Set to hold its Arab world premiere at the festival’s International Competition, 'Alam' follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.
Palestinian filmmaker Firas Khoury’s feature film Alam will be screening at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which will run from November 13 to 22, where it will be competing for the Silver Pyramid Award and the Best Arab Film Award.
Alam will have three screenings at the festival; the first will take place on November 18 at 9:15 PM in the Cairo Opera House’s Grand Hall, followed by the second on November 19 at 7:30 PM at the Fountain Theater, and the third on November 20 at 6:00 PM at the Tahrir Cultural Center.
Written and directed by Firas Khoury and starring Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Saleh Bakri, Mohammad Karaki, Ahmad Zaghmouri, and Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Alam follows the story of a Palestinian teenager named Tamer.
Tamer and his friends lead typical teenage lives until one day, he is swept off his feet by the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa. As he grows closer to her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious and life-changing operation dubbed ‘Alam.’
The film is produced by MPM Film, Paprika Films, Philistine Films, Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, Metafora Productions and Lacydon Bay Productions.
MAD Solutions and Lagoonie Film Production are handling the distribution of Alam across the Arab world.
Alam held its world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema category, after which, it featured in the Rome Film Festival.
