Stacher (sixteen) .. the first Egyptian film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
In a very prominent Egyptian film event, the Egyptian short film "Stacher: I am afraid to forget your face" by director and screenwriter Sameh Alaa, won the Palme d'Or in the miniature version of the Cannes Film Festival, whose activities were canceled this year due to the Corona epidemic, and the Palme d'Or is considered the highest prize Kan, the culmination of the Egyptian film Setacher came after a fierce competition with 11 feature films.
Accordingly, "Stacher", I am afraid I will forget your face, becomes the first Egyptian film to win this grand prize from the festival, after the late director Youssef Chahine had previously won the Golden Jubilee award of the festival itself, in honor of all of its work.
This movie is produced by producers Mohamed Taymour and Marc Lotfi, and co-produced by Ahmed Zayan and Frenchman Martin Jerome
The official page of the festival announced the victory of the Egyptian film, through a post in which it said, "We congratulate the Egyptian director Sameh Alaa on winning the Palme d'Or today for his short film," I am afraid to forget your face. "
It is noteworthy that this was not the first prize the film received this October; It previously won the Best Film Award at the Moscow Short Film Festival, as well as the Namur Film Festival in Belgium.
It should be noted that the film was first screened in Egypt during the activities of the fourth session of the El Gouna International Film Festival.
The events of the 15-minute film revolve around a 16-year-old young man trying to return to his girlfriend after a separation that lasted 82 days, and the film was shot in just two days in the popular Sakakini neighborhood in Cairo.
The film, as previously mentioned, is directed by Sameh Alaa, and is produced by an Egyptian, French and Belgian film. It is the first Egyptian film to participate in the "Cannes" Festival for short fiction films. This film is the second by the director who presented his short feature film "Khamastacher" 3 years ago, which won several awards Local.
The Cannes Festival administration decided to cancel the official competition for feature films this year due to the Corona pandemic last June, and announced a miniature version of the festival for the short feature films competition this month.
Congratulations to the Egyptian cinema with this important coronation.