Eyebrows
a film by
Tamer Ashry
23 Minutes / fiction
Egypt
"What is the one thing you wish was not forbidden?," Aiesha posts the controversial question in a close Facebook group for her burqa-wearing peers. Aiesha, who is nicknamed among her peers as the fair eyed haori, meets her friend Sally at the mall shortly after the post. Under her burka, she hides more than her body and face, and during the seemingly ordinary shopping trip, she discovers that what she hates most about her life lies right over her eyes.
Cast
- Asmaa Abulyazeid
- Mariam Al Khosht
- Ali Eltayeb
Crew
- Screenplay: Haitham Dabbour
- Cinematography: Mohamed Abd Elraouf
- Editing: Randa Mahmoud
- Sound: Ahmed Adnan
Original Title: ما تعلاش عن الحاجب
Production Company(ies):
Producer(s):
Production Company(ies):
- Redstar Films
- Blueprint Films
- BEE Media Production
Producer(s):
- Baho Bakhsh
- Safie Eldin Mahmoud
- Haitham Dabbour
- Tamer Ashry
- El Gouna Film Festival (World Premiere), Egypt
- Panorama Cinema of Morocco and the Middle East, France
- Elia Short Film Festival, Palestine
- Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden
- Women's Film Festival, Portugal
- Gold Star for Best Arab Short Film, El Gouna Film Festival
- Audience Award for Best Narrative Short Film, Panorama Cinema of Morocco and the Middle East
- Lycée Suger Student Jury Award, Panorama Cinema of Morocco and the Middle East
- Best Actress (Asmaa Abo Elyazid), Elia Short Film Festival
