I Promise you Paradise
TITLE
I Promise you Paradise
DIRECTOR
Morad Mostafa
COUNTRY
Egypt
YEAR
2023
DURATION
25′
GENRE
Live Action
Overview

I Promise you Paradise
Following a violent incident; Eissa a 17 years old African migrant in Egypt is in a quest against time to save his loved ones whatever it takes.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Morad Mostafa
Morad is an Egyptian Filmmaker, born in Cairo, 1988. He worked in several independent films and collaborated as an Executive Director for film “SOUAD” that was in the official selection in Cannes Film Festival 2020. Morad is an alumni of the Berlinale Talents Campus and Locarno Academy. He wrote and directed three short films all of them were selected in Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide and won several awards. His latest short film “I PROMISE YOU PARADISE” is selected in Festival de Cannes “Critics’ Week” 2023. Morad is currently developing his first feature film “AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY ANYMORE” in the Cinefondation residence of the Cannes Film Festival, as well as at the Torino Film Lab and the Rotterdam Lab IFFR.
Credits
- DirectorMorad Mostafa
- ScreenplayMorad Mostafa & Sawsan Yusuf
- CinematographyMostafa El Kashef
- EditingMohamed Mamdouh
- Cast
- Producer/s Sawsan Yusuf
- Production CompanyMargaux Lorier (Wrong films), Baho Baksh & Safei Eldin Mahmoud (Red Star Films)
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project TitleI Promise you Paradise
- Project TypeLive Action
- Completion Date January 1, 2023
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Country of origin
Egypt -
Country of filming
Egypt - LanguageArabic
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No

Morad Mostafa
Morad is an Egyptian Filmmaker, born in Cairo, 1988. He worked in several independent films and collaborated as an Executive Director for film “SOUAD” that was in the official selection in Cannes Film Festival 2020. Morad is an alumni of the Berlinale Talents Campus and Locarno Academy. He wrote and directed three short films all of them were selected in Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in three consecutive years and were screened in more than 300 festivals worldwide and won several awards. His latest short film “I PROMISE YOU PARADISE” is selected in Festival de Cannes “Critics’ Week” 2023. Morad is currently developing his first feature film “AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY ANYMORE” in the Cinefondation residence of the Cannes Film Festival, as well as at the Torino Film Lab and the Rotterdam Lab IFFR.