YOMEDDINE (2018)

After the death of his wife, Beshay bravely decides to leave the isolated community where he was abandoned as a child. Along with Obama, the young orphan he has taken under his wing, and his beloved donkey, he embarks on a journey across Egypt to his hometown to find out why his father never kept his promise to return. But Beshay isn’t a man like other men: he is a leper, now cured, whose scars have led him to live apart from the world. Together, he and Obama will confront the world with all its sorrows and moments of grace, in his quest for a family, a place to belong, a little humanity… An adventure-filled drama and a first feature that tells the heart-warming story of a remarkable friendship.

Beshay - a man cured of leprosy - has never left the leper colony in the Egyptian desert where he has lived snce childhood. Following the death of his wife, ...

Country // Egypt

World Premiere // 2018 Cannes Film Festival - Main Competition

MENA Region Premiere // El Gouna Film Festival - Main Competition

Egypt’s Submission to the 91st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

International Sales // Wild Bunch

Writer/Director // AB Shawky

Producer // Dina Emam

Co-producers // Mohamed Hefzy, Mohamed Sakr

Line Producer // Mohamed “Jimmy” Gamal

Associate Producer // Daniel Ziskind

Cinematographer // Federico Cesca

Production Designer // Laura Moss

Production Sound // Sherif Zein

Editor // Erin Greenwell

Post Sound // David Forshee

Composer // Omar Fadel


AWARDS

François Chalais Award // Cannes Film Festival // France, 2018

Tanit d'Argent // Carthage Film Festival // Tunisia, 2018

Best Arab Feature // El Gouna Film Festival // Egypt, 2018

Cinema for Humanity Audience Award // El Gouna Film Festival // Egypt, 2018

Reflet d’Or for Best Feature Film // Geneva Film Festival // Switzerland, 2018

Best Foreign Language Contender // Heartland International Film Festival // USA, 2018

Student Choice Award // Philadelphia Film Festival // USA, 2018

Audience Award // Valladolid International Film Festival // Spain, 2018

Youth Jury Award // Valladolid International Film Festival // Spain, 2018

Audience Award // Wisconsin Film Festival // USA, 2018

Vanguard Award // Orcas Film Festival // USA, 2018

Prix Voyage Air France // Festival Arte Mare // France, 2018

Prix RCFM Pierre Mari // Festival Arte Mare // France, 2018

Prix MGEN du Public (Audience Award) // Festival Arte Mare // France, 2018

Publikumspreis (Audience Award) // Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen // Germany, 2018

Best Film // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Director // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Screenplay // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Cinematography // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Production Design // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Editing // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Film Score // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Actor // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best Supporting Actor // Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival // Egypt, 2019

Best First Feature // Egyptian Association of Film Writers & Critics // Egypt, 2019

Best Script // Egyptian Association of Film Writers & Critics // Egypt, 2019

Best Film // Egyptian Association of Film Writers & Critics // Egypt, 2019

Best Cinematography // Egyptian Association of Film Writers & Critics // Egypt, 2019

Best Film // Egyptian Association of Film Writers & Critics // Egypt, 2019

Grand Jury Award // Cleveland International Film Festival // USA, 2019


 

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