watch TrailerFar from the Nile
a film by
Sherief Elkatsha
99 min /
Music Documentary
USA, Egypt
Twelve musicians from seven countries along the Nile use music as a model to collaborate across borders. On a tour of the US, their message of unity is put to the test.
Cast
Mohamed Abozekry (Egypt)Michael Bazibu (Uganda)
Nader Elshaer (Egypt)
Ibrahim Fanous (Eritrea)
Saleeb Fawzy (Upper Egypt)
Asia Madani (Sudan)
Adel Mekha (Nubia)
Kasiva Mutua (Kenya)
Ahmed Omar (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
Dave Otieno (Kenya)
Steven Sogo (Burundi)
Selamnesh Zemene (Ethiopia)
Crew
- Screenwriter: NA
- DOP: Sherief Elkatsha
- Editor: Sherief Elkastha & Pierre Haberer
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
The American Vicarious
KatshaFilms
Producer(s):
Sherief Elkatsha
Christopher McElroen
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt
- Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt
- Arab Film Days, Norway
- AFI New African Film Festival, US
- IHE Delft, Netherlands
- Downtown Community Television Center Cinema for Documentary Film, USA
- Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival, USA
- Tripoli Film Festival, Lebanon
- Best Non-Fiction film, Cairo International Film Festival
- Best Film, Luxor African Film Festival
- Exceptional Merit, Doctors Without Borders International Film Festival
