Souad and I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face were presented as part of Mizna's Fifteenth Arab Film Fest in October of 2021. The conversation with director Ayten Amin, moderated by Sonali Pahwa, also took place during Mizna's annual festival.
Souad
Zagazig, a small city on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Today.
Souad, a 19-year-old woman, leads a double life. She is conservative and veiled among her family and society, but also obsessed with her image on social media, where she has several secret virtual relationships with men. She lies about her personal life and fantasizes about the life she most desires. Yet, her ambitions and dreams are slowly crushed by reality. A series of small incidents lead to tragedy, and her sister, 13-year-old Rabab, embarks on a journey looking for answers about her sister’s life and dreams.
Festivals and Awards
Festival de Cannes, France, 2021
Tribeca Film Festival, United States, 2021
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2021
About the filmmaker
Ayten Amin has been working in the film industry for the past twelve years. Her first short film Her Man was selected by Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and after receiving several national prizes, it was exclusively acquired by Canal Plus in France. In 2013, her debut feature film Villa 69 received the Special Jury Award for Arab Film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Amin has received multiple prestigious awards and recognitions, including the Cairo Film Connection Award for Best Film or Hubert Bals Award at Durban FilmMart. She co-directed the documentary Tahrir 2011 (2011), which was selected at Venice International Film Festival and TIFF, and the film was nominated for Best Documentary in Cinema For Peace award Berlin 2012.
- Year2021
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryEgypt
- DirectorAyten Amin
- ProducerSameh Awad
- CastBassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hagar Mahmoud
Souad and I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face were presented as part of Mizna's Fifteenth Arab Film Fest in October of 2021. The conversation with director Ayten Amin, moderated by Sonali Pahwa, also took place during Mizna's annual festival.
Souad
Zagazig, a small city on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Today.
Souad, a 19-year-old woman, leads a double life. She is conservative and veiled among her family and society, but also obsessed with her image on social media, where she has several secret virtual relationships with men. She lies about her personal life and fantasizes about the life she most desires. Yet, her ambitions and dreams are slowly crushed by reality. A series of small incidents lead to tragedy, and her sister, 13-year-old Rabab, embarks on a journey looking for answers about her sister’s life and dreams.
Festivals and Awards
Festival de Cannes, France, 2021
Tribeca Film Festival, United States, 2021
Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 2021
About the filmmaker
Ayten Amin has been working in the film industry for the past twelve years. Her first short film Her Man was selected by Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, and after receiving several national prizes, it was exclusively acquired by Canal Plus in France. In 2013, her debut feature film Villa 69 received the Special Jury Award for Arab Film at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival. Amin has received multiple prestigious awards and recognitions, including the Cairo Film Connection Award for Best Film or Hubert Bals Award at Durban FilmMart. She co-directed the documentary Tahrir 2011 (2011), which was selected at Venice International Film Festival and TIFF, and the film was nominated for Best Documentary in Cinema For Peace award Berlin 2012.
- Year2021
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryEgypt
- DirectorAyten Amin
- ProducerSameh Awad
- CastBassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hagar Mahmoud