Film Festival 2023
In this bold and nuanced thriller from the director of the award-winning The Nile Hilton Incident, a gifted student at Al-Azhar University in Cairo finds himself a reluctant pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite after the Grand Imam suddenly dies.
This screening is free to AMPAS members who show their current AMPAS membership card at our box office.
This screening is free to AMPAS members who show their current AMPAS membership card at our box office.
film details
| Director: | Tarik Saleh |
| Producers: | Fredrik Zander, Kristina Åberg |
| Screenwriter: | Tarik Saleh |
| Cinematographers: | Pierre Aïm |
| Editor: | Theis Schmidt |
| Music: | Krister Linder |
| Cast: | Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi |
| Original Language Title: | صبي من الجنة |
| Country: | Sweden/France/Finland/Denmark |
| Language: | In Arabic with English subtitles |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Running Time: | 126 minutes |
| Director Filmography: | The Contractor (2022), The Nile Hilton Incident (2017), Tommy (2014), Metropia (2009), Gitmo (2005) |
| Awards: | Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival |
| Primary Company: | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
guests in attendance
Tarik Saleh is expected to be in attendance on January 7th and 9th