Asham

Name: Asham
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012
Duration: 87 min

Director: Maggie Morgan

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Highlights

The film won three awards at international film festivals.

2012/ Egypt87 min/ Drama

Original Title

Asham

SYNOPSIS

Six intertwined stories about aspiration, disappointment, and hope set against the backdrop of a restless Cairo, itself on the brink of change. At significant points of their lives, some characters converge onto a street peddler, while other characters experience a series of events, which inevitably lead their pathways to intersect.

CAST

Ali Kassem
Amina Khalil
Mohamed Khan
Mahmoud El-Louzy

CREW

Screenwriter: Maggie Morgan
DOP: Raouf Abdel Aziz
Editor: Ahmad Abdalla

Production Company(ies)

Film Clinic

Producer(s)

Mohamed Hefzy

Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

International Women Film Festival of Sale, Morocco

Franco Arab Film Festival, Jordan

Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Qatar

Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden

International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland

Best Director and Best Editing awards at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF), Sweden

A Special Mention at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva (FIFOG), Switzerland

Reviews

Rana Al Jamaiy - Masrawy (Arabic)

Quotes

“…You don’t feel that it’s talking about people who are different than you or who come from a different background, but they come from places that are familiar to you.” Rana Al Jamaiy - Masrawy (Arabic)