Coming Forth by Day

Name: Coming Forth by Day
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012
Duration: 96 min

Director: Hala Lotfy

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Highlights

The film was selected by the Dubai International Film Festival as one of the 100 Most Important Arab Films.
The World Cinema Fund (WCF) selected Coming Forth by Day as the first film to stream on its latest initiative WCF on Demand, a video on demand (VOD) platform allowing international audiences to watch the films supported by the fund.

2012/ Egypt96 min/ Drama

Original Title

Al Khoroug Lel Nahar

SYNOPSIS

The film tells the story of a poor family living in a shabby neighborhood on the outskirts of Cairo. The pillar of the family, a single 30-year-old woman, finds it difficult to express her feelings and dreams, while she spends her time only taking care of her wheelchair-bound father and mother who works as a nurse.

CAST

Donia Maher
Salma Al-Naggar
Ahmad Lutfi

CREW

Screenwriter: Hala Lotfy
DOP: Mahmoud Lotfy
Editor: Heba Othman

Production Company(ies)

Hassala Films
NY Consultancy

Producer(s)

Hala Lotfy

Berlin International Film Festival, Germany

British Film Institute (BFI), UK

Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF), Egypt

Ayam Beirut Al Cinema'iya, Lebanon

Tetouan International Mediterranean Film Festival, Morocco

Bird Eye View Film Festival, UK

Arab Camera Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain

Cairo International Women's Film Festival, Egypt

International Film Festival Transsaharien, Morocco

Panorama of the European Film, Egypt

Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE

Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL), Italy

Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt

Kazan International Film Festival, Republic of Tatarstan

Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt

Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece

FIPRESCI Award at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, UAE

Bronze Tanit at the Carthage Film Festival (JCC), Tunisia

Golden Lion at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival, Algeria

Best African Film at the African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival (FESCAAAL), Italy

Best Director, Best Film, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries, Egypt

Best Director Award at the Kazan International Film Festival, Republic of Tatarstan

Best Sound and Best Directorial Debut at the Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt

Special Mention for Cinematography at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece

Reviews

Neil Young - Variety

Sara Elkamel - Ahram Online

Kristen Allen - Der Spiegel

Lukas Foerster - Taz.de (German)

Quotes

“A new Egyptian writer-director shows considerable promise in a patience-tester that will be popular with critics and festival-programmers but prove much too static for most viewers.” Neil Young - Variety

“Coming Forth By Day is an intense study of a day in the life of an Egyptian family grappling with poverty and disease.” Sara Elkamel - Ahram Online

“It's an aching art house-style film.” Kristen Allen - Der Spiegel