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Zagazig, a small city on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Today.


Soaud, a 19-year-old young woman, leads a double life. While remaining conservative and veiled among her family and society, Souad is obsessed with her image on social media, and goes in several secret virtual relationships with men. She constantly lies about her personal life, projecting wishfully images of a different desired life. Her ambitions are slowly crushed by the invasion of her true reality.


A series of small incidents lead to a tragic event, that makes Rabab, her 13-year-old little sister, embark on a real-life journey looking for answers.


Global Media Makers (GMM), an international mentoring exchange partnership between Film Independent and the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is pleased to present this screening of Souad.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    96 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    Egypt, Tunisia, Germany
  • Rating
    NR
  • Director
    Ayten Amin
  • Screenwriter
    Ayten Amin, Mahmoud Ezzat
  • Producer
    Sameh Awad
  • Co-Producer
    Dora Bouchoucha, Lina Chaabane, Mohamed Hefzy, Wim Wenders, Léa Germain, Ayten Amin, Mark Lotfy
  • Cast
    Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hager Mahmoud, Sarah Shedid, Carol Ackad, Mona Elnamoury, Islam Shalaby, Nayera El Dahshoury
  • Cinematographer
    Maged Nader
  • Editor
    Khaled Moeit
  • Production Design
    Chahira Mouchir
  • Sound Design
    Victor Bresse