Blue Dive (Al-Lawn Al Azraq)
Arab Short Film Competition
Mostafa Youssef / Short Narrative / Egypt / 2011 / 16 min / Colour / 35 mm
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Drama, Death
MENA Premiere
Rated: General Audiences. Suitable for ages 4 and up.
Synopsis
Selim, a diver bewitched by the ocean, lays dying in a hospital bed. Mokhtar, a schizophrenic painter, contemplates the colour of death. Dalia, a nurse, remembers her father's drowning. Set in Alexandria, ‘Blue Dive’ is the story of a brief encounter encompassing death and the beauty and danger of the sea.
About the Directors
Egyptian director Moustafa Youssef’s student films ‘Shawarby St’ (2005) and ‘Call of Madness’ (2006) were shown at local festivals. The latter won several awards and screened at the Tisch School’s NextReel in Singapore. Youssef’s company Seen Films makes issues-based documentaries for Egyptian television.
Credits
- Director
- Mostafa Youssef
- Screenwriter
- Mostafa Youssef
- Editor
- Doaa Fadel
- Production Designer
- Art Director : Ayman Elhamy
- Music
- Huda Asfour
- Cinematographer
- Mohamed Abdel Raouf
- Cast
- Sayed Ragab, Donia Massoud, Atef Youssef