Khadiga (خديجة)
Ajyal Competition, Ajyal at Vox
Morad Mostafa / Short Narrative / Egypt, France / 2021 / 20 min / Colour / DCP2K
In Arabic / English subtitles
Interests: Drama
Gulf Premiere
Synopsis
Khadiga, a young mother of just 17 years of age, is left to raise her child alone when her husband moves away to find work in another city. Moving through the hustle and bustle of Cairo streets, her deteriorating state of mind leads her to make an unimaginable decision. The film deals with isolation and mental health and is the final part of a film series, featuring three mothers of different ages, nationalities and social backgrounds who experience social pressures.
About the Directors
Morad Mostafa is an Egyptian filmmaker born in Cairo. He worked on several independent films; and collaborated as an executive director for 'Souad'—official selection at Cannes Film Festival 2020 and Berlinale; Panorama section. Mostafa wrote and directed three short films, all of them selected for Clermont-Ferrand in three consecutive years and participated in other major festivals such as BFI London, Palm Springs, Shanghai, Thessaloniki, Stockholm, Karlovy Vary, BAFICI Buenos Aires, FIFF Namur, Cinemed Montpellier, Durban, Cairo, EL Gouna, and Carthage and won more than 35 international awards. He is currently working on his first feature film and was selected at Rotterdam Lab IFFR, alongside being a La Fabrique Cinema in Festival Du Cannes Alumni.
Credits
- Director
- Morad Mostafa
- Screenwriter
- Morad Mostafa, Mohamed Mamdouh
- Producer
- Safei Eldin Mahmoud, Sawsan Yusuf
- Editor
- Mohamed Mamdouh
- Executive Producer
- Islam El Dakhakhny
- Co-Producer
- Jerome Blesson, Jean-Loup Pochoy, Flore Cavigneaux, Sherif Fathy, Mohamed Eid, Morad Mostafa
- Cinematographer
- Mostafa El Kashef
- Sales Company
- Lights On
- Production Company
- Red Star Films, Bonanza Films
- Mixing
- Gilles Benardeau
- Assistant Director
- Fatima Fawzi
- Distributor
- Lights On
- Cast
- Malak Tarek, Fatima Fawzi, Zizi Moustafa, Ayman Abdelaziz