Amin

In 2019, the ministry of culture finds a rare 16mm footage that was shot by the famous director Shadi Abdel Salam. The ministry decides to give the film negative to Mohamed Fayez, a notorious film director, in order to complete it into a feature film. Amin decides to protect the rare film negative from Fayez and so he steals the footage. He hits the road to Beni Sweif to hide the footage out there. He is being pursued by three hired thugs. Their purpose is to find him and bring back the footage. While in his journey, Amin contemplates his life, his unfulfilled dreams, regrets and sorrow, in an open letter to his wife, Faten.

Section

  • Best Student Director

Director

Ahmed Abuelfadl

Duration

16'

Country

Egypt

Language

Arabic

Year

2019