewer through a real journey of a mother’s struggle to obstruct the social barriers to survive with her son.The film was shot in real locations between the crowds of Giza square and the public hospital in Giza. The origins of the story were inspired by true events the director have been observing since her childhood. For years, she has been passing by this fence, that is located in a vital street in Giza square, watching people struggling to cross it.



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  • DIFF BIOGRAPHY.docx


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