"Ma Tilash An al-Hajib" poster - Egypt Today.
CAIRO – 17 March 2019: After winning the best short movie award from the second edition of El Gouna Film Festival, the Egyptian short movie "Ma Tilash An al-Hajib" will participate in five international festivals.
The festivals are African,Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milano; Middle East Now festival;San Sebastián International Film Festival; Geneva International Film Festival and Tripoli Film Festival.
The makers of “Photocopy”,script writer HaithamDabbour and director Tamer Ashry,collaborated again in "Ma Tilash An al-Hajib".
"What is the one thing that you wish was not prohibited?" Aisha, the movie heroine,writesin a closed Facebook group addressing her burqa-wearing peers in the group.
Directly after posting this question, Aishameets her friend Sally at a mall. They go
shopping together to discover at the end that the thing she hates most is her burqa. The 21-minute movie stars Mariam el-Khoshet, Asmaa AbulYazid, and Ali el-Tayeb among others.
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