THE CALL OF THE BROOK’s Shines at Cannes Film Festival

 

Jad Chahine’s THE CALL OF THE BROOK landed its world premiere at the 76th edition of Cannes Film Festival (May 16 to 27 2023), being the first Egyptian film to compete at LA CINEF official competition since 2014.

 

Getting a warm reception right after the screening, THE CALL OF THE BROOK follows a young boy who goes to a cursed brook and witnesses something that will seal his fate.

 

Written and directed by Jad Chahine, THE CALL OF THE BROOK stars Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Heba Khayal and Sarah Shedid, DOP Adham Khaled. The film is an Egyptian British co-production, between Jad Chahine, Ahmed Nahla and Francis Hornsby Clark.

 

About Jad Chahine:

 

An Egyptian director studied filmmaking at the Higher Institute of Cinema (2018) after he studied media. Chahine worked as an assistant director with the renowned Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah, before he made his film debut THE CALL OF THE BROOK, which was selected in the official competition of Cannes LA CINEF.