Amal
Spring Grants 2017 - Post-Production Stage
Mohamed Siam / Feature Documentary / Egypt, Lebanon, France, Germany, Denmark, Qatar / 2017 / 80 min / Original Language: Arabic / Interests: Creative Documentary
Synopsis
Amal, an angry teenager, comes of age in a post-revolution Egypt that is undergoing tremendous change. Filmed over five years, ‘Amal’ is an observational self-discovery journey that follows a young female from the age of 15 till the age of 20 while she is searching for her place, identity and sexuality in a male-dominated society. As she grows from childhood into adulthood, she realises how limited her choices are as a young female living in an Arab police state in a post-revolution era.
Credits
- Director
- Mohamed Siam
- Screenwriter
- Mohamed Siam
- Producer
- Myriam Sassine
- Production Company
- Abbout Productions
About the Director
Mohamed Siam is a director, producer and cinematographer who has received several international grants and prizes supporting his films, from funds including the Sundance Institute, the IDFA Bertha Fund, the Catapult Film Fund, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Cinereach, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and ITVS. His first film, ‘Whose Country?’ (2016) screened at the New York Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Hot Docs, among other festivals, and was distributed internationally. An alumnus of numerous prestigious film institutions, such as Sundance Labs, the IDFA Academy, La Fémis and La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde at the Festival de Cannes, Siam is also a Berlinale and Durban Talents alumnus. He is currently working on his second feature-length documentary, ‘Amal’, as well as his first feature-length narrative film, ‘Honey & Blood’.
Contacts
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Main Contact
Myriam Sassine
- Company:
- Abbout Productions
- Phone:
- +9611587829
- Email:
- contact@abboutproductions.com