CLASH
Filmfest 2016
OT: ESHTEBAK
Egypt, Germany, France 2016
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Arabic)
German Premiere
Director: Mohamed Diab
Section: CineVision Competition
2013: Egypt is in turmoil after the Arab Spring and military coup. No government seems able to hold on for long. In his second feature film, director Mohamed Diab tells a story of coup backers and Muslim Brethren, trapped at very close quarters. Entirely filmed inside a police van, the emotions of the prisoners heat up, while violence and hysteria rage outside.
Cast: Nelly Karim, Hany Adel, Ahmed Malek, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Khaled Kamal
Credits
Screenplay: Mohamed Diab
Director of Photography: Ahmed Gabr
Film Editor: Ahmed Hafez
Production Designer: Hind Heidar
Costume Design: Reem El Adl
Sound: Ahmed Adnan
Producer: Moez Masoud, Mohamed Hefzy, Eric Lagesse
Production Company: Film Clinic
Co-Producer: Olivier Père, Rémi Burah, Nicole Gerhards
Co-Production Company: Sampek Production, EMC Productions, NiKo Film
World Sales: Pyramide Films
Director: Mohamed Diab
biography
Mohamed Diab was born in Mecca 1977 and later moved to Ismailia, a town west of Cairo. He studied economics at Suez Canal University. He then went to New York and enrolled at NYU’s screenwriting department. Diab wrote screenplays for several Egyptian hit films, including franchise EL GEZIRA. His political debut film CAIRO 678 was released in 2011, just days before the outbreak of the Egyptian Revolution, and screened at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2011. Clash is his second feature film, dealing with the aftereffects of the revolution.
