Egypt’s movies ‘Photocopy’, ‘Talea Sena’y’ to screen at Arab Film Festival Stockholm

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Fri, 13 Nov 2020 - 09:44 GMT

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Egypt Today staff

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 - 09:44 GMT

File: Photocopy.

File: Photocopy.

CAIRO - 13 November 2020: Egyptian movies ”Photocopy’’ and ”Talea Senay” ( Induced Labour) to screen at Arab Film Festival Stockholm scheduled to kick off from November 30 to December 2. 

 

The festival is organised by Malmö Arab Film Festival.

 

‘’Photocopy’’ was the opening movie of the ninth Arab International Film Festival which is scheduled to kick off from  16 -21 July at Busan Cinema Centre, Seoul, Korea.

 

The Egyptian film "Photocopy" was screened for the first time in London on December 13,2018.

"Photocopy" previously represented Egypt in Kazan International Muslim Film Festival in Russia.

"Photocopy" participated in the festival’s official competition.

 

The film narrates the story of an elderly man who, upon his retirement, decides to open a photocopying shop.

 

He begins to re-discover life, his love for his neighbour and the people around him.

The movie stars Mahmoud Hemeida, Sherine Reda, Farah Youssef, Aly Tayeb and Ahmed Dash, among others. It was written by Haitham Dabbour and directed by Tamer Ashry.

"Photocopy" premiered at the first edition of GFF, and won El-Gouna Golden Star Award for Best Arabic Feature Narrative Film.

 

The movie also screened at the fifth International Arab Cinema Meetings in Marseille.

"Photocopy" was shown as the closing film in the Arabian Cinema Week in New York City on November 23, 2017.

The film screened in Cairo International Film Festival on Friday, November 24, 2017.

Egyptian journalist and "Photocopy" scriptwriter, Dabbour, previously stated in an interview with Egypt Today that he chose to present a love story between an elderly couple because this type of love stories “has not been well-presented in the Egyptian cinema.”

The script was nominated for the Sawiris Cultural Awards.

Dabbour explained that he worked a lot on the script to develop it before reaching the final version.

 

He began writing it in 2013 and finished a year later.

"Photocopy" tackles issues and problems facing the elderly, topics that are rarely addressed in Egyptian cinema.

 

“The main challenge that faced me while writing such a different movie is to maintain high artistic sides and values and at the same time remain amusing for the audience, so they would not get bored,” Dabbour explained.

Released in 2017, “ Talea Senay” revolves around an Egyptian couple that seizes the American Embassy in Egypt after being denied visas to enter the United States. 

The feature film stars a group of talented Egyptian actors and actresses, including RashaGawdat, Maged el-Kedwany, Mai Kassab, Abdel RahmanAbou Zahra, BayoumiFouad, HoreyaFarghali and SayedRagab. "TaleaSenay" is directed by KhaledDiab. 

The movie screened for the first time on December 11,2017, as part of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). 

Featuring regional and international filmmakers who shed light on Arab culture, the festival’s “Arabian Nights” chose to screen “TaleaSenay”.
 
“Arabian Nights” is one of the most highly anticipated categories, as it celebrates the cultural diversity within the Arab world through the exceptional medium of film. 

This is the first film for Diab as a director.
 
Previously, he wrote a number of successful movies, most notably“Eshtebak” (Clash),whichhe wrote alongside his brother, the acclaimed writer and director, Mohamed Diab.

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